STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2039-26

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 Finance, 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 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 Network; and

(4) Appropriate funds for the operations of the Network.

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

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 S.B. No. 3320, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair