THE SENATE
KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
INTERIM OF 2025
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Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair |
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair |
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair |
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Senator Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING
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DATE: |
Thursday, October 16, 2025 |
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TIME: |
10:00 am |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 016 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL
BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY
A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.
A G E N D A
The purpose of this informational briefing is for the Committees to be briefed on the impacts of recent federal policy changes, tariffs, and funding cuts on Hawaiʻi's agriculture industry and food production and availability.
1. Welcome and Introductions (10 mins)
2. Overview from Brian Miyamoto,
Executive Director, Hawaiʿi Farm Bureau (5 mins)
Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau
Briefing Materials
3. Presentations (approximately 40 minutes total):
a. Sharon Hurd, Chairperson,
Hawaiʿi Board of Agriculture & Biosecurity (BAB)
BAB Briefing Materials
b. Amanda Shaw, Director
of Food Systems, Oʻahu Resource Conservation & Development Council
(Oʻahu RC&D)
Oʻahu RC&D Briefing Materials
c. Suzanne Shriner, Administrator,
Synergistic Hawaii Agriculture Council (SHAC)
SHAC Briefing Materials
d. Hunter Heaivilin, Advocacy
Director, Hawai’i Farmers Union United (HFUU)
HFUU Briefing Materials
e. Amy Miller, President
and Chief Executive Officer, Hawaiʻi Foodbank
Hawaiʻi Foodbank Briefing Materials
4. Overall Themes from Brian Miyamoto, Executive Director, Hawaiʿi Farm Bureau (10 mins)
5. Questions from the Committee (5 minutes per member for questions and answers)
As is the norm for informational briefings, no public testimony will be accepted.
For special assistance: The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please call the committee clerk at the telephone number listed below or email JDCcommittee@capitol.hawaii.gov. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.
FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 587-7211.
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_____________________________________ Senator Mike Gabbard Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Karl Rhoads Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Ronald D. Kouchi President of the Senate |