SB 2350 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Summary

Transfers the rights, powers, functions, and duties of the Aquaculture and Livestock Support Services Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity that relate to agricultural enterprises to the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Requires that the regulatory functions of the Aquaculture and Livestock Support Services Branch remain within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Tags: Agriculture

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 15, 2026 Last action Mar 18, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB2350_SD1 → SB2350_SD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill revision narrows the transfer of authority from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to the Agribusiness Development Corporation by adding a specific exception for 'agricultural enterprises.' It also simplifies the regulatory exception, removing references to the Agricultural Development Division and consolidating the list of retained functions to only the Aquaculture and Livestock Support Services Branch. Additionally, the bill's effective date remains July 1, 2050, while metadata regarding authorship and version numbers was updated.

Scope change

The scope of the transfer was narrowed to exclude functions related to 'agricultural enterprises,' which will remain under the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity.

SCOPE

Added an exception in Section 1 stating that rights and duties related to 'agricultural enterprises' (as defined in HRS 141D-2) will not be transferred to the Agribusiness Development Corporation.

ENFORCEMENT

Simplified Section 6 (formerly Section 6) to explicitly retain regulatory functions only for the Aquaculture and Livestock Support Services Branch, removing the previous reference to the Agricultural Development Division.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the bill description to reflect that the transfer now applies only to functions not related to agricultural enterprises.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2026

How they voted

25–0

Passed

Total votes 25

Mar 10, 2026

D Democratic22

22 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican3

3 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to AGR, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 17

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 215) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee on WAM has rescheduled its decision making to 03-02-26 10:02AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-02-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from AEN/EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2479) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.

upper

Feb 6, 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, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Rhoads ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN/EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to AEN/EDT, WAM.

upper

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 15, 2026

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

6 primary · 0 co-sponsors