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Bill 16 (2026): RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF DOGS.

BILL016(26) · introduced by VAL OKIMOTO, Jan. 22, 2026

Summary, as the council's system prints it

Provides that it is unlawful for an owner of a dog to allow the dog to become, or fail to reasonably prevent the dog from becoming, a stray. Requires the CSD Director or the head of the City agency designated by the Mayor to require the animal control contractor to enforce the provisions contained in ROH Chapter 12, Article 4. Increases existing criminal fines and establishes new civil fines. Requires the CSD Director to adopt certain rules.

Last event, as printed

Sept. 30, 2026: Final reading notice published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

The measure in the council's system

BILL016(26)

• CR-204(26) - ADOPTED 08/12/26
• CR-234(26) - ADOPTED 09/09/26

Basis. Title, summary, introducers, dates, last event and vote are copied from the council's document system (hnldoc) as read by script; nothing is paraphrased. First on the record Sept. 19, 2026. Corrections: the corrections log.