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HB2
Liquor Licenses; Renewal; Protest; Denial
RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.
Provides that the Liquor Commission or other licensing agency of each county shall deny the renewal of certain current liquor licenses upon receipt of sufficient protests. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to CPC, referral sheet 1 |
ILAGAN |
CPC |
SB113 |
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HB4
Energy; Short Form
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Short form bill relating to energy. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to EEP, referral sheet 1 |
LOWEN |
EEP |
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HB5
Energy; Short Form
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Short form bill relating to energy. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to EEP, referral sheet 1 |
LOWEN |
EEP |
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HB6
Energy; Short Form
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Short form bill relating to energy. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to EEP, referral sheet 1 |
LOWEN |
EEP |
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HB7
Environment; Short Form
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT.
Short form bill relating to environment. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to EEP, referral sheet 1 |
LOWEN |
EEP |
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HB8
Environment; Short Form
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT.
Short form bill relating to environment. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to EEP, referral sheet 1 |
LOWEN |
EEP |
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HB14
Destination Management; Short Form
RELATING TO DESTINATION MANAGEMENT.
Short form bill relating to destination management. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to TOU, referral sheet 1 |
TAM |
TOU |
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HB15
Lodging; Short Form
RELATING TO LODGING.
Short form bill relating to lodging. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to TOU, referral sheet 1 |
TAM |
TOU |
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HB16
Tourism; Short Form
RELATING TO TOURISM.
Short form bill relating to tourism. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to TOU, referral sheet 1 |
TAM |
TOU |
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HB17
Tourism; Short Form
RELATING TO TOURISM.
Short form bill relating to tourism. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to TOU, referral sheet 1 |
TAM |
TOU |
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HB18
Tourism; Short Form
RELATING TO TOURISM.
Short form bill relating to tourism. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to TOU, referral sheet 1 |
TAM |
TOU |
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HB22
Immigration; Collaboration with Federal Government; Law Enforcement Agencies
RELATING TO COLLABORATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
Allows state and county law enforcement agencies to collaborate with the federal government for immigration purposes in only limited, specific circumstances. |
(H)
2/19/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
ILAGAN |
ECD, JHA |
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HB24
Transportation; Short Form
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Short form bill relating to transportation. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to TRN, referral sheet 1 |
KILA |
TRN |
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HB25
Transportation; Short Form
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Short form bill relating to transportation. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to TRN, referral sheet 1 |
KILA |
TRN |
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HB26
Harbors; Short Form
RELATING TO HARBORS.
Short form bill relating to harbors. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to TRN, referral sheet 1 |
KILA |
TRN |
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HB27
Highways; Short Form
RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.
Short form bill relating to highways. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to TRN, referral sheet 1 |
KILA |
TRN |
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HB28
Airports; Short Form
RELATING TO AIRPORTS.
Short form bill relating to airports. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to TRN, referral sheet 1 |
KILA |
TRN |
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HB29 HD2
Counties; Civil Fines; Real Property; Power of Sale
RELATING TO THE COUNTIES.
Authorizes counties, after adoption of power of sale laws, ordinances, or rules, 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. Requires the county to remit any amounts in excess of the unpaid civil fines to the property owner. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/26/2025- The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
CHUN |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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HB31
Health; Short Form
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Short form bill relating to health. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HLT, referral sheet 1 |
TAKAYAMA |
HLT |
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HB32
Health; Short Form
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Short form bill relating to health. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HLT, referral sheet 1 |
TAKAYAMA |
HLT |
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HB33
Health; Short Form
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Short form bill relating to health. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HLT, referral sheet 1 |
TAKAYAMA |
HLT |
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HB34
Health; Short Form
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Short form bill relating to health. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HLT, referral sheet 1 |
TAKAYAMA |
HLT |
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HB35
Health; Short Form
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Short form bill relating to health. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HLT, referral sheet 1 |
TAKAYAMA |
HLT |
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HB36 HD2
Excited Delirium; Medical Diagnosis; Cause of Death; Incident Report; Law Enforcement Officers; Hawaii Rules of Evidence
RELATING TO EXCITED DELIRIUM.
Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a medical examiner, coroner, or health care provider from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium. Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report. Establishes a new Hawaii Rule of Evidence that deems evidence that a person experienced or suffered an excited delirium inadmissible in a civil action. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to HHS/PSM, JDC. |
TAKAYAMA |
HHS/PSM, JDC |
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HB37
Natural Resources; Short Form
RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES.
Short form bill relating to natural resources. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to WAL, referral sheet 1 |
HASHEM |
WAL |
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HB38
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. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to WAL, referral sheet 1 |
HASHEM |
WAL |
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HB39
Land Use; Short Form
RELATING TO LAND USE.
Short form bill relating to land use. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to WAL, referral sheet 1 |
HASHEM |
WAL |
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HB40
Government; Short Form
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.
Short form bill relating to government. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to WAL, referral sheet 1 |
HASHEM |
WAL |
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HB41
Disasters; Short Form
RELATING TO DISASTERS.
Short form bill relating to disasters. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to WAL, referral sheet 1 |
HASHEM |
WAL |
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HB42
Utilities; Short Form
RELATING TO UTILITIES.
Short form bill relating to utilities. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to CPC, referral sheet 1 |
MATAYOSHI |
CPC |
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HB43
Commerce; Short Form
RELATING TO COMMERCE.
Short form bill relating to commerce. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to CPC, referral sheet 1 |
MATAYOSHI |
CPC |
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HB44
Consumer Protection; Short Form
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Short form bill relating to consumer protection. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to CPC, referral sheet 1 |
MATAYOSHI |
CPC |
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HB45
Insurance; Short Form
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Short form bill relating to insurance. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to CPC, referral sheet 1 |
MATAYOSHI |
CPC |
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HB46
Regulated Industries; Short Form
RELATING TO REGULATED INDUSTRIES.
Short form bill relating to regulated industries. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to CPC, referral sheet 1 |
MATAYOSHI |
CPC |
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HB47 HD2
DOA; Division of Animal Industry; Aquaculture Program; Import Assessment; Biological Aquatic Risk-Based Framework; Biocontainment Standards; Aquatic Livestock; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.
Authorizes the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture to adopt, amend, and repeal rules to develop an assessment and approval process to import and move aquatic livestock in the State. Requires the Aquaculture Program to develop a risk-based framework and biocontainment standards for the aquatic livestock assessment and approval process. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
KAHALOA, KUSCH, LOWEN |
AGR, CPC, FIN |
SB177 |
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HB48 HD2 SD1
Consumer Protection; Coffee Labeling; Hawaii-Grown and -Processed Coffee; Geographic Origin; Regional Origin
RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING.
Clarifies the labeling and advertising requirements for coffee that is grown and processed in the State. Defines "regional origin". Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/22/2025- Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 864). |
KAHALOA, KUSCH, LOWEN |
AEN, CPN |
SB500 |
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HB52
Higher Education; Short Form
RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
Short form bill relating to higher education. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HED, referral sheet 1 |
GARRETT |
HED |
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HB53
University of Hawaii; Short Form
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HED, referral sheet 1 |
GARRETT |
HED |
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HB54 HD2 SD2
Excessive Speeding; Vehicle; Property Forfeiture; Penalties
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
Increases penalties for a third or subsequent offense within five years of excessive speeding to a misdemeanor. Increases penalties for a second offense within five years of excessive speeding. Authorizes the court, as part of the person's sentencing for the third or subsequent offense, to order that the vehicle used by the person in the commission of the offense be subject to forfeiture. Requires individuals convicted of excessive speeding to be subject to identification processing procedures. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
KITAGAWA |
TCA, JDC |
SB97 |
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HB55
Fireworks; Offenses; Penalties; Felonies
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Converts certain fireworks-related offenses from misdemeanors to class C felonies. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 |
SOUZA, LAMOSAO, Kapela, Poepoe |
JHA |
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HB58
Penal Code; Criminal Property Damage; Business Operations; 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, if the property is used in a business operation. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 |
SOUZA, OLDS |
JHA |
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HB65
Human Services; Short Form
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Short form bill relating to human services. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HSH, referral sheet 1 |
MARTEN |
HSH |
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HB66
Human Services; Short Form
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Short form bill relating to human services. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HSH, referral sheet 1 |
MARTEN |
HSH |
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HB67
Human Services; Short Form
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Short form bill relating to human services. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HSH, referral sheet 1 |
MARTEN |
HSH |
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HB74
Housing; Short Form
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Short form bill relating to housing. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HSG, referral sheet 1 |
EVSLIN |
HSG |
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HB75
Housing; Short Form
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Short form bill relating to housing. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HSG, referral sheet 1 |
EVSLIN |
HSG |
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HB76
Housing; Short Form
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Short form bill relating to housing. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HSG, referral sheet 1 |
EVSLIN |
HSG |
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HB77
Housing; Short Form
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Short form bill relating to housing. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HSG, referral sheet 1 |
EVSLIN |
HSG |
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HB78
Housing; Short Form
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Short form bill relating to housing. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HSG, referral sheet 1 |
EVSLIN |
HSG |
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HB79
Homelessness; Short Form
RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.
Short form bill relating to homelessness. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HSH, referral sheet 1 |
MARTEN |
HSH |
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HB80
Homelessness; Short Form
RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.
Short form bill relating to homelessness. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to HSH, referral sheet 1 |
MARTEN |
HSH |
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HB85 HD1
Conveyance Tax; Land Conservation Fund
RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND.
Sets the amount of conveyance tax revenues to be paid into the Land Conservation Fund to a certain per cent or monetary cap, whichever is less, of conveyance taxes collected each fiscal year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
POEPOE, BELATTI, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KUSCH, MARTEN, PERRUSO, SOUZA |
WAL/EEP, FIN |
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HB86 HD2 SD1
DLNR; Makai Watch; Marine Resources; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the establishment of full-time equivalent permanent Makai Watch Coordinator positions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 4:00PM in Conference Room 411. |
POEPOE, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, SOUZA |
WTL, WAM |
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HB88 HD1
Department of Education; Student Athletes; Travel; Pilot Program ($)
RELATING TO STUDENT ATHLETES.
Requires the Department of Education to establish and administer a three-year student athlete travel pilot program to provide funding for intra-county travel expenses for student athletes of counties with a population of less than 500,000. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/28. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to EDU, WAM. |
POEPOE, CHUN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, PERRUSO, SOUZA |
EDU, WAM |
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HB89 HD3
Teacher Home Assistance Program; Teacher Recruitment and Retention; Teachers' Housing Revolving Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING.
Establishes the Teacher Home Assistance Program to provide housing vouchers to certain eligible teachers. Appropriates funds out of the Teachers' Housing Revolving Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to HOU/EDU, WAM. |
POEPOE, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TAM, TARNAS |
HOU/EDU, WAM |
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HB90 HD1
DAGS; Salaries; Public Officers and Employees; Payroll Schedule; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.
Amends payroll requirements 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 not be subject to negotiation under Chapter 89, HRS. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
GARRETT |
LAB, FIN |
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HB92 HD2
Tax Credit for Research Activities; Agricultural Business
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Includes agricultural businesses as a qualified high technology business to receive tax credits for certain research activities. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 2 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Perruso voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
KAHALOA |
AGR, FIN |
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HB93
Agriculture; Short Form
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Short form bill relating to agriculture. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to AGR, referral sheet 1 |
KAHALOA |
AGR |
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HB94
Agriculture; Short Form
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Short form bill relating to agriculture. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to AGR, referral sheet 1 |
KAHALOA |
AGR |
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HB95
Agriculture; Short Form
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Short form bill relating to agriculture. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to AGR, referral sheet 1 |
KAHALOA |
AGR |
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HB96
Biosecurity; Short Form
RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.
Short form bill relating to biosecurity. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to AGR, referral sheet 1 |
KAHALOA |
AGR |
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HB98 HD1
Education; Public Schools; Complexes; Curriculum; Authentic Assessments
RELATING TO AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENTS.
Authorizes public school complexes to use authentic assessments as part of classroom-based performance assessments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
PERRUSO, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, MARTEN, OLDS, PIERICK, POEPOE, SOUZA |
EDN, FIN |
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HB102 HD1
Mopeds; Motor Vehicles; Mufflers; Certificate of Inspection
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Prohibits the issuance of a certificate of inspection for a moped or motor vehicle that has been altered, installed, or otherwise modified in any way which will noticeably increase the noise emitted by the motor vehicle or moped above that emitted by the motor vehicle or moped as equipped from the factory, except for motorcycles and mopeds that do not exceed certain federal regulations. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
TAM, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, TAKAYAMA |
TRN, JHA |
SB367 |
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HB104
Candidates; Office of Elections; Nomination Papers; Challenges; Hearings
RELATING TO CANDIDATES.
Requires objections made by an officer of a political party to candidate nomination papers to be filed with and determined by the Office of Elections. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 |
TAM, IWAMOTO, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA |
JHA |
SB335 |
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HB106 HD1
Condominium Associations; Fines; Assessments; Common Expense Assessments; Appeals
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Clarifies the authority of condominium associations to impose fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, house rules, or regulations adopted by the condominium association. Establishes a process for the unit owner or tenant of the unit owner to appeal the imposition of a fine. Clarifies the responsibilities of unit owners to pay common expense assessments. Clarifies the rights and process for unit owners to appeal assessments other than common expense assessments. Specifies that the Small Claims Division has exclusive jurisdiction over cases arising from condominium disputes regarding fines. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/25/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
TAM, GRANDINETTI, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PERRUSO |
CPC, JHA |
SB591 |
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HB108 HD2 SD1
Beer; Distilled Spirits; Direct Shipping; Manufacturers
RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.
Allows direct shipment of beer and distilled spirits by certain licensees. Requires the liquor commissions to adopt rules. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/28/2025- The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
MORIKAWA (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPN/EIG, JDC |
SB464 |
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HB113 HD1
DLNR; Community Fuels Reduction Project; Report; Budget; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION.
Establishes the Community Fuels Reduction Project to be administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/3/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
ICHIYAMA |
PBS/WAL, FIN |
SB223 |
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HB114 HD1
Judiciary; Adult Client Services Branch; First Circuit Court; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
Establishes positions and appropriates funds for the Adult Client Services Branch of the First Circuit Court. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
ICHIYAMA |
JHA, FIN |
SB304 |
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HB115
Disability; Driving Under the Influence; Victim Restitution; Child Support
RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
Requires defendants convicted of causing the death or disability of a parent or legal guardian of a minor child by the operation of a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant to make restitution in the form of financial support to each child of the victim. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 |
ICHIYAMA |
JHA |
SB356 |
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HB117
Condominium Associations; Condominium Boards; Fiduciary Duty; Replacement Reserves Funds; Minimum Balance
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Provides that a condominium board's or its officer's or member's failure to maintain the minimum required balance for a condominium's replacement reserves fund may constitute a violation of the fiduciary duty owed. Establishes a minimum balance for a condominium association's replacement reserves fund, with an exception for sufficient assessments. Effective 9/1/2025. |
(H)
2/19/2025- The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN |
CPC |
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HB118
Intergovernmental Relations; Short Form
RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
Short form bill relating to intergovernmental relations. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to ECD, referral sheet 1 |
ILAGAN |
ECD |
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HB119
Economic Development; Short Form
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Short form bill relating to economic development. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to ECD, referral sheet 1 |
ILAGAN |
ECD |
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HB120
Economic Development; Short Form
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Short form bill relating to economic development. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to ECD, referral sheet 1 |
ILAGAN |
ECD |
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HB121
Technology; Short Form
RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.
Short form bill relating to technology. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to ECD, referral sheet 1 |
ILAGAN |
ECD |
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HB122
Technology; Short Form
RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.
Short form bill relating to technology. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to ECD, referral sheet 1 |
ILAGAN |
ECD |
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HB127 HD1 SD1
Pretrial Release; Bail
RELATING TO PRETRIAL RELEASE.
Requires bail to be set in an amount that the defendant can afford based on certain factors. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
4/24/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 325. |
TARNAS, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
JDC |
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HB128 HD1
Arrests; Warrantless; Citations
RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.
Establishes factors under which officers may, without warrant, arrest and detain persons for petty misdemeanors and violations. Requires officers to record the factors that justified the warrantless arrest. (HD1) |
(S)
3/12/2025- The committee on PSM deferred the measure. |
TARNAS, IWAMOTO, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA |
PSM, JDC |
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HB129 HD2
Juvenile Justice; Minors; Fees; Fines; Court Costs; Penalties; Prohibited; Community Service
RELATING TO YOUTH FEES AND FINES.
