Authorizes the Land Use Commission to designate county or state lands as important agricultural lands, and adopt maps for the designated lands, in counties that fail to identify and recommend important agricultural lands by 12/31/2027. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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History
2026
Apr 17Re-Referred to WLA, JDC.Latest
Mar 20Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
Mar 20Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).Minor
Apr 15Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789).Minor
Apr 10Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 671).Minor
Apr 10Senate disagrees with House amendments.Minor
Apr 10Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).Minor
Apr 8Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.Passed House
Vote recorded Passed Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
Apr 4Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2027), recommending passage on Third Reading.
Mar 27The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.Minor
Vote recorded The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Lower
Mar 25Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Mar 21Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1409), recommending referral to JHA.
Vote recorded Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA. Result: pass.Lower
Mar 21Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).Minor
Mar 19The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.Minor
Vote recorded The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Lower
Mar 14Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1264) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.
Vote recorded Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR. Result: pass.Lower
Mar 14Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with Representative(s) Pierick voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).Minor
Mar 14Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-19-25 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Mar 11The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.Minor
Vote recorded The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Lower
Mar 7Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 03-11-25 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Mar 6Pass First ReadingMinor
Mar 6Referred to WAL, AGR, JHA, referral sheet 19Minor
Mar 4Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.Passed Senate
Vote recorded Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
Mar 4Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 259).Minor
Feb 28Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 956) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
Feb 28One Day Notice 03-04-25.
Feb 21The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.Minor
Vote recorded The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Upper
Feb 18The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:20AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
Feb 12Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 367) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
Feb 12Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.Minor
Feb 5The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
Vote recorded The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Upper
Jan 31The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.