STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1423

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 390

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 390, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INCENTIVES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to encourage the purchase and consumption of locally-produced, healthy food products by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants by:

(1) Requiring the Department of Agriculture to develop and administer a dollar-for-dollar matching program, to be called the local healthy food incentive program, to be used for the purchase of Hawaii-grown produce by SNAP beneficiaries; and

(2) Appropriating funds for the administration of the program.

The Department of Health, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Hawai‘i Public Health Institute, Local Food Coalition, Hawai‘i Primary Care Association, GreenWheel Food Hub, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Blue Zones Project-Hawaii, American Heart Association, Hawaii Foodbank, AlohaCare, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i, American Diabetes Association, Pioneering Healthier Communities of Honolulu, Organizing for Action, Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice, 350.org, Hawai‘i Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, Lanakila Pacific, MA‘O Organic Farms, Kaho‘omiki, and many individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Agriculture and Department of Human Services provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2150, to promote further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 390, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 390, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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RICHARD P. CREAGAN, Chair