| Measure Text pdf | Measure Status | Current Status | Introducer(s) | Current Referral | Companion |
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HB1
Environment; Short Form
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
Short form bill relating to the environment. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP |
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HB2
Environment; Short Form
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
Short form bill relating to the environment. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP |
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HB3
Environment; Short Form
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
Short form bill relating to the environment. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP |
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HB4
Energy; Short Form
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Short form bill relating to energy. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP |
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HB5
Energy; Short Form
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Short form bill relating to energy. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP |
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HB6
Transportation; Short Form
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Short form bill relating to transportation. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD |
TRN |
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HB7
Transportation; Short Form
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Short form bill relating to transportation. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD |
TRN |
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HB8
State Highways; Short Form
RELATING TO STATE HIGHWAYS.
Short form bill relating to state highways. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD |
TRN |
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HB9
Harbors; Short Form
RELATING TO HARBORS.
Short form bill relating to harbors. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD |
TRN |
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HB10
Airports; Short Form
RELATING TO AIRPORTS.
Short form bill relating to airports. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD |
TRN |
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HB12 HD1 SD1
Time Sharing; Time Share; Out-of-state Time Share Units; Zoning Requirements
RELATING TO TIME SHARING.
Clarifies that a developer is responsible for ensuring that the use of time share units located outside the State for time sharing purposes complies with zoning and land use laws and rules of the jurisdiction where the time share units are located and shall submit a certification to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs that the developer has reviewed and concluded that the time share units located outside the State are in compliance with those regulations. Clarifies that a developer is not required to submit evidence of such compliance to register in Hawaii. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN |
WTL, CPN/JDC |
SB798 |
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HB13 HD1
Time Share Plans; Title Reports; Blanket Liens
RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLANS.
For time share plans that use title-holding trusts, requires the developer to submit a title report evidencing that the title vested in the trustee. For time share plans that use a notice of time share plan, requires the recordation of the notice and its submission. For time share plans that use alternative arrangements, requires the recordation of any alternative arrangement documents. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN |
TOU, CPC |
SB799 |
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HB14
Act 90 Working Group Recommendations; DOA; DLNR; Non-agricultural Park Lands; Withdrawal; Pasture Leases; Funded Action Plan; BLNR Approval; Transfer; Easements; Public Lands; Pasture Leases; Agricultural Multi-use Lands; Agricultural Multi-use Lands Specialist; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO LAND.
Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to: (1) Amend and extend existing pasture leases for up to sixty-five years; (2) Issue new pasture leases by negotiation, if the lands are already under pastoral use; and (3) Develop agricultural and pasture lease rents based on the value of the land's agricultural uses. Specifies that agricultural multi-use lands under the management of the department of land and natural resources are not subject to transfer to and management by the department of agriculture. Before the transfer of non-agricultural park lands, authorizes the department of agriculture to request information from the department of land and natural resources related to the establishment of necessary and reasonable easements upon the lands. Requires the board of land and natural resources to revise its land classifications to include agricultural multi-use lands. Requires as a condition precedent for any valid withdrawal of lands out of pasture leases for reforestation purposes that the division of forestry and wildlife submit a funded action plan detailing the planned reforestation process for those lands and that the withdrawal be approved by the board of land and natural resources. Establishes and appropriates funds for an agricultural multi-use lands specialist position. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS |
WAL/AGR, JHA, FIN |
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HB15 HD2
Civil Fines; Land Use Law Violations; Lien; Sale of Real Property; State; Counties
RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY LIENS.
Authorizes the State and the counties to place liens on real properties for unpaid civil fines resulting from violations of land use laws. Authorizes the State and counties, subject to adoption of appropriate and particular laws or rules establishing the power of sale, to sell properties after all notices, orders, and appeal proceedings, if any, are exhausted and use those revenues to pay unpaid civil fines related to property. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS |
PSM/WTL, JDC |
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HB17 HD1
Liquor Licenses; Liquor Commission; Sales; Off-Premises Consumption
RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.
Authorizes a county liquor commission to allow licensees to sell unopened beer, wine, and prepackaged cocktails with food for pick up, delivery, take out, or other means to be consumed off premises. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, JHA |
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HB18
Procurement; Short Form
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Short form bill relating to procurement. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI |
LGO |
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HB19
Ethics; Short Form
RELATING TO ETHICS.
Short form bill relating to ethics. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI |
JHA |
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HB20
Labor; Short Form
RELATING TO LABOR.
Short form bill relating to Labor. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI |
LGO |
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HB21
Labor; Short Form
RELATING TO LABOR.
Short form bill relating to labor. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI |
LGO |
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HB22
State Workers; Short Form
RELATING TO STATE WORKERS.
Short form bill relating to state workers. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI |
LGO |
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HB23
Motor Vehicles; Sun Screening Devices; Window Tinting
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
changes from 35% to 20% the light transmittance requirement for certain motor vehicle sun screening devices. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NISHIMOTO |
CPC, JHA |
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HB25 HD2
Tax Rebate; Food/Excise Tax Rebate
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Converts the refundable food/excise tax credit to a tax rebate to be issued to qualifying taxpayers annually. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2022. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
WAM |
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HB26
Non-General Funds; Short Form
RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.
Short form bill relating to non-general funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
FIN |
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HB27 HD1 SD1
State Budget
RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.
Relating to the state budget. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
WAM |
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HB29
State Finances; Short Form
RELATING TO STATE FINANCES.
Short form bill relating to state finances. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
FIN |
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HB30
State Funds; State Treasury; Definition
RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.
Makes technical amendments to the definition of "state funds" as it relates to the deposit of certain moneys into the state treasury. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
FIN |
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HB31
Receipt of Federal Funds; Notification; House Speaker; Senate President
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.
Requires the senate president and house speaker to be notified in writing upon the receipt of any federal-aid moneys for expenditure by the State within ten days following receipt. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
FIN |
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HB32 HD1 SD1
Office of the Legislative Analyst
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
Clarifies the Office of the Legislative Analyst. Effective 7/1/2112. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
GVO, WAM |
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HB34
Works of Art Special Fund; Capital Improvement Renovations
RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND.
Deletes as a source of funds for the works of art special fund capital improvement appropriations for renovations. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
CAI, FIN |
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HB35 HD1
Non-general Funds; Program Measures; Cost Elements; Reports
RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUND REPORTS.
Amends the contents required to be submitted in each annual non general fund program measures report and non-general fund cost element report. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
WAM |
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HB36
DOE; Auditor; Abolishment of Funds; Transfer of Balances
RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.
Abolishes certain non-general funds of the Department of Education pursuant to the recommendations contained in Auditor's Report No. 22 01. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
EDN, FIN |
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HB37 SD1
OHA; Auditor; Abolishment of Funds; Transfer of Balances
RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.
Abolishes the Native Hawaiian Rights Fund of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs pursuant to the recommendation contained in Auditor's Report No. 22 02. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
HWN, WAM |
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HB38 HD1
DHRD; Auditor; Reclassification of Funds; Human Resources Development Special Fund
RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.
Reclassifies the human resources development special fund as a revolving fund pursuant to the recommendation made by the auditor in auditor's report no. 22-12. Effective 6/30/3000. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
LBT, WAM |
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HB39 HD1
DoTAX; Auditor; Abolishment of Funds; Reclassification of Funds; Transfer of Balances
RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.
Abolishes or reclassifies certain non-general funds of the Department of Taxation pursuant to the recommendations contained in Auditor's Report No. 22-14. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
WAM |
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HB40 SD1 CD2
Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund; Pension Accumulation Fund; Constitution; Appropriations; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND.
Appropriates funds to be deposited into the emergency and budget reserve fund and pension accumulation fund pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution. (CD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
LBT, WAM |
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HB41
Sales; General Excise Tax; Price Transparency
RELATING TO PRICE TRANSPARENCY.
Requires all businesses engaged in the sale of goods to include the amount of general excise tax owed in any display or tag indicating the price of the goods. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
ECD, CPC, FIN |
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HB42 HD1
Campaign Finance; Funds; State; Counties
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
Authorizes candidates and their candidate committees to donate residual campaign funds to the general fund of the State or to the real property tax general fund of any county of the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
JDC, WAM |
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HB43
Auditor; DOH; Deposit Beverage Container Program; Deposit Beverage Container Deposit Special Fund; Financial Audit; Recycling
RELATING TO RECYCLING.
Requires the Auditor to conduct a financial audit of the deposit beverage container program and the Department of Health's expenditures from the deposit beverage container deposit special fund. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
EEP, LGO/CPC, FIN |
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HB44
Littering; Penal Code; Criminal Littering; Authorized Fine
RELATING TO LITTERING.
Increases from $1,000 to $2,000 the maximum fine for the petty misdemeanor offense of criminal littering. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
JHA, FIN |
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HB45
Higher Education; Short Form
RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
Short form bill relating to higher education. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO |
HET |
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HB46
Higher Education; Short Form
RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
Short form bill relating to higher education. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO |
HET |
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HB47
Technology; Short Form
RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.
Short form bill relating to technology. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO |
HET |
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HB48
Technology; Short Form
RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.
Short form bill relating to technology. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO |
HET |
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HB49
Technology; Short Form
RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.
Short form bill relating to technology. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO |
HET |
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HB50
Early Learning Opportunities; Short Form
RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
Short form bill relating to early learning opportunities. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON |
EDN |
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HB51
Education; Short Form
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Short form bill relating to education. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON |
EDN |
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HB52
Public Employment; Employees; COVID-19; Vaccination Policies; Emergency Proclamation; Reinstatement
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
Requires state agencies to offer individuals who resigned or were dismissed from employment for not complying with vaccination or testing requirements the option to be reinstated, with back pay, to the position that person held prior to their termination. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
LGO, FIN |
SB111 |
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HB53
Right-to-repair; Digital Electronic Equipment; Repairs; Original Equipment Manufacturers; Independent Repair Providers
RELATING TO RIGHT TO REPAIR.
Requires manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available to owners and independent repair providers, on fair and reasonable terms, the documentation, parts, and tools used to diagnose, maintain, and repair the equipment. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON (Introduced by request of another party) |
HET, CPC, FIN |
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HB54 HD1
Department of Education; School Psychologists; Nationally Certified School Psychologist Incentive Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Establishes a nationally certified school psychologist incentive program. Appropriates funds for the incentive program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD, Cochran |
EDU, WAM |
SB675 |
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HB55 HD1
Department of Education; Community Schools; Grants; Planning; Implementation
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the department of education to establish grant programs to provide funds for the planning and implementation of community schools. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHEM, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
EDU, WAM |
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HB56
HDOA; Agricultural Park Leases; Extension
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARK LEASES.
Allows the department of agriculture to extend the agricultural park lease of any lessee who holds a lease with a remaining term of 15 years or less; provided that the land covered by the lease is 25 acres or less, located in a county with a population of less than 500,000, and in active agricultural production. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, HASHIMOTO, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, LOWEN, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, TARNAS |
AGR/WAL, FIN |
SB695 |
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HB57 HD1
Workers' Compensation; Average Weekly Wages; Volunteers; DLIR
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Authorizes wages of other employees in comparable employment to be considered when computing the average weekly wages of an injured public board member, reserve police officer, police chaplain, reserve public safety law enforcement officer, sheriffs' chaplain, volunteer firefighter, volunteer boating enforcement officer, or volunteer conservation and resources enforcement officer. Clarifies computation of average weekly wages of an injured volunteer firefighter for workers' compensation benefits purposes. Effective 6/30/3000. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LOWEN, ONISHI, TARNAS |
LBT/PSM, WAM |
SB696 |
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HB58
Volunteer Firefighters; Compensation Benefits; Method of Calculation
RELATING TO COMPENSATION BENEFITS.
Requires compensation benefits for volunteer firefighters who are injured or killed in the line of duty to be determined based on equivalent firefighter pay based on years of service and rank, rather than on a rate of $18 per week. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LOWEN, ONISHI, TARNAS |
LGO, CPC, FIN |
SB697 |
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HB59
School Librarians; Library Resources; Public Schools; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO LIBRARIES AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Requires a qualified school librarian and library resources on the campus of every public school in Hawaii by 6/30/2026. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, GANADEN, HASHEM, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, PERRUSO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD, Chun, Cochran, Lowen, Matayoshi |
EDN, FIN |
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HB60
Natural Resources; Short Form
RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES.
Short form bill relating to natural resources. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
WAL |
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HB61
Land Use; Short Form
RELATING TO LAND USE.
Short form bill relating to land use. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
WAL |
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HB62
Government; Short Form
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.
Short form bill relating to government. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
WAL |
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HB63
Disasters; Short Form
RELATING TO DISASTERS.
Short form bill relating to disasters. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
WAL |
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HB64
Firearms Possession; Surrender or Disposal
RELATING TO FIREARMS POSSESSION.
Requires individuals denied a firearm permit or otherwise disqualified from possessing firearms and certain defendants to provide a sworn statement that the individual has disposed of any firearms and ammunition in the individual's possession. Requires the applicable chief of police to search firearm permit and registration records for those individuals before serving a protective order or restraining order involving firearms or ammunition, and to seize any firearms or ammunition that were not disposed of. Requires police to seize firearms and ammunition in domestic abuse cases that are in plain view of the officer or discovered by consensual search. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA |
JHA |
SB53 |
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HB65
Campaign Finance; Advertisements; Noncandidate Committees; Violations; Fines
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
Increases the amount of fines that may be assessed against a noncandidate committee for violations of organizational report requirements. Increases the amount of fines that may be assessed against noncandidate committees for violations of advertisement disclosure requirements. Increases the fines for advertisements paid by noncandidate committees making only independent expenditures. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA |
JHA, FIN |
SB51 |
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HB66
Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Members; Board of Trustees; Elections; Reapportionment Commission
RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.
Amends the process for electing members to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees. Requires the Reapportionment Commission to establish a reapportionment plan for the members of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs so that they are elected according to their respective districts, rather than an at-large statewide election for each seat. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA |
JHA, FIN |
SB52 |
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HB67 HD1 SD2
UH; Windward Community College; Pu`uhonua Program; Women's Community Correctional Center; Halawa Correctional Facility; Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility; Positions; Appropriations ($)
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PU`UHONUA PROGRAM.
Appropriates funds to establish an unspecified number of full time equivalent positions for the University of Hawaii Windward Community College's Pu`uhonua Program. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, QUINLAN |
HRE/PSM, WAM |
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HB69 HD1 SD1
Department of Education; R.E.A.C.H. Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
Appropriates funds for the Department of Education's Resources for Enrichment, Athletics/Academics, Culture, and Health program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, Cochran |
EDU, WAM |
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HB70 HD2 SD1
Hemp Products; Uniform Controlled Substances Act; Schedule I; Cannabinoids; Delta 8 Tetrahydrocannabinol
RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
Prohibits the sale or holding, offering, and distribution of hemp products that contain cannabinoids created through isomerization. Inserts the alternative name for Delta 6 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers into the list of schedule I controlled substances. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA |
HHS, JDC |
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HB71 HD1
Summary Possession; GET license; Judiciary
RELATED TO SUMMARY POSSESSION.
Requires that a current GET license number for any rental income be filed with the complaint to the court for summary possession proceedings. Requires the judiciary to submit an annual list of certain information regarding summary possession cases to the department of taxation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAM |
CPC, JHA |
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HB72
Feral Chickens; Feeding; DOH; Police; Fine
RELATING TO ANIMALS.
Establishes a $500 civil fine for the feeding or attempted feeding of any feral chicken. Provides that the department of health shall enforce this prohibition regardless of whether the department determines there is a nuisance that is dangerous or injurious to health. Authorizes county police departments to issue citations. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, ICHIYAMA, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA |
AGR, JHA, FIN |
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HB73
John A. Burns School of Medicine; Resident Tuition Fees; Service Commitment
RELATING TO THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
Requires that if a student pays resident tuition fees at the John A. Burns school of medicine, the student must work in Hawaii for at least five years within the ten years immediately following the student's graduation from the John A. Burns school of medicine; otherwise, the student must pay the difference between resident and nonresident tuition fees. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, HASHIMOTO, MATAYOSHI, WOODSON |
HET, FIN |
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HB74 HD1 SD2
General Excise Tax; Helicopters; Service and Maintenance Facility; Quiet Technology; Exemption; Sunset
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.
Establishes a temporary general excise tax exemption for amounts received from the servicing and maintenance of helicopters in an aircraft service and maintenance facility outside any Hawaii airport or from the construction of a facility that services and maintains helicopters where at least 75% of the helicopters serviced and maintained annually in the facility are equipped with quiet technology. Effective 7/1/3000. Sunsets 12/31/2028. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, HASHIMOTO, MARTEN, ONISHI |
TCA, WAM |
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HB75 HD1
Motor Vehicle Insurance; Mandatory Minimum Coverage
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.
Increases, in tiers, the minimum amounts of liability insurance coverage required under motor vehicle insurance policies. Requires the insurance commissioner to solicit rate filings for the changes in the minimum amounts. Applies to policies entered into, amended, or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NISHIMOTO |
CPC, JHA, FIN |
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HB76
Motor Vehicle Insurance; Mandatory Minimum Coverage
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.
Increases the minimum amounts of liability insurance coverage required for motor vehicle insurance policies. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NISHIMOTO |
CPC, JHA, FIN |
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HB77 HD1
Public Charter Schools; Teachers and Other Personnel; Bargaining Unit (5)
RELATING TO TEACHERS.
Clarifies that public charter school teachers and other personnel employed by public charter schools under the same pay schedule are included in collective bargaining unit (5). Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, GANADEN, KILA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TARNAS, WARD, WOODSON, Chun, Cochran |
LGO, EDN, FIN |
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HB78 HD1
UH; Hawaii Community College Promise Program; Community College Access; Financial Assistance; Appropriation
RELATING TO STRENGTHENING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
Expands eligibility for the Hawaii community college promise program to all qualified students. Appropriates funds to expand access to community college to qualified Hawaii residents through Hawaii community college promise program scholarships. Effective 6/30/3000. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM |
HET, FIN |
SB172 |
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HB79 HD1
Standard-based Curriculum; Digital Citizenship; Public Schools; Media Literacy
RELATING TO MEDIA LITERACY.
Authorizes school complexes to incorporate media literacy in its standards-based curriculum, including content that prevents negative impacts of misinformation, disinformation, digital discrimination, and online hate speech. Repeals certain requirements related to standards-based curriculum. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD, Kila |
EDN, FIN |
SB914 |
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HB80 HD2
Education; Public Schools; Complexes; Curriculum; Authentic Assessments
RELATING TO AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENTS.
Authorizes public school complexes to develop rigorous classroom-based performance assessments, including the use of authentic assessments as part of classroom-based performance assessments. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS, WARD, Kila |
EDU, WAM |
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HB81
Mental Health Services; Outpatient Services; Children and Adolescents; Department of Health; Study; Ocean View; Hawaii Island
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Requires the department of health to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of an outpatient mental health facility for children and adolescents living in the Ocean View region of Hawaii island, including in the communities of Ocean View, Milolii, Naalehu, and Pahala. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TODD, WARD, Cochran, Kila, Martinez, Poepoe |
HLT, FIN |
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HB82 HD1
Health Care Preceptor Tax Credit; Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee; Dietician; Physician Assistant; Social Worker
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PRECEPTORS.
Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based clinical training rotation" to allow for improved accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits. Adds dieticians, physician assistants, and social workers to the list of preceptors. Includes the director of health on the preceptor credit assurance committee. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TODD, WARD, Chun, Tam |
HLT, ECD, FIN |
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HB83
Workers' Compensation; Payment; Contested Billing
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Establishes deadlines for paying or contesting provider bills related to workers' compensation injury treatment. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, GARRETT, NAKASHIMA |
LGO, FIN |
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HB84 HD1
Short-term Rentals; Nonconforming Use; Amortization; Counties
RELATING TO COUNTIES.
Makes explicit the counties' authority to enact ordinances to amortize or phase out permitted, nonconforming, or otherwise allowed short-term rentals in any zoning classification. Includes swapping, bartering, or exchange of a residential dwelling, or portion thereof, in definition of "short-term rental" for this purpose. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KILA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, TAKENOUCHI, Chun |
HSG, WAL, JHA |
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HB85 HD1
Personal Care Products; Small Plastic Containers; Lodging Establishments; Prohibition
RELATING TO SINGLE-USE PLASTICS.
Prohibits lodging establishments from providing personal care products in small plastic containers within sleeping room accommodations, any space within sleeping room accommodations, or bathrooms used by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, CHUN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, TODD |
EET/AEN, CPN/JDC |
SB659 |
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HB86
Self-Defense; Deadly Force; Duty to Retreat; Safe At Home Law
RELATING TO SAFETY AT HOME.
Clarifies that a person who uses deadly force in self-defense does not have a duty to retreat if they are in their dwelling or on their property, unless they are the initial aggressor. Repeals statutory language that permits a person to use deadly force at their place of work. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, HOLT, KILA |
JHA |
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HB87 HD1
Plastic Bottles; Single-use Plastics; Bottled Water; Prohibition
RELATING TO PLASTIC BOTTLES.
Effective 1/1/2024, prohibits the retail sale or offer for retail sale of single-use plastic bottles designed to hold less than two liters of bottled water for oral consumption, with certain exceptions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LOWEN, MARTEN |
EEP, CPC, JHA |
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HB88 HD1 SD1
Coastal Erosion; UH; Oahu's North Shore; Study; Sandbag Walls; Temporary Moratorium; DLNR; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO COASTAL EROSION.
Establishes and appropriates funds for a two-year program at the University of Hawaii to study sand movement patterns and coastal erosion along the coast between Sunset Beach Park and Ehukai Beach Park on the North Shore of Oahu, including the impact of sandbag walls, tarps, rocks placed in the shoreline, sand pushing, and coastal restoration on beach processes. Establishes a temporary moratorium on the use of sandbag walls, unless authorized by an emergency permit from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN |
WTL/HRE, WAM |
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HB89
Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Package; Campaign Contributions; Candidate Committees; Solicitation; Acceptance
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS BY CANDIDATE COMMITTEES.
Amends section 11-357, HRS, to prohibit elected officials as defined in section 11-342(d), HRS, from soliciting and accepting campaign contributions during any regular session or special session of the State Legislature, including any extension of any regular session or special session and any legislative recess day, holiday, or weekend. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
SB194 |
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HB94
Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Package; Relating to Candidate Committee Expenditures
RELATING TO CANDIDATE COMMITTEE EXPENDITURES.
Amends section 11-381, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to disallow the use of campaign funds to purchase up to two tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB199 |
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HB95 HD2
Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Package; Partial Public Financing ($)
RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS.
Increases the amount of partial public financing available for all offices. Adjusts the minimum amount of qualifying contributions certain candidates must receive to participate in the program. Increases the matching fund payments for excess qualifying contributions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC/HWN, WAM |
SB200 |
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HB96
Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Package; State and County Contractors; Grantees, Chapter 42F; Prohibited Contributions
RELATING TO CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATE AND COUNTY CONTRACTORS AND GRANTEES OF THE STATE.
Extends the ban on campaign contributions from state and county contractors to grantees of the State under Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and to the owners, officers, employees and immediate family of the government contractor or state grantee. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB201 |
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HB98
Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Package; Complaints; Violations
RELATING TO COMPLAINTS ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN SPENDING LAWS.
Allows the Campaign Spending Commission to treat a respondent's failure to explain or otherwise respond to a complaint alleging a violation of campaign spending laws as an admission that a violation has occurred. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB203 |
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HB100 HD1
City and County of Honolulu Package; Criminal Justice Data Sharing; Working Group
RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA SHARING.
Establishes a criminal justice data sharing working group to make recommendations for a statewide criminal justice data repository. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
PSM, JDC/WAM |
SB210 |
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HB101
City and County of Honolulu Package; Retirement Benefits; ERS
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Clarifies that service and compensation awarded as part of an administrative, arbitral, or judicial proceeding are included in the calculation of retirement benefits and service time for the Employees' Retirement System. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
SB211 |
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HB102
City and County of Honolulu Package; Professional Engineers; Government Experience
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.
Provides that a person having professional-level government employment performing lawful experience in review of engineered plans and calculations under the direct supervision of an applicably licensed engineer is eligible for licensure as a professional engineer. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
PSM, CPN |
SB212 |
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HB103 HD1
City and County of Honolulu Package; ERS; Reporting Standards; Final Specifications
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Allows departments and agencies time to comply with employees' retirement system reporting standards based on when final specifications are provided by the employees' retirement system. Effective 6/30/3000. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
SB213 |
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HB104
City and County of Honolulu Package; Penal Code; Public Transit; Interference; Offense
RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.
Establishes the offense of interference with the operation of a public transit vehicle. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB214 |
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HB105 HD2 SD1
DOT; Number Plates; Zero-Emission Vehicles; Hybrid Vehicles; Okina; Gasoline-Powered Vehicles; Rules
RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES.
Requires license plates to include ‘okina in the word "Hawai‘i". Establishes requirements for number plates issued for zero-emission, hybrid, and gasoline-powered vehicles beginning 1/1/2025. Requires the continued use of the rainbow number plate design for hybrid and gasoline-powered vehicles. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
TCA, WAM |
SB215 |
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HB106
City and County of Honolulu Package; Counties; Powers; Real Property; Liens; Power of Sale
RELATING TO THE COUNTIES.
Authorizes a county to proceed with a power of sale on real property subject to a recorded lien. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB216 |
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HB107 HD1
City and County of Honolulu Package; Driver's Licenses; Renewal; Online; Electronic; Digital
RELATING TO RENEWAL OF DRIVER'S LICENSES.
Authorizes the renewal of driver's licenses online by electronic or digital means. Effective 7/1/2025. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
TCA/PSM, WAM |
SB217 |
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HB108
City and County of Honolulu Package; Public Notice; Official Website
RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICE.
Allows government agencies to publish public notices on their official websites as an alternative to publishing them in the newspaper. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB218 |
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HB109
City and County of Honolulu Package; County Zoning
RELATING TO COUNTY ZONING.
Clarifies county zoning to explicitly authorize counties to adopt zoning regulations that eliminate or amortize land uses or structures established after the effective date of the first comprehensive zoning ordinance adopted by a county and zoning regulations that restrict the time, place, manner, or duration of a land use activity that do not create different types of land uses by limiting the time, place, manner, or duration of a use of land. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, FIN |
SB219 |
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HB110 HD1 SD1
Special Number Plates; Duke Kahanamoku; Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation
RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES.
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Duke Kahanamoku. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CAI, JHA, FIN |
SB220 |
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HB111
Maui County Council Package; Minimum Wage; County Powers
RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.
Authorizes each county to establish a higher minimum wage than the state minimum wage. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
SB230 |
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HB112
Maui County Council Package; ERS; Retirement Age
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Repeals the minimum age requirement for individuals who become an Employees' Retirement System member after 6/30/2012, and who have at least 25 years of credited service. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
SB231 |
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HB113
Maui County Council Package; Procurement; Past Performance; Contractors; Responsibilities of Offerors
RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE.
Requires procurement officers, when assessing an offeror's responsibility, to require the offeror to submit answers to questions contained in a standard questionnaire. Establishes certain questions that must be included in the questionnaire. Requires offerors to submit the questionnaire on an annual basis to be prequalified as responsible for projects by the procurement office. Provides that the information furnished in response to the questionnaire shall be available for public inspection and duplication. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
SB232 |
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HB114
Maui County Council Package; Open Meetings; Sunshine Law; Testimony
RELATING TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT OPEN MEETINGS.
Specifies that boards subject to the open meetings law shall allow oral testimony on any agenda item at the beginning of the board's agenda or meeting, provided that oral testimony shall not be limited to the beginning of a board's agenda. Specifies an exception for the legislative body of each county. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB233 |
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HB115
Hawaii State Association of Counties Package; ERS; Retirement Age
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Repeals the minimum age requirement for individuals who become an Employees' Retirement System member after 6/30/2012, and who have at least 25 years of credited service. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
SB206 |
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HB116
Hawaii State Association of Counties Package; Special Management Areas; Land Use
RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS.
Expands exclusions to the definition of "development" for purposes of special management areas to reduce the need for special management area permits for certain activities. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
SB207 |
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HB117
Hawaii State Association of Counties Package; Tobacco Products; Electronic Smoking Devices; County Regulation; Repeal
RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
Repeals section 328J-11.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB208 |
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HB119
Honolulu Police Department Package; Negligent Concealment of a Firearm by a Licensee
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Creates the offense of negligent concealment of a firearm by a licensee. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB234 |
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HB120 HD1
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Victim Witness Assistance Program; Appropriation ($)
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU.
Appropriates funds to the department of the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu for the victim witness assistance program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB221 |
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HB121 HD1
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Career Criminal Prosecution Unit; Appropriation ($)
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU.
Appropriates funds to the department of the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB222 |
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HB122
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Hawaii Opportunity Probation With Enforcement Program; Judiciary
RELATING TO PROBATION.
Establishes the Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement Program to be administered by the Judiciary. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB223 |
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HB123
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Noise Pollution; County Ordinances; Civil Penalties
RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL.
Allows for noise control infractions to be processed under the traffic and emergency period infractions adjudication process. Grants the district court concurrent jurisdiction over noise control infractions committed by minors. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB224 |
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HB124
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Procedure
RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
Repeals section 801-1 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB225 |
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HB125
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Procedure; Defendant's Presence
RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
Adds a new section to Chapter 801, Hawaii Revised Statutes, establishing circumstances in which the presence of a defendant is required for court proceedings or may be waived. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB226 |
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HB126 HD1 SD1
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Public Corruption; Bribery; Offenses; Penalties
RELATING TO PUBLIC CORRUPTION.
Specifies that a person convicted of the offense of bribery shall be sentenced to pay a fine of up to $250,000, in addition to a sentence of imprisonment or probation. Requires the Commission on Salaries to consider certain factors to retain qualified individuals and deter corruption and bribery. Amends the effective dates of recommended salary increases. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
SB227 |
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HB127
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Public Corruption; Fraud; Criminal Offenses; Penalties
RELATING TO FRAUD.
Establishes the offense of fraud as a class B felony. Establishes the offense of making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim against the State or a county as a class C felony. Establishes the offense of the use of false statements or entries in matters within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of the State as a class C felony. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB228 |
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HB128
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Unmanned Aircraft; Criminal Offenses
RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.
Establishes the felony offenses of misuse of unmanned aircraft in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degrees. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB229 |
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HB129
Office of Elections Package; Contests; Mandatory Recounts; Procedures
RELATING TO RECOUNTS.
Provides that a mandatory recount shall occur when the difference in votes cast is equal to or less than 100 votes or one-quarter of 1% of the total number of votes cast for the contest, whichever is lesser. Establishes that the filing deadline for a complaint for a contest for cause that arises from a mandatory recount shall be the same as the filing deadline for complaints for contests in which no mandatory recount was held. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
SB177 |
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HB131 HD1
Office of Elections Package; Elections Accessibility; Disability; Accommodations; Advisory Committees
RELATING TO ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Renames the statewide and county-level voters with special needs advisory committees as the elections accessibility needs advisory committees. Amends the composition of the advisory committees to include members with disabilities, not just those with physical disabilities. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, JHA |
SB179 |
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HB132 HD1
Office of Elections Package; Electronic Voting System; Definitions; Audits
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Establishes definitions for purposes of electronic voting. Specifies additional requirements and procedures with which the chief election officer must comply when using an electronic voting system, including procedures for conducting the post-election, pre-certification audit. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
SB180 |
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HB134 HD1
State Ethics Commission Package; County Ethics Boards and Commission; Appropriation ($)
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COUNTY ETHICS.
Provides one-time grants-in-aid to the respective ethics boards of the counties of Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii and to the ethics commission of the city and county of Honolulu. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB181 |
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HB135
Ethics Commission Package; Disclosures; Financial Interests
RELATING TO DISCLOSURES OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS.
Establishes that certain candidates shall file disclosures of financial interests no later than 10 days after the nomination filing deadline. Establishes that the unauthorized release of confidential financial disclosure information is subject to chapter 84, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Amends the fines imposed and procedures relating to disclosures of financial interests. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB182 |
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HB136 HD1
Ethics Commission Package; Legislative Allowance; Rules; Reporting
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ALLOWANCE.
Requires each house of the legislature to post a report of the legislative allowance expenditures for each member of the respective house on the legislature's website. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
SB183 |
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HB139
State Ethics Commission Package; Public Employment; Nepotism; Prohibition
RELATING TO NEPOTISM.
Prohibits a legislator or public employee from naming, appointing, or hiring a relative for public employment. Prohibits a legislator or public employee from supervising a relative in public employment. Prohibits a legislator or employee from awarding a contract to a relative. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB186 |
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HB143 HD1
State Fire Council Package; Fire Protection; Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Program Special Fund; Functions
RELATING TO THE REDUCED IGNITION PROPENSITY CIGARETTE PROGRAM.
Provides for additional use of the moneys in the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund to support the state fire council and its programs and activities. Adds to the jurisdiction of the state fire council those functions that are consistent with the uses being authorized for the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
PSM, WAM |
SB190 |
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HB144
State Fire Council Package; Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
Repeals section 46-19.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the counties to determine the proper requirements for residential fire sprinkler systems. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, JHA |
SB191 |
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HB145
State Fire Council Package; Fireworks; Cultural Events; Prohibitions; Exceptions
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for cultural events. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB192 |
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HB146 HD1
State Fire Council Package; Composition; Members
RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL.
Adds to the membership of the state fire council, and to the membership of advisory committees that the council may appoint, representatives from the Hawaii state aircraft rescue fire fighting unit and the division of forestry and wildlife of the department of land and natural resources to reflect all non federal fire fighting agencies in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
PSM/WTL, WAM |
SB193 |
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HB147
Vehicle Weight Taxes; Noncommercial Vehicles; National Guard; Veterans; Exemption
RELATING TO VEHICLE WEIGHT TAXES.
Amends the vehicle weight tax exemption for noncommercial vehicles by removing the exemption for military reserves and other active duty military personnel and adding an exemption for certain veterans. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, TAM, Ganaden |
TRN, FIN |
SB1046 |
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HB148
Conveyance Tax Vacancy Surcharge; Prolonged Vacant Property
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a surcharge on the conveyance tax upon the transfer or conveyance of prolonged vacant property. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, TODD, WARD, Chun, Tam |
HSG, FIN |
SB1606 |
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HB149
Taxation; Corporations; Combined Reporting
RELATING TO TAX HAVEN ABUSE.
Requires corporations to include the income of all foreign subsidiaries to the State. Applies the State's apportionment formula to determine the share of reported profits subject to the appropriate tax. Effective 1/1/2023. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, TAM, WARD, Chun, Cochran |
ECD, FIN |
SB986 |
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HB150
Personal Income Tax; Tax Brackets; Tax Rates
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Increases personal income tax revenues for high earning taxpayers by establishing new income tax brackets and rates that are applied against a broader level of taxable income for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2022. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, Cochran |
ECD, FIN |
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HB151
Taxation; Estate Tax; Exclusion; Exemption; Nonresidents; Nonresidents Not Citizens; Department of Taxation
RELATING TO THE ESTATE TAX.
Amends the exclusion amount of Hawaii's estate tax. Repeals exemption for tax imposed on transfer of taxable estate located in Hawaii for nonresidents and nonresidents who are not citizens. Applicable to decedents dying or taxable transfers occurring after 12/31/2022. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, Cochran |
FIN |
SB345 |
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HB152
Department of Land and Natural Resources; Short Form
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Short form bill relating to the department of land and natural resources. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
WAL |
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HB154
Transient Accommodations Tax; Exemption
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Exempts state residents from the transient accommodations tax. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
TOU, CPC, FIN |
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HB155
DOE; School Hours; Instruction; Students
RELATING TO STUDENT INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS.
Repeals the mandatory minimum number of student instructional hours for Department of Education public schools. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
EDN, FIN |
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HB156
CIP; Thirty-third Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-third representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
FIN |
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HB157
Hawaiian Language; DOE; Public Schools ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.
Requires the Department of Education to each Hawaiian Language to students in each public elementary, middle, and high school. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
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HB158
Vessels; Harbors; Regulation of Noise; Department of Transportation
RELATING TO VESSELS.
Authorizes the Director of Transportation to adopt rules that regulate and limit noise from vessels at harbors, ports, roadsteads, docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings of the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD (Introduced by request of another party) |
TRN, JHA |
SB15 |
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HB159 HD1 SD1
Liquor Licenses; Renewal of License; Elimination of Notarization Requirement
RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.
Exempts the notarization requirement for renewals of liquor licenses. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPN, JDC |
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HB160
CIP; Thirty-fifth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-fifth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN |
FIN |
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HB162
Emergency Workers; Communications Dispatchers; Penal Code; Offenses Against the Person
RELATING TO EMERGENCY WORKERS.
Amends the definition of "emergency worker" in the Penal Code to include communications dispatchers. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, GARRETT |
LGO, JHA |
SB1059 |
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HB163 HD1 SD1
Department of Human Resources Development; Collective Bargaining in Public Employment; Repricing of Classes; Study
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to conduct a study to review the repricing processes in section 89-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and submit a report to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2024. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, GARRETT |
LBT, WAM/JDC |
SB1058 |
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HB164 HD1
Public Employment; Professional Licenses; Renewal Fees
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL LICENSE FEE RENEWALS.
Requires each public employer to pay for the employer's employees' professional license renewal fees. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, GARRETT |
LBT/CPN, WAM |
SB1052 |
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HB165 HD1
Internal Complaints Procedures; Deadline; Human Resources; Civil Service Positions
RELATING TO INTERNAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURES.
Clarifies internal complaint procedures for civil service positions by requiring a formal complaint to be filed within twenty working days. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, GARRETT |
LBT, JDC |
SB1050 |
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HB166
State and County Employees; Paid Family Leave
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
Establishes a paid family leave program for state and county employees. Authorizes a qualifying employee to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave for the birth or placement of a child or to care for a family member who has a serious health condition. Requires the employee to agree to subsequently work for the employer for at least 12 weeks upon return to service except under certain conditions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, CPC, FIN |
SB1051 |
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HB167 HD2 SD1
Wages; Timely Payment; General Contractors; Subcontractors; Liability
RELATING TO WAGES.
Makes general contractors entering into or under contracts in the State for work on buildings, structures, or other private construction works liable for debt incurred by subcontractors for wages due to claimants for performance of labor in the contract between the general contractor and owner. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
GVO, CPN |
SB415 |
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HB168 HD2
DLIR; Wages; Hours; Employees; Public Work Projects; Penalties
RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS.
Imposes penalties, including suspension, on the person and firm upon a finding of violation of state law governing wages and hours of employees on public work projects. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT/GVO, JDC |
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HB169
Grant-in-Aid; County of Hawaii; Beach Restoration; Kahaluu Beach Park; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO BEACH PARK RESTORATION.
Appropriates funds for a grant-in-aid to the County of Hawaii to hire an engineering firm to study, plan, assist, and conduct preliminary design and concept work for a two-phase project to restore the Kahaluu Beach Park in the County of Hawaii. Conditions the appropriation on the County of Hawaii contribution of matching funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAHALOA, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, LOWEN, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TARNAS |
WAL, FIN |
SB770 |
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HB170
International Affairs; Short Form
RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Short form bill relating to international affairs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM |
CAI |
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HB171
International Affairs; Short Form
RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Short form bill relating to international affairs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM |
CAI |
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HB172
Culture and the Arts; Short Form
RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS.
Short form bill relating to culture and the arts. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM |
CAI |
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HB173
Culture and the Arts; Short Form
RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS.
Short form bill relating to culture and the arts. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM |
CAI |
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HB174
Culture and the Arts; Short Form
RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS.
Short form bill relating to culture and the arts. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM |
CAI |
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HB175
Emergency Vehicles; Siren Use
RELATING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
Makes it discretionary for authorized emergency vehicles to use sirens when responding to an emergency or in other specified situations if the siren is not reasonably necessary under the circumstances. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM |
JHA |
SB346 |
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HB176 HD1
Condominium Voting and Elections Task Force
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS.
Establishes the condominium voting and elections task force, including its composition and responsibilities. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSG, CPC |
SB1202 |
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HB177
Amplified Sounds; Noise Disturbances; Waikiki; Restriction; Fines; Penalties
RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL.
Makes unlawful for any person to play, use, operate, or otherwise permit a sound amplifier that creates a noise disturbance within thirty feet of a hotel, detached dwelling, or multi-family dwelling in Waikiki between the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Establishes civil fines and criminal penalties for violations. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM |
HLT, JHA |
SB589 |
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HB178
DCCA; Condominiums Associations; Cooperative Housing Corporations; Planned Community Associations; Ombudsman's Office; Dispute Intervention; Complaints and Enforcement Officers; Intake Specialists; Condominium Education Trust Fund; Ombudsman's Office Special Fund; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS.
Establishes an ombudsman's office for homeowner associations within the department of commerce and consumer affairs. Establishes an ombudsman's office special fund. Requires board members of condominium associations, cooperative housing corporations, and planned community associations to meet certain educational requirements through classes offered by the ombudsman. Updates statutes relating to condominium associations, cooperative housing corporations, and planned community associations to integrate the role and functions of the ombudsman's office for homeowner associations. Appropriates funds for establishment of the ombudsman's office. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
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HB179 HD1
Deposit Beverage Distributors; Deposit Beverage Containers; Postconsumer Recycled Content; Non-petroleum Materials Content; DOH
RELATING TO DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER MATERIALS.
Requires deposit beverage distributors that sell, offer for sale, or distribute deposit beverage containers in the State to meet minimum postconsumer recycled content requirements or minimum non-petroleum materials content requirements. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, GANADEN, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, TODD, Chun, Kila, Poepoe |
EEP, CPC |
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HB180 HD1
DOH; Wastewater Branch; Cesspool Conversion; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.
Creates within the Department of Health's wastewater branch a cesspool conversion section, which will be responsible for facilitating the conversion of cesspools within the State. Establishes and appropriates funds for two full-time equivalent positions within the cesspool conversion section in fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, and two additional full-time equivalent positions within the section in fiscal year 2024-2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP/WAL, HLT, FIN |
SB1556 |
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HB181 HD1
Cesspools; Mandatory Upgrade, Conversion, or Connection; Cesspool Conversion Working Group; Prioritization
RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.
Implements the recommendation of the cesspool conversion working group to accelerate the dates for required upgrades, conversions, or connections of priority level 1 cesspools and priority level 2 cesspools by requiring priority level 1 cesspools to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2030, and priority level 2 cesspools to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2035, rather than before 1/1/2050. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TODD |
EEP/WAL, CPC, FIN |
SB426 |
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HB182
Department of Health; Environmental Management Division; Clean Water Branch; Hawaii Beach Monitoring Program; Environmental Justice; Brown Water Advisories; Beaches; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
Requires the Clean Water Branch to perform water quality testing during brown water advisories as practicable and inform the public of health risks associated with water runoff during brown water advisories. Requires the Department of Health to consider environmental justice issues when making certain assessments and determinations. Appropriates funds for positions within the Department of Health. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP/WAL, HLT, FIN |
SB508 |
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HB183
Private Schools; Anaphylaxis Management; Auto-Injectable Epinephrine; Comprehensive Action Plans; Designated School Employee and Agents; Immunity from Liability
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires all private schools to develop and implement comprehensive action plans for the management of anaphylaxis in their respective schools, including administration of auto-injectable epinephrine. Establishes certain immunity from liability for designated private school employees and agents who administer auto-injectable epinephrine during emergencies. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD, WARD, Chun, Poepoe |
EDN, JHA |
SB1213 |
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HB184 HD1
Boating Law; Commercial Ocean Operators; Vessels; Safety
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL OCEAN RECREATION.
Requires commercial ocean operators who take customers into state waters to engage in recreational activities to have at least one individual aboard the vessel who is rescue diver or lifeguard certified by a nationally recognized certification organization, with certain exceptions. Requires vessels that transport customers for the purpose of engaging in an activity in state waters to have a backboard, emergency oxygen, and an automated external defibrillator included in its onboard safety equipment. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
WAL, CPC, FIN |
SB1263 |
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HB185
Environmental Advisory Council; Housekeeping Measure
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.
Makes a housekeeping amendment to section 341-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to delete a reference to a repealed section. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP, FIN |
SB422 |
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HB186 HD1
Environmental Protection; Seabed Mining; Permits; Prohibition
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
Prohibits the mining, extraction, and removal of minerals from the seabed in all state marine waters, under certain conditions. Prohibits the issuance of any permit for or in connection with the development or operation of any facility or infrastructure associated with the mining, extraction, or removal of minerals from the seabed within state marine waters. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
EEP, WAL, FIN |
SB376 |
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HB187 HD2
Renewable Energy Projects; Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects; Labor Standards; Union Labor
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Establishes labor requirements for the construction of renewable energy projects with a capacity rating of ten megawatts or greater. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, KAPELA, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, TAM, Cochran |
LBT/EET, CPN |
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HB188 HD1
Hawaii Carbon Smart Land Management Assistance Pilot Program; DLNR; Carbon Sequestration; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION.
Appropriates funds for the Hawaii carbon smart land management assistance pilot program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, COCHRAN, ICHIYAMA, PERRUSO, WOODSON |
EEP, FIN |
SB419 |
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HB189
Combustion Engine-powered Mopeds; Sale; Prohibition; Penalty
RELATING TO MOPEDS.
Prohibits a retailer from selling or offering for sale combustion engine-powered mopeds beginning January 1, 2030. Establishes fines for violations. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, LOWEN |
TRN/EEP, JHA |
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HB190
DOE; School Buses; Fares; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES.
Requires the Department of Education to waive school bus fees for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, AMATO, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, WOODSON, Chun, Cochran, Matayoshi, Tam |
EDN, FIN |
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HB191 HD1
Public Utilities Commission; Utilities; Estimated Social Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
RELATING TO CLIMATE MITIGATION.
Requires each regulated electric and gas utility to use the estimated social cost of greenhouse gas emissions established by the United States Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases in that utility's respective integrated resource planning process. Requires the State to consider the estimated social cost of greenhouse gas emissions in planning new infrastructure and capital improvement projects and when designing and constructing new buildings. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB193 HD1 SD1
Energy-efficiency Portfolio Standards; Extension; Public Utilities Commission
RELATING TO ENERGY-EFFICIENCY PORTFOLIO STANDARDS.
Extends the State's energy-efficiency portfolio standards from 2030 to 2045. Authorizes the public utilities commission to establish interim goals. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
EET, CPN/WAM |
SB683 |
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HB194 HD1
Minimum Efficiency Standards; Appliances; Chief Energy Officer; Hawaii State Energy Office
RELATING TO EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.
Allows the chief energy officer of the Hawaii State Energy Office to enforce minimum efficiency standards and adopt or amend efficiency standards. Sets minimum efficiency standards for electric vehicle supply equipment, portable electric spas, residential ventilating fans, toilets, urinals, and water coolers. Allows manufacturers to utilize the Home Ventilating Institute's certified products directory certification program to meet certain standards. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP, CPC |
SB691 |
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HB195 HD1
Solar Distributed Energy Resource Systems; Online Building Permitting Tools; Work on Certain Structures; Professional Engineer, Architect, Surveyor, and Landscape Architect Licensure Exemption
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for solar distributed energy resource systems in real time by 1/1/2024. Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to adopt self-certification for solar distributed energy resource systems of 250 kilowatts or less that are not SolarAPP+ compatible. Makes the professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects licensure law inapplicable to work with respect to residential distributed energy resource systems and increases the estimated cost of work on certain structures below which that licensure law is inapplicable. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, QUINLAN, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD, WOODSON |
EEP/WAL, CPC, FIN |
SB781 |
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HB196
Working Group; Department of Environmental Protection; Recommendations
RELATING TO A DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
Establishes a department of environmental protection on July 1, 2027. Creates a department of environmental protection working group to address the logistics required for the State to establish a department of environmental protection. Requires the working group to submit a report to the legislature prior to the 2026 regular session. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
LGO/EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB197 HD1 SD1
Refrigerant Management Program; High Global Warming Potential Refrigerants; Ozone Depletion Substances; Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction; State Building Code; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION.
Requires the Department of Health to establish a Refrigerant Management Program to reduce emissions of high global warming potential refrigerants and any refrigerant that is an ozone depleting substance from stationary, commercial, and industrial refrigeration systems and air conditioning systems and adopt rules for the regulation of the use of such refrigerants. Requires the State Building Code Council to establish codes and standards consistent with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons when updating the State Building Code. Specifies that no law, rule, ordinance, or code, including the State Building Code, shall prohibit or limit the use of a refrigerant deemed acceptable under federal law. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
AEN, CPN/WAM |
SB503 |
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HB198 HD1
DOT; Low- to Moderate-income Electric Vehicle Rebate Program; Electric Vehicle Subaccount; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
Establishes and appropriates funds for the low- to moderate-income electric vehicle rebate program and the electric vehicle subaccount to encourage the purchase and use of electric vehicles by low- to moderate-income households and nonprofit organizations providing assistive services to low- to moderate-income households. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TODD, WOODSON, Chun, Matayoshi |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB199 HD1
Clean Ground Transportation; Private Fleets; Zero-Emission Vehicles; Hawaii State Energy Office; Department of Transportation
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
Establishes a zero-emission vehicle fleet purchasing assistance program within the Hawaii state energy office to support the transition of private fleets to zero-emission vehicles. Designates the Hawaii state energy office as the agency responsible for developing and administering the program and requires the Hawaii state energy office to work with the department of transportation to design strategies to implement the zero-emission vehicle fleet purchasing assistance program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TODD, WOODSON |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
SB368 |
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HB200 HD1
Department of Land and Natural Resources; Rental Kayaks; Identification Numbers; Fees
RELATING TO VESSELS.
Beginning 1/1/2024, requires rental kayaks to be registered and numbered with the department of land and natural resources and have the identification number affixed to the rental kayak. Requires the department to establish fees for registration and registration renewal of rental kayaks. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WAL, CPC, FIN |
SB1028 |
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HB201 HD2 SD1
State Historic Preservation Program; Historic Property
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
Expands the definition of "historic property" for purposes of the Historic Preservation Program. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, AIU, HASHIMOTO |
WTL, JDC |
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HB202 HD2
Historic Preservation Reviews; Third Parties; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.
Authorizes the department of land and natural resources, through the state historic preservation division to contract its review of proposed state projects, projects on privately owned historic property, and projects affecting historic properties to third-party consultants if the department will not be able to complete its review within sixty days. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, AIU, HASHIMOTO |
WTL, WAM/JDC |
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HB203 HD1
State Historic Preservation Division; Civil Service Exemption
RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE.
Allows professional and technical staff of the state historic preservation division to be exempt from civil service laws. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE, TARNAS |
WTL/LBT, WAM |
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HB204
Food Labeling; Seafood; Fish and Shellfish
RELATING TO MEASUREMENT STANDARDS.
Prohibits the sale of farm raised fish and wild fish and shellfish without a label stating where the seafood was landed. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, TARNAS |
AGR, CPC |
SB1029 |
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HB205
Domestic Abuse; Protective Orders; Petition; Minors
RELATING TO MINORS.
Provides that a school counselor, domestic violence victim advocate, or other mental health professional licensed by the State may petition for a protective order on a minor's behalf when the minor's parent or guardian is unwilling or unable to submit a petition. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, AMATO, MIZUNO, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
HLT, JHA |
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HB206
Marriage; Legal Age
RELATING TO MARRIAGE OF MINORS.
Raises the minimum age requirement to enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Removes the parental consent and written approval by the family court requirements for a minor to marry. Removes spousal cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an exception for an annulment based on nonage. Makes conforming amendments. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, AMATO, MIZUNO, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
HLT, JHA |
SB46 |
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HB207
Employers; Employees; Rest Breaks
RELATING TO LABOR.
Requires employers with five or more employees to provide rest breaks under certain conditions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, GANADEN, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, TODD |
LGO, FIN |
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HB208
Department of the Attorney General; Criminal Activity; Waikiki Study; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
Appropriates funds to the department of the attorney general to collect data and conduct a study on how to reduce criminal activity in Waikiki. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, COCHRAN, KITAGAWA, NISHIMOTO, Kila |
JHA, FIN |
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HB209 HD1
Plant and Animal Declaration Form; Desecration Laws; Department of Agriculture
RELATING TO TOURISM.
Requires the department of agriculture to include a statement on desecration laws in the plant and animal declaration form. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, CHUN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
AEN/EET, WAM |
SB1183 |
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HB210
Department of Health; Mold Information and Awareness Program; Mandatory Disclosures; Mold Inspection and Treatment Reviews; Public Awareness Campaign
RELATING TO MOLD.
Establishes the mold information and awareness program administered by DOH. Requires mandatory disclosure of the presence of mold as part of any sale, transfer, or rental of residential, commercial, or industrial property. Requires DOH to conduct reviews every five years on mold identification and remediation technology or treatment techniques. Requires the director of health to establish a public awareness campaign. Requires disclosure forms for the sale of residential real property to include a notice to buyers about the presence of mold, if applicable. Requires a landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on the landlord's behalf to disclose the presence of mold, if applicable. Requires DOH to study the adverse effects of mold on humans and report to the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, GANADEN, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TODD, Kapela |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB645 |
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HB211 HD1
Transient Accommodations Brokers; Advertising; Requirements
RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS.
Establishes requirements for transient accommodations brokers prior to publishing an advertisement on the availability of a property for lease or rent on behalf of an operator or plan manager. Prohibits transient accommodations brokers from engaging in business with an operator or plan manager who is not in compliance with state laws and county ordinances. Prohibits a hosting platform from providing booking services in connection with a transient vacation rental that is not lawfully certified, registered, or permitted as a transient vacation rental under applicable county ordinance. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, POEPOE, Kobayashi |
TOU, CPC, FIN |
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HB212
Short Form; Economic Development
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Short form bill relating to economic development. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT |
ECD |
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HB213
Short Form; Economic Development
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Short form bill relating to economic development. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT |
ECD |
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HB214
Short Form; Economic Development
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Short form bill relating to economic development. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT |
ECD |
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HB215
Animal Fur Products; Sale, Display, Trade, or Distribution; Prohibition
RELATING TO ANIMAL FUR PRODUCTS.
Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, display for sale, trade, or distribution of certain animal fur products in the State. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, Chun, Kapela |
AGR, JHA |
SB682 |
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HB216
Illegal Fireworks; PSD; DOT; Shipping Container Inspection Program; Special Fund; Fees; Fines ($)
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Establishes the shipping container inspection program and shipping container inspection program special fund. Increases the maximum fine for each violation of the fireworks law. Requires PSD to submit reports to the legislature on implementation of the shipping container inspection program. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, CHUN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD, Ganaden, Kobayashi |
TRN, CPC, FIN |
SB498 |
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HB219
Court Interpreters; Hourly Fees; Mileage Reimbursement Rate; Commuter Compensation Rate; Judiciary; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO COURT INTERPRETERS.
Requires the Judiciary to increase the hourly fees, mileage reimbursement rate, and commuter-time compensation rate for court interpreters. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA |
JHA, FIN |
SB813 |
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HB220 HD1
Spay and Neuter Special Fund; Income Check-off; Free-roaming Cats; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE SPAYING AND NEUTERING OF ANIMALS.
Establishes a Spay and Neuter Special Fund. Allows funds from an income tax check-off to be deposited into the Spay and Neuter Special Fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NISHIMOTO |
AGR, FIN |
SB998 |
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HB221 HD1
Human Services; Medical Assistance; Pregnant Women; Substance Abuse Treatment; Mental Health
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Provides that certain pregnant women receiving state-funded medical assistance and who receive substance abuse treatment are eligible for substance abuse treatment and related mental health services for an additional ten months following childbirth. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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HB222 HD2 SD2
DHS; Medical Care Payments; Long-Term Supports and Services; Provider Reimbursements; Calculations; Adjustment of Method; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Adjusts the method by which the Department of Human Services shall calculate payments to providers of medical care and long term supports and services. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HHS, WAM |
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HB223 HD2
Department of Human Services; Office of Youth Services; Safe Spaces for Youth Pilot Program; Youth Shelter; Homelessness; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Amends the office of youth services safe spaces for youth pilot program by clarifying access to services, providing a definition of homeless youth, and expanding the age of youth that may be served. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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HB224 HD2 SD2
Public Housing Tenant Upward Mobility Pilot Program; Workforce Training; HPHA; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Establishes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority public housing tenant upward mobility pilot program. Permits the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to contract with outside parties to implement the program. Requires interim and final reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HOU/HHS, WAM |
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HB225 HD2 SD1
Child Welfare Information System; Department of Human Services; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Amends Act 317, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, to grant the Department of Human Services flexibility in developing a comprehensive child welfare information system and extend the appropriation lapse date. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HHS, WAM |
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HB226
Cooperative Housing Corporations; Board of Directors; Duties
RELATING TO COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATIONS.
