SB 1187 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY.

Summary

Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for permanent positions in agricultural biosecurity established by Act 231, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, and various biosecurity programs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB1187 → SB1187_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative document into a structured data template, while the substantive content regarding funding and positions remained largely the same. The most significant change is the effective date, which was altered from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, likely an error during the amendment process. The funding amount was removed from the text and replaced with blank fields, and the position descriptions were expanded to include program categories.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding agricultural biosecurity funding and positions remains unchanged, but the effective date was significantly extended to 2050, which may be unintentional.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, which is likely a clerical error and would delay funding by over two decades if enacted as written.

FISCAL

The specific dollar amount of $19,797,868 was removed from the text and replaced with blank fields, requiring new budgetary entry in the amended version.

TECHNICAL

The document format was converted from a standard legislative bill to a structured data template with metadata fields, changing how the bill is visually presented but not its legal substance.

DEFINITION

Program descriptions were added to the position table, linking each job role to specific biosecurity initiatives such as pest management, brown tree snake response, and invasive species outreach.

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Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 267) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

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, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-25 1:02PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to AEN, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors