HB719 • 2026

RELATING TO ANIMAL FUR PRODUCTS.

Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor: TAKAYAMA, GARRETT, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's effective date is June 30, 2025, which was not mentioned in the candidate explanation.

Ban on Animal Fur Products

This bill prohibits the sale, offer, possession with intent to sell, display, distribution, or trade of fur products in Hawaii, except for certain exceptions like used fur products and those protected by traditional rights.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits selling, offering, possessing with intent to sell, displaying, distributing, or trading fur products in the state.
Establishes civil penalties not exceeding $1,000 for each violation and each day a violation continues.
Allows exceptions for used fur products, traditional rights, and federal law authorizations.

Who It Names or Affects

People who sell or trade fur products in Hawaii
Manufacturers of clothing and accessories made with animal fur
Consumers interested in buying new fur products

Terms To Know

Fur product: Any item like clothing, accessories, home decor that is partially or entirely made from animal fur.
Used fur product: A fur product that has been previously worn or used by someone and not for resale.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not affect rights and duties that matured before its effective date.
It is unclear how the ban will be enforced in practice.

Amendments

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

HD1

Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: This amendment would prohibit the sale, offer for sale, possession with intent to sell, display for sale, distribution, or trade of fur products in Hawaii, except for used fur products, those used in traditional and customary rights, and those authorized by federal law.

Adds a new section to Chapter 183D of the Hawaii Revised Statutes that prohibits the sale, offer for sale, possession with intent to sell, display for sale, distribution, or trade of fur products in the state.
Defines 'fur product' and specifies exceptions where the prohibition does not apply.
Establishes a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation, with each day of violation considered a separate offense.

The effective date listed as June 30, 3000 appears to be an error or placeholder and is not clear from the text provided.
Details on how the department will adopt rules for enforcement are not specified in this amendment.

Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-02-06 H
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Ward excused (1).
2025-02-06 H
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 191) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
2025-02-05 H
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward.
2025-01-31 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-05-25 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-21 H
Referred to AGR, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 2
2025-01-21 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-17 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO ANIMAL FUR PRODUCTS.
Animal Fur; Fur Products; Sale, Offer, Possession, Display, Distribution, or Trade; Prohibition; Penalties
Prohibits the sale, offer, possession with intent to sell, display, distribution, or trade of fur products in the State, with certain exceptions. Establishes civil penalties for violations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

HB719

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

719

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to animal fur products
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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The legislature finds that eliminating the
sale of new animal fur products in the State will decrease demand for cruel
products, reduce public health risks, promote community awareness of animal
welfare, alleviate environmental burdens, and enhance the reputation of the
State.

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SECTION 2.
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Chapter 183D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by adding a new section to part V to be appropriately to be
appropriately designated and to read as follows:

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Fur products; Sale, display,
possession, distribution, or trade; prohibition.

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(a)
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It shall be unlawful to sell, offer for sale, possess
with intent to sell, display for sale, distribute, or otherwise trade a fur
product in the State.
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The sale, offer
for sale, possession with intent to sell, display for sale, distribution for
sale, or trade of a fur product shall be deemed to occur if:

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(1)
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The buyer takes
physical possession of the fur product in the State; or

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(2)
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The seller is
located in the St.

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(b)
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This section shall not apply to the sale,
offer for sale, possession with intent to sell, display for sale, distribution,
or trade of:

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(1)
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A used fur
product;

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(2)
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A fur product
used in the exercise of traditional and customary rights protected pursuant to
article XII, section 7, of the Hawaii State Constitution; or

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A fur product
where the activity is expressly authorized by federal law.

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(c)
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Any person in violation of this section shall
be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.
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Each fur product sold, offered for sale, possessed
with intent to sell, displayed for sale, distributed, or traded in violation of
this section, and each day of each violation, shall constitute a separate
offense.

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(d)
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The department may adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 91 to further implement or enforce this section.

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(e)
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As used in this section:

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"Fur" means any animal
skin with hair, fleece, or fur fibers attached, either in its raw or processed
state.

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"Fur product" means any
article of clothing or covering for any part of the body, or any fashion
accessory, including but not limited to handbags, shoes, slippers, hats,
earmuffs, scarves, shawls, gloves, jewelry, keychains, toys or trinkets, and
home accessories or decor made in whole or in part with fur.

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"Fur product" does not
include:

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An animal skin
or any part thereof that is intended to be converted into leather, or which
through processing will have the hair, fleece, or fur fiber completely removed;

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Fur, wool, or
other fibers sourced exclusively from any member of the family Bovidae, Camelidae,
Equidae, Suidae, or Cervidae;

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Animal hair,
fleece, or fur fibers that are not attached to skin, such as fishing lures;

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A raw or green
pelt, or a dried, cured, or tanned pelt that has not been manufactured into and
is not sold as an article of clothing, covering for any part of the body, or
fashion accessory, such as pelts or pieces used to create fishing lures or for
the repair or alteration of used fur products; or

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The pelt or
skin of any animal preserved through taxidermy or for the purposes of
taxidermy.

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"Taxidermy" means the
practice of preparing and preserving the skin of an animal that is deceased and
stuffing and mounting the deceased animal in lifelike form.

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"Ultimate consumer"
means a person who buys a fur product for the person's own use, or for the use
of another, but not for resale or trade.

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"Used fur product"
means a fur product that has been previously worn or used by an ultimate
consumer.
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SECTION 3.
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This Act does not affect rights and duties
that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun
before its effective date.

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SECTION 4.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 5.
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This Act shall take effect on June 30, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Animal
Fur; Fur Products; Sale, Offer, Possession, Display, Distribution, or Trade;
Prohibition; Penalties

Description:

Prohibits
the sale, offer, possession with intent to sell, display, distribution, or
trade of fur products in the State, with certain exceptions.
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Establishes civil penalties for violations.
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Effective 6/30/2025.

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