SB 522 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE HALAULA AGRICULTURAL PARCEL.

Summary

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for the purchase of the Halaula Agricultural Parcel for agricultural development. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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SB522 → SB522_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document into a structured SD1 (Senate Draft) template. The most significant substantive change is the effective date of the Act, which was moved from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, likely a clerical error that requires correction. The core policy provisions regarding funding, land acquisition, and agricultural development remain unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the effective date and document formatting were altered.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, which is likely a drafting error that would delay implementation by 25 years if not corrected.

TECHNICAL

The document was converted from a standard legislative format to a structured SD1 template with metadata headers, which affects how the bill is processed but not its legal content.

Text formatting and spacing were standardized throughout the document, including changes to section numbering and paragraph indentation.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDT/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 463) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards.

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 1:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDT/AEN, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

6 primary · 0 co-sponsors