SR 159 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGARDING GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

This Senate Resolution (SR 159) urges Hawaii's Department of Agriculture to work with the Agribusiness Development Corporation to identify and access U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant opportunities. It does not create new laws or funding but encourages coordination between state agencies to help local farmers, ranchers, and agricultural organizations secure USDA grants. The goal is to support Hawaii's agricultural sustainability goals, including increasing local food production by 2030 as outlined in the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan. The resolution is a procedural request, not a binding mandate, directed at state agencies to collaborate on existing federal grant programs.

Tags: Agriculture

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 3, 2025

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SR159 → SR159_SD1 · 5 edits

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The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a structured data format with metadata fields. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, including the call for the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with the Agribusiness Development Corporation on USDA grant funding opportunities. The changes are primarily technical formatting updates rather than policy modifications.

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Document structure changed from traditional legislative format to structured data format with metadata fields including version numbers, timestamps, and document identifiers

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Added report title section at the end listing key entities and topics: DOA, ADC, USDA, Grant Funding, Opportunities, Collaboration, Agricultural Industry

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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

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Committee

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from AEN/EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1580) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

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Mar 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN/EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 1:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

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Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to AEN/EDT.

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Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

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6 primary · 2 co-sponsors