HI HB47

Authorizes the Division of Animal Industry within the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules for an assessment and approval process to import and move aquatic livestock in Hawaii, including pre-arrival disease testing, entry inspection, post-arrival inspection, and quarantine or depopulation requirements

Adds new definitions to Hawaii law for "aquatic livestock" (fish, crustaceans, and mollusks raised for food or commercial purposes), "biocontainment" (methods to prevent release of infectious species and pathogens), and "biological aquatic risk" (likelihood and consequences of harm from escaped species or pathogens)

Requires the Aquaculture Program to develop a biological aquatic risk-based framework that categorizes aquatic livestock species based on probability and consequence of feral population establishment, under oversight of the state aquaculture veterinarian

Mandates development of biocontainment standards establishing physical and operational requirements for aquaculture facilities

Appropriates unspecified general fund amounts for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to develop the biological aquatic risk-based framework, with an effective date of July 1, 3000 (placeholder date)