Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii HB 1185

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• KUSCH (Democratic)
• AMATO (Democratic)
• EVSLIN (Democratic)
• GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
• IWAMOTO (Democratic)
• KAHALOA (Democratic)
• KAPELA (Democratic)
• KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY (Democratic)
• KILA (Democratic)
• LEE
• M.
• LOWEN (Democratic)
• MARTEN (Democratic)
• MIYAKE (Democratic)
• PERRUSO (Democratic)
• POEPOE (Democratic)
• SOUZA (Republican)
• TARNAS (Democratic)
• TODD (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• HB1185
• HB1185_HD2
• HB1185_HD1

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.

Actions

• Jan 22, 2025 · House
  Pending introduction.
• Jan 23, 2025 · House
  Introduced and Pass First Reading.
• Jan 27, 2025 · House
  Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 4
• Jan 28, 2025 · House
  Re-referred to AGR, HED, FIN, referral sheet 7
• Jan 31, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-05-25 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 5, 2025 · House
  The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward.
• Feb 6, 2025 · House
  Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 233) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED.
• Feb 6, 2025 · House
  Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HED with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Ward excused (1).
• Feb 7, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Wednesday, 02-12-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 12, 2025 · House
  The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama.
• Feb 13, 2025 · House
  Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 610) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• Feb 13, 2025 · House
  Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).
• Feb 18, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 20, 2025 · House
  The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward.
• Feb 27, 2025 · House
  Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 876), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Feb 27, 2025 · House
  Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.
• Feb 28, 2025 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 71).
• Feb 28, 2025 · Senate
  Passed First Reading.
• Mar 4, 2025 · Senate
  Referred to HRE, WAM.
• Mar 7, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• Mar 11, 2025 · Senate
  The committee on HRE deferred the measure.
• Dec 8, 2025 · Legislature
  Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
• Feb 2, 2026 · Senate
  Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.