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HI SB 249

died on adjournment

RELATING TO LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did HI SB 249 pass?

No. HI SB 249 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 SB 249 about?

Clarifies certain benchmark goals and timeline for the Department of Education to provide locally-sourced agricultural and food products. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Who sponsors HI SB 249?

GABBARD, CHANG, DECOITE and 2 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 249.

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
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

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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  2. 2025-02-13

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

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  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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  5. 2025-02-07

    The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-25 3:02PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  6. 2025-01-17

    Referred to EDU, WAM.

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  7. 2025-01-15

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

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  8. 2025-01-13

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

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

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=249&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

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