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Senate committees rewrite HB 427 to fold in SB 1100: rename HDOA and add biosecurity authority, facilities, and funding requests
Summary
Senate committees substantially amended HB 427 to fold in SB 1100 SD2, renaming the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and seeking funding and authority to strengthen biosecurity capacity in Hawaii.
The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, together with Agriculture, Environment, and Transportation committees, moved to substantially amend House Bill 427, House Draft 2, by inserting the contents of SB 1100, SD2. The revised package renames the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, renames the Board of Agriculture accordingly, establishes a deputy director of biosecurity, and authorizes a biosecurity emergency declaration with specified powers to prevent establishment or spread of pests and restricted organisms.
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