STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2125

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 390, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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:

(1) Require the Department of Agriculture to develop and administer a dollar-for-dollar matching program, to be called the Local Healthy Food Incentive Program, for beneficiaries of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to purchase Hawaii-grown produce; and

(2) Appropriate funds for the administration of the Program.

The Department of Health, Mayor of the County of Hawai‘i, Food Basket Inc., 350Hawaii.org, Our Revolution Hawaii, Hawaii Farmers Union, Hawai‘i Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development, Ulupono Initiative, Blue Zones Project, Blue Zones Project-Wahiawa, Hawaii Primary Care Association, AlohaCare, American Diabetes Association, Pioneering Healthier Communities of Honolulu, Emergent Island Economies Collective, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, Wahiawa Community Based Development Organization dba Wahiawa Fresh, Hawaii Foodbank, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Hawaii Children's Action Network, Hawai‘i Pacific Health, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, American Heart Association, Local Food Coalition, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Young Progressives Demanding Action, Kaho‘omiki, Ka Ohana O Na Pua, Hawai‘i Public Health Institute, MA‘O Organic Farms, The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, GreenWheel Food Hub, Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i, A‘a Li‘i Farm, Slow Money Hawaii, Lokoea Farms, Maui Farmers Union United, Hawai‘i Farmers Union United, and many individuals supported this measure. The Department of Agriculture and Department of Human Services provided comments.

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. 390, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair