STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1614-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 3365

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3365, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PLANT CARE COMPONENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Department of Agriculture to certify treatments performed on wood chips, compost, and filter socks; and

(2) Place certain restrictions on the distribution or transportation of plant care components without prior treatment certification from the Department.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture; Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau; and Hawaiʻi Farmers Union United.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3365, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair