OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

THIRTY-THIRD STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 11

13th LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 11, 2026

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture & Food Systems

CAA -  Culture & Arts

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

ECD -   Economic Development & Technology

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSG -   Housing

HSH -   Human Services & Homelessness

JHA -   Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

LAB -   Labor

LMG -  Legislative Management

PBS -   Public Safety

TOU -  Tourism

TRN -   Transportation

WAL -  Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

HB2301

RELATING TO SCHOOL LICENSURE.

Transfers the licensing authority of private trade, vocational, and technical schools from the Department of Education to the University of Hawaii.

 

EDN, CPC

HB2459, HD1

RELATING TO THE FOOD AND PRODUCT INNOVATION NETWORK.

Requires the Food and Product Innovation Network to integrate a coordinated food safety and regulatory framework.  Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to establish 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.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

AGR, CPC

HB2561, HD1

RELATING TO FERAL ANIMALS.

Designates feral chickens on public lands, in a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more, as a controllable pest for purposes of public health and nuisance prevention.  Prohibits the intentional keeping, maintaining, or supporting of feral chickens on state or certain city lands, including by feeding or placing chickens in such areas.  Prohibits the abandonment of chickens on public lands or on private property without consent.  Establishes fines and authorized enforcing agencies.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

AGR, JHA, FIN