SB 1099 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Summary

Authorizes the Land Use Commission to designate county or state lands as important agricultural lands, and adopt maps for the designated lands, in counties that fail to identify and recommend important agricultural lands by 12/31/2027. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Apr 17, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB1099 → SB1099_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill revision updates the Land Use Commission's authority to designate important agricultural lands, specifically allowing it to act on behalf of counties that fail to submit their own recommendations by the December 31, 2027 deadline. The change clarifies that the commission can now designate both county and state lands in these situations, ensuring agricultural protection even when local governments do not act. Additionally, the effective date of the act was significantly delayed from immediate approval to July 1, 3000, likely to allow time for the commission to complete its review process before the new designation powers take effect.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly include state lands alongside county lands for designation purposes when counties fail to meet the statutory deadline.

REQUIREMENT

The Land Use Commission's authority to designate important agricultural lands was clarified to include both county and state lands in counties that fail to identify and recommend lands by December 31, 2027.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the act was changed from immediate approval to July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

The bill title and description were updated to reflect the expanded scope regarding county and state lands.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 17, 2026

Committee

Re-Referred to WLA, JDC.

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Amended

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 671).

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).

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Mar 21, 2025

Committee

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1409), recommending referral to JHA.

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Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

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Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1264) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.

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Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to WAL, AGR, JHA, referral sheet 19

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Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 259).

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Feb 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.

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Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:20AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

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Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.

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Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 367) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

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Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to WTL, JDC.

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Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors