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HI HB 782

died on adjournment

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Establishes within the Department of Agriculture a working group to review and make recommendations on amending or repealing unnecessary or obsolete laws pertaining to agriculture. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Introduced
2025-01-21
Status date
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Latest action
2026-04-02 — Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • KAHALOAprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • HASHEMprimary
  • KAPELAprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • LAMOSAOprimary
  • MORIKAWAprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • TAKAYAMAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  2. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  3. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  4. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  5. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  6. 2025-04-24

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.

  7. 2025-04-22

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862).

    receipt

  8. 2025-04-22

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-25 9:31AM; Conference Room 325.

  9. 2025-04-22

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; DeCoite Co-Chair; Richards, Awa.

  10. 2025-04-21

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755).

    receipt

  11. 2025-04-17

    House Conferees Appointed: Kahaloa, Kusch Co-Chairs; Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto.

  12. 2025-04-11

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  13. 2025-04-10

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  14. 2025-04-08

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 676) in amended form (SD 1).

  15. 2025-04-08

    Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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  16. 2025-04-04

    One Day Notice 04-08-25.

  17. 2025-04-04

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1778) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  18. 2025-04-02

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  19. 2025-03-27

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  20. 2025-03-19

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

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  21. 2025-03-19

    Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1167) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  22. 2025-03-17

    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.

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  23. 2025-03-14

    The committee(s) on AEN deferred the measure until 03-17-25 1:02PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

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  24. 2025-03-11

    The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  25. 2025-03-04

    Referred to AEN, WAM.

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-02-28

    Passed First Reading.

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  27. 2025-02-28

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 38).

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  28. 2025-02-27

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

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  29. 2025-02-27

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 874), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  30. 2025-02-20

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-02-18

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  32. 2025-02-11

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

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  33. 2025-02-11

    Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 399) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  34. 2025-02-07

    The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  35. 2025-02-05

    Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 02-07-25 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  36. 2025-01-21

    Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 2

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  37. 2025-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  38. 2025-01-17

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-07 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lowen: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Quinlan: yes
    • Ward: not voting

  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-02-20 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Alcos: not voting
    • Ward: not voting

  • The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-17 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Gabbard: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Awa: yes

  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-04-02 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes

  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading.

    2025-04-08 · pass · 25-0

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