SB 1003 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.

Summary

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for the purchase of a land parcel in Kau for agricultural development. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB1003 → SB1003_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to reflect its status as a Senate Draft (SD1), updating metadata and formatting. Substantively, the bill changed the effective date from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050, and removed the specific dollar amount for bond issuance, leaving it open-ended. The text also standardized the spelling of 'Kau' and clarified that the land purchase is from the Ellis Jacob Hester Trust.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on purchasing specific agricultural land in Kau for the Agribusiness Development Corporation, but the funding mechanism is now undefined in amount.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was delayed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050.

FISCAL

The specific bond amount of $2,931,960 was removed and replaced with a blank field, making the funding amount undefined.

TECHNICAL

Spelling variations of 'Ka'u' were standardized to 'Kau' throughout the text.

The specific seller of the land, the Ellis Jacob Hester Trust, was added to the funding section.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

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Key actions

Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 393) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Awa.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDT, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors