Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii HB 328
RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- LA CHICA (Democratic)
- CHUN (Democratic)
- GARCIA (Republican)
- GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
- IWAMOTO (Democratic)
- KAHALOA (Democratic)
- KITAGAWA (Democratic)
- LAMOSAO (Democratic)
- LOWEN (Democratic)
- MARTEN (Democratic)
- OLDS (Democratic)
- PERRUSO (Democratic)
- POEPOE (Democratic)
- QUINLAN (Democratic)
- SOUZA (Republican)
- TODD (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Hawaii legislature· description
Requires the Department of Education to authorize and facilitate complex areas or individual public schools to form their own farm to school meal programs through partnerships to meet the local farm to school meal goal of thirty per cent of food served in the school to consist of locally sourced products by 2030. Allows the Department of Education to establish a plant-based meal program no later than the 2026-2027 school year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2025 House | The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Jan 28, 2025 House | The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
Actions
- Jan 16, 2025 · House
Pending introduction. - Jan 17, 2025 · House
Introduced and Pass First Reading. - Jan 21, 2025 · House
Referred to EDN, AGR, FIN, referral sheet 1 - Jan 24, 2025 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 01-28-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Jan 28, 2025 · House
The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. - Feb 3, 2025 · House
Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 45) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR. - Feb 3, 2025 · House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). - Feb 5, 2025 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 02-07-25 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Feb 7, 2025 · House
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. - Feb 11, 2025 · House
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 395), recommending referral to FIN. - Feb 11, 2025 · House
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). - Dec 8, 2025 · Legislature
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.