HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

Rep. Jessica Wooley, Chair

Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Tom Brower

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka

Rep. Romy M. Cachola

Rep. Clift Tsuji

Rep. Isaac W. Choy

Rep. Lauren Kealohilani Cheape

Rep. Takashi Ohno

Rep. Gene Ward

Rep. Gregg Takayama

 

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 07, 2013

TIME:

8:30 A.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 312

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on February 4, 2013.

 

HB 174

Status

RELATING TO FOOD LABELING.

Requires, beginning 01/01/14, specific labeling for any food or raw agricultural commodity sold in the State that contains or was produced with a genetically engineered material.

 

AGR, CPC, FIN

HB 97

Status

RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGAINST INVASIVE SPECIES.

Requires a permit from the department of agriculture to import, introduce, or develop a new species of genetically engineered organism.  Allows the department after a public hearing to determine whether to grant a permit and under what conditions, if any, based on the department's determination of the level of risk presented to agriculture, horticulture, the environment, animal, or public health.

 

AGR, EEP, FIN

HB 747

Status

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Exempts from the general excise tax amounts received for the slaughter and processing of poultry and livestock.

 

AGR, FIN

HB 96

Status

RELATING TO FARMS.

Creates an income tax exemption on the first $50,000 of income for family farms, family farm communities, and family farm cooperatives.

 

AGR, FIN

 

 

 

 

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For further information, please call the Committee Clerk at 586-8538.

 

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Rep. Jessica Wooley

Chair