RELATING TO HEALTH.
Summary
Establishes a task force to review and recommend specific actions to ensure that Hawaii's food imports are sourced, transported, stored, and distributed in compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act, and develops specific recommendations to ensure that all foods and brands imported into Hawaii do not mislead or confuse the public. (SD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 25, 2021
Last action Mar 17, 2021
Floor votes · House Mar 9, 2021
How they voted
50–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Mar 9, 2021
D
Democratic46
97% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
9
Mar 17, 2021
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/WAM.
upper
Mar 17, 2021
Committee
Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 985) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/WAM.
upper
Mar 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
The 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, Nishihara, Acasio, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Mar 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-21 1:00PM; Via Videoconference.
upper
Mar 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to AEN, CPN/WAM.
upper
Mar 11, 2021
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 249).
upper
Mar 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Sayama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Committee
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 553) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Perruso, Lowen, Marten, Matayoshi, Todd, Tokioka, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
15 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AL
Aaron Ling Johanson
DDemocratic
P
Amy Perruso
DDemocratic
P
Angus McKelvey
DDemocratic
P
Dee Morikawa
DDemocratic
P
Greggor Ilagan
DDemocratic
P
James Kunane Tokioka
DDemocratic
P
JK
Jeanné Kapela
DDemocratic
P
Lauren Matsumoto
RRepublican
P
Linda Ichiyama
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Kitagawa
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Marten
DDemocratic
P
MS
Matthew S. LoPresti
DDemocratic
P
May Mizuno
DDemocratic
P
Scot Matayoshi
DDemocratic
P
TW
Tina Wildberger
DDemocratic
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