SB 1331 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE LAND STUDY BUREAU SOIL RATING SYSTEM.

Summary

Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in coordination with other agencies, to update the soil data used in the land study bureau soil rating system and create a mechanism for regular soil data updates. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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SB1331 → SB1331_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was reformatted from a standard legislative draft to a Senate committee version (SD1) with minor substantive changes. The most significant policy change is the effective date, which was moved from July 1, 2025 to January 1, 2050. The bill's core purpose remains the same: updating soil data for agricultural land regulation and appropriating $400,000 for this work. The formatting changes include removal of page headers and addition of metadata fields.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the policy requirements remain identical to the original version.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to January 1, 2050, which is 25 years later than originally proposed.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative draft to a Senate committee version (SD1) with metadata fields added.

Page headers, footers, and formatting markers were removed during the conversion to the SD1 format.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 598) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to WTL, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors