---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO FARM TO SCHOOL MONTH IN HAWAII."
description: "Designates the month of October as \"Farm to School Month in Hawaii.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 882"
citation: "Hawaii SB 882 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Farm to School Month in Hawaii"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bff64721-cf62-4d4c-8012-d1ca127a75a3"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=882&year=2017"
source_hash: "3b01f06c58fe7393ec85ff98540f845f55bec21cc6679316cd31e084cb9a0db7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii SB 882 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO FARM TO SCHOOL MONTH IN HAWAII.

Designates the month of October as "Farm to School Month in Hawaii."

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB882** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB882_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-25** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2017-01-25** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to AEN/EDU. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** The committee(s) on AEN/EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-17 2:15PM in conference room 224.
- **2017-02-03** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Riviere, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara, Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03** The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, K. Kahele, Dela Cruz, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Espero. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** Reported from AEN/EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 105) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2017-02-09** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
- **2017-02-09** One Day Notice 02-10-17.
- **2017-02-10** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Ihara, Kouchi). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-02-10** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 4). `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Referred to AGR, EDN, referral sheet 20 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-15-17 8:30AM in House conference room 312.
- **2017-03-15** Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
- **2017-03-15** The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Gates, Ing, LoPresti, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1211), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EDN.
- **2017-03-22** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on EDN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, C. Lee, Lowen excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Wednesday, 03-29-17 2:00PM in House conference room 309.
- **2017-03-29** The committee(s) on EDN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
- **2017-03-30** Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 04-03-17 2:00PM in conference room 309.
- **2017-04-03** The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Creagan, Hashem, Ing, Ohno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Har, McKelvey. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1710), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ohno, Saiki excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 543). `introduction`
- **2017-04-10** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Act 010, 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1110). `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-26** Act 010, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1110). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bff64721-cf62-4d4c-8012-d1ca127a75a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).