STATE BILLHI HB 773ENGROSSED

Relating To Agriculture.

Appropriates funds to establish grant specialist positions to assist farmers and ranchers in meeting the requirements to receive grants offered by the United States Department of Agriculture, State, counties, or private entities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Status: Engrossed; Passed its first chamber
Status date: Feb 27, 2025; 623 days ago
Current chamber: Senate
Session: 2026 Regular Session

HI HB 773 · EngrossedFeb 27

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Bill details

Last action: Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). · Apr 2, 2026

Bill history

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Apr 2, 2026Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).Senate

Apr 1, 2026House Conferee(s) discharged.House

Mar 20, 2026Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).House

Mar 20, 2026Senate Conferee(s) discharged.Senate

Dec 8, 2025Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

Apr 21, 2025Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-22-25 9:31AM in conference room 325.House

Apr 17, 2025Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 10:30AM in conference room 325.House

Apr 15, 2025Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788).House

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Apr 15, 2025Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; DeCoite Co-Chair; Richards, Awa.Senate

Apr 15, 2025Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).Senate

Apr 14, 2025House Conferees Appointed: Kahaloa, Kusch Co-Chairs; Perruso, Todd, Matsumoto.House

Apr 11, 2025Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).Senate

Apr 10, 2025House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).House

Apr 8, 2025Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 673) in amended form (SD 1).House

Apr 8, 2025Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.Senate

Apr 4, 2025One Day Notice 04-08-25.Senate

Apr 4, 2025Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1684) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.Senate

Apr 2, 2025The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.Senate

Mar 27, 2025The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.Senate

Mar 18, 2025Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.Senate

Mar 18, 2025Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1129) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.Senate

Mar 10, 2025The 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, DeCoite, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Rhoads.Senate

Mar 6, 2025The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-25 1:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.Senate

Mar 4, 2025Referred to AEN, WAM.Senate

Feb 28, 2025Passed First Reading.Senate

Feb 28, 2025Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 36).Senate

Feb 27, 2025Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.House

Feb 27, 2025Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 872), recommending passage on Third Reading.House

Feb 20, 2025The 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.House

Feb 18, 2025Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Feb 11, 2025Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).House

Feb 11, 2025Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 397) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.House

Feb 7, 2025The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.House

Feb 5, 2025Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 02-07-25 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Jan 21, 2025Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 2House

Jan 21, 2025Introduced and Pass First Reading.House

Jan 17, 2025Pending introduction.House

Recorded votes

Senate Ways and Means: Passed, UnamendedApr 2, 2025 · Senate · 13 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With AmendmentsMar 10, 2025 · Senate · 4 yea · 0 nayPassed

Subjects

Department of Agriculture
Grant Specialist
Positions
Appropriation ($)

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