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Committee advances bill to support agricultural workforce housing; measure passes committee
Summary
The House committee passed SB2405 SD1 HD2 after in-person and written testimony backing the measure as a way to address agricultural workforce housing needs; the bill advanced on the chair’s recommendation with recorded ayes, one reservation and one excused member.
The House committee voted to pass SB2405 SD1 HD2, a bill related to agricultural workforce housing, after brief testimony from state agencies and advocacy groups and a short member discussion.
Vice Chair Dean Morikawa opened the item and recommended the bill be passed as is. Hunter Hevelin of the Hawaii Farmers Union told the committee the measure represents “an important opportunity to bring together key partners to address the need for agricultural workforce housing,” and the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity indicated it would submit comments and offer testimony on the measure in writing.
Committee members raised no substantive objections during the decision-making phase. During roll call, multiple members recorded “Aye”; one member registered “reservations” and one member, Woodson, was excused. The chair announced that his recommendation to pass the bill was adopted.
The vote advances SB2405 to the next stage of the legislative process; the transcript did not record further procedural dates or amendments for the measure.
