RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS.

Administrative authority changed from the Agribusiness Development Corporation to the Department of Agriculture for both the coordination team and working group.

Specific funding of $944,100 was appropriated for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027, allocated to new full-time positions and operational costs.

Working group membership now includes representatives from education, health, Hawaiian affairs, and planning agencies, plus the working group itself.

Co-chairs now have authority to invite additional representatives from interested organizations with relevant expertise.

Working group duties were expanded to include coordinating with county and community-led food systems planning processes.

Administrative support responsibility shifted from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to the Department of Agriculture.

Added metadata headers including bill number, chamber information, and document processing information that were not present in the previous version.

Added specific membership requirements for the Interagency Food Systems Working Group, including co-chairs from the Board of Agriculture and DBEDT, plus legislative members and five community members with relevant experience.

Clarified that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism must provide administrative support to both the coordination team and working group.

Section 3 was restructured to specify that appropriated funds will be allocated for three temporary positions (food systems specialist, policy analyst, administrative assistant) plus operating costs, rather than a single unspecified position.

Removed metadata headers and formatting artifacts from the HD1 version while maintaining the core legislative text.

Funding was changed from $100,000 for operating costs to an unspecified amount for full-time equivalent temporary staff positions within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

The effective date was changed from July 1, 3000 to a placeholder, and the report submission deadline was modified to be submitted no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session.

The bill was reformatted from Senate version (CD1) to House version (HD1), with changes to header information and document metadata.

The statewide interagency food systems coordination team and working group were moved from the Department of Agriculture to the Agribusiness Development Corporation.

Appropriated funding was reduced from $944,100 for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to $100,000 for fiscal year 2025-2026 only.

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2026.

Working group membership requirements were simplified by removing specific departmental representatives and replacing them with a provision allowing co-chairs to invite members with relevant experience.