republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-1561.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT."
description: "Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC). Requires the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the ADC. Appropriates funds for the Auditor to contract with an accounting firm to conduct a financial audit of the ADC. Requires the ADC to annually report and post on its website specified information. Appropriates funds for an environmental assessment and appraisal of certain real property. Effective 6/28/2019. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1561"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1561 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agribusiness Development Corporation", "Operating Budget", "Audit", "Reporting", "Appropriation ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CREAGAN", "LUKE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc651cb0-75c7-48b9-b380-a2d0fe9ef2e0"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1561&year=2019"
source_hash: "310bdfe8d8a21a54b4ce77eec92d46b5fb4adc73115ddd0ee7dec17935108886"
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 HB 1561 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC). Requires the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the ADC. Appropriates funds for the Auditor to contract with an accounting firm to conduct a financial audit of the ADC. Requires the ADC to annually report and post on its website specified information. Appropriates funds for an environmental assessment and appraisal of certain real property. Effective 6/28/2019. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1561** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1561_.HTM)
2. **HB1561_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1561_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1561_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1561_SD1_.HTM)
4. **HB1561_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1561_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CREAGAN — primary (person)
- LUKE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-13-19 8:30AM in House conference room 312.
- **2019-02-13** The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Onishi, Perruso, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 706) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-02-15** 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) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-25-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-02-25** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Wildberger. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1036), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 325). `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to AEN, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-19 1:15PM in conference room 224.
- **2019-03-11** 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, Ruderman, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1232) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2019-03-18** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2019-04-02** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 04-05-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-04-05** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Inouye, Kidani, Taniguchi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2066) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2019-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 686) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2019-04-09** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2019-04-11** Received notice of House agreement (Hse. Com. No. 718)
- **2019-04-11** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with Representative(s) DeCoite, Say voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Saiki excused (2).
- **2019-04-12** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 802).
- **2019-04-11** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Act 028, on 04/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129). `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Act 028, 04/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc651cb0-75c7-48b9-b380-a2d0fe9ef2e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).