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HB1616Introduced in the House

Relating To Agriculture.

EngrossedSenate Ways and Means

Introduced by Greggor Ilagan, District 4

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Clarifies that the disposition of agricultural park lots for commercial activity may occur after the initial development of the agricultural park and regardless of whether the applicable county council approved plans and specifications for the future disposition of lots for commercial activity, with certain exceptions. Authorizes the care and production of swine and swine products within certain agricultural parks and under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Where it stands

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

March 30, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture: Passed, With Amendments · March 20, 2026

3

Yes

0

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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SenatorDistrictVote
Lorraine Inouye1Absent
Stanley Chang9Yes
Rachele Fernandez Lamosao19Yes
Samantha DeCorte22Absent
Chris Lee25Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to AGR, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 01-30-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  6. Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 5-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe.

  10. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 540-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  12. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-04-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  13. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  14. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 934-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso, Sayama excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

  16. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 142).

  17. Passed First Reading.

  18. Referred to AEN/WLA, WAM.

  19. The committee(s) on AEN/WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 1:03PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  20. The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Chang, Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, DeCorte.

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

  22. Reported from AEN/WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3243) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

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