Bill Text: HI SB709 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Genetically Engineered Organisms; Taro

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB709 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB709-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1273

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 709

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 709, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to protect Hawaiian taro by prohibiting genetically engineered taro from being developed, tested, propagated, released, imported, planted, or grown in the State of Hawaii.

 

     The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Orchid Growers of Hawaii, KAHEA:  The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance, Kawaihapai Ohana, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported this measure with amendments.  The Department of Agriculture, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Science & Technology Council, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Tropical Hawaiian Products, and several concerned individuals opposed this measure.  A concerned individual submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by adding a definition for "Hawaiian taro."  Other nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 709, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 709, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

		____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Chair