---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY."
description: "Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement a GroupGAP food safety training and certification program. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1588"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1588 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Certification", "DOA", "Expenditure Ceiling ($)", "Food Safety Modernization Act", "GroupGAP", "Training", "U.S. Food and Drug Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "MCKELVEY", "RICHARDS"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37e06e4b-a0b7-487d-8d50-e5d07798f507"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1588&year=2023"
source_hash: "b278e04c8ce7bb3bfa1f835dafe19cf70036b421999bc5b4b5e97a746d80aa7c"
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 1588 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement a GroupGAP food safety training and certification program. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1588** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1588_.HTM)
2. **SB1588_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1588_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1588_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1588_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB1588_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1588_HD2_.HTM)
5. **SB1588_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1588_SD1_.HTM)
6. **SB1588_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1588_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- RICHARDS — primary (person)
- Fukunaga — cosponsor (person)
- San Buenaventura — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-05** Act 212, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315). `became-law`
- **2023-07-05** Act 212, on 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315). `became-law`
- **2023-05-05** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 901). `receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 996). `receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Lowen, Martinez excused (2). `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1) Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 05-04-23.
- **2023-05-02** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 187) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2023-05-02** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-04-23.
- **2023-05-02** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 187).
- **2023-04-28** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Gates, Kahaloa, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela, La Chica.
- **2023-04-28** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Aquino, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 2:30PM; Conference Room 016.
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 9:00AM; Conference Room 325.
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-23 11:00AM; Conference Room 325.
- **2023-04-24** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 840). `receipt`
- **2023-04-21** House Conferees Appointed: Gates, Kahaloa Co-Chairs; Kapela, La Chica, Ward.
- **2023-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 904). `receipt`
- **2023-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Aquino Co-Chair; Richards.
- **2023-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-13** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 796). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Todd excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-11-23.
- **2023-04-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2079) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-03-31** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Takenouchi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe, Alcos. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-31-23 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-22** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1411) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2023-03-17** The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Gates, Kahaloa, Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 03-17-23 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 495) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-03-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
- **2023-03-03** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1030) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2023-03-02** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-02-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2023-02-17** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 525) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2023-02-15** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-15-23 1:30PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to AEN, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37e06e4b-a0b7-487d-8d50-e5d07798f507`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).