HB 1334 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO MEAT DONATION.

Summary
Exempts the donation of wild game meat or meat products, including axis deer, to a charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization for the purpose of feeding needy individuals from certain laws regarding the inspection and transportation of meat. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Mar 21, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB1334_HD3 HB1334_SD1 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a House draft version to a Senate draft version, with minor substantive changes including the effective date being moved from July 1, 3000 to December 31, 2050, and the removal of bracketed editorial notes. The core policy provisions regarding wild game donation exemptions remain substantively unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it continues to exempt wild game donations from inspection requirements under specific conditions.
TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 3000 to December 31, 2050.

TECHNICAL

Editorial bracketing and markup notations were removed, and the bill was reformatted from House draft to Senate draft format.

Minor formatting inconsistencies in section headers and line breaks were corrected.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
12
Mar 21, 2025
Committee
Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1264) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/CPN.
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-25 1:10PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Re-Referred to HHS, JDC/CPN.
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to HHS, CPN.
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 357).
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 792) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 84) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HLT.
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
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.
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to AGR, HLT, JHA, referral sheet 4
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
9 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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