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SB570 • 2026

RELATING TO GOATS.

RELATING TO GOATS.

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Sponsor
RICHARDS, AQUINO, CHANG, FEVELLA, GABBARD, INOUYE, KANUHA, SAN BUENAVENTURA
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Re-Referred to WLA, JDC.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO GOATS.

RELATING TO GOATS.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO GOATS.
  • Hunting; Goats; Bag Limits; Public Hunting Areas; Prohibition; Department of Land and Natural Resources Prohibits the Department of Land and Natural Resources from establishing or implementing bag limits for goats in public hunting areas.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 S

    Re-Referred to WLA, JDC.

  2. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  3. 2025-01-21 S

    Referred to WTL, JDC.

  4. 2025-01-17 S

    Passed First Reading.

  5. 2025-01-17 S

    Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO GOATS.
Hunting; Goats; Bag Limits; Public Hunting Areas; Prohibition; Department of Land and Natural Resources
Prohibits the Department of Land and Natural Resources from establishing or implementing bag limits for goats in public hunting areas.

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SB570

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

570

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to goats
.

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

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SECTION
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The legislature finds that the population
of goats is growing in west Hawaii island, leading to increasing concerns among
residents as these animals pose a nuisance in neighborhoods and cause safety
concerns on roadways.
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Hunters are
essential partners in conservation efforts, helping to mitigate the damage that
goats cause when they proliferate in environments to which they are not native and
in which they have no predators.
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The
legislature therefore finds that bag limits on goats in public hunting areas
should be lifted or no longer established.

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The
purpose of this Act is to prohibit the department of land and natural resources
from establishing or implementing bag limits on goats in public hunting areas.

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SECTION
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Section 183D-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

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"(a)
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For the purposes of preserving, protecting,
conserving, and propagating wildlife, the department shall establish, maintain,
manage, and operate game management areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and public
hunting areas on land under its control and, as it deems desirable, enter into
agreements for taking control of privately owned lands for those purposes[
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;
provided that the department shall not establish or implement a bag limit for
goats in public hunting areas.
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SECTION 3.
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Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory
material is underscored.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Hunting;
Goats; Bag Limits; Public Hunting Areas; Prohibition; Department of Land and
Natural Resources

Description:

Prohibits
the Department of Land and Natural Resources from establishing or implementing
bag limits for goats in public hunting areas.

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