Specifies that members of the board of directors of a cooperative housing corporation shall owe the corporation a fiduciary duty and exercise the degree of care and loyalty required of an officer or director of a corporation organized under chapter 414, HRS. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU |
HSG, CPC |
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HB227
DOH; Animal Control; Feral Chickens; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FERAL CHICKEN CONTROL.
Appropriates funds for the Department of Health to control the State's feral chicken population. Requires the establishment of a complaint hotline that may be used to report nuisances and health hazards caused by the presence of feral chickens and to request removal of the feral chickens. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU |
AGR, FIN |
SB961 |
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HB228
Weed Whacker; Noise Regulations; Additional Restrictions
RELATING TO NOISE.
Makes it unlawful for any non-government entity or agent thereof to operate a weed whacker in or within one hundred feet of a residential zone, except between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on most days. Defines weed whacker. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU |
HLT, CPC |
SB628 |
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HB229 HD1
Hawaii Tourism Authority; Contracts; Marketing; Hawaii Convention Center; Authority; Powers
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.
Requires contracts entered into by the Hawaii Tourism Authority for management of the Hawaii Convention Center facility to include marketing for all uses of the facility. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU |
TOU, FIN |
SB629 |
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HB230 HD1
University of Hawaii; Vice President for Budget and Finance and Chief Financial Officer; Chief Procurement Officer
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
Designates the vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer of the University of Hawaii as the chief procurement officer for the university. Effective 6/30/3000. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU |
HET, FIN |
SB1197 |
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HB231 HD1
Constitutional Amendment; University of Hawaii; Board of Regents; Candidate Advisory Council (ConAm)
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO MODIFY THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
Proposes an amendment to article X, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution to modify the appointment process for the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii. Repeals the requirement that the governor shall only appoint from pools of candidates presented by the Candidate Advisory Council for the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii. Effective 6/30/3000. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU |
HET, JHA, FIN |
SB631 |
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HB232
Capital Gains Tax; Rate; Repeal
RELATING TO CAPITAL GAINS.
Taxes capital gains income at the same rate as ordinary income. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TODD, Kila |
ECD, FIN |
SB358 |
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HB233 HD2 SD1
Taxation; State Child Tax Credit
RELATING TO A CHILD TAX CREDIT.
Establishes a nonrefundable state child tax credit. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
HHS, WAM |
SB357 |
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HB234
Taxation; Real Estate Investment Trusts; Dividends Paid Deduction; Dwelling Unit; Rental Housing
RELATING TO TAXATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS.
Disallows dividends paid deduction for real estate investment trusts. Specifies that amounts collected from the disallowance be evenly divided and deposited into the dwelling unit revolving fund and rental housing revolving fund. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Sunsets 12/31/2026. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM |
ECD, CPC, FIN |
SB359 |
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HB235
Employment; Paid Sick Leave
RELATING TO PAID SICK LEAVE.
Requires certain employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick leave to employees to be used to care for themselves or a family member who is ill or needs medical care and supplemental paid sick leave to employees under certain public health emergency conditions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, GANADEN, GARRETT, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAM, TODD, Cochran |
LGO, CPC, FIN |
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HB236
Family Leave Insurance Program; Family Leave Insurance Benefits; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.
Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to establish and administer a family leave insurance program. Provides family leave insurance benefits and extends the period of family leave to 16 weeks for businesses that employ one or more employees who meet the hourly qualifications. Eliminates the previous threshold of 100 employees for employers to be subject to the family leave law. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, PERRUSO, TAM |
LGO, CPC, FIN |
SB360 |
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HB237
Responsible, Adult-Use Cannabis; Hawaii Cannabis authority; Medical Cannabis; Taxation ($)
RELATING TO CANNABIS.
Legalizes, regulates, and taxes cannabis and manufactured cannabis products for responsible, adult use. Exempts sales of cannabis and manufactured cannabis products for medical use from the general excise tax. Clarifies that qualifying out-of-state patients have the same rights and privileges under the medical cannabis law. Allows qualifying out-of-state patients to cultivate medical cannabis. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS |
JHA/HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB375 |
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HB238
Medical Cannabis; Qualifying Patients; Discrimination; Employer; Employee; Potentially Dangerous Occupations; Exemptions
RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.
Prohibits an employer from discriminating against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment based on the person's status as a medical cannabis registry card holder, under certain conditions. Authorizes an employer to use a fit-for-duty test for medical cannabis qualifying patients in potentially dangerous occupations. Exempts certain occupations. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, Cochran |
LGO, JHA |
SB377 |
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HB239 HD1
Clean Energy Economy Transition; Climate Change Adaptation; Social Equity; Clean Energy Initiative; Energy Security Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY.
Requires the clean energy initiative program to design, implement, and administer a plan to increase jobs aligned with the State's transition to a clean energy economy and strategies for evaluating and supporting a transition to a clean energy economy that advances social equity. Authorizes the use of the energy security special fund to create jobs that advance the State's goals of achieving greater energy security and adapting to climate change, expand workforce development and training programs for workers transitioning to a clean energy economy, and strengthen social equity in the adoption of clean energy technology. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TODD, Kila |
EEP/ECD, FIN |
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HB240
General Excise Tax; Exemption; Medical Services; Physicians; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
Exempts gross proceeds from medical services provided by physicians and advanced practice registered nurses acting in the capacity of a primary care provider from the general excise tax. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, CHUN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, WARD |
HLT, FIN |
SB1128 |
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HB241
Income Tax Credit; Expenses for Household and Dependent Care Services Necessary for Gainful Employment
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Amends the income tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment by increasing the taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses and dollar limit on amounts creditable that constitute the tax credit. Requires the department of taxation to make annual adjustments for inflation to the adjusted gross income thresholds and dollar limits on amounts creditable. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/22. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
ECD, FIN |
SB1126 |
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HB242
Electronic Eavesdropping; Prohibition
RELATING TO ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING.
Prohibits the interception or use of certain communications unless both parties consent. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NISHIMOTO |
CPC, JHA |
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HB243 HD1
Veterinary Medical Officer; Department of Health; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes and appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) permanent veterinary medical officer position within the department of health. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TARNAS, Tam |
HLT, FIN |
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HB244 HD2
Career and Technical Education; Working Group; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
Establishes a career and technical education working group to strengthen career and technical education in the State's public schools. Makes an appropriation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD, WOODSON, Martinez, Matayoshi |
EDU, WAM |
SB1045 |
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HB245 HD1
Vessels; Fumigation; Prohibition; Exemption
RELATING TO VESSELS.
Prohibits a vessel from being fumigated on ocean waters. Allows an owner whose vessel is required to be fumigated on ocean waters to apply for an exemption from the division of boating and ocean recreation. Requires any vessel granted an exemption to be fully covered and sealed while being fumigated and for any period of time thereafter needed to prevent fumigant or other chemicals from entering ocean waters. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA, COCHRAN, GATES, ICHIYAMA, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, Chun, Ganaden |
WAL, JHA |
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HB246
Department of Education; Mandatory Staff Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the department of education to employ one full-time equivalent counselor, vice principal, and media specialist at each department school. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA, CHUN, KAPELA, KILA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, WOODSON, Cochran |
EDN, FIN |
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HB247 HD1
Food Contracts; Local Agricultural Products; Benchmarks; Reporting Requirements; Farm-to-state Liaison; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Increases the percentages of local agricultural products that certain departments are required to purchase by certain deadlines. Expands annual reporting requirements to include the total spending by certain market channels. Requires the University of Hawaii system to include a corrective action plan in its respective report to the legislature, should it not meet its benchmark. Repeals the separate benchmark for the department of education that requires thirty per cent of food served in public schools to consist of locally sourced products by 2030. Appropriates funds for the establishment of a farm-to-state liaison within the office of the governor. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, COCHRAN, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, POEPOE, TARNAS |
AEN/EDU/HRE, WAM |
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HB248 HD2
DOE; Farm to School Program; Farm to School Meals; Implementation; Complex Area Superintendents; Office of Talent Management; Compensation Review; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the department of education to fully implement the farm to school program and farm to school meals program by the 2024 2025 school year. Provides that complex area superintendents have the authority to implement the farm to school and farm to school meals programs. Requires certain school cafeteria supervisors to report directly to complex area superintendents. Establishes school cafeteria supervisor positions. Requires the office of talent management of the department of education to conduct a compensation review of school cafeteria supervisor positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
EDU/AEN, WAM |
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HB249 HD1
Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs; DHS; Grants; Positions; Appropriation
RELATING TO THE HAWAII CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM.
Establishes the Hawaii child nutrition programs agency in the department of human services. Establishes a grant program to support the funding of certain initiatives for the State's public schools. Establishes three permanent full-time equivalent positions (3.0 FTE). Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
HHS/EDU, WAM |
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HB250 HD1
Public School Food Programs; Farm to School; Department of Education; Geographic Preference; Locally Grown Food
RELATING TO FARM TO SCHOOL PROCUREMENT.
Requires the department of education to establish rules for the procurement of goods and services related to the administration of food programs at public schools that incorporate a geographic preference for unprocessed locally grown and locally raised food products. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, COCHRAN, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, POEPOE, TARNAS |
EDU, WAM |
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HB251
Neonicotinoid Pesticides; Restricted Use Pesticides
RELATING TO NEONICOTINOIDS.
Amends the definition of "restricted use pesticide" to include neonicotinoid pesticides. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, POEPOE |
AGR, CPC |
SB1009 |
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HB252
Malathion; Restricted Use Pesticide
RELATING TO PESTICIDES.
Amends the definition of "restricted use pesticide" to include malathion. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, TAM |
AGR, CPC |
SB1010 |
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HB253
Pesticides; DOA; Restricted Use; Geospatial Data; Site Information; Reporting
RELATING TO PESTICIDES.
Requires monthly rather than annual reporting of restricted use pesticides. Amends the contents of reports to include specific geospatial data and information, site information, and increased detail on the amount of restricted use pesticides used. Requires the department of agriculture to develop an online reporting tool for restricted use pesticides. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, TAM, Cochran |
AGR, CPC |
SB1011 |
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HB254
Pesticides; Buffer Zones; Restricted Use Pesticides; Consistent Unit of Measurement; Department of Agriculture
RELATING TO PESTICIDES.
Requires the department of agriculture to use consistent units of measurement in its summary to the public on the amounts of restricted use pesticides used. Effective 1/1/2024, establishes a one-half mile buffer zone for pesticides around schools and state and county public parks. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, KAPELA, POEPOE, TAM |
AGR, CPC |
SB1524 |
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HB255
Agribusiness Development Corporation; Restructuring
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Amends various powers and priorities of the agribusiness development corporation, including several of its processes, membership of its board of directors, term of its executive director, and the scope of its work. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, TARNAS, WARD |
AGR, FIN |
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HB256
Counties; Organic Waste Diversion; Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ORGANIC WASTE.
Requires each county to incorporate into its next integrated solid waste management plan revision a plan to divert all organic waste produced within the county by facilities generating more than a certain amount of organic waste per year. Appropriates funds to reimburse the counties for incorporation of the new requirement into their plan revisions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS |
EEP, FIN |
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HB257 HD1
DHRD; State Employees; Positions; Learning Management; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.
Appropriates funds to the department of human resources development for the establishment of new employee positions and the learning management system. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT |
LBT, WAM |
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HB258 HD2
UH; Saint Francis School; Campus; Acquisition; Revenue Bonds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE SAINT FRANCIS SCHOOL CAMPUS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA.
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to issue revenue bonds for the acquisition of the Saint Francis School campus located at 2707 Pamoa Road in Honolulu. Appropriates moneys to the University of Hawaii for the acquisition of the Saint Francis School campus located at 2707 Pamoa Road in Honolulu. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT |
HRE, WAM |
SB1508 |
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HB259 HD1 SD1
Consumer Protection; Coffee Labeling; Geographic Origins; Prohibitions
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Prohibits using geographic origins of coffee in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee that contains less than a certain percentage of coffee by weight from that geographic origin, phased in to a minimum of fifty-one per cent on or after 7/1/2026. Excludes roasted or instant coffee produced in whole or in part from Hawaii-grown green coffee beans that are not offered for retail sale directly to consumers from labeling requirements. Prohibits use of the term "All Hawaiian" in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee not produced entirely from green coffee beans grown and processed in the State. Authorizes retailers who, by 6/30/2024, purchase roasted or instant coffee blends that use a geographic origin in labeling or advertising containing less than twenty per cent Hawaii-grown coffee by weight to sell-off coffee inventory until 12/31/2024. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAHALOA, CHUN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, NAKASHIMA, TAKENOUCHI, TODD |
CPN |
SB747 |
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HB260 HD1
DOE; Cafeteria Student Helpers; Safety Training
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires DOE to develop and implement safety training for all cafeteria student helpers and ensure the student helpers receive the training prior to them volunteering. Requires DOE to provide personal protective equipment for all cafeteria student helpers prior to the student helpers volunteering. Requires all cafeteria student helpers to be directed and supervised by trained personnel at all times. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, COCHRAN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, Chun, Matayoshi, Takenouchi |
EDU, WAM |
SB1175 |
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HB261 HD1 SD1
Early Learning; Preschool Open Doors; Child Care Accreditation Program; Child Care Grant Program Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Child Care Accreditation Program to assist licensed and registered child care providers in obtaining accreditation. Authorizes the use of the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund for Child Care Accreditation Program grants. Makes the accreditation requirement for service providers receiving funds from the Preschool Open Doors Program voluntary. Appropriates funds for the Child Care Accreditation Program, including funding for the establishment of one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position. Appropriates funds into and out of the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund for the Child Care Accreditation Program. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
HHS, WAM |
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HB262 HD1
DOE; School Placement; Child of Military Parent
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Provides a process for school placement for a child whose parent has transferred or is pending transfer from another state to a military installation in Hawaii while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, COCHRAN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
PSM/EDU, JDC |
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HB263
CIP; Ninth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the ninth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON |
FIN |
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HB265
Imprisonment; Mandatory Minimum; Methamphetamine; Fentanyl
RELATING TO CRIMES.
Establishes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for persons convicted of offenses based on the possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, HASHIMOTO, KILA, LAMOSAO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, QUINLAN |
JHA |
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HB266
Made in Hawaii Program; Production; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE LABELING OF PRODUCTS.
Clarifies that in calculating whether a product labeled "Made in Hawaii" has met the requirement that at least fifty-one per cent of the wholesale value of the product is added by manufacture, processing, or production within the State, operating and overhead expenses incurred and spent within the State shall be included. Appropriates funds to promote and develop the "Made in Hawaii" brand. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TARNAS, TODD |
ECD, CPC, FIN |
SB113 |
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HB267
Olelo Hawaii Initiatives; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY'S ‘OLELO HAWAI‘I INITIATIVES.
Appropriates funds for staff positions and various services to support the Olelo Hawaii Initiatives. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, AIU, CHUN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TARNAS, TODD |
JHA, FIN |
SB57 |
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HB268 HD1
Flushable Wipes; Department of Health; Domestic Sewage
RELATING TO DISPOSABLE WIPES.
Makes it unlawful to sell, offer to sell, or distribute for sale in the State any flushable wipe. Defines flushable wipe. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TODD |
EEP, CPC |
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HB269 HD1
Hawaii Theatre Center; Hawaii State Theatre; Acquisition
RELATING TO THE HAWAII THEATRE CENTER.
Designates the Hawaii Theatre Center as the Hawaii State Theatre on 1/1/2025, contingent upon the department of accounting and general services' acquisition of Hawaii State Theatre. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, KILA, LAMOSAO, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAM, TODD, Chun, Poepoe |
CAI, FIN |
SB985 |
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HB270
Hawaii Community Development Authority; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Residential Development; Kakaako Makai; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Allows the Hawaii Community Development Authority to approve the residential development on the nine parcels conveyed to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs pursuant to Act 15, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012. Raises the building height limit and increases the maximum floor area ratio for residential development on three of the nine parcels. Exempts the residential developments on the nine parcels from the requirement to dedicate public facilities of land or facilities, or cash payments in lieu thereof, as a condition of development; the prohibition on sale or assignment of fee simple interest in land in the Kakaako Community Development District; and the prohibition on residential development in the Kakaako Makai area. Appropriates funds for repairs of certain structures located on the nine parcels and for compensation relating to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' pro rata portion of income and proceeds from the public land trust. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB271
Privately-Owned Roadways; Fuel Tax; State Tax
RELATING TO ROADS.
Allows for a percentage of general excise and fuel taxes generated by the counties to be used for maintenance of private roadways that are open to the public. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, KAPELA |
TRN, JHA, FIN |
SB88 |
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HB272
Department of Land and Natural Resources; Land Division; Board of Land and Natural Resources; Public Land Leases; Revocable Permits; Powers
RELATING TO THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Limits the discretion of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Land Division by requiring the Board of Land and Natural Resources to approve all revoked, limited, condemned, removed, or modified public land leases or revocable permits. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI |
WAL, JHA, CPC |
SB82 |
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HB273
Public Lands; Hilo Community Economic District; Lease Extension; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Board of Land and Natural Resources
RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.
Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources shall not unilaterally amend the terms and conditions of any lease of public lands being extended pursuant to Act 149, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, except as otherwise provided therein; and if the Board of Land and Natural Resources wishes to amend the terms and conditions of any lease of public lands being extended to reflect the Board's most current lease form and leasing practices and policies, such lease form and leasing practices and policies must be included in the rules of the Board. Defines "lease of public lands". Repeals 6/30/2028. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI |
WAL, JHA, CPC |
SB97 |
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HB274 HD1
School Bus Transportation Hubs; High-traffic Areas; Department of Transportation; Pilot Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Establishes a two-year pilot program for school bus transportation hubs in high-traffic areas. Requires a report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO |
TRN, EDN, FIN |
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HB275 HD1
Department of Agriculture; Taro Farmers; Grants; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TARO.
Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to provide grants to assist taro farmers in meeting the costs of cultivating taro for consumption. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, CHUN, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, Matayoshi |
AEN, WAM |
SB782 |
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HB276 HD1
Taxation; Credit; Income Tax; Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a nonrefundable tax credit for commercial property owners that make available parking spaces within the owners' parking lots for use by peer-to-peer car-sharing platforms. Applies to taxable years after 12/31/2022. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, CHUN, ICHIYAMA, KITAGAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
ECD, CPC, FIN |
SB1089 |
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HB277 HD1
Motor Vehicle Insurance; Fines
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.
Increases the fines for violating motor vehicle insurance requirements. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, CHUN, ICHIYAMA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, TAM, TODD, Matayoshi, Takenouchi |
TCA/CPN, JDC |
SB413 |
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HB279 HD2
County Surcharge; State Taxes; Repair and Maintenance; Private Roadways
RELATING TO THE COUNTIES.
Authorizes the counties to use the county surcharge on state tax revenues and fuel tax revenues for certain purposes related to public roadways and private roadways that are open to the public. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, CHUN, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, TAKENOUCHI |
TRN, JHA, FIN |
SB1091 |
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HB280
Residential Property; Nonresident Aliens; Prohibitions
RELATING TO PROPERTY.
Prohibits nonresident aliens and businesses and trusts that are significantly controlled by nonresident aliens from acquiring certain residential property in the State, except as otherwise provided by law. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, CHUN, LAMOSAO, POEPOE |
HSG, JHA, FIN |
SB253 |
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HB281
Board of Education; Public Schools; Jurisdiction
RELATING TO SCHOOLS.
Requires the board of education to adopt rules to expand the jurisdiction of all public schools under the purview of the department of education to include a quarter-mile radius surrounding each public school. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, CHUN, ICHIYAMA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, TAKAYAMA, TAM, WOODSON, Poepoe |
EDN, FIN |
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HB282
DOH; Mental Health; Homelessness; County First Responders; Pilot Program; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Establishes a five-year pilot program in the department of health to expand existing county programs that make one or more mental health professionals available to assist county first responders in responding to mental health crises in areas in the urban core with high rates of homelessness. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, CHUN, GARRETT, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
HLT, FIN |
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HB283
Workers' Compensation; Disability Benefits; Death Benefits; Notice by Employer; Medical Benefits; Knowledge of Injury
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Establishes notice requirements for employers under Hawaii's Workers' Compensation Law. Requires employers who deny the compensability of an employee's injury to submit a written report supporting the denial to the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations within a specified period. Requires employers to furnish to the injured employee up to $10,000 for medical care, services, and supplies for the period immediately following the injury and so long as reasonably needed or until the employer files a written report with the Director denying the compensability of the injury, whichever is earlier. Clarifies that failure to give an employer notice of an employee's injury does not bar a claim for compensation if any person having authority in the interest of the employer had knowledge of the injury. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA |
LGO, CPC, FIN |
SB918 |
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HB284 HD2
Unprocessed Taro; Cultivation and Production; Value-added Products; General Excise Tax; Exemption
RELATING TO TARO.
Exempts from the general excise tax the gross proceeds or income received from the sale of any product resulting from the cultivation and production of unprocessed taro and value-added products whose primary ingredient is taro or taro leaf. Effective 6/30/3000. Repeals 6/30/2028. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, AIU, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, WOODSON |
AGR, ECD, FIN |
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HB285 HD1
Department of Land and Natural Resources; Fire Prevention; Community Fuels Reduction Project; Budget; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the Community Fuels Reduction Project. Beginning with fiscal year 2025-2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish the Community Fuels Reduction Project as a separate line item within the Department's budget. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, AMATO, CHUN, HASHIMOTO, ILAGAN, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON, Ganaden |
WAL, FIN |
SB409 |
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HB286
Conveyance Tax; Rate; Disposition; Affordable Housing Exemption; Rental Housing Revolving Fund
RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.
Increases the rate of conveyance tax for condominiums and single family residences ineligible for a county homeowner's exemption with a value of at least $2,000,000. Exempts from the conveyance tax documents and instruments conveying real property subject to a government assistance program approved and certified by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation and used for the provision of affordable housing for qualified persons in the State. Removes maximum dollar amount of conveyance tax revenues that are to be paid into the rental housing revolving fund each fiscal year. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, CHUN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, POEPOE, TODD |
WAL, FIN |
SB362 |
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HB287
CIP; Forty-fourth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-fourth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA |
FIN |
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HB288
Education; Public Schools; High School; Life Skills; Curriculum
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires public high schools to make available a mandatory life skills curriculum. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS |
EDN, FIN |
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HB289
Education; Public Schools; Elementary Students; Student Prayer
RELATING TO SCHOOLS.
Requires public schools with elementary students to allow faculty and staff to provide, on a weekly or more frequent basis, time and space for students to engage in student-led group prayer or individual student prayer. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS |
EDN, JHA |
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HB290
Education; Public Schools; Elementary Students; Recitation
RELATING TO SCHOOLS.
Requires public schools with elementary students to allow faculty and staff to provide time and space each day for students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and Hawaii Ponoi. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS |
EDN, JHA |
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HB291
Health; Certificates of Birth; Designations of Sex; Revisions
RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH.
Provides that a new certificate of birth issued by the State shall include a designation of the sex of the person born, based on the genitalia of the person. Authorizes amendments of designations of sex on certificates of birth, provided that the birth registrant is an adult, and new designation is based on the genitalia of the birth registrant, as confirmed by a physician or physician's assistant. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS |
HLT, JHA |
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HB292
Income Tax Law; Real Property Tax; DOTAX
RELATING TO TAXATION.
By 1/1/2027, requires the department of taxation to suspend and refund certain income tax amounts received or withheld upon the enactment of a state law specifying real property tax amounts. Takes effect upon the ratification of a constitutional amendment authorizing the State to have real property taxing authority. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM |
ECD/LGO, JHA, FIN |
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HB293
Real Property Taxation; Constitutional Amendment (ConAm)
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 3 OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE FUNCTIONS, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF REAL PROPERTY TAXATION.
Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to repeal the exclusive power of the counties to exercise the functions, powers, and duties related to real property taxation, thereby authorizing the State to also exercise those functions, powers, and duties. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM |
ECD/LGO, JHA, FIN |
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HB294
Military Affairs; Short Form
RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS.
Short form bill relating to military affairs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM |
CMV |
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HB295
Veterans; Short Form
RELATING TO VETERANS.
Short form bill relating to veterans. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM |
CMV |
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HB296
Public Safety; Short Form
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
Short form bill relating to public safety. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM |
CMV |
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HB297
Corrections; Short Form
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.
Short form bill relating to corrections. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM |
CMV |
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HB298
DCCA; Homeowners' Associations; Planned Community Associations; Cooperative Housing Corporations; Unit Owners' Associations; Managers; Licensing; Recovery Fund
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING.
Creates licensure and regulation requirements for managers of homeowners' associations, planned community associations, cooperative housing corporations, and unit owners' associations in the State. Establishes an Association Manager Licensing Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
CPC, FIN |
SB1203 |
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HB299
DCCA; Real Estate Commission; Property Management; Board of Directors; Training and Certification
RELATING TO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
Requires each member of a cooperative housing corporation board of directors, planned community association board of directors, and condominium association board to attend a training and certification course provided by the Real Estate Commission within one year of appointment or election or one year of the effective date of the Act. Requires the Real Estate Commission to establish and administer a training and certification program to ensure that every board member understands the member's legal and fiduciary obligations pursuant to chapters 421I, 421J, and 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
CPC, FIN |
SB856 |
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HB301
Expungement; Dismissed Traffic Citations; Driver's Record; Public Record; Abstract Report; Background Check; Judiciary; Examiner of Drivers
RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT.
Requires the court to automatically seal or remove from the Judiciary's publicly accessible database any information relevant to the arrest or case of a person for whom an expungement order has been entered. Requires the Judiciary and the Examiner of Drivers to no longer include dismissed traffic citations in public driver's records. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, AIU, COCHRAN, KILA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TODD |
CPC, JHA |
SB410 |
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HB302 HD1
DLIR; YouthBuild; Workforce Development; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
Establishes the state YouthBuild program to assist nonprofit and public entities in applying and qualifying for federal YouthBuild program grants. Authorizes the department of labor and industrial relations to award grants to eligible nonprofit or public entities to meet the matching funds requirement for federal YouthBuild grant awards. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAM, TODD, WOODSON |
LBT, WAM |
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HB303
Pilot Project; Tier 1 Beaches; DOH; Staphylococcus Aureus; Testing; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO BEACHES.
Requires the department of health to establish a two-year pilot project to test Tier 1 beaches for Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus not less than monthly. Requires a report to the legislature before the regular sessions of 2024, 2025, and 2026. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HLT, FIN |
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HB304
Statewide Traffic Code; Left-Hand Lane; Large and High-Passenger Vehicles; Exemptions
RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE.
Prohibits drivers from operating vehicles with more than four wheels and high-passenger cars in the left-hand lane, or close to the left-hand curb or left-hand edge, of roadways. Exempts drivers operating public transportation vehicles in high occupancy vehicle lanes or zipper lanes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, TAKAYAMA |
JHA |
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HB305 HD1
Hawaii State Planning Act; Agriculture; Economy; Objectives; Priorities
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Updates the Hawaii State Planning Act's economic agricultural objectives and policies and priority guidelines by removing references to the sugar and pineapple industries. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, PERRUSO, TARNAS, TODD |
WTL/AEN, WAM |
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HB308 HD1 SD2
Sustainable Food Systems Working Group; HDOA; Plan; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS.
Establishes the sustainable food systems working group within the Department of Agriculture. Requires the working group to submit a plan, any recommendations for implementing the plan, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to establish the working group and develop the plan and for an unspecified number of sustainability specialist positions to be employed by the Department of Agriculture. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, GARRETT, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
AEN, WAM |
SB420 |
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HB309 HD1
Irrigation; General Obligation Bonds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO IRRIGATION.
Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds to finance capital improvements to various irrigation systems. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, QUINLAN |
AGR, FIN |
SB1554 |
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HB310 HD1
University of Hawaii; College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources; Agriculture Education Coordinator; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE EDUCATION.
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the college of tropical agriculture and human resources to establish an agriculture education coordinator position. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, Cochran |
AGR, FIN |
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HB311 HD1
Kalo Farming Operations; General Excise Tax Exemption
RELATING TO KALO FARMING.
Establishes a GET exemption for the gross proceeds from the sale of machinery, fuel, chemicals, seed, huli, animals, or feed to a qualified farmer and directly related to the qualified farmer's kalo farming operations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TODD |
AGR, FIN |
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HB312 HD1
Advisory Committee on Pesticides; Membership
RELATING TO PESTICIDES.
Replaces representatives from the sugar and pineapple industries with representatives of the coffee and diversified agriculture industries. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS |
AGR, CPC |
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HB313 HD1 SD2
HDOA; UH; Foreign Agriculture Small Equipment Pilot Program; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Establishes and appropriates funds for the Foreign Agriculture Small Equipment Pilot Program at a University of Hawaii community college, to be administered by the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the University of Hawaii. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the Pilot Program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HRE/AEN, WAM |
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HB314 HD1 SD2
Food Banks; United States Department of Agriculture; The Emergency Food Assistance Program; Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Office of Community Services; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FOOD BANKS.
Appropriates funds to the Office of Community Services to fund the purchase, storage, and transportation of food for distribution to the food banks in the State. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, CHUN, COCHRAN, HOLT, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
HHS, WAM |
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HB315 HD1
Private Roads; Flood Risk Mitigation; Liability; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO FLOODING.
Appropriates moneys as grants-in-aid to the several counties for the mitigation of flood risks on privately-owned roads. Provides that the appropriation or expenditure of moneys pursuant to the Act shall not be construed to establish a duty of care or grounds for liability for the State or the several counties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TAM, TODD, WARD |
TRN, JHA, FIN |
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HB316
DOT; Highways Division; Planning Branch; Safe Routes to School; Advisory Committee; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
Establishes the safe routes to school advisory committee within the Planning Branch of the Highways Division of the Department of Transportation. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, WARD |
TRN, EDN, FIN |
SB1081 |
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HB317 HD2
Juvenile Justice; Monetary Penalties; Prohibited; Community Service; Curfew; Dance Halls
RELATING TO YOUTH FEES AND FINES.
Prohibits the assessment of any fees, fines, or costs against a person who was adjudicated for an offense committed while the person was a minor under the age of eighteen, or against the person's parent or guardian. Limits court ordered community service for minors to seventy-two hours. Repeals the statewide curfew for minors and certain penalties related to minors and dance halls. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, POEPOE, TARNAS |
HUS, JHA, FIN |
SB470 |
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HB318
Counties; Boards; Members; Compensation; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO COMPENSATION.
Requires each county to establish rates of compensation for members of certain qualifying county boards, commissions, authorities, and committees. Requires each county to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the county's compliance with this Act. Appropriates moneys to each county for the purpose of providing the compensation required by this Act. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, PERRUSO, Poepoe |
LGO, FIN |
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HB319
DOH; Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility; Water Contamination, Health Impacts; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes the Red Hill water contamination health impacts program within the Department of Health to track the long-term impacts of the 2021 petroleum release from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TODD, WARD, Chun |
WAL/EEP, HLT, FIN |
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HB320
Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects License; Disciplinary Action; Conviction of Crime; State Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects.
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, SURVEYORS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.
Clarifies that the conviction of a crime by a person holding a license to practice professional engineering, architecture, land surveying, or landscape architecture in the State, that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of the licensee constitutes a ground for disciplinary action by the State Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects. Allows the Board to suspend or revoke a convicted licensee's license or decline to reissue a license to a convicted licensee subject to certain conditions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, WARD |
CPC, JHA |
SB499 |
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HB321
HHFDC; Rental Housing Revolving Fund; Mixed-income Rental Projects
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Lowers the income threshold from one hundred forty per cent to one hundred twenty per cent of the median family income for mixed-income rental projects to be eligible for rental housing revolving fund loans or grants. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, WOODSON, Amato, Cochran |
HSG, FIN |
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HB322
Alzheimer's Disease; Working Group; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes the Alzheimer's working group to create a public health campaign for awareness of Alzheimer's disease and other related dementia. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHEM, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD, WARD, WOODSON, Amato, Matayoshi |
HLT, FIN |
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HB323
DOH; Noise Control; Amplified Sound; Excessive Noise
RELATING TO NOISE.
Requires the department of health to adopt rules by 6/30/2026 for amplified sound on public and private property where decibel weighted levels exceed current standards for zoning districts and residential properties where noise is excessive during certain times. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, AIU, AMATO, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, Kobayashi, Matayoshi |
HLT, JHA |
SB590 |
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HB324
Tobacco Sales; County Preemption; Repeal
RELATING TO TOBACCO SALES.
Repeals section 328J-11.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, AMATO, COCHRAN, KOBAYASHI, TAM |
HLT, JHA, FIN |
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HB325
Fireworks; Aerial Devices; Homeowners; Late Hours; Penalty
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Increases the minimum penalty imposed upon homeowners, renters, and managers of real property when they intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly allow others to unlawfully use aerial devices from their respective properties after 9:00 p.m. and before 9:00 a.m. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, AMATO, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS |
JHA, FIN |
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HB326
Plastic Straws; Prohibition; Fine; Exemption
RELATING TO PLASTIC STRAWS.
Prohibits the distribution, sale, and provision of plastic straws, except for those who request single-use plastic straws for medical reasons. Establishes a fine for violators. Takes effect 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TODD, WARD |
ECD, CPC, FIN |
SB50 |
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HB327 HD1
Rooftop Solar Installation; Rooftop Photovoltaic Energy Generating Systems; New Residential Construction Requirement
RELATING TO ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATION.
Beginning 1/1/2024, prohibits the issuance of building permits for new single-family dwellings that are part of a development of ten or more dwellings and do not include a rooftop photovoltaic energy generating system, under certain circumstances. Authorizes the Hawaii state energy office to use moneys from the energy security special fund to administer variances. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TODD, Chun, Cochran, Kila, Lamosao |
EEP/HSG, CPC, FIN |
SB878 |
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HB328 HD1
DLNR; Conservation Mitigation Banks
RELATING TO CONSERVATION MITIGATION BANKS.
Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to establish and operate conservation mitigation banks to restore, create, enhance, or preserve species, their habitats, or resources as compensatory mitigation, or for past damages. Authorizes the department to contract with a third-party administrator for the operation of the conservation mitigation banks. Clarifies the sale of credits involved in conservation mitigation banking. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, WARD, Lamosao, Martinez |
WAL, FIN |
SB1030 |
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HB329 HD2
Photovoltaic Systems and Electric Vehicles; Readiness; New Residential Construction
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Requires solar conduit and electrical panel readiness for new residential construction offered for sale at fair market value and electric vehicle readiness when an electrical panel and parking area are installed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, PERRUSO, TODD |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
SB1181 |
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HB330
Child Welfare System; Child Welfare Services; Office of Wellness and Resilience; Malama Ohana Working Group; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.
Establishes within the Office of Wellness and Resilience, the Malama Ohana Working Group to seek, design, and recommend transformative changes to the State's existing child welfare system. Allows the Office of Wellness and Resilience to contract with an administrative facilitator to provide necessary support for the Malama Ohana Working Group in carrying out its duties. Requires the Malama Ohana Working Group to report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2025 and be dissolved upon the adjournment thereof. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, LOWEN, TAM, TODD |
HUS, FIN |
SB1211 |
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HB331
Firearms; Possession Prohibited While Intoxicated
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Establishes the offense of possession of a loaded firearm while intoxicated as a petty misdemeanor. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, PERRUSO, WARD |
JHA |
SB49 |
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HB332 HD1
DOE; Shade and Fruit Tree Program; Arborist; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Establishes the shade and fruit tree program in the department of education to support educational activities and encourage propagation of native shade trees or fruit trees for planting in department schools. Appropriates funds for the program and to establish an arborist position. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD, WOODSON, Ganaden, Martinez |
EDN, FIN |
SB240 |
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HB333 HD1
Salaries; Public Officers and Employees; Payroll Schedule
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.
Repeals payroll day for public officers and employees by requiring them to be paid pursuant to a predicted payroll schedule, rather than an after-the-fact payroll schedule. Provides that the predicted payroll schedule shall be subject to negotiation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, GARRETT |
LGO, FIN |
SB1048 |
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HB334 HD1
EUTF; Collective Bargaining; Employer Contribution
RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND CONTRIBUTIONS.
Sets the amount of the employer contribution to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund as a fixed percentage of the health benefits plan or life insurance plan premium cost. Makes conforming amendments to remove the amount of contributions by the State and counties to the Hawaii employer union health benefits trust fund from the scope of collective bargaining negotiations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, GARRETT |
LBT, PSM, WAM |
SB1049 |
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HB335 HD2 SD1
DOE; Procurement; Exemption; Career and Technical Education
RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROCUREMENT.
Exempts from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code educational materials and related training for direct student instruction in career and technical education programs within the Department of Education. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, GARRETT, PERRUSO, WOODSON |
EDU, WAM |
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HB336
CIP; Forty-ninth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-ninth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, KITAGAWA |
FIN |
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HB337 HD1
Capital Gains Tax; Income Tax; Increase
RELATING TO CAPITAL GAINS.
Increases the capital gains tax threshold from 7.25 per cent to 9 per cent. Increases the alternative capital gains tax for corporations from 4 per cent to 5 per cent. Applies to tax years beginning after 12/31/2022. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAYAMA, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KOBAYASHI, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TODD, Cochran, Matayoshi |
ECD, FIN |
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HB338
Special Number Plates; Carissa Kainani Moore; Motor Vehicles; Moore Aloha Charitable Foundation ($)
RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES.
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Carissa Kainani Moore. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAYAMA, COCHRAN, GARCIA, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TODD, WARD, Nakashima |
CAI, FIN |
SB117 |
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HB340 HD2 SD1
Brother Joseph Dutton Day
RELATING TO BROTHER JOSEPH DUTTON DAY.
Designates April 27 of each year as Brother Joseph Dutton Day. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
TCA |
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HB341
DHS; Child Care; Child Care Providers; Employees; Database
RELATING TO CHILD CARE.
Requires that child care providers provide certain information to the Department of Human Services each year. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HUS, CPC |
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HB342
Presidential Preference Primary Elections; Study; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Establishes presidential preference primary elections conducted by the State. Allows political parties to limit participation in the presidential preference primary election selection of the party's candidates by voter party registration. Allows voters to change party registration on a presidential preference primary election ballot. Requires a study to determine the feasibility of implementing a presidential preference primary in Hawaii in lieu of a party caucus and make recommendations for the implementation of a presidential preference primary. Makes an appropriation to conduct the study. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
JHA, FIN |
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HB343
Unfunded Liabilities; EUTF; State Auditor; Study; Appropriation
RELATING TO UNFUNDED LIABILITIES.
Requires the state auditor to study the feasibility of providing health benefits to state and county employees using a self-insured model. Appropriates funds. Establishes the rate stabilization reserve fund. Caps employer contributions to the other post-employment benefits trust fund. Provides for the use of portions of any other revenues collected on behalf of the public employer or held by the State to supplement deficient public employer contribution amounts. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
LGO, CPC, FIN |
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HB344
Sports Wagering; Sports Wagering Operators; Sports Wagering Suppliers; License
RELATING TO SPORTS WAGERING.
Allows for the regulation of sports wagering by the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators and sports wagering suppliers. Specifies that sports wagering shall not be considered games of chance or gambling. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO (Introduced by request of another party) |
ECD, JHA/CPC, FIN |
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HB345
DOH; Air Pollution; Refrigerant; Safe Alternatives
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
Specifies that no law, rule, ordinance, or code, including the state building code shall prohibit or limit the deemed acceptable use of a refrigerant. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP, CPC |
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HB346 HD2 SD2
HSEO; DOT; DAGS; Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure; State Buildings; Retrofitting; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
Requires that new state facilities be designed to be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires that 25% of parking stalls be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office, in consultation with the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Transportation, to conduct a survey and identify certain high-priority state facilities. Establishes a goal of the State to retrofit state facilities to be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
TCA/EET, WAM |
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HB347 HD1
Electric Vehicle Charging Systems; Parking Spaces; Requirements; Accessibility
RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEMS.
Requires owners of multiple parking facilities within any county of the State who aggregate the required parking spaces for electric vehicles to aggregate the spaces within that same county. Requires a parking space equipped with an electric vehicle charging system and required to be accessible to remain accessible when aggregated. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP, FIN |
SB370 |
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HB348 HD1
Renewable Energy Projects; Real Property Taxes; County Ordinance
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Allows the counties to establish, by ordinance, an opt-in program that allows an annual payment in lieu of real property taxes on the land or improvements thereon that are actively used to produce or store renewable energy that is sold to an electric utility. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB351 HD2 SD1
Fire Prevention and Fire Safety System; Condominium Association; Maintenance Fee Increase; Special Assessment; Income Tax Credit
RELATING TO TAX CREDITS.
Establishes a nonrefundable income tax credit for owners of condominium units whose condominium association is increasing maintenance fees or imposing a special assessment to comply with a county ordinance requiring an automatic fire sprinkler system or alternative fire prevention and fire safety system, to be applied to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
CPN, WAM |
SB1234 |
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HB352 HD1
Temporary Restraining Orders; Remote Attendance; Domestic Abuse
RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS.
Authorizes the family courts to allow petitioners to attend TRO hearings remotely upon request. Requires the courts to consider certain factors. Requires the courts to allow petitioners who allege domestic abuse to attend TRO hearings remotely. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
JDC |
SB933 |
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HB354
Department of Land and Natural Resources; Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION.
Appropriates funds for the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission and to fund three full-time equivalent (3.00 FTE) permanent positions for the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AMATO, COCHRAN, POEPOE |
WAL, FIN |
SB100 |
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HB355
County Police Departments; Reports to the Legislature; Misconduct Incidents
RELATING TO COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
Clarifies when the identity of a police officer, who has been suspended or discharged following a misconduct incident, is to be disclosed in a county police department's annual report to the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, WOODSON |
LGO, JHA |
SB1159 |
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HB356
Housing; Short Form
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Short form bill relating to housing. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO |
HSG |
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HB357
Housing; Short Form
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Short form bill relating to housing. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO |
HSG |
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HB358
Housing; Short Form
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Short form bill relating to housing. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO |
HSG |
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HB359
Housing; Short Form
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Short form bill relating to housing. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO |
HSG |
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HB360 HD2
Affordable Housing; County Council Approval; Deadline; HHFDC
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Increases the deadline for a county council to take action on an affordable housing project's application from forty-five days to an unspecified number of days after receipt of the proposed project's preliminary plans and specifications from the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO |
HOU/PSM, WAM |
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HB361 HD1 SD1
Green Jobs Youth Corps; DLNR; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE GREEN JOBS YOUTH CORPS.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources and its partner, or partners, for the continuation of benefits of the Green Jobs Youth Corps. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WTL, WAM |
SB87 |
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HB362
State Water Code; Commission on Water Resource Management; Penalties
RELATING TO STATE WATER CODE PENALTIES.
Adds a minimum penalty of $50 per violation of the State Water Code and makes each day that a violation exists or continues a separate offense. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to determine the amount of the penalty based on the circumstances of the violation. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
SB44 |
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HB363
CIP; Thirty-first Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-first representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
FIN |
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HB366
Criminal Procedure; Indictment; Information
RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
Repeals the statutory requirement that no person be subject to trial and sentencing for an alleged offense unless upon indictment or information. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB367 HD1
Public Utilities Commission; Issuance of Securities; Financing Request; Public Utilities; Water Carriers
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
Requires the public utilities commission to issue a decision within six months from the date that a public utility or water carrier has filed a financial application request for commission authorization to issue stocks and stock certificates, bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
CPN |
SB474 |
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HB368 HD1
Public Utilities Commission; Reports; Expiration
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
Requires any reporting requirement established by the public utilities commission through an order and not by statute to expire one year after the issuance of the order. Allows continuation of the reporting requirement if a new order is issued and justification for the continuance is provided. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
CPN/JDC |
SB475 |
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HB370 HD1
Public Utilities Commission; Deadlines; Merger, Consolidation, Acquisition, or Other Change of Control
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
Requires the public utilities commission to complete its review and issue a decision within nine months from the date that a public utility, other than an investor-owned electric utility company, files its completed application seeking approval for a merger, consolidation, acquisition, or other change of control and within twelve months from the date of the application for an investor-owned electric utility company. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
CPN |
SB477 |
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HB371 HD2
Telecommunications and Cable Industry Information Reporting Requirements; Repeal; Broadband; Broadband Service Providers
RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE INDUSTRY INFORMATION REPORTING.
Repeals chapter 440J, HRS, relating to telecommunications and cable industry information reporting requirements for broadband service providers. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
LBT, CPN/JDC |
SB478 |
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HB372
Public Utilities Commission; Common Water Carriers; Long-Term Leases; Leverage Leases
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
Removes requirement that common water carriers receive permission from the public utilities commission prior to executing a long-term lease of more than three years or a leverage lease. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
TRN, CPC |
SB479 |
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HB373
Office of Administrative Hearings; Contested Case Hearings; Department of Budget and Finance; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Taxation; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.
Beginning 07/01/2024, establishes the office of administrative hearings to conduct contested case hearings in the department of budget and finance, department of land and natural resources, and department of taxation. Appropriates funds to establish the office of administrative hearings. Repeals 07/01/2026. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA, FIN |
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HB374 HD1
Alcohol; Beer; Liquor Law; Brewpubs
RELATING TO ALCOHOL.
Expands the definition of "beer" under the liquor regulatory laws to mean any alcoholic beverage containing no less than 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume obtained by fermentation of any infusion or decoction of malt or any substitute, including alcohol seltzer beverages and excluding sake, cooler beverages, and other distilled products. Authorizes brewpubs to sell beer they manufacture, including beer manufactured on their premises, subject to certain conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
CPN |
SB480 |
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HB375
Illegal Gambling Businesses; Prohibited
RELATING TO GAMBLING.
Establishes the operation of an illegal gambling business as a class C felony. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
SB591 |
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HB376
Condominium Associations; Condominium Upkeep; Ordinances; County Codes; Conformance
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Requires associations to maintain and operate the property to ensure conformance with all laws, ordinances, and rules. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HSG, CPC |
SB593 |
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HB377
Condominiums; Proxy Voting; Association Meetings; Condominium Boards
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROXY VOTING.
Removes from the standard condominium proxy form the option of giving a proxy vote to the board of directors of a condominium association as a whole. Removes the authority of a board to use association funds to solicit proxies as part of the distribution of proxies. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
CPC, JHA |
SB584 |
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HB378 HD2 SD2
Substance Use Disorder Services Clinic Working Group; Report
RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
Establishes a Substance Use Disorder Services Clinic Working Group to develop recommendations to balance the needs of persons receiving treatment for substance use disorders with the needs of public safety. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HHS, CPN |
SB983 |
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HB379
Hawaii Retirement Savings Act; Covered Employer
RELATING TO HAWAII RETIREMENT SAVINGS.
Amends the definition of "covered employer" in the Hawaii Retirement Savings Act. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
LGO, CPC |
SB596 |
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HB380
Cesspools; Short Form
RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.
Short form bill relating to cesspools. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
WAL |
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HB381 HD2
Condominiums; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Binding Arbitration; Mediation; Cutoff Date; Repeal
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Repeals the cutoff date of Act 196, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, that allowed the use of funds in the condominium education trust fund initially dedicated to support voluntary binding arbitration to be used for other educational purposes. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
CPN, WAM |
SB594 |
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HB383 HD1
Judiciary Package; Probate Code
RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE.
Updates articles I through IV of the Uniform Probate Code to adjust for inflation, provide additional clarity, resolve issues that have arisen in probate practice, and address societal changes in familial relations. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB483 |
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HB384 HD2 SD1
Judiciary Package; Uniform Parentage Act
RELATING TO PARENTAGE.
Enacts portions of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017 to replace the Uniform Parentage Act of 1973. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
SB484 |
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HB385
Judiciary Package; District Court Judges; First Circuit
RELATING TO JUDGES FOR THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT.
Establishes 1 additional district court judgeship in the First Circuit. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB485 |
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HB386 HD1
Judiciary Package; Safety; Judiciary Personnel; Personal Information
RELATING TO THE SAFETY OF JUDICIARY PERSONNEL.
Prohibits, in certain circumstances, the publication of the personal information of federal and state judges and other judicial staff whose duties put them at risk for acts of violence or threats. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC, WAM |
SB486 |
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HB387
Employees' Retirement System; Police Officers; Retirement; Medical Coverage; Spousal Benefits; Minimum Age; Years of Credited Service
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Provides police officers who become members of the ERS after 6/30/2023 with retirement benefits similar to those provided for members of the ERS who became members before 7/1/2012, including but not limited to calculation of retirement allowance, minimum age or years of credited service requirements, and vesting period. Allows retired police officers hired after 6/30/01 to be treated as if employment began before 7/1/01 in order to maintain spousal health benefits. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU, HOLT, ILAGAN, KILA, LAMOSAO, QUINLAN, TODD, WOODSON |
LGO, FIN |
SB1158 |
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HB389 HD2
Carbon Sequestration Tax Credit; Income Tax; DOTAX; DOH
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a carbon sequestration income tax credit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, COCHRAN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
SB361 |
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HB390 HD1
University of Hawaii Promise Program; Scholarships; Four-year University of Hawaii Campus; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM.
Provides scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaii campus who meet certain eligibility criteria. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii promise program. Effective 6/30/3000. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HRE, WAM |
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HB391 HD1
DHS; Infant and Toddler Child Care Worker Subsidy Pilot Program; Child Care Grant Program Special Fund; Infants and Toddlers; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CHILD CARE.
Requires the department of human services to develop an infant and toddler child care worker subsidy pilot program to assist in retaining qualified child care workers in licensed infant and toddler child care centers. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HUS, FIN |
SB312 |
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HB392
Complex Area Superintendents; Board of Education
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires board of education approval prior to the termination of a complex area superintendent. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, COCHRAN, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, Kobayashi |
EDN, FIN |
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HB393
Ability to Pay Determinations; Community Service; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
Requires the judiciary to establish a uniform procedure for adjusting payments and partner with other state agencies for ability to pay determinations. Sets the community service conversion rate for certain monetary penalties. Appropriates funds to develop a legal financial obligation calculator. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, COCHRAN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, Martinez |
JHA, FIN |
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HB394
Festival of Pacific Arts; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the Commission on the Thirteenth Festival of Pacific Arts to plan for the Festival of Pacific Arts to be held in Honolulu from June 6 to June 16, 2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, CHUN, COCHRAN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TARNAS, TODD, Poepoe |
CAI, FIN |
SB449 |
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HB395 HD1
Hawaii Technology Development Corporation; Small Business Innovation Research Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Appropriates funds for the small business innovation research program under the Hawaii technology development corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, GATES, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB396 HD1
Hawaii Technology Development Corporation; Manufacturing Assistance Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Appropriates funds for the manufacturing assistance program under the Hawaii technology development corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, TODD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB397 HD1
Hawaii Technology Development Corporation; Hawaii Small Business Capital Program; State Small Business Credit Initiative Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii technology development corporation for the Hawaii small business capital program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, COCHRAN, GATES, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, NISHIMOTO, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD, Kobayashi |
ECD, FIN |
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HB398 HD1
Job Creation Income Tax Credit; Qualified Employment Positions; Capital Expenditures
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a refundable job creation income tax credit for employers who increase the number of full-time employees in the State and make certain capital investment expenditures. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, COCHRAN, GATES, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, TODD, WOODSON, Poepoe |
ECD, FIN |
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HB399
Tax Credit; Work-based Learning Programs; Department of Education; University of Hawaii; Qualified Interns
RELATING TO TAX CREDITS.
Allows employers to obtain a tax credit for offering positions to qualified interns in work-based learning programs that have been approved by the department of education or University of Hawaii. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, TAKENOUCHI, TODD, WOODSON, Cochran |
ECD, FIN |
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HB400 HD2
Taxation; Income Tax Credit; Employer-provided Child Care; Employer-sponsored Child Care; Child Care Property; Property
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes an employer-provided or employer-sponsored child care income tax credit for employers that pay for certain available child care services to their employees. Establishes an employer child care property income tax credit for the cost of child care property purchased or acquired by an employer and put into service for employer-provided child care. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, COCHRAN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
LBT, WAM |
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HB401
Legislative Management; Short Form
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT.
Short form bill relating to legislative management. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA |
LMG |
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HB402
Legislative Management; Short Form
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT.
Short form bill relating to legislative management. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA |
LMG |
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HB403
Legislative Management; Short Form
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT.
Short form bill relating to legislative management. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA |
LMG |
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HB404
Legislative Management
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT.
Short form bill relating to legislative management. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA |
LMG |
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HB405
Legislative Management; Short Form
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT.
Short form bill relating to legislative management. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA |
LMG |
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HB406 HD2 SD2
Oahu Regional Health Care System; DOH; DOD; Strategic Plan; Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home; Transfer; Progress Report; Leahi Hospital; CIP; City and County of Honolulu; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires the Department of Health and Oahu Regional Health Care System to develop a strategic plan for the utilization of all Oahu Regional Health Care System facilities and report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2024. Extends the deadline to assimilate the Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home from the Department of Defense to the Oahu Regional Health Care System to 6/30/2024. Requires the Oahu Regional Health Care System and the Department of Defense to provide a joint progress report to the Legislature regarding construction of, and the hiring of an operator for, the Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home. Appropriates funds for the capital improvement project to construct a transitional treatment and housing facility on the Leahi Hospital campus. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI |
HHS/PSM, WAM |
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HB407
Health; Short Form
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Short form bill relating to health. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI |
HLT |
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HB408 HD2 SD1
DOH; Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness; Health; Community Care Foster Family Homes; Medicaid; Certification; Report
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Authorizes the Department of Health to, in its discretion, certify community care foster family homes for a fourth adult who is a Medicaid recipient and has documented housing instability, if certain conditions are met. Requires the Department of Health and Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness to enter into a memorandum of agreement and submit a report to the Legislature. Takes effect 7/1/3000. Sunsets 6/30/2027. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI |
HHS, WAM |
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HB409
Homelessness; Short Form
RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.
Short form bill relating to homelessness. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI |
HLT |
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HB410
Homelessness; Short Form
RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.
Short form bill relating to homelessness. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI |
HLT |
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HB411
State Constitution; Amendments; Primary Elections; Candidates (ConAm)
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AMEND PROCEDURES TO ELECT LEGISLATORS.
Provides that in a primary election for a legislative seat, the 2 candidates who receive the highest number of votes, regardless of political party, shall be the only two candidates to advance to a general election; provided that when a candidate receives a majority of votes in a primary election, the candidate shall be deemed elected to that seat at the primary election. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT |
JHA, FIN |
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HB412
Stadium Authority; Members; Ex Officio; Voting; UH President; DOE Superintendent
RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY.
Makes the president of the University of Hawaii system and the superintendent of the department of education, or their designees, voting members of the stadium authority. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT |
ECD, FIN |
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HB413 HD1 SD1
DHRD; Online Employment Marketplace; Networking Platform; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.
Appropriates matching funds for the Department of Human Resources Development to retain the services of an online employment marketplace or networking platform to assist in recruiting employees for the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT |
LBT, WAM |
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HB414
UH; BOR; In-state Tuition; Resident Tuition; Hawaii High School Graduates
RELATING TO RESIDENT TUITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
Requires the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to allow all Hawaii high school graduates to qualify for resident tuition. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD |
HET, FIN |
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HB415 HD2 SD2
Health; Task Force on Mobility Management; DOT; Appropriations ($)
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE ON MOBILITY MANAGEMENT, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ACT 214, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2013.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation to implement the recommendations of the task force on mobility management established pursuant to Act 214, SLH 2013. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, HASHIMOTO, MARTEN |
HHS/TCA, WAM |
SB101 |
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HB416
Housing Density; State Land; Counties; Mass Transit
RELATING TO HOUSING DENSITY.
Prohibits each county from adopting ordinances that restrict housing density on state lands that are within 0.5 miles of an elevated mass transit station. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, HASHIMOTO, MARTEN |
HSG, WAL, FIN |
SB332 |
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HB417
Golf Carts; Neighborhood Electric Vehicles; Prohibition; Restrictions
RELATING TO GOLF CARTS.
Prohibits golf carts from operating at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour. Prohibits neighborhood electric vehicles and golf carts from being driven on highways with a posted speed limit greater than twenty-five miles, except for crossing an intersection at a highway with a posted speed limit greater than twenty-five miles. Restricts operation of neighborhood electric vehicles or golf carts to daylight hours unless the vehicle is equipped with headlights. Authorizes county police departments to confiscate neighborhood electric vehicles or golf carts at the time of violation. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD |
JHA |
SB1184 |
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HB418 HD1
All-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System; Repair; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
Appropriates funds for repairing warning sirens statewide. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ILAGAN, ICHIYAMA |
PSM, WAM |
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HB419 HD1
Counties; Off-grid Residential Photovoltaic Energy Generating System; Rooftop; Permit; Exemption
RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY GENERATING SYSTEMS.
