HB 1323 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS.

Summary
Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to transfer certain public lands for agricultural use to the Department of Agriculture without approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Board of Agriculture. Requires the Department of Agriculture, upon approval of the Board of Agriculture, to accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB1323 HB1323_HD1 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to clarify that the Department of Agriculture can only manage transferred lands after receiving approval from the Board of Agriculture. The effective date was drastically changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, likely indicating a placeholder or error. The bill description was updated to reflect that the Board of Land and Natural Resources is no longer required to approve these transfers.
Scope change
The bill's scope was modified to remove the requirement for Board of Land and Natural Resources approval, shifting the approval authority solely to the Board of Agriculture.
REQUIREMENT

Added a condition requiring the Board of Agriculture's approval before the Department of Agriculture can accept and manage the transferred lands.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the Act from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000.

SCOPE

Updated the bill description to clarify that the Board of Land and Natural Resources is no longer involved in the approval process.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 714), recommending referral to JHA.
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe, Woodson.
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 86) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
lower
Jan 31, 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, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to AGR, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 4
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Mark Hashem
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HI
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