Prohibits the assessment of any fees, fines, or court costs against a person who was adjudicated for an offense committed during the person's minority, or against the person's parent or guardian, and discharges all related debt obligations assessed before the effective date of the Act. Limits court-ordered community service for a minor to no more than seventy-two hours. Repeals certain penalties imposed on parents, guardians, or other persons associated with unaccompanied children in streets and unmarried minors in dance halls. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Kila, Lamosao, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
TARNAS, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
HSH, JHA, FIN |
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HB131
Research; Office of Information Practices; Government Records; Disclosure
RELATING TO RESEARCH.
Allows agencies to disclose government records to researchers for certain research purposes. |
(S)
3/18/2025- The committee on GVO deferred the measure. |
TARNAS, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAM |
GVO, JDC |
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HB135 HD1
Land Purchase; North Shore of Oahu; General Obligation Bonds ($)
RELATING TO LAND.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purchase of the real property located at 64-486 Kamehameha Highway on the North Shore of Oahu. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
QUINLAN |
TRN, FIN |
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HB138
Firearms; Secure Storage
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Clarifies the requirements for the secure storage of firearms. Amends the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm to establish felony penalties for when a minor obtains an unsecured firearm and it results in injury or death. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 |
QUINLAN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TAM |
JHA |
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HB139 HD2 SD1
Insurance; Mandatory Coverage; Standard Fertility Preservation Services; Iatrogenic Infertility; Medically Necessary Treatment
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
For policies, contracts, plans, and agreements issued or renewed after 12/31/2025, requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services for persons undergoing medically necessary treatment that may cause iatrogenic infertility. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/23/2025- Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 3:16PM in conference room 329. |
QUINLAN, AMATO, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM |
HHS, CPN/WAM |
SB642 |
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HB141 HD1
Elections Commission; Members; Advice and Consent; Quorum
RELATING TO THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION.
Makes the members of the Elections Commission subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Clarifies that a majority of all members to which the Elections Commission is entitled shall constitute a quorum to do business. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to JDC, WAM. |
TAM, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, MARTEN |
JDC, WAM |
SB948 |
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HB142
CIP; Eighth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eighth representative district. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 1 |
TARNAS |
FIN |
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HB146 HD1
Judiciary; Olelo Hawaii Initiatives; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY'S ‘ŌLELO HAWAI‘I INITIATIVES.
Appropriates funds to the Judiciary to support the Olelo Hawaii Initiatives. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
TARNAS, BELATTI, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARCIA, GARRETT, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, WARD |
JHA, FIN |
SB781 |
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HB148
Defamation; Litigation; Sexual Assault; Sexual Harassment; Sexual Discrimination; Immunity
RELATING TO DEFAMATION.
Protects individuals who make claims of sexual misconduct from defamation lawsuits unless the claims were proven to be made with malice. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, TAM |
JHA |
SB117 |
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HB149
Corporation Reports; Independent Campaign Expenditures and Political Contributions
RELATING TO CORPORATIONS.
Requires domestic and foreign corporations to provide their shareholders with reports of independent expenditures and political contributions. |
(H)
1/28/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
TARNAS, BELATTI, IWAMOTO, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TAM |
JHA |
SB57 |
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HB150
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. |
(H)
2/19/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
TARNAS, AMATO, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PERRUSO |
JHA |
SB400 |
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HB152
Education; Short Form
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Short form bill relating to education. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to EDN, referral sheet 1 |
WOODSON |
EDN |
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HB153
Early Learning; Short Form
RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.
Short form bill relating to early learning. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to EDN, referral sheet 1 |
WOODSON |
EDN |
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HB158 HD1
Unemployment Benefits; Striking Workers; Eligibility
RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
Allows striking workers to be eligible for unemployment benefits. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
LEE, M. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB161 HD1
Collective Bargaining; Grievance; Suspension; Discharge; Exempt Employees
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Repeals the prohibition placed on certain employees exempt from civil service law from grieving a suspension or discharge. Allows any employee who is a member of an appropriate bargaining unit and their excluded counterparts to grieve a suspension or discharge. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
SAYAMA, LEE, M. |
LAB, FIN |
SB717 |
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HB163 HD1
Reimbursement; Public Employees; Travel Costs; Interest Owed
RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENT OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
Requires the State or a county to reimburse an officer or employee within thirty calendar days after submitting an approved Statement of Completed Travel for work-related travel costs that the officer or employee loaned to the State or county. Requires the State or a county to pay a percentage of interest on the total amount owed to an officer or employee until the loan is fully reimbursed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
SAYAMA, LEE, M. |
LAB, FIN |
SB341 |
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HB164 HD1 SD1
Indebtedness; Salary or Wage Overpayment; Overpayment Payroll Transactions; Deductions for Recovery; Notice
RELATING TO INDEBTEDNESS TO THE STATE.
Requires disbursing officers to notify employees within sixty days of making a determination that an indebtedness has occurred to the government resulting from salary or wage overpayment. Amends the amount that a disbursing officer may deduct from an employee's salary, wage, or compensation based on the employee's gross income. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/19/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
SAYAMA, LEE, M. |
LBT, WAM |
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HB165 HD1
Hawaii Labor Relations Board; Collective Bargaining; Enforcement
RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.
Authorizes the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to enforce its own orders. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/20/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
SAYAMA, LEE, M. |
LAB, JHA |
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HB166 HD1
AG; State Employees; Professionally Licensed; Certified; Duty to Defend
RELATING TO THE DEFENSE OF STATE EMPLOYEES.
Requires the State to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees from civil actions or proceedings, under certain circumstances. Clarifies that the employee may employ their own attorney at the employee's own expense. Establishes a process for the Attorney General to transfer or withdraw representation if the Attorney General declines to defend the employee. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
SAYAMA, LEE, M. |
JHA, FIN |
SB336 |
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HB169 HD1
Mopeds; Age Requirement; Helmets; Highway Safety
RELATING TO MOPEDS.
Increases the minimum age for moped operators from fifteen to sixteen years. Increases the minimum age requirement for individuals prohibited from operating a moped unless they wear a safety helmet from eighteen to twenty-one years. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Reyes Oda voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
SAYAMA, GRANDINETTI, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
TRN, JHA |
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HB170
Labor; Short Form
RELATING TO LABOR.
Short form bill relating to labor. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to LAB, referral sheet 1 |
SAYAMA |
LAB |
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HB171
Labor; Short Form
RELATING TO LABOR.
Short form bill relating to labor. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to LAB, referral sheet 1 |
SAYAMA |
LAB |
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HB172
State Workers; Short Form
RELATING TO STATE WORKERS.
Short form bill relating to state workers. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to LAB, referral sheet 1 |
SAYAMA |
LAB |
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HB173
Collective Bargaining; Short Form
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Short form bill relating to collective bargaining. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to LAB, referral sheet 1 |
SAYAMA |
LAB |
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HB174
Labor; Short Form
RELATING TO LABOR.
Short form bill relating to labor. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to LAB, referral sheet 1 |
SAYAMA |
LAB |
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HB175 HD1
Real Property Maintenance; Neglect; Fines; Enforcement; State; Counties
RELATING TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.
Requires owners or lessees of real property to maintain their property and establish penalties for failure to do so. Allows for exceptions. Requires DOA to establish rules for the enforcement and collection of fines for violations relating to the proliferation of invasive species. Requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to adopt rules for the enforcement and collection of fines for violations relating to the prevention of wildfires and other public safety hazards. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to WTL/AEN/PSM, JDC. |
LAMOSAO, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
WTL/AEN/PSM, JDC |
SB1080 |
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HB176
Temporary Restraining Order; Order for Protection; Penalties
RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
Increases the penalties imposed on individuals convicted for violation of a temporary restraining order and order for protection. Clarifies that the court shall not sentence a defendant to pay a fine for violating a temporary restraining order or order for protection if, after conducting a financial review, the court determines the defendant is or will be unable to pay the fine. Specifies that the court may suspend certain jail sentence for violation of a temporary restraining order or order for protection upon condition that the defendant remain alcohol- and drug-free, conviction-free, and complete court-ordered assessments or intervention. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 |
LAMOSAO, KILA, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, Tam |
JHA |
SB295 |
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HB177 HD1 SD1
Department of Transportation; Civil Identification Card; Free of Charge; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
Makes the issuance or renewal of a civil identification card free of charge. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
4/21/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). |
LAMOSAO, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, KILA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI |
TCA, WAM |
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HB184 HD1
Electric Bicycles; Operator Requirements
RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
Prohibits a person under the age of fifteen from operating a class 3 electric bicycle. Prohibits a person sixteen years of age or older from operating a class 3 electric bicycle unless the person satisfies certain requirements. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
LAMOSAO, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, KILA, KITAGAWA, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI |
TRN, JHA |
SB478 |
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HB186
Penal Code; Harassment by Stalking
RELATING TO HARASSMENT BY STALKING.
Makes harassment by stalking a class C felony. |
(H)
2/19/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
LAMOSAO, KILA, MIYAKE, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI |
JHA |
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HB188
CIP; Twenty-second Representative District; Appropriation ($)
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. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 1 |
GARRETT |
FIN |
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HB194 HD1
Maritime Day; Day of Observance
RELATING TO MARITIME DAY.
Designates May 22 of each year as Maritime Day. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to TCA. |
SOUZA, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
TCA |
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HB198
Temporary Restraining Order; Mandatory Jail Sentence; Increase; Mental Health Counseling
RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS.
Increases the mandatory minimum jail sentence for a first conviction of knowingly or intentionally violating a temporary restraining order from forty-eight to seventy-two hours. Requires mandatory mental health counseling for a first conviction of knowingly or intentionally violating a temporary restraining order. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 |
TAKAYAMA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB94 |
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HB199 HD1
HPHA; Public Housing; Public Closure; Offices and Facilities; Trespassing
RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.
Includes any parcels owned by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority as areas that may be closed to the public. Specifies required signage. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
ICHIYAMA |
HSG, JHA |
SB602 |
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HB200
Fireworks; Restrictions
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for use at cultural events. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 |
ICHIYAMA |
JHA |
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HB202 HD1 SD2
DLIR; Employment Security Law; Adequate Reserve Fund; Actuarial Study; Report
RELATING TO THE ADEQUATE RESERVE FUND.
Amends the definition of "adequate reserve fund" by increasing the multiplier used to calculate its amount from the existing factor of 1, to unspecified amounts for calendar year 2026 and for calendar year 2027 and thereafter. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to conduct an actuarial study and report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(H)
4/23/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 10:00AM in conference room 016. |
SAYAMA, LEE, M., TAKENOUCHI, YAMASHITA |
LBT, WAM |
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HB211 HD1
Abandoned Property; Personal Property; Property Storage; Streambeds; Streambanks; Channels; Drainageways; Counties
RELATING TO STREAM MAINTENANCE.
Requires the counties to remove and dispose of personal property as part of the maintenance of channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways. Clarifies that personal property stored in or near a channel, streambed, streambank, or drainageways for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours shall be deemed abandoned property which may be disposed of by the State or county. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/27/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
TAM, BELATTI, KILA, KUSCH, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS |
WAL, JHA |
SB366 |
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HB212 HD2 SD1
OHHS; Homelessness; Return-to-Home Program; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.
Requires the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions to establish a permanent Return-to-Home Program to return homeless individuals in the State to families and relatives in their home states. Requires the Office to report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 5:00PM in conference room 329. |
TAM, IWAMOTO, KILA, KUSCH, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
HHS, WAM |
SB360 |
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HB213 HD1
Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.
Appropriates funds for the Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/19/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
TAKAYAMA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
HHS, WAM |
SB299, SB1626 |
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HB214 HD1 SD2
DLE; ATG; Retirees; ERS; EUTF; Benefits; School Resource Officers; Investigators; Counties; Report
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.
Allows a retirant to be employed without reenrollment in the Employees' Retirement System and without loss or interruption of benefits under the System or the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund if the retirant is employed in a position needed for succession planning, as a law enforcement officer stationed at a public school as a resource officer, as an investigator, or in a management position excluded from collective bargaining, subject to certain conditions. Requires the director of human resources of the appropriate state jurisdiction or the human resources management chief executive of each county to include in their annual reports to the Legislature details on the employment of retirants as school resource officers or investigators. (SD2) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 4:30PM in Conference Room 325. |
TAKAYAMA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, SOUZA, TARNAS, TODD |
LBT, WAM |
SB99 |
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HB220 HD1
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Required Insurance; Mopeds
RELATING TO MOPED INSURANCE.
Requires that moped operators carry an insurance policy by incorporating mopeds into the insurance laws governing motorcycles and motor scooters, including with respect to provisions concerning required licensure, the relationship with tort law, proof of insurance card, penalties, rate regulation, and minimum coverage levels. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Reyes Oda voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
SAYAMA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
TRN, CPC |
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HB222 HD1
Wage and Hour Law; Employee; Range Production of Livestock; Exemption
RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW.
Amends the definition of "employee" in Hawaii's wage and hour law by excluding individuals who are primarily engaged in the range production of livestock. Effective July 1, 3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Perruso voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
SAYAMA, LEE, M., MATAYOSHI |
LAB, AGR, FIN |
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HB224 HD1
AG; Property Rights; Trespass; Unlawful Occupation; Dwelling; Premises; Squatters; Removal; Law Enforcement; Property Damage; Penalties; Complaint
RELATING TO PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Establishes a procedure for immediately removing an unlawful occupant of a dwelling or premises with assistance from law enforcement. Provides that an unlawful occupant of a dwelling or premises is civilly liable for unpaid utility bills. Provides that a person who trespasses in or upon a dwelling or premises and intentionally or knowingly damages property in an amount exceeding $999 commits a felony of criminal property damage in the second degree. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to develop, publish, and make available a complaint form to remove unlawful occupants of residential dwellings. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/7/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3). |
SAYAMA, HOLT, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
CPC, JHA |
SB784 |
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HB229 HD1 SD1
Traffic Code; Oversized Commercial Vehicles; Towing; Restrictions; Penalties
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Restricts motor vehicles that tow a motor vehicle or trailer from the far left lane on roads with three or more lanes going in the same direction with exemptions. Specifies penalties for restricted motor vehicles who drive in the far left lane on roads with three or more lanes moving in the same direction. Applies restrictions and penalties to a county with a population of 500,000 or more. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. |
KILA, LAMOSAO, MIYAKE, Chun |
TCA/EIG, JDC |
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HB230 HD1
Traffic Infractions; Citations or Summons
RELATING TO TRAFFIC CITATIONS.
Requires police officers to send a carbon copy of a citation to the registered owner of a vehicle within five business days after the citation is issued. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
KILA, CHUN, GARRETT, LAMOSAO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI |
TRN, JHA |
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HB234
Income Tax; Income Tax Brackets; Exemptions
RELATING TO INCOME TAX.
Amends the income tax bracket for taxpayers filing a joint return and surviving spouses to exempt those taxpayers whose taxable income is $200,000 or less. Amends the income tax bracket for unmarried individuals and married individuals who do not file a joint tax return with their spouse to exempt those taxpayers whose taxable incomes is $100,000 or less. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 1 |
QUINLAN |
FIN |
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HB238 HD1
DHS; Child Care Worker Subsidy and Bonus Program; Infant and Toddler Child Care Centers; Group Child Care Centers; Group Child Care Homes; Family Child Care Homes; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EARLY CHILD CARE.
Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a Child Care Provider Subsidy and Bonus Program to provide subsidies to retain the existing child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care centers, group child care centers, and group child care homes and bonuses to registered family child care homes. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/5/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
MARTEN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
HSH, FIN |
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HB239 HD1 SD1
Child Abuse; Neglect; Child Welfare; Financial Ability
RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE.
Amends the definition of "child abuse or neglect" to clarify that the failure to provide certain needs to a child shall not constitute child abuse or neglect if the sole reason the person responsible for the care of the child is unable to adequately provide for the child's care is lack of financial resources; and evidence of parental request for support shall not be deemed as evidence of child abuse and neglect. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
4/3/2025- The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
MARTEN, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, ICHIYAMA, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM |
HHS, JDC |
SB1104 |
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HB241 HD1
Department of Human Services; Child Care Classroom Contracts Pilot Program; Report
RELATING TO CHILD CARE.