Requires the counties to exempt from county permitting requirements the installation of off-grid residential photovoltaic energy generating systems on the rooftops of residential properties, under certain circumstances. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ILAGAN, LOWEN |
EET/PSM, CPN/WAM |
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HB420
CIP; Fourth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fourth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ILAGAN |
FIN |
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HB421
Mental Illness; Emergency Hospitalization; Criteria
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Amends the definition of "dangerous to self" as used in State law governing mental health, mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism. Defines the terms "gravely disabled" and "psychiatric deterioration". Broadens the term of "imminently dangerous to self and others" to persons who will likely be dangerous to self or to others within the next ninety days, rather than within the next forty-five days. Increases the maximum period of emergency hospitalization from forty-eight hours to seventy-two hours. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM |
HLT, JHA |
SB880 |
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HB422
DLNR; DOBOR; Small Boat Harbors; Advisory Board
RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.
Establishes the small boat harbor advisory board to advise DLNR on the repair and maintenance of small boat harbor facilities and related waterways under DLNR's jurisdiction. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM |
WAL, FIN |
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HB423
HDOA; Measurement Standards Branch; Taxicabs; Exemption
RELATING TO MEASUREMENT STANDARDS.
Exempts commercial measuring devices utilized in taxicabs from the requirement that the HDOA measurement standards branch inspect and test all measurement standards and measuring devices. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM |
TRN, CPC |
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HB424
Office of Administrative Hearings; Contested Case Hearings; Department of Budget and Finance; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Taxation; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.
Beginning 07/01/2024, establishes the office of administrative hearings to conduct contested case hearings in the department of budget and finance, department of land and natural resources, and department of taxation. Appropriates funds to establish the office of administrative hearings. Repeals 07/01/2026. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS, AMATO, COCHRAN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM |
JHA, FIN |
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HB425
Firearms; Place to Keep; Motor Vehicles
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Requires any person carrying an unloaded firearm in a motor vehicle to locate the firearm so as not to be readily or directly accessible from the passenger compartment of the vehicle or, if the firearm is being carried in a motor vehicle that does not have a compartment separate from the passenger compartment, to keep the firearm in an enclosed container that is locked, other than the glove compartment or console, and not in plain view. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS, AMATO, KAPELA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM |
JHA |
SB1000 |
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HB427
Firearms; License to Carry
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Amends the requirements for licenses to carry firearms concealed or unconcealed. Requires possession and display of a valid license when publicly carrying firearms. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS, AMATO, GARRETT, KAPELA, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, Kobayashi |
JHA, FIN |
SB416 |
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HB428
Firearms; Sensitive Places; Business and Charitable Establishments
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Prohibits the public carry of firearms in sensitive places and upon private business establishment or charitable establishment premises, except under certain circumstances. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS, AMATO, GANADEN, GARRETT, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, Kobayashi |
JHA |
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HB429
Firearms; Training and Education; License to Carry
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Requires individuals to complete a firearms skills assessment, safety course, and education course prior to being granted a license to carry a pistol or revolver. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, GARRETT, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TODD |
JHA |
SB979 |
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HB430
Firearms; Sensitive Locations; Annual Report; Permits; Licenses to Carry
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Prohibits concealed firearms in certain sensitive locations. Requires the department of the attorney general to publish an annual report on licenses to carry. Amends requirements for firearm permitting and licenses to carry firearms. Effective 7/1/2050. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS, AMATO, GANADEN, GARRETT, HOLT, KAPELA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
JHA |
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HB431
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; Drug Paraphernalia
RELATING TO DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
Repeals the prohibited acts related to drug paraphernalia under the uniform controlled substances act. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TODD |
HLT, JHA |
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HB432
Parole; Appeals; Office of the Public Defender
RELATING TO APPEALS.
Allows parties aggrieved by an order of the Hawaii Paroling Authority to appeal to the intermediate appellate court within 90 days of issuance and service of the order fixing the minimum term of imprisonment. Establishes the standard of judicial review for an order of the Hawaii Paroling Authority. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, ICHIYAMA, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA |
CMV, JHA |
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HB433
Hawaiian Affairs; Short Form
RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.
Short form bill relating to Hawaiian affairs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS |
JHA |
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HB434
Judiciary; Short Form
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
Short form bill relating to the judiciary. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS |
JHA |
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HB435
Department of the Attorney General; Short Form
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Short form bill relating to the department of the attorney general. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS |
JHA |
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HB436
State Law; Short Form
RELATING TO STATE LAW.
Short form bill relating to state law. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS |
JHA |
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HB437
Penal Code; Short Form
RELATING TO PENAL CODE.
Short form bill relating to the penal code. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS |
JHA |
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HB438 HD1
OYS; DHS; Pacific Youth Programs; Position; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO YOUTH PROGRAMS.
Appropriates funds and establishes one Pacific youth programs coordinator position within the Department of Human Services Office of Youth Services. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HUS, FIN |
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HB439 HD1
OCS; Immigrant Services and Access Unit; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO IMMIGRANT SERVICES.
Establishes and appropriates funds for an immigrant services and access unit within the office of community services. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, MARTINEZ, NISHIMOTO, TAM, WOODSON |
LBT, WAM |
SB812 |
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HB440 HD1
Cesspool Upgrade, Conversion, or Connection; Income Tax Credit; Real Property; Mandatory Disclosures
RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.
Establishes an income tax credit for the cost of upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool to a director of health-approved wastewater system or connecting to a sewerage system. Requires certain information regarding cesspools on real property to be included in seller mandatory disclosures on real property transactions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD, WARD, Martinez |
EEP/WAL, HLT, FIN |
SB947 |
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HB441 HD1
Climate Equity; Social Vulnerability to Climate Change; Database; Data Portal; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CLIMATE EQUITY.
Appropriates funds for the development of a database and data portal from data sources detailed in the May 2022 report on social vulnerability to climate change in Hawaii, under certain conditions. Appropriates funds for the maintenance and updating of the data portal. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, Cochran |
AEN/WTL, WAM |
SB657 |
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HB442
Visitor Green Fee Program; License; Penalties; Environmental Legacy Commission; Visitor Green Fee Special Fund; Grants; DLNR; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
Establishes a visitor green fee program that requires that visitors purchase a license which is valid for one year for the use of a state park, beach, state-owned forest, hiking trail on state-owned land, or other state-owned natural area, to be administered by the department of land and natural resources. Establishes a visitor green fee special fund, into which shall be deposited fees, penalties, appropriations, and gifts and donations for the program. Establishes an environmental legacy commission, which shall be responsible for allocating disbursements and awarding grants from the visitor green fee special fund for the protection, restoration, enhancement, care, and increased resilience of Hawaii's natural and outdoor recreational resources. Appropriates fund for the establishment of the environmental legacy commission and a strategic plan. Requires annual reports to the legislature on the progress of the program. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
TOU, WAL, FIN |
SB658 |
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HB443 HD1
DOA; Healthy Soils; Healthy Soils Program; Healthy Soil Assessment and Education Program; Health Soil Grants Program; Carbon Sequestration; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Requires the department of agriculture to establish a healthy soils program, which includes a healthy soil assessment and education program and health soil grants program. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, TAM, WOODSON |
AGR, FIN |
SB660 |
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HB444 HD1
Constitutional Amendment; Green Amendment; Environmental Protection (ConAm)
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT THE INHERENT AND INALIENABLE RIGHT OF ALL PEOPLE TO CLEAN WATER AND AIR, A HEALTHFUL ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE, HEALTHY NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS, AND BEACHES.
Proposes a constitutional amendment to ensure that the inherent and inalienable right of the people, including future generations, to clean water and air, a healthful environment and climate, healthy native ecosystems, and beaches shall be protected and shall not be infringed. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, POEPOE, TAM, WOODSON, Chun |
EEP/WAL, JHA, FIN |
SB635 |
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HB445 HD2
AG; DHS; Child Support; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Working Group
RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT.
Requires the departments of the attorney general and human services to convene a working group to examine issues related to allowing child support payments to pass through to recipients of temporary assistance for needy families program funds and submit a joint report to the 2025 legislature. Dissolves the working group on 6/30/2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HUS, JHA, FIN |
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HB446
Judiciary; Family Court; Child Custody; Evaluation; Fact-Finding
RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY.
Requires certain individuals attempting to serve as child custody evaluators to complete a training course on domestic violence issues every 3 years. Requires the Family Court to approve training courses and publish approved courses on the Judiciary website. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HUS, JHA |
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HB447
Domestic Abuse; DHS; Family Court; Mandatory Referral; Report
RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE.
Repeals referral and reporting requirements for the Family Courts and the Department of Human Services that apply to cases in which a temporary restraining order is sought for alleged domestic abuse involving an incapacitated or minor family or household member. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
JHA |
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HB448 HD2
Domestic Abuse; Protective Orders; Petition; Minors
RELATING TO MINORS.
Allows minors sixteen years of age or older and emancipated minors to petition for domestic abuse protective orders. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HHS, JDC |
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HB449
Department of Human Services; Protective Custody; Parental Rights; Immediate Harm to Child
RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION.
Establishes definitions of "immediate harm" and "protective custody warrant" for the purpose of the Child Protective Act. Requires a police officer who assumes protective custody of a child who is subject to immediate harm to provide a written report detailing the observations justifying the immediate removal to the department within twenty-four hours of assuming custody of the child. Requires a copy of the police report to be provided to the parents of the child and to the court. Requires the department of human services to provide written notice to a parent of parental rights when conducting an investigation regarding a child who has been harmed or may be subject to imminent or threatened harm. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HUS, JHA |
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HB450 HD1
Child Care Subsidies; Special Circumstances; Income Eligibility
RELATING TO CHILD CARE.
Requires the department of human services, when determining income eligibility for child care subsidies, to consider special circumstances, such as the retroactive payment of workers' compensation or temporary disability insurance benefits, that cause the monthly gross income of a parent, guardian, or other responsible party to exceed the eligible monthly gross income. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HHS, WAM |
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HB452
Cannabis; Legalization; Advisory Referendum; Opinion Poll
RELATING TO AN ADVISORY REFERENDUM ON CANNABIS IN HAWAII.
Requires an advisory referendum, or opinion poll, consisting of a question to be placed on the ballot for the general election of 2024 on whether the electorate wishes the State to legalize the sale and use of recreational cannabis in Hawaii. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HLT, JHA, FIN |
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HB453
DHS; Pilot Program; Inmates; Reentry; Housing; Child Care; Vouchers; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS COMPLETING A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT.
Establishes within the Department of Human Services a 4-year pilot program to provide housing and child care vouchers to qualified applicants who will soon complete, or have recently completed, a term of imprisonment as a sentenced offender, and who have or will have sole or primary custody of 1 or more children under the age of 18. Requires a voucher recipient to be employed at least 20 hours per week or be employed and attend an educational program for a combined total of at least 20 hours per week. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
CMV/HUS, JHA, FIN |
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HB454
Liability; Landslides
RELATING TO LAND LIABILITY.
Creates strict liability for an owner of land with a 20% or more slope for damage or injury to down-slope property and persons from falling rocks, debris, and landslides originating from the owner's property. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
WAL, JHA |
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HB455
Driver's License; Expiration and Renewal
RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES.
Changes from 2 to 4 years the period for renewal of driver's licenses for licensees over 80 years of age. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
JHA |
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HB456 HD1
Office of Youth Services; At-risk Youth Grant Program; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO YOUTH.
Establishes the at-risk youth grant program within the office of youth services. Gives priority to programs that support youth from ethnic groups that are disproportionately represented in the State's correctional system, support rehabilitation, or meet needs identified by the office of youth services in consultation with the community. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HUS, FIN |
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HB457
Iolani Palace; Parking; Prohibited; DAGS; DLNR; Report
RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE.
Phases out parking of motor vehicles on the grounds of Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS to remove the blacktop, parking area, and parking meters adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DLNR to develop and maintain a pedestrian area adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS and DLNR to report cost analysis to the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, GARCIA, GARRETT, LAMOSAO, Cochran |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB458
Potable Water; Desalination; Task Force; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WATER.
Establishes a Desalination Planning Task Force to examine the feasibility of, and develop a plan and timeline for, the use desalination as a source of potable water in the State. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, COCHRAN, GARCIA, ONISHI |
WAL, FIN |
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HB459
Possession of gambling machines; increased penalty.
RELATING TO GAMBLING.
Prohibits the possession and ownership of gambling machines larger than one cubic foot. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, GARCIA |
JHA |
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HB460
Social media; TikTok; Government-issued devices; Government networks; Ban
RELATING TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
Prohibits the downloading or use of social media application TikTok on government-issued devices capable of internet connectivity, or on government internet networks. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, COCHRAN, GARCIA |
LGO, CPC |
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HB461 HD1
Special Purpose Revenue Bonds; Luana Kai A Life Plan Community; Act 86, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021; Repeal
RELATING TO ACT 86, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2021.
Repeals Act 86, SLH 2021, which authorized the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Luana Kai A Life Plan Community in the development of a continuing care retirement community in Hawaii Kai. Effective 7/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD |
HUS, FIN |
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HB462
Capital Requests for Eighteeth Representative District schools ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE EIGHTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eighteenth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD |
FIN |
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HB464 HD1
Department of Education; Pilot Program; Magnet Schools; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MAGNET SCHOOLS.
Establishes a five-year magnet school pilot program at Waiahole and Ka‘a‘awa elementary schools. Establishes eight full-time equivalent (8.0 FTE) positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA, KILA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, Lamosao |
EDU, WAM |
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HB465
Waiahole Valley; HHFDC; Lease Extension; Report
RELATING TO WAIAHOLE VALLEY.
Requires Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to offer 5-year lease extensions to Waiahole Valley lessee at the current terms. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to submit a report regarding whether a different entity should manage Waiahole Valley. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
SB1195 |
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HB466
DBEDT; UH; Albizia Wood; Grant Program; Study; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ALBIZIA.
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish a grant program to assist persons who use albizia trees to create usable commercial products or are developing ways to use albizia trees to create usable products. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in consultation with certain academic units of the University of Hawaii, to study economically feasible ways in which businesses may use albizia trees to produce usable commercial products, including housing, throughout the State. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA |
ECD, WAL, FIN |
SB1193 |
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HB467 HD2
DPS; DHS; Social Work; Training Program; Nonviolent Incarcerated Individuals; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SOCIAL WORK.
Requires the department of public safety, or its successor agency, in collaboration with the department of human services, to develop and establish a social work training program to assist nonviolent incarcerated individuals in the area of social work. Requires progress reports on the program to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD |
CMV, HUS, FIN |
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HB468
Mufflers; Exhaust System; Motorcycle; Moped; Motor Vehicle; Certificate of Inspection; Motor Vehicle Repair; Penalties
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Specifies that a certificate of inspection shall be issued if a vehicle is not equipped with a noisy muffler or exhaust system. Requires rules regarding safety check inspections to ensure that a motorcycle, moped, or motor vehicle is not equipped with a noisy muffler or exhaust system. Suspends, revokes, or refuses renewal of a permit for an official inspection station upon a third or subsequent wilful violation of any rule regarding inspecting a noisy muffler or exhaust system. Makes violating the noisy muffler laws a petty misdemeanor. Includes repairing or installing a noisy muffler or exhaust system as a prohibited practice for motor vehicle repair regulations. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, AMATO, CHUN, GARRETT, ICHIYAMA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, Martinez |
TRN, CPC |
SB586 |
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HB469
Hawaii State Dividend Special Fund; Establishment; Lieutenant Governor; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO A PERMANENT HAWAII STATE DIVIDEND.
Establishes a permanent Hawaii state dividend special fund to collect and disburse annual Hawaii state dividend fund payments. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, AMATO, KAPELA, PERRUSO, Ganaden |
LGO, JHA, FIN |
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HB470 HD2 SD2
Emergency Shelter; Minors; Consent; Providers; No Cost Emergency Shelter and Related Services
RELATING TO MINORS.
Clarifies the definition of "provider" as it relates to the entities eligible to provide no cost emergency shelter and related services to a consenting minor to include certain organizations who are not considered child placing organizations or child caring institutions. Sunsets 6/30/2029. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
HHS, JDC |
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HB471 HD1
Noise Detection Cameras; Excessive Noise; Pilot Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EXCESSIVE NOISE.
Appropriates funds for the department of transportation to develop, in conjunction with the appropriate counties, a pilot program to use noise detection traffic cameras to address excessive traffic noise in urban areas in counties with a population of more than five hundred thousand. Requires report to the legislature. Sunsets 12/31/2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, CHUN, GANADEN, ICHIYAMA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO |
TRN, FIN |
SB588 |
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HB472 HD1
Works of Art Special Fund; State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; Capital Improvement Projects; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.
Appropriates funds out of the works of art special fund to the state foundation on culture and the arts for the integration of works of art projects into several state capital improvement projects. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, GARRETT |
CAI, FIN |
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HB473 HD1 SD1
SFCA; Creative Workforce Grant Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.
Appropriates funds for the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Creative Workforce Grant program for the awarding of grants to eligible nonprofit arts and culture organizations to support a living wage for creative workers. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM |
TCA, WAM |
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HB474 HD1
State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History; Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII MUSEUM OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY.
Appropriates federal funds to sustain and support the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
TCA, WAM |
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HB476
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; Performing Arts; Works of Art Special Fund
RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.
Allows the Works of Art Special Fund to be used for performing arts, under certain conditions. Provides that forty per cent of the Works of Art Special Fund be used for performing arts. Defines performing arts. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, GARRETT, KAPELA |
CAI, FIN |
SB119 |
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HB477
Special Number Plates; Honolulu Museum of Art; Commemoration
RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES.
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate the Honolulu Museum of Art. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, GARRETT, KAPELA |
CAI, FIN |
SB118 |
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HB479
CIP; Third Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the third representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD |
FIN |
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HB480 HD1 SD1
Special Interest Vehicles; Street Rod Vehicles; Street Rod Replica Vehicles; Safety Inspection; Motor Vehicle Registration; Task Force; Report
RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.
Amends the definitions of "special interest vehicle", "street rod replica vehicle", and "street rod vehicle", for purposes of the Hawaii Highway Safety Act, to be based on the age of the vehicle or the parts used, rather than a certain year. Requires vehicles to meet the safety standards that were in effect at the time of manufacture. Establishes a motor vehicle safety inspection and motor vehicle registration task force. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ILAGAN, TODD |
TCA, JDC |
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HB481 HD1
Menstrual Equity; Menstrual Products; University of Hawaii
RELATING TO MENSTRUAL EQUITY.
Requires the University of Hawaii to provide menstrual products free of charge to all students on any University of Hawaii campus, including the community colleges. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, GATES, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, TAM, TODD |
HET, FIN |
SB954 |
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HB482
Medical Care; Minors; Covered Entity; Licensed Health Care Provider; Consent; Information; Financial Responsibility
RELATING TO MEDICAL CARE FOR MINORS.
Authorizes licensed osteopathic physicians and physician assistants, in addition to physicians and advance practice registered nurses, to provide minor-initiated medical care and services. Requires the licensed health care provider to ensure that the covered entity has been notified that minor-initiated medical care and services should not be disclosed. Requires the covered entity to have policies and procedures established to maintain nondisclosure of the minor-initiated medical care and services to the minor's parent or legal guardian. Authorizes the licensed health care provider to submit a claim to the covered entity for the provision of minor-initiated medical care and services. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB955 |
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HB483
Childhood Sexual Abuse; Civil Actions; Statute of Limitations; Remedies
RELATING TO CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE.
Clarifies provisions related to the statutory limitations on the time periods in which a survivor of childhood sexual abuse may file a civil action. Allows for punitive damages. Permits the court to order restorative justice measures, if deemed appropriate. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TODD |
JHA, FIN |
SB952 |
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HB484
Continuing Education; Mental Health; Psychologists; Cultural Diversity; Cultural Competence; Sexual Orientation; Gender Identity; Health Equity
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH LICENSING.
Requires psychologists licensed in the State to complete at least four hours of continuing education per licensing biennium on topics relating to cultural diversity, cultural competence, sexual orientation, gender identity, or health equity. Requires psychologists seeking renewal of their license in the State without full compliance with the continuing education requirement to have completed at least seven hours of continuing education in the next licensing biennium on topics relating to cultural diversity, cultural competence, sexual orientation, gender identity, or health equity. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KILA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TAM |
HLT, CPC |
SB953 |
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HB486
DOH; Trauma-informed Care; Task Force; Report
RELATING TO TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.
Establishes a trauma-informed care task force within the Department of Health. Requires the task force to develop a statewide framework for trauma-informed care and to provide other recommendations on how the State can implement best practices in trauma-informed care, including native Hawaiian cultural practices. Provides that the trauma-informed care task force shall serve as an advisory board for, and be administratively attached to, the office of wellness and resilience established in section 27-62, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires the task force to submit a report to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of each regular session. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI |
HLT, FIN |
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HB487 HD1
Office of Wellness and Resilience; Wellness and Resilience Advisory Board; Trauma-Informed Care Task Force; Office of the Governor; Department of Human Services
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE.
Extends the sunset date of trauma-informed care task force established by Act 209, SLH 2021, to 6/30/2025. Beginning 7/1/2025, transfers the office of wellness and resilience from the office of the governor to the department of human services and formalizes the trauma-informed care task force as an advisory committee within the office of wellness and resilience, to be known as the wellness and resilience advisory board. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI |
HLT, FIN |
SB894 |
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HB488 HD1
Aquaculture; Aquacultural Area Lease Program; Department of Agriculture; State Facilities; State Lands; State Marine Waters; Ocean and Submerged Lands
RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.
Establishes the aquacultural area lease program within the department of agriculture to identify state facilities, state lands, and state marine waters that are suitable for use and lease as commercial aquacultural areas. Allows agencies having control and management of identified aquacultural areas to lease the facilities, lands, and waters to the department of agriculture. Allows the program to use the moneys in the aquaculture development special fund and requires the revenues obtained from aquacultural area leases to be deposited into the aquaculture development special fund. Imposes penalties and civil and criminal liabilities. Exempts the aquacultural area lease program from the Hawaii ocean and submerged lands leasing act. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, TODD |
AGR, WAL, FIN |
SB115 |
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HB489 HD1
Department of Agriculture; Animal Industry Division; Aquaculture Program; Aquatic Biorisk-based Framework; Biocontainment Standards Framework; Aquatic Livestock
RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.
Requires the animal industry division of the department of agriculture to administer an assessment and approval process to import and move aquatic livestock in the State. Allows the animal industry division to issue permits for such purposes. Requires the animal industry division to develop a risk-based framework for the aquatic livestock assessment and approval process and to undertake certain activities to develop and expand the aquaculture industry. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, QUINLAN, TODD |
AGR/ECD, CPC, FIN |
SB114 |
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HB490
DLIR; Paid Family Leave; Temporary Disability Insurance; Insurance Benefits; Employer Based Insurance Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.
Provides employed individuals with up to 8 weeks of paid family leave during the 1st year after birth of the individual's child, adoption of a child by the individual, or placement of a child with the individual through foster care, and 8 weeks of paid family leave to care for the individual's family member having a serious health condition during any benefit year, paid through an employer-based private insurance program currently used to provide for temporary disability benefits. Specifies that private employers having fewer than 200 employees shall not be required to provide family leave and family leave benefits. Repeals chapter 398, HRS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Sections 1-28 effective 7/1/2025. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA |
LGO, CPC, FIN |
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HB491 HD2
DLIR; Paid Family Leave; Paid Sick Leave; Grants; Pilot Program; Study; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO A LEAVE GRANT PROGRAM.
Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to conduct an actuarial study on a leave grant pilot program to help small businesses offer their employees paid family leave and paid sick leave. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, KITAGAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, Kapela |
LBT, WAM |
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HB492
Earned Income Tax Credit; Taxation; Increase
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Increases the state earned income tax credit from twenty to twenty-five percent of the federal earned income tax credit. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB493 HD2
Refundable Food/Excise Tax Credit
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Amends the adjusted gross income brackets and credit amounts of the refundable food/excise tax credit. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GATES, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
WAM |
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HB495
Illegal Fireworks; Fines
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Increases fines that may be assessed against certain fireworks-related violations. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO |
JHA, FIN |
SB846 |
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HB496
CIP; Thirty-sixth Representative District; Appropriation
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-sixth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO |
FIN |
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HB497 HD1
Education; DOE; School Facilities Authority; Teacher and Workforce Housing; Feasibility Study; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Requires the school facilities authority to conduct a feasibility study for the development of teacher and workforce housing at the Queen Liliuokalani elementary school property. Requires a report to the legislature prior to the 2024 regular session. Appropriates funds for the feasibility study. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAYAMA, CHUN, COCHRAN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, WARD, WOODSON |
EDU/HOU, WAM |
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HB498 HD1
Counties; Civil Fines; Real Property; Power of Sale
RELATING TO THE COUNTIES.
Authorizes counties, after adoption of an ordinance, to sell private property after all notices, orders, and appeal proceedings are exhausted and to use those revenues to pay unpaid civil fines related to that property. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAYAMA |
CPC, JHA |
SB875 |
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HB499 HD1
Special License Plates; Duke Kahanamoku; Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation
RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES.
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Duke Kahanamoku. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAYAMA, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
CAI, FIN |
SB116 |
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HB500 HD1 SD1
DOE; Extracurricular Activities; Workforce Readiness; Expenditure Ceiling; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for various workforce readiness programs and opportunities. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAYAMA, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARCIA, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
EDU, WAM |
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HB501
State Mileage-based Road Usage Fee; Electric Vehicles; Federal Funding; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Beginning 7/1/2024, subjects all electric vehicles to a state mileage-based road usage fee instead of paying a registration surcharge. Requires a vehicle inspection certificate to state the odometer reading of the vehicle. Clarifies that the type of fuel required on applications for vehicle registration includes batteries or electricity. Requires the department of transportation to develop a long-term mileage-based usage fee implementation plan for all passenger vehicles and light duty trucks by 2033. Requires the department of transportation to seek federal funding. Appropriates American Rescue Plan Act funds for the state mileage-based road usage fee program. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAYAMA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON, Ganaden |
TRN, CPC, FIN |
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HB502 HD1
Department of Human Services; Infant and Toddlers Child Care Contracted Slots Pilot Program; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CHILD CARE.
Establishes a two-year infant and toddler child care contracted slots pilot program to develop and implement procedures to subsidize child care slots in licensed infant and toddler child care settings. Requires reports to the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, COCHRAN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD, Kobayashi |
HUS, FIN |
SB311 |
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HB504 HD1
DHS; Preschool Child Care Worker Subsidy Pilot Program; Child Care Grant Program Special Fund; Preschool; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CHILD CARE.
Requires the department of human services to develop a preschool child care worker subsidy pilot program to assist in retaining qualified child care workers in licensed child care facilities for preschool children aged two through five. Sunsets 6/30/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, COCHRAN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, Kobayashi |
HUS, FIN |
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HB505
Prohibit Land Transfer to Chinese Communist Party; National Security
RELATING TO REAL ESTATE PURCHASE BY FOREIGN ENTITIES.
Prohibits the transfer of real estate located in Hawaii to the Chinese Communist Party, members of the Chinese Communist Party, or other hostile foreign entities. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
WAL, CPC |
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HB506
Fentanyl possession; class A felony.
RELATING TO FENTANYL.
Establishes the offense of Fentanyl Possession as a Class A felony. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
JHA |
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HB507
DHS; Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program; Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards; Photo Identification Requirements
RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Requires the Department of Human Services to include the name of the beneficiary of supplemental nutrition and assistance program (SNAP) benefits on each electronic benefits transfer card. Requires a photo identification to be presented when an electronic benefits transfer card is used. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
HUS, JHA, FIN |
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HB508
Sex-specific athletic teams; school sports.
RELATING TO SEX-SPECIFIC STUDENT ATHLETIC TEAMS.
Creates the requirement of school sports to designate sex-specific teams for the purpose of gender equality. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
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HB509
Parental rights in education
RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION.
Bans instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools. Establishes new parental rights regarding health services and records. Establishes the parental right to sue and receive damages if schools fail to adhere to new provisions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
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HB510
Abortion Survivors; Born Alive Infant; Penalties
RELATING TO CHILDREN.
Ensures the protection and promotion of the health and well— being of all infants born alive in the State. Mandates medically appropriate and reasonable life—saving and life— sustaining medical care and treatment to all born alive infants. Establishes civil and criminal penalties. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
HLT/JHA |
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HB511
Small business regulatory review board, department of business, economic development and tourism, appropriation ($)
RELATED TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY REVIEW BOARD.
Appropriation for staffing, commissioner inter-island travel, and other related operating expenses associated with the small business regulatory review board under the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, ALCOS, AMATO, GARCIA, MARTEN |
ECD, FIN |
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HB512
DBEDT; Grants; Entrepreneurs; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO GRANTS FOR ENTREPRENEURS.
Establishes an entrepreneurship grant program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to assist entrepreneurs with new businesses. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, ALCOS, COCHRAN, GARCIA |
ECD, FIN |
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HB513
Telework; Tax Credits; Small Business; Employers; Employees
RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS.
Establishes a telework tax credit for small business employers who allow telework for at least 30% of their employees. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARCIA, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, POEPOE, TAM, WARD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB514
Sales; General Excise Tax; Price Transparency
RELATING TO PRICE TRANSPARENCY.
Requires all businesses engaged in the sale of goods to include the amount of general excise tax owed in any display or tag indicating the price of the goods. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG, WARD, Amato, Cochran, Lamosao, Tam |
ECD, CPC, FIN |
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HB515
Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit
RELATING TO FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT.
Allows greater flexibility in conditions placed on eligibility requirements for the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit. Amends the amount of the total tax credit that may be claimed per qualified production. Amends the annual aggregate cap placed on the amount of the tax credits that may be claimed by qualified productions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, GARCIA, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, Amato |
ECD, FIN |
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HB516
Naturopathic Physicians; Medical Use of Cannabis; Authorization; Telehealth
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Authorizes naturopathic physicians to provide written certification to qualifying patients for the medical use of cannabis. Clarifies provisions regarding the establishment of bona fide physician-patient, naturopathic physician-patient, and advanced practice registered nurse-patient relationships via telehealth. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB517 HD1
Health Information; Hawaii Health Data Exchange Framework; Working Group; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH DATA SHARING.
Establishes the Hawaii health data exchange framework. Establishes a working group to assist the department of health on legislation developing and implementing the framework. Requires certain health care organizations to execute a health data sharing agreement by 9/1/2032. Establishes deadlines for certain entities to begin sharing health information. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, ICHIYAMA, KITAGAWA, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB895 |
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HB518
Medical Informed Consent; Timing; Hawaii Medical Board; Standards
RELATING TO MEDICAL INFORMED CONSENT.
Requires the Hawaii Medical Board to establish standards for health care providers to ensure that a patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent. Requires that informed consent for a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure shall be obtained prior to the day of that treatment or procedure. Specifies that if the treatment or procedure is to occur on the same day it is scheduled, the informed consent shall be obtained at the time the decision is made to schedule that treatment or procedure. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
HLT, CPC, JHA |
SB17 |
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HB519 HD1
Dentists; Dental Hygienists; Community Service Licenses; Temporary Licenses; Qualifications; Community Health Centers
RELATING TO DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS.
Adds "community health center" to the list of eligible organizations at which those with a community service license may practice. Allows dental hygiene and dental college graduates who have graduated from educational programs recognized by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation to apply for temporary or community service licenses. Expands eligibility for a community service license to practice dentistry to those candidates who have passed the Integrated National Board Dental Examination within five years of the date of request. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, ICHIYAMA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, MIZUNO, SAYAMA, TODD |
HLT, CPC |
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HB520 HD1
Economic Development; Access to Local Food Act; Cottage Food Operations; Department of Health; Permit; Rules
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Establishes the Access to Local Food Act to allow cottage food operations to sell cottage food products, under certain conditions, upon receiving a permit from the Department of Health. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NISHIMOTO, TARNAS, TODD |
ECD, CPC, FIN |
SB756 |
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HB521 HD1
BOA; DOH; Raw Milk; Raw Milk Products; Raw Goat Milk; Sales
RELATING TO RAW MILK.
Authorizes and decriminalizes the sale of raw milk and raw milk products directly from producers to consumers, for human consumption, with certain restrictions. Authorizes the sale of raw goat milk for pet consumption. Establishes labeling requirements. Requires the board of agriculture and department of health to adopt rules no later than 7/1/2024. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
AEN/HHS, CPN |
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HB522 HD1 SD1
Emergency Management; State of Emergency; Electronic Media Transmission
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Removes the ability of the governor or a mayor to suspend electronic media transmission during a state of emergency. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, AMATO, BELATTI, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD, Cochran, Kobayashi |
PSM, JDC |
SB103 |
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HB523
Emergency Management; Prices; Gouging; Declarations; Proclamations
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Specifies that a prohibition on the increase of prices of essential commodities during a state of emergency expires 72 hours after the effective date and time of the initial declaration or any supplemental declaration, unless the governor or mayor specifically includes within a proclamation the commodities that are subject to the declaration. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, ICHIYAMA |
WAL, JHA |
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HB524
Landlord-Tenant Code; Habitability; Retaliatory Evictions
RELATING TO THE LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.
Prohibits landlords from recovering possession of a dwelling unit from tenants if habitability of the premises is significantly impaired. Sets a tenant's liability for rent if habitability of the premises is significantly impaired. Provides remedies for retaliatory evictions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
HSG, CPC |
SB26 |
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HB526
Insurance; Short Form
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Short form bill relating to insurance. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
CPC |
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HB527
Consumer Protection; Short Form
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Short form bill relating to consumer protection. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
CPC |
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HB528
Regulated Industries; Short Form
RELATING TO REGULATED INDUSTRIES.
Short form bill relating to regulated industries. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
CPC |
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HB529
Commerce; Short Form
RELATING TO COMMERCE.
Short form bill relating to commerce. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
CPC |
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HB530
Utilities; Short Form
RELATING TO UTILITIES.
Short form bill relating to utilities. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
CPC |
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HB531
CIP; 1st Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 1st representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
FIN |
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HB532 HD1
Hawaii Community College; Ko Education Center; Positions; Fringe Benefits; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
Appropriates funds for the salaries and fringe benefits of five positions within the Ko education center of the Hawaii community college. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
HET, FIN |
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HB533
Department of Agriculture; Development Zone; Appropriation; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Forest Reserves ($)
RELATING TO A DEVELOPMENT ZONE.
Establishes the new ahupua`a zone within a county with second largest resident population to be managed by an entity selected by the Governor and to develop agriculture. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
LGO/WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB534
Board of Land and Natural Resources; Lease Extensions; Hilo Community Economic District
RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.
Repeals the requirement for Board of Land and Natural Resources approval for lease extensions in the Hilo Community Economic District. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use the current tax assessed value when offering lease extensions to lessees. Requires all applications to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for an extension of fixed rental periods or lease terms to be made within 180 days and confirm lease extensions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
WAL, CPC, FIN |
SB79 |
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HB535 HD1
DLNR; BLNR; Game Management Plan; Certified Public Hunter Program; Establishment; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO HUNTING.
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to create and periodically update a game management plan. Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to establish a certified public hunter program to address the growing problem of feral pig populations on private property and in residential areas. Appropriates moneys. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, ICHIYAMA, KITAGAWA, SAYAMA, TODD |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB536
Procurement; Sealed Bidding; Subcontractors; Contractors; Bid Depositories; Bid Shopping; Fines; State Procurement Office; DCCA
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Amends the competitive sealed bidding process for construction projects to require joint contractors and subcontractors to submit their bids to a bid depository established under DCCA. Authorizes joint contractors and subcontractors to submit different bids to different general contractors bidding on the project. Requires all bids submitted by joint contractors and subcontractors to be held in the bid depository and withheld from the general contractors until twenty-four hours before the closing of the invitation for bids. Requires general contractors to use only the bids timely submitted by joint contractors and subcontractors to the bid depository in their construction bid and imposes fines for violations. Requires DCCA to adopt rules specifying how the bid depository shall operate. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, HASHIMOTO, NAKASHIMA, QUINLAN, TARNAS, WOODSON, Kobayashi |
LGO, CPC, FIN |
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HB537 HD2
Electronic Smoking Devices; E-Liquids; Tax
RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES.
Includes electronic smoking devices and e-liquids under the definition of "tobacco products" for purposes of cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Repeals the electronic smoking device retailer registration unit under the department of the attorney general. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, COCHRAN, GARRETT, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TARNAS, Chun, Ganaden |
CPN/HHS, WAM |
SB1214 |
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HB538 HD1
Residential Real Property; Counties; Zoning Violation; Penalties
RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY.
Establishes penalties for failure to remediate violations, including fines and, under circumstances, foreclosure. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, BELATTI, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, Chun |
PSM, JDC |
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HB539
Medicare Supplement Insurance; Medigap Insurance; Guaranteed-Issue Open Enrollment Period; Insurance Commissioner; Rules
RELATING TO MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE.
Requires issuers of Medigap insurance in the State to accept an eligible individual's application for coverage at any time throughout the year and prohibits issuers from denying the applicant a Medigap policy or certificate or make any premium rate distinctions because of health status. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to amend or adopt rules accordingly. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB64 |
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HB540 HD1
Universal Free School Lunches and Breakfasts; DOE; Public Charter Schools; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires the department of education and public charter schools to provide free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON, Aiu, Cochran |
EDU, WAM |
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HB542 HD2
Procurement; Bid Submissions; Immaterial or Technical Information
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Allows bidders to clarify or correct immaterial or technical information required as part of a bid submission for up to twenty-four hours after the bid submission deadline. Requires that bids for construction be opened no sooner than twenty-four hours after the deadline for the submission of bids. Defines "immaterial or technical information". Repeals 6/30/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
GVO, JDC |
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HB543 HD1
Whole House Water Filter Systems; Income Tax Credits
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxpayers who purchase and install a whole house water filter system. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, LAMOSAO |
HSG, FIN |
SB630 |
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HB544 HD1
Plant and Animal Declaration Form; Electronic; Department of Agriculture; Hawaii Tourism Authority
RELATING TO REGULATION OF IMPORTATION.
Requires the State of Hawaii Plant and Animal Declaration Form to be distributed, completed, and transmitted electronically prior to the debarkation of passengers or baggage. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU, AMATO, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
AGR, FIN |
SB633 |
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HB545
Boards; Commissions; Holdover Member; Limitation
RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
Clarifies that board and commission holdover members shall not hold office beyond the end of the second regular legislative session following the expiration of the member's term of office regardless of any conflicting statutes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU, HASHIMOTO |
LGO, JHA |
SB1196 |
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HB546 HD1 SD1
Fuel Tank Advisory Committee; Regular Meetings; Frequency; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE FUEL TANK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Requires the Fuel Tank Advisory Committee to hold no fewer than one regular meeting in each quarter of a calendar year. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU |
HHS, WAM |
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HB547 HD1 SD2
DHS; Infant and Toddler Child Care Worker Subsidy Pilot Program; Infant and Toddlers; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EARLY CHILD CARE.
Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a two-year Infant and Toddler Child Care Worker Subsidy Pilot Program to retain the existing early child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care center settings. Appropriates funds for the pilot program. Requires reports to the Legislature. Sunsets 7/1/2025. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, Kobayashi, Matayoshi |
HHS/LBT, WAM |
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HB548
Erin's Law Task Force; Sexual Violence Prevention Education; Sexual Abuse; Sex Trafficking; DOE
RELATING TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION.
Establishes the Erin's law task force to review policies, programs, and curricula for educating public school students about sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention, report recommendations for the establishment of a program to educate public school children on sexual abuse prevention through age-appropriate curricula, provide relevant training to teachers and school staff, and inform parents and guardians about important child sexual abuse topics. Requires the Department of Education to establish and implement a systemwide sexual abuse prevention education program at the conclusion of the task force. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, CHUN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD, Garcia, Kobayashi |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
SB308 |
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HB549
School Facilities Authority; Department of Education; Pre-kindergarten Programming; Public School Facilities ($)
RELATING TO PRESCHOOL.
Requires the school facilities authority to, to the greatest extent possible, renovate, improve, and expand existing public school facilities and classrooms to increase pre-kindergarten student capacity, including while expending funds appropriated for fiscal year 2023. Requires the authority to submit a report to the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TARNAS, WARD, Martinez |
EDN, FIN |
SB355 |
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HB550
Sex Trafficking Prevention and Response Training; Department of Education
RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING.
Requires the department of education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAM, TARNAS, WARD, Martinez |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
SB356 |
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HB551 HD1
Prohibition; Sale; Flavored Tobacco Products; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products and the mislabeling of e-liquids as nicotine free. Authorizes the department of health to appoint, commission, or contract for services of inspectors. Establishes two full-time equivalent program specialist positions and one full-time equivalent hearing officer position. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHEM, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MARTEN, ONISHI, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, Nakashima |
CPN/HHS, WAM |
SB496 |
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HB552 HD1
Human Trafficking Reparations Fund; Trafficking Victims; Financial Assistance; DHS
RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
Converts the human trafficking victim services fund to a human trafficking reparations fund. Revises the purpose of the fund to provide direct financial assistance to victims of trafficking. Requires the department of human services, rather than the department of labor and industrial relations, to administer the fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
HUS, JHA, FIN |
SB412 |
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HB553
Reproductive Care; Hawaii Reproductive Care Workforce Special Fund; DOH; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO REPRODUCTIVE CARE.
Establishes the Hawaii reproductive care workforce special fund to be administered by the department of health to support programs that train health care professionals, increase the State's capacity to provide reproductive care services, increase access to reproductive care services in rural and remote areas, provide financial assistance to certain students at the University of Hawaii, and project reproductive care workforce needs. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
HLT, FIN |
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HB555
Elections; Campaign Finance; Use of Campaign Funds; Child Care; Vital Household Dependent Care
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
Allows candidates seeking election to use campaign funds for child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
JHA, FIN |
SB627 |
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HB556 HD2
Board of Education; Public School Teacher Representative; Public School Administrator Representative
RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Requires the board of education to invite the exclusive representative for bargaining unit (5) (teachers and other personnel of the department of education) to appoint a nonvoting public school teacher representative to the board and the exclusive representative for bargaining unit (6) (educational officers) to appoint a nonvoting public school administrator representative to the board. Establishes a recusal process for these representatives. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TODD, WOODSON |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
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HB557
Petroleum; Gasoline; Price Gouging; Unfair Trade Practices; Civil Penalties; Energy Security Special Fund
RELATING TO GASOLINE PRICE GOUGING.
Makes the sale of gasoline for an unconscionably excessive price during periods of abnormal disruption of the market an unfair trade practice. Increases penalties for violations of the law regulating unfair trade practices by the petroleum industry. Authorizes the courts to order all or a portion of any civil penalty imposed to be deposited into the energy security special fund. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, PERRUSO, WARD, Chun, Tam |
JHA, FIN |
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HB558
Specialty Contractor; Incidental and Supplemental Work
RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.
Defines "incidental and supplemental work" for purposes of specialty contractors under the contractors law. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, MARTEN, PERRUSO, Poepoe |
LGO, CPC, FIN |
SB371 |
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HB559
Coffee Labeling; Advertising; Requirements; Coffee Blends; Ready-to-Drink Coffee Beverages
RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING.
Expands the coffee labeling and advertising requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages and inner packages and inner wrapping labels. Requires disclosure on the label of coffee blends of the respective geographic and regional origins and per cent by weight of the blended coffees. Prohibits use of the term "All Hawaiian" in labeling or advertising for roasted coffee or instant coffee not produced entirely from green coffee beans grown and processed in Hawaii. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, LOWEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS |
AGR, CPC |
SB746 |
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HB560
Firearms; Gun Safety; High Caliber Guns
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Includes any firearm or rifle with the capacity to fire ammunition of fifty caliber or higher, excluding antique pistols and revolvers, and muzzleloaders in the list of prohibited weapons. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB978 |
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HB561 HD1
Income Tax Credits; Sunset; Annual Reduction
RELATING TO TAX CREDITS.
Requires that income tax credits established or renewed after 12/31/2023 include a five-year sunset or an annual one-third reduction beginning with the sixth year of the credit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
WAM |
SB1117 |
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HB562 HD1
Department of Education; University of Hawaii; School Facilities Authority; County Permit Exemptions; Repetitive Construction
RELATING TO PERMITS.
Establishes an exemption from applicable county permit requirements for repetitive construction projects for facilities under the control of the Department of Education, University of Hawaii, or School Facilities Authority. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
PSM/EDU/HRE, WAM |
SB1096 |
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HB563
Exception to Limitation of Attendees at Informal Meetings; Sunshine Laws
RELATING TO PERMITTED INTERACTIONS.
Exempts members of a county council from the limitation on the number of members that may attend an informational meeting or presentation on matters relating to official county council business for purposes of permitted interactions. Clarifies that such meetings shall be meetings that are open to the public. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
LGO, JHA, FIN |
SB1123 |
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HB564 HD1 SD1
DHRD; Office of Enterprise Technology Services; Information Technology; Positions; Upgrades; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.
Appropriates moneys to establish an unspecified number of full time equivalent information technology specialist positions within the Department of Human Resources Development and upgrade information technology systems within the Department of Human Resources Development, including network upgrades; purchase and install desktop computers, workstations, and laptops; and train personnel. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
LBT, WAM |
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HB565 HD1 SD1
Self-Insurance; State Property and Casualty Risks; Special Fund; Department of Accounting and General Services; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO STATE SELF-INSURANCE AGAINST PROPERTY AND CASUALTY RISKS.
Establishes the State Self-Insurance Against Property and Casualty Risks Special Fund to be administered by the Comptroller to make it easier for the State to self-insure or utilize a captive insurer to mitigate against property and casualty risks. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
GVO, WAM/JDC |
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HB566
Hawaii Technology Development Corporation; Alternative Energy Research; Matching Grants; Office of Naval Research; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Authorizes the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to temporarily re-establish the Hawaii Office of Naval Research Grant Program to provide fifty per cent matching grants to Hawaii awardees of alternative energy research grants from the Department of Defense Office of Naval Research. Establishes the Alternative Energy Research and Development Revolving Fund. Appropriates moneys into and out of the revolving fund. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
HET, FIN |
SB819 |
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HB567 HD2 SD1
DHHL; Housing Development; General Excise Tax Exemption; School Impact Fee Exemption; Affordable Housing Credits; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Exempts certain projects for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from general excise taxes. Makes permanent the exemption of certain housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from school impact fee requirements. Ensures that the $600,000,000 appropriated to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands in Act 279, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, is available for expenditure until June 30, 2025. Makes permanent the issuance of county affordable housing credits to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Effective 1/1/2024. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, QUINLAN, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
HWN/HOU, WAM |
SB448 |
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HB568
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Interim Rules
RELATING TO INTERIM ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to issue interim rules that exempt from the public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91, HRS, after beneficiary consultation is conducted by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and upon approval by the Hawaiian Homes Commission. Limits effective time period of the interim rules to not more than eighteen months. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
LGO, JHA |
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HB569
DHHL; Historic Preservation; Project Reviews of Proposed State Projects
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.
Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to perform historic preservation reviews of the effect of any proposed project for lands under its jurisdiction except for projects affecting properties listed or nominated for inclusion in the Hawaii register of historic places or the national register of historic places. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, HASHIMOTO, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI |
WAL, JHA |
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HB570
Office of Native Hawaiian Health; Department of Health; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH.
Creates an office of Native Hawaiian health within the department of health. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
HLT, JHA, FIN |
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HB571 HD1
Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION.
Appropriates funds for the Kaho‘olawe island reserve commission. Appropriates funds for three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) permanent positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, ONISHI, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
WAL, FIN |
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HB572 HD1
Administrative Rulemaking; Electronic Notice
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULEMAKING.
Requires that prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of an administrative rule, electronic notice of the proposed rulemaking be provided to all persons who have made a timely written request to, and provided a valid working email address to, the adopting agency for advance notice of its rulemaking proceedings. Requires that alterations to administrative rules be displayed in Ramseyer format and the full text of rules be made available in a digitally accessible and searchable format. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TODD, Amato, Kobayashi |
GVO, JDC |
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HB573 SD1
Fentanyl Test Strips; Drug Paraphernalia; Uniform Controlled Substances Act
RELATING TO FENTANYL TEST STRIPS.
Excludes from the definition of "drug paraphernalia", testing products utilized in determining whether a controlled substance contains chemicals, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds in quantities that can cause physical harm or death, including but not limited to fentanyl test strips. Defines "fentanyl test strip". (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HHS, JDC |
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HB574
Mopeds; Registration Fee; Tag; Emblem
RELATING TO MOPEDS.
Specifies that the registration fee for mopeds shall not exceed $100 per year, as determined by the counties' director of finance. Specifies that the issuance fee for a tag or emblem shall be no more than $20. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI, AMATO, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, POEPOE, SAYAMA, Chun |
JHA, FIN |
SB848 |
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HB575 HD1
Gasoline-powered Leaf Blowers; Prohibition; Fines; Government Agency Exemption; Repeal
RELATING TO GASOLINE-POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.
Prohibits the operation of gasoline-powered leaf blowers in any urban land use district. Applies the existing time-of-use restrictions on leaf blowers to non-gasoline-powered leaf blowers. Increases the fines for offenses of leaf blower restrictions and provides for the forfeiture of gasoline-powered leaf blowers upon a third violation. Removes the exemption on leaf blower restrictions for government agencies. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI |
EEP, CPC |
SB54 |
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HB576 HD1
Feral Chicken Management; DLNR; DOA; Counties; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FERAL CHICKEN MANAGEMENT.
Requires the department of land and natural resources, department of agriculture, and counties to collaborate on feral chicken management projects. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI |
AEN/WTL/PSM, WAM |
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HB577 HD1
Rose Ringed Parakeet Interagency Task Force; Report; Invasive Species; Rose Ringed Parakeet; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.
Creates an interagency task force within the department of agriculture to develop short-, medium-, and long-term solutions to address the proliferation of rose ringed parakeets. Requires the task force to submit a report to the legislature before the Regular Session of 2024. Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources for population control and eradication of rose ringed parakeets. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI |
AGR, FIN |
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HB578
CIP; Forty-eighth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-eighth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA, MATAYOSHI |
FIN |
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HB582 HD1
Sexual Abuse; Minors; Civil Action; Statute of Limitations; Trauma-Informed Response
RELATING TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS.
Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse may be initiated, including an otherwise time barred action. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma informed response. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, TAKENOUCHI |
HHS, JDC |
SB238 |
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HB583
Child Care; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Open Doors Program; Child Care Accreditation Program; Department of Human Resources; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING ACCREDITATION.
Establish within the Department of Human Services' Child Care Assistance Program, a Child Care Accreditation Program to support licensed or registered child care providers to obtain accreditation from a national early learning accrediting organization. Extends the deadline by which unaccredited service providers of the Preschool Open Doors Program must commence the accreditation process and obtain accreditation. Appropriate funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI |
HUS, CPC, FIN |
SB239 |
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HB584
Judiciary; Offenders; Hawaii's Opportunity Probation With Enforcement Program
RELATING TO PROBATION.
Establishes a statewide program modeled after the Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program that was implemented in the City and County of Honolulu from 2004 through 2019. Requires the Judiciary to administer the program. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA, GARCIA |
JHA, FIN |
SB904 |
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HB585
Restorative Justice Programs; Judiciary; Counties; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
Requires the judiciary or supporting agencies to establish and support a program for restorative justice in each county and inform various criminal justice representatives of the existence of the program. Appropriates funds for the establishment of one program and one position in each county. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, COCHRAN, GATES, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAM, TODD |
JHA, FIN |
SB903 |
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HB586 HD2 SD1
Judiciary; Court Appearances; Automated Reminder System; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
Requires the Judiciary to develop and implement an automated court appearance reminder system that generates text message and electronic mail notifications for upcoming court appearances in certain types of cases. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, TARNAS |
JDC, WAM |
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HB587 HD1
Wastewater Management; Cesspools; Conversion; Upgrades; Counties
RELATING TO WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT.
Requires each county to submit to the Legislature a comprehensive integrated wastewater management plan report that addresses and identifies the county's wastewater management needs, including financial needs. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD, Kobayashi, Matayoshi |
EEP/WAL, CPC, FIN |
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HB588 HD1
Public Utility Commission; Renewable Energy; Reliability Standards; Interconnection Requirements; Interconnection Facilities; Utility Network Upgrades
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish reliability standards and interconnection requirements for certain renewable energy projects; provided that any costs for changes in reliability standards or interconnection requirements shall not be the responsibility of the interconnection customer after the interconnection customer's power purchase agreement has been approved by the Public Utilities Commission. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to distinguish between interconnection facilities and utility network upgrades; ensure that the cost of interconnection facilities is the responsibility of the interconnection customer; and ensure that the cost of utility network upgrades is the sole responsibility of the transmission provider. Establishes a timeline and requirements for interconnection procedures to be established by the Public Utilities Commission for certain utility-scale renewable energy projects. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
SB839 |
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HB589
Hawaii State Planning Act; Beach Assessment Study; Beach and Shoreline Restoration and Conservation Plan; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO BEACHES.
Includes in the State's policies for the physical environment under the Hawaii State Planning Act, the development of a statewide beach assessment study and a beach and shoreline restoration and conservation plan. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
WAL, FIN |
SB1068 |
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HB590
Land Conservation Fund; Conveyance Tax; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND.
Increases the percentage of the Land Conservation Fund that may be used for costs related to the operation, maintenance, and management of lands acquired by the fund. Increases the maximum dollar amount of the conveyance tax distribution to the Land Conservation Fund. Appropriates funds from the Land Conservation Fund for the resource land acquisition. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
WAL, FIN |
SB1063 |
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HB591
Subdivisions; Public Access; Improvement and Maintenance
RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS.
Provides that where public access is required as a condition of a subdivision, either the county must accept dedication of and maintain the access or identify an entity to own and maintain the access. Authorizes a county to require the subdivider or developer to establish a stewardship fund, controlled by the county, for maintenance purposes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
SB1067 |
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HB592 HD1
Environmental and Agricultural Affirmation; Tourism; Declaration Form; Department of Agriculture; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION.
Modifies the existing plant and animal declaration form to also require in-bound travelers to the State to acknowledge federal and state laws, and individual responsibility to protect the environment and agriculture of the State. Requires all other documents travelers are required to complete to enter the State, except documents only relating to a dangerous communicable disease, to include an environmental and agricultural affirmation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, HASHIMOTO, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TODD |
TOU, AGR, FIN |
SB58 |
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HB593 HD1
Police Reports; Access; Investigation; Police Department
RELATING TO POLICE REPORTS.
Allows surviving immediate family members of deceased persons for whom law enforcement initiated an investigation to receive a copy of the closing report prepared by the investigating police department after a specified period of time. Sunsets 6/30/2025. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, HASHIMOTO, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
PSM, JDC |
SB3 |
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HB594 HD1
Leaf Blowers; Residential Zones; Restriction; Government Agencies; Exemption; Repeal
RELATING TO LEAF BLOWERS.
Clarifies that the residential zone restriction on the use of leaf blowers at certain hours includes residential districts, apartment districts, and business mixed use districts. Removes the exemption on leaf blower restrictions for government agencies except in cases of emergency. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, HASHIMOTO, MARTEN, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, Kobayashi |
HLT, JHA |
SB23 |
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HB595 HD1
Electronic Manufacturing Recycling; Electronic Device Recycling and Recovery Act; Electronic Devices; Printers
RELATED TO RECYCLING.
Amends the definition of "electronic device" to clarify the scope of devices covered under the Electronic Device Recycling and Recovery Act. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, GATES, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, Cochran |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
SB793 |
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HB596
Liquor Commission; Liquor License; Complaints
RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.
