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Senate committees advance SB1562 to pair housing with farmsteads; bill cleared with amendments
Summary
A joint Senate AEN–HOU hearing on Feb. 3 advanced SB1562, which would create a Combined Housing Operational Agriculture Mobilization Program and a tax credit for land donated to the program. Committees passed the measure with amendments to clarify Department of Agriculture authority and to establish an advisory committee.
A joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment and the Senate Committee on Housing advanced SB1562 on Feb. 3, a bill that would create a Combined Housing Operational Agriculture Mobilization Program and a tax credit for land donated to the program to help bona fide farmers live and farm on agricultural lands.
Committee chairs recommended passage with amendments after receiving testimony from state agencies, farm groups and tax policy organizations. The measure was advanced by a voice vote in both committees; committees recorded support and adopted the chair’s recommendation.
The measure’s supporters said it responds to farmers’ housing needs. Brian Miyamoto of the Hawaii Farm Bureau said the bureau “absolutely support[s] affordable housing and access to housing for our…
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