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HB96 • 2026

RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.

RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.

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Sponsor
KAHALOA
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the content of the new biosecurity rules or who will be affected by them.

Rules for Keeping Biological Materials Safe

This law aims to create rules that help protect biological materials from being misused.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a new set of rules about biosecurity in Hawaii.

Terms To Know

Biosecurity
Rules to protect living things from being used for harmful purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not provide specific details about the new biosecurity rules.
  • It is unclear what changes will be made to existing laws.
  • There are no explicit provisions on who this law affects.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-01-21 H

    Referred to AGR, referral sheet 1

  3. 2025-01-16 H

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  4. 2025-01-13 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.
Biosecurity; Short Form
Short form bill relating to biosecurity.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
HB96

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

96

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to BIOSECURITY
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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The purpose of this Act is to
effectuate the title of this Act.

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The Hawaii Revised Statutes is amended
to conform to the purpose of this Act.

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This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Biosecurity;
Short Form

Description:

Short
form bill relating to biosecurity.

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