HI HB314

Appropriates funds to the Office of Community Services for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 to purchase, store, and transport food for distribution through Hawaii's food banks (amount not specified in text).

Directs funds to Hawaii Foodbank, Inc. (serving Honolulu and Kauai), Maui Food Bank, Inc. (serving Maui), and The Food Basket, Inc. (serving Hawaii County).

Limits administrative costs to no more than 15 percent of appropriated moneys, with allocation among counties based on the federal Emergency Food Assistance Program's state allocation formula.

Addresses Hawaii's food insecurity crisis where one in six residents and nearly one in four children face food insecurity, with food banks distributing 27+ million pounds of food in fiscal year 2021-2022.

Takes effect July 1, 2023.