SB240

Amends the Hawaii Right to Farm Act to refine protections for legitimate farming operations and clarify community standards.

This bill amends the Hawaii Right to Farm Act to refine protections for legitimate farming operations and clarify community standards. It modifies the definition of "farming operation" to include customary and traditional subsistence farming conducted by native Hawaiian cultural practitioners and exclude concentrated animal feeding operations and business entities with unclear or non-transparent ownership or beneficiary structures. The bill establishes additional criteria for farming operations to meet in order to be protected against nuisance protections.