HI HB1237

Appropriates unspecified general revenue funds to the Department of Agriculture for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to prevent and control little fire ant and coconut rhinoceros beetle infestations in Maui County, including hiring biosecurity professionals

Allocates additional unspecified funding to combat coqui frogs in Maui County through the University of Hawaii Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit and Maui Invasive Species Committee

Establishes a Lanai Invasive Species Committee as a sub-branch of the Maui Invasive Species Committee

Addresses biosecurity gaps on Molokai and Lanai, which currently lack state agricultural inspectors and quarantine facilities, leaving them vulnerable to invasive species

Effective date of July 1, 2050 (placeholder date indicating funding amounts not yet determined)