HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2020

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

Rep. Richard P. Creagan, Chair

Rep. Lynn DeCoite, Vice Chair

Rep. Rida Cabanilla Arakawa	Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi
Rep. Romy M. Cachola	Rep. Amy A. Perruso
Rep. Daniel Holt	Rep. Cynthia Thielen

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Wednesday, February 5, 2020
TIME:	8:35 am.
PLACE:	Conference Room 312 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

The following measure(s) has been DELETED from the agenda:  HB2181, HB1888, HB1766, HB2569, HB2163

HB 2032 Status	RELATING TO THE STATE SNAIL. Designates pupu kuahiwi (Laminella sanguinea) as the official state snail.	AGR, FIN
HB 1890 Status	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Expands the permitted activities and uses within the state land use agricultural district to include livestock production.	AGR, JUD
HB 2041 Status	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Agriculture for 3 full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) inspectors to perform meat inspection services.	AGR, FIN
HB 2030 Status	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Makes an appropriation to fund 1 full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) agricultural appraiser position within the Department of Agriculture.	AGR, FIN
HB 2643 Status	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL INSPECTIONS. Requires the department of agriculture to conduct preclearance quarantine inspections prior to direct travel to or from the State.  Appropriates funds to implement a preclearance quarantine inspection.	AGR, FIN
HB 2532 Status	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for its efforts to mitigate and control two-lined spittlebug infestations in the State.	AGR, FIN
HB 2275 Status	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Grant Program under the Department of Agriculture.  Allows the Department to make grants to start new commercial farms and ranches.  Makes appropriation.	AGR, FIN
HB 2181 Status	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to establish a foreign agriculture small equipment pilot program.  Requires a report to the Legislature.	AGR, FIN
HB 1888 Status	RELATING TO THE PESTICIDE SUBSIDY PROGRAM. Appropriates moneys to DOA for the pesticide subsidy program.	AGR, FIN
HB 1766 Status	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Agriculture to support agriculture in the State.  Authorizes any moneys appropriated to be transferred to the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020.	AGR, FIN
HB 2723 Status	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. Requires the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with agricultural growers and researchers to develop and implement a program to safely distribute disease- and insect-free tropical plant materials to Hawaii farmers.  Appropriates funds.	AGR, FIN
HB 2167 Status	RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. Establishes a cover crop reimbursement pilot program to provide up to 100% cost reimbursement to farming operations in the State for acquiring cover crop seeds or green manure. Establishes a cover crop reimbursement pilot program manager position within the Department of Agriculture to administer the program.  Requires a report to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds.	AGR, FIN
HB 2569 Status	RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Beginning 1/1/2021, prohibits the confinement of specified farm animals in a cruel manner and prohibits business owners and operators from selling certain products made from those animals.	AGR, JUD
HB 2163 Status	RELATING TO VETERINARY MEDICINE. Prohibit an animal's owner, and the owner's employees, from performing any surgical procedure, including surgical birth, ear cropping, tail docking, or debarking, without being licensed as a veterinarian.  Makes it a class C felony to intentionally or knowingly perform any surgical procedure, including surgical birth, ear cropping, tail docking, or debarking, on a pet animal by any person who is not licensed as a veterinarian.  Specifies that accepted veterinary practices and cropping or docking as customarily practiced shall not be considered cruelty to animals in the first degree if performed by a licensed veterinarian.  Adds the use of castration bands to neuter pet animals to the offense of cruelty to animals in the second degree.	AGR, JUD

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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Rep. Richard P. Creagan

Chair