HB 967 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS.

Summary

Establishes the Statewide Interagency Food Systems Coordination Team and the Interagency Food Systems Working Group within the Department of Agriculture. Requires reports to the Legislature. 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 21, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB967 → HB967_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was significantly revised during the House of Representatives committee review, primarily removing specific funding amounts and replacing them with blank lines for future appropriation. The text was also reformatted from a standard legislative document to a Word document template format, which included metadata headers and footers that are not part of the actual bill language.

Scope change

The substantive scope of the bill remains the same, establishing a statewide interagency food systems coordination team and working group within the Department of Agriculture. However, the specific funding amounts previously allocated for creating positions and operating the working group were removed and replaced with blank lines, indicating that funding details may still be under consideration.

FISCAL

Specific dollar amounts for appropriations were removed from Section 3, including $944,100 for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027, and specific amounts for creating a food system specialist position, policy analyst position, administrative assistant position, and operating the working group.

TECHNICAL

The document format changed from a standard legislative bill format to a Microsoft Word document template format, adding metadata headers and footers that are not part of the legislative text.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from an unspecified date to July 1, 3000, which appears to be a placeholder or error rather than an intentional policy change.

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Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 391) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 7, 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 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

23 primary · 0 co-sponsors