HB 8

  • Hawaii House Bill
  • 2021 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 21, 2021
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Relating To Food Security.

Abstract

Amends Act 151, SLH 2019, to make identifying lands for producing food crops that may be grown locally using conventional, sustainable, and regenerative practices to replace imports one of the goals of the Department of Agriculture's strategic plan for increased food production. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill Sponsors (10)

Votes


Actions


Feb 19, 2021

House

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Kong, Matayoshi excused (3).

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Finance

House

Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 549) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

Feb 17, 2021

House

The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Perruso, Lowen, Marten, Matayoshi, Todd, Tokioka, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

Feb 12, 2021

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-17-21 10:00AM in House conference room 325 Via Videoconference.

Jan 27, 2021

House

Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 1

  • Referral-Committee
Agriculture Finance

Jan 21, 2021

House

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Jan 20, 2021

House

Pending introduction.

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
HB8_HD1 PDF HTML
HB8 PDF HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Committee Report HB8_HD1_HSCR549_ PDF HTML
Testimony HB8_TESTIMONY_AGR_02-17-21_ PDF

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