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HI SB2704

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/23/2026

Primary Sponsor

Mike Gabbard

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a three-year Subsistence-Plus Gardening Pilot Program within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to improve food security and food sovereignty in Hawaii.

  • Directs the program to identify underutilized land plots of two acres or less suitable for gardening based on soil, terrain, and water availability.

  • Invites small community-based farm clubs to participate in growing priority crops, including Hawaiian canoe crops, and provides support for community food production hubs.

  • Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to submit a report with findings and recommendations to the legislature at least twenty days before the 2029 regular session.

  • Appropriates an unspecified sum from general revenues for fiscal year 2026-2027, with an effective date of July 1, 2050.

Legislative Description

Relating To Subsistence Gardening.

Appropriation ($)

Last Action

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

2/20/2026

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means2/20/2026
Agriculture and Environment1/28/2026

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