Requires the Liquor Commission to record all complaints against any licensee, regardless of whether the complaint is filed during or after the occurrence of the violation. Requires the Liquor Commission to review the history of complaints against any applicant at the time of application for a new license or renewal of an existing license. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, HASHIMOTO, MARTEN |
CPC, FIN |
SB14 |
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HB597
Substance Abuse Disorders; Mental Health; Administrative Authorization; Petition
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Authorizes psychiatrists and advanced practice registered nurses to file a petition to initiate the administrative authorization process in cases where the patient objects to treatment and is not in the custody of the director or involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, HASHIMOTO, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI |
HLT, JHA |
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HB598
DHHL; Independent Counsel
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Permits the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to appoint independent counsel in certain circumstances. Requires the Department to amend its administrative rules accordingly. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, GATES, MARTEN, TAM |
JHA, FIN |
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HB599
School Facilities Authority; Preschool; Classrooms
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the School Facilities Authority to consider establishing preschool classrooms in or near hotels, office buildings, and other urban areas with high centers of employment, with consideration given to the locations convenient for parents. Authorizes the School Facilities Authority to provide matching funds for preschool construction. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, POEPOE, TARNAS |
EDN, FIN |
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HB601
DOE; Aquatic Safety Education; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Appropriates moneys for the Department of Education to contract with a qualified nonprofit organization to establish an aquatic safety education program for elementary school students. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, TODD |
EDN, FIN |
SB716 |
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HB602
Employment; Employees; Labor; Warehouses; Paid Breaks; Wages
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT.
Provides that an employee who earns an hourly wage shall be entitled to one-half hour of a paid break for every eight hours of labor performed within a warehouse. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, POEPOE, TAM, TODD |
LGO, FIN |
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HB603 HD1
DOE; Youth Mental Health Services; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Appropriates funds to hire school-based youth mental health specialists for department of education schools. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, BELATTI, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS |
EDN, HLT, FIN |
SB1044 |
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HB604
Hotel Workers; DBEDT; Employee-Owned Cooperative; Grant; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOTEL WORKERS.
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop a program to provide grants to match funds for hotel employees to buy hotels and establish employee-owned hotel cooperatives. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, POEPOE, Belatti, Martinez, Tam |
ECD, LGO, FIN |
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HB605 HD1
Dam and Reservoir Working Group; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE.
Establishes a dam and reservoir working group to ensure and enhance the continued availability and operation of dams and reservoirs in the State and consider their role in drought mitigation and the maintenance of a dependable water supply. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TARNAS |
AEN/WTL, WAM |
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HB606 HD1 SD1
HDOA; Meat Processing Capacity; Expansion; Food Distribution Services; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO MEAT PROCESSING.
Requires the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with other state agencies, to develop and implement a plan by 7/1/2025 to expand the meat processing capacity in the State to allow for meat from axis deer and other wild game to be processed for distribution by nonprofit food distribution services. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TODD |
AEN, WAM |
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HB607 HD2 SD2
Producers; Agricultural Goods; Interisland Shipping; Income Tax Credit
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Creates an income tax credit for transportation costs incurred by certain taxpayers who ship produce and agricultural goods between counties. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, BELATTI, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
AEN, WAM |
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HB608 HD2
Organic Foods Production Tax Credit
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes an organic foods production tax credit applicable to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Sunsets 12/31/2033. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAM, TODD |
AEN, WAM |
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HB609 HD2 SD1
HDOA; Meat Inspection; Meat Processing; Inspectors; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for costs for its meat inspection program, including the establishment of 1 full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) inspector program supervisor position and 3 full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) inspector positions to perform meat inspection services. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
AEN, WAM |
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HB610 HD2 SD1
Farm Workforce Retention Tax Credit; Farm Employment
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes the farm workforce retention tax credit for farm employers or owners of farm employers who employ eligible farm employees. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, BELATTI, HOLT, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TARNAS, TODD |
AEN, WAM |
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HB611 HD2
Native Hawaiian Customary and Traditional Subsistence Farming; Hawaii Right to Farm Act; Agricultural Districts; Hawaii State Planning Act; Agricultural Lands
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Clarifies that "customary and traditional subsistence farming", which is customary and traditional subsistence farming conducted by a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner in certain situations, is included as a protected activity under the Hawaii right to farm act. Clarifies that the cultivation of crops and activities related to game, fish, and livestock in the agricultural district may be for economic use or customary and traditional subsistence farming. Provides that one of the State's policies under the Hawaii State Planning Act's agricultural objectives is to perpetuate the practice of customary and traditional subsistence farming. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, BELATTI, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO |
AGR, JHA, FIN |
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HB612 HD2 SD2
Agriculture; Farmers; Ranchers; Fishers; Income Tax Credit
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes an income tax credit to alleviate the high costs of production for farmers, ranchers, and fishers and incentivize growth in the agricultural sector in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
AEN, WAM |
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HB613
Conveyance Tax; Real Property; Tax Exemptions; Special Fund; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.
Establishes the real property tax exemption special fund and requires that a portion of conveyance tax revenues be deposited into the special fund. Allows the county to use special fund moneys to offset any lost revenue incurred due to property tax exemptions provided to qualified senior citizen property owners. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
HSG, FIN |
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HB614
Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Rehabilitation; Housing Units; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, and repair of housing units. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA, AIU, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, QUINLAN, TODD |
HSG, FIN |
SB340 |
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HB616
State Budget; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund
RELATING TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REVOLVING FUND.
Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022 to specify that the appropriation for Hawaii housing finance and development corporation (BED160) is to be deposited into and expended from the affordable homeownership revolving fund for purposes of the revolving fund. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA, AIU, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HSG, FIN |
SB489 |
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HB617 HD1 SD2
Oral Health; Task Force; Department of Health; Positions; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH.
Establishes an oral health task force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050 and 7/1/2051. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
HHS, WAM |
SB679 |
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HB618
Paternity Proceedings; Divorce Proceedings; Domestic Abuse; Mediation
RELATING TO FAMILY.
Establishes an exemption from mediation in paternity proceedings where there are allegations of domestic abuse if the party alleging domestic abuse does not wish to participate. Prohibits a mediator from engaging in mediation where there are allegations of domestic abuse unless certain requisites are met. Prohibits a court from requiring mediation in paternity proceedings if there is a temporary restraining order or a protective order in effect and the party alleging domestic abuse does not wish to participate. Allows the court to order mediation in paternity proceedings where there are allegations of domestic abuse but there is no temporary restraining order or no protective order, under certain circumstances. Replaces the term "family violence" with "domestic abuse" in section 580 41.5, HRS. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, Belatti |
HHS, JDC |
SB984 |
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HB619 HD2
Qualified Farms; Donations; Tax Credit; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes an income tax credit for qualified farms that donate eligible food products or prepared food to food banks or food pantries located in the State. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARCIA, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAM, TODD, WOODSON |
AEN, WAM |
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HB620
Public Schools; Free Breakfast and Lunch; Universal School Meals; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.
Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires public schools to provide free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
EDN, FIN |
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HB621
Water Rights; Commercial Kalo Farming; Native Hawaiian Practices; Exemptions
RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF WATER RIGHTS.
Exempts the instream use of water for commercial kalo cultivation conducted in a manner consistent with traditional and customary practices of Native Hawaiians from the existing process for the disposition of water rights. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
WAL, JHA |
SB735 |
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HB622 HD2 SD2
Prevent Suicide Hawaii Working Group; Native Hawaiians; Pacific Islanders; Farmers; Youth; LGBTQIA+; Veterans; Report
RELATING TO SUICIDE PREVENTION.
Establishes a Prevent Suicide Hawai‘i Working Group within the Office of Wellness and Resilience. Requires the working group to focus on preventing suicides in the State, particularly among Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, farmers, youth, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and other populations identified by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a high-risk population for suicide; implement recommendations in the Prevent Suicide Hawai‘i Task Force's interim report; and report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2025. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE |
HHS, JDC/WAM |
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HB623
General Excise Tax; Food and Medical Services, Exemption
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.
Exempts foods and medical services products from the general excise tax. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, ALCOS, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, WARD |
ECD/HLT, FIN |
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HB624
Taxation; Income Tax Rates.
RELATING TO INCOME TAX REDUCTION.
Decreases the tax burden on lower income workers by reducing the income tax rate to zero for all but top brackets of income earned. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, ALCOS, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, WARD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB625
General Excise Tax; Holiday
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.
Establishes an annual general excise tax holiday for consumers and businesses for items with a retail price under $2,000; provided that businesses pass savings on to consumers. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, ALCOS, GARCIA, PIERICK, WARD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB626
Legislative Term Limits; Constitutional Amendment (ConAm)
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO ESTABLISH LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS.
Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of members of the legislature to a maximum of twelve years in the house of representatives or senate, or both, for terms beginning on or after the general election of 2024, with a grandfather clause for those in office who have already met the limit. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, ALCOS, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, Souza |
JHA, FIN |
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HB627
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct ($)
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Introduces suggestions to improve the standards of conduct concerning elected officials, as recommended by the Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct in their final report. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, ALCOS, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK |
JHA, FIN |
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HB628
Election Integrity; Secure and Accurate Elections
RELATING TO ELECTION INTEGRITY.
Amends various provisions to improve the integrity and accuracy of voter rolls, ballot security, and increases the number of voter service centers. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, ALCOS, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK |
JHA, FIN |
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HB629
Right to Try
RELATING TO ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS.
Codifies a terminally ill patient's right to try experimental treatment options. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, WARD |
HLT, CPC, JHA |
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HB630
Constitutional Amendment; Public Education; Elected Local School Boards (ConAm)
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.
Proposes a constitutional amendment that would: (1) establish local school boards throughout the State to be elected from at least 7 school districts as provided by law; and (2) create an educational standards and accountability commission. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, WARD |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
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HB631
Occupational licensing review task force. ($)
RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REFORM TASK FORCE.
A bill establishing a task force to examine the state policy for the regulation and licensing of occupations. Preliminary report to the 2024 legislature, final report and proposed legislation to the 2025 legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, ALCOS, GARCIA, PIERICK, WARD |
CPC |
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HB632
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act; Leases; Modernization
RELATING TO LEASES.
Requires leases used in the conveyance of available lands as defined by section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, as amended, to conform to the requirements for securitization by federally insured lending programs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA, ALCOS, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, WARD |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB633
Creating a Local Housing Market
RELATING TO CREATING A LOCAL HOUSING MARKET.
Establishing a Local Housing Market that is tied to Hawaii State resident's incomes, and not the global economy. Thus, providing housing options that are affordable relative to wages for residents of the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, ALCOS, GARCIA, PIERICK, WARD |
HSG, FIN |
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HB634
Individual Housing Account; Pre-tax savings account for down-payment.
RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSING ACCOUNT PROGRAM.
Updating the Individual Housing Account (IHA) statutes to more accurately reflect the current cost of housing down-payments. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA, ALCOS, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, WARD, Souza |
HSG, ECD, FIN |
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HB635
Petty Misdemeanor; Increased punishment.
RELATING TO THEFT OF PROPERTY.
Lowers the threshold for theft of property for the offenses of second and third degree theft of property. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA, ALCOS, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, WARD |
JHA |
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HB636
Self-Protection; Use of Force; Deadly Force
RELATING TO USE OF FORCE IN SELF-PROTECTION.
Clarifies when the use of deadly force is not justified. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA, ALCOS, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, WARD |
JHA |
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HB637
Required mental health evaluation for arrested houseless persons.
RELATING TO MANDATORY PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION AFTER ARREST.
Mandatory mental health screening for arrested persons who are houseless. Supportive services provided by social worker or psychiatrist, doing the evaluation. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, ALCOS, GARCIA, PIERICK, WARD |
HLT/CMV, JHA |
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HB638 HD1
Motor Vehicle Insurance; Chiropractor; Naturopathic, Chiropractic, and Acupuncture Treatment; Physical Therapy; Therapeutic Massage
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Authorizes prescriptions made by chiropractors for physical therapy and therapeutic massage treatment to qualify as a motor vehicle insurance personal injury protection benefit. Replaces the existing cap on the number of chiropractic treatment visits that qualify for motor vehicle insurance coverage with a number of visits that are deemed medically necessary. Amends the reimbursement amount for chiropractic treatment from $75 per visit to an amount tied to the charges, and any subsequent increases in charges, permissible under the workers' compensation supplemental medical fee schedule. Repeals the thirty-visit cap on combined naturopathic, chiropractic, and acupuncture treatments. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GATES, ICHIYAMA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS, Martinez, Poepoe |
CPC, FIN |
SB152 |
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HB639 HD1
Insurance; Motor Vehicle Insurance; Peer-to-Peer Car-Sharing; Programs; Shared Cars
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Clarifies when the termination of peer-to-peer car-sharing occurs for purposes of motor vehicle insurance. Clarifies the application of the peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance laws as to other entities that make available rental vehicles under state law. Repeals the sunset of the peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance requirements. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, BELATTI, MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA, TARNAS |
CPC |
SB1225 |
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HB640 HD1 SD1
Insurance; Peer-to-Peer Car-Sharing; Shared Car Owners; Shared Car Drivers; Required Coverage; Liability; Sunset
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Amends the required coverage for shared cars that are made available through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. Clarifies when the requirements for motor vehicle insurance coverage are satisfied. Provides that the counties may adopt ordinances to regulate peer-to-peer car-sharing vehicles for companies whose insurance coverage falls below an unspecified amount. Sunsets 7/1/2025. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, BELATTI, MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA, TARNAS |
TCA, CPN |
SB1224 |
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HB641
Acupuncture; Acupuncture Practitioners; Acupuncture Medicine Doctors; Licensure; Continuing Education
RELATING TO ACUPUNCTURE.
Makes comprehensive updates to chapter 436E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding acupuncture practitioners, to reflect modernized scopes of practice, titles, and licensing and renewal requirements. Beginning with the renewal for the licensing biennium commencing 7/1/2025, requires licensees to complete continuing education as determined by the board. Allows the board of acupuncture to issue licenses by reciprocity. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, SAYAMA, TARNAS |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB946 |
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HB642 HD2
Check Cashers; Elder; Vulnerable Adult; Financial Exploitation; Exemptions
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Requires check cashers to report suspected financial exploitation of elders and vulnerable adults in relation to check cashing. Authorizes a check casher to refuse to cash a check in situations of suspected financial exploitation. Provides immunity for check cashers acting in good faith. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TARNAS |
CPN |
SB931 |
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HB643 HD1
Deceptive Trade Practices; Shipping Charges; Delivery Charges; Goods
RELATING TO DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES.
Establishes that charging shipping and delivery charges that exceed the actual cost charged to the seller to ship or deliver goods to a consumer in the State constitutes an unfair and deceptive practice. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, BELATTI, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TARNAS |
CPC, JHA |
SB158 |
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HB644 HD1
Residential Landlord-Tenant Code; Application Screening Fee; Tenant Report; Credit Report; OCP; Informational Materials
RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.
Allows a landlord or landlord's agent to charge an application screening fee for certain applicants at the time a rental application is processed for residential property. Requires the landlord or landlord's agent to provide a receipt for payment of the application screening fee and a breakdown of the application screening fee. Requires the landlord or landlord's agent to return any unauthorized fee amounts to the applicant. Requires, on 5/1/2024, the office of consumer protection to produce and make available informational materials and publicize requirements regarding application fees and related rights and obligations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, TARNAS, Sayama |
HSG, CPC |
SB930 |
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HB645
Digital Electronic Equipment; Right-to-Repair; Exclusions
RELATING TO THE MODEL STATE RIGHT-TO-REPAIR LAW.
Requires original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make documentation, parts, and tools available to independent repair providers and owners for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance, and repair on fair and reasonable terms. Excludes certain manufacturers, dealers, distributors, and importers of certain motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment, all-terrain sports vehicles and motorcycles, heavy construction equipment, and medical equipment valued at or over $100,000. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TARNAS |
ECD, CPC, FIN |
SB1105 |
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HB646
Cemeteries; Cemetery Authority; Exemption; Churches; Repeal
RELATING TO CEMETERIES.
Repeals the exemption granted to churches by Act 22, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, relating to bonding requirements and fee requirements for licenses, renewals, and reinstatements of licenses applicable to cemeteries and funeral trusts. Clarifies that the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs shall exempt any cemetery authority from the bonding requirement and the fee requirements for license, renewal, and reinstatement upon proof satisfactory to the Director that the cemetery authority does not sell for financial profit. Effective retroactively to 09/15/2020. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO |
CPC, FIN |
SB157 |
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HB647 HD1 SD1
Alcohol; Beer; Low Alcohol by Volume Spirits Beverage; Liquor Tax; Liquor Law; Definition
RELATING TO ALCOHOL.
Establishes a definition of "low alcohol by volume spirits beverage". Establishes a tax on low alcohol by volume sprits beverages at a rate of $1.98 per wine gallon. Expands the definition of "beer" under the State's liquor tax and liquor regulatory laws, to specify that the term includes an alcohol by volume of no less than 0.5 per cent, but excludes certain other forms of distillation. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA |
CPN, JDC/WAM |
SB159 |
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HB648 HD1
HPHA; State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING.
Temporarily expands the state rent supplement program to specifically target qualified individuals who are sixty-two years of age or older and are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Requires HPHA to submit annual reports to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GATES, HASHEM, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
HSG, FIN |
SB898 |
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HB649
Kupuna Caucus; Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program; Program Specialists; Positions; Executive Office on Aging; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Appropriates funds for three program specialist positions within the Executive Office on Aging for Hawaii's State Health Insurance Assistance Program. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHEM, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
HLT, FIN |
SB900 |
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HB651
Kupuna Caucus; Department of Health; Inspections; Public Notice; Website; Initial Inspection Visits; Databases; Executive Office on Aging; Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman; County Offices on Aging
RELATING TO CARE FACILITY INSPECTIONS.
Requires the Department of Health to post on its website separate reports for various visits, violations, plans, and confirmations the Department performs or issues of certain care facilities. Establishes deadlines for each report type. Requires the Department of Health to log all reports in a database designed for easy public posting. Requires all facilities inspected by the Department of Health to maintain certain records and notify the Executive Office on Aging, Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, and appropriate county offices on aging of initial inspection visit dates. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHEM, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON, Nakashima |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB901 |
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HB652 HD2 SD1
Kupuna Caucus; Workforce Development and Support Center; Workforce Pilot Project; Executive Office on Aging; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAREGIVERS.
Requires the Executive Office on Aging to establish a Workforce Development and Support Center. Requires the Center to develop a Workforce Pilot Project. Requires the Workforce Pilot Project to terminate on 6/30/2026. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHEM, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
HHS, WAM |
SB902 |
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HB653 HD1
DOT; State Highway System; Routine Inspections; Rockslides
RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.
Requires the department of transportation to perform routine inspections of highways in the state highway system that are at risk of rockslides every five years and after major rainfall events. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, CHUN, GARCIA, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, WARD, WOODSON, Amato, Ganaden, Kobayashi |
TRN, FIN |
SB1143 |
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HB654 HD2
State Buildings; Hawaii State Energy Office; ENERGY STAR; Building Benchmarking Program; Benchmarking Data; Reporting; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO BUILDINGS.
Requires state agencies to process the aggregated energy and water data of certain properties through the federal ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager and submit the benchmarking data to the Hawaii state energy office. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, CHUN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO |
EET/PSM, WAM |
SB1149 |
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HB655
Affordable Housing; Housing Projects; Affordability; Perpetuity
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
Requires that Hawaii housing finance and development corporation housing projects include a restrictive covenant that the percentage of units of the housing project that are designated as affordable housing, as described in the submitted housing project application, shall be affordable housing in perpetuity. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
SB1145 |
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HB656
Pesticides; Fertilizers; State Property; County Property; Prohibition
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
Establishes a list of substances allowed for use as pesticides and fertilizers on state and county property. Provides that the use of substances not specifically allowed as pesticides and fertilizers on state property and county property is prohibited, unless certain exceptions, a waiver, or exemption apply. Requires a state department or agency seeking a waiver to apply to the department of agriculture. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM |
AGR, CPC |
SB1150 |
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HB657 HD1
Hemp; Infrastructure Needs; Consultant; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Appropriates funds for the department of agriculture to hire a consultant to work with hemp farmers to identify the infrastructure needs of hemp farmers and the hemp industry in Hawaii. Requires report to the legislature, governor, and chairperson of the board of agriculture. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TAM |
AGR, FIN |
SB1132 |
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HB658
Educational Disruption; Alternative Education Program; High School Graduation
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Allows students who experienced educational disruption to graduate high school through enrollment in an accepted alternative education program and participation in certain activities approved by the department of education. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TAM, TODD, WOODSON |
EDN, FIN |
SB603 |
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HB659 HD2
Diagnostic Testing; CLIA-Waived Tests; Pharmacists; Education Requirements
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes permitting and education requirements for pharmacists performing certain diagnostic tests or tests waived pursuant to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). Expands the definition of "practice of pharmacy" to include the ordering and collection of specimens for certain diagnostic-related or CLIA-waived tests. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, GATES, KAPELA, KOBAYASHI, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, TAM, TARNAS |
HLT, HET, CPC |
SB602 |
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HB661 HD1
Health Care Professionals; Hawaii State Loan Repayment Program; Behavioral Health Care; University of Hawaii; John A. Burns School of Medicine; Department of Health; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
Appropriates funds for the loan repayment program for health care professionals; provided that the funds are matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by funds from a private or another public source. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KOBAYASHI, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, WOODSON |
HLT, FIN |
SB164 |
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HB662 HD1
General Excise Tax; Medical and Dental Services; Exemption; Medicare; Medicaid; TRICARE
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.
Exempts medical and dental services provided by health care providers to patients who receive Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE benefits from the general excise tax. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KOBAYASHI, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS |
HLT/ECD, FIN |
SB1035 |
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HB663 HD1
Insurance; Breast Cancer Detection; Covered Service; Digital Mammography; Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
RELATING TO BREAST CANCER SCREENING.
Increases the categories of women required to be covered for mammogram screenings. Requires the existing health insurance mandate for coverage of low-dose mammography to include digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis. Defines "digital breast tomosynthesis". Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, GARRETT, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, WOODSON |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB600 |
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HB664 HD1
Respiratory Therapists; Physician Assistants; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Qualified Direction; Orders
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Authorizes physician assistants to sign orders for respiratory therapy and plans of care. Expands the class of health care providers under whom respiratory therapists may practice respiratory care to include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KOBAYASHI, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB599 |
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HB665
Uniform Parentage Act; Task Force; Extension
RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT.
Extends and modifies the task force established to recommend amendments to update existing parentage laws that reflect outdated, cisheteronormative concepts of families, parenthood, and parental rights to December 31, 2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, KAPELA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, Kobayashi |
HLT, JHA |
SB944 |
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HB666 HD1
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; Adoption; Professional and Vocational Licensing Division; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT.
Adopts the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact to create a comprehensive process that complements the existing licensing and regulatory authority of state medical boards and provides a streamlined process that allows physicians to become licensed in multiple states. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KOBAYASHI, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, WOODSON |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB674 |
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HB667
Nurse Licensure Compact
RELATING TO THE NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT.
Allows the Governor to enter the State into the multi-state Nurse Licensure Compact, which will allow a nurse who is licensed by a home state to practice under a multi-state licensure privilege in each party state. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, WOODSON, Kobayashi |
LGO, HLT, CPC |
SB670 |
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HB668 HD1 SD1
Infrastructure Dedication; Affordable Housing; Counties
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Conditions the authority of a county whose population is greater than five hundred thousand to exercise state housing powers upon a county's continued compliance with provisions regarding acceptance of the dedication of infrastructure and public highways in affordable housing developments. Amends various provisions relating to the dedication of infrastructure to a county. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU, ICHIYAMA |
HOU/PSM, JDC |
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HB669
District Boundaries; Land Use Commission; Special Permits; Workforce Housing
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.
Expands the jurisdiction of county land use decision-making authorities, enabling them to amend the district boundaries of lands less than fifty acres, from lands less than fifteen acres. Limits the Land Use Commission's authority over special permits for housing that includes workforce or affordable housing units with a minimum twenty-five per cent of market units on land the area of which is greater than fifty acres or for lands designated as important agricultural lands, by providing that the Land Use Commission shall only add additional restrictions or disapprove a petition. Requires the Land Use Commission to run its special permit process concurrently with the appropriate county Land Use Commission for these special permits. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO |
HSG, WAL, FIN |
SB1094 |
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HB670 HD2 SD1
Land Use Commission; Decision-making Process
RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION.
Specifies that a simple majority of affirmative votes of the members of the Land Use Commission present at a meeting and qualified to vote is required for any boundary amendment. Reduces the number of days within which the Land Use Commission must act for certain actions related to amendments to district boundaries. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU |
WTL, JDC/WAM |
SB937 |
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HB671 HD1
Ohana Zones Pilot Program; GO Bonds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO OHANA ZONES.
Appropriates funds for the ohana zones pilot program, including expenses relating to operations, upkeep of facilities, provision of services, and administrative costs. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the construction or rehabilitation of facilities that will result in new units for the ohana zones pilot program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, TODD |
HSG/HLT, FIN |
SB1442 |
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HB672
Housing; Urban District; County Zoning; Single-family Residential; Duplexes; Triplexes; Fourplexes
RELATING TO HOUSING CAPACITY.
Requires each county to adopt reasonable standards to allow the construction of up to four dwelling units on any land with an urban state land use district classification that is zoned for residential use where a single-family dwelling unit is permitted. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU |
HSG, WAL, FIN |
SB938 |
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HB673
Land Use; Counties; Reclassification; District Boundaries; Housing
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Authorizes the counties to reclassify lands fifteen to one hundred acres in certain rural, urban, and agricultural districts in which at least fifty per cent of the housing units on the land sought to be reclassified are set aside for persons and families with incomes at or below one hundred forty per cent of the area median income. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, CHUN, LAMOSAO, MIZUNO, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI |
HSG/WAL, JHA |
SB469 |
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HB676 HD1 SD2 CD2
Counties; District Boundary Amendments; County Ordinances; Affordable Housing; Report
RELATING TO DISTRICT BOUNDARY AMENDMENTS.
Authorizes the appropriate county land use decision-making authority to determine district boundary amendments involving land areas over fifteen acres but not over one hundred acres, except lands that are designated as important agricultural land or lands where the soil is classified by the Land Study Bureau's detailed land classification as overall (master) productivity class A or B if the county has adopted an ordinance that meets certain requirements. Requires each county land use decision-making authority whose county adopted an ordinance to submit a report to the Legislature. (CD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU |
HSG/WAL, JHA, FIN |
SB769 |
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HB678 HD1 SD2
HHFDC; Affordable Housing Development; Study; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Provides a new source of interim financing for affordable housing projects using housing program in Chapter 201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires and appropriates moneys for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to conduct a study assessing the efficacy of housing credit programs. Requires a report to the Legislature. Sunsets 7/1/2028. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU |
HOU, WAM |
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HB679 HD1 SD2
Wildfires; Emergency Appropriations; HHFDC; Auditor; General Fund Expenditure Ceiling Exceeded ($)
RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.
Appropriates funds to support the State's response to the August 2023 wildfires that affected the County of Maui. Requires the Auditor to conduct an audit on the contracts funded by the appropriation. Makes an appropriation to the One Ohana Bank Trust Account to compensate victims of the 2023 Maui wildfires. Repeals general obligation bond issuance and appropriation for the Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust Fund. Changes the 2024-2025 general fund appropriation to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to general obligation bond funds. Transfers to the general fund the excess balances of various non-general funds from various state departments and agencies. Temporarily lifts various restrictions on the use of funds for Maui wildfire response. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriations exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2023-2024. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU, KITAGAWA, ONISHI, TODD |
HOU, WAM |
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HB680 HD1
Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Rehabilitation; Dwelling Units; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii public housing authority for the repair, renovation, improvements, and maintenance of dwelling units at federal and state low-income public housing projects. Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to submit reports regarding completed and pending projects. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, ONISHI, TAKENOUCHI, TODD |
HSG, FIN |
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HB681 HD1
Hawaii State Building Codes; State Building Code Council; Exemption; Prior Publication
RELATING TO STATE BUILDING CODES.
Exempts any code with an official publication date within four years of the prior code publication date from certain adoption requirements. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
SB1207 |
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HB682
Carpooling; ridesharing; commuters; income tax credit
RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR RIDESHARING.
Provides a carpooling income tax credit for qualified commuters. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, HUSSEY-BURDICK |
TRN, FIN |
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HB683
DUII; child support.
RELATED TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTOXICANT.
Establishes a penalty of child support costs for motorists who operate a motor vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant and in the process kill the parent of a minor child. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, AMATO, MARTEN |
TRN, JHA, FIN |
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HB684
Emergency Management
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Amends chapter 127A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to clarify State and local authority, ensure effective and adaptable emergency response, and further the goals of transparency and democratic accountability. Clarifies that powers granted for emergency purposes shall not be construed as permitting actions inconsistent with the state constitution. Amends chapter 127A, HRS, to provide for greater clarity and specificity regarding the scope of suspensions of law. Clarifies that Hawaii's emergency management system includes coordination between State and county emergency management functions, where appropriate. Clarifies the legal framework governing the extension and termination of emergency periods. Adds the definition of the term "severe weather warning" as used in section 127A-30, HRS. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, GATES, QUINLAN |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB685
Abortion; Fetal Heartbeat; Women's Rights Bill; Prohibitions, Exceptions
RELATING TO ABORTION.
Prohibits the abortion of a fetus that contains a fetal heartbeat. Provides certain exceptions. Establishes penalties. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK |
HLT/JHA |
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HB686
Illegal Fireworks; Inspections; Fees; Penalties; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Authorizes Department of Public Safety to inspect shipping containers for illegal fireworks and explosives. Establishes a shipping container inspection program using X-ray scanning portals and associated special fund. Authorizes Department of Transportation to impose shipping container import fees. Increases fine and punishment for fireworks violations. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, QUINLAN |
TRN, CPC, FIN |
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HB687
General Excise Tax; Food Exemption
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTION FOR FOOD.
Exempts food products from the general excise tax. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO |
ECD, FIN |
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HB688
General Excise Tax; Medical Services Exemption
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR MEDICAL SERVICES.
Exempts medical services from the general excise tax. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO |
ECD, FIN |
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HB689
General Excise Tax
RELATING TO REDUCING THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.
Reduce to the cost living to Hawaii taxpayers through a one per cent reduction in the general excise tax. The general excise tax savings would only be applicable to the value of the entire retail product or service sold. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO |
ECD, FIN |
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HB690 HD1 SD2
Hawaii Agricultural Investment Program; ADC; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Establishes the Hawaii agricultural investment program within the Agribusiness Development Corporation to support local agricultural producers. Requires annual reports. Appropriates funds for program and positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TARNAS, TODD |
AEN, WAM |
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HB691 HD1
SPRB; Kohala Mountain Fish Company ($)
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST KOHALA MOUNTAIN FISH COMPANY, LLC.
Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kohala Mountain Fish Company, LLC, for the establishment of The Village project. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, TARNAS |
ECD/AGR, FIN |
SB1457 |
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HB693
Telehealth; Interactive Telecommunications System; Audio-Only Communication Technology; Mental Health Disorders
RELATING TO TELEHEALTH.
Clarifies reimbursement for services provided through telehealth via an interactive telecommunications system. Defines "interactive telecommunications system". Clarifies that, for services furnished for purposes of diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a mental health disorder to a patient in the patient's home, interactive telecommunications may include audio-only communication in certain circumstances. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB1038 |
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HB694 HD1 SD1
UH; CTAHR; Aquaculture Disease Diagnostic Laboratory; HDOA; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
Appropriates funds to support the Aquaculture Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at the Department of Agriculture Animal Industry Division Veterinary Laboratory Services Branch, in partnership with the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, BELATTI, HUSSEY-BURDICK, MARTEN, ONISHI, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAM, TODD |
AEN/HRE, WAM |
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HB696
Medical Cannabis Dispensaries; Computer Software Tracking System; Access Requirements; System Integration Requirements; Reporting Requirements
RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES.
Establishes system access and system integration requirements for the computer software tracking system for medical cannabis dispensaries. Requires the department of health to submit an annual report to the legislature on data captured using the computer software tracking system. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TAM |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB1244 |
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HB697
Federal Lands; Makua Valley; Transition; Task Force; DLNR
RELATING TO FEDERAL LANDS.
Establishes within the department of land and natural resources a Makua valley task force to prepare for the transition of the management of the Makua military reservation from the United States Army upon the expiration of the Army's lease for the land. Requires a report to the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA, Martinez |
CMV/WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB698
DOA; DLNR; Non-agricultural Park Lands; Transfer; Easements ($)
RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS.
Exempts easements granted over public lands affecting the transfer of public lands between DLNR and DOA from formal county subdivision process and approval requirements. Requires the DOA to accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands. Requires the DOA, prior to offering a lease, to inquire with the DLNR regarding any easements required for access to landlocked forest reserves or other assets on the lands subject to the lease. Requires the lessee to develop a conservation program and plan if conservation resources exist on the land. Before the transfer of non-agricultural park lands, authorizes the DOA to request information from the DLNR related to the establishment of necessary and reasonable easements upon the lands. Requires approval from the board of land and natural resources and the board of agriculture before removing pasture lands for reforestation, or other public purposes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MATAYOSHI, TODD, Cochran |
WAL/AGR, JHA, FIN |
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HB699
Environmental Impact Statements; Wells; Department of Agriculture; Leased Lands; Food Production; Exemption
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS.
Exempts the proposed drilling, construction, or use of a well and well appurtenances on lands leased from the Department of Agriculture from the requirements of the environmental impact statements law, provided that the land is being used to support agriculture and food production. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, LAMOSAO |
AGR/WAL, JHA |
SB71 |
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HB700 HD1
State Fuel Tax; Temporary Suspension
RELATING TO THE FUEL TAX.
Suspends the state fuel tax for the period of July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, KILA, LAMOSAO |
ECD, FIN |
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HB701 HD1
Pohoiki Bay; Boat Ramp; DLNR; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO POHOIKI BOAT RAMP.
Appropriates funds to dredge the boat ramp at Pohoiki bay, Puna. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ILAGAN, SAIKI |
WAL, FIN |
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HB702 HD1
DLNR; Makena State Park; Carrying Capacity; Study; Report to Legislature; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO STATE PARKS.
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a study of the carrying capacity of Makena State Park in the County of Maui. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO |
WAL, FIN |
SB1136 |
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HB703
Vacant Land; Fugitive Dust Control; Department of Health; Plan Approval; Report
RELATING TO FUGITIVE DUST CONTROL.
Prohibits owners of vacant undeveloped land to cause or permit visible fugitive dust to become airborne from their land or to cause or permit visible fugitive dust that originates from their vacant developed land to be discharged beyond their land's lot line. Requires owners of vacant undeveloped land to submit to the Department of Health a Fugitive Dust Mitigation Plan no later than December 31, 2023, and every three years thereafter, and obtain approval from the Director of Health. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules and submit reports to the Legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO |
HLT, JHA |
SB1252 |
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HB705
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Legislative Allowance; Expenditure Report
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ALLOWANCE.
Requires each house of the legislature to post a report of the legislative allowance expenditures for each member of the respective house on the legislature's website. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB706
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Financial Disclosure; Legislators; Lobbyists
RELATING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES.
Requires all members of the legislature to disclose certain relationships with lobbyists or lobbying organizations in their financial disclosures. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB707 HD1 SD1
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; False, Fictitious, or Fraudulent Claims; State; Counties; Penalties; Public Financing; Conviction
RELATING TO FALSE CLAIMS.
Makes it a class C felony to make false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims against the government. Disqualifies a person convicted of making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim from holding elected office for five years. Takes effect 3/22/2075. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JDC |
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HB708
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Lobbyists; Disclosure; Statement of Expenditures; Reporting; Hawaii State Ethics Commission
RELATING TO LOBBYISTS.
Amends the information in the statement of expenditures reports that lobbyists and other individuals are required to file with the Hawaii state ethics commission to include the identity, by bill number, resolution number, or other similar identifier, of the legislative or administrative action that was commented on, supported by, or opposed by the person filing the statement. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB709
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; State Ethics Commission; Mandatory Lobbyist Training; Administrative Fine
RELATING TO MANDATORY LOBBYIST TRAINING.
Requires a lobbyist training course to be designed and administered by the state ethics commission. Makes the lobbyist training course mandatory for all lobbyists who are required to register and renew their registration with the state ethics commission. Imposes administrative fines for violations. Effective 7/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB711 HD1 SD1
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Fraud; Disqualification; Conviction
RELATING TO FRAUD.
Establishes the offense of fraud as a class B felony. Disqualifies a person charged with fraud from holding elected office for ten years. Takes effect 3/22/2075. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JDC |
SB1421 |
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HB713
Department of Hawaiian Homelands; Short Form
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOMELANDS.
Short form bill relating to the department of Hawaiian homelands. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HSG |
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HB714 HD1 SD1
Mooring Lines; Department of Transportation; Stevedoring Companies
RELATING TO MOORING LINES.
Requires that the securing of mooring lines from vessels requiring tug assistance to commercial docks, wharves, piers, quays, and landings be performed by a stevedoring company. Defines "stevedoring company". Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
TCA, WAM |
SB824 |
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HB715
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Lobbyists; Gifts; Legislators; State Employees; Administrative Fine
RELATING TO GIFTS FROM LOBBYISTS.
Prohibits lobbyists from making prohibited gifts to legislators and state employees. Imposes administrative fines for violations. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB716
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Elections; Voter Information Guide; Candidate Statements; Explanations; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Requires the office of elections to prepare a voter information guide that includes candidate statements and statements on ballot questions. Appropriates funds to the department of the attorney general, legislative reference bureau, and counties for the preparation of the ballot analyses. Appropriates funds to the office of elections for the preparation and distribution of the voter information guides. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA, FIN |
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HB718
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Campaign Spending Commission; Preliminary Determination; Method of Service
RELATING TO PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF PROBABLE CAUSE.
Requires the campaign spending commission to serve preliminary determinations of probable cause via first-class mail, instead of certified mail. Establishes a presumption of receipt when the preliminary determination is mailed to the address contained in a candidate or committee organizational report. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB719 HD1 SD2
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Public Records; Costs; Disclosure; Public Interest; Waiver; Office of Information Practices; Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS.
Imposes a cap on charges for the reproduction of certain government records. Waives the cost of duplication of government records provided to requestors in an electronic format. Allows agencies to withhold certain deliberative documents before a decision is made. Imposes a cap on charges for searching for, reviewing, and segregating records. Provides for a waiver of fees when the public interest is served by a record's disclosure. Appropriates funds for positions in the Office of Information Practices. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
GVO, WAM/JDC |
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HB720
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Elections; Partial Public Financing; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Increases; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS.
Increases the amount of partial public financing available for all offices. Increases the maximum amount of public funds available for all offices by fifty per cent. Increases the maximum amount of public funds available for a candidate for OHA from $1,500 to ten per cent of the expenditure limit established by statute for each election. Increases the amounts of qualifying contributions for OHA from more than $1,500 in the aggregate to more than $5,000 in the aggregate. Provides a downward adjustment of the minimum amounts of qualifying contributions for the office of prosecuting attorney for the city and county of Honolulu, and counties of Hawaii and Kauai, and for the office of county council for the county of Maui. Establishes two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions in the campaign spending commission. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA, FIN |
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HB721
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Candidate Committee Expenditures; Two Tickets
RELATING TO CANDIDATE COMMITTEE EXPENDITURES.
Eliminates the use of campaign funds to purchase up to two tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB722
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Campaign Fundraising; Fundraiser
RELATING TO CANDIDATE COMMITTEE AND NONCANDIDATE COMMITTEE FUNDRAISERS.
Amends the definition of "fundraiser" under the election law relating to the notice of intent for fundraisers and fundraising events. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB723 HD1 SD1
Legislatively Appointed Bodies; Task Forces; Working Groups; Commissions; Special Committees; Sunshine Law
RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW.
Expands application of the State's sunshine law to legislatively appointed bodies, including task forces, working groups, commissions, special committees, and select committees. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
GVO, JDC |
SB1427 |
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HB724 SD1
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; State and County Contractors; State and County Grantees; Campaign Contributions; Prohibitions
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
Amends the prohibition against contributions to a candidate committee or noncandidate committee by state and county contractors to include state and county grantees and the owners, officers, and immediate family members of a state or county contractor or state or county grantee. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JDC |
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HB725
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Legislature; Bill of Rights; Public Advocate ($)
RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE.
Establishes the office of the public advocate. Establishes rights for members of the public with respect to the conduct and operation of the legislature and its members. Specifies procedures for the investigation and reporting of alleged violations of the rights. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA, FIN |
SB1423 |
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HB726
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Campaign Contributions; State Elected Officials; County Elected Officials; Legislative Sessions; Prohibition
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
Prohibits state and county elected officials from soliciting and accepting campaign contributions during any regular session or special session of the state legislature, including any extension of any regular session or special session and any legislative recess days, holidays, and weekends. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JDC |
SB1420 |
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HB727 HD1 SD1
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Campaign Funds; Permitted Uses
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
Disallows a ballot issue committee to donate surplus funds to a community service, educational, youth, recreational, charitable, scientific, or literary organization. Disallows the use of campaign funds to purchase up to two tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee. Allows a candidate, treasurer, or candidate committee to make contributions to another candidate in an amount of not more than $2,000 per election period. Takes effect 3/22/2075. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA, FIN |
SB1425 |
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HB728
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Counties; Ethics Boards; Grant-in-aid; Appropriation ($)
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COUNTY ETHICS.
Provides grants in aid to several counties' boards of ethics. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA, FIN |
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HB729
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Candidate Committees; Noncandidate Committees; Organizational Reports
RELATING TO CANDIDATE COMMITTEE AND NONCANDIDATE COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONAL REPORTS.
Requires the campaign spending commission to publish on its website the names of candidate committees and noncandidate committees who fail to properly file an organizational report. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB730
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Campaign Spending; Cash Contributions
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING CASH CONTRIBUTIONS.
Limits the amount of cash contributions a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee can accept in the aggregate in an election period to $100. Requires receipts for each contribution. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB731
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Campaign Spending Commission; Orders; Judgments; Enforcement of Judgments; Administrative Fines
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION ORDERS.
Provides that a person waives the right to a contested case hearing if the person fails to request a contested case hearing within twenty days of receipt of the commission's preliminary determination. Provides that a final order of the commission may be filed in the circuit court of the first circuit for confirmation as a civil judgment, enforceable and collectible as any other judgment issued in the circuit courts. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB732 HD1 SD1
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Campaign Spending Commission Package; Complaints; Campaign Spending Violations; Rebuttable Presumption
RELATING TO COMPLAINTS ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN SPENDING LAWS.
Allows the Campaign Spending Commission to treat a respondent's failure to explain or otherwise respond to a complaint alleging a violation of campaign spending laws as a rebuttable presumption that a violation has occurred. Provides that the respondent shall have thirty days from the mailing of the complaint to respond before the presumption arises. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JDC |
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HB733
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Campaign Spending Commission; Administrative Fines; Noncandidate Committees; Independent Expenditures
RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW.
Increases the amount of the fine for campaign spending law violations that may be assessed against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures and that has received at least one contribution of more than $10,000, or spent more than $10,000, in an election period. Allows the campaign spending commission to order that the payment of a fine assessed against a noncandidate committee, or any portion thereof, be paid from the personal funds of an officer of the noncandidate committee. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB734
Cannabis; Marijuana; Statutes; Criminal Laws; Offenses
RELATING TO CANNABIS.
Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes to replace the word "marijuana" and related terms with the term "cannabis" or related terms, as appropriate. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, COCHRAN, GATES, KAPELA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TODD |
HLT, JHA |
SB807 |
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HB735
Corporate Welfare; Phase Out; Interstate Compact
RELATING TO AN INTERSTATE COMPACT TO PHASE OUT CORPORATE WELFARE.
Adopts the Interstate Compact to Phase Out Corporate Welfare. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO |
ECD, CPC, FIN |
SB13 |
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HB736
Gender Equity; Wage Gap; Study; Department of Human Resources Development; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY.
Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Resources to contract for a study on the gender pay gap within the government of the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, Souza |
JHA, FIN |
SB873 |
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HB737
Hawaii Paroling Authority; Prisoners; Parole; Compliance Credits
RELATING TO RECIDIVISM REDUCTION.
Authorizes the Hawaii paroling authority to award credits to parolees for compliance with the terms and conditions of parole supervision that accordingly reduce the overall term of parole supervision. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, Martinez |
CMV, JHA |
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HB738
Submerged Reefs; Protection; Footwear; Prohibition
RELATING TO REEF PROTECTION.
Prohibits commercial operators of surfing tourism, instruction, and lesson companies from providing, or allowing the wearing of, footwear during lessons taking place on or above certain submerged reefs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, GATES, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM |
WAL, CPC |
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HB739 HD2
DOT; Rules; Motor Vehicles; Evidence of Registration; Certificate of Inspection
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS.
Requires the department of transportation to amend its administrative rules to allow motor vehicle owners whose motor vehicle registration and safety check are both expired to register their motor vehicle without first obtaining a certificate of inspection or obtain a certificate of inspection without first registering their motor vehicle. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AIU, GANADEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TODD, Amato |
TCA, JDC |
SB808 |
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HB740 HD1
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Minimum Monthly Benefits; Eligibility; Department of Human Services; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Establishes an additional minimum supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefit of $250 per month per person for SNAP-eligible households whose income is below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, as established by the United States Department of Agriculture. Requires that SNAP-eligible households whose monthly income exceeds two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level receive a graduated decline of additional SNAP benefits. Requires state general funds to be used to supplement the cost of the additional benefits. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, GANADEN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TODD, Belatti |
HUS, FIN |
SB940 |
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HB741 HD1
Civic Education; Department of Education; Resource Teacher; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CIVIC EDUCATION.
Appropriates funds to the department of education for the expansion of civic education in the public schools. Establishes two full-time equivalent permanent civic education resource teacher positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, GANADEN, GARRETT, KAPELA, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, Alcos, Belatti, Cochran |
EDN, FIN |
SB750 |
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HB742
Constitutional Amendment; Voting Age; State and Local Elections (ConAm)
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AMEND THE QUALIFYING AGE OF VOTERS FOR ANY STATE OR LOCAL ELECTION.
Proposes a constitutional amendment to lower the qualifying age of voters for any state or local election to sixteen years of age. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, SAYAMA, TAM |
JHA, FIN |
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HB743 HD1
Electric School Bus Pilot Program; DOE; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the department of education to establish an electric school bus pilot program to provide certain complex areas with ownership and control of electric school buses. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, CHUN, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TODD, WOODSON |
EDN, FIN |
SB378 |
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HB744 HD1
Booster Clubs; Audit; Department of the Attorney General
RELATING TO BOOSTER CLUBS.
Requires school booster clubs who raise more than $50,000 to be audited by the department of attorney general's tax and charities division on a regular basis. Requires the audited school booster club to reimburse the costs of the audit. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, GANADEN, KAPELA, TAM, Amato |
EDN, FIN |
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HB745
Equal Pay; Salary or Wage History; Employment
RELATING TO EQUAL PAY.
Conforms statutory prohibitions against wage discrimination with other prohibitions on employment discrimination. Clarifies allowable justifications for compensation differentials and remedies for pay disparity. Requires employers to disclose wage ranges to employees and prospective employees. Exempts wage disclosure and discussion from the prohibitions on employer retaliation or discrimination if knowledge of the wages stems from human resources, payroll, or legal professional responsibilities in the workplace. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, TODD |
LGO, JHA, FIN |
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HB746
Aquaculture Program; Transfer; Plant Industry Division; Animal Industry Division; Department of Agriculture
RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.
Transfers the rights, powers, functions, and duties of the department of agriculture plant industry division relating to the State's aquaculture program to the animal industry division. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, POEPOE, Gates, Tam |
AGR, FIN |
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HB747
CIP; Forty-sixth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-sixth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO |
FIN |
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HB748 HD2
PFAS; Food Packaging; Food Service Ware; Cosmetics; Personal Care Products; Prohibition
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
Beginning 12/31/2026, prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, distribution for sale, and distribution for use of any food packaging, food service ware, cosmetic, or personal care product that contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, with certain exceptions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, ICHIYAMA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON, Aiu |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
SB504 |
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HB749
Environmental Assessments; Historic Sites; Waikiki
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS.
Removes historic sites and the Waikiki special district from the requirement for environmental assessments under section 343-5, HRS. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
WAL, JHA |
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HB750
Dam and Reservoirs; Revolving Fund; Grant Program; Loan Program; Tax Credit; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO DAM AND APPURTENANCE SAFETY.
Establishes the dam and appurtenance loan and grant programs for plans, design, construction, and equipment that is used to improve deficient dams and appurtenances as determined by the Department of Land and Natural Resources and approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Specifies eligibility requirements for dam and appurtenance improvement grants. Establishes the dam and appurtenance improvement tax credit for expenditures for dam and appurtenance improvements that bring dams and appurtenances up to code. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WAL, FIN |
SB1064 |
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HB751
Juror; Qualifications; Felon; Conviction; Fully Discharged; Pardoned
RELATING TO JURORS.
Clarifies that a prospective juror is disqualified to serve as a juror if they have been convicted of a felony and have not been finally discharged, in addition to not being pardoned. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
JHA |
SB911 |
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HB752 HD1
Domestic Abuse Protective Orders; Nonresidents; Harassment; Temporary Restraining Orders
RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
Expands the jurisdiction for a petition for a domestic abuse protective order to be in the family court in which the nonresident is located; the respondent resides; the subject of a petition that is a minor, incapacitated person, or person who is physically unable to go to the appropriate place; or the domestic abuse occurred. Expands the jurisdiction for petitions for temporary restraining orders due to harassment to be in the district court in which the nonresident is located; the respondent resides; or the harassment occurred. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
JDC |
SB1267 |
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HB753 HD1
Income Tax Credit; Wind Resistance Retrofit; Hurricane Preparedness; Insurance; DCCA; DOTAX
RELATING TO AN INCOME TAX CREDIT.
Establishes a two-year nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses paid to retrofit a residence with wind resistive devices. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Sunsets 12/31/2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, AIU, AMATO, COCHRAN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHEM, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
SB709 |
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HB754 HD1
State Historic Preservation Division; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION.
Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources' state historic preservation division for a library digitization process and for the division's operations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WAL, FIN |
SB1031 |
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HB755 HD1
Department of Land and Natural Resources; Division of Aquatic Resources; Aquatic Nuisance Species; Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of a Vessel; Penalties
RELATING TO AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES.
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules to prevent and respond to the introduction of aquatic nuisance species from discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel and contemplate the relationship between the federal Vessel Incidental Discharge Act of 2018, as amended, and state law. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WTL/TCA, JDC |
SB468 |
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HB756 HD2
Sea Level Rise; Land Exchange; DLNR; Public Lands; Transfer of Development Rights; Sea Level Rise Relocation; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO LAND USE.
Requires the department of land and natural resources to prepare plans and a program to facilitate voluntary relocation of residential development away from areas at risk of sea level rise. Establishes the sea level rise relocation special fund. Allows the exchange of public land for private lands for the transfer of development rights or land exchanges to relocate private development away from high-risk areas. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
WTL/AEN, WAM |
SB1032 |
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HB757
Water Security Working Group; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Study; Capital Improvement Projects; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FRESH WATER SECURITY.
Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources a Water Security Working Group to study and recommend priority capital improvement projects for legislative consideration and approval that leverage public-private investment to increase Hawaii's water security. Makes an appropriation. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WAL/EEP, ECD, FIN |
SB1066 |
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HB758 HD1
DLNR; Protection; Recognition; Native Hawaiian Traditional and Customary Fishing Practices; Aquatic Resources
RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOMARY FISHING PRACTICES.
Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to issue special activity permits for the purpose of recognizing and protecting individuals exercising their Native Hawaiian traditional and customary rights. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, TARNAS |
WAL, JHA |
SB1036 |
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HB759
Commercial Fishing; Limited Entry Commercial Fisheries; Department of Land and Natural Resources
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL FISHING.
Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to establish limited entry commercial fisheries where appropriate or necessary to ensure certain commercial fisheries throughout the State remain healthy and sustainable while balancing the important economic role of commercial fisheries in the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE, TARNAS |
WAL, CPC |
SB1264 |
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HB760 HD1
Aquatic Resources; DLNR; Rulemaking Authority; Flexibility; Adaptive Management
RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES.
Expands the department of land and natural resources' rulemaking authority to include any rule deemed necessary to protect certain aquatic life. Expands the board of land and natural resources' authority to temporarily adopt, amend, or repeal certain natural resource rules by formal action at a publicly noticed meeting if the board finds that such adoption, amendment, or repeal is necessary to implement effective and adaptive management measures in response to new or previously benign aquatic nuisance species, in light of newly available technology, or in light of newly available data. Creates new fines for violations of rules pertaining to the department's prevention of or response to previously benign aquatic nuisance species. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE, TARNAS |
AEN/WTL, JDC/WAM |
SB1033 |
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HB761 HD1
DLNR; Coral Reef; Restoration; Habitat Enhancement; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES.
Appropriates funds for coral reef restoration and habitat enhancement efforts of the department of land and natural resources. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WAL, FIN |
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HB762
Water Use Permits; Board of Land and Natural Resources; Establish Positions; Repeal; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WATER USE PERMITS.
Repeals section 171-58, Hawaii Revised Statutes to eliminate the Board of Land and Natural Resources' power to issue water use permits. Establishes positions within the Commission on Water Resource Management. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
SB90 |
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HB763
Auditor; Performance Audit; Department of Land and Natural Resources; State Historic Preservation Division
RELATING TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION.
Requires the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Division. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WAL, FIN |
SB78 |
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HB764
Burial Sites; Coastal Erosion; State Historic Preservation Division; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO BURIAL SITES.
Establishes an inter-division program between the State Historic Preservation Division, Land Division, Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands, Island Burial Councils, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs that addresses the location, movement, and restoration of Hawaiian burial sites, or ‘iwi, exposed or likely to be exposed to coastal erosion. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
JHA/WAL, FIN |
SB734 |
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HB765
Fishponds; Restocking; Restoration; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FISHPONDS.
Appropriates funds to support the Department of Land and Natural Resources in restoring and restocking fishponds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WAL, FIN |
SB730 |
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HB766
State Historic Preservation Division; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Inventory; Burial Sites; Historic Properties; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to inventory historic properties and burial sites in the State, collect data on burial site locations, and conduct an archaeological surface survey. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WAL, FIN |
SB75 |
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HB767 HD1
Department of Land and Natural Resources; Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement; Law Enforcement; Accreditation; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to pursue and obtain accreditation for the Conservation and Resources Enforcement Program from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
EEP, FIN |
SB70 |
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HB768
Reuse Zones; Recycled Water; R-1 Water; Distance; Commission on Water Resource Management; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO REUSE ZONES.
Requires nonpotable water users and developers within a certain distance of wastewater treatment plants to use R-1 water. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WAL, FIN |
SB93 |
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HB769
Special Activity Permit; Aquatic Research
RELATING TO SPECIAL ACTIVITY PERMITS.
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to approve or deny an application for a special activity permit for aquatic research within ninety days from the date that it was submitted. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WAL, FIN |
SB94 |
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HB770
Coastal Zone Management; Sea Level Rise; Adaptation Strategies
RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.
Includes the establishment of a consistent and balanced framework for developing and implementing sea level rise adaptation strategies as an objective of the Coastal Zone Management Program. Includes the promotion of research, study, and understanding of the suitability and impacts of different sea level rise adaptation as a policy of the Coastal Zone Management Program. Includes the maintenance of a balance between public and private interests in implementing sea level rise adaptation and consideration of all appropriate sea level rise adaptations as policies of the Coastal Zone Management Program. Includes as a policy of the Coastal Zone Management Program that any construction on shoreline be allowed if it is determined to preserve, protect, or rehabilitate the beach of be considered vital development. Requires the County Planning Commission to allow proposed development within the shoreline area and within the sea level rise exposure area under certain circumstances. Prohibits any policy or guideline for setting special area use permit application procedures that has the effect of a rule without complying with the rulemaking process. Preempts any rule, policy, or guideline inconsistent with the Special Management Area Guidelines. Allows counties to require that shoreline setback lines be established at greater distances in certain circumstances. Provides that no variance be denied for maintenance, renovation, or repair of a lawful nonconforming structure with exceptions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
WAL, FIN |
SB69 |
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HB771
Shoreline Setbacks
RELATING TO SHORELINE SETBACKS.
Increases shoreline setback requirements. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, POEPOE |
WAL/EEP, JHA |
SB932 |
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HB772
Department of Land and Natural Resources; State Water Code; Reservoirs; Fire Safety
RELATING TO WATER.
Specifies, in the State Water Code, that fire safety use is a beneficial use of fresh water. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in consultation with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, to cooperate with the counties and reservoir owners to develop protocols and agreements for the use of reservoir waters for fire safety purposes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
WAL, FIN |
SB1065 |
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HB773
Director of Transportation; Civil Identification Cards; Biometric Identifiers
RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION.
