SB 658 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE HAWAII ANT LAB.

Summary

Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to support the Hawaii Ant Lab in mitigating the effects of little fire ants in the State. 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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What changed between versions

SB658 → SB658_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a Senate Draft 1 version with metadata headers. The core policy content remains largely the same, though the effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, and the specific funding amount in Section 2 was blanked out from the original $1,000,000 figure.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope regarding funding the Hawaii Ant Lab to combat little fire ant infestations remains unchanged, though the effective date was extended by 25 years.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, which is a 25-year extension that may indicate a placeholder or error.

FISCAL

The specific appropriation amount in Section 2 was removed and replaced with blank spaces, changing from $1,000,000 to an unspecified amount.

TECHNICAL

Multiple metadata headers and formatting elements were added, including bill tracking numbers, timestamps, and revision information.

Original document headers, page numbers, and introductory text were removed during the conversion to the SD1 draft format.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 466) 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 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

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-25 1:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to AEN, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

2 primary · 3 co-sponsors