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HI HB8

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/21/2021

Primary Sponsor

Jeanne Kapela

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Origin

House of Representatives

2021 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Act 151, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, to modify the Department of Agriculture's strategic plan for food production goals.

  • Adds requirement that lands identified for producing local food crops use "conventional, sustainable, and regenerative practices" to replace imports.

  • Maintains five existing strategic goals including doubling local food production by 2030, identifying replacement crops, identifying suitable lands, developing guidance on land acquisition and infrastructure, and assessing federal FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act implications.

  • Effective date set for July 1, 3000 (note: appears to be a drafting error, as this date is centuries in the future).

Legislative Description

Relating To Food Security.

Department of Agriculture

Last Action

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Kong, Matayoshi excused (3).

2/19/2021

Committee Referrals

Finance2/19/2021
Agriculture1/27/2021

Full Bill Text

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