Hawaii Senate bill in Session 2026.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: March 21, 2025.
DOE; Procurement; Locally Sourced Products; Fresh Local Agricultural Products; Local Value-Added Processed_ Agricultural_ or Food Products; Exemption; Geographic Preference.
Exempts from the electronic procurement system the Department of Education's purchase of fresh local agricultural products and local value-added processed, agricultural, or food products not exceeding a certain amount, subject to certain requirements. Requires the Department of Education to establish guidelines for determining a geographic preference for locally sourced products. Exempts the Department of Education from the requirement that certain agricultural products are subject to the Hawaii Public Procurement Code. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0000-00-00 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-03-21 | Status | in_committee |
| 2025-03-21 | Latest Action | Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5). |