HawaiiSB 172025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)Senate

RELATING TO WILDFIRE MITIGATION.

Sponsored By: Lorraine R. Inouye (Democratic)

Passed

Summary

Establishes the Wildfire Mitigation Working Group. Requires a report to the Legislature. Requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to provide administrative support to the working group. Appropriates funds. Revises the appropriations made by Act 302, SLH 2025. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

OSFMWildfire Mitigation Working GroupFire MarshalReportPositionsAppropriationWAL, FIN

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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Lorraine R. Inouye

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 152 • No: 0

House vote 4/14/2026

House Floor Vote

Yes: 51 • No: 0

House vote 3/24/2026

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN...

Yes: 49 • No: 0

House vote 3/19/2026

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ...

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Senate vote 3/10/2026

Senate Floor Vote

Yes: 25 • No: 0

Senate vote 3/4/2026

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT...

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Senate vote 2/18/2026

The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT...

Yes: 4 • No: 0

Senate vote 2/11/2026

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT...

Yes: 3 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 600).

    4/16/2026Senate
  2. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    4/16/2026Senate
  3. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    4/16/2026House
  4. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

    4/14/2026House
  5. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2146-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

    4/10/2026House
  6. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    4/8/2026House
  7. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-08-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

    4/6/2026House
  8. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1342-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

    3/24/2026House
  9. 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) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2).

    3/24/2026House
  10. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti.

    3/19/2026House
  11. Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 03-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

    3/16/2026House
  12. Pass First Reading

    3/12/2026House
  13. Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 17

    3/12/2026House
  14. 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.

    3/10/2026Senate
  15. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 137) in amended form (SD 2).

    3/10/2026House
  16. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2943) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    3/6/2026Senate
  17. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.

    3/6/2026Senate
  18. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

    3/4/2026Senate
  19. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-04-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

    3/2/2026Senate
  20. Reported from PSM/WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2563) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

    2/20/2026Senate
  21. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

    2/20/2026Senate
  22. The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang.

    2/18/2026Senate
  23. The committee(s) on WLA deferred the measure until 02-18-26 1:02PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.

    2/13/2026Senate
  24. The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Hashimoto, Inouye; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., DeCorte.

    2/11/2026Senate
  25. Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.

    2/10/2026Senate

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