HR 114 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO SPONSOR A MICHELIN GUIDE FOR RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE STATE.

This House Resolution requests Hawaii's Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to sponsor a Michelin Guide for the state's restaurants. It directly affects Hawaii's restaurants, chefs, and culinary workforce by seeking to align with Michelin's global rating system, which currently does not cover Hawaii. The resolution cites Hawaii's growing culinary scene and a 2022 workforce report identifying culinary staff as high-demand, hard-to-fill positions. It aims to boost restaurant standards, attract diners, and support workforce development through Michelin's recognition. (Note: This is a non-binding resolution, not a law, so it requests action but does not mandate it.)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Mar 27, 2025

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HR114 → HR114_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a Word document to a clean legislative text format, and substantive policy changes were added: the resolution now explicitly requests county assistance in financing the Michelin Guide and requires certified copies to be sent to both the Department Director and all county Mayors, whereas the original version only mentioned the Department Director.

Scope change

The scope was expanded to include county involvement in financing and expanded distribution of certified copies to county mayors.

FISCAL

Added a new provision requesting counties to assist in financing the Michelin Guide.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement that certified copies be transmitted to both the Department Director and the Mayors of each county.

TECHNICAL

Converted the document from a Word file format with metadata to a clean plain text legislative format.

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Committee

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Hashem, Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (4).

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1611) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Tam, Templo, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Todd.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 7, 2025

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors