HI SB 249
passed one chamberRELATING TO LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Description
Clarifies certain benchmark goals and timeline for the Department of Education to provide locally-sourced agricultural and food products. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
- Introduced
- 2025-01-15
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- GABBARDprimary
- CHANGprimary
- DECOITEprimary
- FEVELLAprimary
- FUKUNAGAprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-02-13
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-13
Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 432) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2025-02-10
The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-07
The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-25 3:02PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2025-01-17
Referred to EDU, WAM.
referral-committee
2025-01-15
Introduced and passed First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-13
Pending Introduction.
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Votes
The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-10 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Kidani: yes
- Kim: yes
- Hashimoto: yes
- DeCorte: yes
- Kanuha: not voting
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 110not in this corpus
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