SB 3162: DAB; COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESILIENCE; STRATEGIC FOOD RESERVES ADVISORY COMMITTEE; HAWAII STRATEGIC FOOD RESERVES PROGRAM; AGRICULTURAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM; HAWAII STRATEGIC FOOD RESERVES PROGRAM SPECIAL FUND; AGRICULTURE; LOCAL PRODUCE; CLIMATE ADAPTATION; RESILIENCE; SUPPLY CHAINS; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; REPORTS; APPROPRIATION
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2026-02-19
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-02-20: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.)
Introduced
First Committee Review
First Chamber
Second Committee Review
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Establishes the Hawaii Strategic Food Reserves Program within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity. Establishes purchasing requirements for crops stored at a strategic food reserve. Establishes the Strategic Food Reserves Advisory Committee. Establishes the Agricultural Market Development Grant Program. Establishes the Hawaii Strategic Food Reserves Program Special Fund. Requires DAB and the Strategic Food Reserves Advisory Committee to submit annual reports to the Legislature, respectively. Establishes a timeline for DAB's implementation of the Hawaii Strategic Food Reserves Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Discussed in Hearing
6MINSenate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment
6MINSenate Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism
6MINSenate Standing Committee on Transportation
52SECSenate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment
52SECSenate Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism
52SEC