# Hawaii HB 2585: RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM.

Hawaii HB 2585, RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by Kirstin Kahaloa (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-03-30 (Reported from WLA/AEN/EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3368) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 2585
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-28
- Last action: 2026-03-30, Reported from WLA/AEN/EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3368) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- Sponsor: Kirstin Kahaloa (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Subjects: Statewide Agricultural Tourism Standards Task Force, Report, WLA/AEN/EDT, WAM
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 9 (135 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Establishes the Statewide Agricultural Tourism Standards Task Force. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kirstin Kahaloa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Luke A. Evslin (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Andrew Takuya Garrett (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY
- Cosponsor: Darius K. Kila (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Matthias Kusch (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa Marten (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dee Morikawa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Adrian K. Tam (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David A. Tarnas (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-20 | Senate | The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-20 | Senate | The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-20 | Senate | The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 48 | 2 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-10 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL... | pass | 50 | 1 |   |
| 2026-02-05 | House | The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-05 | House | The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |

## Actions (25)

- 2026-03-30: Reported from WLA/AEN/EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3368) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Kim. (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Chang, Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, DeCorte. (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa. (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: The committee(s) on WLA/AEN/EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 1:02PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 440). (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Referred to WLA/AEN/EDT, WAM. (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-03-06: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1135-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-03-06: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26. (House)
- 2026-03-04: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran. (House)
- 2026-02-27: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-04-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-02-20: Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 706-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA. (House)
- 2026-02-20: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). (House)
- 2026-02-19: The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-02-13: Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-02-10: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-02-09: Reported from TOU/AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 61-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL. (House)
- 2026-02-05: The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Holt, Hussey, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. (House)
- 2026-02-05: The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Perruso; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Quinlan, Matsumoto. (House)
- 2026-02-02: Referred to TOU/AGR, WAL, JHA, referral sheet 6 (House)
- 2026-02-02: Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU/AGR on Thursday, 02-05-26 8:45AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-01-28: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_SD1_.pdf)
- HB2585_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_HD1_.HTM)
- HB2585_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_HD2_.HTM)
- HB2585_HD3: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_HD3_.HTM)
- HB2585_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_SD1_.HTM)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_.PDF)

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- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_SD1_.pdf)
- [HB2585_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_HD1_.HTM)
- [HB2585_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_HD2_.HTM)
- [HB2585_HD3 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_HD3_.HTM)
- [HB2585_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_SD1_.HTM)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2585_.PDF)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026)
- [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026)
- [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026)
- [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026)
- [HB 1973: RELATING TO HEALTH.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1973-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2585-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).