HB 2115 Summary

• Appropriates funds from general revenues to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for fiscal year 2018-2019 to support the K-12 agriculture workforce development pipeline initiative, which provides training on all islands for teachers, school administrators, and students in agricultural self-sufficiency.

• Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to submit annual reports to the legislature no later than twenty days before each regular legislative session beginning in 2019, assessing the effectiveness of the agriculture workforce development pipeline initiative in creating jobs.

• Amends Act 163, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, to modify funding for the Department of Agriculture's biosecurity program by removing the fiscal year 2018-2019 appropriation from the agricultural development and food security special fund.

• Adds new appropriations from general revenues and the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the Department of Agriculture's biosecurity program, including projects for import replacement of high-risk crops, pest management systems, quarantine treatments, pest diagnostics, plant quarantine inspection capacity, and agriculture industry education.

• Takes effect January 1, 2050, with sections 4 and 5 taking effect June 30, 2050, and July 1, 2050, respectively.