STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 2 2025
RE: S.R. No. 77
S. D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture and Environment, to which was
referred S.R. No. 77 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION MAUI AXIS DEER CONTROL AND VENISON
INITIATIVE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to:
(1) Urge the Department of Agriculture and Department of
Agriculture of the County of Maui to:
(A) Take further meaningful action to address the axis
deer overpopulation; and
(B) Convene a joint task force to oversee the County of
Maui program that would aim to investigate and
develop plans to make affordable the processing of
locally hunted axis deer meat and the distribution
of this venison to the community; and
(2) Request the joint task force to submit a report to the
Legislature before November 30, 2025.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Hawai‘i Farm Bureau; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; and
two individuals.
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Your Committee received comments on this measure from the
Department of Agriculture.
Your Committee finds that the axis deer overpopulation poses
a threat to the State. Your Committee recognizes the benefit that
axis deer can provide as protein to under-resourced segments of
the State's communities. This measure aims to address axis deer
overpopulation, in part, through convening a joint task force to
oversee a Maui county program facilitating the processing and
distribution of venison in the State.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) 7\mending its title accordingly; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Agriculture and Environment that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R.
No. 77, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form
attached hereto as S.R. No. 77, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Agriculture and
Environment,
MIKE GABBARD, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Agriculture and Environment
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Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
S^77 A6N Ci-j- n ~ 2-s
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:___________________________________
The Recommendation is: .
Pass, unamended V Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311_______________ 2310________ 2313
Members Aye/ Aye (WR) Nay Excused
GABBARD, Mike (C)
RICHARDS, III, Herbert M. “Tim” (VC)
DECOITE, Lynn
RHOADS. Karl
AWA, Brenton
TOTAL \
Recommendation:
Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee's Signature: _/ . / 1
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Distribution: Original Yellow /Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/09/24