# Hawaii HB 2395: RELATING TO THE TAKING OF MARINE DEPOSITS.

Hawaii HB 2395, RELATING TO THE TAKING OF MARINE DEPOSITS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by Lisa Kitagawa (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-05-29 (Act 063, 05/29/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163).) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2395-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 2395
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO THE TAKING OF MARINE DEPOSITS.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-27
- Last action: 2026-05-29, Act 063, 05/29/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163).
- Sponsor: Lisa Kitagawa (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Subjects: DLNR, Taking of Marine Deposits, Permits, Approvals, WAL, JHA, FIN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 11 (221 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to approve 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. Effective 1/1/3000. (SD1)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lisa Kitagawa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa Marten (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Scot Z. Matayoshi (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Garner M. Shimizu (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kanani Souza (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Gregg Takayama (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Adrian K. Tam (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David A. Tarnas (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Shirley Ann Templo (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-06 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 51 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-29 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-29 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-14 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-08 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-08 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 13 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-23 | Senate | The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 48 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA... | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | House | The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2395_CD1_.pdf)
- HB2395_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2395_CD1_.HTM)
- HB2395_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2395_HD1_.HTM)
- HB2395_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2395_HD2_.HTM)
- HB2395_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2395_SD1_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2395_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1163_.PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2395_CD1_.pdf)
- [HB2395_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2395_CD1_.HTM)
- [HB2395_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2395_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB2395_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2395_HD2_.HTM)
- [HB2395_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2395_SD1_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2395_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1163_.PDF)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026)
- [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026)
- [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026)
- [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026)
- [HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1973-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2395-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).