HB 452 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO MEAT PROCESSING.

Summary

Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop and implement a grant program to expand the meat processing capacity in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 3, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB452 → HB452_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add a placeholder for the bill number (HB452 HD1) and author information (Chris Kobayashi), while the substantive text of the bill itself remains largely unchanged. The most significant substantive change is the effective date in Section 4, which was altered from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, likely as a placeholder or error during the amendment process. Additionally, some formatting and spacing inconsistencies were corrected throughout the document.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the core provisions regarding meat processing grants remain the same.

TIMELINE

The effective date in Section 4 was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which appears to be an error or placeholder that needs correction before the bill can be enacted.

TECHNICAL

Added bill identification information including 'HB452 HD1' and author name 'Chris Kobayashi' at the top of the document.

Corrected formatting inconsistencies and spacing throughout the document, particularly in the header and footer sections.

Inserted metadata and file information (dates, page numbers, revision numbers) that appears to be from the document editing software rather than legislative content.

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Committee

Feb 3, 2025

Committee

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 37) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.

lower

Jan 29, 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 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to AGR, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors