STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2279

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3002

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 3002 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to update the reporting requirements of state departments, including the Department of Education, that pertain to the farm to school program established under Act 175, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021 (Act 175), and the mandate to purchase certain amounts of locally grown produce imposed by Act 176, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021 (Act 176).

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education; Ulupono Initiative; Supersistence; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; and Hawai‘i ‘Ulu Producers Cooperative.

Your Committee finds that Act 175 and Act 176 seek to encourage the development of a robust agricultural industry in Hawaii by leveraging the purchasing power of the State. Your Committee further finds that the collection and assessment of key data pertaining to the program created under Act 175, and the mandate imposed by Act 176, will increase the effectiveness of each and drive further improvements to them. This, in turn, will promote the larger goal of strengthening, supporting, and expanding the State's agricultural industry. Accordingly, this measure will ensure that relevant and impactful data are collected by updating and clarifying departments' data collection obligations pertaining to Act 175 and Act 176.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the report shall include the total food cost incurred by the department during the preceding calendar year; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3002, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3002, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Operations,

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SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair