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HI HB2499

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/26/2022

Primary Sponsor

Scott Saiki

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Origin

House of Representatives

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires state departments and agencies to provide grants to federal tax-exempt nonprofit organizations with at least 20 years of experience serving Native Hawaiian communities.

  • Grants must support programs including food sustainability, renewable infrastructure, historic preservation, ulu and taro processing, business training, farming, education, cultural training, and environmental management.

  • Appropriates $15,700,000 for fiscal year 2022-2023 across five departments: Agriculture ($10,790,000), Business, Economic Development, and Tourism ($3,450,000), Labor and Industrial Relations ($920,000), and Land and Natural Resources ($540,000).

  • Major allocation of $10,000,000 to Department of Agriculture for development of a mill to process ulu and taro.

  • Effective July 1, 2022.

Legislative Description

Relating To Native Hawaiian Affairs.

Appropriation ($)

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) Eli, Kapela excused (2).

2/18/2022

Committee Referrals

Finance2/18/2022
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs1/28/2022

Full Bill Text

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