# Hawaii SB 2005: RELATING TO CONSERVATION BANKING. Hawaii SB 2005, RELATING TO CONSERVATION BANKING., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) Senate bill sponsored by Lorraine R. Inouye (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-03-19 (Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1218-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2005-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Hawaii SB 2005 - State: Hawaii - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) - Title: RELATING TO CONSERVATION BANKING. - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-14 - Last action: 2026-03-19, Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1218-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL. - Sponsor: Lorraine R. Inouye (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 6 - Subjects: DLNR, BLNR, Conservation Banks, EEP, WAL, FIN - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (94 yes, 3 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources and certain public or private entities to operate conservation banks, subject to approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, for situations where a person or entity is required to provide compensatory mitigation to offset adverse impacts to threatened, endangered, candidate, or proposed species as part of an approved incidental take license and habitat conservation plan. Adds the Associate Director of the United States Geological Survey, Ecosystems Mission Area, to the membership of the Endangered Species Recovery Committee. Requires the Endangered Species Recovery Committee to review applications and proposals for conservation banks and conduct subsequent reviews and oversight. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Lorraine R. Inouye (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Stanley Chang (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Carol Fukunaga (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Troy N. Hashimoto (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michelle N. Kidani (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Dru Mamo Kanuha (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Joy A. San Buenaventura (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-19 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL... | pass | 49 | 1 | | | 2026-03-17 | House | The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2026-03-06 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 22 | 2 | | | 2026-03-03 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2026-02-13 | Senate | The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2026-03-19: Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1218-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL. (House) - 2026-03-19: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and none excused (0). (House) - 2026-03-17: The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House) - 2026-03-12: Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-17-26 9:15AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2026-03-10: Pass First Reading (House) - 2026-03-10: Referred to EEP, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 16 (House) - 2026-03-06: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 32) in amended form (SD 1). (House) - 2026-03-05: Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2750) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. (Senate) - 2026-03-05: One Day Notice 03-06-26. (Senate) - 2026-03-03: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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. (Senate) - 2026-02-25: The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-03-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2026-02-23: The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-26 10:57AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2505) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. (Senate) - 2026-02-13: 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. (Senate) - 2026-02-10: The committee(s) on has rescheduled its public hearing to 02-13-26 1:01PM; CR 224 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2026-02-08: The committee(s) on WLA deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 02-09-26 1:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2026-02-06: The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Referred to WLA, WAM. (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Introduced and passed First Reading. (Senate) - 2026-01-14: Pending Introduction. (Senate) ## Bill text - Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2005_HD1_.pdf) - Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2005_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2005_.PDF) - SB2005_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2005_HD1_.HTM) - SB2005_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2005_SD1_.HTM) ## 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/SB2005_HD1_.pdf) - [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2005_.HTM) - [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2005_.PDF) - [SB2005_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2005_HD1_.HTM) - [SB2005_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2005_SD1_.HTM) ## 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) - [Hawaii bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii/bills) - [Hawaii state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2005-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).