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Bill	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.	Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a 2-year Agricultural Theft and Vandalism Pilot Project to examine the effectiveness of prosecuting agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism in the counties of Hawaii and Maui. Appropriates funds. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 759	Hawaii SB 759 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	HDOA Agricultural Theft and Vandalism Pilot Project County of Hawaii County of Maui Appropriation ($)	enacted	Baker GABBARD Kim Riviere Shimabukuro	4	52	8	2019-01-18	2019-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/a3f5243f-81fb-4625-a875-c37594e49a87	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=759&year=2019	e1d0bf0964ae18764009e926900c29fa42b04451f735426a8816bd52ebcce238	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 759 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a 2-year Agricultural Theft and Vandalism Pilot Project to examine the effectiveness of prosecuting agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism in the counties of Hawaii and Maui. Appropriates funds. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB759 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB759_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB759_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB759_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends 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
• The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Baker — primary (person)
• GABBARD — primary (person)
• Kim — primary (person)
• Riviere — primary (person)
• Shimabukuro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Introduced. introduction
• 2019-01-22 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Referred to AEN, JDC/WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-01-25 The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-19 1:15PM in conference room 224.
• 2019-01-30 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Ruderman, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-05 Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 33) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
• 2019-02-05 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
• 2019-02-21 The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-02-26 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-26 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, English, Harimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 995) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-03-01 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
• 2019-03-05 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 235) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to AGR, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-13-19 8:30AM in House conference room 312.
• 2019-03-13 The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Holt, Onishi, Perruso, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-15 Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1358) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
• 2019-03-15 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) McKelvey, Nakamura, Quinlan, Takumi excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-03-15 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Monday, 03-18-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-03-18 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-19-19.
• 2019-03-18 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 03-19-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-03-19 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Creagan, Lowen, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Brower, McKelvey, Morikawa, Yamane. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-21 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1532), recommending referral to FIN.
• 2019-03-21 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Holt, Tokioka, Yamane excused (5).
• 2019-04-01 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-03-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-04-03 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Nishimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2146), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-09 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-04-11 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 748). introduction
• 2019-04-11 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 893).
• 2019-04-22 House Conferees Appointed: Creagan, C. Lee, Cullen Co-Chairs; Okimoto.
• 2019-04-23 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 826).
• 2019-04-23 Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; K. Rhoads, Kanuha Co-Chairs; Fevella.
• 2019-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 954).
• 2019-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-19 10:02AM in conference room 224.
• 2019-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-19 10:02AM in conference room 224.
• 2019-04-26 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, K. Rhoads, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-26 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, C. Lee, Cullen, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 171).
• 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 171) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
• 2019-05-06 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-07-09 Act 217, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1319). executive-signature
• 2019-07-09 Act 217, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1319). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3f5243f-81fb-4625-a875-c37594e49a87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).