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HI SB 495

died on adjournment

RELATING TO MEAT PROCESSING.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Appropriates funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop, construct, and support facilities that can accommodate shock aging processes for meat products. Appropriates funds into and out of the Hawaii Agricultural Development Revolving Fund for programmatic funding relating to facilities using shock aging processes for meat products. Authorizes the Agribusiness Development Corporation to contract with existing and future slaughterhouses in the State.

Introduced
2025-01-17
Status date
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • RICHARDSprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • DECORTEprimary
  • FEVELLAprimary
  • HASHIMOTOprimary
  • MCKELVEYprimary
  • Elefantecosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-01-21

    Referred to EDT/AEN, WAM.

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-17

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  4. 2025-01-17

    Introduced.

    introduction

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Related bills

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