---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO AGRICULTURE."
description: "Establishes an Industrial Hemp Special Fund within the Department of Agriculture to deposit fees and expend funds necessary for the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2556"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2556 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Industrial Hemp Pilot Program", "Industrial Hemp Special Fund"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "GABBARD", "GALUTERIA", "Kim", "RIVIERE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa577c11-cac2-4a22-be25-3f217ca3c2ca"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2556&year=2018"
source_hash: "829ada4ec430cc3325b53b76f80da4a028eeaddfa791a9e7f1c96099da66709e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii SB 2556 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes an Industrial Hemp Special Fund within the Department of Agriculture to deposit fees and expend funds necessary for the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program. (CD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB2556** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2556_.HTM)
2. **SB2556_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2556_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2556_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2556_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- GABBARD — primary (person)
- GALUTERIA — primary (person)
- Kim — primary (person)
- RIVIERE — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Referred to AEN, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-29-18 1:15PM in conference room 224.
- **2018-01-29** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Riviere, Nishihara, K. Rhoads, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2005) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2018-02-01** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2018-02-20** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-23-18 11:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2018-02-23** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2727) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2018-03-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-06-18.
- **2018-03-06** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 213) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 35 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-14-18 8:30AM in House conference room 312.
- **2018-03-14** The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Gates, Ing, Say. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1270-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2018-03-21** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ing, C. Lee, McKelvey, Souki, Todd, Ward excused (6). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-28-18 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-03-28** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1823-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-04-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Choy, Fukumoto, Holt, C. Lee, McKelvey excused (5). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 411). `introduction`
- **2018-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2018-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 555).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Creagan, DeCoite Co-Chairs; Cachola, Thielen.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610).
- **2018-04-23** Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Riviere Co-Chair; Ruderman.
- **2018-04-23** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 828).
- **2018-04-24** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-18 10:02AM in conference room 224.
- **2018-04-26** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-18 10:00AM in conference room 224.
- **2018-04-27** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Riviere, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-27** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cachola.
- **2018-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 94-18).
- **2018-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
- **2018-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 94-18) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2018-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-01-18.
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
- **2018-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-29** Act 059, on 06/27/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1160). `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-29** Act 059, 06/27/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1160). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa577c11-cac2-4a22-be25-3f217ca3c2ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).