2025 Regular Session • Hawaii Legislature
SB890: Relating To Business Regulation.
Legislative Summary
Requires any product that is labeled, marketed, or sold as "poi" and that contains kalo grown outside the State to reveal a label stating that the poi product contains kalo grown outside the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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Bill History
1/17/2025
Introduced.
Senate
1/21/2025
Passed First Reading.
Senate
1/23/2025
Referred to CPN.
Senate
2/18/2025
The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 9:34AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
Senate
2/19/2025
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS and be recommitted. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa.
Senate
2/19/2025
Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 710) as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of recommittal to CPN.
Senate
2/19/2025
Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and recommitted to CPN.
Senate
2/19/2025
Re-Referred to CPN/EDT.
Senate
2/20/2025
The committee(s) on CPN/EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-26-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
Senate
2/26/2025
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
Senate
2/26/2025
The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
Senate
2/28/2025
Reported from CPN/EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 826) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 2) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
Senate
2/28/2025
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 2).
Senate
2/28/2025
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
Senate
3/4/2025
Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
Senate
3/4/2025
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 215) in amended form (SD 2).
House of Representatives
3/6/2025
Pass First Reading
House of Representatives
3/6/2025
Referred to AGR, ECD, CPC, referral sheet 19
House of Representatives
3/7/2025
Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1217) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on ECD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Wednesday, 03-19-25 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
House of Representatives
3/21/2025
Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1443), recommending referral to CPC.
House of Representatives
3/21/2025
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
House of Representatives
3/31/2025
Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 04-02-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.
House of Representatives
4/4/2025
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2006) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
House of Representatives
4/4/2025
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
House of Representatives
4/10/2025
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 660).
Senate
4/10/2025
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
Senate
4/10/2025
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
House Conferees Appointed: Kahaloa, Ilagan, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Hussey, Matsumoto.
House of Representatives
4/15/2025
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).
Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments
2/26/2025
5
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Economic Development and Technology: Passed, With Amendments
2/26/2025
5
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments And Be Recommitted
2/19/2025
3
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(3/4/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor

Dru Kanuha
Democrat