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HI SB1657

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Tim Richards

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Grants the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) eminent domain authority to acquire real property, including fixtures and improvements, through condemnation under chapter 101 when the corporation determines the property is necessary for immediate or future use

  • Prohibits any real property acquired by ADC through condemnation from being transferred or taken for any other public use without the corporation's consent

  • Preserves existing protections for Native Hawaiian water rights, traditional and customary rights of ahupuaa tenants, and water rights held by organizations benefiting people of Hawaiian ancestry

  • Makes technical and conforming amendments to renumber existing statutory provisions to accommodate the new condemnation authority

  • Takes effect July 1, 3000 (placeholder date indicating legislative intent to defer implementation)

Legislative Description

Relating To The Agribusiness Development Corporation.

Real Property

Last Action

Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

12/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Finance3/21/2025
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs3/14/2025
Agriculture3/6/2025
Judiciary2/13/2025
Economic Development and Technology1/27/2025

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