republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2020-regular-session/hb-1854.md

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Bill	RELATING TO LITTLE FIRE ANTS.	Authorizes DOA, in conjunction with the Hawaii Ant Lab, to identify best practices for the treatment of little fire ants. Requires DOA to post those best practices on its website. Adds any application that may defeat the best practices for the treatment of little fire ants, as identified by the DOA, to the prohibited acts of pesticides. Clarifies that training for invasive species be based on the best available technology and best practices in a manner consistent with state and federal laws. Effective upon approval. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	HB 1854	Hawaii HB 1854 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Little Fire Ants Hawaii Ant Lab DOA Pest Control Operators Best Practices Website Posting	enacted	C. LEE Creagan LOWEN NAKAMURA TAKUMI	3	35	4	2020-01-16	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/13b0d4b3-a531-4acc-af14-e6ce4a5bc7c6	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1854&year=2020	ab0392682519a9f1e3e21a74674cc0659d07c70233f8c20b92831e4da3fca216	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1854 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO LITTLE FIRE ANTS.

Authorizes DOA, in conjunction with the Hawaii Ant Lab, to identify best practices for the treatment of little fire ants. Requires DOA to post those best practices on its website. Adds any application that may defeat the best practices for the treatment of little fire ants, as identified by the DOA, to the prohibited acts of pesticides. Clarifies that training for invasive species be based on the best available technology and best practices in a manner consistent with state and federal laws. Effective upon approval. (SD1)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB1854 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1854_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1854_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. LEE — primary (person)
• Creagan — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• NAKAMURA — primary (person)
• TAKUMI — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-01-16 Pending introduction.
• 2020-01-17 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-23 Referred to EEP/AGR, FIN, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Re-referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 9 referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-13-20 8:30AM in House conference room 325.
• 2020-02-13 The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Tarnas, Todd, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Har. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-14 Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 607-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2020-02-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Takayama excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-20 12:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2020-02-21 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Wildberger, McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-27 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 720-20), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-27 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-02-28 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 31). introduction
• 2020-02-28 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-03-03 Referred to AEN, CPH. referral-committee
• 2020-03-05 The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-20 1:15PM in conference room 224.
• 2020-03-11 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Ruderman, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-05-12 Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3439) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPH.
• 2020-05-12 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPH.
• 2020-06-26 The committee(s) on CPH will hold a public decision making on 06-30-20 9:30AM in conference room 229.
• 2020-06-30 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Nishihara, L. Thielen, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ruderman. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-01 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3731) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-07-01 One Day Notice 07-02-20.
• 2020-07-02 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-07-02 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 558) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2020-07-06 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2020-07-06 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 384).
• 2020-07-08 Reconsideration of action taken on 07-06-20.
• 2020-07-08 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 420).
• 2020-07-10 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2020-07-10 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ohno excused (1).
• 2020-07-10 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 425).
• 2020-07-10 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2020-09-15 Act 032, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 032, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13b0d4b3-a531-4acc-af14-e6ce4a5bc7c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).