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Bill RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to convene a Bona Fide Farmer Working Group to develop multi-tiered, matrix-based definitions for the terms "bona fide farmer" and "bona fide agricultural activity". Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2026 SB 2153 Hawaii SB 2153 (2026)
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Hawaii SB 2153 (2026) — RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to convene a Bona Fide Farmer Working Group to develop multi-tiered, matrix-based definitions for the terms "bona fide farmer" and "bona fide agricultural activity". Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB2153 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB2153_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB2153_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB2153_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB2153_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 12–0 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 24–0 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — 24–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • KIDANI — primary (person)
  • MCKELVEY — primary (person)
  • RICHARDS — primary (person)
  • Fukunaga — cosponsor (person)
  • Hashimoto — cosponsor (person)
  • Moriwaki — cosponsor (person)
  • San Buenaventura — cosponsor (person)
  • Wakai — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-06-26 Act 167, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1269). became-law
  • 2026-06-26 Act 167, 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1269). became-law
  • 2026-05-07 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). receipt
  • 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). passage
  • 2026-05-05 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814). receipt
  • 2026-05-01 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). passage
  • 2026-05-01 Deferred one day 05-06-26. deferral
  • 2026-04-29 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26.
  • 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 32-26) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2026-04-29 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26.
  • 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 32-26).
  • 2026-04-28 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2026-04-28 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, Richards, DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.
  • 2026-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-26 11:00AM; Conference Room 325.
  • 2026-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 714). receipt
  • 2026-04-20 Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Richards Co-Chair; DeCoite.
  • 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). receipt
  • 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Chun, Kusch Co-Chairs; Kahaloa, Matsumoto.
  • 2026-04-10 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 564). receipt
  • 2026-04-10 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
  • 2026-04-10 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 502). introduction, receipt
  • 2026-04-09 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2026-04-09 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1998-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2026-04-07 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-02 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2026-04-02 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26. deferral
  • 2026-03-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2026-03-24 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) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-24 Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1389-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2026-03-20 The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Perruso, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 03-20-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2026-03-12 Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
  • 2026-03-12 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2026-03-10 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 183) in amended form (SD 2). introduction, receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2026-03-06 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.
  • 2026-03-06 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2942) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
  • 2026-03-03 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-27 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-03-26 10:17AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
  • 2026-02-11 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-11 Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2187) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
  • 2026-01-28 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, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-01-23 The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
  • 2026-01-22 Referred to AEN, WAM. referral-committee
  • 2026-01-21 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
  • 2026-01-14 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/967f4104-52cb-47bf-a24d-f52ccc4585e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).

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