HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2025
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Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa, Chair |
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Rep. Matthias Kusch, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Nicole E. Lowen |
Rep. Sean Quinlan |
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Rep. Amy A. Perruso |
Rep. Gene Ward |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Friday, January 31, 2025 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO PLANT CARE COMPONENTS. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and establishes administrative penalties to establish and enforce the plant care component program. Appropriates funds and establishes positions for purposes of the plant care component program.
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AGR, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes an agricultural crime prevention program within the Department of Agriculture to provide grants, education, administrative enforcement, and other services for the benefit of the State's agricultural industry. Clarifies, creates, and strengthens laws regarding crimes and violations related to agriculture or agricultural lands and hunting on private agricultural lands. Establishes clear distinctions between administrative and criminal penalties. Appropriates funds.
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AGR, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS. Requires the Department of Agriculture to accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands.
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AGR, WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Appropriates funds to offset the debt for the Waiahole Water System.
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AGR, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Includes agricultural tourism in the definition of "enterprise" to authorize the Agribusiness Development Corporation to financially support farming businesses engaged in agricultural tourism.
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AGR, TOU, JHA |
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RELATING TO MEAT DONATION. Exempts the donation of wild game meat, including axis deer, to a charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization to needy persons from certain laws regarding the inspection and transportation of meat.
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AGR, HLT, JHA |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Extends the offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee to include roasted coffee. Imposes $10,000 fine for each separate offense of false-labeling of Hawaii-grown roasted coffee.
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AGR, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO LABELING REQUIREMENTS. Prohibits the sale of raw ahi and raw ahi products in retail establishments without a label that states the country where the ahi was landed.
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AGR, CPC, FIN |
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________________________________________ Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa Chair |
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