STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1150

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 521

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 521 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RAW MILK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize and decriminalize the sale of raw milk and raw milk products directly to consumers for human consumption, subject to certain conditions; and

(2) Authorize the sale of raw goat milk for pet consumption, subject to certain conditions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from five individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Agriculture, Department of Health, and Hawai‘i Farm Bureau.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

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 H.B. No. 521, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 521, H.D. 1.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair