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HB2571 • 2026

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOSECURITY.

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOSECURITY.

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Sponsor
HOLT, GARRETT, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 6
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOSECURITY.

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOSECURITY.

What This Bill Does

  • RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOSECURITY.
  • DAB; Grant Writer; Position; Permanent; Appropriation ($) Appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) grant writer position within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and converts the position from temporary to permanent.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 H

    Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 6

  2. 2026-01-28 H

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOSECURITY.
DAB; Grant Writer; Position; Permanent; Appropriation ($)
Appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) grant writer position within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and converts the position from temporary to permanent.

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HB2571

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2571

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to the department of agriculture and biosecurity
.

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

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SECTION 1.
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The
legislature finds that Act 230, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, converted one
full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent grant writer position within the
department of agriculture and biosecurity to a temporary position.
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The legislature believes that this grant
writer position is necessary to reduce reliance on temporary or ad hoc
contracting and improve long-term grant competitiveness, and therefore, the
position should remain permanent.

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Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to
appropriate funds for the existing temporary grant writer position within the
department of agriculture and biosecurity and to make the position permanent.

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SECTION 2.
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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 2026-2027 to fund one full-time
equivalent (1.0 FTE) grant writer position within the department of agriculture
and biosecurity for the identification of, application for, and management of
federal and private grants in support of agriculture, biosecurity, food
security, and climate resiliency programs, to reduce reliance on ad hoc
contracting and improve long-term grant competitiveness; provided that the
amount appropriated and position funded pursuant to this section shall be
included in the base budget for the department of agriculture and biosecurity
in future fiscal bienniums.

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The sum appropriated shall be expended by
the department of agriculture and biosecurity for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.

INTRODUCED
BY:

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Report Title:

DAB; Grant
Writer; Position; Permanent; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates
funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) grant writer position within the
Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and converts the position from
temporary to permanent.

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