| HI | SB127 | Intro
25% | Establishes the conventional farming grant program to provide grants to small and midsized farmers who practice conventional farming. Appropriates moneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB563 | Intro
25% | Directs that Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Agribusiness Development Corporation and the counties, to conduct an agricultural water infrastructure study for the State of Hawaii. Appropriates moneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 1:55 pm]
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1562 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Combined Housing Operational Agriculture Mobilization Program to assist bona fide farmers to live and farm on agricultural lands. Establishes a tax credit for land donated to the program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB703 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the agricultural loan program to offer loans with an interest rate cap of four per cent; a line of credit program with a prevailing interest rate; and loans with an interest rate cap of three per cent for new farmers that commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB740 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Land Use Commission to designate another agency, including the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Department of Agriculture, or Agribusiness Development Corporation, to monitor compliance with any restrictions imposed in a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | SB1100 | Intro
25% | Renames the Department of Agriculture as the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity. Establishes a Deputy Chairperson for Biosecurity. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to establish an emergency response team to respond to bio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | HB845 | Intro
25% | Prohibits certain foreign parties from owning, purchasing, or acquiring an interest in agricultural lands. Establishes an Office of Agricultural Intelligence within the Department of Agriculture to investigate claims that land is unlawfully owned by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HI | HB884 | Intro
25% | Prohibits certain foreign parties or their agents, trustees, and fiduciaries from owning, purchasing, or acquiring an interest in agricultural lands. Establishes an Office of Agricultural Intelligence within the Department of Agriculture to investiga...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HI | SB442 | Intro
25% | Allows a retirant to be employed without reenrollment in the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) and without loss or interruption of benefits provided by the ERS or under chapter 88, HRS, if the retirant is employed as an investigator in a position id...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee |
| HI | SB564 | Intro
25% | Establishes a working group within the Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive study to assess the State's port and harbor system and the potential viability of each location in that system to support current and future agricultural p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | HB777 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Land Use Commission to designate another agency, including the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Department of Agriculture, or Agribusiness Development Corporation, to monitor compliance with any restrictions imposed in a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | SB126 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Agriculture and University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources to conduct a study on the effects of neonicotinoids on Hawaii beehive and apiary operations, including beekeeping activities at solar ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-17
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1 | Intro
25% | Prohibits certain foreign parties from owning, purchasing, or acquiring an interest in agricultural lands. Establishes an Office of Agricultural Intelligence within the Department of Agriculture to investigate claims that land is unlawfully owned by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