Authorizes the acceptance, and allows applicants for civil identification cards to consent or dissent to the use, of biometric identifiers as documentary evidence of the applicant's identity for purposes of receiving a duplicate civil identification card. Requires the Director of Transportation to establish rules to regulate the use of biometric identifiers as a form of documentary evidence of an individual's identity. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO (Introduced by request of another party) |
TRN, JHA |
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HB774
Children; Contractors; Ethics; Rules; Penalties
RELATING TO PERSONS WORKING WITH CHILDREN.
Establishes rules of ethics applicable to persons who are contracted, subcontracted, assigned, delegated, ordered, appointed, or in any other act allowed by a state agency to work with children. Establishes additional procedures with respect to fees, candor and fairness before a tribunal, standards of proof, and a complaint filing process. Specifies that the contracts of any person who violates the rules of ethics are voidable on behalf of the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
LGO, HUS, JHA |
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HB775 HD1
Social Workers; Public Safety; Pilot Program; Law Enforcement Officers; Reports; Appropriation ($)
ESTABLISHING THE SOCIAL WORKERS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM.
Establishes a 5-year social workers for public safety pilot program in the department of public safety, or its successor agency. Authorizes social workers or human service professionals to accompany law enforcement officers in responding to incidents where a person may be unsheltered, substance addicted, or mentally impaired. Requires interim reports and a final report to the legislature. Appropriates funds for the pilot program, including positions. Sunsets 7/1/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HUS, FIN |
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HB776
Mental Health; Provisional Licensure; Marriage and Family Therapists; Mental Health Counselors; Psychologists; Licensed Clinical Social Workers; Insurance Reimbursement
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Establishes provisional or associate level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists. Authorizes insurance reimbursements for associate family therapists, associate mental health counselors, associate psychologists, and supervised social work interns, in certain circumstances. Allows psychologist license applicants to sit for the licensing examination before completing other requirements. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB778
DOH; Developmentally and Intellectually Disabled Persons; Task Force
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes a task force within the Department of Health to study issues relating to the accessibility and utilization of essential services by developmentally and intellectually disabled individuals in the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HLT, FIN |
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HB779
Child Protective Act; Family Court; Count-Appointed Attorneys; Indigent Parents
RELATING TO COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEYS.
Requires the court to appoint counsel to indigent parents upon the filing of a petition for custody or family supervision and make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parents. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, Belatti, Souza |
JHA |
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HB780
Kauhale Pilot Program; Homelessness; Lieutenant Governor; Working Group; Study
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Requires the office of the lieutenant governor to convene a working group to examine the feasibility of establishing and implementing a kauhale pilot program based on specified criteria to provide shelter and other services to homeless individuals in the State and to submit a report of the working group's findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, Kobayashi |
HSG/HLT, FIN |
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HB782 HD1
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Department of Human Services; Applications
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Authorizes health care providers, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and faith-based organizations to distribute supplemental nutrition assistance program applications to anyone interested in applying for program benefits. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
HUS, FIN |
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HB783
2023 Illegal Fireworks Task Force; Attorney General; Fireworks
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Establishes the 2023 illegal fireworks task force within the department of the attorney general to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control law; and ensure the safety and security of airports, harbors, and other facilities and institutions in the State against the discharge of illegal fireworks and explosives. Requires a report to the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS |
JHA, FIN |
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HB784
Food Safety; Task Force; Food Safety Modernization Act
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes a task force to review and recommend specific actions to ensure that Hawaii's food imports are sourced, transported, stored, and distributed in compliance with the federal Food Safety Modernization Act, and develop specific recommendations to ensure that all foods and brands imported into Hawaii do not mislead or confuse the public. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GATES, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, PERRUSO, TAM, Garcia |
AGR, FIN |
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HB785 HD1
DHS; Grant Writing; Capture Manager
RELATING TO GRANTS.
Authorizes the department of human services to appoint an existing employee to apply for and manage grants, request grant writing assistance from other state agencies, or contract or employ a dedicated capture manager for this purpose. Requires reports to the legislature. Effective 7/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HUS, FIN |
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HB786 HD1
Med-QUEST; Behavioral Health Services; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
Appropriates funds to the med-QUEST division of the department of human services (HMS401) for non-covered or under covered behavioral health services for med-QUEST beneficiaries. Effective 7/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HUS, FIN |
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HB787
Commission on Fiscal Responsibility; Taxation; Tax Policy
RELATING TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Establishes the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility within the Department of Taxation to review and make recommendations on expenditures, revenue enhancements, and tax policy. Requires a report to the Legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
ECD, FIN |
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HB788
DHS; Mobile Clinics; Homelessness; Ohana Zones; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Appropriates moneys for the Department of Human Services to purchase, staff, and operate 2 mobile clinics to serve homeless persons residing in ohana zones. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HLT/HSG, FIN |
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HB789
Child Abuse and Neglect; Mandatory Reporting; Members of the Clergy; Rules of Evidence; Privileged Communications
RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE REPORTING.
Amends the child abuse and neglect reporting requirement to specify that a member of the clergy shall not be required to report information gained solely during a penitential communication, unless exigent circumstances exist that justify disclosure of the abuse or neglect. Specifies that the general rule of privilege applicable to confidential communications made to a member of the clergy does not apply to communications relating to known or suspected child abuse or neglect when exigent circumstances exist that justify disclosure of the abuse or neglect. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
HUS, JHA |
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HB790
Digital Currency Companies; Licensure; Division of Financial Institutions ($)
RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE DIGITAL CURRENCY LICENSURE.
Establishes a program for the licensure, regulation, and oversight of digital currency companies. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, BELATTI |
CPC, FIN |
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HB791
Housing Assistance Program; Coordinator; Commission; Subsidies; Grants; Department of Human Services; Accessory Dwelling Units; Property Owners; Homelessness; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
Establishes the housing assistance program, to be carried out by the housing assistance program coordinator, within the department of human services to provide state grants and rental subsidies to private property owners who set aside, construct, or improve accessory dwelling units on their properties and rent the units to families or individuals who are homeless. Establishes the temporary housing assistance program commission and positions to support the housing assistance program. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2029. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM |
HSG/HLT, FIN |
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HB792 HD1
Minors; Circuit Courts; Criminal Proceedings; Sentencing
RELATING TO MINORS.
Grants a circuit court, when sentencing a minor for a criminal offense or adult convicted of a felony criminal offense that was committed before reaching the age of majority, the discretion to impose a sentence that includes a period of incarceration that is as much as fifty per cent shorter than any mandatory minimum and, in certain cases, decline to impose a mandatory enhanced sentence. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO |
JDC |
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HB793
Education; Seizure Safe Schools; Seizure Disorder Rescue Medication; School Employee Training; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Beginning January 1, 2025, authorizes public schools and public charter schools to have an employee trained to administer or assist with the self-administration of seizure disorder rescue medication, with certain exemptions. Authorizes all principals, guidance counselors, and teachers to perform an annual self-review of seizure disorder materials. Allows a seizure action plan for every diagnosed student to be established and distributed to employees charged with supervising the student. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD, Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Kobayashi, Souza |
HLT, EDN, FIN |
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HB795
Hawaii Penal Code; Justification; Self-Protection; Use of Force; Deadly Force
RELATING TO THE USE OF FORCE IN SELF-PROTECTION.
Repeals the duty to retreat or take over evasive action with respect to the use of deadly force as a justifiable means of self-protection. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, COCHRAN |
JHA |
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HB796
Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct; Constitutional Amendment; Legislators; Term Limits (ConAm)
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO ESTABLISH LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS.
Proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit a person from serving as a member of the legislature for more than sixteen years during the person's lifetime. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA, FIN |
SB1424 |
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HB797 HD1
Certified Public Accountants; Board of Public Accountancy; Practice Privilege; Substantial Equivalency
RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE.
Establishes procedures and eligibility criteria for a privilege to practice public accountancy in this State for public accountants and certified public accountants licensed in another state with comparable education, examination, and experience requirements. Subjects all holders of a practice privilege to the regulatory and enforcement jurisdiction of the board of public accountancy. Sunsets 6/30/2025. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
CPN |
SB727 |
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HB798 HD1
Nonprofit Organizations; GET; Exemption; Unrelated Trade or Business Activities
RELATING TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
Clarifies the GET exemption for unrelated trade or business activities of nonprofit organizations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
ECD, FIN |
SB950 |
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HB799
Rights Lost; Public Office; Offenses Against Public Administration
RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICE.
Prohibits persons convicted of certain felony offenses against public administration from becoming a candidate for or holding public office for a sufficient duration after the person's final discharge. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
SB1220 |
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HB800 HD1
Child Care Centers for Eligible Children of State Employees; Pilot Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CHILD CARE.
Requires the department of accounting and general services to establish and operate a child care center pilot program for eligible children of state employees, one in or near the state capitol and one in Kapolei. Appropriates funds. Repeals on 6/30/2028. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
LGO, HUS, FIN |
SB20 |
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HB801
EUTF; Board of Trustees; Holdover Trustee
RELATING TO HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.
Limits a holdover trustee's time in office to one hundred twenty calendar days after the trustee's term ends. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
LGO, FIN |
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HB802
Revision Bill
RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES OR THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, OR DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS.
Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes or the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, or deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
SB487 |
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HB803
Condominium; Fire Safety Equipment; Fire Safety Installation; Replacement Reserves
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.
Requires condominiums to include the estimated cost of fire safety equipment or installations as part of their estimated replacement reserves. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
CPC, FIN |
SB855 |
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HB804
Terrorist Screening Database; Terrorist Watch List; Firearms and Ammunition; Gun Permit Application Background Check
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Adds the requirement of notifying the Terrorist Screening Center administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of the gun permit application background check process. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
SB11 |
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HB805
Vital Statistics; Birth Certificate; Gender Marker
RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.
Beginning 1/1/2024, allows a qualified applicant to change their sex designation on their birth certificate. Establishes information required for an applicant to change their sex designation on their birth certificate. Requires the Department of Health to create and make available necessary forms beginning 7/1/2023. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HLT, JHA, FIN |
SB38 |
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HB806
Law Enforcement Activities; Recordings; Private Right of Action
RELATING TO RECORDINGS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
Establishes the right of persons to record law enforcement activities. Establishes a private right of action for violations of the right to record law enforcement activities. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
LGO, JHA, FIN |
SB39 |
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HB807
Discriminatory Reporting; Protected Class; Law Enforcement Officer; Civil Remedy
RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION.
Establishes provisions relating to civil remedies for discriminatory reporting to a law enforcement officer. Provides that a person who summons or reports to a law enforcement officer, without reason to suspect a crime, offense, or imminent danger has occurred or is occurring, because of that person's belief or perception involving a member of a protected class shall be civilly liable. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
LGO, JHA, FIN |
SB40 |
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HB808
Department of Transportation; Deputy Director of Highways; Advice and Consent
RELATING TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Requires the Deputy Director of Highways of the Department of Transportation to be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
TRN, JHA |
SB28 |
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HB809 HD1
Illegal Fireworks; DPS; DOT; Shipping Container Inspection Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Establishes and appropriates funds for the shipping container inspection program set to begin no later than December 1, 2023. Requires reports to the legislature on implementation of the shipping container inspection program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA, CPC, FIN |
SB37 |
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HB810
Criminal Procedure; Prosecution; Felonies; Complaint; Information; Preliminary Hearing; Grand Jury
RELATING TO THE INITIATION OF FELONY PROSECUTIONS.
Specifies that a person may be tried and sentenced for certain alleged felony offenses through the complaint and preliminary hearing process, indictment by grand jury, or by written information. Specifies that multiple attempts to initiate a felony prosecution for the same offense, either through the same initial charging method or an alternative method, or in different forums, shall not be permitted, except in certain circumstances. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
SB36 |
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HB811
Civil Legal Services; Judiciary; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES.
Appropriates funds for the Judiciary to purchase civil legal services for low- and moderate-income persons. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA, FIN |
SB35 |
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HB812 HD1
University of Hawaii; Hawaii Climate Smart Commodities Program; Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory; Center for Pacific Innovations, Knowledge, and Opportunities; Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; Coral Reefs; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for various university programs and projects. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI, PERRUSO |
HET, FIN |
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HB813
Penal Code; Public Sidewalks; Petty Misdemeanor
RELATING TO SIDEWALKS.
Establishes the petty misdemeanor offense of sitting or lying on a public sidewalk. Contains exceptions, including for expressive activities that are protected by the First Amendment, and for medical emergencies. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NISHIMOTO (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, JHA |
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HB814 HD1
Counties; Zoning; Religious Institutions; Educational Institutions; Medical Institutions; Nonprofit Organizations
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
Requires the counties to adopt ordinances by 7/1/2024 to allow religious institutions, educational institutions, and medical institutions to build housing units on land that the institutions own for purchase in fee simple or use by the institutions, their employees, or their contractors, regardless of current zoning restrictions. Requires institutions to own housing units for thirty years before offering the housing units for sale. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU, HASHIMOTO, KILA |
PSM/WTL/HOU, WAM |
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HB815
Counties; Affordable Housing; Inclusionary Zoning; Prohibition; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE COUNTIES.
Prohibits the counties from imposing inclusionary zoning requirements. Requires the counties to submit reports to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU, HASHIMOTO, KILA, Chun |
WAL, HSG, FIN |
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HB816 HD1
Government Contracts; Procurement; Protests
RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT.
Clarifies the deadline for submitting written protests that are based on the content of a solicitation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU, CHUN, KILA |
LGO, FIN |
SB1441 |
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HB817
Rent Reporting for Credit Pilot Program; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Rent Payment Information; Landlords; Tenants; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Establishes the rent reporting for credit pilot program within the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation, whereby which participant tenants may elect to have their rent payment information reported by participant landlords to consumer reporting agencies to generate and build credit. Requires a report to governor and legislature. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2027. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU, CHUN, HASHIMOTO, KILA, TAKENOUCHI |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
SB363 |
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HB818
Deaf and Blind Task Force; Kupuna Caucus; Health Insurance Coverage; Hearing Aids
RELATING TO HEARING AIDS.
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued on or after 01/01/2024 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months. Effective 01/01/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB609 |
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HB820 HD1
Transient Accommodations Tax; Transient Vacation Unit
RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.
Establishes a transient accommodations tax rate of twenty-five per cent for furnishing transient vacation units to transient occupants for less than thirty days. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, AMATO, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA |
TOU, FIN |
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HB821
Sale of Dogs, Cats, and Rabbits; Prohibited; Pet Dealers; Retail Pet Stores
RELATING TO THE SALE OF ANIMALS.
Prohibits pet dealers and retail pet stores in the State from selling, offering to sell, leasing, offering to lease, bartering, auctioning, or otherwise transferring ownership of any dog, cat, or rabbit. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, GATES, HOLT, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, TODD |
JHA |
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HB822 HD1
Director of Transportation; Highway Safety; Inspection; Motorcycles; Moratorium; Fees
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
Requires that motorcycles receive safety inspections once every 2 years instead of once every 12 months. Requires the director of transportation to adopt rules to increase to $25 the inspection fee for motorcycles. Establishes a 2-year moratorium on motorcycle certificates of inspection requirements. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN |
TRN, FIN |
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HB824 HD2 SD1
DCR; Hawaii Paroling Authority; Corrections; Medical Release Program
RELATING TO MEDICAL RELEASE.
Creates a medical release program within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for certain ill or impaired inmates who pose a low risk to public safety. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM, CHUN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, MIZUNO, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, Poepoe |
PSM, JDC |
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HB825 HD1
Deferred Compensation Retirement Plans; Income Tax Exclusion
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Excludes income received from deferred compensation retirement plans from the state income tax for taxpayers who meet certain income requirements. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, AMATO, BELATTI, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
ECD, FIN |
SB597 |
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HB826
State Traffic Code; Vehicles; Human Habitation; State Operated Public Parking Lots
RELATING TO THE STATE TRAFFIC CODE.
Permits the use of a vehicle for the purposes of human habitation in any public parking lot operated by a state department, subject to certain conditions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, Martinez |
HLT, JHA |
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HB827
DOE; Emergency Management; Outreach Plan; Disaster Preparedness
RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
Requires the DOE to develop and maintain a communication strategy and outreach plan for emergency management and disaster preparedness. Requires the DOE to provide updated information to parents and guardians about its communication strategy and outreach plan no later than thirty days after the beginning of each school year. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TODD |
WAL/EDN, FIN |
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HB828 HD1
Department of Education; Student Transportation; School Bus Program; Fares; Free or Reduced Price Lunch Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.
Requires the department of education to establish a student bus fare rate system to include free bus passes for students whose household qualifies the student for free or reduced price lunch under the free and reduced price lunch program. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
EDU, WAM |
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HB829
Child Protective Act; Family Court; Count-Appointed Attorneys; Indigent Parents
RELATING TO COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEYS.
Requires the court to appoint counsel to indigent parents upon the filing of a petition for custody or family supervision and make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parents. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, MARTEN, TARNAS |
JHA, FIN |
SB411 |
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HB830
Department of Education; Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind; Charter Schools; Deaf and Blind Task Force; Report
RELATING TO THE HAWAII SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND.
Requires the Department of Education to meet with Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind stakeholders and members of the Hawaii deaf community regarding the development of a plan to transition the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind to a conversion charter school. Requires a report to the Legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KOBAYASHI, AMATO, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD, Belatti |
EDN, FIN |
SB605 |
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HB831
Legislative Term Limits; Constitutional Amendment (ConAm)
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS.
Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of members of the legislature to a maximum of sixteen years in the house of representatives or senate, or both, for terms beginning after the general election of 2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KOBAYASHI, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TODD, Belatti, Tam |
JHA, FIN |
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HB832
Elections; Chief Election Officer; Voter Information Guide
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Requires the chief election officer to develop and distribute a voter information guide for all candidates running for state office, including candidates running for any trustee position of the office of Hawaiian affairs. Requires the office of elections to submit options for different voter information guides and their respective cost estimates to the legislature before the Regular Session of 2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KOBAYASHI, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, Martinez |
JHA, FIN |
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HB833
Tobacco Products; E-Liquid; Electronic Smoking Devices; Unlawful Shipment; License Fee; Retail Permit Fee
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes the criminal offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Amends the definition of "tobacco products" under the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law to include electronic smoking devices and e-liquids. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as wholesalers or dealers of cigarettes and tobacco products and the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Repeals state laws that establish and govern the Electronic Smoking Device Retailer Registration Unit within the Department of the Attorney General; provisions of the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law that govern delivery sales; and state law governing smoking that preempts and voids local ordinances and regulations conflicting with state law. Effective January 1, 2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KOBAYASHI, AMATO, CHUN, GANADEN, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS |
HLT, JHA, FIN |
SB975 |
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HB835
Gas Appliances; Prohibition; New Construction
RELATING TO GAS APPLIANCES.
Beginning 1/1/2025, prohibits the installation of gas appliances in new construction within the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO |
EEP, CPC |
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HB836
HHSC; Financial Sustainability Plan; Consultant; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.
Appropriates moneys to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to retain the services of a consultant to prepare a financial sustainability plan for the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and its member regions. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT, KAHALOA, MORIKAWA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, Amato |
HLT, FIN |
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HB837 HD1 SD2
State Plan; Green Infrastructure; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force; Report; Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE STATE PLAN.
Establishes green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines for state facility systems, infrastructure, transit projects, and other areas in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. Adds definition of "green infrastructure". Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in partnership with the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force, to submit a report to the Legislature making recommendations for implementing the green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines. Establishes full-time equivalent ( .0 FTE) policy analyst positions within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT, CHUN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA |
AEN/WTL, WAM |
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HB838 HD1 SD1
Social Services; Long-Term Care Commission; UH; Social Science Research Institute; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.
Reestablishes the Long-Term Care Commission within the University of Hawaii College of Social Sciences' Social Science Research Institute to identify further needed reforms of Hawaii's long-term care system. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD |
HHS/HRE, WAM |
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HB839
HHFDC; Affordable Housing; Housing Development; EIS; Preservation District; Conservation District
RELATING TO PROPOSED HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.
Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation or an eligible developer to prepare an environmental impact statement for any proposed housing project on lands zoned as preservation or conservation by the applicable county. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT (Introduced by request of another party) |
EEP/WAL, FIN |
SB644 |
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HB840
Residential Real Property Transactions; Mandatory Seller Disclosures; Shoreline Area; Erosion Control Structures
RELATING TO REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
When residential real property lies within the shoreline area, mandates the seller to include in the disclosure statement notification of all existing permitted and unpermitted erosion control structures on the parcel or on state land adjacent to the parcel, the annual coastal erosion rate, and the actual distance of the dwelling from the vegetation line for all sandy shoreline parcels. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS |
WAL, CPC |
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HB842
Board of Education; Department of Education; Kaiapuni Schools; Kindergarten Entry Assessment
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the board of education to adopt and the department of education to administer a kindergarten entry assessment in ‘Olelo Hawai‘i for Kaiapuni schools. Delays the administration of the kindergarten entry assessment in ‘Olelo Hawai‘i for Kaiapuni schools to the 2026-2027 school year. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
SB481 |
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HB843 HD1
Department of Education; Remote Schools; Categorical Funding; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Authorizes supplemental categorical funding for remote schools. Defines "remote school". Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, GANADEN, GARCIA, HASHEM, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TARNAS, TODD |
EDU, WAM |
SB153 |
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HB844 HD1
University of Hawaii Maui College; Office of International and Regional Partnerships; Study Abroad; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Maui college's office of international and regional partnerships for students to study abroad and for study abroad programs. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, BELATTI, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
HET, FIN |
SB155 |
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HB845
Board of Education; Community Forums; Public Meetings; Oral Testimony
RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Requires the Board of Education to hold not less than six community forums annually, with at least one community forum in each county. Requires the Board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the Legislature on implementing open forums. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD, Belatti, Matayoshi |
EDN, FIN |
SB156 |
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HB846 HD2
Education; Teachers; Interstate Compact
RELATING TO TEACHERS.
Enacts the interstate teacher mobility compact to reduce the barriers to teacher license portability and employment. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, ICHIYAMA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD, Belatti, Kobayashi |
EDN, FIN |
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HB847 HD1
Hiking Trails; Search and Rescue; Trespassing; Reimbursement; Signage
RELATING TO SEARCH AND RESCUE.
Requires government entities to seek reimbursement for all or a portion of search or rescue expenses for persons who require rescue after leaving a hiking trail to enter an area closed to the public or hiking on a trail closed to the public, with a sign giving notice of the closure. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MATAYOSHI, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, Chun |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB849
Pet Store Operator; Dogs; Cats; Rabbits; Limitations on Sale
RELATING TO ANIMALS.
Prohibits a pet store operator from selling a dog, cat, or rabbit unless the dog, cat, or rabbit was obtained from certain humane sources. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TARNAS |
AGR, JHA |
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HB850 HD2
Department of Education; Trauma-informed Education Pilot Program; Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Within the department of education formally establishes the trauma-informed education pilot program. Appropriates funds for one twelve-month complex area trauma-informed resource teacher permanent position and one district educational specialist II permanent position for the Castle-Kahuku complex area. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TODD |
EDU, WAM |
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HB851
Highway Safety; Motor Vehicle Inspections
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS.
Lengthens the time period in which certain vehicles must have a safety inspection. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, AIU, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LOWEN, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TODD |
TRN, JHA |
SB1199 |
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HB852 HD1 SD1
Enterprise Zones; Eligibility; Eligible Business Activities; Renewable Energy
RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES.
Amends the definition of "eligible business activity" to include the processing of value-added agricultural products grown within an enterprise zone and the development or production of renewable energy. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, BELATTI, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, ONISHI, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TODD |
EET, WAM |
SB817 |
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HB853
Business Establishments; Shopping Carts; Similar Devices; Regulation
RELATING TO BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS.
Adds a new chapter to the HRS to establish a system of regulatory controls for shopping carts and similar devices to prevent unauthorized removal from business establishments; provide for prompt retrieval when lost, stolen, or abandoned; require business owners to take certain specified actions to deter, prevent, or mitigate the removal of these devices from their premises and to retrieve any removed devices; and to prevent the continued possession of unlawfully removed shopping carts and similar devices and the accumulation of these devices on publicly or privately owned property. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, AIU, GATES, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI |
ECD, JHA |
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HB854 HD1
Dislocated Workers; Worker Retention; Divestiture; Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO DISLOCATED WORKERS.
Establishes provisions regarding the retention of employees by a successor employer when the divestiture of a covered establishment occurs. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, GARRETT |
LGO, FIN |
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HB855 HD1
General Excise Tax Exemption; Diapers
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.
Establishes a general excise tax exemption for the gross proceeds or income from the manufacture, production, packaging, and sale of diapers. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
HLT, ECD, FIN |
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HB856
Four day work week; state employees, traffic reduction.
RELATING TO FOUR DAY WORK WEEKS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
Directs state departments to implement four day, forty hour work weeks. Addresses worker concerns of traffic congestion, commuting concerns, and work life balance. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, AMATO |
LGO, JHA, FIN |
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HB857
Corporate Income Tax Repeal
RELATING TO CORPORATE INCOME TAX.
Repeals the Corporate Income Tax Statues as a means of encouraging business investment and growth in the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK |
ECD, FIN |
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HB858
Taxation; Income Tax Rates.
RELATING TO INCOME TAX REDUCTION.
Decreases the tax burden on workers by reducing the income tax rate by three per cent for all but top brackets of income earned. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK |
ECD, FIN |
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HB859
Extending the renewable energy standards timeline and goal.
RELATING TO EXTENDING THE RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION TIMELINE AND GOAL.
Extends the renewable energy standards timeline and reduces the percentage goal to allow for firm energy production as a part of a resilient statewide system. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB860
Legal age for tobacco use and possession; Raise legal age.
RELATING TO TOBACCO.
Raises legal age for tobacco use and possession from twenty-one to twenty-five. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK |
HLT, JHA |
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HB861
Corrections; Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission; DPS; Correctional Facilities; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.
Requires the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission to oversee the development or expansion of new or existing correctional facilities. Prohibits moneys for construction or other capital expenditures from being requested in the executive budget process or expended unless the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission has approved the project. Appropriates moneys to and authorizes staff positions for the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission to perform expanded oversight duties. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Public Safety to begin planning new or redeveloped correctional facilities in each county. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, Kobayashi |
CMV, JHA, FIN |
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HB862 HD1
Judicial Review; Minimum Terms; Imprisonment
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
Allows for judicial review of orders fixing minimum terms of imprisonment. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, Belatti |
JHA, FIN |
SB977 |
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HB863
Criminal Prosecution; Charges; Initiation; Use of Multiple Methods; Double Jeopardy
RELATING TO INITIATION OF PROSECUTION.
Specifies that a subsequent attempt to prosecute a felony using an alternative charging method, after the first attempt has failed, shall not be permitted unless certain conditions are met. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GATES, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAIKI, TARNAS |
JHA, FIN |
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HB864 HD1
Judiciary; Juvenile Justice; Family Court; Pilot Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
Establishes and appropriates moneys for a four-year Pacific cultural court pilot program in the family court of the first circuit. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, POEPOE, TARNAS, TODD, Cochran, Martinez |
JHA, FIN |
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HB865
DAGS; Department of Public Safety; State Capitol; Washington Place; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL.
Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services, in consultation with the Legislature and appropriate agencies, to develop and implement an enhanced security plan for the state capitol. Appropriates moneys for enhanced security measures and security improvements. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA, GARCIA, WARD, Garrett |
LMG/JHA, FIN |
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HB866
State Employers; State Employees; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYERS.
Requires state employers to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillator training to each of the employer's employees. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA |
LGO, HLT, FIN |
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HB867
Commercial Sexual Exploitation; Sex Trafficking; Prevention and Response; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION.
Requires the posting of informational placards on sex trafficking and resources available to victims, in public buildings and at other specified locations, and the development of a model placard by the Department of Human Services. Requires the Department of Education to train teachers, school administrators, and other school personnel on the dynamics of sex trafficking and strategies for prevention and response. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to develop and implement public education and outreach events on the dynamics of sex trafficking and the importance of community involvement in prevention and response efforts. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA, COCHRAN, MARTEN, PIERICK |
HUS, EDN/JHA, FIN |
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HB868
Sexual Assault; Felony; Sentencing
RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.
Makes sexual assault in the fourth degree a class C felony. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA, MARTEN, Garcia |
JHA |
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HB869
Medical Examiners; County Coroners
RELATING TO CORONERS.
Requires the mayor of each county to appoint, and the county council or city council to confirm, a county medical examiner. Provides that the medical examiner for each county shall serve as the county's coroner. Makes conforming amendments. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA, COCHRAN, MARTEN, PIERICK, Garcia |
HLT, LGO, JHA |
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HB871 HD1
Deaf and Blind Task Force; Emotional Support Animal; Disclaimer; Service Animal; Penalties
RELATING TO SERVICE ANIMALS.
Requires that a written disclaimer be provided by sellers or providers of emotional support animals or certificates or identification tags for emotional support animals that the animal is not a service animal or the item does not qualify as an item for a service animal. Establishes penalties. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, ONISHI, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, Belatti, Kobayashi, Martinez, Poepoe, Tam |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB612 |
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HB872 HD1 SD1
Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership; Executive Office on Aging; Department of Health; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP.
Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging of the Department of Health for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
HHS, WAM |
SB1419 |
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HB873
University of Hawaii Promise Program; Scholarships; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM.
Provides scholarships for the unmet needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaii campus who meet certain eligibility criteria. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii promise program. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HET, FIN |
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HB874 HD2
Collective Bargaining; Graduate Assistants; University of Hawaii; Community College System
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate assistants employed by the University of Hawaii and community college system. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, WOODSON |
LGO, HET, FIN |
SB394 |
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HB875 HD1
Hawaii Teacher Apprenticeship Program; Hawaii Teacher Apprenticeship Program Special Fund; Established; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Establishes and appropriates funds for the Hawaii teacher apprenticeship program to support, recruit, develop, and retain teachers for Hawaii public schools. Establishes the Hawaii teacher apprenticeship program special fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
EDU, WAM |
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HB876 HD2
University of Hawaii; Native Pollinator Habitat Pilot Project; Appropriations
RELATING TO NATIVE POLLINATORS.
Requires the University of Hawaii to develop and implement a two-year native pollinator habitat pilot project to be deployed at the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus and the University of Hawaii at Hilo campus. Appropriates funds for a technician position, student help, and supplies for each campus site. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAM, WOODSON, Cochran |
WAL, HET, FIN |
SB1012 |
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HB877 HD1
UH; Law School; Hawaiinuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge; Prison Reform; Hookaulike; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
Establishes the Hookaulike: A Criminal Legal System Institute for Restoration and Healing, at the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson school of law. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, POEPOE, TODD, Cochran, Martinez |
HRE/JDC, WAM |
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HB878
CIP; Twenty-seventh Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-seventh representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI |
FIN |
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HB879 HD1
Child Protective Act; Foster Care; Grandparents; Safe Family Home; Relative Placement Preference; Written Response; Service Plan; DHS
RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT.
Clarifies the purpose of the child protective act. Allows certain contact between grandparents and a child in foster care. Includes grandparents under the definition of "family". Expands the factors to be considered when providing a child with a safe family home to include evaluations conducted by a domestic violence service provider with certain specialized training. Requires foster placement preference to be given to approved relatives, if it is in the best interest of the child. Establishes written response requirements for DHS to a complainant after child abuse or neglect investigation. Requires a service plan to include an evaluation or assessment of parents by a domestic violence service provider in cases of alleged or confirmed domestic violence. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI |
HUS, JHA, FIN |
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HB880 HD1
Data Collection; Police Stops; Arrests; Uses of Force; Report
RELATING TO POLICING.
Requires each county police department to collect, report, and publicly publish certain data regarding police stops, arrests, uses of force, and trends. Effective 12/1/23. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TODD |
PSM, JDC |
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HB881
Department of Land and Natural Resources; Beaches; Commercial Beach Equipment; Presetting; Removal
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON BEACHES.
Prohibits any person from presetting commercial beach equipment on any public beach under the jurisdiction of the department of land and natural resources, unless the customer is physically present. Requires commercial vendors to expeditiously remove commercial beach equipment after the customer has finished using it. Allows the department of land and natural resources to grant exemptions through rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Establishes administrative fines for violations. Pertains only to public beaches and does not include private lands, including accreted lands. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAM |
WAL, JHA |
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HB882
Substance Abuse Disorder; Addiction Recovery Care; Working Group
RELATING TO ADDICTION RECOVERY CARE.
Establishes the addiction recovery care working group to help the counties become recovery-ready. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MORIKAWA, AMATO, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS |
HLT, FIN |
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HB883 HD1
DOH; Mobile Clinics; Medication-assisted Treatment; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Appropriates funds to the department of health to operate mobile clinics providing medication-assisted treatment throughout the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MORIKAWA, AMATO, BELATTI, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI |
HHS, WAM |
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HB885 HD1
Emergency Examination and Hospitalization; Assisted Community Treatment; Statewide Education and Training; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Appropriates funds to the department of health to develop and implement statewide media, education, and training activities for policies related to emergency examination and hospitalization and assisted community treatment for those in need of mental health intervention. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HOLT, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTINEZ, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS |
HLT, FIN |
SB987 |
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HB886 HD1
Home Mortgage Interest Deduction; Income Tax
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Eliminates the home mortgage interest deduction for second homes under Hawaii income tax law. Sunsets on 7/1/2028. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, TODD |
HSG, ECD, FIN |
SB924 |
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HB887
General Excise Tax; Medical Services, Exemption
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTION FOR MEDICAL SERVICES.
Exempts medical services from the general excise tax. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
HLT, FIN |
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HB888
DOE; Opioid Antagonist; Classrooms; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.
Requires each Department of Education classroom to be equipped with an opioid antagonist. Requires the Department of Education to train employees on opioid-related drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response and opioid antagonist administration. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
EDN, HLT, FIN |
SB665 |
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HB889
2023 Illegal Fireworks Task Force; Attorney General; Fireworks
RELATING TO ILLEGAL FIREWORKS TASKFORCE.
Establishes the 2023 illegal fireworks task force within the department of the attorney general to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control law; and ensure the safety and security of airports, harbors, and other facilities and institutions in the State against the discharge of illegal fireworks and explosives. Requires a report to the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
JHA, FIN |
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HB890
Hawaii Real Property Tax Law; Income Taxation; Residential Real Property; Nonresidents
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Amends the taxes withheld on the amount realized by nonresidents from the disposition of Hawaii residential real property from 7.25% to 75%. Applies to real estate dispositions that occur on or after 9/15/2023. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
WAL, CPC, FIN |
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HB891
Prohibition on Gender Reassignment Surgeries for Minors.
RELATING TO GENDER TRANSITION SURGERY.
Prohibits the performance of gender reassignment surgeries on minors. Establishes a Class A felony for those who perform gender reassignment surgeries on minors. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
HLT, JHA, FIN |
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HB892 HD2 SD1
Small Boat Harbors; DLNR; Boating Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.
Appropriates funds out of the Boating Special Fund for      full-time equivalent positions under the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide security at small boat harbors statewide. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, PERRUSO, POEPOE, WOODSON |
WTL/PSM, WAM |
SB1127 |
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HB893
Condominium Associations; Planned Community Associations; Authorized Resident Vehicles; List
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
Requires condominium associations and planned community associations that have a service agreement with a towing company to maintain and provide to the towing company a "do not tow" list of authorized resident vehicles. Prohibits authorized vehicles that are on the "do not tow" list from being towed, unless authorized by certain individuals. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, PERRUSO, WOODSON, Belatti, Ganaden |
CPC, JHA |
SB1147 |
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HB894
State Waters; Whales; Boats; Vessels; Speed; Restrictions
RELATING TO WHALES.
Places certain requirements and speed restrictions on the operation of water vessels in proximity to humpback whales. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
WAL, JHA |
SB1142 |
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HB895 HD1
Sustainability; Integrated Solid Waste Management; Organic Waste Diversion
RELATING TO ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION.
Updates the State's integrated solid waste management goals and priorities to include organic waste diversion. Requires the counties to incorporate organic waste diversion into their respective integrated solid waste management plan. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA |
EEP, FIN |
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HB896 HD1
Department of Education; Photovoltaic Panels; Playgrounds ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Requires the Department of Education to assess its facilities and provide the legislature with a list of priority facilities in each county at which the installation of renewable energy systems on school facilities would provide the most benefit, provide a list of priority play areas on school campuses in each county that are most in need of covered play areas to protect children from over-exposure to heat and ultraviolet rays, and assess and report on the feasibility of including renewable energy systems on play area covers on school campuses. Requires a report to the legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, Takenouchi |
EDU, WAM |
SB1125 |
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HB897 HD1
Autism; Home and Community-based Services; Medicaid; Ann and Kelii's Law; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Task Force; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes a joint task force to review policy issues and opportunities relating to the navigation, access, and coverage of medicaid services by individuals with autism or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and make a recommendation on whether a waiver or other approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is necessary to ensure accessibility of certain services for individuals with autism or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, KITAGAWA, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
SB713 |
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HB898
Liquor Tax; Surcharge
RELATING TO LIQUOR.
Establishes a three-year surcharge on the liquor tax. Repeals 06/30/2026. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, MIZUNO |
ECD, CPC, FIN |
SB676 |
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HB900
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Department of Health; Department of Human Services; Special Fund; Task Force ($)
RELATING TO FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS.
Establishes the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders special fund, to be administered by the department of human services, and which shall consist of federal funds and interest earned on those funds. Establishes a temporary fetal alcohol spectrum disorders task force within the department of health for administrative purposes. Requires a report to the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, KITAGAWA, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
SB714 |
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HB901
Captive Aquatic Mammals; Display; Exhibition; Prohibition
RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF AQUATIC MAMMALS.
Prohibits the display of aquatic mammals in the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, GANADEN, KAPELA, PERRUSO |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB902
Department of Defense; State Activation; Active Duty Military Pay; Basic Allowance for Housing; Service Credit
RELATING TO ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY ENTITLEMENTS.
Requires the State to pay, without delay, military personnel called to active duty at the same rate as their active duty counterparts; provide basic housing allowance; provide service credit for time on active duty; and allow state and county employees to count the time called to active duty in the State toward retirement. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM, CHUN, GANADEN, ICHIYAMA, TAKAYAMA |
CMV, LGO, FIN |
SB1161 |
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HB903
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency; Department of Defense; Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CIVIL AIR PATROL.
Appropriates funds for operational expenses of the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM, CHUN, GANADEN, ICHIYAMA, MORIKAWA, TAKAYAMA |
CMV, FIN |
SB1163 |
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HB904
Jury Duty; Exemptions; Hawaii Emergency Management Agency; County Emergency Management Agencies
RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM JURY DUTY.
Exempts active members of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and county emergency management agencies from jury duty. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM, CHUN, ICHIYAMA, Ganaden |
JHA, FIN |
SB1157 |
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HB905 HD1
Sustainable Groundwater Yields; Model; University of Hawaii; Commission on Water Resource Management
RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER YIELDS.
Requires the University of Hawaii, in consultation with the commission on water resource management, to develop a scope of work and cost analysis to complete a flexible groundwater model that proposes methods for determining the needs of traditional and customary Native Hawaiian practices, climate change projections, and groundwater dependent ecosystems. Requires a joint report to be submitted to the legislature by 11/1/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, PERRUSO, Tam |
HRE/WTL/HWN, WAM |
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HB906
Commission on Water Resource Management; Water Audit
RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to conduct an audit of the State's surface water transmission systems. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, CHUN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, PIERICK, TAM, TODD |
WAL, FIN |
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HB908 HD2 SD1
Conveyance Tax; Land Conservation Fund
RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND.
Amends the maximum amount of conveyance tax revenues allocated to the Land Conservation Fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, PERRUSO, TODD |
WTL, WAM |
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HB909 HD1
County of Maui; Water Conservation; Water Neutrality Turf Replacement; Grant-in-aid; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WATER CONSERVATION.
Establishes a two-year water neutrality turf replacement pilot program in the county of Maui department of water supply to provide financial incentives to replace irrigated turf with turf or other plants that use less water. Requires a report to the legislature by 11/1/2025. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, PIERICK, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
WAL, ECD, FIN |
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HB910
Aquatic Life; Harvesting; Commercial Aquarium Purposes
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
Prohibits the harvesting of aquatic life for commercial aquarium purposes, regardless of the method of collection. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KAPELA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, Chun |
WAL, JHA |
SB505 |
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HB911
CIP; Seventh Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the seventh representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
FIN |
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HB912
Firearms; Lending; Firearm Permit; Firearm Registration
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Prohibits a person from lending a firearm to a person who does not have a firearm permit or does not have a registered firearm. Requires an adult who is borrowing a firearm to have either a firearm permit or a registered firearm, and not be prohibited to own or possess a firearm. Specifies that an adult who is twenty-one years of age or older may be lent a rifle or shotgun for a period not to exceed twelve hours. Repeals the authorization to use a rifle or shotgun outside of the State for up to seventy-five days. Repeals the authorization to lend a rifle or shotgun without a permit. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
JHA |
SB923 |
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HB913 HD2
NELHA; Duties; Board of Directors
RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY.
Amends the statutory duties of the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority. Requires the authority to conduct certain activities in a culturally sensitive and environmentally appropriate manner and to engage in community outreach and education. Amends the authorized composition of the authority's board. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, HOLT |
EET/HWN, WAM |
SB1489 |
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HB914 HD1 SD1
Care Facilities; Unlicensed Care Facilities; Uncertified Care Facilities; Complaint Allegations; Landlord Exclusion; Special Treatment Centers; Inspections; DOH
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Repeals existing law that requires the Department of Health to conduct unannounced visits and inspections, including inspections for relicensing or recertification, of state-licensed special treatment facilities. Requires the Department of Health to prioritize investigations of complaints against state-licensed or state-certified care facilities based on the degree of severity of the allegations. Clarifies that any person, corporation, or any other entity that provides health care or human services is prohibited from knowingly referring or transferring patients to an uncertified or unlicensed care facility. Repeals existing law providing that a landlord shall not be deemed to be providing home care services or operating a care facility that requires a license under specified conditions. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, Kobayashi |
HHS, CPN/JDC |
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HB915
Pesticide; Department of Health; Agriculture; Disclosure
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires certain commercial agricultural entities to issue annual public reports regarding their pesticide use. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, POEPOE, TAM |
AGR/HLT, CPC |
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HB916 HD1
Needs Allowance; Long-term Care Facilities; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES.
Increases the monthly needs allowance from $50 to an unspecified amount. Clarifies that the needs allowance is not intended to replace or affect funds received from the federal supplemental security income program. Requires certain long-term care facility operators to pay for generic toiletries, linens, and meals and snacks. Requires the department of human services to perform an annual review of the needs allowance. Appropriate funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, Belatti, Garrett |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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HB917
DBEDT; Sports; Sporting Events; Task Force
RELATING TO SPORTS.
Establishes the Hawaii Sports Task Force within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to plan and coordinate efforts to secure and maintain Hawaii as a host location for major sporting and sports entertainment events at Aloha Stadium and other locations in the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, BELATTI, GATES, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, WARD, Amato |
ECD/TOU, FIN |
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HB918
Gambling; Poker; Sportsbook; Gaming; Legalization ($)
RELATING TO GAMING.
Authorizes a 10-year license for 1 poker and sportsbook gaming facility in a special district designated for tourism in a county with over 500,000 residents that is not in a hotel. Allows admission for individuals 21 years of age or older who register to stay at a hotel on Oahu and pay an annual fee. Establishes the Hawaii gaming control commission. Imposes wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates the state gaming fund and compulsive gambler program. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, HOLT |
ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN |
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HB919 HD1
University of Hawaii; Residence for Tuition Purposes
RELATING TO RESIDENCE FOR TUITION PURPOSES.
Requires the tuition residency rules for the University of Hawaii to grant the resident tuition fee for enrollment at any University of Hawaii campus, including any community college, to adult or minor students who have obtained a Hawaii high school diploma or equivalent credential and are working toward their first undergraduate degree, under certain conditions. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ILAGAN, PERRUSO |
HET, FIN |
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HB920 HD1
Hawaii State Building Codes; Counties; County Building Code; Adopt
RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE BUILDING CODE.
Allows the counties to adopt a county building code for single-family dwellings, additional dwellings, duplexes, and non-commercial structures that has an unspecified amount of square feet of living area and is distinct from the Hawaii state building codes. Sunsets 6/30/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ILAGAN, HASHIMOTO, SAYAMA |
HOU/PSM, CPN |
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HB921 HD1
Environmental Crimes Unit; Motor Vehicle Tire Disposal; Petty Misdemeanor; Motor Vehicle Tire Surcharge; Environmental Management Special Fund; Department of Health; Department of the Attorney General; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES.
Establishes the Environmental Crimes Unit within the Department of the Attorney General. Makes the disposal of motor vehicle tires in violation of State law governing recovery of used motor vehicle tire recovery a petty misdemeanor. Establishes a $1 motor vehicle tire surcharge to be imposed on every replacement tire installed on a motor vehicle in the State after 9/30/2023. Requires tire retailers and tire wholesalers who install replacement tires to pay the surcharge to the Department of Health. Requires the Department of Health to deposit the revenues into the Environmental Management Special Fund. Allows the Department of Health to use the Environmental Management Special Fund to fund the Environmental Crimes Unit. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, AIU, CHUN, GARRETT, GATES, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO |
EEP, JHA, FIN |
SB1039 |
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HB922
Workers' Compensation; Entitlement; Rate of Compensation; Weekly Benefits; Partially Dependent Parents
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Increases the percentage rate of weekly workers' compensation benefits for partially dependent parents of a deceased child from twenty-five per cent to fifty per cent. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AMATO, COCHRAN, WOODSON |
LGO, FIN |
SB1115 |
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HB924
Construction Projects; Building Professionals; Exemption
RELATING TO BUILDING INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS.
Amends the exemption from the requirement that plans and specifications for construction projects be prepared and construction observed by a licensed engineer, architect, or landscape architect to be determined by floor area of work rather than estimated cost. Exempts one- or two-storied structures that are used primarily as a residence from such requirements. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO |
CPC, FIN |
SB1461 |
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HB925
Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Rental Housing Revolving Fund; Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Loans; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Requires that funds from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund be used to provide zero interest loans or grants to certain buyers and aid certain existing-for sale projects that have received funds from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. Appropriates funds to the Rental Housing Revolving Fund and the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. Allocates funds out of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund and the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund for certain purposes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU |
HSG, FIN |
SB1171 |
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HB926
Elimination of down payment requirements on homes for eligible Hawaii residents.
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMEOWNERSHIP INCENTIVES.
Abolishes down payment requirements for eligible Hawaii residents purchasing their first home. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, Alcos, Garcia |
HSG, ECD, FIN |
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HB927
Energy; Fusion; HSEO; Future Fusion Task Force
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Establishes within the Hawaii State Energy Office the future fusion task force to promote the use of fusion as an energy source in the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, ALCOS, COCHRAN, GANADEN, KAPELA, MARTEN, PIERICK |
EEP, FIN |
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HB928
OHA; Ceded Lands; Pro Rata Share
RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST REVENUES.
Requires that all moneys in the pro rata portion of the Public Land Trust be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, ALCOS, GARCIA, PIERICK |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB929
Prohibition on foreign interests owning real estate; national security.
RELATING TO REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Prohibits the ownership of holding of real estate interests in land within two miles of federal land by foreign individuals, entities, or governments. Institutes a reciprocal ban on foreign individuals, entities, or governments where Americans are forbidden from owning real estate abroad. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, ALCOS, GARCIA, PIERICK |
WAL, CPC, JHA |
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HB930
Bicycles; Traffic Safety; Right Turn Only Lanes
RELATING TO TRAFFIC.
Permits a bicyclist to proceed through an intersection from a right turn only lane if they cannot safely merge into the traffic lane. Permits a bicyclist to proceed in a right turn only lane when approaching an intersection, even if they do not intend to turn right; provided that they do not pass a stopped vehicle and that they exercise reasonable safety when passing a moving vehicle. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD, ALCOS |
TRN, JHA |
SB656 |
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HB931
Menstrual Equity; Menstrual Products; Department of Accounting and General Services; Public Buildings; Restrooms; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS.
Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to provide menstrual products at no cost in specified restrooms of public buildings maintained by that department. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
HLT, FIN |
SB891 |
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HB932 HD1
Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit; Taxation
RELATING TO THE MOTION PICTURE, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND FILM PRODUCTION INCOME TAX CREDIT.
Changes the total amount of motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credits allowed per year from $50,000,000 to an unspecified amount. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, BELATTI, CHUN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HOLT, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, Amato, Kobayashi |
ECD, FIN |
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HB934
Education; Seizure Safe Schools; Seizure Disorder Rescue Medication; School Employee Training; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Beginning 1/1/2024, requires public schools, private schools, and public charter schools to have an employee trained to administer or assist with seizure disorder rescue medication. Requires all principals, guidance counselors, and teachers to perform self-study review of seizure disorder materials annually. Requires a seizure action plan for every diagnosed student and distribution of the plan to employees charged with supervising the student. Requires an annual age-appropriate seizure education program to be provided to all students. Exempts schools that do not have a student with a seizure disorder. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, AMATO, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD |
HLT, EDN, FIN |
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HB935
General Excise Tax; Hearing Aids; Exemption; Deaf and Blind Task Force
RELATING TO HEARING AIDS.
Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received from the sale of hearing aids. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HLT/ECD, FIN |
SB606 |
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HB936 HD1
Department of Education; Financial Literacy; Personal Transition Plan; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires the department of education to include financial literacy in the personal transition plan requirement for each student. Appropriates funds for the establishment of a position dedicated to financial literacy within the department of education. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, AIU, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
EDU, WAM |
SB850 |
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HB937
Rental Motor Vehicles; Zero-emission Vehicles; Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Requires lessors of rental motor vehicles to incorporate zero emission vehicles or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or both, into the lessor's rental motor vehicle fleets. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
SB973 |
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HB938
On-site Early Childhood facilities; Tax credit; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TAX CREDIT FOR ON-SITE EARLY CHILDHOOD FACILITIES.
Establishes an income tax credit for employers who create on-site early childhood facilities. Establishes and appropriates funds for 1.0 FTE on-site early childhood facility coordinator position.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023.  Takes effect on 7/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, COCHRAN, GARCIA, NAKASHIMA, WARD |
HUS, FIN |
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HB939 HD1
Individual Housing Account; Contribution Level; Maximum Account Level
RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSING ACCOUNT PROGRAM.
Amends the individual housing account laws to increase the contribution levels and maximum account levels. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, GARCIA, WARD |
HSG, ECD, FIN |
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HB940
Creating a Local Housing Market
RELATING TO CREATING A LOCAL HOUSING MARKET.
Establishing a Local Housing Market that is tied to the Hawaii State resident's incomes, and not the global economy. Thus, providing housing options that are affordable relative to wages for residents of the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, PIERICK |
HSG, ECD, FIN |
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HB941
Governor; State Chief Operating Officer ($)
RELATING TO A STATE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.
Establishes the State Chief Operating Officer to assist the Governor in developing and recommending policies beneficial to businesses and to increase economic development. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, GARCIA, NAKASHIMA, PIERICK, WARD |
LGO, FIN |
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HB942 HD2
Critical Emergency Response; DOE; Charter Schools; Safety; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE.
Requires each department of education school and public charter school to establish a critical emergency response team. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, AMATO, GARCIA |
EDU, WAM |
SB830 |
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HB943 HD1
SPRB; Honokaa Land Company ($)
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO HONOKAA LAND COMPANY, LLC.
Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Honoka‘a Land Company, LLC, with acquiring, developing, and renovating agricultural facilities. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, LAMOSAO, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA |
ECD, FIN |
SB1456 |
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HB944
Job Creation Income Tax Credit; Qualified Employment Positions; Capital Expenditures
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a job creation income tax credit for employers who increase the number of full-time employees in the State and make certain capital investment expenditures. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, LAMOSAO, TAM |
ECD, FIN |
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HB945
General Excise Tax; SNAP; WIC; Groceries; Nonprescription Drugs; Exemption
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.
Reduces, then later exempts, the tax collected on the sale of groceries that are eligible under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, regardless of the means of purchase and the program eligibility of the purchaser. Reduces, then later exempts, the tax collected for the sale of nonprescription drugs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, CHUN, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB946 HD1
Agribusiness Development Corporation; Animal Protein; Slaughterhouse; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE FOOD SUPPLY.
Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to plan, design, construct, and operate a new animal slaughterhouse on the island of Oahu. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, TODD |
AGR, FIN |
SB1246 |
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HB947 HD1 SD2
Food Manufacturer Tax Credit
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Establishes a food manufacturer tax credit. Defines "qualified taxpayer" as a manufacturer that produces value-added processed, agricultural, or food products. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TODD |
AEN, WAM |
SB1266 |
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HB949 HD2
Renewable Energy; Loan Program; Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority; Residential Photovoltaic; Energy Storage Systems; Revolving Loan Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Establishes and appropriates funds for a solar energy storage system loan program to provide asset limited, income constrained, employed households with low-interest loans to purchase and install solar energy storage systems. Establishes and appropriates funds for a renewable energy system installation loan program to provide asset limited, income constrained, employed households with low-interest loans to purchase and install residential photovoltaic and energy storage systems, including battery storage systems. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI, AIU, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHEM, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON, YAMASHITA |
EET/CPN, WAM |
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HB951 HD1 SD1
Rental Housing Revolving Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Deposits funds into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be used to provide grants or loans to mixed-income rental projects or units qualifying individuals and families. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI, AIU, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHEM, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON, YAMASHITA |
HOU, WAM |
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HB952 HD1
Natural Resources; Climate Change; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES.
Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to address the impacts of climate change in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI, AIU, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHEM, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON, YAMASHITA |
WTL/AEN, WAM |
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HB955 HD2
Midwifery; Licensure; Birth Attendants; Exemptions; Training; Certification
RELATING TO CHAPTER 457J, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.
Exempts birth attendants practicing on or before 7/1/2025 from licensure requirements, under certain conditions. Expands qualifications for licensure to include the North American Registry of Midwives portfolio evaluation process. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, KAPELA, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB1047 |
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HB956
TAT; HTA; Tourism; Natural Resource Management; Fund; Commission; Report; Appropriation; Positions ($)
RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.
Establishes the natural resource management special fund and authorizes uses for moneys in the fund. Establishes a Natural Resource Management Commission to guide and approve the disbursement of moneys deposited into the fund. Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues to the natural resource management special fund. Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues to the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Repeals the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the special land and development fund. Appropriates moneys for the natural resource management special fund and for operating expenses of the Hawaii tourism authority. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, LOWEN, POEPOE, QUINLAN |
TOU/WAL, ECD, FIN |
SB364 |
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HB957
Medical Cannabis; Compassionate Access; Health Care Facility; Terminally Ill Patient
RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.
Allows health care facilities to permit terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis under certain conditions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TODD |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB673 |
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HB958
Recycling; Construction Waste; State Building Codes; Requirements; International Green Construction Code
RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION WASTE.
Requires recycling of construction and demolition materials and use of recycled materials to factor into priority offeror selections for competitive procurements of construction or demolition services by the State or any county. Requires the State Building Codes to incorporate the International Green Construction Code and set specified targets for the recycling, reuse, donation, and resale of nonhazardous construction waste. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, GATES, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, Ganaden |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
SB431 |
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HB959
Department of Health; Air Travel; Carbon Emissions; Task Force; Reports
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF AIR TRAVEL.
Establishes the mitigation of the climate effects of commercial air transportation task force to identify, analyze, and make recommendations to mitigate the carbon load of, contributions to global warming made by, and effects on the climate caused by commercial air travel to the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, KAPELA, LOWEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
TRN, EEP, FIN |
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HB962
Hawaiian Language Immersion; Department of Education; Kindergarten Entry Assessment Requirements
RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS.
Exempts Hawaiian language immersion program students from kindergarten assessment requirements. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA, CHUN, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MORIKAWA, ONISHI, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
SB827 |
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HB963 HD1 SD1
Department of Budget and Finance; Broadband Funds; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO BROADBAND.
Appropriates general fund moneys that are required to match federal moneys for broadband programs. Appropriates moneys received by the State from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for the broadband equity, access, and deployment program. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
EET, WAM |
SB829 |
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HB965
Health Insurance; Mandatory Health Coverage Weight Management Medication; Obesity; Overweight; Comorbidities
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for medication used for the treatment of obesity or weight loss management for a covered individual who is overweight and has one or more related comorbidities. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, Lamosao |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB1020 |
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HB966 HD1
Right-to-Try Act; Terminally Ill Patients; Investigational Drugs; Biological Products
RELATING TO ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS.
Beginning on 1/1/2024, permits manufacturers of investigational drugs or biological products to make these drugs and products available to terminally ill patients under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD, Poepoe |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB857 |
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HB967
Comprehensive Public Funding; Campaign Spending Commission; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCING FOR CANDIDATES TO ELECTED OFFICE.
Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in the State of Hawaii, to begin with the 2024 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD |
JHA, FIN |
SB1543 |
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HB969
Governor; Emergency Powers; Hospitals; Elective Surgeries
RELATING TO EMERGENCY POWERS.
Requires the Governor to ensure continued operation of medical facilities upon declaration of a state of emergency and during times of health or pandemic emergencies. Allows hospitals to suspend elective surgeries during the period of emergency to address the facility's bed capacity. Defines "hospital". |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, Kobayashi |
HLT, WAL, FIN |
SB1018 |
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HB970 HD2
Agricultural Enterprise Lands; Non-agricultural Park Lands
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
Makes technical changes to the statutory definitions of "agricultural enterprise lands" and "non-agricultural park lands" for clarification and consistency purposes. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
AEN, JDC |
SB1268 |
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HB971 HD2 SD1
Agricultural Emergency Loans; HDOA; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS.
Establishes the agricultural emergency loan revolving fund, to be administered by the Department of Agriculture, to fund Class "D" loans. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
AEN, WAM |
SB1269 |
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HB973 HD2 SD1 CD1
Hemp; Department of Agriculture; Administrative Rules
RELATING TO HEMP.
Repeals the requirement for additional rules by the Department of Agriculture to address nuisance issues, including smell, noise, and excessive lighting arising out of the activities of hemp growers. (CD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
AEN, CPN |
SB1271 |
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HB974 HD1 SD1
HDOA; Program Specialist Position; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Establishes a program specialist position within the Department of Agriculture and appropriates moneys to fund the position. Requires the grant specialist to prioritize assistance for farmers and ranchers who produce local food, at least some portion of which is consumed within the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
AEN, WAM |
SB1272 |
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HB975 HD2
Department of Agriculture; Cover Crop Reimbursement Pilot Program
RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.
Clarifies the requirements for participation under the cover crop reimbursement pilot program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
AEN, WAM |
SB1273 |
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HB976 HD1
Hemp Special Fund; Industrial Hemp Special Fund; Department of Agriculture ($)
RELATING TO HEMP SPECIAL FUND.
Renames the industrial hemp special fund as the hemp special fund and allows the fund to be utilized for the department of agriculture's responsibilities regarding hemp. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
AGR, FIN |
SB1274 |
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HB979 HD1
Claims Against the State ($)
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES.
Makes appropriations and approves payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB1277 |
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HB981 HD1
Electric Guns; Sellers; Distributors; Licensing; Criminal History Record Check
RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECKS.
Authorizes a fingerprint-based criminal history record check by the county police departments of applicants for licenses to sell, offer to sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer electric guns or cartridges. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
PSM, JDC/CPN |
SB1279 |
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HB982 HD1 SD2 CD1
Attorney General; Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund; Hawaii Tobacco Settlement Special Fund
RELATING TO FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TOBACCO ENFORCEMENT UNIT.
Amends the amount of funds within the tobacco enforcement special fund that may be carried over at the end of each fiscal year. Amends the amount of funds to be deposited to the credit of the tobacco enforcement special fund from the Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund. (CD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HHS, WAM/JDC |
SB1280 |
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HB984 HD2 SD1
Firearms; Permits; Licenses; Enforcement
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Prohibits firearms in certain locations and premises and provides for enhanced sentencing. Requires possession and disclosure of a license to carry. Prohibits leaving an unsecured firearm in a vehicle unattended. Prohibits consuming or being under the influence of alcohol, an intoxicating liquor, or a controlled substance when carrying a firearm. Prohibits carrying or possessing firearms on certain private property open to the public without express authorization. Requires annual reports from the Department of the Attorney General on carry licenses. Amends the requirements for, and revocation of, firearms permits and licenses. Amends the disqualification of persons from owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm. Expands the qualified immunity for health care providers who provide information on firearms applicants to include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
PSM, JDC |
SB1282 |
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HB985
Penal Code; Government Fraud
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT FRAUD.
Adds a new section to chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to establish the class C felony offense of government fraud. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
SB1283 |
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HB987 HD1
Employer Information; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism
RELATING TO LABOR DATA COLLECTION.
Requires employers to maintain specified records. Allows the department of business, economic development, and tourism to collect and analyze employer information and data. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EET/LBT, JDC |
SB1285 |
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HB988
Affordable Housing; Hawaii Community Development Authority; Lease of State Land
RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
Increases options to build affordable housing in Hawaii Community Development Authority districts by increasing the permissible lease term to ninety-nine years. Prohibits the Hawaii Community Development Authority from encumbering lands that were classed as crown lands previous to August 15, 1895, in leases longer than sixty-five years. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
SB1286 |
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HB989 HD1 SD1
DBEDT; Building Renovations; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.
Makes an appropriation to authorize general funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for expenses related to building renovations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EET, WAM |
SB1287 |
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HB990
Tax Credit for Research Activities
RELATING TO TAX CREDIT FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
Consolidates the survey and certification requirements for the research activities tax credit. Requires the certification based on the date a complete application is received subject to certain conditions. Adds a cap for an eligible taxpayer and the taxpayer's related entities. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
ECD, FIN |
SB1288 |
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HB991 HD1 SD1
HTDC; Small Business Innovation Research Grant Program; Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Program; Manufacturing Development Grant Program
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Amends the composition of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation Board of Directors to include the Chairperson of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii, unless the Chairperson, with the approval of the Board of Regents, designates another Regent to serve. Changes the cap for awards to assist businesses applying for the Small Business Innovation Research Grant Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Program of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to an unspecified amount. Adds purchasing of renewable energy systems as an eligible expense, and clarifies that training on both new and existing manufacturing equipment is an eligible expense, for the Manufacturing Development Grant Program of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EET, WAM |
SB1289 |
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HB993 HD1
Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Sea Level Rise Adaptation; Vulnerability Assessments; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION.
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in cooperation with each state agency having operational responsibilities over state facilities, to develop a standardized process to conduct vulnerability assessments for facilities at risk from sea level rise and guidance to agencies on how to conduct the vulnerability assessments for their facilities. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WTL/GVO, WAM |
SB1291 |
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HB994 HD1 SD1
Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Land Use; Rural District Study; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO LAND USE.
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to conduct a study to refine rural district policies and make recommendations to facilitate the reclassification of lands from the agricultural district to the rural district. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WTL, WAM |
SB1292 |
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HB995 HD2 SD1
Important Agricultural Lands; Adoption of County Maps; Land Use Commission; Farm Cluster Housing
RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
Clarifies the decision-making process for the adoption by the Land use Commission of county maps for the designation of important agricultural lands. Repeals the provision for farm dwelling and employee housing on important agricultural lands and adopts a new provision for farm cluster housing to incentivize the designation of lands as important agricultural lands. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
SB1293 |
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HB996 HD1
Important Agricultural Lands; Farm Cluster Housing
RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
Repeals the provision for farm dwelling and farm employee housing on Important Agricultural Lands and adopts a new provision for farm cluster housing as an incentive for the designation of lands as Important Agricultural Lands pursuant to chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, JHA |
SB1294 |
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HB997 HD1
Tax Increment Bonds; Constitutional Amendment (ConAm)
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 12 AND 13, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO EXPRESSLY PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE MAY AUTHORIZE THE COUNTIES TO ISSUE TAX INCREMENT BONDS AND TO EXCLUDE TAX INCREMENT BONDS FROM DETERMINATIONS OF THE FUNDED DEBT OF THE COUNTIES.
Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as counties, to issue tax increment bonds and to exclude tax increment bonds in calculating the debt limit of the political subdivisions. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB1295 |
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HB998
Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development ($)
RELATING TO DESIGNATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
Establishes the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization and board. Designates the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to organize the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization. Establishes two full-time exempt positions. Makes an appropriation. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
ECD, FIN |
SB1296 |
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HB1002 HD1 SD1
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-3 ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (3) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, WAM |
SB1300 |
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HB1003 HD1 SD1
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-4 ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (4) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, WAM |
SB1301 |
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HB1005 HD1 SD1
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-6 ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (6) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, WAM |
SB1303 |
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HB1007 HD1 SD1
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-8 ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (8) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, WAM |
SB1305 |
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HB1008 HD1 SD1
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-9 ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (9) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, WAM |
SB1306 |
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HB1009 HD1 SD1
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-10 ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (10) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, WAM |
SB1307 |
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HB1011 HD1 SD1
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-13; Legislative Branch ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (13) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025. Provides appropriations for public employment cost items of the Legislative Branch for fiscal biennium 2023-2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, WAM |
SB1309 |
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HB1012 HD1 SD1
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-14 ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, WAM |
SB1310 |
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HB1013 HD1
Employees' Retirement System; Repeal; Act 192, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007
RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF ACT 192, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2007.
Repeals Act 192, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, which requires the employees' retirement system to divest itself of investments in companies that provide support for genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and provide annual reports to the legislature on the status of divestment. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, JDC/WAM |
SB1311 |
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HB1014 HD1 SD1
Employees' Retirement System; Service-Connected Disability; Accidental Death
RELATING TO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM DISABILITY RETIREMENT.
Clarifies the employees' retirement system's eligibility requirement definitions for service-connected disability and accidental death benefits. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, JDC/WAM |
SB1312 |
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HB1015
Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Salary Determination
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.
Enables the board of trustees of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to establish appropriate salaries for the administrator and chief investment officer of the trust fund. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
SB1313 |
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HB1016
Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund Spousal Medicare Part B Premium Reimbursement
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND SPOUSAL MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT.
Amends section 87A-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exclude medicare reimbursement by the State and counties for the spouses of retired employees hired after June 30, 2023. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
SB1314 |
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HB1017
Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund Medicare Part B Premium Reimbursement
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT.
Amends section 87A-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exclude medicare income related monthly adjustment amounts reimbursement by the State and counties for retired employees hired after June 30, 2023, and their spouses. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
SB1315 |
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HB1019
Broadband Funds; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO BROADBAND.
Appropriates general funds for federal broadband programs matching fund requirements. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HET, FIN |
SB1317 |
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HB1021 HD1
Funds; Budget Provisos; Governor's Authority
RELATING TO FUNDS.
Reinstates Governor's authority to transfer funds to cope with the effects of natural disasters, for operating purposes, or to supplement the department of land and natural resources' fire fighter's contingency fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, FIN |
SB1319 |
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HB1023
Funds; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS.
Appropriates general funds to various programs due to anticipated operating shortfalls due to the limited ability for departments to transfer funds between programs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
FIN |
SB1321 |
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HB1024
Nurses; Registered Nurses; Licensed Practical Nurses; Licenses; Endorsement; Temporary Permits; Exceptions ($)
RELATING TO NURSES LICENSED IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
Allows for temporary permits to be issued to registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, and revises the exemptions for license. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB1322 |
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HB1025
Professional and Vocational Licensing; Abandonment
RELATING TO THE PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING ACT.
Amends the Professional and Vocational Licensing Act to reduce the time frame for which an application is considered abandoned from two years to one year and to specify how this one-year period applies to the process for applications for examination. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, FIN |
SB1323 |
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HB1026
Insurance Code; Health Insurance Administrator; Captive Insurers; Producers; Trade Name; Third Party Administrators; Surety Bond; Reinsurance Intermediary-Managers; Unfair Methods of Competition; Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices; Reinsurers; Non-Insurance Benefits
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Amends various provisions of title 24 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) to update and improve existing provisions. Adds a Health Insurance Administrator deputy commissioner position. Defines "dormant captive insurance company" and sets out a procedure to apply for the certificate of dormancy. Adds the term "doing business as" to "trade name" statutory references. Clarifies continuing education provider filing requirements. Clarifies reinsurance intermediary-manager filing requirements. Amends the surety bond threshold requirement for third party administrators and clarifies the audited financial statements requirements. Adopts revised National Association of Insurance Commissioners Model #880 Unfair Trade Practices Act regarding expansion of value-added products beyond health products. Aligns section 431:13-103 with changes made to article 9 of chapter 431 by Act 110, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021. Amends the definitions of "controlled unaffiliated business" and "participant" as applied to captive insurance companies. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, FIN |
SB1324 |
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HB1028
Insurance; Health Insurance; External Review Procedure; Mammography
RELATING TO TITLE 24, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.
Provides amendments to external review procedures to improve consistency with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Uniform Health Carrier External Review Model Act. Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to cover mandated services for mammography at least as favorably as coverage for other radiological examinations. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, CPC |
SB1326 |
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HB1029 HD1
Public Utilities Commission; Motor Carriers; Hawaii Water Carrier Act; Documents; Electronic Filing
RELATING TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC FILING BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
Authorizes the public utilities commission to use electronic filing processes, including electronic service of documents, under the statutory chapters regulating public utilities, motor carriers, and water carriers. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, FIN |
SB1327 |
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HB1030
Public Utilities Commission; Special Fund; General Fund; Chapter 269, Hawaii Revised Statutes
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION SPECIAL FUND CARRYOVER BALANCE.
Increases the balance that may be retained in the Public Utilities Commission Special Fund at the end of each fiscal year from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, FIN |
SB1328 |
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HB1031
Psychologists; Definitions; License Requirements.
RELATING TO LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS.
Updates definitions related to the education and training requirements of psychologists; amends the screening process for applicants educated at a foreign institution. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, CPC |
SB1329 |
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HB1032 HD1
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency; Civil Service; Exempt
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
Converts the emergency management specialist series positions at level IV and higher in the Hawaii emergency management agency from civil service status to exempt status. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL/LGO, FIN |
SB1330 |
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HB1034 HD1
Emergency Management Powers; State of Emergency; Price Control; Severe Warning
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Clarifies that the Governor's and mayors' emergency management powers shall be consistent with the state constitution. Clarifies the scope of the comprehensive emergency management plan. Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or terminate a state of emergency. Specifies the status and the allowable uses of Major Disaster Fund moneys, including increasing the amount of the additional funds that may be made available for the purpose of matching federal disaster relief fund from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. Shortens the duration of price control periods from ninety-six hours to seventy-two hours. Defines the term "severe warning", clarifying that entities other than the National Weather Service issue warnings that may require the activation of the emergency management system. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, FIN |
SB1332 |
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HB1035 HD1 SD1
Homeland Security; Confidentiality of Critical Infrastructure Information
RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY.
Establishes protections for critical infrastructure information that is received or maintained by the Office of Homeland Security for use regarding the security of critical infrastructure. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
PSM, JDC |
SB1333 |
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HB1038 HD1
Targeted Violence; Office of Homeland Security; Targeted Violence Prevention Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY.
Establishes a targeted violence prevention program within the state office of homeland security. Mandates reporting by state and county government agencies regarding specific enumerated activity. Establishes the all-threats or all-hazards statewide reporting system. Creates two new analyst positions. Appropriates funds for the program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB1336 |
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HB1039 HD1
Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022; Attorney General; Department of the Attorney General; Department of Defense; Department of Health, Department of Human Services; Investigators; Private Security Contracts
RELATING TO ACT 278, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2022.
Amends Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, to modify the transfer of the personnel and functions of the department of the attorney general to the department of law enforcement, clarify that Act 278 does not amend or abrogate the attorney general's status as the chief legal and law enforcement officer of the State, specify that the statewide law enforcement training complex will be located at the first responder technology campus rather than the Mililani technology park, and transfer the responsibility and management of certain private security contracts from the department of law enforcement to the department of defense, department of health, and department of human services for their respective facilities. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
PSM, JDC/WAM |
SB1337 |
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HB1040
Enhanced 911 Board Membership; Director of Law Enforcement
RELATING TO THE ENHANCED 911 BOARD.
Amends chapter 138, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add the director of the Department of Law Enforcement or the director's designee as a member of the Enhanced 911 Board. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
PSM, JDC |
SB1338 |
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HB1041
Illegal Fireworks Task Force; Law Enforcement; Fireworks ($)
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Establishes the Illegal Fireworks Task Force within the Department of Law Enforcement to plan, coordinate, and engage in law enforcement operations to interdict illegal fireworks, develop a comprehensive strategic plan to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control laws, and ensure the safety and security of airports, harbors, and other facilities and institutions in the State against the discharge of illegal fireworks and explosives. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB1339 |
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HB1042
Practice of Behavior Analysis; Exemptions
RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.
Makes permanent the exemption from the behavior analyst licensing requirements for teachers working in collaboration with a licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist. Removes the exemption from the behavior analyst licensing requirements for direct support workers and allows a registered behavior technician who is under the direction of a licensed psychologist to implement applied behavior analysis services. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDN/HLT, CPC |
SB1340 |
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HB1043 HD1
Department of Education; Schools; Report; COVID-19
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Repeals the department of education's weekly report on schools that have reported positive COVID-19 cases. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDU, JDC |
SB1341 |
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HB1044
Procurement; Department of Education; Small Purchases; Exemption from Electronic Procurement System Requirement
RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROCUREMENT.
Adjusts the Department of Education's small purchase threshold to require no less than three quotes for purchases of goods, services, and construction between $5,000 to less than $15,000, and to require no less than three written quotes for purchases of goods and services between $15,000 to less than $100,000 and for purchases of construction between $15,000 to less than $250,000. Exempts the Department of Education from the electronic procurement system requirement for purchases of goods and services less than $100,000 and for purchases of construction less than $250,000. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, EDN, FIN |
SB1342 |
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HB1046 HD2 SD2
Educational Health Services; Medication Administration; School Health Assistants; Exceptions
RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES.
Replaces the term "school health aides" with "school health assistants" to reflect recent changes to the job title. Authorizes the administration of medication to public school students by school health assistants with the approval of a health care professional within the Department of Education, the Department of Health, or a health care service pursuant to a written agreement with the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDU, CPN |
SB1344 |
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HB1047 HD1
Department of Education; Report; Autism Spectrum Disorder
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Changes the department of education's quarterly report on autism spectrum disorder to a semiannual report. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDU |
SB1345 |
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HB1048 HD1
Department of Education; Hawaii Educational Expenditure Trust Fund
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Establishes the Hawaii educational expenditure trust fund as a separate fund of the department of education for improving the education of, and supporting the programs benefiting, the students of the Hawaii public school system. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDN, FIN |
SB1346 |
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HB1049 HD2 SD2
Income Tax; Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit; Refundable Earned Income Tax Credit; Refundable Food/Excise Tax Credit
RELATING TO INCOME TAX.
Increases the applicable percentage of employment-related expenses that is used to calculate the amount of the child and dependent care tax credit. Increases the cap amount on employment-related expenses that may be used to claim the child and dependent care tax credit. Annually adjusts the threshold amount of the child and dependent care tax credit by a cost-of-living adjustment factor. Increases the amount of the refundable earned income tax credit. Increases the income thresholds and credit amounts of the refundable food/excise tax credit. Sunsets these tax credits on December 31, 2028. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAM |
SB1347 |
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HB1050 HD1
General Excise Tax; Exemptions; Groceries; Health Products
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.
Exempts all gross proceeds derived from the sale of certain groceries, feminine hygiene products, incontinence products, and over-the-counter drugs from the general excise tax. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
ECD/HLT, FIN |
SB1348 |
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HB1051
Board of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Visitor Green Fee Program; Visitor Green Fee Special Fund; Environmental Legacy Commission; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.
Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources the visitor green fee program to collect a fee from visitors through an environmental license and allocate the revenue to protect, restore, and manage natural and cultural resources. Establishes the visitor green fee special fund. Establishes the Environmental Legacy Commission to make recommendations to the Board of Land and Natural Resources regarding the use of revenues in the special fund. Requires a report to the legislature, including a visitor green fee strategic plan. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
TOU, WAL, FIN |
SB1349 |
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HB1052 HD1
Climate Change Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
Establishes the Climate Impact Special Fund. Allocates five cents from the Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax to the Climate Impact Special Fund. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to address impacts of climate change and to mitigate further impacts on the State through carbon sequestration and resiliency planning. Allocates funds to the Sea Level Rise Voluntary Relocation Fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EEP/WAL, FIN |
SB1350 |
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HB1053 HD1
Department of Health; Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH.
Establishes the infant and early childhood mental health program within the department of health to provide and coordinate mental health services for children from birth to age five. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
SB1351 |
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HB1054 HD2 SD1
Rental Deposit Loan Program; Counties; Nonprofit Organizations; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Establishes the Rental Deposit Loan Program. Amends the definition of "historic property". Temporarily requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to retain a third-party consultant, under certain circumstances, to conduct review of certain historic preservation projects. Permits, rather than requires, a county legislative body to approve a housing development project for purposes of exempting the project from all laws and rules relating to the development of housing. Appropriates funds for the establishment of the Rental Deposit Loan Program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HOU, WAM |
SB1352 |
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HB1055
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; General Excise Tax Exemption; Use Tax Exemption
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Exempts any development of homestead lots or housing for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from general excise and use taxes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSG, JHA, FIN |
SB1353 |
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HB1056 HD1
Historic Preservation; Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Project Reviews of Proposed State Projects
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.
Allows the department of Hawaiian home lands to assume historic preservation review of the effect of any proposed project for lands under its jurisdiction, except for projects affecting properties listed or nominated for inclusion in the Hawaii register of historic places or the national register of historic places or located in a designated historic district and under certain conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, JHA |
SB1354 |
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HB1057
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Interim rules
RELATING TO INTERIM ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to issue interim rules that shall be exempt from the public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, after beneficiary consultation is conducted by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and upon approval by the Hawaiian Homes Commission. The interim rules shall be effective for not more than eighteen months. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB1355 |
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HB1059
Hawaiian Home Lands; Affordable Housing Credits
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Makes permanent Act 141, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, which requires the counties to issue affordable housing credits to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands upon the department's request. Makes permanent Act 98, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, which requires the counties to issue affordable housing credits for each residential unit developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSG, FIN |
SB1357 |
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HB1060
School Impact Fees; Housing; Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES.
Makes permanent Act 197, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, which excludes housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from school impact fees. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
SB1358 |
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HB1061
Office of Youth Services Revolving Fund; Commercial Enterprise Vocational Programs ($)
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES.
Permits commercial enterprise vocational programs for young adults within the purview of the Office of Youth Services to market and sell goods and services that develop job readiness skills that lead to self-sufficiency. Establishes the Office of Youth Services Revolving Fund. Adds a definition of "commercial enterprise vocational programs" and clarifies the definition of "young adult at risk" or "young adult." |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HUS, FIN |
SB1359 |
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HB1062
Hospital Sustainability Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.
Strengthens and continues the Hospital Sustainability Program indefinitely. Appropriates funds out of the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. Makes other non-substantive changes for consistency and clarify. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, FIN |
SB1360 |
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HB1063
Nursing Facility Sustainability Program; Appropriation; Department of Human Services ($)
RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.
Making the nursing facility sustainability program and exemptions from the special fund assessments permanent. Make changes to strengthen the nursing facility sustainability program and other nonsubstantive changes for consistency and clarify. Appropriates funds out of the nursing facility sustainability program special fund for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
SB1361 |
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HB1064
Department of Human Services; Criminal History Background Checks
RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS.
Authorizes the Department of Human Services to conduct comprehensive background checks on current and prospective employees, volunteers, and contractors and contractor's employees and volunteers, in positions that require them to be in close proximity to minors and young adults receiving child welfare or child abuse prevention services, or vulnerable adults receiving adult protective services, social services, or certain other benefits and services from the department. Makes non-substantive conforming amendments to sections 345-2.5 and 846-2.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective upon approval. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HUS, FIN |
SB1362 |
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HB1065
Expungement of Juvenile Arrest Records; Diversion Program
RELATING TO EXPUNGING JUVENILE RECORDS.
Adds additional circumstances in which family courts may expunge juvenile arrest records. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HUS, JHA |
SB1363 |
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HB1066
Department of Human Services; Second Deputy Director; Private Secretary; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE SECOND DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
Restores the second deputy director position for the Department of Human Services; authorizes a private secretary position for the second deputy; appropriate funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HUS, FIN |
SB1364 |
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HB1067
Child Welfare Information System; Department of Human Services ($)
RELATING TO ACT 317, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2022.
Amends Act 317, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, to give the Department of Human Services needed flexibility in developing a comprehensive child welfare information system that complies with federal regulation, which may allow the department to receive federal matching funds for the project. Extends the time the Department of Human Services may expend the appropriation made in Act 317, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HUS, FIN |
SB1365 |
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HB1068
Housing; Low-Income Public Housing Tenant Upward Mobility Program; Hawaii Public Housing Authority ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.
Establishes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority public housing tenant upward mobility pilot program. Provides part-time on-the-job training to attain minimum qualifications needed for future part-time and full-time employment. Effective upon its approval. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HUS, FIN |
SB1366 |
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HB1069
Department of Human Services; Office of Youth Services; Youth Shelter; Homelessness; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ACT 130, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2022.
Amends Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, clarifies access to services, provides a definition of homeless youth; expands the age of youth that may be served; establishes two full-time equivalent positions; and makes an appropriation. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HUS, FIN |
SB1367 |
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HB1070
Medicaid Program; Reimbursement Rates for Healthcare Professionals Who Provide Care for Patients Enrolled in Medicaid ($)
RELATING TO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR CERTAIN HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.
Authorizes the Department of Human Services to pay certain healthcare professionals who provide care allowable under the Medicaid program to patients enrolled in Medicaid an amount similar or equivalent to reimbursement rates paid by the Medicare program. Appropriations. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
SB1368 |
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HB1071
Department of Health; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Oahu Region Transfer; Repeal
RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF ACT 212, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2021, AS AMENDED BY ACT 150, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2022.
Repeals the requirement to transfer the Oahu Regional Health care system in its entirety from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO/HLT, FIN |
SB1369 |
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HB1072
Licenses to Solemnize Marriages; Fees
RELATING TO LICENSES TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES.
Establishes a uniform fee for licenses to solemnize marriages. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
FIN |
SB1370 |
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HB1073 HD1 SD1
Marriage License Fee; Marriage License Agent Compensation; Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund; Domestic Violence Prevention; Department of Health; Office of Health Status Monitoring
RELATING TO FEES FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Increases the marriage license fee from $60 to $100. Increases the compensation for a marriage license agent from $9 to $15 per license. Authorizes deposits of marriage license fees into the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund. Adjusts the distribution of the marriage license fee among various domestic violence prevention special funds. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HHS, CPN/WAM |
SB1371 |
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HB1074 HD1 SD1
Executive Office on Aging; Kupuna Care; Definitions; Caregivers
RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING.
Clarifies the definitions of "caregiver support services", "kupuna care services", and "respite care" for the Executive Office on Aging's Kupuna Care Program. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HHS, CPN |
SB1372 |
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HB1075
Executive Office on Aging Administrative Claiming Special Fund.
RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING SPECIAL FUND.
Clarifies the allowable revenues to be deposited into the Executive Office on Aging special fund and the purposes for which the fund may be used. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
FIN |
SB1373 |
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HB1076
Flavored Tobacco Products; Sale; Ban; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Bans the sale of flavored tobacco products and mislabeled e-liquid products. Appropriates funds. Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to the sale of tobacco products. Effective January 1, 2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, CPC, FIN |
SB1374 |
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HB1077
Unlawful Shipment of Tobacco Products; Electronic Smoking Devices; E-liquid; Tobacco Products; License Fee; Retail Permit Fee
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes the criminal offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Includes electronic smoking devices and e-liquids within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as wholesalers or dealers of cigarettes and tobacco products. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to electronic smoking devices and the sale of tobacco products. Effective July 1, 2023; provided that section 4 shall take effect on July 1, 2024, and section 5 shall take effect on December 1, 2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT/JHA, CPC, FIN |
SB1375 |
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HB1078 HD1
Fees; Water Pollution Control Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL SPECIAL FUND.
Establishes the water pollution control special fund to collect fees formerly deposited to the state general fund to create a supplemental source of funding to implement and enforce water quality management as implemented in permits, certifications, and variances. Appropriates funds to be used by the department of health for the purposes of the water pollution control special fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, FIN |
SB1376 |
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HB1080
Care Homes; Unlicensed; Landlord Exclusion
RELATING TO UNLICENSED CARE HOMES.
Clarify the group of professionals who are prohibited from knowingly referring or transferring patients to an uncertified or unlicensed care facility, and repeal the landlord exclusion. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, CPC |
SB1378 |
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HB1083
Section 328-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes; Repeal
RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF SECTION 328-106, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.
Repeals unenforceable and ineffective provisions from chapter 328, Hawaii Revised Statutes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, CPC |
SB1381 |
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HB1084
Liquor Tax; Increase
RELATING TO LIQUOR.
Increases the per wine gallon tax on alcoholic beverages. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, FIN |
SB1382 |
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HB1085
Hawaii Employment Security Law; Unemployment Insurance Technology Special Fund; Department of Labor and Industrial Relations ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.
Creates the Unemployment Insurance Technology Special Fund that will be funded by an additional assessment of .01 per cent to Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund contributions to support the information technology operating and maintenance expenses for the payment of benefits and contributions under Hawaii's Employment Security Law. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
SB1383 |
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HB1086 HD1
Hawaii Workforce Development Council; Hawaii Workforce Development Board; Conflict of Interest; Chairperson of Board; K-12 Agriculture Workforce Development Pipeline Initiative
RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
Amends chapter 202, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be consistent with the General Appropriations Act of 2021, Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021. Renames "Workforce Development Council" "Hawaii Workforce Development Board" and "county workforce development board" "local workforce development board". Requires the Hawaii Workforce Development Board and local workforce development boards to develop written conflict of interest policies consistent with federal law and regulations. Requires the Governor to select the chairperson of the state board among the private sector members set forth in section 202-1(b)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes. Repeals the requirement in 371-21(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the DLIR to submit an annual report to the legislature on the activities of the K-12 agriculture workforce development pipeline initiative. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, JDC/WAM |
SB1384 |
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HB1087 HD2 SD2
Wage and Hour Law; Employee; Guaranteed Compensation; Employer Recordkeeping
RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW.
Amends the definition of "employee" in Hawaii's wage and hour law by repealing the definition's categorical exclusion of any employee who receives guaranteed compensation totaling $2,000 or more a month. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, JHA, FIN |
SB1385 |
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HB1089 HD1
State Small Boating Facility Lease; Public-private Partnership; Pilot Program
RELATING TO A STATE BOATING FACILITY LEASE PILOT PROGRAM.
Establishes a state boating facility lease pilot program within the department of land and natural resources. Clarifies that a private partner under lease or contract with the department may assist with development, management, and maintenance of a state small boat harbor. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WTL, WAM |
SB1387 |
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HB1092
Managed Retreat; Voluntary Relocation of Beachfront Residential Shoreline Development; Sea Level Rise Exposure Area ($)
RELATING TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION.
Expands the authority of the State and the counties and develops funding to begin utilizing managed retreat as an option for voluntarily moving residential development and associated infrastructure away from critically vulnerable areas to locations outside of sea level rise and coastal flooding exposure areas, including through a pilot program on the North Shore of Oahu. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
SB1390 |
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HB1093
Administrative Penalties; Lien on Private Lands
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES ON PUBLIC LANDS.
Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to place a lien on property for noncompliance with administrative enforcement action. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
SB1391 |
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HB1094
Community Correctional Centers; Pretrial Detainees; Repeal
RELATING TO PERIODIC REVIEWS OF DETAINEES IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTERS.
Repeals section 353-6.2, Hawaii Revised Statues, enacted as part of Act 179, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, to delete the requirement for the Department of Public Safety to reassess pretrial detainees on a regular basis for reconsideration of pretrial release. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CMV, JHA |
SB1392 |
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HB1095
Methadone Treatment Programs; Maximum Supply Limits
RELATING TO METHADONE TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
Amends section 329-40, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to allow the medical director of a methadone treatment program to dispense the maximum days of supply of take-home doses as allowed under federal law to a patient. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, JHA |
SB1393 |
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HB1096
Methadone Treatment Programs; Hepatitis Testing
RELATING TO METHADONE TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
Amends section 329-40, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the medical director of a methadone treatment program to conduct a medical evaluation that offers testing for Hepatitis C exposure and infection. Requires that a methadone treatment program have policies and procedures in place for screening and referrals to care and curative treatment. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, JHA |
SB1394 |
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HB1098
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; Electronic Prescription Accountability System
RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.
Amends section 4 of Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, to make permanent the requirements under section 329-38.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to check the electronic prescription accountability system in certain situations as enumerated. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, JHA |
SB1396 |
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HB1099
Electronic Prescription Accountability System; Controlled Substances Reporting
RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
Amends subsection 329-101(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require that a dispenser of a controlled substance report the filling of a controlled substance prescription and the dispensing of drug samples to the State's Electronic Prescription Accountability System at least once every day, or a report of "zero" be reported not less than once every seven days if no controlled substances prescriptions are filled or drug samples are dispensed. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, CPC |
SB1397 |
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HB1102
Department of Transportation; Harbor Improvements; Capital Advancement Contracts
RELATING TO CAPITAL ADVANCEMENT CONTRACTS.
Amends section 266-19.5(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the purpose of increasing the total contract value and total aggregate value of capital advancement contracts entered into by the Department of Transportation for harbor improvements and adds reporting requirements for the department. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
TRN, FIN |
SB1400 |
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HB1103
Emergency appropriation; Department of Transportation; Electric Bicycle and Electric Moped Rebate Program; Electric Bicycle and Electric Moped Special Fund. ($)
RELATING TO THE ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC MOPED REBATE PROGRAM.
Makes an emergency appropriation into and from a newly established special fund to authorize funds for the Department of Transportation Highways Division's Electric Bicycle and Electric Moped Rebate Program. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to pay a third-party administrator to administer and pay the rebates to the applicants. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
TRN, FIN |
SB1401 |
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HB1105
Motor Vehicle Inspection Program; Authorization to Amend Hawaii Administrative Rules
RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIER VEHICLE INSPECTIONS.
Allows the Director of Transportation to upgrade the motor carrier vehicle inspections in the State by authorizing changes to the program to be implemented by administrative rules. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
TRN, JHA |
SB1403 |
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HB1106
Department of Transportation; Airports; Reimbursement for Fines Levied; Private Financing of Airport Improvements or Constructions
RELATING TO AERONAUTICS.
Allows the Department of Transportation Airports Division (DOTA) to be reimbursed from any airport contractor, tenant, or user for the entire amount of fines and penalties levied for the violation of federal, state, or county laws related to environmental protection or the United States Department of Homeland Security. Allows the DOTA to enter into a capital advancement contract with a private party for certain public improvement or construction projects at Hawaii's airports. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
TRN, FIN |
SB1404 |
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HB1110 HD2
Department of Transportation; Electric Vehicles; Road Usage Charge; Mileage-Based Road Usage Fees; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE ROAD USAGE CHARGE PROGRAM.
Creates a mileage-based road usage charge to replace state motor fuel taxes, beginning on 7/1/2025, for electric vehicles. Eliminates the $50 annual state vehicle registration surcharge for electric vehicles. Allows electric vehicles a choice of paying a registration surcharge or a per-mile road usage charge until 2033. Requires motor vehicle registration applications to specify the type of fuel for which the vehicle is adapted. Requires certificates of inspection to state the odometer reading. Requires the department of transportation to plan for the deployment of a state mileage-based road user charge program by 2033 and submit a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
TCA, WAM |
SB1408 |
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HB1111
Highway Safety; Safety Equipment; Protective Devices; Motorcycles, Motor Scooters, and Mopeds
RELATING TO PROTECTIVE DEVICES FOR MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS, AND MOPEDS.
Requires operators and passengers of motorcycles, motor scooters, to wear a helmet secured by a chin strap. Requires operators of a moped to wear a helmet with a chin strap. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB1409 |
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HB1112
Pickup Trucks; Passengers in Load-carrying Area or Beds
RELATING TO TRUCK BEDS.
Repeals several exemptions from the prohibition on operating a pickup truck with a passenger seated in the bed or load—carrying area, including the exemption that allows passengers over twelve years of age to ride in the bed or load—carrying area. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB1410 |
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HB1114
University of Hawaii; Scholarships ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM.
Provides scholarships for the unmet needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaii campus who meet certain criteria. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HET, FIN |
SB1412 |
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HB1115
University of Hawaii; Residence for Tuition Purposes
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII RESIDENT TUITION FEE.
Requires the tuition residency rules for the University of Hawaii to grant the resident tuition fee for enrollment at any University of Hawaii campus to individuals who have graduated from a Hawaii high school and are enrolling in an undergraduate degree program, under certain conditions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HET, FIN |
SB1413 |
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HB1116 HD1
School Psychologists; Licensure; Board of Psychology; Composition; Requirements
RELATING TO SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY.
Establishes licensure requirements for school psychologists to be administered by the board of psychology. Requires all school psychologists to be licensed by 7/1/2025. Increases the composition of the board of psychology to include two school psychologists. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, Amato |
EDN, CPC, FIN |
SB958 |
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HB1117 HD2
Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Department of Education; Teachers; School Employees; Housing; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TEACHER RENTAL HOUSING.
Authorizes HHFDC to assist DOE in developing housing projects for teachers and other school employees and contract or sponsor an experimental or demonstration housing project with any state department or agency. Appropriates funds for deposit into the dwelling unit revolving fund. Authorizes DOE to lease land and contract with private entities for the development, management, maintenance, or revitalization of housing for teachers and other school employees. Permits a private entity to lease housing to other eligible tenants if occupancy of the housing falls below a percentage threshold as determined by DOE. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AIU, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HSG, EDN, FIN |
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HB1118
Capital Requests for Forty-Second Representative District Schools ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE FORTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for the capital improvement projects in the forty-second representatives district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
FIN |
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HB1119
Constitutional Amendment; Public Education; Elected County School Boards (ConAm)
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO ELECTED COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS.
Proposes a constitutional amendment that would: (1) establish county school boards throughout the State to be elected as provided by law; and (2) create an educational standards and accountability commission. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
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HB1120
Felony Murder Rule; First-Degree Murder
RELATING TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER DEFINITION.
Allow a criminal charged with a felony to also be charged with first-degree murder if a murder was committed during a volent felony by any of the felony perpetrators. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
JHA |
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HB1121 HD1
Income Tax; Exemption; Leased Fee Interest Sale; Condominiums; Cooperative Projects; Planned Community Associations; Capital Gains
RELATING TO LEASEHOLD CONVERSION.
Excludes from taxation one hundred per cent of the gain realized by a fee simple owner from the sale of a leased fee interest in units within a condominium project, cooperative project, or planned unit development to the association of apartment owners or the residential cooperative housing corporation of the leasehold units. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2022 and does not apply to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2029. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO |
CPN, WAM |
SB884 |
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HB1122
Emergency Hospitalizations; Mental Illness; Substance Use Disorders; Assessments; Surrogates; Guardians
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires certain patients subject to emergency hospitalization to be assessed to determine whether a surrogate or guardian is needed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, TAKENOUCHI, Belatti |
HLT, JHA |
SB592 |
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HB1123
CIP; Twenty-fourth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-fourth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM |
FIN |
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HB1124
Firearms; Permit; Background Check; Concealed Carry; Police
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Increases the minimum classroom instruction time for state certified or National Rifle Association certified firearm safety courses from four to fourteen hours. Requires firearm safety courses to include additional subject matter. Requires applicants for a license to carry a concealed firearm to pass a written test, participate in an in person interview, and provide information to demonstrate that the applicant is of good moral character and sufficient mental competence. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
JHA |
SB882 |
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HB1125
HHFDC; Housing
RELATING TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to follow all applicable statutes and other requirements when developing properties that conflict with a community transit oriented development plan. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, LAMOSAO |
HSG/WAL, JHA |
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HB1126
Income Tax; Personal Exemption; Inflation
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Increases the amount of the personal exemption for taxable income years beginning after 12/31/2023. Requires the personal exemption to be increased biannually based on any increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for Honolulu for the most recent two-year period. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KOBAYASHI, AMATO, BELATTI, MARTEN |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1127
Taxation; Standard Deduction Amounts; Inflationary Adjustments; Department of Taxation
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Increases the standard deduction amounts for taxpayers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022. Requires biannual increases to the standard deduction amounts to match any increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for Honolulu over the most recent two year period. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KOBAYASHI, AMATO, BELATTI, GATES, HASHEM, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, TODD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1128 HD2
Hawaiian Language; State Official Languages; DOE; State Public Charter School Commission; University of Hawaii; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SUPPORT FOR TRADITIONAL NATIVE SPEAKERS OF HAWAIIAN.
Provides that, in any island with a population of five hundred or less, Hawaiian language shall be recognized as the sole indigenous language of the Hawaiian islands; public schools may offer a course in Hawaiian language; and every effort shall be made to accommodate Hawaiian speakers. Requires and appropriates funds for the state public charter school commission to study the Hawaiian language, publish resource materials for native speakers of the Hawaiian language, consult stakeholders, and submit a report to the legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MORIKAWA, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAM, TARNAS |
HWN/EDU, WAM/JDC |
SB392 |
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HB1129 HD1 SD1
UH; Windward Community College; McKinley Community School for Adults; Education; Incarcerated Women; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO INCARCERATED WOMEN.
Requires the McKinley Community School for Adults to work with Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice to provide counseling services for incarcerated women participating in the education and reentry program for incarcerated women that is developed and administered by Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice. Appropriates moneys as a chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, grant for the University of Hawaii Windward Community College education and reentry program for incarcerated women that is developed and administered by Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice. Authorizes the University of Hawaii Windward Community College to award grants to private entities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM, CHUN, GANADEN, ICHIYAMA, MORIKAWA, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA |
PSM/HRE, WAM |
SB710 |
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HB1130 HD1
Department of Public Safety; Adult Corrections Officers; Trauma-informed Certification Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.
Appropriates moneys to the department of public safety to administer level I trauma-informed certification programs for adult corrections officers statewide. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM, CHUN, GANADEN, ICHIYAMA, MORIKAWA, POEPOE |
PSM/HRE, WAM |
SB712 |
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HB1131 HD1 SD2
Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission; Corrections; Inmates; Programming; Gender Parity; Study; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO GENDER PARITY IN PROGRAMS FOR INCARCERATED WOMEN.
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission to study all programming offered to persons incarcerated at correctional facilities and convene a group of incarcerated women for the purpose of identifying gaps in the programming offered to female inmates. Requires that the study be submitted to the Legislature by 6/30/2024. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM, CHUN, GANADEN, ICHIYAMA, MORIKAWA, POEPOE |
PSM/HRE, WAM |
SB711 |
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HB1132 HD1 SD1
Corrections; Oversight; Coordinator; Meetings; Investigations
RELATING TO THE HAWAII CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.
Requires members of the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Extends the term of the Oversight Coordinator for the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission. Requires the Commission to publish a summary of an investigation and any action taken by the Commission in response. Authorizes the Commission to hold a meeting closed to the public to discuss with the Oversight Coordinator a complaint investigated when necessary to maintain confidentiality, under certain conditions. Broadens the Oversight Coordinator's power to make inquiries, obtain information, and inspect the premises of agencies and correctional facilities. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM, CHUN, GANADEN, ICHIYAMA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MORIKAWA, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, Garrett, Kobayashi |
PSM, JDC |
SB455 |
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HB1133 HD1
Communication Services; Correctional Facilities; Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities; SAVIN; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
Requires and appropriates moneys for the provision of free voice communication services in the State's youth and adult correctional facilities. Prohibits state agencies from deriving revenue or financial benefits from the provision of communication services to persons confined in state correctional facilities. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii state automated victim information and notification program. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, ICHIYAMA, KILA, KITAGAWA, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI |
CMV, JHA, FIN |
SB1219 |
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HB1135
General Excise Tax; SNAP; WIC; Groceries; Nonprescription Drugs; Exemption
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.
Reduces, then later exempts, the tax collected on the sale of groceries that are eligible under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, regardless of the means of purchase and the program eligibility of the purchaser. Reduces, then later exempts, the tax collected for the sale of nonprescription drugs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1136 HD1
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology; Moku o Lo‘e; UH; CIP; Sewage System; Seawall; Piers; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY.
Authorizes the issuance of bonds and appropriates bond funds for the sewage system repair and replacement project and the seawall and pier repair and replacement project of the Hawaii institute of marine biology's facility at Moku o Lo‘e. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA, MATAYOSHI |
WAL/HET, FIN |
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HB1137
State Constitution; Amendment; State Elected Official; Recall (ConAm)
PROPOSING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AUTHORIZE THE RECALL OF OFFICIALS HOLDING STATE ELECTED OFFICES.
Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to authorize qualified voters to recall any official holding a state elected office, pursuant to standards and procedures for recall that are provided by law, subject to certain specified grounds for recall. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1138 HD1
HHSC; Employees; Payment; Collective Bargaining; Arbitration
RELATING TO EMPLOYEES OF HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.
Requires the legislature to appropriate moneys to fund pay raises for public employees of the Hawaii health systems corporation; provided that the pay raises are agreed to through a collective bargaining or arbitration process. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT |
LGO, FIN |
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HB1139
Compliance and Enforcement; Hawaiian Home Lands; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO COMPLIANCE ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Establishes a compliance and enforcement program within the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to investigate complaints, conduct investigations, and cooperate with enforcement authorities to ensure compliance with all state laws and rules and county ordinances on Hawaiian Home Lands. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
JHA, FIN |
SB490 |
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HB1140
DOH; Feral Chickens; Nuisance; Removal; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO FERAL CHICKENS.
Authorizes the Department of Health and the counties to use electronic devices to trap and remove feral chickens. Establishes fines for interfering with the trapping or removal of feral chickens. Requires the Department of Health to establish and operate a feral chicken complaint hotline. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NISHIMOTO |
AGR, FIN |
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HB1141
Individual income tax reduction
RELATING TO TAXES.
Eliminates the individual income tax for single filers and heads of households making less than $20,000 or joint filers making less than $40,000 and increases the income tax rate more slowly for low- and medium-income filers. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, PIERICK, Kila |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1142
Rent-to-Own Housing Program, HHFDC, homeownership, appropriation ($)
RELATING TO §201H-181 RENT-TO-OWN PROGRAM.
Requires the HHFDC to implement its Rent-to-Own Housing Program, increases the time that the owner/renter can build equity from five years to ten years. Appropriates funds for staffing and implementing the program. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
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HB1143
General Excise Tax; Feminine Hygiene Products, Exemption
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.
Exempts feminine hygiene products from the general excise tax. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, AMATO, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KILA, NISHIMOTO, PIERICK |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1144
Home Schooling; High School; Individual Sports; Participation
RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL SPORTS.
Allows home-schooled, high school-age students to participate as unattached competitors in individual sports available to the public school that the student would otherwise be required to attend. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, BELATTI, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, PIERICK |
EDN, FIN |
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HB1145 HD1 SD1
Equity; Universal Changing Accommodations; Public Accommodation; State Building Construction
RELATING TO EQUITY.
Requires all places of public accommodation constructed after 12/31/23 to provide universal changing accommodations in public restrooms. Where feasible and cost effective, requires all bids for state building construction, projects submitted after 6/30/2024 to provide universal changing accommodations in public restrooms. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO |
GVO, CPN/WAM |
SB389 |
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HB1146 HD1
Environmental Response, Energy, Carbon Emissions, and Food Security Tax; Tax Credit; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a carbon emissions tax credit. Expands the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to include carbon emissions. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in consultation with the Department of Taxation, to recommend updates to the tax per fuel and corresponding tax credits. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTINEZ, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAIKI, TAM, TARNAS, WOODSON |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
SB1004 |
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HB1147
Pollution; Noise Pollution; Air Pollution; Two-Stroke Engines; String Trimmers; Leaf Blowers; Prohibition; Department of Health
RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION.
Beginning 1/1/2027, prohibits the operation of leaf blowers or string trimmers that are powered using two-stroke engines. Establishes penalties. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, GANADEN, KAPELA, LOWEN, PERRUSO, PIERICK, QUINLAN, TAM |
EEP, JHA |
SB728 |
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HB1148 HD1 SD2 CD1
Mental Health Professionals; University of Hawaii Windward Community College; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Appropriates funds for temporary positions to support the expansion of the University of Hawaii Windward Community College's mental health-related programs. (CD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, GANADEN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HHS/HRE, WAM |
SB436 |
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HB1149 HD2 SD1
Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle; Prevention; University of Hawaii; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE PROGRAM.
Appropriates funds for positions and activities related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, GANADEN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MATSUMOTO, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, Kobayashi |
AEN, WAM |
SB1553 |
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HB1150 HD2
University of Hawaii; DLNR; Hawaii Ant Lab; Little Fire Ant; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.
Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii ant lab in mitigating the effects of little fire ants in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
AEN, WAM |
SB1552 |
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HB1151 HD1
PUC; Electric Utility; Gas Utility; Capital Improvements; Rate Base
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
Requires electric utilities and gas utilities to submit proposed capital expenditures for certain projects to the PUC for review and determination whether the project may be included in the utilities' rate base. Requires the PUC to make a determination within ninety days. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB1152
Judiciary; Supreme Court; Intermediate Appellate Court; Session Terms; Issuance of Decisions
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
Amends the period in which the supreme court and intermediate appellate court are in session to June 1 of each year through April 1 of the following year. Specifies that the Hawaii supreme court and intermediate appellate court shall issue decisions only during the time period these courts are in session. Requires a written decision to be issued during the same session in which the oral argument is heard. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
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HB1153
Public-Private Partnership Contracts; Legislative Approval
RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
Requires every state public-private partnership contract of a certain value to be subject to legislative approval in the form of the adoption of a concurrent resolution. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
LGO, FIN |
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HB1154 HD2
Uniform Probate Code; Guardians; Emergency Hospitalizations; Assessments; Surrogates
RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP.
Part I: Amends the Uniform Probate Code to allow courts to appoint emergency guardians for respondents who reside in psychiatric facilities, hospitals, and homeless shelters. Extends the appointment period. Clarifies that guardians may consent to care, treatment, or service over the objection of wards. Sunsets 1/1/2028. Part II: Requires certain patients subject to emergency hospitalization to be assessed to determine whether a surrogate or guardian is needed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HHS, JDC |
SB915 |
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HB1155
Assisted Community Treatment; Petition; Interested Parties; Director of Health
RELATING TO ASSISTED COMMUNITY TREATMENT.
Permits interested parties to request the director of health to file an assisted community treatment petition on behalf of the interested party. Requires final orders for a petition to be filed within thirty days of the date an assisted community treatment petition is filed. Permits the family court to use online hearings for assisted community treatment petitions. Permits the subject of a petition to stipulate to the proposed order and for the court to enter the stipulated order without an evidentiary hearing. Requires the department of health to report to the legislature on the number of requests for petitions submitted to the director of health. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HLT, JHA |
SB982 |
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HB1156 HD2 SD2
Assisted Community Treatment; Petitions; Attorney General; Judiciary; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires the Department of the Attorney General to assist with the preparation and filing of assisted community treatment petitions and related court proceedings for private petitioners, unless the petitioner declines the assistance. Authorizes the Family Court to use online hearings for assisted community treatment petitions. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Sessions of 2024 and 2025 on the number of requests for assistance with petitions for assisted community treatment. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HLT, JHA, FIN |
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HB1157
OIP; Opinions; Written Guidance; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES.
Allows the office of information practices to issue written guidance to resolve disputes under the State's Uniform Information Practices Act and sunshine law. Appropriates funds for two new permanent positions in the office of information practices. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1158
Uniform Information Practices Act; Exceptions to Disclosure; Government Records; Working Group
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS.
Specifies that certain deliberative and pre-decisional government inter-agency or intra-agency records concerning an agency decision about a government action are not subject to disclosure until a decision on the action has been made or abandoned. Creates a rebuttable presumption that a matter has been abandoned three years after a prior request for such records. Allows an agency post-decision to continue to withhold directly identifying information for officials or employees lacking discretionary authority in specified circumstances. From 7/1/2023 through 6/30/2027, requires agencies to report their use of the exception to the office of information practices. Requires the office of information practices to convene a working group to examine agency use of the exception and report to the legislature by the 2029 regular session. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
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HB1159 HD2
Climate Change; Sea Level Rise; Climate-resilient Development; Hawaii Community Development Authority; Kakaako; Kalaeloa; Guidance
RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
Requires the Hawaii community development authority to consider the impacts of climate change, sea level rise, and climate-resilient development in the design and siting of buildings in the Kaka‘ako and Kalaeloa community development districts. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
AEN/WTL, WAM |
SB1417 |
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HB1160
CIP; Twenty-fifth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-fifth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
FIN |
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HB1161
Condominium Association; Cooperative Housing Corporations; Planned Community Associations; Boards of Directors
RELATING TO BOARD MEMBERS.
Requires members boards of directors and officers of the condominium associations, cooperative housing corporations, and planned community associations to certify the receipt and reading of certain documents or complete a board leader course from an instructor certified by the Community Associations Institute, or similar nationally recognized organization. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSG, CPC |
SB729 |
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HB1162 HD2
DLNR; DBEDT; Visitor Impact Fee; Potential Revenue Study; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO VISITOR IMPACT FEES.
Establishes a visitor impact fee program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources, through which the department will collect a fee for a license to visit a state-owned park, forest, hiking trail, or other state natural area, as designated by rule by the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Establishes, and appropriates moneys into and out of, the visitor impact fee special fund. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to conduct a study on the potential revenues expected to be generated by the visitor impact fee program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
TOU, WAL, FIN |
SB304 |
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HB1163 HD1
Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hawaii Historic Preservation Special Fund; Historic Property; Grant Program
RELATING TO THE HAWAII HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIAL FUND.
Clarifies that the Hawaii historic preservation special fund may be used to repair and maintain historic properties, except properties maintained through a separate, dedicated funding source. Establishes a grant program to assist owners of certified historic structures that are privately owned who do not qualify for the historic preservation income tax credit pursuant to section 235-110.97, HRS. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
WAL, FIN |
SB1257 |
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HB1164
Hawaii Public Procurement Code; Administrative Proceedings for Review; Cash or Protest Bond; Return to Party; Forfeiture
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Requires cash or protest bonds to be returned to the initiating parties, minus administrative costs, except in cases where the appeal was frivolous or made in bad faith. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
LGO, FIN |
SB1135 |
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HB1165
Air Travel; Verified Carbon Offsets; Qualified Air Travel
RELATING TO CARBON OFFSETS.
Establishes procedures for the Department of Transportation to assist and enable a person to voluntarily purchase a verified carbon offset for carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the person's air travel to or from an airport in the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
TRN/EEP, FIN |
SB1001 |
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HB1166
Firearms Insurance
RELATING TO FIREARMS INSURANCE.
Requires firearms owners to obtain firearms insurance. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA, CPC |
SB1494 |
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HB1167
Vehicle Noise; Emergency Response Vehicle Noise Task Force; Department of Health
RELATING TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES.
Establishes an Emergency Response Vehicle Noise Task Force to determine the impact of emergency response vehicle sirens in terms of excessive noise, the effect on public safety, and the relative effectiveness of the use of emergency lights instead of the use of sirens at night. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HLT, FIN |
SB928 |
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HB1168
Reapportionment; Constitutional Amendment (ConAm)
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 4 AND 6, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION REGARDING REAPPORTIONMENT.
Proposes a constitutional amendment to specify that reapportionment shall be based on the resident population, as counted in the most recent decennial United States census. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA, FIN |
SB927 |
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HB1169
Climate Change; Department of Transportation; Coastal Roads and Highways; Coastal Adaptation; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO COASTAL ROADS.
Appropriates funds for the Department of Transportation to engage climate change adaptation measures for the State's low-lying roads and highways. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
TRN/WAL, FIN |
SB1006 |
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HB1170
Housing; Accessory Dwelling Unit; HCDA; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Establishes the accessory dwelling unit housing development program with the Hawaii Community Development Authority to award subsidies to individuals who build accessory dwelling units. Exempts those accessory dwelling units from general excise tax for the first 3 years of rental. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD |
HSG, ECD, FIN |
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HB1171
Visitor security surcharge; Aircraft Passenger Tickets ($)
RELATING TO POLICE OFFICERS.
Establishes a visitor security surcharge on overseas aircraft passenger tickets arriving and departing the state excluding inter-island for the purpose of recruiting and retaining police offices. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD |
TOU/TRN, JHA, FIN |
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HB1172
Unsecured Bail; Conditions of Release
RELATING TO BAIL.
Authorizes the court to release a defendant in custody on unsecured bail. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1173
Amendments to Hawaii Constitution; Initiative; Referendum; Recall (ConAm)
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES II, III, AND XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, AND RECALL.
Adds new sections to the Hawaii Constitution. Allows for amendments by initiative to prevail and reserves the powers of initiative and referendum to the people. Specifies a procedure for vote recalls. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1174
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act; Leases; Modernization
RELATING TO LEASES.
