STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2817

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3365

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3365, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PLANT CARE COMPONENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to prohibit the distribution of untreated wood chips, compost, and filter socks between any location outside the State and any location inside the State, and between islands of the State.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture.

Your Committee recognizes that as travel and the importation of goods expand, the State and its environment could become victims of new and devastating invasive species from outside the State. Your Committee finds that the proper treatment of plant care components before they are distributed to, within, and from the State, will help prevent the spread of invasive pests and diseases.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Providing that no person shall distribute within the State any plant care component that originated outside the State, unless the component has been treated immediately after entering the State, as certified by the Department of Agriculture; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3365, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3365, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair