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HI SCR118

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Engrossed

4/4/2019

Primary Sponsor

Donovan Cruz

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Request that the Department of Agriculture designate areas in each county for dairy operations and develop incentives to increase dairy operations statewide

  • Require the Department of Agriculture to submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2019 Regular Session

  • Department must include in its report a map and explanation of designated areas for dairy operations in each county, proposed incentives to increase dairy operations, and examination of effects of the Milk Act on Hawaii's dairy industry decline

  • Address Hawaii's declining dairy production from 160 million pounds in 1988 to 1.75 million gallons (15 million pounds) in 2017, with only two dairies operating and one closing in spring 2019

  • Recognize that local dairy production is needed to reduce reliance on imported milk and increase state food security

Legislative Description

Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Designate Areas In Each County For Dairy Operations And Develop Incentives To Increase Dairy Operations In The State.

Department of Agriculture

Last Action

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Gates, Holt, Nakamura excused (4).

4/15/2019

Committee Referrals

Finance4/15/2019
Agriculture4/5/2019
Ways and Means3/27/2019
Agriculture and Environment3/12/2019

Full Bill Text

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