Requires leases used in the conveyance of available lands as defined by section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, as amended, to conform to the requirements for securitization by federally insured lending programs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB1175
Policing; Interagency Coordination; Homelessness; Behavioral Health; Mental Health; Appropriation; Report ($)
RELATING TO INCREASED INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Requires county police departments to provide training, in collaboration with the Department of Health and University of Hawaii, to officers having contact with individuals experiencing homelessness, behavioral health issues including substance use, or mental health issues. Appropriates funds for coordinated and collaborative activities including training, referrals to service providers, and technical assistance. Requires reports to the Legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, TODD, Matsumoto, Tam |
HLT/HUS, JHA, FIN |
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HB1176
Diversion, Reentry, and Rehabilitation; Services and Programs; Recidivism Prevention Pilot Program; Offender Reset Program; PSD; Judiciary; Hawaii Paroling Authority; DHS; DOH; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO INCARCERATION.
Appropriates funds for the development and maintenance of a comprehensive approach to successful prisoner reentry and integration that provides supports to inmates while incarcerated and after their release. Establishes a pilot program within the Judiciary to allow minor children to remain with their mothers while the mothers are participating in therapeutic, drug treatment, or other residential programs. Establishes within the Judiciary a 5-year recidivism prevention pilot program consisting of the housing voucher program; child care voucher program; and employer income tax credit program. Establishes within the Department of Public Safety an offender reset program to oversee development and implementation of comprehensive pre- and post-release programs to assist offenders who are transitioning back into the community. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to the Department of Public Safety, Judiciary, Hawaii Paroling Authority, Department of Human Services, and Department of Health. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, TODD, Chun, Matsumoto |
HLT/HUS, JHA, FIN |
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HB1177
Department of Land and Natural Resources; Public Lands; Leases; Military
RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND DISPOSITIONS.
Establishes duration, environmental, and other restrictions on public lands leased to the military. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
WAL/CMV, JHA, FIN |
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HB1178
CIP; Thirty-fourth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-fourth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA |
FIN |
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HB1179
Health Care; Insurance
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.
Requires health insurance coverage for various sexual and reproductive health care services. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HLT, CPC/JHA, FIN |
SB893 |
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HB1180
Health Care; Insurance
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.
Requires health insurance coverage for various sexual and reproductive health care services. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
HLT, CPC/JHA, FIN |
SB892 |
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HB1181
DHS; Child Support; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program; Employer; Fines; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT.
Requires certain amounts of child support moneys collected by the Department of Human Services for public assistance of a child to pass through to the family receiving public assistance. Requires the Department of Human Services to disregard passed through child support payments when calculating the income of an applicant for or recipient of public assistance. Increases the maximum fine for an employer who discharges from employment, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against any noncustodial parent subject to income withholding or who fails to comply with an order of assignment of future income to pay child support. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, ICHIYAMA |
HUS, JHA, FIN |
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HB1182 HD2
DOA; Panaewa Agricultural Park; EIS; Non-potable Water Wells; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture for the preparation of an environmental impact statement for lessees to drill non-potable water wells on individual parcels at Panaewa agricultural park. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, GATES, KAHALOA, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI |
AEN/WTL, WAM |
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HB1185 HD1
Transit-oriented Development; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Counties; DBEDT; GO Bonds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for statewide planning and coordination for transit-oriented development projects identified in the state strategic plan for transit-oriented development. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA, CHUN, COCHRAN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, TODD, WARD |
HSG/WAL, FIN |
SB1191 |
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HB1186 HD1
Roads in Limbo; Liability for Repair or Maintenance; Immunity
RELATING TO LIABILITY.
Provides that the State or a county that repairs or maintains a street of which the ownership or jurisdiction is in dispute between the State and the county shall be immune from liability for personal injuries or property damage arising out of the repair or maintenance of that street. Deems that maintenance of a street shall not confer ownership or jurisdiction over such street if the ownership or jurisdiction over the street is in dispute between the State and the county. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KILA, MARTEN, TODD |
TRN, JHA, FIN |
SB1098 |
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HB1187 HD1
Disputed Roads; Road Maintenance; Quitclaim
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Specifies that a government agency does not assume ownership or jurisdiction over a disputed road solely through maintenance or repair activities. Authorizes the State to transfer ownership of roads in favor of counties by quitclaim if requested by the county. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KILA, MARTEN, TODD |
TRN, JHA, FIN |
SB1097 |
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HB1188 HD1
DHS; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Eligibility; Exemption; Rules; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Requires the department of human services to establish a state corollary to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for certain higher education students. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, POEPOE, TAM, TODD |
HUS, FIN |
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HB1189
Ala Wai Boat Harbor; Public Parking; Free Stalls
RELATING TO PUBLIC PARKING AT ALA WAI BOAT HARBOR.
Requires the maintenance of at least three hundred parking stalls at Ala Wai boat harbor at no cost for recreational ocean access and for the practice of traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHEM, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, POEPOE, Alcos |
WAL, FIN |
SB1034 |
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HB1190
Wealth Asset Tax; Wealth Tax; Department of Taxation; State Net Worth
RELATING TO A WEALTH ASSET TAX.
Establishes a wealth asset tax of one per cent of the state net worth of each individual taxpayer who holds $20,000,000 or more in assets in the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, POEPOE |
ECD, FIN |
SB925 |
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HB1191
Gender Representation; Corporate Boards; Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Reports; Penalties
RELATING TO EQUITABLE GENDER REPRESENTATION ON CORPORATE BOARDS.
Requires publicly held domestic corporations to have gender-diverse boards of directors. Establishes reporting requirements for the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes penalties. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, POEPOE |
CPC, JHA |
SB174 |
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HB1192 HD1
Legislative Reference Bureau; Public Access Room; Educational Outreach and Engagement Program; DOE; UH; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ADVANCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
Requires the public access room to establish and maintain an outreach and engagement program for primary, secondary, post-secondary, and community education. Requires the department of education and university of Hawaii to assign appropriate staff to coordinate with the public access room for the outreach and engagement program. Appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position to assist in effectuating this requirement. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
GVO, WAM |
SB749 |
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HB1193 HD1 SD2
DBEDT; Tax Credit for Research Activities; Requirements; Survey; Certification; Caps
RELATING TO THE TAX CREDIT FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
Adds a cap for the amount of tax credits for research activities that an eligible taxpayer and the taxpayer's related entities may receive per taxable year. Consolidates the survey and certification requirements for tax credits for research activities. Amends the annual aggregate cap on tax credits for research activities that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism may certify. Requires certification of the tax credits for research activities on a first-come, first served basis to be based on the date that a complete application is received, subject to certain conditions. Extends from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2029, the sunset date for tax credits for research activities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, TODD |
EET, WAM |
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HB1194 HD2 SD1
Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
Establishes the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization. Designates the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization as the district organization for purposes of implementing the United States Economic Development Administration-approved comprehensive economic development strategy. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, BELATTI, GATES, HASHIMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, TODD |
EET, WAM |
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HB1195
BOE; DOE; Comprehensive Sexuality Education
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Adds specific requirements for sexuality health education programs funded by the State. Requires the Board of Education and Department of Education to collaborate to provide curricula information to the public. Requires students to be excused from the provided instruction upon the written request of the student's parent or legal guardian. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, KAPELA, KILA, PIERICK, TAM |
EDN, HLT |
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HB1196
Agricultural Parks; Department of Agriculture; Performance and Management Audit
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Requires the state auditor to conduct a performance and management audit of the ten agriculture parks operated by the agricultural resource management division of the department of agriculture. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, GANADEN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE |
AGR, FIN |
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HB1197
Medicaid; Adult Dental Benefits; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Appropriates funds to DHS to restore basic adult dental benefits to medicaid enrollees. Requires DHS to obtain the maximum federal matching funds available for this expenditure. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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HB1198
DOH; Prevent Suicide Hawaii Taskforce
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Establishes the prevent suicide Hawaii taskforce within the Department of Health. Requires the task force to make annual recommendations to the Legislature on ways to reduce suicide rates in the State by 25% by 2025. Dissolves the task force on 1/1/2027. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, Alcos |
HLT, FIN |
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HB1199
Domestic Violence Policy; Law Enforcement Agencies; Law Enforcement Officers
RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt and implement a written policy on domestic violence committed or allegedly committed by a law enforcement officer. Establishes standards, training deadlines, administrative procedures, and reporting requirements. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, GANADEN, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1201 HD1 SD1
Helicopters; Noise Pollution; Public Nuisance; Federal Aviation Act; Private Right of Action
RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION.
Establishes a private right of action for any person aggrieved by a violation of the Federal Aviation Act and existing federal laws to bring a civil action against the owner or operator of the helicopter in violation and collect damages and litigation costs. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, AIU, BELATTI, GARRETT, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS |
HHS/TCA, JDC |
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HB1202 HD1
Employment; Paid Sick Leave
RELATING TO PAID SICK LEAVE.
Requires employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick leave to employees and supplemental paid sick leave to employees under certain public health emergency conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, CHUN, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON, Belatti, Kapela, Martinez |
LGO, FIN |
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HB1203 HD2
Taxation; Tax Credit; Child Care; Employer; Department of Taxation; DHS
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes an employer child care tax credit for employers who provide or sponsor approved child care. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON, Martinez |
LBT, WAM |
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HB1204 HD1 SD1
Public School Education; Scholarship; Tuition; University of Hawaii; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.
Establishes the Public Education Scholarship Program within the University of Hawaii to provide students who are residents of the State with school tuition in return for a service commitment to teach in a public school classroom of the Department of Education or Hawaii public charter school, under certain conditions. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HRE/EDU, WAM |
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HB1206 HD2
DAGS; State Permits; Pilot Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO A STATE PERMITTING OFFICE.
Requires the department of accounting and general services to establish a state permit pilot program to process building and infrastructure permits for construction of state-owned buildings, state roads and highways, and other construction on state lands. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS, GARCIA, KILA, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, WARD, Amato |
GVO, TCA, WAM |
SB618 |
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HB1207
Taxation; Income Tax Rates.
RELATING TO INCOME TAX REDUCTION.
Simplifies the tax structure to four brackets and reduces the tax rate. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS, GARCIA, WARD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1208
CIP; 41st Representative District ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 41st Representative District. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS |
FIN |
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HB1209
Loitering; Public Property; Homelessness; Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER.
Establishes the offense of loitering on public property and adds trespassing on public property to the offense of criminal trespass in the first degree. Establishes the homeless case management program and special fund, administered by the judiciary for the benefit of homeless persons. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS, KILA, PIERICK, Garcia, Lamosao, Matsumoto |
HLT, JHA, FIN |
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HB1210
Alternative Sports League; High School Students; West Oahu ($)
RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE SPORTS LEAGUES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Requires the Department of Education to create and manage a sports league for high school students in West Oahu, to further aid the development of high school students. This league is open to all high school students, regardless of whether the student attends a public, private, charter, or home school. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS, AMATO, KILA, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK |
EDN, FIN |
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HB1211 HD1
Conveyance Tax Rates and Exemptions; Homeless Services Fund; Land Conservation Fund; Rental Housing Revolving Fund; Allocations
RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX.
Increases the conveyance tax rate for certain properties. Exempts conveyances of certain real property from the conveyance tax. Establishes the homeless services fund. Eliminates the cap on the amount of conveyance tax collections allocated to the land conservation fund and rental housing revolving fund. Allocates ten percent of conveyance tax collections to the homeless services fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KOBAYASHI, PERRUSO |
WAL, FIN |
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HB1212 HD1
Water Neutrality; Commission on Water Resource Management; Task Force; Plan; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WATER NEUTRALITY.
Establishes the water neutrality task force to develop a plan for Hawaii to become water-neutral by the year 2050. Requires the task force to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TAM |
WTL/AEN, WAM |
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HB1213
Counties; General Powers; Rental Motor Vehicles
RELATING TO RENTAL MOTOR VEHICLES.
Authorizes each county to regulate the number of rental motor vehicles within the county. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, PERRUSO, Belatti, Ganaden, Martinez |
TRN, CPC, FIN |
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HB1214
CIP; Thirteenth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirteenth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE |
FIN |
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HB1215
District Boundary Amendments; Counties; Land Use Commission
RELATING TO DISTRICT BOUNDARY AMENDMENTS.
Permits the counties to make district boundary amendments without consideration from the land use commission for certain classifications of land parcels with an area of fifty acres or less. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU, HASHIMOTO |
HSG/WAL, JHA |
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HB1216
Cannabis; Marijuana; Personal Use; Legalization; Administration; Sales; Taxation; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO CANNABIS.
Establishes the Hawaii cannabis regulatory authority, which shall have oversight over the personal use of cannabis. Legalizes and regulates the personal use of small amounts of cannabis. Regulates the cultivation and sale of small amounts of cannabis. Transfers certain regulatory powers regarding medical cannabis dispensaries to the Hawaii cannabis regulatory authority. Imposes taxes upon cannabis sales. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
JHA/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB1217 HD2 SD1
Cannabis; Medical Use; Patients; Caregivers; Cultivation; Grow Sites
RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.
Prohibits any person other than those authorized pursuant to chapter 329, part IX or chapter 329D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from cultivating, producing, manufacturing, distributing, possessing, or dispensing cannabis for medical use. Clarifies that the definition of "distribution" within the definition of "medical use" is limited to the transfer of cannabis and cannabis paraphernalia from the qualifying patient's registered primary caregiver to the qualifying patient. Clarifies that the authorization for the medical use of cannabis does not apply to the cultivation, handling, or possession of a qualifying patient's cannabis for medical use, unless the person is the qualifying patient or the qualifying patient's registered primary caregiver. Increases the restriction on the number of qualifying patients who may use a grow site to fifty, unless an exemption is obtained by the Department of Health, and authorizes the Department of Public Safety to inspect grow sites for compliance. Establishes that a person who is not a qualifying patient, primary caregiver, qualifying out-of-state patient, or caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient or medical cannabis dispensary under chapter 329D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall not be afforded certain protections. Authorizes only a qualifying patient or their designated primary caregiver to cultivate cannabis after December 31, 2024. Repeals a provision in existing law that exempts certain qualifying patients from obtaining medical cannabis or manufactured cannabis products from authorized sources. Prohibits the mischaracterization or disguise of transactions arising out of the production, manufacture, sale, or distribution of cannabis intended for medical use as another type of compensation or expense. Clarifies that no qualifying patient, primary caregiver, qualifying out-of-state patient, or caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient shall use butane or any other...(see document for full description) (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS |
HHS, JDC/WAM |
SB1570 |
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HB1218
Medical Cannabis; Dispensaries; Certification; Patients
RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.
Amends the dispensary program licensing fee structure. Adds or clarifies signage, manufactured cannabis product, packaging, escort, and background check requirements for the medical cannabis dispensary program. Establishes annual reporting requirements to increase public transparency regarding the medical cannabis registry program. Makes various housekeeping amendments. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, COCHRAN, GATES, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TARNAS |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB962 |
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HB1219 HD1
Cannabis; Cannabis Propagules; Cannabis Cuttings; Medical Cannabis Dispensaries; Dispensing Limits and Restrictions
RELATING TO CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL USE.
Defines "cannabis cutting" and "cannabis propagule". Amends the definition of "cannabis" to include cannabis propagules and cannabis cuttings. Allows qualifying patients and primary caregivers who are authorized to cultivate cannabis for medical use to purchase cannabis propagules and cannabis cuttings from licensed dispensaries in the State under certain conditions. Establishes quantity limits and quality requirements for the dispensing of cannabis propagules and cannabis cuttings. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TARNAS, YAMASHITA |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB1104 |
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HB1220
Cyber Harassment; Cyberstalking; Prohibition; Civil Liabilities; Injunction
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
Prohibits cyber harassment and cyberstalking. Allows for civil liabilities and injunctions for cyber harassment and cyberstalking. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NISHIMOTO |
JHA, FIN |
SB1483 |
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HB1221 HD1
Insurance Coverage; Pharmacists; Reimbursement
RELATING TO PHARMACISTS.
Mandates reimbursement for services provided by participating registered pharmacists practicing within their scope of practice by private and public health plans in the State beginning 1/1/2024. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB165 |
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HB1222
State Legislature; Legislative Access; Remote Legislative Committee Hearings; Remote Testimony; Deaf and Blind Task Force
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ACCESS THROUGH REMOTE TESTIMONY.
Requires each house of the Legislature to establish by its rules, procedures that enable the Legislature to use remote testimony at legislative committee hearings, enable the public to present oral testimony at legislative committee hearings through remote testimony, and accommodate persons with disabilities though remote testimony. Defines "remote testimony". |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KOBAYASHI, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO |
LMG, JHA |
SB613 |
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HB1223 HD1
DOE; State Public Charter School Commission; Teacher Loans; Loan Forgiveness; Teacher Incentives ($)
RELATING TO TEACHER LOANS.
Establishes a teacher loan program to encourage individuals to become teachers in hard-to-fill positions of department of education schools. Allows the loan to be forgiven after five years of teaching in a hard-to-fill position. Establishes a similar teacher loan program for public charter schools. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAM, Matsumoto |
EDU, WAM |
SB1137 |
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HB1224
HHFDC; Rental Assistance Program; Reserve Percentage
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Requires rental housing projects to maintain, in perpetuity, 50% of the project's units for certain low-income tenants in order to be eligible for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's rental assistance program. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, POEPOE, TAM |
HSG, FIN |
SB1139 |
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HB1225
Income Tax; Landlord Low-Income Tenant Tax Credit
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a landlord low-income tenant tax credit. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LAMOSAO, MIZUNO, POEPOE, TAM, Matsumoto |
HSG, FIN |
SB1152 |
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HB1226
CIP; Eleventh Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eleventh representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO |
FIN |
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HB1227
OHA; Native Hawaiians; Properties; Kakaako Makai; Claims
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC TRUST LANDS.
Formally recognizes that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is not barred from pursuing and may negotiate with respect to public land trust claims not addressed in Act 15, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA, ALCOS, COCHRAN, GARCIA, PIERICK, Amato, Ganaden |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB1228
Hawaii Community Development Authority; OHA; Residential Development; Kakaako Makai
RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
Authorizes raising the building height limit to 400 feet for 2 of the 6 parcels owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in the Kakaako Makai area. Lifts the current restriction against residential development in Kakaako Makai to authorize residential development by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs or by third parties to which the Office of Hawaiian Affairs conveys the parcels. Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and any developer to provide written notice to any tenant or resident of potential aircraft-related nuisances before entering into a lease, and to assess and propose mitigation efforts to address aircraft-related nuisances in development plans and proposals. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA, COCHRAN, PIERICK |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB1229
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Funeral Directors; Cemetery Salespersons; Death Care Industry Board; Special Fund ($)
RELATING TO THE DEATH CARE INDUSTRY.
Establishes the death care industry board to regulate the practices of funeral directing and cemetery sales. Establishes the death care industry board special fund. Requires funeral directors and cemetery salespersons to be licensed. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA, COCHRAN, Ganaden |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB1230
Spaceport; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism ($)
RELATING TO A SPACE CORPORATION.
Establishes the Hawaii Space Corporation to develop a spaceport. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA, WARD, Garrett, Matsumoto |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1231 HD1
Penal Code; Criminal Property Damage; Business Property; Increased Penalty
RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE.
Amends the misdemeanor offense of criminal property damage in the third degree to include intentionally or knowingly damaging the property of another that is used in a business operation, without the other's consent in an amount exceeding $100. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA, COCHRAN, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, WARD |
JDC |
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HB1232
Hawaii Paroling Authority; Corrections; Inmates; Breastfeeding; Place of Imprisonment; Contraception
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.
Authorizes certain inmates to either directly breastfeed any of the inmate's eligible children or to express milk for delivery to the child and to elect to be committed to a correctional facility in the inmate's home county. Requires the Hawaii Paroling Authority to provide free contraception to parolees. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, GATES, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
CMV, JHA, FIN |
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HB1233 HD2
UH; TIM; Carrying Capacity; Study; DOH; DLNR; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TOURISM.
Requires the School of Travel Industry Management of the University of Hawaii to conduct a study that assesses the tourism social carrying capacity for each of the islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, and Molokai. Requires the School of Travel Industry Management to consult with the Department of Health and Department of Land and Natural Resources and allows the school to consult with other entities. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, Chun |
HRE/EET, WAM |
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HB1234
David Loasby Law; Snorkels; Masks; Water Rescues; Empirical Data Reporting; DOH; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO DATA ABOUT SNORKELS AND MASKS.
Requires first responders to record in the incident report for each water rescue event the type of snorkel and mask, if any, worn by the person who was rescued or recovered. Appropriates funds to the department of health to update reporting system technology. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TODD, Chun |
JHA, CPC |
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HB1235 HD2
DPS; Adult Correctional Officers; Control Rooms; Cameras; Body Cameras; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.
Appropriates funds for purchasing digital cameras for all adult correctional officer control rooms at state correctional facilities and body cameras for adult correctional officers to wear while on duty at state correctional facilities. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM |
PSM, JDC, WAM |
SB1470 |
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HB1236 HD2
Affordable Housing; Banks; Assets; Aggregate Investments
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
Allows a bank to invest, in aggregate, up to two per cent of the bank's total assets in limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations formed to invest in affordable housing residential properties. Requires approval from the commissioner of financial institutions to exceed this amount. Sunsets 6/30/2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, LAMOSAO, NAKASHIMA |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
SB764 |
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HB1237 HD1
Green User Fee Program; State and County Parks; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO A GREEN USER FEE PROGRAM.
Requires the department of land and natural resources to establish a green user fee program to collect user fees for certain parks. Requires the department of land and natural resources to develop a mobile application for the green user fee program. Exempts certain individuals from the green user fee program. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD |
TOU, WAL, FIN |
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HB1238 HD1
Transient Accommodations; Booking Services; Hosting Platforms; County Regulation
RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS HOSTING PLATFORMS.
Authorizes the counties to adopt an ordinance regulating the operation of hosting platforms that provide booking services for transient accommodations operators. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, TAKENOUCHI, Belatti, Kobayashi |
TOU, CPC, FIN |
SB1102 |
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HB1239 HD1
Tourism Liaison Officer; Office of the Governor; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TOURISM.
Establishes the position of the Tourism Liaison Officer within the Office of the Governor. Makes an appropriation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LAMOSAO |
TOU, FIN |
SB112 |
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HB1240
Shuttle; Haleiwa; Turtle Bay Resort; Pilot Program; Transportation; Hawaii Tourism Authority; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Establishes a two-year pilot program for a shuttle to operate between Haleiwa and Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's north shore. Appropriates funds. Requires a report to the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN |
TOU, FIN |
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HB1241 HD2
Land Surveyors; Assistants; Right of Entry; Private Property; Trespass
RELATING TO RIGHT OF ENTRY FOR PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS.
Authorizes professional land surveyors and their assistants to enter private property to perform land surveying, subject to certain provisions. Shields land surveyors and their assistants from prosecution under criminal trespass laws when performing their duties. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, LOWEN, ONISHI, TODD |
CPN, JDC |
SB1468 |
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HB1242
Mental Health; Provisional Licensure; Marriage and Family Therapists; Mental Health Counselors; Psychologists; Licensed Clinical Social Workers; Insurance Reimbursement
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Establishes provisional or associate level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances. Allows psychologist license applicants to take licensing examinations before completing other requirements. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TARNAS |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB1444 |
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HB1243 HD1
East Hawaii Community Development District; Established; Hawaii Community Development Authority; DLNR; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE EAST HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
Establishes the east Hawaii community development district and board. Requires the department of land and natural resources to transfer certain leases within the district to the board. Repeals the Hilo community economic district. Appropriates moneys. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, TODD |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB1244 HD1
Hawaii Public Housing Authority; State Rent Supplement Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii public housing authority for the state rent supplement program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, ONISHI, TODD |
HSG, FIN |
SB1255 |
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HB1245 HD1 SD1
Emergency Medical Services; Advanced Life Support Ambulance; Central Maui; Statewide Air Ambulance Network System; Department of Health; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AMBULANCES.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to purchase of one advanced life support ambulance and related equipment to be based in central Maui, fund pay-related personnel costs for state-certified emergency medical services personnel, and increase the predictability and stability of available air ambulance services for all islands in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AMATO, POEPOE |
HHS, WAM |
SB1435 |
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HB1246 HD1 SD2
HHFDC; General Obligation Bonds; Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund; Infrastructure; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to issue bonds for housing project infrastructure and to finance the development of regional state infrastructure projects. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds with the funds to be deposited into the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. Appropriates funds into and out of the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. Requires a report to the Legislature on the housing units to be generated by the infrastructure projects. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU |
HOU, WAM |
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HB1247
Hawaii Environmental Policy Act; Environmental Impact Statements; Environmental Assessments; Affordable Housing; Project Segmentation
RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
Exempts affordable housing and certain qualifying housing development projects from HEPA. Establishes a definition of "program" and "project" to preempt the existing definitions under section 11-200.1-2, Hawaii Administrative Rules, and narrow the existing interpretation that requires analysis of tangentially related projects. Amends the applicability and requirements section of HEPA to clarify when multiple actions must be considered in the same environmental review document for the purposes of project segmentation. Expands the requirement that project opponents must exhaust their administrative remedies as a prerequisite to litigation to apply to environmental assessments and environmental impact statements. Retroactively applies to projects that received approval for their environmental assessment or environmental impact statement on or after August 9, 2019. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, AIU, WOODSON |
HSG/EEP, JHA, FIN |
SB1436 |
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HB1248 HD1 SD1
HDOA; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Hawaii Healthy Food Incentive Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INCENTIVES.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the continued administration of the Hawaii healthy food incentive program and to provide matching funds to beneficiaries who participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAHALOA, AMATO, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, Matsumoto |
AEN, WAM |
SB1259 |
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HB1249
Diamond Head; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Place Names
RELATING TO DIAMOND HEAD.
Requires the department of land and natural resources to identify all state and county roads, landmarks, monuments, and public parks that use the name Diamond Head and identify the process for renaming these roads, landmarks, and public parks from Diamond Head to Leahi. Requires a report to the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAHALOA, AMATO, GANADEN, GARRETT, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KOBAYASHI, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TAM |
CAI/WAL, FIN |
SB1525 |
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HB1250 HD1 SD1
HDOA; Mamaki Tea; Labeling Requirements; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MAMAKI TEA.
Imposes labeling requirements for mamaki tea grown in the State. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to administer the mamaki tea labeling requirements. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAHALOA, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, PIERICK, TAM |
CPN/AEN, WAM |
SB1487 |
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HB1251
Seeking of Medical or Law Enforcement Assistance; Sex Trade; Prostitution
RELATING TO THE SEEKING OF ASSISTANCE.
Provides protections to individuals involved in the sex trade from the consequences under criminal law of disclosing their engagement or being identified as engaging in prostitution while in the course of seeking medical or law enforcement assistance. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GANADEN, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
JHA |
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HB1252 HD2
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure; Electric Vehicle-ready Parking Stalls; Affordable Housing; Rebates; HHFDC
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Provides rebates for eligible electric vehicle-ready parking stalls for new construction of affordable housing. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TODD, Tam |
EEP, HSG, FIN |
SB1460 |
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HB1253
Honolua Bay Special Fund; Honolua Bay Advisory Board; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HONOLUA BAY.
Establishes the Honolua Bay Special Fund for conservation purposes and the upkeep and maintenance of Lipoa Point. Establishes a Honolua Bay Advisory Board to administer the Honolua Bay Special Fund and oversee the conservation of Honolua Bay. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to include and incorporate Honolua Bay into the Division of State Parks' online reservation system. Makes an appropriation. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, Matsumoto |
WAL, FIN |
SB1153 |
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HB1254 HD1
DLNR; Homelessness Coordinator; Positions; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Appropriates funds to establish homelessness coordinator positions on Maui, Oahu, Kauai, and Hawaii island within the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN |
HHS/WTL, WAM |
SB1144 |
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HB1256 HD1
DOE; Schools; Employees; Campuses; Housing; Pilot Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
Establishes and appropriates moneys for a Maui campus housing pilot program, to be administered by the school facilities authority which shall make on-campus housing available to employees at Lahainaluna and Kulanihakoi high schools on the island of Maui. Requires the school facilities authority and department of education to submit reports to the Legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, Belatti |
HSG, EDN, FIN |
SB1596 |
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HB1257
CIP; Fourteenth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fourteenth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN |
FIN |
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HB1258
CIP; Twenty-sixth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-sixth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI |
FIN |
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HB1259 HD1
Intoxicating Liquors; Direct Shipping; Liquor Manufacturers; Brewpubs; Small Craft Producer Pubs
RELATING TO DIRECT SHIPPING OF LIQUOR.
Allows direct shipment of all forms of liquor, rather than just wine, by certain licensees. Requires the county liquor commissions to adopt rules. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAHALOA, HOLT, KILA |
ECD, CPC, FIN |
SB1571 |
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HB1260 HD1
Address Confidentiality; Department of Law Enforcement; Office of the Lieutenant Governor; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY.
Changes the governmental entity responsible for the administration of the address confidentiality program from the office of the lieutenant governor to the department of the law enforcement. Authorizes the department of law enforcement to contract the services of a third party to administer certain services of the program. Appropriates funds for the address confidentiality program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, AMATO, CHUN, MIZUNO, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
PSM/JDC, WAM |
SB1527 |
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HB1261 HD2
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Division of Financial Institutions; Special Purpose Digital Currency Companies; Licensure; Digital Currency Innovation Lab; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE DIGITAL CURRENCY LICENSURE.
Beginning 1/1/2024, establishes a program for the licensure, regulation, and oversight of special purpose digital currency companies. Extends operations of companies in the digital currency innovation lab under certain circumstances. Appropriates funds for three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) permanent examiners. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PIERICK, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD, Alcos |
CPN, WAM |
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HB1262
DCCA; Broadband Service Providers; Informational Reports
RELATING TO BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Repeals the requirement for broadband service providers to submit census-block level reports to the department of commerce and consumer affairs, for consistency with new Federal Communications Commission requirements. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAYAMA |
HET, CPC |
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HB1263 HD2 SD2
Hawaii ABLE Savings Program; Director of Finance; State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Department of Health; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII ABLE SAVINGS PROGRAM.
Repeals language that gives the director of finance discretion to use moneys in the Hawaii ABLE savings program trust fund if the director elects to accept deposits from contributors instead of sending deposits directly to the ABLE program manager. Authorizes the director of finance to expend moneys in the Hawaii ABLE savings program trust fund to provide incentive payments to Hawaii public school ABLE account owners. Appropriates moneys to fund incentive payments. Establishes and appropriates moneys to fund one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent position to provide statewide outreach, advocacy, and relationship management for the Hawaii ABLE savings program. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHEM, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATSUMOTO, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD, WOODSON, Kobayashi |
HHS, WAM |
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HB1264
Health Care; Nurse Licensure Compact; Multistate Licensure
RELATING TO NURSES.
Requires state participation in the multistate Nurse Licensure Compact, which will allow a nurse who is licensed by a home state to practice under a multistate licensure privilege in each party state. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
LGO, HLT, CPC |
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HB1265
School Psychologists; Licensure; Hawaii Teacher Standards and School Psychologists Board
RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGY.
Establishes licensure for school psychologists consistent with National Association of School Psychologists standards. Clarifies that the exemptions from licensure as a psychologist apply to those persons employed as school psychologists by an educational institution and practicing only within a school setting. Prohibits private practice by school psychologists. Renames the Hawaii teacher standards board the Hawaii teacher standards and school psychologists board; amends the composition of the board to include two school psychologists and requires the board to submit a report to the legislature. Sunsets 7/1/2026. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAYAMA, BELATTI, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, Kobayashi |
EDN/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB1266 HD2
Food Donations; Wild Game
RELATING TO FOOD DONATIONS.
Allows wild game to be donated as food. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, PERRUSO |
AEN/HHS, JDC |
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HB1267 HD1
DLNR; Ka‘ena Point State Park, Makua, Keawa‘ula ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Requires the department of land and natural resources to develop and implement a management system for Ka‘ena point state park, Makua, and Keawa‘ula regions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KILA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO |
WTL, WAM |
SB1258 |
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HB1268 HD1
UH Sea Grant College Program; Statewide Strategic Five-Year Plan for Aquaculture; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.
Requires the University of Hawaii sea grant college program to contract with an independent consultant for the development of a statewide strategic five-year plan for aquaculture. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, TARNAS, TODD |
HET, WAL, FIN |
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HB1269
Agricultural Districts; Food Hubs
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS.
Amends the qualifications for food hubs located in agricultural districts. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, TODD |
AGR, CPC |
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HB1270 HD1
Hemp; Task Force; Department of Agriculture; Department of Health
RELATING TO HEMP.
Establishes a task force to gather data and information and make recommendations to the legislature on strategies and actions to support a vibrant hemp industry, agriculture, and rural economic development. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, Belatti |
AGR, FIN |
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HB1271
Single Occupant Vehicle Fee Pilot Project; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOV LANE USAGE.
Establishes a three-year pilot project that authorizes a vehicle with a single occupant to use the zipper lane for a fee. Appropriates funds to the department of transportation for the pilot project. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, Alcos, Matsumoto |
TRN, FIN |
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HB1272
Relating to school choice scholarship program
RELATING TO SCHOOL CHOICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
Provides students access to nonpublic schools through school choice scholarship program, which provides grants to eligible entities to allocate funds to eligible students for enrollment in nonpublic schools based upon financial need. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, GARCIA |
EDN, FIN |
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HB1273
Inheritance and Estate Tax Repeal, DoTax
RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF INHERITANCE AND ESTATE TAX.
Repeals Chapters 236D and 236E inheritance and estate tax. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, WARD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1274
Individual Housing Account; Pre-tax savings account for down-payment.
RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSING ACCOUNT PROGRAM.
Updating the Individual Housing Account (IHA) statutes to more accurately reflect the current cost of housing down-payments. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, Alcos |
HSG, FIN |
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HB1275
Prohibiting chemical abortions.
RELATING TO PROHIBITING CHEMICAL ABORTIONS.
Relating to abortions; prohibiting chemical abortion drugs for abortions as specified; providing exceptions; providing a criminal penalty for violating the prohibition on use of chemical abortion drugs for abortions; providing definitions; specifying exceptions; making conforming amendments. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, Alcos, Garcia |
HLT/JHA |
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HB1276 HD1
Department of Transportation; Traffic Flow and Mitigation; State and County Traffic Projects
RELATING TO TRAFFIC CONTROL.
Requires the department of transportation to authorize state and county traffic projects to make changes, as necessary, to traffic flow and mitigation efforts. Prohibits contractors from charging additional fees to amend traffic flow and safety or mitigation efforts. Requires the department of transportation to make a final determination on all changes to traffic flow and mitigation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, PERRUSO, WARD, Cochran, Lowen |
TRN, FIN |
SB1243 |
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HB1277
Retail Service Stations; Gas Dispensing Equipment; Warning Labels; Health; Environment; Climate Change; Public Utilities Commission
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Requires self-service stations to put labels on gas dispensing equipment that advise consumers on the effects of fossil fuel consumption to human health and the environment. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, PERRUSO, WARD, Cochran, Lowen |
CPC, FIN |
SB143 |
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HB1278 HD1
Green Infrastructure; Transportation; Green Transportation Infrastructure Task Force
RELATING TO GREEN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
Establishes green infrastructure objectives and policies for transportation systems, infrastructure, and projects. Establishes the green transportation infrastructure task force to examine, evaluate, and develop policies for the design, implementation, and maintenance of green transportation infrastructure. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTEN, AMATO, BELATTI, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TODD |
TRN/EEP, FIN |
SB965 |
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HB1279
Crime; Unconditional Release; Pre-trial Release; Bail
RELATING TO BAIL.
Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a person charged with a crime is entitled to unconditional release. Requires the court to consider conditioning pre-trial release on nonfinancial conditions before ordering bail if unconditional release is inappropriate. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
JHA/CMV, FIN |
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HB1280
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Correctional Facilities; Inmates; Solitary Confinement; Restrictions; Vulnerable Populations; Report
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.
Restricts the use of solitary confinement in state-operated and state-contracted correctional facilities, with certain specified exceptions. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to use appropriate alternatives to solitary confinement for inmates who are members of a vulnerable population. Requires the department to develop written policies and implement procedures by 7/1/2024. Defines "member of a vulnerable population." Requires a report to the Legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM |
CMV, JHA, FIN |
SB347 |
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HB1281
Vehicles; Operation; Intoxicants; Blood Alcohol Concentration
RELATING TO THE USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE.
Lowers the threshold blood alcohol concentration for the offense of operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, KILA, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO |
JHA |
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HB1282 HD1
Manoa Stream; Maintenance; City and County of Honolulu; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE MAINTENANCE OF MANOA STREAM.
Appropriates funds for the city and county of Honolulu to perform maintenance activities to benefit Manoa stream. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT |
WAL, FIN |
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HB1283
CIP; Twenty-second Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-second representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT |
FIN |
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HB1284
Relating to discrimination based on political affiliation.
RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION.
Prohibits discrimination by employers based on political affiliation. Prohibits unfair discriminatory practices that deny, or attempt to deny, a person the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation based on political affiliation. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD |
LGO, JHA |
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HB1285
Aloha Stadium; Naming Rights; Economic Recovery
RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY.
Authorizes the Stadium Authority to sell the naming rights to Aloha Stadium and its facilities. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1286
State Capitol; DAGS; DPS; Security; Parking ($)
RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL.
Requires DAGS and DPS, in consultation with the Legislature and other entities, to plan and implement security improvements at the State Capitol. Requires DAGS to remove all parking meters from the Capitol parking facility and reallocate parking in the Capitol district. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD |
LMG, FIN |
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HB1287
Right to Repair; Digital Electronic Equipment; Repairs; Original Equipment Manufacturers; Independent Repair Providers
RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO REPAIR.
Requires manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available to owners and independent repair providers, on fair and reasonable terms, the documentation, parts, and tools used to diagnose, maintain, and repair the equipment. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WARD |
CPC, FIN |
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HB1288
Tip Credit; Repeal
RELATING TO TIPPED EMPLOYEES.
Repeals the authority of employers to pay tipped employees less than the minimum wage. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAPELA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, KILA, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TAM |
LGO, FIN |
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HB1289
Environmental Assessments; Historic Sites; Waikiki
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS.
Removes historic sites and the Waikiki special district from the requirement for environmental assessments under section 343-5, HRS. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKAYAMA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EEP/WAL, JHA |
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HB1290 HD1
DOT; Bicycle Paths; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Appropriates funds to the department of transportation for a protected bicycle path in Puna. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ILAGAN, TODD |
TRN, FIN |
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HB1291 HD1
Family Court; Minors; Foster Custody; Tort Action
RELATING TO FAMILY COURT.
Requires certain persons to immediately report a potential tort claim to the family court when that person has reason to believe that a child in foster custody has suffered an injury that may arise to a tort claim. Establishes procedures for the family court to follow when appointing a master to investigate a potential tort claim and when authorizing the filing of a tort claim on behalf of an injured child, including the opportunity for an injured child to obtain outside legal representation. Effective 7/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARRETT (Introduced by request of another party) |
HUS, JHA |
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HB1292
DLNR; Waste-to-Energy; Solid Waste Diversion; Sustainable Energy
RELATING TO WASTE-TO-ENERGY.
Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to enter into a public private partnership to develop a waste-to-energy generating facility on land under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, AIU, CHUN, GARRETT, GATES, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, SAIKI, TAKENOUCHI, TODD, WOODSON, Poepoe |
EEP, FIN |
SB1247 |
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HB1293
Egg-laying Hens; Confinement Standards; Agriculture; Certification
RELATING TO FARM ANIMALS.
Beginning no later than 1/1/2025: requires farm owners or operators to confine egg-laying hens in accordance with certain standards, with exceptions; prohibits a business owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products that are produced by egg-laying hens that were confined in a manner that violates certain standards, with exceptions; and requires the department of agriculture to certify a business owner or operator who sells shell eggs or egg products within the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, CHUN, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM |
AGR, CPC |
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HB1295 HD2
Department of Agriculture; Chicken and Egg Farmers; Grants; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FARMS.
Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to provide grants to qualified chicken and egg farmers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, CHUN, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, Poepoe |
AGR, CPC, FIN |
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HB1296 HD1 SD1
DOH; Early Intervention Services; Working Group; Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES.
Establishes an Early Intervention Services Working Group within the Department of Health to study and recommend ways to assist and support deaf and hard of hearing children, including implementation strategies. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KILA, AIU, CHUN, GARRETT, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI |
HHS, WAM |
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HB1297
Condominium Associations; Registration; Documents; Records
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Requires registration for condominium associations to be on an annual basis, rather than on a biennial basis. Adds an additional annual condominium education trust fund fee to be used to support the annual registration with attached documents of the association. Amends the documents required for association registration. Broadens the list of documents an association must be maintained. Clarifies when such documents must be provided to unit owners. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, FIN |
SB1201 |
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HB1298
Condominiums; Meetings; Members; Proxies; Internet; Voting
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Prohibits the use of proxies in condominium association voting. Requires associations to allow members to vote by mail and attend and cast votes in association meetings through internet, teleconference, or other electronic transmission technology. Requires associations to mail out paper ballots before any annual or other periodic election of board members. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, JHA |
SB1512 |
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HB1299
CIP; Thirty-second Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-second representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AIU |
FIN |
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HB1300 HD2 SD1
Mental Health; Provisional Licensure; Associate Licensure; Marriage and Family Therapists; Mental Health Counselors; Psychologists; Examinations; Social Work Interns; Insurance Reimbursements; Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Establishes provisional or associate-level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances. Requires psychologist license applicants to possess a doctoral degree and complete certain supervised experience requirements before sitting for the licensing examination. Authorizes insurance reimbursements for services provided by a supervised social work intern in certain circumstances. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PIERICK, POEPOE, Matsumoto |
HHS/CPN, WAM |
SB343 |
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HB1301 HD1 SD1
University of Hawaii; Cancer Center; Multiethnic Cohort Study; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CANCER.
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Filipinos. Requires the Cancer Center to seek federal funding to complete the study. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
HRE, WAM |
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HB1302 HD1
Excessive Amplified Noise Control; Public Sidewalks; Mixed-Use and Residential Zones; Penalties; Pilot Program; Waikiki Special District; Department of Health; Honolulu Police Department; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION.
Establishes a two-year pilot program to require the department of health to implement the excessive amplified noise control regulation in the Waikiki Special District, which prohibits, with certain exceptions, the emission of excessive amplified noise during certain hours on public sidewalks near certain locations in areas zoned as mixed-use or residential without prior approval from the director of health. Establishes penalties for violations. Requires the department of health to adopt rules and report to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
CHUN, TAM |
HLT, JHA, FIN |
SB1418 |
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HB1303 HD1 SD1
City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply; Water Use Reduction Pilot Programs; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WATER CONSERVATION.
Appropriates moneys to the City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply to create a pilot program that incentivizes residential homeowners in certain dry areas to replace landscaping and irrigation with alternatives that reduce water use. Requires report to the Legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
PSM/WTL, WAM |
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HB1304
CIP; Nineteenth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINETEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the nineteenth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHEM |
FIN |
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HB1305
Development; Counties; Nonprofit Corporations; Projects; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO COMMUNITY-INITIATED DEVELOPMENT.
Authorizes any county with a population of 500,000 or more to form partnerships with certain qualifying nonprofit corporations to execute community-initiated development project within the county. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1306
Firearms; Concealed Carry; Open Carry; Licenses
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Authorizes county police departments to issue a person a license to carry a handgun in all counties of the State. Extends the expiration date of a license from 1 year to 5 years. Repeals "proper cause" requirements invalidated by the United States Supreme Court in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S.Ct. 2111 (2022). |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1307
Department of Education; Financial Literacy; Personal Transition Plan
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires the Department of Education to include the teaching of financial literacy in the personal transition plan requirement for each student. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KONG |
EDN, FIN |
SB850 |
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HB1308
DOH; DHS; Fingerprinting; Healthcare Facility; Criminal History Record Check
RELATING TO FINGERPRINTING.
Prohibits the department of health from requiring an applicant, operator, employee, or adult volunteer at a healthcare facility or, in the case of a healthcare facility operated in a private residence, any adult living in the home other than the client, to consent to fingerprinting except in connection with the initial licensing or certification of the individual or healthcare facility. In the case of a healthcare facility operated in a private residence, any adult living in the home other than the client, who was not living in the home at the time of initial licensing of certification, shall not be required to be fingerprinted more than once. Resets initial fingerprinting and background check requirements if the licensee terminates the license and later applies for a new license. Provides that the department of human services shall not require service providers who have direct contact with individuals receiving adult services to be fingerprinted as part of the criminal history record check process more than once. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTINEZ, KILA, LAMOSAO, Amato, Marten |
HLT/HUS, JHA |
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HB1309 HD1
CCFFH; ARCH Type-I; DDDOM; Adult Foster Homes; Medicaid; DHS; State Supplemental Payments; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CARE HOMES.
Appropriates funds for state supplemental payments to certain care homes that care for clients eligible for federal supplemental security income or public assistance, or both. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTINEZ, HASHIMOTO, KILA, LAMOSAO |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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HB1310
CIP; Fortieth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fortieth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTINEZ |
FIN |
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HB1311
Office of Senior Citizen Affairs; Kupuna Benefits Program; Lieutenant Governor; Tax Credit; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SENIOR CITIZENS.
Establishes a temporary office of senior citizen affairs in the office of the lieutenant governor. Establishes the kupuna benefits program, to be administered by the office of senior citizen affairs. Establishes a kupuna benefits program tax credit for certain businesses who provide benefits or special privileges to participants of the kupuna benefits program. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTINEZ |
HUS/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB1312
Red Hill Water Contamination; Reimbursement; Civilian Residents DOH; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Appropriates funds for the department of health to reimburse civilian households in Iroquois Point, and any other affected area, for costs incurred due to the 2021-2022 Red Hill water contamination. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MARTINEZ |
WAL/EEP, HLT, FIN |
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HB1313 HD1
Haiku Valley; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Haiku Valley Cultural Preserve Commission; Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HAIKU VALLEY.
Establishes the Haiku valley cultural preserve commission with OHA to provide policy and management oversight of the Haiku valley cultural preserve. Establishes the Haiku valley cultural preserve special fund. Authorizes the department of Hawaiian home lands to negotiate an agreement for license or other terms of use of Haiku valley with the office of Hawaiian affairs. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA, MATAYOSHI |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB1314 HD1
Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit; Compliance; Cure
RELATING TO TAXES.
Requires productions to provide evidence of reasonable efforts to comply, rather than actually comply, with all applicable requirements to qualify for the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit. Requires taxpayers be given notice and an opportunity to cure requirements for the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA |
ECD, FIN |
SB795 |
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HB1315
Renewable Energy; State Facilities; First Responder Facilities; Solar Energy
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Requires state facilities to prepare a report assessing the feasibility of installing distributed energy resource systems at each facility. Requires state facilities to implement and install the distributed energy resource systems detailed in the reports no later than five years from the issue date of the reports. Gives priority for the required energy efficiency measures to first responder facilities. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KITAGAWA |
LGO/EEP, FIN |
SB1261 |
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HB1316
Firearms; Carry License; Possession; Display
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Requires licensees who carry firearms concealed or unconcealed outside their residence to have their carry license in their immediate possession and display the license upon the demand of law enforcement officers when being lawfully detained. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, GANADEN, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM |
JHA |
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HB1317
HDOA; DOH; Hawaii Environmental Protection Agency; Transfer of Functions
RELATING TO THE HAWAII ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
Establishes the Hawaii Environmental Protection Agency. Transfers jurisdiction of certain functions and employees of the Department of Agriculture and Department of Health to the Hawaii Environmental Protection Agency. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TODD |
EEP/WAL, AGR/HLT, FIN |
SB1597 |
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HB1318
Board of Land and Natural Resources; DLNR; Counties; Wharfs; Launching Ramps; Small Boat Harbors; Transfer; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.
Transfers from the Department of Natural Resources certain wharfs, launching ramps, and small boat harbors on Maui to the County of Maui with the corresponding revenue from those harbors. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, AMATO, GANADEN, PERRUSO |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
SB1477 |
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HB1319 HD2
Traffic Code; Bicycles; Motorcycles; Mopeds; Intersection; Inoperative Vehicle Detection Device
RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE.
Allows operators of bicycles, motorcycles, and mopeds to proceed through an intersection on a steady red signal during certain hours if the traffic signal is controlled by a vehicle detection device that is inoperative due to the size or composition of the bicycle, motorcycle, or moped. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, PIERICK, Amato |
TCA, JDC |
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HB1320
DLNR; Maintenance Dredging; Port Infrastructure; Strategic Plan; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO PORT INFRASTRUCTURE.
Requires the department of land and natural resources to create a strategic plan for maintenance dredging of important port and harbor locations and report the plan to the legislature. Requires the department of land and natural resources to complete a minimum of two projects identified in the strategic plan. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, MORIKAWA |
TRN, WAL, FIN |
SB1475 |
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HB1321
Department of Transportation; City and County of Honolulu; Makakilo Drive Extension; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Requires the City and County of Honolulu to transfer to the State the City and County of Honolulu's authority to construct a Makakilo Drive extension. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA |
TRN, FIN |
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HB1322
Fireworks; Police; Enforcement; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Requires each county to establish within its police department a fireworks-focused enforcement unit. Requires annual reports to the Legislature on the effectiveness of each unit. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1323
State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History; Iolani Palace; Maintenance and Operating Costs; Appropriation ($)
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII MUSEUM OF MONARCHY HISTORY.
Appropriates moneys to the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History (Iolani Palace) for operating and maintenance expenses. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA, COCHRAN, KAHALOA, WARD, Garcia |
CAI, FIN |
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HB1324
Health Insurance; Mandated Coverage; Annual Mental Health Wellness Examination
RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
Requires all health insurers in the state, including medicaid managed care programs, to cover annual mental health wellness examinations. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA, AMATO, GANADEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, Alcos |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB339 |
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HB1325
Post-Conviction Review; Habeas Corpus; Criminal Conviction
RELATING TO WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS.
Sets forth requirements under which a convicted person may seek review for a criminal conviction. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SOUZA |
JHA |
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HB1326 HD1 SD1
Packaging Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling Plan and Program; DOH; Producer; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
Establishes the Hawaii Zero Waste Initiative to, among other things, manage the State's transition to a zero solid waste economy. Establishes the Packaging Waste Advisory Council. Allows the establishment of a nonprofit producer responsibility organization. Requires the Department of Health to develop an assessment of statewide needs to determine the resources required to reduce packaging waste by seventy per cent from the baseline amount by 2035 and develop a program proposal and draft legislation to establish a producer-funded Packaging Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LOWEN |
AEN/HHS, WAM |
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HB1327 HD2 SD1
Educational Supplies; Tax Credit; Schools; Educators
RELATING TO TAX CREDITS.
Establishes a state income tax credit for qualified expenses incurred by certain individuals employed by the Department of Education, Hawaii state public library system, or as part of a head start program in a school. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARCIA, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
WAM |
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HB1328 HD1
Charter Schools; Facilities Funding; Infrastructure; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Provides funding for rental or lease of facilities under legislative appropriations and bond authorizations to the state public charter school commission for the design, planning, construction, repair, and maintenance of public charter school improvements. Appropriates general funds for infrastructure costs, rental or lease assistance, and the repair and maintenance of network infrastructure for charter schools. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARCIA, HOLT, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
EDN, FIN |
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HB1330 HD1 SD1
Department of Education; School Bus Services; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SCHOOL BUS SERVICES.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for school bus services. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
EDU, WAM |
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HB1331 HD1
DOE; School Supply Subsidy Pilot Program; Extension; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Extends the school supply subsidy pilot program established pursuant to Act 142, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, for an additional two years. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
WOODSON, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, KOBAYASHI, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
EDN, FIN |
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HB1332
Abortion; Pain Capable; Dismemberment; Prohibitions; Exceptions
RELATING TO THE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY.
Prohibits the abortion of a fetus that is capable of feeling pain. Prohibits abortions by dismemberment. Provides certain exceptions. Establishes penalties. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
HLT/JHA |
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HB1333
Social Media Platforms; Censorship; Safeguards.
RELATING TO SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP.
Prohibits social media platforms from engaging in censorship of candidates for elected office and other users. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
HET, JHA |
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HB1334
Mental Health Crisis Response; DOH AMHD coordinator position; appropriations ($)
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE.
Appropriates funds for three areas of Mental Health Crisis Response: Increased funding for 988 Hawaii CARES, creates a position for a statewide crisis mobile outreach coordinator with the goal to have statewide response 24/7, funding to increase mental health crisis stabilization bed capacity in all counties. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GARCIA |
HLT, FIN |
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HB1335
Criminal Procedure; Arrest; Citation; Court Appearance; Appearance Ticket
RELATING TO ARRESTS.
Provides that after making an arrest, a police officer may issue to the arrestee an appearance ticket that states the date and time of the initial court appearance, and thereafter release the arrestee from custody. Broadens the range of offenses for which a police officer may issue a citation in lieu of making an arrest, provided that certain conditions are met. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, KAPELA, TARNAS, Belatti, Kobayashi |
JHA |
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HB1336 HD2
Courts; Corrections; Arrests; Pretrial Release; Parole; Revocation
RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.
Part I: Expands the authorized issuance of citations in lieu of arrests. Authorizes a grace period after a missed initial court appearance. Part II: Amends various provisions related to pretrial release. Part III: Allows the court to order substance abuse assessment and treatment. Prohibits the arrest of a parolee, or the revocation of parole, solely due to the defendant having one positive test for drug use. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GANADEN, AMATO, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, Kobayashi |
PSM, JDC |
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HB1337
Psilocybin; Department of Health; Working Group; Report
RELATING TO PSILOCYBIN.
Establishes the Therapeutic Psilocybin Working Group. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, POEPOE, TARNAS, Chun |
HLT, CPC |
SB1454 |
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HB1338
Landlord-Tenant Code; Holdover Tenants; Termination; Just Cause; Relocation Assistance; Rent Increases; Fees; Hawaii Rent Board; Tenant Bill of Rights; Rent Stabilization Special Fund ($)
RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.
Prohibits a landlord from terminating certain tenancies without just cause. Requires a landlord to provide relocation assistance or waive the last month's rent when terminating a tenancy for no-fault just cause. Restricts how much and how often a landlord may increase an existing tenant's rent. Establishes the Hawaii rent board to oversee annual rent increases and conduct rental arbitrations, mediations, and investigative hearings on reports of wrongful evictions, and publish a tenant bill of rights. Requires a landlord to provide a tenant with the tenant bill of rights. Establishes a rent stabilization special fund, to be funded by a separate fee assessed on rental units to support the activities of the Hawaii rent board. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, KAPELA, MIZUNO |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
SB1463 |
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HB1339 HD1
Housing; Residential Landlord-Tenant Code; Notices; Intent to Raise Rent; Intent to Terminate
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Requires, for fixed-term tenancies, a landlord to notify a tenant of any intent to raise the rent for any subsequent rental agreement or any intent to terminate a rental agreement sixty days before the expiration of the original rental agreement. Increases the required notice period for intent to terminate for week-to-week tenancies. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, POEPOE |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
SB1464 |
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HB1340 HD2 SD2
Temporary Breakthrough Therapy Designation Advisory Council; Department of Health; Mental Health
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Requires the Director of Health to establish a Temporary Breakthrough Therapy Designation Advisory Council within 3 months of certain breakthrough therapy designation approvals by the United States Food and Drug Administration. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAM, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, POEPOE, Matayoshi |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB1531 |
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HB1341 HD1
Medicaid; Home and Community-Based Services; Department of Human Services; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MEDICAID.
Appropriates funds for the achievement of full funding, including estimated payment increases, of medicaid home and community-based services. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
SB1474 |
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HB1342
YMCA of Honolulu; Youth Wellness Program for Mental Health; Grant-in-aid; Mental Health and Wellness; Youths
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Appropriates grant funding to the YMCA of Honolulu for its Youth Wellness Program for Mental Health to address the statewide declining mental health outcomes of youths related to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, TAKENOUCHI, Kobayashi |
HLT, FIN |
SB161 |
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HB1343 HD1
DHS; Office of the Reproductive Health Care Access Coordinator; Reproductive Health Care; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE ACCESS.
