SB 1111 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

SB 1111 establishes a permanent Agricultural Statistics Program within state law and allocates dedicated funding for its operation. The program will collect and analyze agricultural data to support informed decision-making related to farming, crop production, and rural economic planning. This bill directly affects state agricultural agencies and data collection systems, requiring them to implement the new program starting July 1, 2050. The measure is procedural, focusing on creating a statutory framework and funding mechanism rather than changing existing agricultural policies.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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SB1111 → SB1111_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was updated to reflect its status as Senate Bill 1111, First Session (SD1), with the text reorganized to remove administrative metadata and standardize formatting. The most significant substantive change is the amendment of the bill's effective date from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050, which delays when the new agricultural statistics program and funding requirements begin. Additionally, specific dollar amounts for funding allocations were redacted, likely to be filled in during the legislative process.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the agricultural statistics program and the entities it covers remains unchanged, but the timeline for implementation has been extended significantly.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050, delaying the start of the program by approximately 25 years.

FISCAL

Specific dollar amounts for appropriations were removed and replaced with blank spaces, indicating that exact funding figures are yet to be determined.

TECHNICAL

Administrative metadata, including bill numbers, dates, and template revision numbers, were removed to align with the SD1 version of the document.

Minor text formatting and capitalization adjustments were made throughout the document, such as changing 'relating' to 'RELATING' and correcting a typo in 'United Stated' to 'United States'.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 179) 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 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to AEN, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors