STAND. COM. REP. NO. 920-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2136

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2136, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement a pesticide inspection program to increase compliance with the proper use of restricted use pesticides by agricultural producers, ensure the continued prohibition on the use of chlorpyrifos, and inform the public of the most recent pesticide inspection results for agricultural producers.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiʻi Farmers Union United; Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi; Hawaii Food+ Policy; and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture; Hawaii Crop Improvement Association; Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau; Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action; and two individuals.

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. 2136, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair