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HB1389 • 2026

RELATING TO FERAL ANIMALS.

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Sponsor: SAYAMA, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TEMPLO
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not specify exact dates or amounts for when and how much funding will be provided.

Funding for Feral Chicken Control

This bill provides funding to expand the feral chicken program in Honolulu and supports a statewide education campaign about feeding feral animals.

What This Bill Does

Appropriates funds to the City and County of Honolulu for expanding the feral chicken control efforts.
Supports an educational campaign across Hawaii to teach people about feeding feral animals.

Who It Names or Affects

The City and County of Honolulu
People living in Hawaii who feed or encounter feral animals

Terms To Know

Feral Animals: Wild animals that were once domesticated but now live freely without human care.
Grant-in-Aid: Money given by the state to help local governments or organizations do specific projects.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much money will be provided for each fiscal year.
It is unclear when exactly the education campaign and feral chicken program expansion will start.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HD1

Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: This amendment allocates money from the state's general revenues to expand Honolulu's feral chicken program and create a statewide education campaign about feeding feral animals.

Allocates funds for expanding Honolulu's feral chicken control program.
Provides funding for a statewide public education campaign on feeding feral animals.

The exact amount of money allocated is not specified in the amendment text.
The effective date listed (July 1, 3000) appears to be incorrect and likely needs correction.

Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-03-04 S
Referred to EIG/HHS, WAM.
2025-03-04 S
Passed First Reading.
2025-03-04 S
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 169).
2025-02-28 H
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.
2025-02-28 H
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 958), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-02-21 H
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Lee, M., Alcos, Ward.
2025-02-19 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-12 H
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3).
2025-02-12 H
Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 450) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2025-02-07 H
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and Excused: none.
2025-02-05 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 02-07-25 8:45AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-27 H
Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 4
2025-01-23 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO FERAL ANIMALS.
Feral Chicken Program; Feral Animals; City and County of Honolulu; DOH; Grant-in-Aid; Appropriation ($)
Appropriates funds to the City and County of Honolulu for the expansion of the feral chicken program and the Vector Control Branch of the Department of Health for a statewide education campaign for the feeding of feral animals. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Current Bill Text

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HB1389

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1389

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO FERAL ANIMALS
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION
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The legislature finds that Senate
Concurrent Resolution No. 92, H.D. 1 (2023), requested that the department of agriculture,
department of land and natural resources, department of health, and city and
county of Honolulu convene a working group to identify solutions to mitigate
and control the significant increase in the population of feral chickens and
roosters on Oahu and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the
legislature no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular
session of 2024.

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The
legislature further finds that the working group's report recommends that the
legislature appropriate funding for initiatives related to feral animals.

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The
purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for:

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(1)
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The expansion of the city and county of
Honolulu's feral chicken program; and

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(2)
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The establishment of a statewide education
campaign to provide the public with information on the feeding of feral
animals.

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SECTION
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There is appropriated out of the
general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of
$ or so much
thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so
much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027
as a grant-in-aid to the city and
county of Honolulu for
the expansion of the feral chicken program.

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The sums

appropriated shall be expended by the
department of customer services of the city and county of Honolulu for the
purposes of this Act.

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SECTION
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There is appropriated out of the
general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of
$ or so much
thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so
much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for a statewide
education campaign to provide the public with information on the feeding of
feral animals.

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The sums

appropriated shall be expended by the
vector control branch of the department of health for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Feral
Chicken Program; Feral Animals; City and County of Honolulu; DOH; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates
funds to the City and County of Honolulu for the expansion of the feral chicken
program and the Vector Control Branch of the Department of Health for a
statewide education campaign for the feeding of feral animals.

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