STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 2000
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2025
RE: S.B. No. 1186
S.D. 2
H.D. 3
Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Madame:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1186, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee
received testimony in support of this measure from the Agribusiness Development
Corporation; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Department of
Research and Development of the County of Hawai‘i; City and County
of Honolulu Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency; Ulupono
Initiative; Hawai‘i
Reef and Ocean Coalition; Hawai‘i
Farm Bureau; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; Hawai‘i Alliance for
Progressive Action; O‘ahu
Resource Conservation & Development Council; Hawaii Food Industry
Association; Hawai‘i
Food Bank; Hawai‘i
Food+ Policy; Hawai‘i
Farmers Union; Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice; and two
individuals. Your Committee received
comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development,
and Tourism; and Hawai‘i
Emergency Management Agency.
Your Committee has amended this measure by
changing the number of authorized positions to unspecified numbers.
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. 1186, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1186, S.D. 2, H.D. 3.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair |
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