HB 2619 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO HOMEMADE FOOD PRODUCTS.

Summary

Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules for the regulation of farm kitchens producing homemade food products that are no more stringent than those for home kitchens producing homemade food products. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 28, 2026 Last action Mar 30, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2619_HD2 → HB2619_SD1 · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill version was updated from the House Draft (HD2) to the Senate Draft (SD1), reflecting procedural changes as it moved through the legislative process. The substantive policy text regarding homemade food safety rules remains identical, but the document metadata was updated to reflect new sponsors, revised dates, and a change in the bill's designation from House Draft to Senate Draft.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the text governing homemade food operations is identical in both versions.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill metadata including sponsors (Patrick Comiso to Fredrick Akau), revision numbers, and timestamps to reflect the bill's progression to the Senate Draft stage.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3303) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 1:40PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to HHS, WAM.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 444).

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kong, Pierick excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 345-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 8

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to HLT, AGR, CPC, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

7 primary · 0 co-sponsors