HawaiiHawaii's food network would coordinate safety and reach more markets
If approved, Hawaii's food and product network would coordinate food safety, track results, seek wider markets, and report certain business data to lawmakers.
What it does
The network must coordinate food safety rules across its members and provide help with labeling, testing, and certifications, while connecting businesses with relevant agencies and training.
The corporation must track the network's results, coordinate ways to reach more markets, and bring Hawaii's state-supported food brands into alignment.
Certain state surveys must gather economic data on Indigenous and Native Hawaiian businesses when practical, and the corporation must report on that data to the Legislature.
The department must assess whether business incentives in enterprise zones should be expanded or adapted in every county to better support the food and product network.
Argument forFood safety help and a coordinated market plan could help Hawaii food businesses meet requirements and reach buyers in more places.
Argument againstThe coordination, tracking, and data-sharing duties could take staff time from state agencies and network partners, especially when gathering business data.
More detail
The Food and Product Innovation Network must use a coordinated food safety and regulatory framework. The framework applies across all primary and partner members of Hawaii's Food and Product Innovation Network. The framework must cover the network's primary and partner members. It must align with applicable state and federal food safety rules and include help with labeling, testing, validation, and certification; agency coordination; and compliance education in network training.
The Agribusiness Development Corporation must set performance measures, develop a market access strategy, and align state food branding. These duties concern the Food and Product Innovation Network and Hawaii food and value-added products. The corporation must consult its board when setting measures for businesses served, production, exports, training, food security, and investment. Its market strategy must use state and private resources and involve transportation, tourism, airlines, harbors, hotels, and shipping partners to support national and international sales. Branding work must be coordinated with relevant state agencies and aim to reduce duplication and clarify state-supported food brands.
Certain agencies must collect and share business data where practical, and the corporation must report on the collected data to lawmakers. The data concerns Indigenous and Native Hawaiian businesses. Surveys run by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and other designated agencies must collect economic and investment data on Indigenous and Native Hawaiian businesses where practical. Data must be shared with the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for analysis and reporting, subject to confidentiality laws. The corporation must submit its report at least 20 days before each regular legislative session.
The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism must evaluate opportunities to expand or adapt enterprise zone incentives. The department must consider incentives in all counties. Enterprise zones are areas where businesses may receive special incentives. The evaluation must consider ways to better support the Food and Product Innovation Network.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 7Act 187, 07/06/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289).Latest
- Jul 7Act 187, on 07/06/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289).Became Law
- May 8Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).Minor
- May 8Enrolled to Governor.To Governor
- May 6Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).Major
- Vote recorded Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1. Result: pass.Lower
- May 6Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.Major
- May 6Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).Minor
- May 1The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Gabbard, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
- Vote recorded The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- May 1The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Ilagan, Kusch, Kahaloa, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
- May 1Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 183-26).
- May 148 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.
- May 1Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 183-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- May 1Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
- Apr 30Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 9:45AM; CR 411.
- Apr 29Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 9:45AM; CR 325.
- Apr 28Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 411.
- Apr 27Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 11:15AM; Conference Room 325.
- Apr 24Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 325.
- Apr 23Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Gabbard, Wakai Co-Chairs.
- Apr 23Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 739).Minor
- Apr 20House Conferees Appointed: Chun, Ilagan, Kusch Co-Chairs; Kahaloa, Matsumoto.
- Apr 20Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).Minor
- Apr 16Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 776).Minor
- Apr 16Senate disagrees with House amendments.Minor
- Apr 16Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).Minor
- Apr 14Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Passed Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 10Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2039-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- Apr 10Deferred one day 04-14-26.Minor
- Apr 7The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Mar 30Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1447-26), recommending referral to FIN.
- Vote recorded Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 30Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).Minor
- Mar 25The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 20Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1254-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.
- Vote recorded Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on ECD. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 20Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on ECD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).Minor
- Mar 20Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Wednesday, 03-25-26 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Mar 18The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 12This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Friday 03-13-26 10:00AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Mar 12Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-18-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Mar 11Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 03-13-26 10:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Mar 10Pass First ReadingMinor
- Mar 10Referred to AGR, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 16Minor
- Mar 6Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 6Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 134) in amended form (SD 1).Minor
- Mar 5Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2770) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- Mar 5One Day Notice 03-06-26.
- Mar 2The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 25The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-02-26 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.Minor
- Feb 23The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-26 10:55AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- Feb 17Reported from EDT/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2277) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- Feb 17Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.Minor
- Feb 6The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 6The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
- Feb 3The committee(s) on EDT/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
- Feb 2Referred to EDT/AEN, WAM.Minor
- Jan 30Introduced.Minor
- Jan 30Passed First Reading.Introduced
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