republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-2395.md

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Bill	RELATING TO THE TAKING OF MARINE DEPOSITS.	Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to issue permits for research, education, management, or propagation purposes that include the taking of marine deposits seaward of the shoreline, as long as the resources will be returned to the beach if possible and that the taking poses no more than a minimal or negligible risk to the environment. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	HB 2395	Hawaii HB 2395 (2026)	bill	Approvals DLNR Permits Taking of Marine Deposits	enacted	KITAGAWA MARTEN MATAYOSHI SHIMIZU SOUZA TAKAYAMA TAM TARNAS TEMPLO	5	49	8	2026-01-27	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/3c721c58-9ca8-4aa0-8ef1-fdb76664fbcd	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2395&year=2026	655ddfc63b71f0f578122c678b12fc32c0ad7db5eb5c3ed71b0f6681a688dadb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 2395 (2026) — RELATING TO THE TAKING OF MARINE DEPOSITS.

Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to issue permits for research, education, management, or propagation purposes that include the taking of marine deposits seaward of the shoreline, as long as the resources will be returned to the beach if possible and that the taking poses no more than a minimal or negligible risk to the environment. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB2395 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2395_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2395_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB2395_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB2395_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KITAGAWA — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
• SHIMIZU — primary (person)
• SOUZA — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
• TAM — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)
• TEMPLO — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-29 Act 063, on 05/29/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163). became-law
• 2026-05-29 Act 063, 05/29/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163). became-law
• 2026-05-07 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). receipt
• 2026-05-06 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). receipt
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). passage
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
• 2026-04-29 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 87-26).
• 2026-04-29 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday 05-06-26.
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 87-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2026-04-29 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) Lee, C., Moriwaki, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-29 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Tarnas, Morikawa, Cochran; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2026-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 229.
• 2026-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 9:00AM; CR 229.
• 2026-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 9:00AM; CR 229.
• 2026-04-21 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 717). receipt
• 2026-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Moriwaki, Rhoads Co-Chairs.
• 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). receipt
• 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Hashem, Tarnas, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Cochran.
• 2026-04-20 Re-referred to WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 30 referral-committee
• 2026-04-17 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). receipt
• 2026-04-16 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2026-04-14 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 687) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2026-04-14 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-04-10 One Day Notice 04-14-26.
• 2026-04-10 Reported from WAM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3731) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-08 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-06 The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-08-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-30 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-30 Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3255) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.
• 2026-03-23 The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Chang, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to WLA, WAM/JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-03-12 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 409). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kong, Pierick excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-03-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
• 2026-03-06 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1186-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-03-04 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-04-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-02-18 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 460-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2026-02-12 The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-12-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-02-02 Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 6 referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-27 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c721c58-9ca8-4aa0-8ef1-fdb76664fbcd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).