THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HALE O NĀ LUNA MAKA‘ĀINANA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Brandon J.C. Elefante, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura, Chair

Senator Henry J.C. Aquino, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Rep. Nicole E. Lowen, Chair

Rep. Elle Cochran, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE & FOOD SYSTEMS

Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates, Chair

Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER & LAND

Rep. Linda Ichiyama, Chair

Rep. Mahina Poepoe, Vice Chair

 

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, January 26, 2024

TIME:

12:30 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 325 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL

BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

 

A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.

 

 

A G E N D A

 

Presentations from the following departments and organizations to update the Committees on the status of invasive species in Hawaii:

 

1.     Hawaii Interagency Biosecurity Plan  HISC Briefing Materials

2.     Department of Land & Natural Resources, Division Forestry and Wildlife  DOFAW Briefing Materials

3.     Department of Land & Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources  DAR Briefing Materials

4.     Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Plant Industry Division  PID Briefing Materials

5.     Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Animal Industry Division  AID Briefing Materials

6.     Hawaii Department of Health, Vector Control Branch  Vector Briefing Materials

7.     University of Hawaii, College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources  CTAHR Briefing Materials

8.     Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response Team CRB Response Briefing Materials

9.     Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species  CGAPS Briefing Materials

10.  KEY Project  KEY Project Briefing Materials

 

No public testimony will be accepted.

 

For special assistance: The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you require other auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), please contact the committee at [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6693.

 

 

 

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Rep.  Nicole E. Lowen

Chair

 

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Senator Mike Gabbard

Chair

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Rep.  Cedric Asuega Gates

Chair

 

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Senator  Lorraine R. Inouye

Chair

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Rep.  Linda Ichiyama

Chair

 

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Senator  Joy A. San Buenaventura

Chair