THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2015

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Senator Russell E. Ruderman, Chair
Senator Gil Riviere, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015

DATE:

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

TIME:

2:45 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 414
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB171
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO TRUTH-IN-ADVERTISING.
Requires farmers' market operators to procure a license to ensure that greater than 50 per cent of vendors in farmers' markets primarily sell food, farm produce, or flowers prepared, grown, or produced in Hawaii.

AGL, CPN/WAM

SB314
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE.
Appropriates moneys for critical positions in UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Cooperative Extension Service.

HEA/AGL, WAM
[Measure added on 2/10/2015]

SB377
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO FOOD.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for a food innovation center to be operated by Kapiolani community college for the purpose of utilizing processing-grade, locally grown farm products to manufacture prepared meals in a large-scale kitchen.

HEA/AGL, WAM
[Measure added on 2/10/2015]

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6890.