HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
2300
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROCUREMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Act 134, Session Laws of Hawaii 2025, provides a temporary adjustment, until its June 30, 2028, sunset date, to the department of education's small purchase procurement capacity by exempting purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products of less than $250,000 from the electronic procurement system requirement and instead requiring no less than three written quotes for those purchases.
The legislature finds that, as the largest department in the State with two hundred ninety-five schools and forty-two thousand salaried and part-time employees, the department of education must procure voluminous amounts of goods and services to run its operation.
The legislature further finds that the department of education is mandated to provide at least thirty per cent locally sourced foods to Hawaii's public schools by 2030. Increasing the department's small purchase procurement capacity for local edible produce and packaged food products will assist the department in fulfilling its mandate to provide locally sourced foods for the State's public schools.
However, to effectuate Act 134, Session Laws of Hawaii 2025, the department requires that the new section allow for small purchase procurement of more than $100,000 for local edible produce and packaged food products.
The purpose of this Act is to effectuate Act 134, Session Laws of Hawaii 2025, by exempting the procurement of local edible produce and packaged food products from the $100,000 threshold for the small purchase procurement method.
SECTION 2. Section 302A-1317, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[Struck through: []]§302A-1317[[Struck through: ]]] Local edible produce and packaged food products procurement; small purchases. Notwithstanding section [[Struck through: 103D-305(c)]] [Underlined: 103D-305(a) and (c)] and any other law to the contrary, procurements of less than $250,000 for local edible produce and packaged food products for the department shall be exempt from the requirement to conduct procurements through an electronic system and shall instead be subject to no less than three written quotes; provided that if the department is unable to receive the required number of written notifications as required by this section, written justification shall be provided and kept by the department."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on July 1, 2026, and shall be repealed on June 30, 2028.
INTRODUCED BY:
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BY REQUEST
Report Title:
DOE; Procurement; Small Purchases; Local Produce and Packaged Food Products; Written Quotes
Description:
Adjusts the applicability of Act 134, SLH 2025, to clarify the threshold for Department of Education procurement of local edible produce and packaged food products. Sunsets 6/30/2028.
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