STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2041-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 2110

S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 2110, S.D. 1, 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) Establish and appropriate funds for a Conservation Agriculture and Soil Health Incentive Program within the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission; and

(2) Require the Commission to submit annual reports and triennial program evaluations to the Legislature.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity; University of Hawaiʻi System; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Hawaiʻi Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission; Hawaiʻi State Youth Commission Department of Research and Development of the County of Hawaiʻi; Office of Climate Change of the City and County of Honolulu; Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau; Hawaiʻi Farmers Union; The Kohala Center; Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi; Hawaiʻi Food+ Policy; Kauai Climate Action Coalition; Hawaiʻi Climate Future Forum Regenerative Food Systems Working Group; Hawaiʻi Youth Food Council; WOCAN; 350Hawaii.org; Green Party of Hawaiʻi; Clean the Pacific; Carbon Cashback Hawaiʻi; Simonpietri Enterprises LLC; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action; The Nature Conservancy Hawaiʻi and Palmyra; and numerous individuals.

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 S.B. No. 2110, S.D. 1, 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