Establishes a child care classroom contracts pilot program to require the Department of Human Services to contract directly with child care center providers in licensed infant and toddler child care centers and group child care centers that meet certain criteria. Requires reports to the Legislature. Sunsets the pilot program on 6/30/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
MARTEN, IWAMOTO, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TODD |
HSH, EDN, FIN |
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HB243 HD2
Grid-ready Home Interconnection Process; Renewable Energy; Public Utilities Commission; Investor-Owned Electric Utility Company; Electricity Reliability Administrator; Electricity Reliability Surcharge
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process. Requires the Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator to report to the Legislature on the streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
MARTEN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, LOWEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
EEP, HSG, FIN |
SB1090 |
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HB244 HD1 SD1
DHS; Community-based Organizations; Social Services; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to collaborate with contracted community-based organizations to address the need for social services in the State. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 5:00PM in conference room 329. |
MARTEN, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
HHS, WAM |
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HB245 HD1
Department of Education; DOH; State Public Charter School Commission; Heat Exposure; Study; Plan; Guidelines ($)
RELATING TO STUDENT HEAT EXPOSURE SAFETY.
Requires the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health and State Public Charter School Commission, to conduct a study on the current practices of managing heat exposure in state public and charter schools to protect students' health during outdoor activities and to develop a plan if the current practices are insufficient in managing heat exposure. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
MARTEN, CHUN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TAM, WARD |
EDN, HLT, FIN |
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HB249 HD1
Family-child Interaction Learning Programs; Executive Office on Early Learning; Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.
Appropriates funds for the Executive Office on Early Learning to contract with third-party providers of family-child interaction learning programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
MARTEN, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TODD |
EDN, FIN |
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HB252 HD1
Condominiums; Managing Agents; Requirements; Commercial Property Management Experience
RELATING TO MANAGING AGENTS.
Requires managing agents for residential condominium properties over seventy-five feet in height to have commercial property management experience. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN |
HSG, CPC |
SB801 |
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HB253 HD1
Insurance; Condominiums; Rates; Surplus Lines Insurance; Admitted Insurers
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Allows authorized insurers in the State to offer building and hurricane damage insurance for condominium buildings at a lesser rate than the building's prior surplus lines insurance policy for the same coverage. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/7/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3). |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN |
CPC, FIN |
SB1575 |
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HB256 HD2 SD1
Waste-to-energy Facility; Emissions; Standards; Air Pollution Control Permit
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
Requires an owner or operator of a waste-to-energy facility to comply with certain United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations for emission limitations as they existed on 12/31/2024, unless emission limitations are made more stringent by federal regulations or by the state air pollution control permit issued to that owner or operator by the Department of Health. Sunsets 6/30/2027. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN |
HHS/AEN, CPN |
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HB275
CIP; 41st Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriated funds for capital improvement projects in the 41st representative district. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 1 |
ALCOS |
FIN |
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HB278 HD1
AG; Police Data; Police Stops; Uses of Force; Complaints
RELATING TO POLICING.
Requires county police departments and police oversight agencies to collect and report certain data regarding police stops, uses of force, and complaints to the Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division of the Department of the Attorney General. Requires the Division to collect and publish incident-level information and an annual report on the data collected. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
TARNAS, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
JHA, FIN |
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HB283
Taxation; Income Tax; Minority Caucus Package
RELATING TO INCOME TAX.
Eliminates the state individual income tax. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 1 |
MURAOKA, ALCOS, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, WARD |
FIN |
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HB288 HD1
DOT; DOE; School Bus Services; Staggered School Hours; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SCHOOL BUS SERVICES.
Authorizes the Department of Education to use alternative vehicles for student transportation under certain conditions. Allows the Department of Education to institute a staggered school hours program in public schools. Appropriates funds for the purchase of alternative vehicles and individuals to obtain CDL licensure. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
REYES ODA, ALCOS, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, PIERICK, SHIMIZU, WARD |
EDN, FIN |
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HB291
Self-Protection; Use of Force; Stand Your Ground; Minority Caucus Package
RELATING TO USE OF FORCE IN SELF-PROTECTION.
Clarifies when the use of deadly force is not justified. Removes the requirement to retreat or surrender possessions prior to using deadly force. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 |
GARCIA, ALCOS, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, WARD |
JHA |
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HB299 HD1 SD1
HISC; Native Resources and Fire Protection Program; Viability Funding; Invasive Species; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL.
Appropriates funds for the Native Resources and Fire Protection Program and Hawaii Invasive Species Council to ensure their long-term viability and continue to control and eradicate invasive species in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KAHALOA, BELATTI, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
WTL/AEN, WAM |
SB548 |
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HB303 HD2 SD2
Healthcare Preceptor Tax Credit; Dietitians; Physician Assistants; Social Workers; Residency Programs; Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee; Director of Health
RELATING TO HEALTHCARE PRECEPTORS.
Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors, including removing "primary care" from the criteria to qualify as a preceptor. Adds dietitians, physician assistants, and social workers to the list of preceptors and eligible students. Expands eligibility for the tax credit to include accredited residency programs that require preceptor support. Adds the Director of Health and representatives of residency programs with eligible students to the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD2) |
(H)
4/17/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 826). |
TAKAYAMA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, PIERICK, SAYAMA, TODD |
HHS, CPN/WAM |
SB1070 |
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HB304 HD1
Hawaiian Language; State Law
RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.
Requires that the Hawaiian version of a law be held binding if the law in question was originally drafted in Hawaiian and then translated into English and the law has not been later amended, codified, recodified, or reenacted in English. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
POEPOE, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, LEE, M., PERRUSO, TAM, TARNAS |
JHA, FIN |
SB109 |
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HB306 HD2 SD1
State Water Code; CWRM; Penalties
RELATING TO STATE WATER CODE PENALTIES.
Adds a minimum penalty and maximum penalty per violation of the State Water Code and authorizes the Commission on Water Resource Management to consider each day that a violation exists or continues to exist a separate offense. Establishes factors the CWRM must consider when determining the amount of the penalty. Increases maximum fines every five years from 2030 to 2045. Effective 7/1/2040. (SD1) |
(S)
4/21/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). |
POEPOE, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TARNAS, TODD |
WTL, JDC/WAM |
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HB307 HD1 SD1
Special Number Plates; Kahoolawe; Kohe Malamalama o Kanaloa Protect Kaho?olawe Fund
RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES.
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to recognize the island of Kahoolawe. Specifies the decal size for all special number organizational plates. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
POEPOE, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
TCA, WAM |
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HB309 HD1 SD1
UH; Fishponds; Working Group; Inventory; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FISHPONDS.
Establishes a fishpond inventory working group within the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to create an inventory and map of all fishponds on state land and conduct a literature review. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/17/2025- Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 10:00AM in conference room 229. |
POEPOE, AMATO, CHUN, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
WTL/HRE, WAM |
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HB319 HD1
HDOA: Cruelty to Animals; Extermination; Insects; Vermin; Pests; Feral Chickens; Private Property; Exemption
RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Exempts from the crime of cruelty to animals in the second degree the extermination of insects, vermin, and pests, and the extermination of feral chickens on private property by the property owner, under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
CHUN, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, TAKENOUCHI |
AGR, JHA |
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HB322 HD1
Elections; Motor Vehicle Permits and Licenses; Identification Cards
RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION.
Authorizes state agencies to implement automatic voter registration if designated by the Office of Elections. Requires eligible applicants for instruction permits, provisional licenses, driver's licenses, and identification cards to be automatically registered or preregistered to vote unless the applicant opts out. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
KAPELA, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KUSCH, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, TODD |
HSH, JHA, FIN |
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HB324 HD1
Baby Bonds; Wealth Building Working Group; Baby Bonds Program
RELATING TO BABY BONDS.
Establishes the Wealth Building Working Group to develop a plan for the creation of a baby bonds program for the State to address intergenerational poverty and wealth inequality in Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
KAPELA, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TODD |
HSH, FIN |
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HB327 HD1
Office of the Governor; Childcare; Future Caucus; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO STATE CHILDCARE.
Appropriates funds to the Office of the Governor for a state childcare facility for state employees and their families. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
TAM, KAHALOA, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, TAKENOUCHI |
HSH, FIN |
SB833 |
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HB328 HD1
Department of Education; Farm to School Meals; Public Schools; School Meals; Plant-based Option; Plant-Based Meal Program
RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.
Requires the Department of Education to authorize and facilitate complex areas or individual public schools to form their own farm to school meal programs through partnerships to meet the local farm to school meal goal of thirty per cent of food served in the school to consist of locally sourced products by 2030. Allows the Department of Education to establish a plant-based meal program no later than the 2026-2027 school year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
LA CHICA, CHUN, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TODD |
EDN, AGR, FIN |
SB235 |
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HB331 HD2
County Permit Exemptions; Repetitive Construction Projects; State Departments; Off-site Improvements
RELATING TO PERMITS.
Establishes an exemption from applicable county permit requirements for repetitive construction projects for facilities under the control of any state department or agency, under certain conditions. Clarifies that, except for projects in special flood hazard areas, contracts for the construction, renovation, or repair of facilities under the control of the Department of Education, University of Hawaii, or School Facilities Authority shall be exempt from county permitting requirements that related off-site improvements be made by the contracting government agency as a condition to the issuance of any permit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
LA CHICA, EVSLIN, GARCIA, IWAMOTO, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, SOUZA, TODD, Takayama |
WAL, CPC, FIN |
SB167 |
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HB332 HD1
Lithium-ion Batteries; Recycling; DOH; Working Group
RELATING TO RECYCLING.
Establishes a lithium-ion battery recycling working group within the Department of Health to assess recycling methods for small and medium format lithium-ion batteries. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
LA CHICA, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, PIERICK, SOUZA |
EEP, CPC |
SB391 |
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HB334 HD1
Traffic Cameras; Penalties
RELATING TO TRAFFIC CITATIONS.
Establishes that intentional destruction or damage to a traffic camera is a class C felony. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
LA CHICA, KILA, MARTEN, PIERICK, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD, Chun |
TRN, JHA |
SB96 |
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HB338 HD1
PUC; Renewable Energy; Rate for Electricity Generated from Nonfossil Fuels; Adjustment Mechanisms
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Specifies that adjustments required to compensate for certain unavoidable increases in financing costs, if proven by a producer of nonfossil fuel generated electricity by clear and convincing evidence, are mechanisms for reasonable and appropriate incremental adjustments that the Public Utilities Commission may include in the rate payable to the producer. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
LOWEN |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
SB996 |
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HB339 HD2
Public Utilities Commission; Electric Utility Companies; Acquisitions; Mergers; Consolidations; Conditions of Approval; Application Review Process; Alternative Applications; Hawaiian Electric Industries; Non-Investor-Owned Utilities; GO Bonds; Appropriation
RELATING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES.
Part I: Requires the Public Utilities Commission to impose certain conditions of approval on any order approving, in whole or in part, an application for the proposed acquisition, merger, or consolidation of an electric utility company by an acquiring entity. Establishes a process to ensure that when an electric utility is subject to an application for a proposed acquisition, merger, or consolidation by a potential acquiring entity that is an investor-owned utility and seeks approval of the application from the Public Utilities Commission, it must demonstrate that it solicited bids from potential acquiring entities that operate under a non-investor-owned utility ownership model. Requires the electric utility to submit those acceptable bids concurrently with an application by a potential acquiring entity that is an investor-owned utility. Part II: Authorizes the issuance of reimbursable GO bonds for acquiring Hawaiian Electric Industries and converting it to a publicly owned utility. Authorizes the establishment of a non-bypassable electric utility conversion charge, to be deposited into the new Electric Utility Conversion Special Fund. Appropriates Funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Amato, Pierick voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
LOWEN |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
SB137 |
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HB344 HD1 SD2
HSEO; DOT; DAGS; Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure; State Buildings; Retrofitting; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
Requires the design of all new state building construction where parking is to be included to provide that a number of the parking stalls, as determined by the Department of Accounting and General Services, shall 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) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 5:55PM in Conference Room 325. |
LOWEN, EVSLIN, KAHALOA, KILA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TODD |
EIG/GVO, WAM |
SB1089 |
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HB346 HD1
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure; Electric Vehicle-ready Parking Stalls; Affordable Housing; Rebates
RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
Provides rebates for the installation of eligible electric vehicle-ready parking stalls for new construction of affordable housing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
LOWEN, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, KAHALOA, KILA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO |
EEP, HSG, FIN |
SB1088 |
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HB348 HD1 SD1
Personal Care Products; Small Plastic Containers; Lodging Establishments; Prohibition; Fines
RELATING TO SINGLE-USE PLASTICS.
Beginning 7/1/2026 for lodging establishments with more than fifty sleeping room accommodations, and beginning 1/1/2028 for lodging establishments with fifty or fewer sleeping room accommodations, prohibits the provision of 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 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
4/25/2025- Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 816). |
LOWEN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TODD |
EDT/AEN, CPN/JDC |
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HB350 HD2
Energy; Water Heater System Requirements; Heat Pump Water Heaters; Variance
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Expands the types of water heater systems that may satisfy the relevant requirement for the issuance of a building permit for new single-family dwellings to include ENERGY STAR certified heat pump water heaters. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/13/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPN. |
LOWEN, EVSLIN |
EIG/HOU, CPN |
SB748 |
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HB365 HD1
Octopus Aquaculture; Prohibition
RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.
Prohibits certain octopus aquaculture. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, KAHALOA, LA CHICA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, Belatti, Chun |
AGR, JHA |
SB1159 |
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HB367 HD2 SD1
County Permits; Maintenance; Group U Structures; Remodeling; Special Management Areas; Exemptions
RELATING TO BUILDING PERMITS.
Allows for county permit exemptions for certain kinds of activities, including maintenance activities, installing group U structures, and certain interior remodeling work, when located outside a special management area. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/17/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. |
EVSLIN |
HOU, JDC |
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HB368 HD1
Motor Vehicles; Safety; Equipment; Sun Screening Devices; Window Tinting; Exemptions
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SUN SCREENING DEVICES.
Exempts from restrictions on light transmittance percentages, up to a certain percent, of certain motor vehicle sun screening devices for persons having light sensitivity of the eyes due to a medical condition. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
EVSLIN |
TRN, JHA |
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HB369 SD1
Campaign Spending Commission Package; Cash Contribution Limits; Return of Contribution; Escheat
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
Amends section 11-364, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide that an excess contribution of more than $100 in cash, in the aggregate, from a single person during an election period to a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee shall escheat to the Hawaii election campaign fund if not returned to the contributor within 30 days. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 880). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB255 |
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HB370 HD2 SD1
Campaign Spending Commission Package; Partial Public Financing; OHA; Maximum Amount of Public Funds Available; Minimum Qualifying Contribution Amounts; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS.
Increases the amount of partial public campaign financing available for all elective 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. Appropriates funds for the program and staff. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 325. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC, WAM |
SB256 |
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HB371 HD1 SD1
CSC; State or County Contractors; State or County Grantees; Officers; Immediate Family Members; Prohibited Contributions
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
Prohibits state or county grantees and officers and immediate family members of state or county contractors or grantees from contributing to candidate or noncandidate committees, candidates, or any person for any political purpose for the duration of the contract. Requires any unlawful contribution to be returned to the contributor or it will escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund. Requires disclosures of the names of any officers and immediate adult family members of a state or county contractor or grantee for contracts exceeding a certain amount. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 325. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB257 |
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HB372 HD1
Campaign Spending Commission Package; Solicitation and Acceptance; Campaign Contributions; State Legislators
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
Prohibits state legislators from soliciting and accepting campaign contributions during any regular session or special session of the Legislature, including any extension of any regular session or special session or any legislative recess day, holiday, or weekend. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to JDC, WAM. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC, WAM |
SB258 |
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HB373 HD1
City and County of Honolulu Mayor's Package; HHFDC; Housing; County Powers; Mixed-Use Development; Bond Proceeds
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Repeals the sunset provision in Act 45, SLH 2024, related to the counties' authorization to develop, construct, finance, refinance, or otherwise provide mixed-use developments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to HOU/EIG, WAM. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HOU/EIG, WAM |
SB288 |
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HB374 HD1
Hawaii State Association of Counties Package; HHFDC; Criteria; Preferences; Housing Location Proximity; State and County Employees
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to consider additional preferential factors when supplying housing or assistance in obtaining housing. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to determine the order of preferences and rank applicants, select applicants based on application date, and validate the preference status of applicants. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA |
HSG, FIN |
SB466 |
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HB375
Hawaii State Association of Counties Package; County Surcharge on State Tax; General Excise Tax Law; Extension
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX.
