republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-615.md

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Bill	RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL USES AND ACTIVITIES.	Clarifies that any provision in a private agreement contained in a conveyance of land recorded on or before 7/8/2003 that have since expired but have not been renewed and recorded in the bureau of conveyances are prohibited from restricting bona fide agricultural uses and activities on agricultural land. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 615	Hawaii HB 615 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Agricultural Lands Expired Private Agreements Restrictions	enacted	AIU AMATO CHUN COCHRAN GANADEN GATES HASHIMOTO HOLT HUSSEY-BURDICK KAHALOA KAPELA KILA KITAGAWA LAMOSAO LOWEN MARTEN MATAYOSHI MIZUNO MORIKAWA NAKAMURA NAKASHIMA ONISHI PERRUSO POEPOE QUINLAN TAKENOUCHI TAM TARNAS TODD	3	46	6	2023-01-20	2023-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/8e73423c-9d4b-47e5-b277-a0e6cba0e9b4	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=615&year=2023	ed0f9cdbdbf483cd71897b88b8aea63fbcad07b1099eff2c3092db705e1bc025	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 615 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL USES AND ACTIVITIES.

Clarifies that any provision in a private agreement contained in a conveyance of land recorded on or before 7/8/2003 that have since expired but have not been renewed and recorded in the bureau of conveyances are prohibited from restricting bona fide agricultural uses and activities on agricultural land. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB615 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB615_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB615_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• AIU — primary (person)
• AMATO — primary (person)
• CHUN — primary (person)
• COCHRAN — primary (person)
• GANADEN — primary (person)
• GATES — primary (person)
• HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
• HOLT — primary (person)
• HUSSEY-BURDICK — primary (person)
• KAHALOA — primary (person)
• KAPELA — primary (person)
• KILA — primary (person)
• KITAGAWA — primary (person)
• LAMOSAO — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
• MIZUNO — primary (person)
• MORIKAWA — primary (person)
• NAKAMURA — primary (person)
• NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
• ONISHI — primary (person)
• PERRUSO — primary (person)
• POEPOE — primary (person)
• QUINLAN — primary (person)
• TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
• TAM — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)
• TODD — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-05 Act 219, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). became-law
• 2023-07-05 Act 219, on 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). became-law
• 2023-04-28 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2023-04-28 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 890). receipt
• 2023-04-27 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ganaden excused (1). passage
• 2023-04-27 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2023-04-27 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 875). receipt
• 2023-04-27 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 874). receipt
• 2023-04-25 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-23.
• 2023-04-25 House Conferee(s) discharged.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975). receipt
• 2023-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Inouye, Rhoads Co-Chairs; DeCoite.
• 2023-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 830). receipt
• 2023-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Gates, Ichiyama, Nakashima Co-Chairs; Chun, Cochran, Ward.
• 2023-04-14 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). receipt
• 2023-04-13 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2023-04-11 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 760) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2023-04-11 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-04-06 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1732) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2023-03-30 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) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-24 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-30-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-24 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-24 Reported from AEN/WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1359) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
• 2023-03-22 The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WTL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-22 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, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-17 The committee(s) on AEN/WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-22-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to AEN/WTL, JDC. referral-committee
• 2023-03-03 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 66). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-02 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-02 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 848), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-02-22 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Gates, Lowen, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Onishi. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-22-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-17 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1).
• 2023-02-17 Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 644) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to CPC.
• 2023-02-14 The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Ganaden, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Chun, Hashem. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-10 Bill re-scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 02-14-23 8:30AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-09 Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 02-14-23 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-06 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Kila, Todd excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-06 Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 47), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
• 2023-02-01 The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Gates, Kahaloa, Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Woodson, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-30 Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-01-23 9:45AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-01-27 Referred to AGR, WAL, CPC, referral sheet 2 referral-committee
• 2023-01-23 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-20 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e73423c-9d4b-47e5-b277-a0e6cba0e9b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).