STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1169-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: S.B. No. 2563
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2563, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Maui County Farm Bureau, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, The National FFA Organization, HFUU, Hawaii Coffee Association, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawaii Farmers Union United Kona Chapter, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc., Momilani Farm, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2563, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2563, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Education.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,
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____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair |
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