Authorizes each county that has established a surcharge on state tax before 7/1/2015 to extend the surcharge until 12/31/2045, at the same rates, if the county does so before 1/1/2028; Provides that no county surcharge on state tax authorized for a county that has not established a surcharge on state tax before 7/1/2015, shall be levied before 1/1/2019, or after 12/31/2045; and Repeals certain conditions on the use of surcharges received from the State for counties having a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopt a county surcharge on state tax. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 1 |
NAKAMURA |
FIN |
SB467 |
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HB379 HD2
Hawaii State Association of Counties Package; Environment; Individual Wastewater Systems; Nearshore Waters; Denitrification Capacity
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
Requires newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline to include denitrification capacity. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EEP, WAL, CPC |
SB471 |
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HB380 HD1
Hawaii State Association of Counties Package; Tobacco Products; Regulation
RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
Repeals existing statutory language that: declares that the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic devices are a statewide concern; and preempts all local ordinances and regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic devices. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, JHA, FIN |
SB468 |
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HB381 HD1
Hawaii Council of Mayors Package; Procurement; Small Purchases
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Amends the procurement thresholds for small purchases. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to GVO, WAM. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
GVO, WAM |
SB254 |
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HB383 HD1
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Sentencing; Violation of Order for Protection
RELATING TO ORDERS FOR PROTECTION.
Reinstates mandatory minimum jail sentences for successive violations of the same order for protection. Removes the distinction between domestic and non-domestic violations of an order for protection. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSH, JHA |
SB276 |
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HB384 HD1
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Penal Code; Sexual Offenses Against Minors
RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENSES AGAINST MINORS.
Increases the penalty for promoting minor-produced sexual images to a felony if the person is more than three years older than the minor. Extends the probationary term for felony obscenity offenses. Tolls the statute of limitations for obscenity offenses during a victim's minority. Requires sex offender registration for felony obscenity offenses involving minors. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSH, JHA |
SB277 |
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HB387 HD1
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Negligent Injury
RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.
Amends the offense of negligent injury in the first degree to include bodily injuries negligently inflicted by intoxicated drivers. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
TRN, JHA |
SB280 |
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HB388
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Penal Code; Torture; Prohibition
RELATING TO TORTURE.
Defines and prohibits the offense of torture. |
(H)
2/7/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB281 |
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HB389 HD1
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Uncrewed Aircraft; Criminal Offenses
RELATING TO UNCREWED AIRCRAFT OFFENSES.
Clarifies the applicable felony offenses for using an uncrewed aircraft in the furtherance of the commission of a felony. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to TCA, JDC. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
TCA, JDC |
SB282 |
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HB390
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Bribery
RELATING TO BRIBERY.
Establishes heightened penalties for the offense of bribery, under certain circumstances. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB283 |
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HB391
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Wiretapping Authorization
RELATING TO INTERCEPTION OF WIRE, ORAL, OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.
Removes requirement that all wiretapping applications made to a designated judge be accompanied by a written memorandum from the Department of the Attorney General recommending approval or disapproval. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB284 |
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HB393 HD1
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Career Criminal Prosecution Unit; Appropriation ($)
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CAREER CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB286 |
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HB394 HD1
City and County of Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Victim Witness Assistance Program; Appropriation; GIA ($)
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE VICTIM WITNESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the Victim Witness Assistance Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB287 |
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HB395 HD1 SD1
Judiciary Package; Jury Duty; Juror and Prospective Juror Compensation; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO JURY DUTY.
Increases the amount each juror or prospective juror is paid for each day of actual attendance at court. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 325. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC, WAM |
SB261 |
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HB397 HD1
Judiciary Package; Penal Responsibility; Fitness to Proceed; Private Examiner Compensation; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE EXAMINATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS.
Establishes the amount of compensation for private-sector examiners who evaluate a criminal defendant's penal responsibility or fitness to proceed in a legal case. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB264 |
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HB402
Judiciary Package; Prospective Jurors; Juror Qualification Form
RELATING TO PROSPECTIVE JURORS.
Authorizes the Judiciary to determine the format of the juror qualification form and the means of its delivery and return. Removes the requirement that the form be mailed. |
(H)
1/30/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB262 |
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HB403
Kauai County Council Package; Sunshine Law; Boards; Members; Informational Meeting; Presentation; Board Business
RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW.
Authorizes any member of a board to attend an informational meeting or presentation on matters relating to board business; provided that the meeting or presentation is not specifically and exclusively organized for or directed toward members of the board. Repeals the requirement of a subsequent report of attendance and the matters presented and discussed that related to board business at the informational meeting or presentation. |
(H)
2/25/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB270 |
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HB411
State Ethics Commission Package; State Ethics Code; Lobbyist Law; Administrative Fines
RELATING TO ETHICS ADMINISTRATIVE FINES.
Establishes uniform provisions for the assessment of administrative penalties under the State Ethics Code and Lobbyist Law. |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to JDC. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
SB289 |
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HB416 HD1
Housing Development; HHFDC; County Council Approval Exemption; State‑Financing; Infrastructure
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Exempts certain state-financed housing developments from the requirement to obtain approval from the applicable county council. Authorizes a county planning director to reject certain permit applications due to a lack of infrastructure. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
EVSLIN |
HSG, JHA |
SB27 |
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HB417 HD1 SD1
HHFDC; RHRF; Housing Efficiency and Innovation Subaccount; Housing; Priorities; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING REVOLVING FUND.
Establishes the Housing Efficiency and Innovation Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund. Specifies permissible uses of funding and priorities. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to transfer funds between the Housing Efficiency and Innovation Subaccount and the Rental Housing Revolving Fund without legislative approval. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
EVSLIN |
HOU, WAM |
SB35 |
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HB421 HD1
Contractors; Owner-builder Exemption; Leasing Restriction; Disclaimer; Repeal
RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.
Repeals the leasing restriction on owner-builders who obtain an owner-builder exemption to act as their own contractor and who build or improve residential or farm buildings or structures on property they own or lease and do not offer the buildings or structures for sale. Requires an owner or lessee to provide signed written notice that the structure for lease or sublease was built or improved by an individual who is not a licensed contractor. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
EVSLIN, BELATTI, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, SOUZA, Matsumoto |
HSG, CPC |
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HB423 HD2 SD1
Workers' Compensation; Vocational Rehabilitation Services; Certified Providers; Automatic Approval
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Clarifies the process for selecting a certified provider of rehabilitation services. Requires providers to automatically approve vocational rehabilitation services for an injured employee if those services will likely be required for suitable gainful employment. Requires providers to file an employee's vocational plan no later than ninety days after submitting an initial evaluation report, with certain exceptions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 2:30PM in Conference Room 016. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, KITAGAWA, SAYAMA, TARNAS |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB424 HD2
Department of Education; Free School Breakfasts and Lunches; Cost; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free breakfast and lunch to students enrolled in a public school who meet certain requirements. Reduces the amount the Department of Education is authorized to charge for school meals to all students enrolled in department schools to no more than an unspecified portion of the cost of preparing the meals. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to EDU, WAM. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, HOLT, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LEE, M., MARTEN, MORIKAWA, OLDS, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
EDU, WAM |
SB221 |
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HB426 HD1
Property; Hurricane; Insurance; HPIA; HHRF; Condominiums; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE.
Expands the powers of the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and reactivates the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to help to stabilize the property insurance market in the State. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to conduct a study. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/7/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3). |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN |
CPC, FIN |
SB1044 |
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HB428 HD1 SD1
Department of Agriculture; Hawaii Farm to Families Program; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO FARM TO FAMILIES.
Establishes the Hawaii Farm to Families Program to alleviate food shortages in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature before the Regular Sessions of 2026 and 2027. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/21/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-22-25 9:31AM in conference room 325. |
NAKAMURA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HASHEM, HOLT, HUSSEY, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KONG, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO, TODD, WOODSON, YAMASHITA |
AEN, WAM |
SB1250 |
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HB429 HD1 SD1
Department of Education; Executive Office on Early Learning; Public Preschools; Teachers; Teacher Assistants; Equipment; Services; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.
Appropriates funds to hire teachers and teacher assistants and for equipment and services for public preschools. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
NAKAMURA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HASHEM, HOLT, HUSSEY, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KONG, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO, TODD, WOODSON, YAMASHITA |
EDU, WAM |
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HB432 HD1 SD2
HHFDC; Rental Housing Revolving Fund; Mixed-Income Subaccount; Workforce Rental Housing; For-Sale Housing; Rules; Prioritization; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING REVOLVING FUND.
Establishes the Mixed-Income Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to prioritize development of workforce rental and for-sale housing projects for qualified residents. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to adopt administrative rules. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 880). |
NAKAMURA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HASHEM, HOLT, HUSSEY, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KONG, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO, TODD, WOODSON, YAMASHITA |
HOU, WAM |
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HB433 HD1 SD1
DCR; Reentry Services; Community-Based Services; Report; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to submit an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for reentry services to connect offenders with community-based services. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
4/17/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-21-25 1:30PM; Conference Room 016. |
NAKAMURA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HASHEM, HOLT, HUSSEY, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KONG, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO, TODD, WOODSON, YAMASHITA, Lamosao |
PSM, WAM |
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HB435 HD1
Electric Bicycles; Regulations; Registration; Electric Micro Mobility Devices; Minimum Age to Operate
RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
Establishes additional regulations for the registration and use of electric bicycles. Amends the definition of electric bicycles subject to various state laws and classifies electric bicycles by top assisted speed. Defines "electric micro mobility device" and requires the same regulations as electric foot scooters to apply to electric micro mobility devices. Prohibits anyone under fifteen from operating a class 3 electric bicycle. Increasing the age for those required to wear a helmet when operating a bicycle. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
LA CHICA, AMATO, HOLT, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, OLDS, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAKENOUCHI, TODD, WARD |
TRN, JHA |
SB392 |
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HB437 HD1 SD1
Filipino Caucus; DBEDT; Out-of-state Office; Republic of the Philippines; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO OUT-OF-STATE OFFICES.
Requires, and appropriates funds for, the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish an out-of-state office in the Republic of the Philippines. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/25/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:46 PM; Conference Room 225. |
ILAGAN, COCHRAN, GARRETT, HASHEM, HUSSEY, ICHIYAMA, KILA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, MIYAKE, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAM, TEMPLO, WOODSON |
EDT/TCA, WAM |
SB817 |
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HB438 HD2
Filipino Caucus; Due Process in Immigration Proceedings Program; Judiciary; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO DUE PROCESS PROTECTIONS.
Establishes the Due Process in Immigration Proceedings Program within the Judiciary to provide legal representation to individuals in immigration-related proceedings. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda voting no (6) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
ILAGAN, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, HUSSEY, ICHIYAMA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, MIYAKE, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TEMPLO, WOODSON |
ECD, JHA, FIN |
SB816 |
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HB439 HD1
Filipino Caucus; HTSB; International Teacher License; Criteria; Establishment; Report
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to establish an international teacher license for certain visa holders and the requirements to obtain the international teacher license. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/20/2025- The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
ILAGAN, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, HASHEM, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KILA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, MIYAKE, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAM, TEMPLO, WOODSON, Hussey |
EDN, CPC |
SB819 |
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HB443 HD1
University of Hawaii at Hilo; Retention Coordinator; Internship Coordinator; Enrollment Management; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO.
Appropriates funds for one retention coordinator position, one internship coordinator position, and student enrollment management initiatives at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
GARRETT, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, OLDS |
HED, FIN |
SB636 |
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HB448 HD1 SD1
Hawaii Technology Development Corporation; Small Businesses; Technology Enablement; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY ENABLEMENT.
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to assist small businesses, including those related to the tourism sector, with technology enablement. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
TAM, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
EDT, WAM |
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HB449 HD1 SD1
HTDC; Economic Development; Hawaii-Manufactured Products; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Requires the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to prioritize funding for certain Hawaii-based businesses. Appropriates funds to assist in the development and promotion of Hawaii-manufactured products through the INNOVATE Hawaii program. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
ILAGAN |
EDT, WAM |
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HB450 HD3 SD1
SFCA; King Kamehameha Celebration Commission; DAGS; DBEDT; Comptroller; Works of Art Special Fund; Transfer; Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.
Transfers the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Transfers the authority held by the Comptroller over the Works of Art Special Fund to the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Appropriates funds for positions within the Administrative Services Office of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
ILAGAN |
TCA/EDT, WAM |
SB582 |
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HB454 HD2 SD1
Hawaii Technology Development Corporation; Economic Diversification; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Establishes state goals related to economic diversification. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Technology and Development Corporation to meet those goals. Requires the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to submit annual reports over three years to the legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
ILAGAN |
EDT, WAM |
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HB455 HD1 SD2
DBEDT; Start-Up Business; Financing; Support; Contracted Services; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS LOANS.
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the contracting of services for start-up business financing and support. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2) |
(S)
4/21/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). |
ILAGAN, EVSLIN, GARCIA, ICHIYAMA, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, KONG, LA CHICA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, WARD |
EDT, WAM |
SB132 |
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HB457 HD1
Immigration; Department of Law Enforcement; Due Process
RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS.
Requires state and local law enforcement agencies to notify an individual of their rights when in law enforcement agency custody before any interview with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement on certain matters regarding immigration violations. (HD1) |
(H)
2/19/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
ILAGAN |
ECD, JHA |
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HB458 HD2 SD1
Brother Joseph Dutton Day; Day of Observance
RELATING TO BROTHER JOSEPH DUTTON DAY.
Designates April 27 of every year as Brother Joseph Dutton Day. Effective 4/27/2843. (SD1) |
(S)
4/11/2025- Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). |
ILAGAN |
TCA |
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HB463 HD3 SD1
Judiciary; Eviction Records; Disassociations; Study; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EVICTION RECORDS.
Requires the Judiciary to conduct a study to determine the ability, best approaches, various issues, and potential impacts of requiring courts to disassociate a residential tenant from an eviction proceeding brought by a landlord in certain circumstances. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM. |
GRANDINETTI, MARTEN, PERRUSO, TAM, TODD |
CPN, JDC/WAM |
SB154 |
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HB467 HD1
Foreclosure; Nonjudicial Foreclosure; Bundled Properties; Public Sale; Prohibition; Eligible Bidders; Subsequent Bids
RELATING TO FORECLOSURES.
Prohibits sellers of foreclosed homes from bundling properties at a public sale and requires each foreclosed home to be sold separately. Specifies that the sale of a foreclosed property is not final until either fifteen days after the public sale or forty-five days if an eligible bidder submits a subsequent bid or written notice of intent to submit a subsequent bid. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
GRANDINETTI, BELATTI, EVSLIN, IWAMOTO, KUSCH, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TODD, Tam |
HSG, CPC, JHA |
SB332, SB1135 |
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HB468 HD1
Transportation Network Companies; Civil Rights Commission; Discrimination; Service Animals; Violations; Penalties; Fines
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Requires the Civil Rights Commission to receive and investigate complaints related to acts of discrimination committed by transportation network company drivers against riders with service animals and report the results of its investigation to the Department of Transportation, which shall issue penalties to transportation network companies. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/5/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
GRANDINETTI, BELATTI, IWAMOTO, PERRUSO, TAM, TODD |
TRN, JHA |
SB1209 |
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HB470 HD2
Noise; Noise Pollution; String Trimmers; Leaf Blowers; Weed Whackers; Sales Prohibition; Fines
RELATING TO NOISE.
Beginning 7/1/2028, prohibits the sale of any leaf blower, string trimmer, or weed whacker that does not meet the ANSI B-175.2 class 1 rating. Increases fines for violations of leaf blower, string trimmer, and weed whacker restrictions. Beginning 7/1/2028, prohibits government entities from purchasing leaf blowers, string trimmers, or weed whackers that do not meet the ANSI B-175.2 class 1 rating. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/25/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
LEE, M. |
EEP, CPC, JHA |
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HB472 HD1 SD2
Digitized Identification Cards; Valid Identification
RELATING TO DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION.
