HB 189 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM.

Summary

Requires the counties to adopt ordinances setting forth procedures and requirements for the review and permitting of agricultural tourism uses and activities as secondary uses, in addition to accessory uses, on a working farm or farming operation. Requires the counties' ordinances to include requirements that: the principal agricultural use on a working farm or farming operation preexists the issuance of any land use permit or building permit for any accessory and secondary use and agricultural tourism be allowed only on land on which productive agricultural use is occurring. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

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Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Feb 6, 2025

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HB189 → HB189_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was amended to change the effective date from immediate approval to July 1, 3000, and to consolidate the description of productive agricultural use requirements into a single paragraph. The substantive policy content regarding agricultural tourism regulations, lot size exceptions, and ordinance requirements remains unchanged.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000'

TECHNICAL

Reorganized the description of 'productive agricultural use' by combining subsections (A), (B), and (C) into a single paragraph

Removed bracketed editorial notes and formatting artifacts from the text

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Committee

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from AGR/TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 194) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Holt, Ilagan, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Matsumoto.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to AGR/TOU, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

7 primary · 0 co-sponsors