Establishes and appropriates funds for the Office of the Reproductive Health Care Access Coordinator within the Department of Human Services for administrative purposes. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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HB1345 HD1
Hawaii Teacher Standards Board; Pilot Program; Apprenticeship; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Establishes a five-year pilot program to be implemented by the Hawaii teacher standards board to provide an educational pathway for teacher licensure or staff certification for cultural practitioners. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS |
EDN, FIN |
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HB1346
CIP; Eighth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eighth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS |
FIN |
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HB1347
Traffic Safety; Department of Transportation; Construction Projects; Exemptions; Historic Preservation; Archeological Review; Environmental Impact Statement Law; Hawaii Public Procurement Code
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Allows the Director of Transportation to exempt certain ground transportation facility projects from historic preservation review, the environmental impact statement law, and the Hawaii public procurement code under certain conditions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD |
TRN, WAL/LGO, FIN |
SB1535 |
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HB1348 HD2
Macadamia Nuts; Labeling Requirements; Country of Origin
RELATING TO LABELING OF MACADAMIA NUTS.
Clarifies labeling requirements for macadamia nuts. Requires country of origin to be included on the principal display panel of a consumer package of raw or processed macadamia nuts. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAHALOA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, LAMOSAO, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
CPN/AEN, JDC |
SB1574 |
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HB1349
CIP; Sixth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the sixth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAHALOA |
FIN |
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HB1350 HD2
Food and Drug Administration; Food Safety Modernization Act; Certification; Training; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement a GroupGAP food safety training and certification program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAHALOA |
AEN, WAM |
SB1588 |
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HB1351
Conveyance Tax; Fee Schedule; Properties Sold by Foreign Entities or Non-resident Foreign Nationals
RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.
Amends the conveyance tax by adding a fee schedule for properties that are sold by foreign entities or non-resident foreign nationals. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, Ganaden |
WAL, FIN |
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HB1352
Short-Time Compensation Program; DLIR
RELATING TO THE SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
Establishes the short-time compensation program to allow employees to receive reduced compensation when employers reduce work hours in lieu of layoffs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, GARRETT |
LGO, FIN |
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HB1353 HD1
DLIR; Unemployment Insurance; Positions; System Upgrades; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
Appropriates funds for unemployment insurance specialist and unemployment insurance assistant positions within the department of labor and industrial relations to prepare and support the unemployment insurance modernization project. Appropriates funds to upgrade and modernize the unemployment insurance system. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATAYOSHI, GARRETT |
LGO, FIN |
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HB1354
Employment; Compensation Disclosure; Job Listing
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS.
Requires certain job listings to include an hourly rate or salary range. Takes effect 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, HOLT |
LGO, JHA |
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HB1355 HD1
Real Property; Trespass; Civil Infraction; Penalties
RELATING TO CIVIL TRESPASS.
Amends the offense of simple trespass to establish the civil infraction of trespass onto real property and monetary penalties therefor. Provides that a violator shall be issued a citation. Requires violations to be adjudicated in the district courts using a system similar to that used for adjudicating traffic infractions and emergency period infractions. Requires the judiciary to have established and implemented no later than 1/1/2024 the system to adjudicate citations for civil trespass. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, AIU, CHUN, HASHIMOTO, KILA, TAKENOUCHI |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1356 HD1 SD1
Adult Residential Care Homes; Developmental Disabilities Domiciliary Homes; Medicaid; Enhanced Payments; COVID-19 Costs; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MEDICAID PATIENT CARE.
Appropriates funds to provide enhanced payments for coronavirus disease 2019-related costs and lost revenues to adult residential care homes and developmental disabilities domiciliary homes that are caring for residents who receive Medicaid benefits, under certain conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, MARTINEZ |
HHS, WAM |
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HB1357 HD1 SD2
CCFFH; ARCH; DDDOM; Adult Foster Homes; Department of Human Services; State Supplemental Payments
RELATING TO CARE HOMES.
Beginning on 7/1/2023, requires that the state supplemental payment for type 1 adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes not exceed $767. Beginning on 7/1/2023, requires that the state supplemental payment for type II adult residential care homes not exceed $875. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, MARTINEZ |
HHS, WAM |
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HB1358
Respite Care; Operators; Type I Adult Residential Care Homes; Community Care Foster Family Homes; Expanded Adult Residential Care Homes; Department of Health; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO RESPITE CARE.
Requires the department of health to provide respite care, paid for by the State, to operators of certain care homes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
LAMOSAO, MARTINEZ |
HLT, FIN |
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HB1360
CIP; Fifteenth Representative District; Seventeenth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fifteenth and seventeenth representative districts. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA |
FIN |
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HB1361
Stadium Authority; Stadium Development District; DBEDT; Transfer; Repeal
RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY.
Transfers powers, duties, and functions of stadium authority to DBEDT. Repeals stadium authority. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
LGO/ECD, FIN |
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HB1362 HD2
Taxation; Pass-through Entity; S Corporations; Partnerships
RELATING TO PASS-THROUGH ENTITY TAXATION.
Authorizes certain entities to elect to pay Hawaii income tax at the entity level through pass-through entities. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
WAM |
SB1437 |
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HB1364
DOTAX; Food/Excise Tax Credit
RELATING TO TAX CREDITS.
Renames the refundable food/excise tax credit and makes the credit nonrefundable. Authorizes the Department of Taxation to issue the tax credit to taxpayers annually rather than requiring taxpayers to file for the credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
YAMASHITA |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1365 HD1
Working Group; Office of Wellness and Resilience; Child Welfare System; Adoption Assistance; Legal Guardianship Permanency Assistance; Support and Resources; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.
Establishes the Malama Ohana working group within the office of wellness and resilience to seek, design, and recommend transformative changes to the State's child welfare system. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds to the department of human services for various support and resources for the child welfare services branch and the families they serve. Appropriates funds to the office of wellness and resilience for the working group. Effective 7/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, Garcia |
HUS, FIN |
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HB1367 HD1
Medicaid; Reimbursements; Medicare; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL MEDICAID SERVICES.
Appropriates funds to increase medicaid payments to eligible health care providers in the State up to one hundred per cent of the current medicare rates. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, WARD, Alcos, Garcia |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
SB397 |
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HB1368 HD1
Hospital Sustainability Program; Hospital Sustainability Fee; Department of Human Services; Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund; Repeal; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.
Makes various updates to the hospital sustainability program, including amending the definition of "private hospital"; clarifying the uses of the hospital sustainability program special fund; increasing various hospital sustainability fee caps; requiring DHS to consult and negotiate with the hospital trade association regarding fee participation and rates; clarifying when the hospital sustainability fee shall be discontinued and the distribution of remaining funds; repealing the sunset dates of Act 217, SLH 2012, and Act 123, SLH 2014, to make the program permanent and permanently exempting the program from the central service and administrative expenses assessments; and appropriating funds out of the special fund. Effective 06/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MIZUNO, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KOBAYASHI, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATSUMOTO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
HHS, WAM |
SB404 |
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HB1370 HD1
Department of Accounting and General Services; State Archives Preservation and Long-term Access Special Fund; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE STATE ARCHIVES.
Expands the uses for the state archives preservation and long-term access special fund from the preservation of and long-term access to government records only, to include photographic, phonographic, and audio-video records and collections that have a unique historical value or are related to Hawaii's diverse ethnic and indigenous cultures. Establishes additional funding sources for, and authorizes additional expenditures of moneys from, the state archives preservation and long-term access special fund. Appropriates moneys. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KILA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, ONISHI, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
LGO, FIN |
SB1509 |
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HB1371 HD1 SD1
DLNR; Sand Island State Recreation Area; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE SAND ISLAND STATE RECREATION AREA.
Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to prepare a master plan for the Sand Island state recreation area. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KILA, MARTINEZ, MIZUNO, NAKAMURA, PERRUSO, TODD |
WTL, WAM |
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HB1372
Tip Credit; Minimum Wage; Employment
RELATING TO THE TIP CREDIT.
Beginning January 1, 2024, increases the tip credit to be twenty per cent of the minimum wage. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, COCHRAN, KILA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, MIZUNO, ONISHI |
LGO, FIN |
SB125 |
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HB1373 HD2 SD2
Creative Industries; Workforce Development Incentive; Rebate Program; DBEDT; Tax Credits; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
Beginning 1/1/2024, requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to administer a Workforce Development Incentive Rebate Program that incentivizes local independent film and television productions. Establishes a new Film Studio Tax Credit. Amends the administration of the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit by increasing the tax credit cap from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000 for calendar year 2024 and eliminating the ability for credits exceeding the tax cap to be allowed to be claimed after December 31, 2024. Appropriates funds. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HOLT, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, TODD, Chun, Matayoshi |
EET/WAM |
SB1616 |
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HB1374 HD1
Short-term Rentals; Hosting Platforms; Booking Services; Counties
RELATING TO THE COUNTIES.
Makes explicit the counties' authority to regulate hosting platforms providing booking services for short-term rentals. Includes swapping, bartering, or exchange of a residential dwelling, or portion thereof, in the definition of "short-term rental". Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NAKASHIMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS |
TOU, CPC, FIN |
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HB1375 HD3 SD3
HTA; Board of Directors; Repeal; DBEDT; Office of Tourism and Destination Management; Establishment; Regenerative Tourism; Destination Management Action Plans; Positions; Convention Center Enterprise Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TOURISM.
Establishes an Office of Tourism and Destination Management within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism that encompasses regenerative tourism and best practice destination management. Transfers the functions, duties, appropriations, and positions of the Hawaii Tourism Authority to the Office of Tourism and Destination Management. Requires the Office of Tourism and Destination Management to implement certain county destination management action plans. Dissolves the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Board of Directors for the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Appropriates funds. (SD3) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, AMATO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, Ganaden, Martinez |
EET/PSM, WAM |
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HB1376
Hawaii Tourism Authority; Board of Directors; Repeal; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Office of Tourism and Destination Management; Establishment; Regenerative Tourism; Destination Management Action Plans; Position; Convention Center Enterprise Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Establishes an Office of Tourism and Destination Management within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism that encompasses regenerative tourism and best practice destination management. Transfers the functions, duties, appropriations, and positions of the Hawaii Tourism Authority to the Office of Tourism and Destination Management. Requires the Office of Tourism and Destination Management to implement certain county destination management action plans. Dissolves the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Board of Directors for the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN |
TOU/ECD, WAL, FIN |
SB1522 |
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HB1377
Counties; Building Permits; Rooftop Solar Systems; Energy Storage Systems; Essential Businesses; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ENERGY.
By 7/15/2024, requires the counties to adopt ordinances to establish an expedited streamlined permitting process for essential businesses to obtain the building permits needed for the installation of rooftop solar and energy storage systems. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, TARNAS, TODD |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB1378
Health; DLIR; Staffing; Work Environment; Nurses; Nurse Aides; Hospitals; Care Homes; Dialysis Facilities; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO LABOR STANDARDS AT HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
Establish certain minimum staff-to-patient ratios for hospitals, care homes, and dialysis facilities. Requires hospitals to create hospital staffing committees and staffing plans. Establishes certain meal break, rest break, and overtime provisions applicable to health care personnel at hospitals, care homes, and dialysis facilities. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for implementation and enforcement. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
QUINLAN, HASHIMOTO, MATAYOSHI |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB1580 |
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HB1379
Statewide Data Hub; Employers; Employees; DBEDT; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO A STATEWIDE DATA HUB.
Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to establish and maintain a statewide data hub to collect employer and employee data. Authorizes the department of business, economic development, and tourism to determine the type of employer and employee data to collect, the functions of the statewide data hub, and access and document retention policies for the data. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ONISHI, LAMOSAO, SAYAMA |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1380
CIP; Third Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the third representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ONISHI |
FIN |
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HB1381
Tourism; Governance Systems; LRB; Study; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TOURISM GOVERNANCE.
Requires the legislative reference bureau to conduct a study that identifies and analyzes alternative tourism governance systems. Requires the study to include a solicitation of input from certain stakeholder groups. Requires a final report to be submitted to the legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025. Appropriates moneys. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ONISHI, KAHALOA, NAKASHIMA |
TOU, FIN |
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HB1383 HD1 SD1
Agricultural Imports Replacement; Task Force; Income Tax Credit
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Establishes a task force to identify the top ten fruits or vegetables that are imported into the State but may be commercially grown in the State. Creates an income tax credit to incentivize the production of those fruits or vegetables to obviate the need to import them into the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ONISHI, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON, Pierick, Ward |
AEN/EET, WAM |
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HB1384 HD1 SD1
Food Manufacturing Development; Income Tax Credit
RELATING TO MANUFACTURING.
Creates an income tax credit to incentivize the food manufacturing industry in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ONISHI, GATES, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TODD, Pierick, Ward |
AEN/EET, WAM |
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HB1385 HD2 SD2
Public Lands; Hilo Community Economic District; Lease Extension; Department of Land and Natural Resources; BLNR; OHA; Temporary Public Land Trust Working Group; Office of the Governor; Public Land Trust Inventory; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.
Part I: Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources shall not unilaterally amend the terms and conditions of any lease of public lands being extended pursuant to Act 149, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, except as otherwise provided therein; and if the Board of Land and Natural Resources wishes to amend the terms and conditions of any lease of public lands being extended to reflect the Board's most current lease form and leasing practices and policies, such lease form and leasing practices and policies must be included in the rules of the Board. Defines "lease of public lands". Part II: Establishes a temporary public land trust working group within the Office of the Governor for administrative purposes only. Provides that the working group's sole purpose shall be to compile a definitive inventory of public land trust lands. Authorizes the working group to hire staff. Part III: Appropriates moneys to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to be used for making repairs to bulkheads and revetments located in certain parcels conveyed to the Office. PART IV: Requires and appropriates moneys for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to conduct a programmatic environmental impact statement for any development projects within the Kakaako Makai area of the public land trust. Part V: Appropriates moneys to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for certain construction costs for the development of Kukaniloko. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ONISHI, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, LOWEN, NAKASHIMA, SAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD, Amato, Belatti |
WTL, WAM |
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HB1386 HD1
BLNR; Agenda Items; Sunshine Law; Permitted Interaction
RELATING TO THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Allows no more than two members of the board of land and natural resources, one of which may be the chairperson, to determine items that shall be placed on a meeting agenda and any discussion between the two members shall be a permitted interaction under the sunshine law. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ONISHI, ICHIYAMA, MORIKAWA, Chun |
WAL, JHA |
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HB1387
Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Chief Executive Officer; Board Members; Voting; Appointment; Removal
RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.
Clarifies that the appointment and removal of the chief executive officer of the Hawaii health systems corporation requires a majority vote by the voting members of the corporation board, rather than by the entire membership of the board. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ONISHI, KAHALOA, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, TAKENOUCHI, TODD, Amato, Belatti |
LGO/HLT, FIN |
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HB1388
Transient Accommodations Tax; Natural Resource Management; Special Fund; Natural Resource Management Commission; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.
Establishes the natural resource management commission and special fund. Repeals the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the special land and development fund. Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues to the natural resource management special fund. Appropriates funds from the natural resource management special fund for the purposes of the fund and administrative, office, and staffing expenses. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ONISHI, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, Belatti |
WAL, TOU/ECD, FIN |
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HB1389
Professional and Vocational Licensing; Military Education, Training, and Service
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING.
Requires professional and vocational licensing boards to consider relevant military education, training, and service as part of the evaluation process toward the qualifications of a license. Requires the licensing administrator of the professional and vocational licensing division of the department of commerce and consumer affairs to communicate the intent of this Act to each licensing authority and report to the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, MATSUMOTO |
CMV, CPC |
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HB1390
Counseling; Compact;
RELATING TO THE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING COMPACT.
Enables the director of commerce and consumer affairs to license counselors from states which participate in the Counseling Compact. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, MARTEN, WARD |
HLT, CPC |
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HB1391
CIP; 39th Representative District ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE THIRTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 39th Representative District. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK |
FIN |
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HB1392
ERS; Judges; Elected Officials; Legislative Officers
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Requires that individuals who first begin employment as a judge, elected official, or legislative officer after 6/30/2023, be subject to the same Employees' Retirement System benefits as other state or county employees who began their employment after 6/30/2012. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, Alcos |
LGO, FIN |
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HB1393
State; Counties; Departments; Agencies; Parental Rights; Infringement
RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS.
Establishes certain parental rights. Prohibits the State and counties from enacting any rules, regulations, or laws that infringe upon these parental rights. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
PIERICK, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO |
JHA |
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HB1394 HD1 SD1
DLNR; Na Ala Hele Program; Trails; Operating Costs; Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for operating costs and personnel to manage certain trailheads as part of the Na Ala Hele trail and access program. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, LOWEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TODD |
WTL, WAM |
SB1549 |
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HB1395 HD1 SD2
HPHA; Kapaa Public Housing; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the planning and design for new housing units at the Kapaa public housing project site in Kapaa, Kauai. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KILA, KITAGAWA, TODD |
HOU, WAM |
SB1467 |
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HB1396 HD2 SD2
Cesspools; Pilot Program; Counties; Priority Area; DOH; Cesspool Conversion Section; Positions; Income Tax Credit; Real Property; Mandatory Disclosures; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.
Part I: Establishes and appropriates funds for a county cesspool pilot program in the Department of Health to work with each county to identify a priority area to expand the county sewage system or other centralized treatment system to connect individual properties in the priority area and reduce or eliminate cesspools in the identified area. Part II: Creates a cesspool conversion section in the Department of Health to facilitate the conversion of cesspools within the State. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions. Part III: Requires the Department of Health to retain qualified consultants to identify necessary public outreach and education resources and tools, and develop a comprehensive public outreach strategy and educate homeowners regarding the State's cesspool upgrade, conversion, and connection requirements and deadlines. Part IV: Establishes, for all taxable years after December 31, 2023, an income tax credit for the cost of upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool to a Director of Health-approved wastewater system or connecting to a sewerage system. Requires that, effective 11/1/23, certain information regarding cesspools on real property be included in seller mandatory disclosures for real property transactions. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA, CHUN, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KAHALOA, LOWEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA, TODD |
AEN/PSM, WAM |
SB1466 |
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HB1398 HD1
Collective Bargaining; Public Employment; Telecommunications Dispatchers; Emergency Dispatchers
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Allows telecommunications and emergency dispatchers and employees who perform similar functions employed by the State and counties to collectively bargain. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKAMURA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GATES, HASHIMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
LBT, WAM |
SB1550 |
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HB1399
Constitutional Amendment; Election of Attorney General (ConAm)
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Proposes a new section to article V of the Hawaii constitution to provide for the election of the attorney general. Amends article III, section 19, of the Hawaii constitution to allow for impeachment of the attorney general. Makes conforming amendment to article V, section 6, of the Hawaii Constitution relating to removal of the attorney general with the advice and consent of the senate. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, ALCOS, PIERICK, WARD |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1400
Governor's Emergency Powers; Proclamation; State of Emergency; Automatic Termination; Extension; Reauthorization; Concurrent Resolution
RELATING TO EMERGENCY POWERS.
Clarifies that the powers granted for emergency purposes shall not be inconsistent with the state constitution. Provides parameters for the duration of suspension of laws and requires justification for the suspension. Specifies parameters for when a state of emergency is terminated. Allows the authorization of the issuance of a proclamation arising from the same emergency or disaster as a previous proclamation that was terminated by the legislature, upon request of the governor and adoption of a concurrent resolution by the legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO |
WAL, JHA |
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HB1401
Department of Education; Financial Literacy.
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires public high school students to complete one financial literacy class before graduation. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO, AMATO, COCHRAN, GARCIA, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, NISHIMOTO, PIERICK, TAKENOUCHI |
EDN, FIN |
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HB1402
CIP; Thirty-eighth Representative District ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the thirty-eighth Representative District. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO |
FIN |
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HB1403
Hawaii State Capitol Welcome Center; Bonds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO A HAWAII STATE CAPITOL WELCOME CENTER FACILITY.
Appropriates funds for the design and construction of a Hawaii State Capitol Welcome Center. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
MATSUMOTO |
LGO, FIN |
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HB1404 HD1
Community Court Outreach Project; Judiciary; Honolulu Prosecutor; Public Defender; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY COURT OUTREACH PROJECT.
Makes the community court outreach project permanent. Amends the project to address homeless defendants and expand the opportunities for eligible defendants to participate. Appropriates funds for additional personnel and enhanced security services. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI |
HLT, JHA, FIN |
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HB1405 HD1
Limu Research; Commission on Water Resource Management; DLNR; UH; DOH; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES.
Requires the commission on water resource management and division of aquatic resources of the department of land and natural resources, in partnership with the University of Hawaii and department of health, to conduct research on limu to understand the impacts of groundwater use on groundwater-dependent ecosystems. Requires a joint report to legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARCIA, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD |
WTL/HRE/HHS/AEN, WAM |
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HB1406 HD1 SD1
Asphalt Recycling; DOT; Study; Report
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a two-year study on the maximized use of recycled asphalt across the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
TCA/AEN, WAM |
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HB1407 HD1
UH; Maui; Water Testing; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WATER TESTING.
Appropriates moneys to the department of science of the University of Hawaii Maui college to support water testing on the island of Maui, including supplies and the creation of 2.0 FTE positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
POEPOE, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TAM, TODD, Chun |
HET, WAL, FIN |
SB1598 |
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HB1408 HD3 SD1
Digital Equity Grant Program; Digital Literacy; Broadband Access; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO DIGITAL EQUITY.
Establishes the digital equity grant program to award grants to applicants to deploy digital equity projects to covered populations in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON, Kobayashi |
EET, WAM |
SB1231 |
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HB1409 HD2 SD2
Family Leave; Childbirth; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Kangaroo Care; Breast Milk Expression
RELATING TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
Extends under certain conditions, the family leave period for up to eight weeks for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Requires the Civil Rights Commission to amend its rules to include neonatal care as a related medical condition wherever the phrase "pregnancy, childbirth, or other related condition" or any similar phrase is used. Effective 6/30/2032. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
LBT/HHS, WAM |
SB1007 |
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HB1410 HD1
Reverse Vending Machine Pilot Program; Department of Health; Grants
RELATING TO DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.
Requires the department of health to establish a reverse vending machine pilot program to provide grants to deploy reverse vending machines in the State. Allows moneys from the deposit beverage container deposit special fund to be used for grants to deploy reverse vending machines. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB1411
Notice; Publication; Newspapers; Government Websites
RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICES.
Amends certain publication procedures to require the publication of information to be on the appropriate state or county department's website, rather than in a newspaper. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI, AMATO, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA, TAM, Chun, Ganaden, Kila, Poepoe |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1412 HD1 SD2
Libraries; Publishers; Electronic Books; Contracts; Licensing Agreements; Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices; Printed Copies; Prohibition; Existing Contracts
RELATING TO LIBRARIES.
Prohibits any contract or license agreement between a publisher and library in the State from precluding, limiting, or otherwise restricting the library from performing customary operational and lending functions; restricting the library from disclosing any terms of its license agreements to other libraries; and requiring, coercing, or enabling a library to violate rules regarding confidentially of a patron's library records. Deems contracts that contain prohibited provisions an unfair or deceptive act or practice and void and unenforceable. Prohibits libraries from copying or printing purchased electronic literary material. Exempts existing contracts that provide libraries with electronic literary products from vendors and aggregators. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TAKENOUCHI |
EDU, JDC |
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HB1413
Accessibility; Americans with Disabilities Act; Compliance
RELATING TO ACCESSIBILITY.
Requires that the legislature ensure that state facilities, businesses, and recreational facilities meet certain accessibility requirements and be in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, TAM |
LGO, JHA, FIN |
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HB1414
Special Needs Recreational Playground Equipment; State Parks; County Parks; Public School Playgrounds; Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
Requires all playgrounds located in state and county parks and on public school grounds include special needs recreational playground equipment as part of the recreational apparatuses by 6/30/2025 including at a minimum a wheelchair accessible swing set. Establishes the special needs recreational playground equipment special fund. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE |
LGO, JHA, FIN |
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HB1415 HD1 SD1
PUC; Electric Vehicle Charging System; Installation; Loan Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to design and administer an Electric Vehicle Charging System Loan Program to provide loans to certain applicants who install eligible electric vehicle charging systems. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, BELATTI, KAPELA, MIZUNO, PIERICK, POEPOE |
CPN/TCA, WAM |
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HB1416 HD1
Med-QUEST; DHS; Eligibility; Asset Limit; Elimination
RELATING TO MEDICAID.
Requires the department of human services to adopt rules, contingent on the approval of the Hawaii state plan amendment by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to remove the $2,000-per-individual asset limit for eligibility for assistance under the med-QUEST program. Requires a report to legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, GANADEN, KAPELA, MARTEN, MIZUNO, NAKASHIMA, POEPOE |
HUS, CPC, FIN |
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HB1417
Vacant Positions; Funding; Prohibition; DHS; DOH
RELATING TO PROTECTING AGENCY POSITIONS FROM ELIMINATION REQUIREMENT.
Prohibits the elimination of funding for vacant positions in the department of human services and department of health for five years, or until the director of human services or director of health, as applicable, requests that the positions be eliminated, whichever occurs first. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
AMATO, GANADEN, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MIZUNO, POEPOE |
FIN |
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HB1418 HD1
Department of Transportation; Bicycle Safety; Pedestrian Safety; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Appropriates funds to the department of transportation for bike and pedestrian safety. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, KITAGAWA, MARTEN |
TRN, FIN |
SB1506 |
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HB1419
Parking Stall Sharing; Electric Vehicle Charging Station; Bicycle Storage Locker; Public Employees; Public Housing
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to enable parking stall sharing among public employees, accommodate more electric vehicle charging stations, and provide bicycle storage lockers at facilities where parking is made available to public employees. Requires new public housing developments' parking stalls to accommodate electric vehicle charging stations and bicycle storage lockers. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO |
LGO, FIN |
SB968 |
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HB1420
GO Bonds; Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the replacements to the water capturing system at the Hilo wastewater treatment plant. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
TODD, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LOWEN, NAKASHIMA, TARNAS |
WAL, FIN |
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HB1421
Hemp Producers; Commercial Hemp Production; Cultivation
RELATING TO HEMP.
Gives authority to the Department of Agriculture to align state hemp production administrative rules with federal law, with regard to exemptions for fiber, fuel, and seed grain hemp crops. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, NAKAMURA, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, TODD |
AGR |
SB655 |
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HB1422
CIP; Forty-fifth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-fifth representative district. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES |
FIN |
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HB1423
Taxation; Electronic Smoking Devices; Tobacco Products; Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund
RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES.
Includes electronic smoking devices within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Establishes a tax of ten per cent for the wholesale price for electronic smoking devices. Allocates a portion of funds collected on excise taxes on electronic smoking devices to the trauma system special fund, community health centers special fund, emergency medical services special fund, and tobacco enforcement special fund. Permits funds in the tobacco enforcement special fund to be used to enforce provisions prohibiting the sale and distribution of electronic smoking devices to, and possession or use of electronic smoking devices by, persons under the age of twenty-one. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, Chun, Poepoe |
LGO, CPC, FIN |
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HB1424 HD1
Hemp Producers; Commercial Hemp Production; Labeling; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEMP.
Requires that the identity statement used for labeling or advertising hemp products identify the percentage of Hawaii grown hemp and hemp of other origins contained in hemp products. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, KAHALOA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, NAKAMURA, PERRUSO |
AGR, CPC |
SB516 |
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HB1425
Adult Use Cannabis; Hawaii Cannabis Commission; Taxation; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CANNABIS.
Legalizes, regulates, and taxes cannabis and manufactured cannabis products for adult use. Establishes the Hawaii cannabis commission to oversee the regulation of adult use cannabis manufacturers and retailers. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
GATES, COCHRAN, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MIZUNO, PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, Poepoe |
JHA/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB1426 HD1 SD1
ADC; Economic Development; Food and Product Innovation Network; Food Security; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS.
Establishes a food and product innovation network within the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Appropriates funds for food and product innovation facilities on the islands of Molokai, Oahu, and Hawaii. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
KAHALOA, GATES, LAMOSAO |
AEN/EET, WAM |
SB1547 |
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HB1427
Reproductive Health Care Services; Disclosures; Subpoenas; Agencies; Licensing Authorities; Disciplinary Action; Investigations; Proceedings
RELATING TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.
Prohibits a covered entity from disclosing communication or information relating to reproductive health care services. Prohibits the issuance of a subpoena in connection with an out-of-state proceeding relating to reproductive health care services legally performed in the State. Prohibits agencies from providing information or expending resources in the furtherance of interstate investigations or proceedings relating to reproductive health care services. Prohibits the State from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action based on pregnancy outcomes or aiding or assisting a pregnant individual with accessing reproductive health care services. Requires the governor to deny any demand for surrender of a person charged with a crime involving reproductive health care services unless the conduct constitutes a crime in the State. Enumerates laws contrary to public policy and prohibits their application as rules of decision in the courts. Prohibits the issuance of a summons for persons to testify in another state with regard to lawful reproductive health care services. Clarifies under various licensing statutes that the provision or assistance in receipt or provision of medical, surgical, pharmaceutical, counseling, or referral services related to the human reproductive system cannot form a basis for disciplinary action. Prohibits the enforcement of a judgment or order arising from a foreign penal civil action or other penal law with respect to reproductive health care services. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HOLT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA, NAKASHIMA, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, YAMASHITA, Belatti |
HLT/JHA |
SB896 |
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HB1428
Abortion Care; Reproductive Health; Telehealth; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.
Prohibits the State from denying or interfering with a patient's right to choose to obtain an abortion or to terminate a pregnancy if the termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the patient. Repeals a criminal penalty for violations of certain abortion provisions. Clarifies that advanced practice registered nurses may provide abortion care. Clarifies that physicians, osteopathic physicians, and advanced practice registered nurses may administer a medication abortion via telehealth for a patient residing in the State. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, YAMASHITA, Belatti |
HLT/JHA |
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HB1429
General Excise Tax; Rate Reduction; Exemption; Groceries; Nonprescription Drugs
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.
Gradually reduces the general excise tax rate imposed on the retail sale of groceries and nonprescription medication over a period of four years until eliminated in calendar year 2027. Preserves the county surcharge on tax and the general excise tax on wholesales of groceries and nonprescription medication. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ICHIYAMA |
ECD/HLT, FIN |
SB1576 |
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HB1430 HD1 SD1
University of Hawaii at Hilo; Imiloa Astronomy Center; Hawaiian Language College; Institute of Indigenous Education, Science, and Outreach; Establishment
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO.
Establishes the institute of indigenous education, science, and outreach within the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA, KAPELA, PERRUSO, TARNAS, TODD |
HRE/HWN, WAM |
SB1546 |
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HB1431
Hawaii State Energy Office; Energy State Functional Plan; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE ENERGY STATE FUNCTIONAL PLAN.
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii State Energy Office to update the Energy State Functional Plan. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
EEP, FIN |
SB1545 |
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HB1432
Psychologists; Prescriptive Authority; Licensure; Requirements
RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS.
Authorizes the Board of Psychology to grant prescriptive authority to psychologists who meet specific education, training, and registration requirements. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
NAKASHIMA |
HLT, CPC/JHA, FIN |
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HB1433
Behavioral Health Crisis Stabilization Beds; Working Group; Department of Health; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS STABILIZATION BEDS.
Appropriates funds to the Adult Mental Health Division of the Department of Health to support increased behavioral health crisis stabilization beds. Creates a working group to get county input on possible sites for these crisis stabilization beds. Effective 7/1/2023. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS, AIU, AMATO, BELATTI, MATSUMOTO, NAKASHIMA, PIERICK, WARD |
HLT, FIN |
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HB1434
OHA; Hawaiian Cultural Centers; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO HAWAIIAN CULTURE.
Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to establish and maintain Hawaiian cultural centers within the State. Requires the Office to submit reports to the Legislature regarding the Office's compliance with this Act. Appropriate moneys for the planning and design of the first Hawaiian cultural center. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, WARD, Kila |
CAI, JHA, FIN |
SB733 |
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HB1435
Ewa Beach Public and School Library; DOE; James Campbell High School; Transfer
RELATING TO THE EWA BEACH PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARY.
Requires the Department of Education to transfer the Ewa Beach Public and School Library from the State Public Library System to James Campbell High School. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, WARD, Amato |
EDN, FIN |
SB274 |
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HB1436
Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit; DBEDT; Qualified Production
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit by requiring the department of business, economic development, and tourism to publish on its website the names of the qualified productions and the amount of the tax credits certified per qualified production per filing year. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS, GARCIA, NAKASHIMA, PIERICK, WARD |
ECD, FIN |
SB269 |
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HB1437 HD1
Sex Trafficking; Prostitution; Penalty; Exemption from Criminal Liability; Protection of Trafficked Persons
RELATING TO CRIME.
Specifies that the penalty for sex trafficking is to be a fine of no less than $200,000 but no more than $500,000, and a term of imprisonment of up to twenty years without the possibility of a suspended sentence, probation, or parole. Exempts from criminal liability for certain offenses involving sex trafficking or prostitution a victim of sex trafficking who reports the trafficking to law enforcement. Provides that consent to sexual conduct, as defined, is not a defense for the offense of sex trafficking. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
ALCOS |
HUS, JHA, FIN |
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HB1438
Medical Care Payments; Provider Reimbursements; Calculations; Adjustment of Method; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MEDICAL CARE.
Adjusts the method by which the department of human services shall calculate payments to providers of medical care and long-term supports and services. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, LAMOSAO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
SB1593 |
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HB1439 HD2 SD2
Judiciary; Pre-litigation Mediation Pilot Program; Landlords; Tenants; HPHA; Emergency Rent Relief Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EVICTION MEDIATION.
Beginning 11/1/2023, establishes a pre-litigation mediation pilot program that extends the period for a notice of termination of the rental agreement from 5 business days to 10 calendar days, requires landlords to participate in mediation before filing an action for summary possession, and requires landlords to provide specific information in the 10-calendar-day notice to tenants and a mediation center that offers free mediation for residential landlord-tenant disputes. Appropriates funds for a pre-litigation mediation pilot program. Creates and appropriates funds for an emergency rent relief program. Repeals on 11/1/2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, KITAGAWA, MATAYOSHI, SAYAMA |
CPN/JDC, WAM |
SB1439 |
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HB1440
Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act; Model Law
RELATING TO THE UNIFORM GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS ACT.
Adopts the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act. Repeals the superseded Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HASHIMOTO, BELATTI, CHUN, GARRETT, LAMOSAO, TAKAYAMA |
JHA |
SB1595 |
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HB1441
Reproductive Health Care Services
RELATING TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.
Explicitly provides that a patient has a right to choose to obtain an abortion, or terminate a pregnancy if the termination is necessary to protect the patient's life or health. Repeals criminal penalties for violations of certain abortion provisions. Clarifies which health care providers may provide abortion care. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, GANADEN, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIZUNO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HLT/JHA |
SB1526 |
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HB1442 HD2 SD1
Mental Health Treatment Diversion; Probation Violators; Behavioral Health Crisis Centers; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO REHABILITATION.
Amends the Criminal Justice Diversion Program including allowing examination of defendants via telehealth. Requires the Judiciary, in consultation with other stakeholders, to submit monthly and annual reports to the Legislature on the effectiveness of agreements for post-booking jail diversion programs for district and circuit court in the first circuit. Amends the allowable period of court-ordered assisted community treatment and considerations for extensions. Allows courts to require certain probation violators to undergo mental health evaluation and treatment as a condition of continued probation. Requires the Department of Health to contract with behavioral health crisis centers and to establish a statewide Hawaii Urgency Response Center. Restores funding for probation officer services for the mental health court. Effective 7/1/3023. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
BELATTI, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
JDC/HHS, WAM |
SB1540 |
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HB1443
Fuel Tank Advisory Committee; Composition; Duties
RELATING TO THE RED HILL FUEL TANKS.
Amends the composition of the fuel tank advisory committee. Adds requirements for the committee as it carries out its duties. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GANADEN, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
WAL/EEP, HLT, FIN |
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HB1444
Elections; Ranked-Choice Voting
RELATING TO RANKED-CHOICE VOTING.
Establishes the ranked-choice voting method of tabulation for all elections for elected office to ensure that elected officials receive the majority of votes cast by the electorate. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, Ganaden |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1445
Renewable Energy; Renewable Portfolio Standard; Definition; Biomass
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Removes biomass from the renewable portfolio standard definition of "renewable energy". |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, CHUN, GANADEN, KAPELA, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
EEP, CPC |
SB424 |
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HB1446
Insurers; Health Care Providers; Insurance Recoupment; Offset Demand Efforts
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Lowers the amount of time in which a health insurer may initiate a recoupment or offset demand effort from a health care provider for services rendered from eighteen months to twelve months. Establishes other requirements that health insurers must follow in making repayment requests from health care providers. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, GANADEN, MARTEN, NAKASHIMA, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB1447 HD1
Income Tax Credit; Native Plants; Preservation; Appropriation
RELATING TO NATIVE PLANT SPECIES.
Creates a non-refundable income tax credit for taxpayers who engage in preservation efforts using native plants. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2028. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
HUSSEY-BURDICK, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TODD |
WAL, FIN |
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HB1448 HD2
DOE; Public Schools; Asthma; Bronchodilators; Emergency Use
RELATING TO ASTHMA.
Authorizes the department of education to stock bronchodilators for emergency use during respiratory distress and authorize department employees to volunteer to administer bronchodilators. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, TODD |
EDN, HLT, FIN |
SB1443 |
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HB1449 HD1
Lung Cancer; Early Lung Cancer Screening Task Force; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO LUNG CANCER.
Amends Act 162, SLH 2022, to extend the sunset date for the early lung cancer screening task force and extend the date for the task force to submit reports to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HLT, FIN |
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HB1450
Healthcare Preceptors; Preceptor Tax Credit
RELATING TO HEALTHCARE PRECEPTORS.
Expands the definition of preceptor to allow for improved accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HLT, FIN |
SB1215 |
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HB1451 HD1
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Persons Totally Disabled; Tax Code; Primary Providers; Capacity; Advance Mental Health Care Directives
RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES.
Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to certify whether a person is totally disabled under the income tax code. Adds advanced practice registered nurses as primary providers in advance mental health care directives. Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to make capacity determinations for purposes of advance mental health care directives. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI, AMATO, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HLT, CPC, JHA |
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HB1452
Insurance; Mandatory Coverage; Standard Fertility Preservation Services
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
For policies, contracts, plans, agreements, and plan contracts issued or renewed after 12/31/2023, requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB1446 |
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HB1453
Naturopathic Medicine; Continuing Education
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
Expands the list of acceptable institutions or organizations that can approve the continuing education courses needed by naturopathic physicians for license renewal. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HASHIMOTO, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HLT, CPC |
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HB1454
Medical Cannabis; Naturopathic Physicians; Written Certification
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Authorizes naturopathic physicians to provide written certifications to qualified patients for the medical use of cannabis. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, TODD |
HLT, JHA/CPC, FIN |
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HB1455
Special Purpose Revenue Bonds; Maui; MauiGrown Coffee, Inc. ($)
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST MAUIGROWN COFFEE, INC.
Authorizes a new issuance of special purpose revenue bonds in the amount of $30 million, to assist MauiGrown Coffee, Inc. with the operation and expansion of its farm and mill. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
AGR, FIN |
SB1223 |
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HB1456
Tax Increment Bonds; State Debt Limit Statements; Statutory Amendments
RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT BONDS.
Conforms state debt limit statements law to include tax increment bonds if a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of such bonds and excluding such bonds from determinations of the Counties' funded debt is ratified. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
FIN |
SB1101 |
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HB1457
Tax Increment Bonds; Counties; Proposed Constitutional Amendment (ConAm)
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 12, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTIES TO ISSUE TAX INCREMENT BONDS.
Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to expressly provide that the Legislature may authorize the Counties to issue tax increment bonds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA, FIN |
SB1100 |
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HB1458 HD1 SD1
Intoxicating Liquor; Licenses and Permits; Manufacturer License; Small Craft Producer Pub License; Manufacturing Limit; Increase
RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.
Increases the liquor manufacturing limits for Class 18 small craft producer pub license holders. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPN |
SB1103 |
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HB1459
Alzheimer's Disease; Dementias; Public Health Campaign; Executive Office on Aging; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging for an Alzheimer's disease and related dementias public health campaign. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, FIN |
SB1019 |
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HB1460
Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Maui Regional System Facilities; Public-Private Partnerships; Private Entity
RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
Expands the definition of "private entity" to include business organizations that are authorized to transact business in the State, including nonprofit management entities that have a certificate of need or license to operate one or more community hospitals or hospitals serving a rural population licensed under the laws of any state. Beginning January 1, 2024, requires the Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation or the Chief Executive Officer's designee, before entering into any new agreement or modifying or terminating any existing agreement, to provide written comments to the Governor. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, ECD, FIN |
SB1016 |
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HB1461
Family Court; Child Custody; Appeals; Transfers; Intermediate Court of Appeals; Supreme Court
RELATING TO THE FAMILY COURT.
Allows cases within the jurisdiction of the Intermediate Court of Appeals that involve a family court judgment, order, or decree affecting the custody of a child or minor to be transferred to the Supreme Court. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
SB1071 |
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HB1462
Department of Education; School Meal Subsidy Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a School Meal Subsidy Program to provide school lunch subsidies to children whose families do not otherwise qualify for free lunch under the federal Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program, subject to income eligibility. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
EDN, FIN |
SB154 |
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HB1463
Renewable Portfolio Standards; Renewable Energy; Definition; Biomass
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Removes biomass from the renewable portfolio standard definition of renewable energy. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EEP, CPC |
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HB1464
Selective Service Registration Awareness and Compliance Act
RELATING TO SELECTIVE SERVICE.
Requires compliance with the federal Military Selective Service Act for an individual to enroll in a state-supported post-secondary educational institution, qualify for state financial assistance for post-secondary education, or be eligible for employment by or service for the State or any of its political subdivisions. Provides exceptions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HET, FIN |
SB1162 |
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HB1465
Zoning; Dwelling Units; Counties; Short-Term Rentals
RELATING TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
Prohibits bans on dwelling unit rentals having a term between one and five months for inter-island relocations and temporary workers. Authorizes county councils to adopt any ordinances necessary to implement the prohibition by 6/30/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, FIN |
SB1112 |
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HB1466
Transient Accommodations; Booking Services; Hosting Platforms; County Regulation; Pilot Project
RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS HOSTING PLATFORMS.
Creates a five-year pilot project for counties with a population of less than 200,000 to regulate the operation of hosting platforms that provide booking services for transient accommodation operators. Requires a report to the Legislature. Repeals on 6/30/2029. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
TOU, CPC, FIN |
SB1111 |
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HB1467
Uniform Information Practices Act; Sunshine Law; Office of Information Practices
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES.
Allows the Office of Information Practices to resolve open meeting and open record complaints through either a legal determination on whether a violation occurred or written guidance on the relevant legal requirements. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB1253 |
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HB1468
Electronic Citation Program; Established; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ELECTRONIC CITATIONS.
Establishes statewide electronic citation program under the Judiciary. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB1078 |
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HB1469
Blood Alcohol Concentration; Operating a Vehicle While Under the Influence of an Intoxicant
RELATING TO THE USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE.
Lowers the threshold blood alcohol concentration for the offense of operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB160 |
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HB1470
Expungement; Operating a Vehicle After Consuming a Measurable Amount of Alcohol; Property Offenses; Judiciary
RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT.
Requires courts to, upon written request, expunge records of convictions for (1) operating a vehicle after consuming a measurable amount of alcohol while under the age of twenty-one and (2) certain property offenses, if the sentencing occurred prior to 1998. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB1079 |
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HB1471 HD1
Income Tax; Nonresident; Telework; Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
RELATING TO TELEWORK.
Clarifies that there is a presumption of a nexus for certain nonresident employees who telework. Amends the income tax law to apply to the total income of certain nonresident employees who telework. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
SB1116 |
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HB1472
Works of Art Special Fund; Capital Improvement Appropriations
RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND.
Specifies that 0.5 per cent, rather than one per cent, of state fund appropriations for capital improvements shall be transferred into the Works of Art Special Fund. Limits the 0.5 per cent amount to appropriations designated for the construction of new state buildings, properties, or facilities. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CAI, FIN |
SB1119 |
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HB1473
Legislative Reference Bureau; Study; Homestead Exemption; Bankruptcy Proceedings
RELATING TO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.
Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study to determine an appropriate increase to the homestead exemption in bankruptcy proceedings. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSG, FIN |
SB1121 |
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HB1474
State Departments; Deputy Directors; Senate Advice and Consent
RELATING TO THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE.
Requires nominees for the position of Deputy Director, First Deputy, or Deputy Chair, as the case may be, of principal departments to be subject to advice and consent of the Senate. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
JHA |
SB1122 |
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HB1475
Elections; Candidates; Donations; Non-Profit Organizations; Schools
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Repeals the cap on the amount of campaign funds candidates may donate to any community service, educational, youth, recreational, charitable, scientific, literary organization, public school, or public library. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB1075 |
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HB1476
Digital Voter Information Guide; Ballot; Office of Elections; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Requires the Office of Elections to prepare a digital voter information guide. Requires the Office of Elections to post the guide on its website in compliance with certain accessibility standards. Requires the Office of Elections to mail each ballot with a notice that states a voter information guide may be found on its website. Appropriates funds. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB1076 |
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HB1477
Office of the Lieutenant Governor; County Clerks; Duties; Absentee Ballots; Appropriation
RELATING TO VOTING.
Requires the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to establish a ballot-tracking system that allows all voters to receive alerts regarding the mailing, receipt, and counting of their ballots returned by mail. Requires the counties to immediately notify the Office of the Lieutenant Governor upon mailing and receipt of absentee ballots by mail. Appropriates funds to the counties. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB1077 |
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HB1478
Coastal Zone Management; Development
RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.
Amends the definition of "development" to create additional exceptions, including pedestrian or bicycle facilities, trash removal, invasive vegetation control, installation of fencing for invasive species control or native habitat preservation, removal of access devices for inspection and maintenance of utilities, and lighting fixtures at existing public recreation facilities. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, FIN |
SB1095 |
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HB1479
Surcharge on State Tax; Extension; Housing Infrastructure
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Extends the period in which a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions. Authorizes the use of the surcharge revenues for affordable and workforce housing infrastructure. Allows the counties to use surcharge revenues for housing infrastructure, including roadways, water, and sewer. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, HSG, FIN |
SB1099 |
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HB1480
Solar Energy Device; Solar Easement; Solar Access; Trimming Vegetation; Counties; Ordinance
RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY.
Permits the governing body of a county to create, by ordinance, a process for the recordation and enforcement of solar easements. Allows counties to require individuals claiming a solar easement to record that easement by filing a declaration with the county clerk. Permits the governing body of a county to require, by ordinance, the trimming of vegetation that blocks solar radiation from solar energy devices. Authorizes the ordinance to include a designation for the cost of trimming. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EEP, JHA, FIN |
SB1061 |
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HB1481
Rural Districts; Dwellings
RELATING TO RURAL DISTRICTS.
Allows up to one dwelling per quarter-acre in rural districts. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSG, WAL, FIN |
SB1062 |
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HB1482
Harassment; Fishers
RELATING TO FISHER SAFETY.
Prohibits purposeful harassment with the intent to prevent the taking of fish from persons who are fishing in state waters. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, JHA |
SB1069 |
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HB1483
General Excise Tax; SNAP; Nonprescription Drugs; Medical Supplies; Durable Medical Equipment; Reduction
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX.
Reduces and eliminates the general excise tax for the sale of groceries that are eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children over a four-year period. Reduces and eliminates the general excise tax for the sale of nonprescription drugs, medical supplies, and durable medical equipment over a four-year period. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
ECD, FIN |
SB1118 |
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HB1484
Residential Landlord-Tenant Code; Rent Restrictions; Rent Control; Office of Consumer Protection
RELATING TO RENT CONTROL.
Prohibits a landlord from increasing a tenant's rent more than five per cent plus the percentage change in the cost of living during the previous twelve months. Prohibits a landlord from increasing a tenant's rent more than once over a twelve-month period. Requires a landlord to provide a tenant with sixty days' notice before increasing the tenant's rent. Requires a landlord to provide a tenant with ninety days' notice before terminating the lease, for tenancies of month-to-month or longer. Requires the Office of Consumer Protection to submit reports to the Legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
SB1113 |
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HB1485
Primary Election; The President
RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT.
Establishes a date for presidential primaries, as well as signature and fee requirements for a person to be nominated as a presidential primary candidate. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB1005 |
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HB1486 HD1 SD1
Kupuna Care; Executive Office on Aging; DOH; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE KUPUNA CARE PROGRAM.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for the Kupuna Care Program within the Executive Office on Aging. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HHS, WAM |
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HB1487 HD1
Senior Medicare Patrol Hawaii Program; Program Specialists; Positions; Executive Office on Aging; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE SENIOR MEDICARE PATROL PROGRAM.
Appropriates funds for three program specialist positions within the Executive Office on Aging for the State's Senior Medicare Patrol Program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HUS, FIN |
SB1592 |
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HB1488
Respite Care; Operators; Type I Adult Residential Care Homes; Community Care Foster Family Homes; Expanded Adult Residential Care Homes; Department of Health; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO RESPITE CARE.
Requires the department of health to provide respite care, paid for by the State, to operators of certain care homes. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HLT, FIN |
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HB1489
CCFFH; ARCH Type-I; EARCH; DDDOM; Care Homes; Back Pay; Medicaid; DHS; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CARE HOMES.
Appropriates funds for back payments for each medicaid-eligible client cared for by certain care homes over the last fourteen years. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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HB1490
Type I Adult Residential Care Homes; Developmental Disabilities Domiciliary Homes; Medicaid; Enhanced Payments; COVID Costs; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MEDICAID PATIENT CARE.
Appropriates funds to provide enhanced payments to type I adult residential care homes and developmental disabilities domiciliary homes that are caring for medicaid patients. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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HB1491
Care Facilities; Inspections; Complaints; DOH
RELATING TO INSPECTIONS.
Requires the department of health to limit unannounced inspections to investigate complaints pertaining to client or patient abuse or life- or health-threatening danger at certain care facilities. Establishes requirements for complaints. Requires relicensing inspections to be scheduled. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HLT, CPC |
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HB1492
DOE; Prohibition; Electronic Smoking Devices; Tobacco Products
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Expanding the statutory prohibition on the use of tobacco at public schools and public school functions to be a prohibition on the use and possession of electronic smoking devices and tobacco products. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
EDN, JHA |
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HB1493 HD2
First Responders Technology Campus and Cybersecurity Data Center; Hawaii Technology Development Corporation; General Obligation Bonds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS AND CYBERSECURITY DATA CENTER.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates bond funds for the development of the first responders technology campus and cybersecurity data center. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
WAL, HET, FIN |
SB1469 |
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HB1494
Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit
RELATING TO THE MOTION PICTURE, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND FILM PRODUCTION INCOME TAX CREDIT.
Clarifies requirements for film productions with production expenditures of $1,000,000 or more claiming the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit. Increases the annual cap from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000 for the total amount of the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credit. Expands the definition of qualified production for the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit to include streaming platforms. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
ECD, FIN |
SB1495 |
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HB1495
Hawaii Paroling Authority; Intermediate Appellate Court; Parole; Appeals
RELATING TO APPEALS.
Allows the Intermediate Appellate Court to review orders issued by the Hawaii Paroling Authority. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB1160 |
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HB1496
Works of Art Special Fund; Loan Arrangements; Resident Artists; Arts in Public Places Program; Report
RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND.
Requires the State Art Museum to provide opportunities for the counties and private organizations located in Hawaii to display art through loan arrangements with the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts under the Arts in Public Places Program. Provides that artists who reside in Hawaii receive selection preference for the Arts in Public Places Program. Requires a report to the Legislature. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CAI, FIN |
SB1120 |
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HB1497 HD1
Consumers; Consumer Data; Privacy; Attorney General
RELATING TO CONSUMER DATA PROTECTION.
Establishes a framework to regulate controllers and processors with access to personal consumer data. Provides that a violation of the consumer data privacy act constitutes an unfair method of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce. Provides for a written notice and thirty-day opportunity to cure a violation without any action being brought or penalties being incurred. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HET, CPC, FIN |
SB1110 |
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HB1498
Environmental Response, Energy, Carbon Emissions, and Food Security Tax; Tax Credit
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a carbon emissions tax credit. Expands the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to include carbon emissions. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
SB1060 |
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HB1499
Common-Interest Development Oversight Task Force; DCCA; Condominium Associations; Planned Community Associations; Cooperative Housing Corporations
RELATING TO COMMON-INTEREST DEVELOPMENTS.
Establishes the common-interest development oversight task force to examine the feasibility of bringing the various common-interest developments in the State under the oversight of the department of commerce and consumer affairs. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
CPC |
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HB1500
Condominiums; Replacement Reserves; Contributions; Requirements; Emergency Situations
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Authorizes boards to borrow money for extraordinary expenses in the condominium event of an emergency situation and promptly disclose to owners the amount and purpose. Requires certain information to be included in budget summaries regarding estimated replacement reserves contributions. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
CPC, FIN |
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HB1501
DCCA; Condominiums; Condominium Associations; Ombudsman's Office; Dispute Intervention; Complaints and Enforcement Officers; Intake Specialists; Condominium Education Trust Fund; Ombudsman's Office Special Fund; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS.
Establishes an ombudsman's office for condominium associations within the department of commerce and consumer affairs. Establishes an ombudsman's office special fund. Requires condominium association board members to meet certain educational requirements through classes offered by the ombudsman. Updates the Condominium Property Act to integrate the role and functions of the ombudsman's office for condominium associations. Appropriates funds for establishment of the ombudsman's office. Effective 1/1/2024. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
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HB1503
Mental Health; DOH; Judiciary; Attorney General; Assisted Community Treatment; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Requires the Department of Health to respond to reports about persons having severe mental illness and in need of assistance and to assess whether those persons may fulfill the criteria for assisted community treatment. Requires the Department of Health to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Health for software and data collection and publication. Requires courts, when dismissing an involuntary hospitalization petition for a person, to assess whether the person meets the criteria for assisted community treatment. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to assist in the preparation and filing of certain assisted community treatment petitions and related court proceedings. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HLT/JHA, FIN |
SB1492 |
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HB1504
Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Hale Poai; Modernization; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to modernize Hale Poai. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HSG, FIN |
SB999 |
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HB1505 HD1
EUTF; Investments; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.
Encourages the EUTF to consider investment opportunities in industries that will sustain Hawaii's natural environment or produce economic opportunities for its residents, including renewable energy businesses and businesses that use investment capital to acquire the infrastructure and services needed to become energy sustainable. Appropriates funds to the EUTF. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MARTINEZ, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, NISHIMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
LBT, WAM |
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HB1506 HD1
Employees' Retirement System; HiTIP; Investments; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF HAWAII.
Encourages the employees' retirement system, in evaluating venture capital investments, to consider opportunities in industries that will sustain Hawaii's natural environment or produce economic opportunities for its residents, including renewable energy businesses and businesses that use the investment capital to acquire the infrastructure and services needed to become energy sustainable. If the employees' retirement system board of trustees determines that it is not prudent to invest in any Hawaii venture capital meeting this description, requires the board to report the rationale for the decision in its annual report to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GANADEN, GARRETT, GATES, HUSSEY-BURDICK, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KOBAYASHI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, ONISHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
LBT, WAM |
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HB1507
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Ensures that the $600,000,000 appropriated to the department of Hawaiian home lands in Act 279, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, is available for expenditure until June 30, 2025. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB1582 |
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HB1508 HD1 SD1
Native Hawaiian Communities; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.
Appropriates funds to certain departments to improve Native Hawaiian communities and cultural practice and preservation through various assistance services. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
HWN, WAM |
SB1609 |
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HB1510
CIP; City and County of Honolulu; Honolulu Board of Water Supply; Wells; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ON OAHU.
Appropriates funds to be expended by the city and county of Honolulu for the Honolulu board of water supply to construct a new exploratory well and groundwater monitoring wells. |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
WAL, FIN |
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HB1511 HD1 SD2
Honolulu Board of Water Supply; Drinking Water; Construction; Wells; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES.
Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply to plan, design, and construct, after consultation with the Department of Health and the Commission on Water Resource Management, 7 monitoring wells and an exploratory well. Requires the City and County of Honolulu to provide matching funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
WTL/PSM, WAM |
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HB1512 HD1
Civil Immunity; Emergency Nonmedical Care; Emergency Nonmedical Assistance; Animals
RELATING TO LIABILITY.
Limits the civil liability of good Samaritans who render emergency nonmedical care and emergency nonmedical assistance to animals during an emergency. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
AGR, JHA |
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HB1513 HD1
Unattended Animals in Motor Vehicles; Limitation of Civil and Criminal Liability; Good Samaritan
RELATING TO UNATTENDED ANIMALS IN MOTOR VEHICLES.
Limits civil and criminal liability for persons who remove unattended animals from motor vehicles that are in physical danger if the actions are reasonable, in good faith, and in accordance with other requirements. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) |
(D)
12/11/2023- Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
SAIKI |
AGR, JHA |
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