Allows digitized identification cards to be accepted as a valid form of identification, under certain conditions. Authorizes state and county law enforcement agencies to accept a digitized identification card as proof of a person's identity beginning 7/1/2027. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD2) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 5:00PM in conference room 325. |
LEE, M., AMATO, BELATTI, HASHEM, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, PIERICK, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TODD, Tam |
PSM/CPN, JDC |
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HB476 HD2 SD1
Capital Gains Tax
RELATING TO CAPITAL GAINS TAX.
Amends the capital gains tax rate for individuals, estates, and trusts. Amends the alternative capital gains tax for corporations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/4/2025- Recommitted to WAM. |
SAYAMA, HOLT, KILA, MATAYOSHI |
WAM |
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HB480 HD1 SD1
Workers' Compensation; Functional Capacity Examination; Occupational Therapy; Physical Therapy
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Authorizes an attending physician to request a functional capacity examination and refer an injured employee for the examination without first obtaining permission from the employee's employer. Allows licensed occupational and physical therapists to be deemed qualified to perform functional capacity examinations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 5:29PM in Conference Room 325. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KITAGAWA, LEE, M., SAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD |
LBT, CPN/WAM |
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HB490 HD1
Condominiums; Insurance Commissioner; Mutual Insurance; Report
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Requires the Insurance Commissioner to study the feasibility of the mutual insurance model for condominium associations and submit a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
IWAMOTO, PIERICK, WARD, Matsumoto |
CPC, FIN |
SB842 |
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HB493
Ethics; Legislators; Employees
RELATING TO ETHICS.
For purposes of the state ethics laws, subjects legislators to all ethics laws applicable to employees by including legislators within the definition of "employees". Repeals references to legislators under the state ethics laws made redundant by the inclusion. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
IWAMOTO, BELATTI, PERRUSO, PIERICK, WARD |
JHA |
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HB497 HD2
Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs; Department of Agriculture; Grants; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS.
Transfers the Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs Agency from the Department of Education to the Department of Agriculture and codifies its establishment. Establishes a grant program to be administered by the Agency to support the funding of certain initiatives for the State's public schools. Appropriates funds for grants. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
KAHALOA, AMATO, CHUN, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD |
EDN, AGR, FIN |
SB988 |
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HB498 HD2
DOA; Hawaii Agricultural Crimes Council; Establishment; Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL CRIMES.
Establishes the Hawaii Agricultural Crimes Council. Expands the duties of the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with and support the Council. Establishes the Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
KAHALOA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GARRETT, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD |
AGR, JHA, FIN |
SB762 |
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HB501 HD2
DLE; Agricultural Enforcement Program; Theft of an Agricultural Product or Commodity; Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund; Positions; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Establishes the Agricultural Enforcement Program within the Department of Law Enforcement. Establishes the Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
KAHALOA, AMATO, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
AGR, JHA, FIN |
SB763 |
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HB502 HD1
LUC; Counties; Petition; Redistricting; Declaratory Order
RELATING TO LAND USE.
Temporarily allows each county, by resolution of its county council, to petition for the redistricting of land from an agricultural district to a rural district through the Land Use Commission's declaratory ruling process. Effective 7/1/3000. Sunsets 6/30/2029. (HD1) |
(H)
2/27/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
ICHIYAMA, HASHEM, TARNAS |
WAL, JHA |
SB1079 |
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HB503 HD1
DAGS; Hawaii First Responders Memorial; Working Group; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII FIRST RESPONDERS MEMORIAL.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services to hire a consultant to evaluate potential locations and designs for the Hawaii First Responders Memorial. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
ICHIYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GARCIA, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, OLDS, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TODD |
PBS, FIN |
SB998 |
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HB504 HD2 SD2
DLNR; DOA; HTA; Department of Budget and Finance; Department of Transportation; Transient Accommodations Tax; Minimum Tax; Increase; Natural Resources; Working Group; Fees; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.
Amends the transient accommodations tax rate beginning on 1/1/2027. Beginning 1/1/2027, requires collection of a monthly tax of $20 per passenger per port entry or any commercial passenger vessel at any port facility under the jurisdiction of the department of taxation. Establishes a Transient Accommodation Tax Enforcement Working Group. Requires the transfer of all agricultural leases under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for certain environmental stewardship projects. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Tourism Authority for its operating budget request. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2) |
(S)
4/11/2025- Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). |
ICHIYAMA |
EDT/WTL, WAM |
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HB508 HD1
Fireworks; Illegal Fireworks Task Force; Sunset; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Extends the sunset date of Act 67, SLH 2023, to 6/30/2030. Appropriates funds for the illegal fireworks task force. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
ICHIYAMA |
JHA, FIN |
SB222 |
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HB510 HD1 SD2
CWRM; Water Shortage and Emergency; Water Shortage Declaration; Notice
RELATING TO DECLARATION OF WATER SHORTAGE AND EMERGENCY.
Amends the conditions, manner, and areas in which the Commission on Water Resource Management can declare and provide notice of water shortages and emergencies. Limits the duration of a water shortage declaration to ninety days. Limits water usage restrictions imposed on a permittee or owner and operator to twenty per cent of the permittee's or owner and operator's last reported monthly use. Requires CWRM to maintain a list of names and postal or email addresses of persons who request notification of a water shortage declaration and send them a copy of a notice of a water shortage declaration whenever water shortage is declared. Effective 7/1/2040. (SD2) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
ICHIYAMA, HASHEM, TARNAS |
WTL, JDC |
SB145 |
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HB518
Small Claims Court; Attorney; Representation; Legal Counsel
RELATING TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT.
Prohibits licensed attorneys from representing clients in small claims court. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
WARD, ALCOS, IWAMOTO, OLDS, PIERICK, QUINLAN |
JHA |
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HB523
Small Business Caucus Package; Penal Code; Theft; Penalties
RELATING TO THEFT.
Provides that a person who commits theft of property or services the value of which does not exceed $750, commits theft in the second degree if the person was convicted two or more times for any theft offenses in the five years prior to the current offense. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
WARD, GARCIA, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU |
JHA |
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HB525 HD1
Housing; Rent-to-Own Program; Fee Simple; Leasehold
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Clarifies that dwelling units eligible under the Rent-to-Own Program shall be units that are for sale in fee simple or leasehold on state or county land under a lease with an initial term of no less than ninety-nine years. Increases the time the sale price under the program must remain fixed from five years to ten years. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
MIYAKE, EVSLIN, LAMOSAO |
HSG, FIN |
SB76 |
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HB528 HD1
Residential Leases; State Lands; County Lands; Exemption
RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS.
Exempts state and county lands leased after July 1, 2025, for an initial period of no less than ninety-nine years from state law governing residential leaseholds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to CPN/WTL, JDC. |
MIYAKE, LAMOSAO |
CPN/WTL, JDC |
SB77 |
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HB531 HD1 SD1
Motor Vehicles; Special Number Plates; UH Cancer Center
RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES.
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to recognize the University of Hawaii Cancer Center. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
MIYAKE, AMATO, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, OLDS, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TODD |
TCA, WAM |
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HB532 HD1
Vehicle Title Transfers; Liability; Motor Vehicles
RELATING TO VEHICLE TITLES.
Clarifies that proof that a transferor has filed required notice forms serves as a complete defense to any action brought against the transferor for an act or omission, civil or criminal, arising out of the use, operation, or abandonment of the vehicle by another person. Requires, by July 1, 2026, the courts to create new forms permitting transferors to respond to actions arising out of the use, operation, or abandonment of transferred vehicles. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/5/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
MIYAKE, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, TAKENOUCHI, TODD |
TRN, JHA |
SB820 |
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HB533 HD1
Historic Property; Historic Preservation
RELATING TO HISTORIC PROPERTY.
Amends the definition of "historic property" under the State's historic preservation program to include properties included on, or eligible for inclusion on, the national register of historic places or Hawaii register of historic places and any artifacts, records, or material remains relating to the property. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
MIYAKE, AMATO, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, SOUZA, TODD |
WAL, JHA |
SB578 |
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HB537 HD1
Motorcycles; Moped and Motor Scooter Rentals; Electric Foot Scooter Rentals; Helmets
RELATING TO TWO-WHEELED MOTORIZED VEHICLES.
Repeals the exception for when a person is not required to wear a safety helmet when operating a moped or motor scooter leased from a rental company. Requires operators and passengers of motorcycles to wear safety helmets with securely fastened chin straps while operating two-wheeled motorized vehicles on highways, streets, roadways, or any other public property in the State. Requires all renters or lessees of an electric foot scooter to wear a safety helmet regardless of their age. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
OLDS, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KUSCH, LA CHICA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, SOUZA, TAM |
TRN, JHA |
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HB538
Safe Entryways; Prohibition Against Residing
RELATING TO SAFE ENTRYWAYS.
Prohibit individuals from residing in a doorway or surrounding area of certain places. Gives county police departments primary authority to enforce the prohibition. |
(H)
2/7/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
OLDS, GARCIA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, QUINLAN |
JHA |
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HB542 HD1
University of Hawaii; Scholarships; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM.
Expands the Hawaii promise program to provide scholarships for the unmet needs of qualified students at any four-year university of Hawaii campus who meet certain criteria. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to HRE, WAM. |
GARRETT, KAPELA, KILA, LA CHICA, OLDS, SOUZA |
HRE, WAM |
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HB543 HD1
License Plate Flipping Device; Prohibition; Fine; Motor Vehicles
RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES.
Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle with, possession, purchase, installation, sale, offer for sale, or distribution of license plate flipping devices. Establishes a minimum fine of $250 and a maximum fine of $2,000 for each separate violation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/6/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ward excused (1). |
GARRETT, EVSLIN, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MIYAKE, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI |
TRN, JHA |
SB1096 |
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HB546 HD1 SD1
UH; Aloha Intelligence Institute; Artificial Intelligence
RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Establishes the Aloha Intelligence Institute within the University of Hawaii to develop, support, and advance artificial intelligence initiatives statewide. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/20/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
GARRETT, KAPELA, KILA, OLDS, SAYAMA |
HRE/LBT, WAM |
SB1622 |
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HB547 HD2
Spay and Neuter Special Fund; Special Number Plates; Income Tax Check-off; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE SPAYING AND NEUTERING OF ANIMALS.
Establishes the Spay and Neuter Special Fund to reduce pet overpopulation and the reproduction of free-roaming cats. Establishes various revenue and fundraising sources for the special fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
GARRETT, AMATO, CHUN, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
AGR, CAA, FIN |
SB1023 |
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HB548 HD1
UH; Saint Francis School; Campus; Acquisition; Revenue Bonds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE SAINT FRANCIS SCHOOL CAMPUS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA.
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to issue revenue bonds for the acquisition of the Saint Francis School campus located at 2707 Pamoa Road in Honolulu. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the acquisition of the Saint Francis School campus located at 2707 Pamoa Road in Honolulu. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to HRE/EIG, WAM. |
GARRETT, AMATO, KAPELA, KILA, LA CHICA, OLDS, SOUZA |
HRE/EIG, WAM |
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HB549 HD3 SD1
UH; Early Learning Apprenticeship Grant Program; Childcare; Early Learning Opportunities; Professions and Occupations; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO AN EARLY LEARNING APPRENTICESHIP GRANT PROGRAM.
Establishes an Early Learning Apprenticeship Grant Program to be administered by the University of Hawaii to provide financial support for early learning program service providers in the State to participate in state- or federally-approved early learning apprenticeship programs. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/24/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 229. |
GARRETT, CHUN, EVSLIN, KILA, LA CHICA, LEE, M., MARTEN, OLDS, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI |
HRE/EDU, WAM |
SB426 |
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HB554 HD1
Day of Observance; Lunar New Year
RELATING TO STATE HOLIDAYS.
Designates the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice of each year as the Lunar New Year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
CHUN, AMATO, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TODD |
CAA, FIN |
SB47 |
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HB555 HD1
Employment Practices; Paid Rest Periods
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.
Requires employers to authorize and permit employees a 10-minute paid rest period for every four hours worked. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
CHUN, POEPOE, SAYAMA |
LAB, FIN |
SB638 |
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HB557 HD2
Telehealth; Interactive Telecommunications Systems; Insurance Reimbursement
RELATING TO TELEHEALTH.
Extends the sunset date of Act 107, SLH 2023, which allows for the reimbursement of services provided through telehealth via an interactive telecommunications system, until 12/31/2026. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
CHUN, GRANDINETTI, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
SB1281 |
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HB560 HD1 SD1
Judiciary; Community-Based Organizations; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
Appropriates funds to the Judiciary to support services contracted with community-based organizations that deliver essential services, streamline judicial processes, and support the judiciary's capacity to effectively meet the needs of vulnerable households. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
(S)
3/19/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
CHUN, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD |
JDC, WAM |
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HB563 HD1 SD1
UH; Institute for Astronomy; Space Sciences and Engineering Initiative; Workforce Development Program; Maunakea Scholars Program; Internship Program; Equipment and Supplies; Stipends; Positions; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII'S SPACE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INITIATIVE.
Appropriates funds for salaries and fringe benefits of positions for the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy's Space Science and Engineering Initiative Workforce Development Program, Maunakea Scholars Program, and Internship Program. Appropriates funds for office equipment and supplies, operational costs, and stipends for high school and college students. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/24/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 229. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, GARRETT, KAHALOA, LOWEN, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
HRE, WAM |
SB767, SB1268 |
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HB564
CIP; 32nd Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriated funds for capital improvement projects in the 32nd representative district. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2 |
SHIMIZU |
FIN |
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HB565 HD1
Mortuaries; Pre-Need Funeral Authorities; Contracts; Cremation; Precious Metals; Notice
RELATING TO MANDATORY PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE AND CONSENT IN CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE CREMATION SERVICES.
For contracts entered into on or after 10/1/2025, requires mortuaries and pre-need funeral authorities that contract to provide cremation services to provide written notice if precious metals are recovered after cremation and a disclosure that the person has thirty days to claim the precious metals after receipt of the notice. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Souza voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
SHIMIZU (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, JHA |
SB525 |
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HB572 HD1
GET; Exemption; Food; Medical Services; Dental Services
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX.
Exempts food and groceries from certain healthcare-related goods or services that were not the general excise tax. Expands general excise tax exemptions to include purchased under the Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
MATSUMOTO, ALCOS, GARCIA, KONG, PIERICK, WARD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB576 HD2 SD1
Housing Development Programs; HHFDC; Restrictions on Transfer; Hawaiian Home Lands; Exception
RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER CHAPTER 201H, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.
Exempts transfers of Hawaiian Home Lands from transfer restrictions for real property under housing development programs of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, TODD |
HWN/HOU, WAM |
SB834 |
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HB577 HD2
Tax Credit; Businesses; Employees; Public Transportation; Legislature; Reports
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Authorizes a tax credit for businesses that pay the public transportation costs of employees. Requires reports to the Legislature. Applies for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025 but not beginning after 12/31/2029. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
HOLT, GARCIA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, Muraoka |
TRN, ECD, FIN |
SB970 |
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HB580
Sentencing; Mandatory Minimum; Promoting Dangerous Drugs; Methamphetamine; Fentanyl
RELATING TO DANGEROUS DRUGS.
Establishes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree if the conviction is predicated on the possession of methamphetamine or fentanyl, and progressive mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment if the person has prior convictions predicated on the trafficking of methamphetamine or the possession of methamphetamine or fentanyl. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
HOLT, GARCIA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE |
JHA |
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HB584
Judiciary; Short Form
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
Short form bill relating to the Judiciary. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
TARNAS |
JHA |
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HB585
Hawaiian Affairs; Short Form
RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.
Short form bill relating to Hawaiian affairs. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
TARNAS |
JHA |
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HB586
Penal Code; Short Form
RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.
Short form bill relating to the Penal Code. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
TARNAS |
JHA |
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HB587
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. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
TARNAS |
JHA |
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HB588
State Law; Short Form
RELATING TO STATE LAW.
Short form bill relating to state law. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
TARNAS |
JHA |
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HB592
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. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2 |
ICHIYAMA |
FIN |
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HB594 HD2
Hotels; Hotel Services; Service Disruption; Third-Party Vendor; Guests; Notice; Damages
RELATING TO HOTELS.
