STAND. COM. REP. NO. 710

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 890

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 890 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS REGULATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the law relating to business regulation.

Prior to the hearing on this measure, your Committee posted and made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1, which amends this measure by deleting its contents and replacing it with language that prohibits the sale or marketing of products labeled as "poi" unless they are wholly derived from taro grown within the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 890, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 890, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Chair