SB 2203 Summary

• Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 205-4.5(a) to modify permitted uses within agricultural districts by removing the requirement that counties have "at least three islands" to allow agricultural tourism activities with overnight accommodations of 21 days or less.

• Allows agricultural tourism overnight accommodations in any county that has adopted ordinances regulating agricultural tourism pursuant to Section 205-5, provided activities coexist with bona fide agricultural activity as defined in Section 165-2.

• Adds composting and co-composting operations as a permitted use in agricultural districts (item 24), with requirements that operations processing only their own green waste must use finished product on-premises to minimize invasive species spread.

• Takes effect July 1, 2024.