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SB2718Introduced in the Senate

Relating To The Food Hub Pilot Program.

IntroducedSenate Ways and Means

Introduced by Mike Gabbard, District 21

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Appropriates funds to the Food Hub Pilot Program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Where it stands

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

February 20, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Government Operations: Passed, With Amendments · February 18, 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
Troy Hashimoto5Yes
Angus McKelvey6Yes
Sharon Moriwaki12Absent
Mike Gabbard21Yes
Brenton Awa23Absent

Bill history

  1. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to AEN/GVO, WAM.

  4. The committee(s) on AEN/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-26 3:02PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Moriwaki, Awa.

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

  7. Reported from AEN/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2680) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

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