SB 127 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL GRANTS.

Summary

Establishes the Conventional Farming Grant Program to be administered by the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to small and midsized farmers who practice conventional farming. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 10, 2025 Last action Feb 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB127 → SB127_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document into a structured SD1 (Senate Draft 1) version with metadata headers. The substantive policy content remains largely unchanged, though the effective date was altered from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, and the appropriation amount was redacted from $5,000,000 to a blank field.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains the same, establishing a grant program for small and midsize farms practicing conventional farming, though the funding amount is now unspecified.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, which appears to be a clerical error or placeholder that would need correction.

FISCAL

The specific appropriation amount of $5,000,000 was removed and replaced with a blank field, meaning the funding level is currently undefined.

TECHNICAL

Metadata headers including bill number, sponsor name, timestamps, and document versioning were added to the top of the document.

The document format was converted from a standard text layout to a structured template with section markers and spacing changes.

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Committee

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 43) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Jan 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

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.

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-29-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to AEN, WAM.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 10, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

8 primary · 0 co-sponsors