HB 2216 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS.

Summary

Authorizes the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to package and sell a portion of its agricultural loan portfolio to permitted third parties. Appropriates funds out of the Agricultural Loans Revolving Fund to increase its expenditure ceiling. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Apr 8, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2216_HD2 → HB2216_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill updates the legislative metadata to reflect its progression from the House to the Senate, including changes to the bill's title, author, and revision numbers. The most significant substantive change is the correction of the effective date for the agricultural loan program modifications from the year 3000 to 2050, ensuring the law becomes active in a realistic timeframe. Minor formatting adjustments were also made to the text, such as hyphenation in the findings section and the consolidation of a list item regarding property management.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the State's agricultural loan program, but the timeline for implementation is corrected to a practical future date.

TIMELINE

The effective date for the Act was changed from July 1, 3000, to July 1, 2050, correcting a likely clerical error that would have delayed implementation indefinitely.

TECHNICAL

Metadata fields were updated to reflect the Senate version, including the bill title, author names, and revision numbers.

Minor text formatting changes were applied, including hyphenation in the legislative findings and the merging of a multi-line list item into a single line.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 8, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee on WAM has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 04-09-26 10:55AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Apr 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-09-26 10:55AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3223) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 23, 2026

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, Richards, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.

upper

Mar 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to AEN, WAM.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 380).

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Committee

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 325-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Perruso, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Quinlan.

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 5

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

6 primary · 0 co-sponsors