HI HB 497
died on adjournmentRELATING TO THE HAWAII CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did HI HB 497 pass?
No. HI HB 497 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
What is HI HB 497 about?
Transfers the Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs Agency from the Department of Education to the Department of Agriculture and codifies its establishment. Establishes a grant program to be administered by the Agency to support the funding of certain initiatives for the State's public schools. Appropriates funds for grants. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Who sponsors HI HB 497?
KAHALOA, AMATO, CHUN and 17 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 497.
Description
Transfers the Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs Agency from the Department of Education to the Department of Agriculture and codifies its establishment. Establishes a grant program to be administered by the Agency to support the funding of certain initiatives for the State's public schools. Appropriates funds for grants. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
- Introduced
- 2025-01-21
- Latest action
- 2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- KAHALOAprimary
- AMATOprimary
- CHUNprimary
- EVSLINprimary
- GRANDINETTIprimary
- HOLTprimary
- IWAMOTOprimary
- KAPELAprimary
- KILAprimary
- LA CHICAprimary
- LAMOSAOprimary
- LOWENprimary
- MARTENprimary
- MIYAKEprimary
- OLDSprimary
- PERRUSOprimary
- POEPOEprimary
- SAYAMAprimary
- TARNASprimary
- TODDprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-02-11
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 396) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
2025-02-11
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
passage,referral-committee
2025-02-07
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-05
Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 02-07-25 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-03
Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 43) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.
2025-02-03
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-01-28
The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-24
Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 01-28-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-21
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-21
Referred to EDN, AGR, FIN, referral sheet 2
referral-committee
2025-01-17
Pending introduction.
Versions
Documents
Votes
The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-01-28 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Woodson: yes
- La Chica: yes
- Amato: yes
- Evslin: yes
- Garrett: yes
- Kapela: yes
- Kila: yes
- Olds: yes
- Sayama: yes
- Muraoka: yes
- Souza: yes
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-07 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Kahaloa: yes
- Kusch: yes
- Lowen: yes
- Perruso: yes
- Quinlan: yes
- Ward: not voting
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 988
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