Requires hotelkeepers to provide adequate notice of service disruptions to guests and third-party vendors under certain conditions. Allows for recovery of damages by injured consumers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, PERRUSO, PIERICK, TODD |
TOU, JHA, CPC |
SB83 |
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HB595 HD2
Law Enforcement Activities; Recordings; Private Right of Action
RELATING TO RECORDINGS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
Establishes the right of a person to record law enforcement activities. Establishes a private right of action for any violation of the right to record law enforcement activities. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, PERRUSO |
LAB, JHA, FIN |
SB307 |
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HB596 HD1 SD1
Emergency Management; Disasters; Emergencies; Definitions
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Clarifies the types of events that constitute disasters and emergencies for the purposes of emergency management. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
POEPOE, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, SOUZA, TAKENOUCHI |
PSM, WAM |
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HB604 HD1
TAT; HHCA; Tax Revenues; Deposits; Hawaiian Home General Loan Fund
RELATING TO TAX REVENUES.
Beginning on 1/1/2026, increases transient accommodations tax rates by 1 percentage point. Deposits the increased revenues into the Hawaiian Home General Loan Fund established under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Reyes Oda voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
HOLT, EVSLIN, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, POEPOE, SOUZA |
TOU/HSG, JHA, FIN |
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HB606 HD1 SD1
DHHL; Repair and Maintenance; Mercantile Projects; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOMELANDS.
Appropriates funds to be used by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for mercantile projects, as well as lump sum repair and maintenance, in fiscal year 2025-2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(H)
4/24/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 1:30PM in conference room 325. |
POEPOE, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS |
HWN/HOU, WAM |
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HB607
Fireworks; Offense; Penalties; Felonies
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Establishes the Class A felony-level offense of serious bodily injury or death resulting from fireworks. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
SOUZA, KONG, TAM |
JHA |
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HB610 HD1
AG; Cold Case; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO COLD CASE INVESTIGATIONS.
Establishes and appropriates funds for a Cold Case Investigation Unit within the Department of the Attorney General. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
SOUZA, AMATO, COCHRAN, IWAMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
JHA, FIN |
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HB616 HD2
DOE; Public Charter Schools; Educational Workers; Protection and Workplace Safety; Harassment
RELATING TO THE SAFETY OF EDUCATIONAL WORKERS.
Requires the Department of Education and public charter schools to take certain steps to report incidents of harassment and implement procedures for handling harassment of educational workers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
WOODSON (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
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HB617 HD1
Nursing; UH Maui College; BS Nursing Established; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO NURSING.
Appropriates funds to establish the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program at the University of Hawaii Maui College. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
WOODSON, MIYAKE, POEPOE |
HED, FIN |
SB119 |
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HB619 HD1
Board of Education; Public Schools; Financial Literacy
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the Board of Education to adopt and enact a policy by the 2026-2027 school year directing Department of Education public schools to incorporate financial literacy education in the school's curriculum. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to EDU, WAM. |
WOODSON, AMATO, CHUN, GARCIA, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
EDU, WAM |
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HB620 HD1 SD1
DOE; Braille; Low Vision or Blind Students; Individualized Educational Programs; Section 504 Plans; Braille Instruction; Print Instructional Materials; Braille Literacy Resource Center; Rules; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Establishes braille literacy as a policy of the State. Requires literacy assessments for eligible low vision and blind students to include braille instruction and the use of braille. Authorizes the Department of Education to adopt administrative rules. Establishes the Braille Literacy Resource Center. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 6:20PM in conference room 229. |
WOODSON, AMATO, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, LA CHICA, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
EDU, WAM |
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HB621 HD1
Education; DOE; English Language Learner Educators; Differential Pay; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires and appropriates funds to pay salary differentials to English language educators as an incentive to attract and retain these educators. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
WOODSON, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, LA CHICA, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
EDN, FIN |
SB973 |
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HB624 HD1 SD1
DOE; School Psychologists; Working Group; Report
RELATING TO SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS.
Creates a School Psychologists Working Group within the Department of Education to recommend actionable steps or propose legislation for an immediate pathway to licensure for school psychologists that can be acted upon in 2026. Requires a report to the Legislature. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
WOODSON, AMATO, BELATTI, GARRETT, KAPELA, LA CHICA, LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
EDU/CPN, WAM |
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HB626 HD1
Department of Education; Hoʻākea Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for the Department's Hoʻākea Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/5/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
WOODSON, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TARNAS, TODD |
EDN, FIN |
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HB627 HD1
DOE; School Safety, Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for positions to implement and maintain school safety measures. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to EDU, WAM. |
WOODSON, AMATO, CHUN, COCHRAN, GARCIA, GARRETT, HOLT, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, POEPOE, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
EDU, WAM |
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HB628 HD1
Veterans; Armed Services; Wartime Practices; High School Diploma; DOE
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Authorizes the Department of Education to establish a program to award high school diplomas to persons who did not receive a diploma as a result of compulsory or voluntary induction into the armed services and persons whose high school education was interrupted due to wartime practices during World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to EDU/PSM, WAM. |
WOODSON, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
EDU/PSM, WAM |
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HB629 HD1
Department of Education; Occupational Therapists; Physical Therapists; Speech Pathologists; Diagnosis; Treatment
RELATING TO THERAPY SERVICES.
Expands the scopes of practice for occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech pathologists employed by or contracted with the Department of Education to diagnose students with a medical condition in an educational setting and treat the students. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/20/2025- The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
WOODSON, AMATO, COCHRAN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
EDN, CPC |
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HB636 HD2
School Capital Improvement Project Modernization Initiative; School Facilities Authority; BOE; DOE; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
Establishes a school capital improvement project modernization initiative in the School Facilities Authority to create a planning database for school facilities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to EDU, WAM. |
LA CHICA, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, OLDS, SOUZA, Chun, Matsumoto |
EDU, WAM |
SB449 |
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HB637 HD1
Department of Education; Dyslexia Screening; Universal Screening; Evidence-based Interventions; Teacher Professional Development; Appropriation
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the Department of Education to implement dyslexia-sensitive universal screenings and evidence-based interventions, offer professional development on structured literacy and evidenced-based interventions, and support pre-teacher programs in training candidates in structured literary instruction. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to EDU, WAM. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TODD, WOODSON, Matsumoto |
EDU, WAM |
SB1001 |
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HB640 HD3
Office of the Ombudsman; Child Welfare Services Branch; Department of Human Services; Complaints ($)
RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE.
Requires the Office of the Ombudsman to publish an annual report on its website that identifies the number and nature of complaints that it receives regarding the Child Welfare Services Branch of the Department of Human Services. Requires the Child Welfare Services Branch to provide notification to certain parties that complaints can also be filed with the Office of the Ombudsman. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to GVO/HHS, WAM. |
MARTEN, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
GVO/HHS, WAM |
SB1108 |
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HB642 HD1
Administrative Rules; Rulemaking; Agencies; Digital Accessibility; Searchability; Formatting
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.
Requires all state agencies proposing, adopting, amending, or repealing a rule to make the full text of the rules of the agency available on the website of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor in a digitally accessible and searchable format. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
MARTEN, CHUN, KILA, LAMOSAO, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
JHA, FIN |
SB55 |
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HB643 HD2 SD1
Department of Agriculture; University of Hawaii; Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle; Prevention; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE PROGRAM.
Establishes short-term management initiatives for the coconut rhinoceros beetle response program. Appropriates funds for activities and positions related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(H)
4/17/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 826). |
MARTEN, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TODD, WARD |
HRE/AEN, WAM |
SB686 |
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HB646 HD1
DHS; Supplemental Security Income Program; Medicaid; Automatic Enrollment; Reports
RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME.
Requires the Department of Human Services to automatically enroll, or authorize the Social Security Administration to automatically enroll, in the State's Medicaid program any individual in the State who receives federal Supplemental Security Income benefits. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
MARTEN, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA |
HSH, FIN |
SB797 |
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HB649 HD1
Small Boat Harbors; Commercial Vessels; DLNR; Bonds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.
Establishes the Small Boat Harbor Commercial Vessel Special Fund. Increases moorage fees for commercial vessels. Requires that revenue from the fee increase be used by the Department of Land and Natural Resources for improvements that primarily benefit commercial vessels that utilize state small boat harbors. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds with debt service to be paid from special funds, for repairs of various harbors. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/14/2025- The committee on WTL deferred the measure. |
HASHEM |
WTL, WAM |
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HB655 HD1
Motor Vehicles; Registration; Taxes; Penalties; Delinquency
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
Limits the required payment of certain unpaid motor vehicle taxes and fees and accompanying financial penalties to those incurred during the most recent five consecutive years of delinquency. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
HASHEM |
TRN, JHA, FIN |
SB1097 |
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HB657 HD1
Vehicle Weight Tax; Annual Vehicle Registration Fee; Disabled Veterans; Exemption
RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS.
Exempts disabled veterans from the State's vehicle weight tax and repeals the exemption for disabled veterans from the State's annual vehicle registration fee. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
HASHEM, AMATO, GARCIA, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, TODD |
PBS/TRN, FIN |
SB607 |
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HB661 HD2
Environmental Review; Permitted Activities
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
Permits, under certain circumstances, a previously permitted or authorized activity challenged as being subject to environmental review to continue while the applicable agency or applicant conducts an environmental assessment, prepares an environmental impact statement, or determines whether the activity is exempt. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to WTL/AEN, JDC. |
HASHEM |
WTL/AEN, JDC |
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HB662 HD1
Campaign Finance; Contributions
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
Makes contributions by the candidate's immediate family subject to contribution limits. Amends the loan amount that a candidate or candidate committee may receive from the candidate's immediate family. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
KILA, EVSLIN, LAMOSAO, TAKENOUCHI |
JHA, FIN |
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HB664 HD1 SD2
AG; DLE; Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission; Office of Gun Violence Prevention; Gun Violence Prevention Special Fund; Gun Violence Resource Bank; Gun Establishment; Grants; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
Establishes the Office of Gun Violence Prevention to conduct community outreach on gun violence prevention, develop and administer a grant program for gun violence prevention, and develop and administer a gun violence resource bank. Moves the Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission from the Office of the Attorney General to the Department of Law Enforcement. Replaces the Attorney General with the Director of Law Enforcement as Chair of the Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission and includes the Attorney General as a commission member. Establishes the Gun Violence Prevention Special Fund and appropriates funds into and out of the special fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD2) |
(S)
4/21/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). |
KILA, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
PSM, WAM/JDC |
SB774 |
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HB669
Nuisance Abatement; Gambling Offenses; Mandatory Fine
RELATING TO NUISANCE ABATEMENT.
Requires the court to impose a mandatory fine per violation for nuisance abatement laws related to gambling offenses. Allows citizens who bring civil nuisance abatement suits against places used for illegal gambling the same rights and protections as those afforded to victims and witnesses in criminal proceedings. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
KILA, HOLT, LAMOSAO, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
JHA |
SB653 |
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HB670 HD1
Department of Transportation; Electric Mobility Device Rebate Program; Electric Mobility Subaccount; Appropriation
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Renames the Electric Bicycle and Electric Moped Rebate Program to the Electric Mobility Device Rebate Program. Expands eligibility and amends the maximum rebate amount. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
KILA, GRANDINETTI, LOWEN, MARTEN |
TRN, FIN |
SB484 |
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HB673 HD1
Emergency Management; State of Emergency
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Amends chapter 127A, HRS, to clarify state and county authority. Prohibits the Governor or a mayor from suspending requests for public records or vital specifics during a state of emergency. Adds definition of the term "severe warning". Allows the Legislature and county councils to terminate a state of emergency, in whole or in part, issued by the Governor or a mayor, respectively. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
BELATTI, MARTEN, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE |
PBS, JHA |
SB353 |
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HB674 HD1
National Guard; Insurance; TRICARE; Department of Defense; Dental; Vision
RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD.
Authorizes the payment of allowances for TRICARE, TRICARE Dental Program, and vision coverage to all officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard ordered to active duty for more than 30 days. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
BELATTI, AMATO, CHUN, GARCIA, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
PBS, FIN |
SB88 |
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HB675
Judges; Bail; Findings
RELATING TO BAIL.
Requires judges to make certain findings regarding a defendant's ability to afford bail. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
BELATTI, AMATO, IWAMOTO, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA |
JHA |
SB725 |
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HB677 HD1
DCR; Offender Reentry; Identification Documents; Departmental Assistance
RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION.
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with various agencies and upon request of the inmates, to assist inmates in obtaining the inmates' civil identification card, birth certificate, social security card, and other relevant identification necessary for successful reentry into society, as soon as practicable. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to initiate the process of obtaining identifying documents for inmates released to work furlough, extended furlough, or community placement programs, by providing the forms necessary for the inmate to obtain civil identification cards and other identifying documents to the inmate as soon as practicable. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, LEE, M., MARTEN, PERRUSO, PIERICK, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
PBS, JHA, FIN |
SB224 |
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HB678
Public Safety; Short Form
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
Short form bill relating to public safety. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to PBS, referral sheet 2 |
BELATTI |
PBS |
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HB679
Public Safety; Short Form
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
Short form bill relating to public safety. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to PBS, referral sheet 2 |
BELATTI |
PBS |
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HB680
Emergencies; Short Form
RELATING TO EMERGENCIES.
Short form bill relating to emergencies. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to PBS, referral sheet 2 |
BELATTI |
PBS |
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HB681
Military Affairs; Short Form
RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS.
Short form bill relating to military affairs. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to PBS, referral sheet 2 |
BELATTI |
PBS |
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HB682
Veterans; Short Form
RELATING TO VETERANS.
Short form bill relating to veterans. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to PBS, referral sheet 2 |
BELATTI |
PBS |
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HB683 HD2
Student Transportation Coordinators; Department of Education; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.
Establishes and appropriates funds for student transportation coordinators positions within the Department of Education to strengthen student transportation services across the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to EDU, WAM. |
KAPELA, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, MARTEN, PERRUSO, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
EDU, WAM |
SB864 |
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HB685 HD1
ADC; Kau; GO Bonds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriate funds for the Agribusiness Development Corporation to purchase a land parcel in Kau on the county of Hawaii for agricultural development. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
KAPELA |
AGR, FIN |
SB1003 |
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HB686 HD1
Neighborhood Boards; Community Outreach Boards; Sunshine Law; Public Meetings; Permitted Interactions
RELATING TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH BOARDS.
Defines community outreach board to mean a board established to serve in a community advisory capacity under a county department. Includes community outreach boards in existing provisions of the Sunshine Law relating to neighborhood boards. Authorizes neighborhood board and community outreach board members to attend meetings or presentations related to official board business statewide. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
KAPELA, KAHALOA, PERRUSO |
JHA, FIN |
SB869 |
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HB689 HD1
Sexual Exploitation; Safe Harbor Protections; Medical or Law Enforcement Assistance
RELATING TO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
Establishes safe harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement assistance. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
KAPELA, GRANDINETTI, MARTEN, PIERICK, QUINLAN |
HSH, JHA |
SB292 |
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HB697 HD2 SD1
DLE; DOT; Automated Speed Enforcement Systems; Violations; Evidence; State Highway Fund; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Allows authorized employees of the Department of Law Enforcement, in addition to county police departments, to perform certain actions in reviewing recorded images produced by automated speed enforcement systems. Appropriates funds from the State Highway Fund to the Department of Transportation to establish and implement the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
4/25/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225. |
KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, TAKAYAMA |
TCA/PSM, WAM/JDC |
SB1208 |
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HB698 HD1 SD2
Penal Code; Animal Cruelty; Pet Animals; Service Animals; Law Enforcement Animals; Penalties
RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY.
Increases the criminal penalties for the offenses of cruelty to animals in the first and second degree that involve pet animals. Increases the criminal penalty for a second or subsequent offense of causing injury or death to a service animal or law enforcement animal. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(H)
4/23/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 873). |
KILA, AMATO, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, OLDS, TAM, TODD |
JDC |
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HB699 HD1
Pet Animals; Residential Landlord-Tenant Code; Rent; Security Deposits
RELATING TO PET ANIMALS.
