HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
775
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to agricultural biosecurity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $19,797,868 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the support of the forty-four full-time equivalent (44.0 FTE) permanent agricultural biosecurity positions established pursuant to Act 231, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, as follows:
Prog ID/Org
Position Title
Position #
MOF
FTE (P)
FTE (T)
FY 25 $
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95001A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95002A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95003A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95004A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95005A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95006A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95007A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95008A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95009A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95010A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95011A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95012A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95016A
A
1.00
69,096
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95017A
A
1.00
71,016
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95018A
A
1.00
71,016
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95019A
A
1.00
71,016
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95020A
A
1.00
71,016
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95021A
A
1.00
71,016
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95022A
A
1.00
71,016
AGR 122 EB
Plant Quarantine Inspector
95023A
A
1.00
76,788
AGR 122 EB
Account Clerk
95024A
A
1.00
51,864
AGR 122 EB
Office Assistant
95025A
A
1.00
37,116
AGR 122 EC
Accountant
95026A
A
1.00
59,508
AGR 122 EC
Entomologist
95027A
A
1.00
86,376
AGR 122 EC
Entomologist (Plant Pest Diagnostics)
95028A
A
1.00
101,064
AGR 122 EC
Entomologist (Invasive Ant Specialist)
95029A
A
1.00
101,064
AGR 122 EC
Entomologist
95030A
A
1.00
101,064
AGR 122 EC
Entomologist
95031A
A
1.00
86,376
AGR 122 EC
Plant Pathologist
95032A
A
1.00
86,376
AGR 122 EC
Noxious Weed Specialist
95033A
A
1.00
76,788
AGR 122 ED
Planner
95034A
A
1.00
86,376
AGR 122 ED
Environmental Health Specialist
95035A
A
1.00
63,096
AGR 846 EE
Environmental Health Specialist
95036A
A
1.00
63,096
AGR 846 EE
Environmental Health Specialist
95037A
A
1.00
63,096
AGR 846 EE
Environmental Health Specialist
95038A
A
1.00
63,096
AGR 846 EE
Environmental Health Specialist
95039A
A
1.00
63,096
AGR 846 EE
Environmental Health Specialist
95040A
A
1.00
63,096
AGR 846 EE
Environmental Health Specialist
95041A
A
1.00
63,096
AGR 846 EE
Environmental Health Specialist
95042A
A
1.00
63,096
AGR 846 EE
Environmental Health Specialist
95043A
A
1.00
63,096
AGR 846 EE
Environmental Health Specialist
95044A
A
1.00
76,788
AGR 846 EE
Environmental Health Specialist
95045A
A
1.00
86,376
AGR 846 EE
Accountant
95046A
A
1.00
68,280
AGR 846 EE
Planner
94507A
A
1.00
68,280
GRAND TOTAL
44.00
0.00
19,780,660
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of agriculture for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
DOA; Biosecurity; Appropriations
Description:
Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for permanent positions in agricultural biosecurity established by Act 231, SLH 2024.
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