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Bill RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Prohibits the importation of firewood into the State unless the firewood is certified as heat-treated and labeled accordingly or the importation is authorized and permitted by the Department of Agriculture before importation. Requires persons who import firewood into the State to maintain, and make available on request, records of imports for at least two years. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2025 SB 140 Hawaii SB 140 (2025)
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Hawaii SB 140 (2025) — RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Prohibits the importation of firewood into the State unless the firewood is certified as heat-treated and labeled accordingly or the importation is authorized and permitted by the Department of Agriculture before importation. Requires persons who import firewood into the State to maintain, and make available on request, records of imports for at least two years. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB140 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB140_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB140_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB140_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB140_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — 250 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 30 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 50 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • CHANG — primary (person)
  • DECORTE — primary (person)
  • KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
  • MCKELVEY — primary (person)
  • SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
  • Hashimoto — cosponsor (person)
  • Richards — cosponsor (person)
  • Wakai — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-06-27 Act 240, on 06/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1342). became-law
  • 2025-06-27 Act 240, 06/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1342). became-law
  • 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). receipt
  • 2025-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). receipt
  • 2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2). passage
  • 2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
  • 2025-04-24 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
  • 2025-04-24 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 36) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2025-04-24 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
  • 2025-04-24 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 36).
  • 2025-04-22 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Matayoshi, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.
  • 2025-04-22 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Keohokalole, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-21 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-22-25 9:31AM in conference room 325.
  • 2025-04-17 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 10:30AM in conference room 325.
  • 2025-04-15 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789). receipt
  • 2025-04-15 Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Richards, Awa.
  • 2025-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). receipt
  • 2025-04-14 House Conferees Appointed: Kahaloa, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Kusch, Pierick.
  • 2025-04-03 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 480). receipt
  • 2025-04-02 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
  • 2025-04-02 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 427). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-04-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2025-04-01 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1743), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2025-03-25 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-21 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2025-03-19 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-19 Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1365) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
  • 2025-03-14 The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-12 Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 03-14-25 10:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2025-03-06 Referred to AGR, CPC, referral sheet 19 referral-committee
  • 2025-03-06 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-03-04 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 97) in amended form (SD 2). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-03-04 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2025-02-27 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
  • 2025-02-27 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 745) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
  • 2025-02-19 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, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-14 The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
  • 2025-02-12 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 297) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
  • 2025-02-05 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-01-31 The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 1:03PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
  • 2025-01-28 Re-Referred to AEN, CPN. referral-committee
  • 2025-01-17 Referred to AEN, CPN/JDC. referral-committee
  • 2025-01-15 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
  • 2025-01-10 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56694a64-db2e-43df-9bf1-bf240fc74df7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).