STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1447-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 3320

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Economic Development & Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 3320, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FOOD AND PRODUCT INNOVATION NETWORK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Food and Product Innovation Network to integrate a coordinated food safety and regulatory framework;

(2) Require the Agribusiness Development Corporation to establish key performance indicators for the Food and Product Innovation Network, develop a market access strategy, align and harmonize state branding initiatives, and report certain data to the Legislature;

(3) Require the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to evaluate or adapt enterprise zone incentives in all counties to better support the Food and Product Innovation Network; and

(4) Appropriate funds for the operations of the Food and Product Innovation Network.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity; Department of Health; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority; Agribusiness Development Corporation; Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau; Maui Chamber of Commerce; Hawaiʻi Food+ Policy; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the University of Hawaiʻi System.

Your Committee finds that Act 237, Session Laws of Hawaii 2025, established the Food and Product Innovation Network within the Agribusiness Development Corporation to advance value-added manufacturing, exports, and food security. Your Committee further finds that successful food innovation networks in other jurisdictions integrate food safety frameworks, performance indicators, and unified place-based branding strategies. Accordingly, this measure seeks to strengthen the Food and Product Innovation Network by refining governance, performance accountability, regulatory integration, branding, export facilitation, and international engagement.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3320, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Technology,

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GREGGOR ILAGAN, Chair