Prohibits landlords from charging additional monthly fees for the keeping of a pet animal, except in certain circumstances. Prohibits landlords from charging more than one-third of one month's rent as an additional pet animal security deposit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
KILA, GARRETT, Tam |
CPC, JHA |
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HB701 HD3 SD2
Kupuna Caucus; DOTAX; Executive Office on Aging; Family Caregiver Tax Credit; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a family caregiver tax credit for nonpaid family caregivers. Requires the Department of Taxation to submit annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys to the Executive Office on Aging. The tax credit applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD2) |
(S)
4/23/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 801). |
CHUN, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HASHEM, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
HHS, WAM |
SB879 |
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HB702 HD1
DHS; Medicaid; In-Home Services; Matching Funds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Appropriates funds to increase the funding for Medicaid in-home services, conditioned on the Department of Human Services obtaining the maximum federal matching funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to HHS, WAM. |
MARTEN, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HASHEM, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
HHS, WAM |
SB877 |
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HB706 HD1 SD1
Skateboards; Helmet Requirement; Minors
RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.
Requires all skateboard users under the age of sixteen to wear a helmet while operating a skateboard. Takes effect 1/1/3000. (SD1) |
(H)
4/15/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788). |
TAKENOUCHI |
TCA, JDC |
SB344 |
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HB707 HD1
College Savings Program; 529 Accounts; Hawaii ABLE Savings Program; Income Tax; Deduction; Internal Revenue Code Conformance
RELATING TO THE COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM.
Establishes a state income tax deduction for contributions made to Hawaii 529 accounts through the college savings program and accounts made through the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program. Conforms to the amendments of the Internal Revenue Code that authorize 529 benefits to be used for K-12 educational expenses. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
TAKENOUCHI |
HED/EDN, FIN |
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HB714 HD1 SD1
DBEDT; Education; Health Care Workforce; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
Appropriates funds to support educational training programs to expand the State's health care workforce, including funding to support health care certification programs offered in public high schools and education programs that support certified nurse assistants in becoming licensed practical nurses. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/21/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HASHEM, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD, WARD |
HHS/EDT, WAM |
SB294 |
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HB715 HD1
Vital Statistics; Commemorative Certificates of Stillbirth; Department of Health; Fees; Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund ($)
RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.
Authorizes the Department of Health to issue commemorative certificates of stillbirth. Establishes fees for the issuance of commemorative certificates of stillbirth, to be deposited into the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
TAKAYAMA, GRANDINETTI, MARTEN, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM |
HLT, FIN |
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HB716 HD1 SD1
Health Infrastructure Grant Program; Health Information Technologies; State Health Planning and Development Agency; FQHCs; Rural Health Clinics; Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Centers; Native Hawaiian Health Centers; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes the Health Information Technology Infrastructure Grant Program within the Department of Health, to be administered by the State Health Planning and Development Agency, to support health information technology infrastructure and the implementation of interoperable health information technologies in federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program centers, and Native Hawaiian health centers. Appropriates funds for the grant program. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/16/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 810). |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS |
HHS, WAM |
SB959 |
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HB729 HD2
Marriage; Legal Age; Family Court; Guardianship; Penal Code
RELATING TO MARRIAGE OF MINORS.
Raises the minimum age to enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Repeals the authority of parents and the family court to consent to a minor's marriage. Repeals spousal cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an exception for an annulment based on nonage. Repeals exemptions for sexual assault of a minor if the perpetrator is married to the minor. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to HHS, JDC. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, ICHIYAMA, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO, TODD |
HHS, JDC |
SB528 |
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HB730 HD1
Department of Education; Civil Rights Compliance; Equity Specialists; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Establishes, and appropriates funds for, five full-time equivalent (5.0 FTE) positions within the Civil Rights Compliance Branch of the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
REYES ODA, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, GRANDINETTI, ICHIYAMA, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO, TODD |
EDN, FIN |
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HB733 HD1
Electric Vehicle Charging Systems; Parking Requirements; Counties; Ordinances
RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING.
Removes the exemption that allowed owners of multiple parking facilities within the State to designate and electrify fewer parking spaces than required in one or more of the properties if the requirement for the total number of aggregate spaces on all of their owned properties was met. Authorizes the counties to adopt ordinances to regulate electric vehicle charging systems for places of public accommodation with fewer than one hundred parking spaces. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
EVSLIN, LOWEN |
EEP, JHA |
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HB734 HD1 SD1
DOH; Rules; Wastewater Systems; Cesspool Conversion; Report; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO WASTEWATER SYSTEMS.
Requires the Department of Health, in consultation with various agencies and professionals, to review rules and practices and propose changes that have the potential to make wastewater systems and cesspool upgrades more affordable without compromising water quality. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/19/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
EVSLIN, LOWEN |
HHS/AEN, WAM |
SB1636 |
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HB738 HD2
Historic Preservation; County-designated Transit-oriented Development; SHPD Review; Historic Property
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
Creates a process for expediting the review of majority-residential mixed-use transit-oriented development or residential transit-oriented development on certain parcels within county-designated transit-oriented development zones that have a low risk of affecting historically significant resources. Authorizes lead agencies, including county governments, to make determinations on the potential effects of a project. Creates a ninety-day limit, or thirty-day if no historic property is to be affected, to concur or not concur with project effect determinations. Exempts projects with written concurrence from further review unless there is a change to the project or additional historic properties, aviation artifacts, or burial sites are identified within the project area. Establishes notice and reporting requirements if there is a change to the project or additional historic properties, aviation artifacts, or burial sites are identified within the project area after the initial written concurrence. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
EVSLIN, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, Amato |
HSG, WAL, JHA |
SB1263 |
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HB739 HD2
Kamaaina Homes Program; Voluntary Deed Restrictions; Counties
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Establishes the Kamaaina Homes Program to provide funding to the counties to purchase voluntary deed restrictions from eligible homeowners or homebuyers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/11/2025- The committee on HOU deferred the measure. |
EVSLIN, MIYAKE |
HOU, WAM |
SB490 |
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HB740 HD2 SD2
Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Rental Housing Revolving Fund; Counties; Accessory Dwelling Units; Purchase of Equity; Voluntary Deed Restrictions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Establishes the Accessory Dwelling Unit Financing and Deed Restriction Program to allocate funds to the counties for the purchase of equity in an accessory dwelling unit by the State. Specifies eligible homeowners or homebuyers for the Program to finance construction costs, development costs, and non-reoccurring closing costs associated with the construction of an accessory dwelling unit and purchase deed restrictions on the property. Appropriates moneys for infrastructure projects. Sunsets 1/1/2031. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(S)
4/25/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:30 PM; Conference Room 225. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, KAHALOA, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, SOUZA, TARNAS, WARD |
HOU, WAM |
SB491 |
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HB741 HD2
Community Development Financial Institutions; Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund; Prevailing Wages; Exemption
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Exempts affordable housing projects that are financed by a nonprofit community development financial institution certified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation as utilizing less than a certain amount from the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund from prevailing wage provisions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/18/2025- The committee on LBT deferred the measure. |
EVSLIN, MIYAKE, NAKAMURA |
HOU/LBT, WAM |
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HB743 HD1
Land Use; Fiscal Impact Model; Fiscal Sustainability; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY.
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to develop a model that assesses the fiscal impacts of land use development projects and regional infrastructure investments. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
EVSLIN, AMATO, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, POEPOE, REYES ODA, TODD, WARD |
WAL, FIN |
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HB745 HD1
Hawaii State Building Code; Counties; Amendments
RELATING TO BUILDING CODES.
Beginning on the date the International Code Council 2024 suite of published codes is adopted as the Hawaii state building code, makes the most recent Hawaii state building codes adopted by the state building code council supersede all existing county building codes and thereafter allows counties to amend the Hawaii state building code as it applies within their jurisdiction. Repeals the counties' authority to adopt, amend, and update the Hawaii state building codes for their respective county building codes. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Belatti, Kapela, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Matsumoto, Perruso, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
EVSLIN, MIYAKE |
HSG, JHA, FIN |
SB1540 |
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HB749 HD1
Department of Health; Wastewater Branch; Cesspool Conversion Section; Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.
Establishes a Cesspool Conversion Section within the Department of Health's Wastewater Branch, which shall be responsible for facilitating the conversion of cesspools within the State. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the Cesspool Conversion Section. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to HHS/AEN, WAM. |
LOWEN, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, LA CHICA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, SHIMIZU, TARNAS, TODD |
HHS/AEN, WAM |
SB675 |
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HB751 HD2 SD1
Solid Waste Reduction; Organic Waste Diversion; Benchmarks; Counties; Solid Waste Management Plans; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO ORGANIC WASTE.
Establishes statewide goals for solid waste reduction and organic waste diversion. Requires each county to incorporate into its next integrated solid waste management plan revision a plan to divert certain organic waste generated within the county in alignment with established state benchmarks. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/18/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PIERICK, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TAM, TODD |
AEN/EIG, WAM |
SB676 |
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HB753 HD1
Keiki Caucus; Taxation; Household and Dependent Care Services Tax Credit; Applicable Percentage; Employment-related Expenses
RELATING TO THE HOUSEHOLD AND DEPENDENT CARE SERVICES TAX CREDIT.
Increases a taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses that is used to calculate the household and dependent care services tax credit. Extends the sunset date of the temporary increase in maximum employment-related expenses that are used to calculate the household and dependent care services tax credit, established by Act 163, SLH 2023, to 6/30/2030. Effective 7/1/3000. Sunsets 6/30/3005. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
MARTEN, AMATO, GARRETT, HOLT, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA |
HSH, ECD, FIN |
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HB754 HD2
DOE; Community Schools; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for community schools and a program manager position. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/12/2025- The committee on EDU deferred the measure. |
WOODSON, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
EDU, WAM |
SB821 |
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HB755 HD2
Keiki Caucus; Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; Family and Medical Leave Insurance Benefits; Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
RELATING TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE.
By 1/1/2028, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2029, requires the Department to start receiving claims and paying benefits under the program. Specifies eligibility requirements and employee protections under the program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
SAYAMA, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
SB852 |
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HB756 HD2
Keiki Caucus; Prohibition; Sale; Labeling; Flavored Nicotine Products; Nicotine Product Flavor Enhancers; E-Liquids; Penalties; Appropriation
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Prohibits the sale of flavored nicotine products and nicotine product flavor enhancers and the mislabeling of e-liquids as nicotine free. Establishes penalties for violations. Authorizes the Department of Health to appoint, commission, or contract for services of inspectors. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to CPN/HHS, WAM/JDC. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, ICHIYAMA, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LEE, M., MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA |
CPN/HHS, WAM/JDC |
SB972 |
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HB757 HD1
Keiki Caucus; Universal Free School Breakfasts and Lunches; DOE; Appropriation
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students enrolled in department schools. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., MARTEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA |
EDN, FIN |
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HB763 HD1
Civic Education; Civic Education Trust Fund; Department of Education; Resource Teacher; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CIVIC EDUCATION.
Establishes the civic education trust fund to support programs benefiting civic education of public school students. Appropriates funds for the expansion of civic education in the public schools and for full-time equivalent permanent civic education resource teacher positions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to EDU, WAM. |
PERRUSO, BELATTI, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, KAPELA, MATSUMOTO, OLDS, PIERICK, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
EDU, WAM |
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HB767
Elections; Elections by Mail; Ballot Curing; Ballot Deficiency
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Extends from 5 business days to 13 calendar days the time period for ballot curing after the date of election. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2 |
SOUZA, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, KAPELA, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA |
JHA |
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HB772 HD1
Campaign Funds; Permitted Uses
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
Disallows the use of campaign funds to purchase up to two tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/5/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, MATSUMOTO, PERRUSO, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SOUZA |
JHA, FIN |
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HB773 HD1 SD1
Department of Agriculture; Grant Specialist; Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Appropriates funds to establish grant specialist positions to assist farmers and ranchers in meeting the requirements to receive grants offered by the United States Department of Agriculture, State, counties, or private entities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/21/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-22-25 9:31AM in conference room 325. |
KAHALOA, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, HOLT, HUSSEY, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
AEN, WAM |
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HB775 HD1
DOA; Biosecurity; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for various programs and permanent positions in agricultural biosecurity established by Act 231, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
KAHALOA |
AGR, FIN |
SB1187 |
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HB776 HD1
Hawaii Agricultural Transportation Assistance Program; Reimbursement Program; Grant Program; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT.
Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Hawaii Agricultural Transportation Assistance Program, to consist of a reimbursement program and grant program, to assist certain farmers and livestock producers with transportation costs for agricultural products, inputs, supplies, and production and distribution of agricultural commodities. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
KAHALOA |
AGR, FIN |
SB1184 |
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HB781 HD1
Waiahole Water System; Bond Debt Service; Tunnel Repair; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE WAIAHOLE WATER SYSTEM.
Appropriates funds for the Waiahole Water System for bond debt service and tunnel repair. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
KAHALOA, AMATO, LAMOSAO, PERRUSO |
AGR, WAL, FIN |
SB1541 |
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HB782 HD1 SD1
DOA; Working Group; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Establishes within the Department of Agriculture a working group to review and make recommendations on amending or repealing unnecessary or obsolete laws pertaining to agriculture. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/24/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 325. |
KAHALOA, AMATO, EVSLIN, HASHEM, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, TAKAYAMA |
AEN, WAM |
SB1185 |
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HB783 HD1
Irrigation Systems; CIP; General Obligation Bonds; HDOA; Positions; Conversion; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO IRRIGATION.
Authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to finance capital improvement projects for irrigation systems in the State. Converts the means of financing from the Irrigation System Revolving Fund to the general fund for certain positions in the Department of Agriculture. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
KAHALOA, AMATO, EVSLIN, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO |
AGR, FIN |
SB1086 |
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HB784 HD1 SD1
Emergency Medical Services; Advanced Life Support Ambulance; Department of Health; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Makes an appropriation for the operation of an additional ambulance for the island of Hawaii to be based in Makalei. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/23/2025- Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 3:16PM in conference room 329. |
LOWEN, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD |
HHS, WAM |
SB569 |
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HB787 HD1
DLNR; Climate Commission; Study; Decarbonization; Carbon; Standards; Buy Clean; Procurement; Construction Materials; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO DECARBONIZATION.
Requires the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to study the feasibility of implementing a "buy clean" decarbonization policy and program in Hawaii. Requires administrative and substantive support from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
LOWEN, GRANDINETTI, LA CHICA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TODD |
EEP, FIN |
SB1016 |
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HB791
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. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2 |
YAMASHITA |
FIN |
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HB792 HD1 SD1
Office of the Legislative Analyst
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
Clarifies the Office of the Legislative Analyst. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
YAMASHITA |
GVO, WAM |
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HB793
Receipt of Federal Funds; Notification; House Speaker; Senate President
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.
Requires the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House to be notified in writing upon the receipt of any federal-aid moneys for expenditure by the State within ten days following receipt. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2 |
YAMASHITA |
FIN |
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HB798 HD2
Wastewater; Raw Sewage; Treatment; Discharge; Prohibition
RELATING TO WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT.
Clarifies the exemptions to the prohibition on discharging any wastewater or raw sewage into state waters after December 31, 2026, including an exemption for treatment plants having a treatment capacity of less than a certain number of gallons per day. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Belatti, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
YAMASHITA |
EEP, WAL, JHA |
SB946 |
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HB801
Taxation; Short Form
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Short form bill relating to taxation. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2 |
YAMASHITA |
FIN |
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HB802
Non-general Funds; Short Form
RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.
Short form bill relating to non-general funds. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2 |
YAMASHITA |
FIN |
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HB803
State Programs; Short Form
RELATING TO STATE PROGRAMS.
Short form bill relating to state programs. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2 |
YAMASHITA |
FIN |
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HB804
State Budget; Short Form
RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.
Short form bill relating to the state budget. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2 |
YAMASHITA |
FIN |
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HB805
State Finances; Short Form
RELATING TO THE STATE FINANCES.
