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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO LITTLE FIRE ANTS."
description: "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)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1854"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1854 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Little Fire Ants", "Hawaii Ant Lab", "DOA", "Pest Control Operators", "Best Practices", "Website Posting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. LEE", "Creagan", "LOWEN", "NAKAMURA", "TAKUMI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13b0d4b3-a531-4acc-af14-e6ce4a5bc7c6"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1854&year=2020"
source_hash: "ab0392682519a9f1e3e21a74674cc0659d07c70233f8c20b92831e4da3fca216"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB1854_.HTM)
2. **HB1854_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB1854_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1854_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB1854_SD1_.HTM)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13b0d4b3-a531-4acc-af14-e6ce4a5bc7c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).