SB 2098 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.

Summary

Establishes a Clean Plant Program within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to support the production, maintenance, and distribution of disease-free, clean plant material to growers, nurseries, and other agricultural producers in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Last action Feb 3, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB2098 → SB2098_SD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to change the bill number and author, update metadata for a Senate committee version, and significantly alter the effective date of the legislation from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2050. The text also corrected minor grammatical errors and changed a singular progress report requirement to allow for annual reports.

Scope change

The bill's applicability remains focused on agricultural production, but the timeline for implementation has been drastically extended.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2050, delaying the implementation of the clean plant program by over two decades.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement for the department to submit a progress report was changed from a single annual report to 'annual progress reports', allowing for ongoing updates.

FISCAL

The appropriation language was updated to refer to the program established by the Act generally, rather than specifically by 'section 1', likely due to the restructuring of the bill.

TECHNICAL

A new section was added clarifying that new statutory material in the bill is underscored.

Minor text corrections were made, including fixing a sentence fragment and changing 'a report' to 'reports'.

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 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 3, 2026

Committee

Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2102) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Jan 28, 2026

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

Jan 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 22, 2026

Committee

Referred to AEN, WAM.

upper

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 14, 2026

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

3 primary · 1 co-sponsor