---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS."
description: "Grants county agencies the right to enter property to investigate agricultural buildings for violations of and compliance with building permit and building code exemption requirements. (HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2701"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2701 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural Buildings", "Exemptions", "Right to Enter", "Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "GABBARD", "Ihara", "J.KEOHOKALOLE", "RIVIERE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af2a4aeb-07b3-4f21-bdc6-c252d84925f0"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2701&year=2020"
source_hash: "8f35ea79e7b82efe75da87eb711a41dee4cc01b9e5d5a792fbe57587b3e518fc"
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 2701 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS.

Grants county agencies the right to enter property to investigate agricultural buildings for violations of and compliance with building permit and building code exemption requirements. (HD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2701** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2701_.HTM)
2. **SB2701_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2701_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2701_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB2701_HD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- GABBARD — primary (person)
- Ihara — primary (person)
- J.KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
- RIVIERE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Referred to PSM/AEN, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** The committee(s) on PSM/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-20 1:15PM in conference room 229.
- **2020-02-04** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Ruderman, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) L. Thielen, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Harimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Baker, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Reported from PSM/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2487) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
- **2020-02-11** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
- **2020-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-24-20 12:00PM in conference room 016.
- **2020-02-24** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3167) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-28** One Day Notice 03-03-20.
- **2020-03-03** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 339). `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-09** Referred to WLH, JUD , referral sheet 36 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by WLH on Friday, 03-13-20 10:00AM in House conference room 325.
- **2020-03-13** The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Todd, Har, Tarnas, Wildberger, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-11** Reported from WLH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1166-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2020-05-11** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Thielen excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 06-24-20 3:05PM in House conference room 325.
- **2020-06-24** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakashima, Perruso, Say, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Brower, Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-26** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1230-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2020-06-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Monday, 06-29-20.
- **2020-06-29** Deferred one day 06-30-20.
- **2020-06-30** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, McDermott, Say excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2020-07-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 371). `introduction`
- **2020-07-01** Deferred One Day 07-02-20.
- **2020-07-02** Deferred One Day 07-06-20.
- **2020-07-06** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 07-08-20.
- **2020-07-06** One Day Notice 07-08-20.
- **2020-07-08** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Keith-Agaran.
- **2020-07-08** Received notice of Senate agreement and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 630).
- **2020-07-10** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-09-15** Act 060, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165). `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-15** Act 060, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af2a4aeb-07b3-4f21-bdc6-c252d84925f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).