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HB178 • 2026

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Agriculture Budget
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Sponsor
LAMOSAO, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
  • State Tea Agent; Agriculture; University of Hawaii; CTAHR; Appropriation ($) Appropriates funds to establish a state tea agent at UH Manoa CTAHR.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-01-21 H

    Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 1

  3. 2025-01-16 H

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  4. 2025-01-14 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
State Tea Agent; Agriculture; University of Hawaii; CTAHR; Appropriation ($)
Appropriates funds to establish a state tea agent at UH Manoa CTAHR.

Current Bill Text

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HB178

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

178

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO AGRICULTURE
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION
1.
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There is appropriated out of the
general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $
or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 for the
establishment of one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) state tea agent in the
university of Hawaii at Manoa college of tropical agriculture and human
resources.

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The sum

appropriated shall be expended by the university
of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION 2.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

State Tea
Agent; Agriculture; University of Hawaii; CTAHR; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates
funds to establish a state tea agent at UH Manoa CTAHR.

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