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Bill RELATING TO VETERINARY MEDICINE. Prohibits animal owners and their employees from performing any surgical procedures on the owner's pet animal or pet animals. Provides that a violation of the prohibition is a misdemeanor. Clarifies that the offense of cruelty to animals in the first degree does not apply to accepted veterinary practices when the practices are performed by a licensed veterinarian. Repeals exemption of cropping and docking as customarily practiced under the offense of cruelty to animals in the first degree. (SD2) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2024 HB 1527 Hawaii HB 1527 (2024)
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Hawaii HB 1527 (2024) — RELATING TO VETERINARY MEDICINE.

Prohibits animal owners and their employees from performing any surgical procedures on the owner's pet animal or pet animals. Provides that a violation of the prohibition is a misdemeanor. Clarifies that the offense of cruelty to animals in the first degree does not apply to accepted veterinary practices when the practices are performed by a licensed veterinarian. Repeals exemption of cropping and docking as customarily practiced under the offense of cruelty to animals in the first degree. (SD2)

Version chain

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

  1. HB1527 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1527_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1527_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB1527_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 41 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 31 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • NISHIMOTO — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-07-08 Act 221, 07/08/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). became-law
  • 2024-07-08 Act 221, on 07/08/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). became-law
  • 2024-04-18 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2024-04-19 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 772). receipt
  • 2024-04-18 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garcia excused (1). passage
  • 2024-04-18 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
  • 2024-04-18 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 763). receipt
  • 2024-04-17 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
  • 2024-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). receipt
  • 2024-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
  • 2024-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 493) in amended form (SD 2).
  • 2024-04-09 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, McKelvey, Richards, San Buenaventura. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, Elefante, Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2024-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
  • 2024-04-05 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3749) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
  • 2024-04-02 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Awa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-27 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-02-24 10:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
  • 2024-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2024-03-22 Reported from AEN/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3291) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
  • 2024-03-19 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey, Richards ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-19 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards, DeCoite ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Rhoads. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-14 The committee(s) on AEN/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-24 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
  • 2024-03-07 Referred to AEN/CPN, JDC. referral-committee
  • 2024-03-07 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2024-03-07 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 178). introduction, receipt
  • 2024-03-05 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2024-02-29 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aiu, Cochran, Garrett, Holt, Kahaloa, Lowen, Nishimoto, Quinlan, Todd excused (9).
  • 2024-02-29 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 651-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2024-02-21 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-02-16 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-21-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2024-01-24 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
  • 2024-01-17 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2024-01-08 Prefiled.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebe495ff-0bd1-430c-9aa6-169e04e31d42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).