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HI SB890

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dru Kanuha

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires products labeled, marketed, or sold as "poi" containing kalo grown outside Hawaii to display a label stating "This product contains kalo grown outside Hawaii" and identify the origin of the kalo used.

  • Defines "kalo" as the cultivated plant taro (Colocasia esculenta) or one of four genera in the family Araceae: Colocasia, Xanthosoma, Alocasia, and Cyrtosperma.

  • Provides that federal law prevails if this section conflicts with federal regulations, and makes the provisions severable so that invalidity of one provision does not affect others.

  • Effective July 1, 3000.

Legislative Description

Relating To Business Regulation.

Labeling Requirements

Last Action

Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).

4/15/2025

Committee Referrals

Consumer Protection & Commerce3/21/2025
Economic Development3/14/2025
Agriculture3/6/2025
Commerce and Consumer Protection1/23/2025

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