House Standing Committee on Agriculture & Food Systems

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Aloha and good morning. Aloha and good morning. Welcome to the hearing for the House Committee on Agriculture and Food Systems. Today is April 15, 2025. This is a 10:00 a.m. agenda. We are convening in Room 430. I'm Vice Chair Matthias Kusch of the Agriculture Committee, and today we have with us, Chair Kahaloa, Rep. Lowen, Rep. Perruso, and Rep. Quinlan may join us later.

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Such behavior may be grounds for removal from the hearing without the ability to rejoin. Okay, today we have just one item on our agenda, and I thank everybody for joining us.

We have SCR192, HD1 requesting the University of Hawaii system to establish a veterinary medicine expansion working group to explore the feasibility of developing a Doctor veterinary medicine program. Today we received four in support, one in opposition and one with comments. We don't have anybody listed for any testimony today. Do we have anybody on Zoom?

Anybody in the Committee room like to testify? Okay, Seeing none Members questions.

No one to ask questions of.

there's no one to ask questions of.

I'm sorry?

Comments?

That was my comment.

Thank you. Okay, we're going to go straight into decision making. Chair, are you ready? Okay, we have quorum and Chair's recommendation is to pass as is. Is there any questions or...

Nope.

Concerns. Okay, seeing none. Chair for the vote.

Thank you. Voting on SCR 192, HD1. Chair's recommendation is to pass as is both Chair and Vice Chair Vote aye. [roll call] Chair, your recommendation is adopted.

Thank you, Chair. I'm grateful. And thank you for everybody, for coming to the last Agriculture and Food Systems Committee hearing of this legislative year. And we are complete.