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SB 2712: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOSECURITY; INDUSTRIAL HEMP; AGRICULTURE; HAWAII HEMP SPECIAL FUND; HEMP PAPER PACKAGING PILOT PROGRAM; REPORTS; APPROPRIATION

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-02-19

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-02-20: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.)

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Final Decking

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Version:

Establishes the Hawaii Hemp Special Fund.  Establishes the Hemp Paper Packaging Pilot Program.  Requires reports to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds.  Sunsets 6/30/2030.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment3MIN
Feb 18, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment

Senate Standing Committee on Government Operations3MIN
Feb 18, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Government Operations

Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism3MIN
Feb 18, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism

Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs3MIN
Feb 18, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts3MIN
Feb 18, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment3MIN
Feb 18, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment

Senate Standing Committee on Government Operations3MIN
Feb 18, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Government Operations

Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism3MIN
Feb 18, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism

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SB 2712: Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity; Industrial Hemp; Agriculture; Hawaii Hemp Special Fund; Hemp Paper Packaging Pilot Program; Reports; Appropriation | Digital Democracy