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Hawaii 2026

HB 2208

RELATING TO FOOD SECURITY.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Appropriation ($), DHS, Food Security, Grants, Hawaii Farm to Families Program, Reports
Introduced / first action
2026-01-26 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Establishes and appropriates funds in the form of grants for the Hawaii Farm to Families Program under the Department of Human Services to alleviate food shortages in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature. (SD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 5:05PM in conference room 329.

  2. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 1:45PM in conference room 329.

  3. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-30-26 1:45PM in conference room 329.

  4. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725).

    receipt

  5. Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; Fevella.

  6. House Conferees Appointed: Marten, Kusch, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Olds, Alcos.

  7. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  8. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599).

    receipt

  9. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  10. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  11. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 549) in amended form (SD 1).

  12. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3624) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  13. One Day Notice 04-10-26.

  14. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-06-26 10:32AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  16. Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3335) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  18. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  19. The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 1:40PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  20. Referred to HHS, WAM.

    referral-committee

  21. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 88).

    introduction, receipt

  22. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  23. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 828-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  24. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  25. The 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; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  27. Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 594-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  28. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

    referral-committee

  29. The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-18-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  31. Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 153-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.

  32. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).

    reading-2, referral-committee

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  35. Referred to HSH, AGR, FIN, referral sheet 5

    referral-committee

  36. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  37. Pending introduction.

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