STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 527-24
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2024
RE: H.B. No. 2774
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 Agriculture & Food Systems, to which was referred H.B. No. 2774, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture; Department of Education; Ka Ohana O Na Pua; Ulupono Initiative; Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau; Hawaiʻi Food+ Policy; Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute; and five individuals.
Your Committee finds that the Department of
Education is required to provide a minimum of thirty percent locally sourced
food in Hawaii's public schools by 2030.
Additionally, in its efforts to support local farmers and ranchers, the
State established local produce benchmarks for other state entities. This measure clarifies the benchmarks of the
Department of Education and other state entities, as the benchmark goals of
certain state entities should be assessed more frequently than the Department
of Education.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting duplicative benchmarks under the Department of Education's local farm to school meal goals; and
(2) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture & Food Systems that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2774, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2774, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture & Food Systems,
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____________________________ CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES, Chair |
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