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HI SB330

Bill

Status

Passed

6/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jarrett Keohokalole

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with the USDA and other federal, state, or county agencies to enforce federal quarantines on pests and diseases.

  • Empowers the department to seize, destroy, or require treatment of articles moved from federally regulated areas if they violate federal quarantine rules or are found to be infested with regulated pests.

  • Prohibits regulated or restricted articles from entering Hawaii if they are prohibited from interstate movement under a federal quarantine.

  • Requires owners or carriers of regulated articles originating from nonregulated areas in quarantined states to provide proof of origin through waybills or other shipping documents as specified in federal regulations.

  • Takes effect upon approval and does not affect rights, duties, or proceedings that existed before the effective date.

Legislative Description

Relating To Invasive Species Prevention.

Enforcement

Last Action

Act 190, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1290).

6/6/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs3/21/2025
Agriculture3/6/2025
Judiciary2/12/2025
Agriculture and Environment1/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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