| HI | SB2778 | Intro
25% | Amends the composition of the Board of Agriculture by providing representation from the islands of Molokai and Lanai.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2481 | Intro
25% | Establishes a timeline by which roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages that use a geographic origin in labeling or advertising are required to contain a certain per cent coffee by weight from that geographic origin.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2812 | Intro
25% | Establishes the sustainable food systems working group within the Department of Agriculture. Requires the working group to develop an interagency food systems plan and a state farm bill. Appropriates funds for the working group and for an unspecified...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2624 | 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] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2410 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Agriculture to conduct a feasibility study to identify potential sites in the State for an aquaculture park that promotes commercial aquaculture expansion. Requires a report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2430 | Intro
25% | Requires the Board of Agriculture to submit a report on the percentage of agricultural lands that are suitable for farming and actively farmed and certain dollar amounts relating to lease transfers between lessees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2427 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, distribution for sale, and distribution for use of any food packaging, food service ware, cosmetic, or personal care product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2389 | Intro
25% | Allows for the establishment of additional regional centers for the redemption of refillable beverage containers. Repeals exemptions for certain beverage dealers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2254 | Intro
25% | Relating To Agriculture. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2249 | Intro
25% | Establishes additional penalties for dog owners whose dog destroys property while on land zoned for agricultural use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2290 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of any waste or disposal facility for hazardous waste or solid waste on land that is near or above a significant aquifer as determined by the Department of Health, in consultation with the Commis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2256 | Intro
25% | Relating To The Environment. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2253 | Intro
25% | Relating To Agriculture. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2255 | Intro
25% | Relating To The Environment. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2161 | Intro
25% | Exempts the proposed drilling, construction, or use of a well and well appurtenances on lands leased from the Department of Agriculture from environmental review requirements, provided that the land is being used to support agriculture and food produ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB2084 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Agriculture to conduct a market analysis study to identify the optimum mix of private sector, public sector, and philanthropic funding sources and mechanisms needed to support blue carbon ecosystem projects in the State and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB774 | Intro
25% | Establishes ownership of any cow, horse, mule, donkey, sheep, goat, or swine, not marked or branded, and running wild on public lands to any person who intentionally feeds the animal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1548 | Intro
25% | Repeals redundant regulations on hemp production, which will reduce costs for the State and Hawaii farmers. Amends hemp law in a manner that recognizes the unique constraints of Hawaii farmers, while protecting human health. Allows licensed hemp prod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB788 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the Department of Health from issuing permits for commercial burning of green waste products in residential areas or within one thousand feet of a residential property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1553 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for positions and activities related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB361 | Intro
25% | Establishes a carbon sequestration income tax credit. Applicable to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB794 | Intro
25% | Establishes within the Department of Health, a three-year Cesspool Conversion Financial Assistance Pilot Program to provide financial assistance to owners of cesspools located in the county of Maui to upgrade or convert their cesspools to a wastewate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1618 | Intro
25% | Amends land use classifications to add taro lands to unique agricultural lands. Requires retention of supporting structures for taro fields. Adds growth and perpetuation of taro and crops native to Hawaii to agricultural planning policies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1294 | Intro
25% | Repeals the provision for farm dwelling and farm employee housing on Important Agricultural Lands and adopts a new provision for farm cluster housing as an incentive for the designation of lands as Important Agricultural Lands pursuant to chapter 205...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1183 | Intro
25% | Requires the department of agriculture to include a statement on desecration laws in the plants and animals declaration form.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1603 | Intro
25% | Provides for donation of wild game to under-resourced communities. Establishes a task force for development and implementation to expand meat processing capacity in the State. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1554 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds to finance capital improvements to various irrigation systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | HB247 | Engross
50% | Increases the percentages of local agricultural products that certain departments are required to purchase by certain deadlines. Expands annual reporting requirements to include the total spending by certain market channels. Requires the University o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1150 | Intro
25% | Establishes a list of substances allowed for use as pesticides and fertilizers on state and county property. Provides that the use of substances not specifically allowed as pesticides and fertilizers on state property and county property is prohibite...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB405 | Intro
25% | Establishes the cesspool conversion tax credit to upgrade or convert cesspools certified by the Department of Health into a director-approved wastewater system. Effective for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB522 | Intro
25% | Relating To Agriculture. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB961 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the Department of Health to control the State's feral chicken population. Requires the establishment of a complaint hotline that may be used to report nuisances and health hazards caused by the presence of feral chickens and to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1260 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to support collaboration between the Department of Agriculture and the aquaculture industry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB286 | Intro
25% | Establishes a three-year New Waste Management Solution and Cesspool System Demonstration Pilot Program within the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center to examine and demonstrate new wastewater and cesspool technology systems; implemen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB50 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the distribution, sale, and provision of plastic straws, except for those who request single-use plastic straws for medical reasons. Establishes a fine for violators. Takes effect 1/1/2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | HB970 | Engross
50% | Makes technical changes to the statutory definitions of "agricultural enterprise lands" and "non-agricultural park lands" for clarification and consistency purposes. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1507 | Intro
25% | Establishes and appropriates moneys for a food and product innovation network office within the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Establishes a food and product innovation network advisory council to advise the administrators of the food and prod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1293 | Intro
25% | Clarifies the decision-making process for the Land Use Commission adoption of maps of Important Agricultural Lands and repeals the farm dwelling and farm employee housing incentive for lands designated as Important Agricultural Lands in chapter 205, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB641 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to plan, design, construct, operate, manage, maintain, repair, demolish, and remove infrastructure on any lands under the jurisdiction of the department, to support and promote agriculture. Establishes an agri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB96 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Aquaculture Development Branch within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Transfers the rights, powers, functions, duties, employees, and other capital of the Aquaculture and Livestock Services Branch of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1246 | Intro
25% | Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to plan, design, construct, and operate a new animal slaughterhouse on the island of Oahu. Appropriates moneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB523 | Intro
25% | Relating To The Environment. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB747 | Intro
25% | Prohibits using geographic origins of coffee in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee that contains less than a certain percentage of coffee by weight from that geographic origin, phased in to a minimum of fifty-one per cent after 7/1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB114 | Intro
25% | Requires the Animal Industry Division of the Department of Agriculture to administer an assessment and approval process to import and move aquatic livestock in the State. Requires the Animal Industry Division to develop a risk-based framework for the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB503 | Intro
25% | Requires the department of health to establish a refrigerant management program to reduce emissions of high global warming potential refrigerants and any refrigerant that is an ozone depleting substance from operation of stationary, commercial, and i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB381 | Intro
25% | Prohibits a person from promoting, arranging, conducting, assisting in, receiving money for, or taking part in any meeting, competition, exhibition, pastime, practice, display, or event at or in the course of which a captive marine mammal is used for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB423 | Intro
25% | Requires the employees' retirement system to divest its investment portfolio of coal, oil, and gas companies within an unspecified number of years and to report certain information to the legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB386 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) engineer position and one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) planner position within the Department of Health's Wastewater Branch to support processing of individual wastewater systems application...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB698 | Intro
25% | Establishes a task force to create a master plan for agricultural facilities at ports of transportation for the purpose of moving commodities to market.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1529 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the establishment of one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent position within the Animal Industry Division of the Department of Agriculture that shall find, solicit, and distribute grants for the control of feral game mamma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
