SB 2110 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Summary

Establishes a Conservation Agriculture and Soil Health Incentive Program within the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Last action May 1, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB2110_HD1 → SB2110_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was amended to transition from a House draft to a Senate version, primarily updating administrative metadata and correcting a significant typographical error in the effective date from the year 3000 to 2050. The substantive policy content regarding the new conservation agriculture program remains largely unchanged, though minor text formatting adjustments were made throughout the document.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the amendments are administrative and correct a critical date error.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was corrected from July 1, 3000, to July 1, 2050, fixing a likely typographical error.

TECHNICAL

Administrative metadata, including author names, bill identifiers, and revision numbers, were updated to reflect the Senate version.

Minor text formatting adjustments were made to improve sentence flow and punctuation in the legislative findings and definitions.

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

May 1, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:00 PM; Conference Room 411.

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May 1, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 12:45 PM; Conference Room 325.

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Apr 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 9:15AM; Conference Room 325.

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Apr 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.

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Apr 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.

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Apr 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.

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Apr 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-26 11:00AM; Conference Room 325.

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Apr 16, 2026

Amended

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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Apr 16, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 626).

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Apr 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

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Apr 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

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Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from AGR/EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1487-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

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Mar 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto.

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Mar 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto.

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Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to AGR/EEP, FIN, referral sheet 15

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Feb 24, 2026

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 8) in amended form (SD 1).

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Feb 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Gabbard). Transmitted to House.

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Feb 19, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Richards.

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Feb 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

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Feb 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

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Feb 3, 2026

Committee

Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2103) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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Jan 28, 2026

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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Jan 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

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Jan 22, 2026

Committee

Referred to AEN, WAM.

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Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

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Jan 14, 2026

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

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5 primary · 1 co-sponsor