SB 522 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE HALAULA AGRICULTURAL PARCEL.

Summary

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for the purchase of the Halaula Agricultural Parcel 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

SB522 → SB522_SD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a House bill to a Senate District 1 version, updating metadata and formatting. The most significant substantive change is the effective date, which was moved from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050, deferring the implementation of the agricultural parcel purchase by 25 years.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the Halaula Agricultural Parcel, but the timeline for execution has been drastically extended.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050, delaying the start of the project by 25 years.

TECHNICAL

The bill type was updated from 'SB' to 'Bill SD' and metadata regarding revision numbers and tracking IDs were adjusted to reflect the Senate District 1 version.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDT/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 463) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 11, 2025

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

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 1:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDT/AEN, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.