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Bill	RELATING TO WILDLIFE OFFENSES.	Provides that all animal parts, products, or items containing prohibited animal parts or products involved in the commission of wildlife trafficking or certain hunting offenses shall be considered contraband to be forfeited to and disposed of by the State. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	SB 2188	Hawaii SB 2188 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package Wildlife Offenses Penalties	enacted	KOUCHI	2	26	3	2020-01-17	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/50754548-db24-40f6-b870-13bbf2488a68	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2188&year=2020	5a5e1015011abe5bf0d12c087368a10c7d5164d925b2ce15d8b404e158810cbc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 2188 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO WILDLIFE OFFENSES.

Provides that all animal parts, products, or items containing prohibited animal parts or products involved in the commission of wildlife trafficking or certain hunting offenses shall be considered contraband to be forfeited to and disposed of by the State. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB2188 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB2188_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KOUCHI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Introduced. introduction
• 2020-01-17 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-01-21 Referred to WTL, JDC. referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-20 1:20PM in conference room 229.
• 2020-02-10 The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Keith-Agaran, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-13 Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2648) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2020-02-13 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
• 2020-02-21 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-24-20 12:15PM in conference room 016.
• 2020-02-24 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3157) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-28 One Day Notice 03-03-20.
• 2020-03-03 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-03-03 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 151) in amended form (SD 1). introduction
• 2020-03-05 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2020-03-09 Referred to JUD, referral sheet 36 referral-committee
• 2020-03-09 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 03-11-20 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
• 2020-03-11 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until Thursday, 03-12-20 at 2:30 PM.
• 2020-03-11 Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 03-12-20 2:30PM in conference room 325.
• 2020-03-12 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakashima, Perruso, Say, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-01 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1252-20), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2020-07-01 Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2020-07-02 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Gates excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-07-06 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 381). introduction
• 2020-07-06 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2020-09-15 Act 050, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1155). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 050, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1155). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50754548-db24-40f6-b870-13bbf2488a68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).