STAND. COM. REP. NO. 934-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: H.B. No. 1616

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1616, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Allow the disposition of agricultural park lots for commercial activity after the initial development of the agricultural park and regardless of whether the applicable county council approved plans and specifications for the future disposition of lots for commercial activity, with certain exceptions; and

(2) Authorize the care and production of swine and swine products within certain agricultural parks and under certain conditions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau and Hawaiʻi Food+ Policy. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1616, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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CHRIS TODD, Chair