Short form bill relating to the state finances. |
(H)
1/21/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2 |
YAMASHITA |
FIN |
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HB807 HD2 SD1
Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority; Condominiums; Condominium Loan Program; Condominium Loan Loss Reserves Program; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Establishes the Condominium Loan Program to provide condominium associations with low-cost financing, or refinancing for previously obtained loans, for maintenance or repair projects. Establishes the Condominium Loan Loss Reserves Program to incentivize lenders to provide loans at competitive rates and terms to condominium associations for the purpose of allowing condominium associations to make necessary maintenance or repairs. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
4/1/2025- The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LEE, M., MARTEN, OLDS, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
CPN, WAM |
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HB810 HD1
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 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, LA CHICA, LEE, M., MARTEN, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
TRN, EEP, JHA |
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HB812 HD1
Hawaii Public Procurement Code; Local Produce; Specifications
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Authorizes a contract for the purchase of local produce having a value of more than $25,000 to be for a term of at least five years, under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
AGR, FIN |
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HB813 HD1
Public Employees; Employees' Retirement System; Credited Service; Retirement; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Reduces the minimum number of years of credited service from ten years to five years qualified Tier 2 employee's retirement system members must have to be eligible for vested benefit status for service retirement allowance purposes. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, LEE, M., SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
LAB, FIN |
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HB815 HD1
Employer-Union Trust Fund; Health Plans; Prepaid Health Care Act
RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
Requires the health benefits plan or plans established by the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund board to meet or exceed the requirements of the Prepaid Health Care Act. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1). |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, HOLT, LEE, M., MARTEN, SAYAMA, TARNAS |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB816 HD1
DOH; EMTs; EMT-Paramedics; Buprenorphine; Opioid Antagonist; Training; Rules
RELATING TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
Authorizes emergency medical technicians in the State to administer buprenorphine after the administration of an opioid antagonist during an opioid-related drug overdose response. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules that incorporate standard protocols associated with opioid-related drug overdoses and buprenorphine administration, allocate resources for EMT training, and coordinate with emergency medical services providers in the State regarding the administration of buprenorphine. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, MARTEN, OLDS, TAKAYAMA |
HLT, FIN |
SB851 |
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HB818 HD2
Waiakea Peninsula Community Development District; Establishment; Hawaii Community Development Authority; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Special Fund ($)
RELATING TO THE WAIAKEA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
Establishes the Waiakea Peninsula Community Development District and the Waiakea Peninsula Community Development District Special Fund. Specifies the powers and duties of the Hawaii Community Development Authority as it relates to the new development district. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to EDT/WTL, WAM. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, HASHEM, KAHALOA, KUSCH, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
EDT/WTL, WAM |
SB1078 |
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HB825
Gambling; Nuisance Abatement; Civil Suits; Victim Protection; Penalties
RELATING TO NUISANCE ABATEMENT.
Offers rights and protections to citizens who bring civil nuisance abatement suits related to illegal gambling. Imposes a mandatory fine of $5,0000 for violating nuisance abatement laws related to gambling offenses. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 |
MURAOKA, BELATTI, GARCIA, IWAMOTO, KILA, MATSUMOTO, OLDS, PIERICK, REYES ODA, TAM |
JHA |
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HB826 HD2
Land Use; Residential Housing; Agricultural Workforce Housing; Long-term Rentals; Workforce Fee Simple Ownership; County Planning Commission; Agricultural Districts; Special Permit
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Authorizes a county planning commission, by special permit, to permit land uses exclusively providing residential housing for purposes of agricultural workforce housing, long-term rental, or workforce fee simple ownership in an agricultural district, under certain conditions. Repeals 6/30/2035. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/18/2025- The committee on HOU deferred the measure. |
EVSLIN, HOLT, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KUSCH, LAMOSAO, MIYAKE, SOUZA, TARNAS |
WTL/HOU, JDC |
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HB827 HD1
Firefighters; Workers' Compensation Medical Benefits; Cancer
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL BENEFITS.
Expands workers' compensation medical benefits for firefighters to include coverage for adenocarcinoma or mesothelioma of the respiratory system; cancer of the buccal cavity, colon, pharynx, and thyroid; and malignant melanoma. Specifies that an employer may prove that the cancer or disease was not associated with the firefighting duties to deny medical benefits under workers' compensation law. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
MIYAKE, AMATO, EVSLIN, GARCIA, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
LAB, FIN |
SB828 |
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HB829
Intoxicating Liquor; Licenses; Criminal History Record Check; Nonprofit Organizations; Exempt
RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.
Provides that leaders of nonprofit organizations shall be exempt from county liquor commission criminal history check requirements for license applicants. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 |
MIYAKE, LAMOSAO |
JHA |
SB100 |
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HB833 HD1 SD1
HHFDC; DURF; Community Land Trust Equity Pilot Program; Affordable Housing; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS.
Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to establish a five-year Community Land Trust Equity Pilot Program to provide community land trusts with a line of credit to fund the acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, or construction of housing for certain households. Requires reports to the Legislature regarding the pilot program. Appropriates funds from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund for establishment of the pilot program. Sunsets the pilot program on 6/30/2030. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
GRANDINETTI, BELATTI, HUSSEY, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAM, Kila |
HOU, WAM |
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HB836
Penalties; Sentencing; Theft; Burglary; Smash and Grab
RELATING TO PENALTIES.
Mandates courts to impose an enhanced sentence for theft and burglary offenses over a certain property value threshold. Increases penalties for habitual property crime perpetrators. Targets fencing operations and imposes enhanced sentencing to those who knowingly receive stolen property or resell such property. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 |
REYES ODA, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, OLDS, PIERICK, WARD, Muraoka |
JHA |
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HB838 HD1
Teachers; Certification; Bonus; Appropriation; Retention; DOE ($)
RELATING TO TEACHERS.
Increases the bonus for teachers who achieve and maintain a current national board certification from $5,000 to $10,000. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
REYES ODA, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MURAOKA, OLDS, PERRUSO, PIERICK, WARD |
EDN, FIN |
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HB840 HD1
UH; Athletics; Positions; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ATHLETICS.
Appropriates funds to athletics departments of the University of Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
GARRETT, CHUN, HOLT, KAPELA, KILA, KUSCH, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
HED, FIN |
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HB841 HD2
DOE; Retirants; Benefits; Exemption; Teachers; Hard-to-Fill Positions
RELATING TO RETIRED TEACHERS.
Amends the break in service requirement for retirants to six months before they can be rehired as teachers or administrators in teacher shortage areas or in hard-to-fill positions. Prohibits rehired retirants from receiving additional employment benefits. Directs the Department of Education to adopt rules to identify teacher shortage areas and hard-to-fill positions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
GARRETT, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
EDN, LAB, FIN |
SB1546 |
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HB842 HD1
UH; Mental Health Practitioners; Division of Student Success; Counseling and Student Development Center; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish additional permanent mental health practitioner positions within the Division of Student Success' Counseling and Student Development Center. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
GARRETT, AMATO, KILA, OLDS, SOUZA |
HED, FIN |
SB87 |
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HB843 HD1
University of Hawaii; College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience; Facilities; Repairs; Maintenance; Demolition; Design; Construction; Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESILIENCE.
Appropriates funds for critical repairs, maintenance, demolition, design, and construction for facilities of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the University of Hawaii for the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
GARRETT, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
HED, FIN |
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HB846
Contractors; Handyman Exemption; Threshold
RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.
Raises the threshold exemption under the contractor licensing law's handyman exemption from $1,500 to $2,500. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to CPC, referral sheet 3 |
GARCIA, EVSLIN, PIERICK, QUINLAN, WARD |
CPC |
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HB847 HD1
DLIR; Hawaii Retirement Savings Act; Hawaii Retirement Savings Program; Covered Employer; Definition; Automatic Enrollment; Opt-Out Option; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO HAWAII RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACT.
Clarifies the definition of "covered employer" under the Hawaii Retirement Savings Act. Requires covered employers to automatically enroll covered employees into the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program unless the employee chooses to opt out. Repeals the limit on the total fees and expenses that can be spent for the Program each year. Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for the development and operation of the Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
SAYAMA, CHUN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, ICHIYAMA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, OLDS, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TODD |
LAB, FIN |
SB855 |
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HB850 HD1 SD1
Condominium Associations; Electronic Meetings; Electronic Voting; Mail Voting; Cumulative Voting
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Clarifies an association board's authority with respect to calling electronic meetings, electronic voting, and mail voting. Clarifies that, in condominium elections, cumulative voting rights apply to all candidates regardless of whether they are nominated. Clarifies that individual votes are used in cumulative voting. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/23/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 1:30PM in conference room 224. |
ICHIYAMA |
CPN |
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HB851
Self-Defense; Deadly Force; Duty to Retreat; Safe At Home Law
RELATING TO SELF DEFENSE.
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. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 |
QUINLAN, ALCOS, GARCIA, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MIYAKE, OLDS |
JHA |
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HB852
Restaurants; Mandatory Gratuity Service Charge; Party Size; Limit; Notification
RELATING TO SERVICE CHARGES.
Prohibits restaurants from imposing a mandatory gratuity service charge for the sale of food or beverage services unless the party includes ten or more customers, the service charge does not exceed eighteen per cent, and the customer is notified of the service charge. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to CPC, referral sheet 3 |
SHIMIZU (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC |
SB1256 |
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HB858 HD1 SD1
DOA; Agricultural Statistics Program; Positions; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
Requires the Department of Agriculture to revitalize and enhance the Agricultural Statistics Program to collect data on local agricultural interests. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/17/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KUSCH, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
AEN, WAM |
SB1111 |
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HB861 HD1
School Bus Contracts; Student Transportation; Service Disruptions
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Designates student transportation as critical infrastructure and a critical service for Hawaii's public education system. Requires all school bus contracts between the State and the contractor to include certain standards, performance metrics, and accountability requirements to prevent service disruptions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
LA CHICA, AMATO, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, PIERICK, REYES ODA, TARNAS, WARD, WOODSON |
EDN, FIN |
SB1198 |
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HB863 HD1
Department of Education; Education Supplies; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for teacher-requested classroom supplies. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
LA CHICA, AMATO, IWAMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, POEPOE, REYES ODA, TODD |
EDN, FIN |
SB1000 |
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HB864 HD2
DOE; Workers' Compensation; Work-based Internships
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Allows newly graduated high school students to be eligible for workers' compensation coverage during the summer following their high school graduation while participating in Department of Education-sponsored work-based learning programs. Requires an annual report. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to EDU/LBT, WAM. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KILA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
EDU/LBT, WAM |
SB872, SB1063 |
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HB866 HD1
DOH; Reproductive Health Care; Mifepristone; Stockpile ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.
Requires the Department of Health to coordinate the stockpiling of no less than a one-year supply of mifepristone. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (6) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA |
HLT, FIN |
SB1246 |
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HB867 HD2
Accessible Recreational Playground Equipment; Department School Playgrounds; Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
Beginning on 6/30/2030, requires all new playgrounds constructed on Department of Education school grounds to include accessible recreational playground equipment as part of the recreational apparatuses. Establishes the Accessible Recreational Playground Equipment Special Fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to EDU, WAM. |
AMATO, BELATTI, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA |
EDU, WAM |
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HB872 HD1
Health; Epinephrine; Stock; State; Counties; Public Schools
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Authorizes health care practitioners to make undesignated prescriptions of single-use epinephrine for the purpose of stocking a supply at various types of businesses and state and county government offices, including public schools. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
POEPOE, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, SOUZA |
HLT, CPC |
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HB878 HD1
Landfills; Waste Management; Buffer Zone; Conservation Lands
RELATING TO LANDFILLS.
Extends the landfill buffer zone from one-half mile to one mile. Requires the landfill buffer zone to apply to lands in the state conservation district and lands designated as national conservation areas. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Souza voting no (5) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
LEE, M., KILA, MATAYOSHI, OLDS |
WAL, JHA |
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HB880 HD3
Early Intervention Services; Early Intervention Specialists; Department of Health; Positions; Department of Human Resources Development; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EARLY CHILD INTERVENTION.
Appropriates funds for the establishment of new positions within the Early Childhood Services Unit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to HHS, WAM. |
KITAGAWA, AMATO, CHUN, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, REYES ODA, TAKENOUCHI |
HHS, WAM |
SB823 |
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HB892 HD1
Penal Code; Probation; Geographical Restrictions; Limitations
RELATING TO GEOGRAPHICAL RESTRICTIONS.
Establishes limitations on geographical restrictions provided as a condition of probation. (HD1) |
(S)
3/18/2025- The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
TARNAS |
JDC |
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HB893 HD1
Firearms; Assault Rifles; Assault Shotguns; .50 Caliber Rifles; Detachable Magazines; Prohibition
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Establishes prohibitions on assault rifles, assault shotguns, and .50 caliber rifles. Expands the ban on high-capacity detachable magazines. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to PSM/CPN, JDC. |
TARNAS, AMATO, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, TAM |
PSM/CPN, JDC |
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HB896
Commercial Sexual Exploitation; Sex Trafficking; Capital Punishment
RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENSES.
Provides for a sentence of death or life imprisonment without possibility of parole upon a conviction for sex trafficking. Requires a separate sentencing proceeding by a jury, except if waived by the defendant, for a conviction for sex trafficking. Makes commercial sexual exploitation a class A felony. Makes conforming amendments. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 |
PIERICK |
JHA |
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HB900 HD2
Judiciary; Child Welfare System; Working Group; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.
Establishes a working group for legal services for youth in the child welfare system within the Judiciary. Appropriates funds for the working group. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to HHS/JDC, WAM. |
MARTEN, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, LAMOSAO, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM |
HHS/JDC, WAM |
SB1228 |
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HB901 HD2
Charter Schools; BOE; Appeals
RELATING TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Clarifies the grounds for an appeal of non-renewal or revocation of a charter contract. Authorizes public charters schools to appeal directly to the Board of Education on matters regarding the schools' operations, governance, or funding, with certain exceptions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to EDU, JDC. |
WOODSON (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDU, JDC |
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HB902 HD1
Department of Education; Planned Public Safety Power Shutoff; Hawaiian Electric Company; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to conduct a study on methods to support department schools that may be impacted by electric utilities' planned public safety power shutoff program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
WOODSON, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, WARD |
EDN, FIN |
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HB903 HD1
Bronchodilators; Department of Education; Emergency Administration of Medication; Labeling Requirements; Prescriptions
RELATING TO STUDENT HEALTH.
Authorizes a school to maintain a stock supply of bronchodilators to be administered under certain conditions. Authorizes certain employees of a school and department personnel to administer certain medication in emergency situations, under certain conditions. Amends prescription drug labeling requirements to include certain information related to a school, if applicable. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
WOODSON, AMATO, IWAMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TODD |
EDN, HLT, FIN |
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HB904 HD1 SD1
BOE; State Public Charter School Commission; Public Charter Schools; Annual Report; Review
RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Requires the State Public Charter School Commission to submit an annual report on public charter schools before the opening day of each Regular Session of the Legislature. Requires the Board of Education to review and approve the annual report before the report is issued to the Governor, Legislature, and the public. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
WOODSON, AMATO, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, SOUZA, TODD |
EDU |
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HB905 HD1
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 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
WOODSON, AMATO, MIYAKE, POEPOE |
HLT, FIN |
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HB914 HD2
PUC; Water Carriers; Tariffs; Water Carrier Inflationary Cost Index Mechanism; Automatic Adjustment Mechanism; Rate Adjustments
RELATING TO WATER CARRIERS.
Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish automatic adjustment mechanisms. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to grant exemptions to any water carrier from any requirement under the Hawaii Water Carrier Act. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
HASHEM |
TRN, CPC, FIN |
SB21 |
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HB915 HD1
Water; CWRM; Residential and Mixed-use Developments; Board of Agriculture; DOH; Counties; Irrigation Projects
RELATING TO WATER USE.
Authorizes the Board of Agriculture to investigate and survey the availability of nonpotable water. Authorizes the Commission on Water Resource Management, as a condition for issuing permits, to require the use of dual line water supply systems in new residential and mixed-use developments located in designated water management areas. Authorizes those residential and mixed-use developments to be included in irrigation projects, as defined in chapter 167, HRS. Requires the Department of Health, Board of Agriculture, and counties to update their rules, ordinances, to allow dual line water supply systems in residential and mixed-use developments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/20/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
HASHEM |
WAL, AGR, JHA |
SB1210 |
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HB917
Imprisonment; Mandatory Minimum; Methamphetamine; Fentanyl
RELATING TO SENTENCING.
Establishes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for persons convicted of offenses based on the possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 |
HOLT, GARCIA, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, REYES ODA |
JHA |
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HB918 HD2 SD1
DOH; Labeling Requirements; Do Not Flush; Premoistened Nonwoven Disposable Wipes; Consumer Protection; Waste; Environmental Protection; Positions; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO LABELING.
Establishes labeling requirements for certain premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes. Requires certain manufacturers of covered products to submit for approval, their "DO NOT FLUSH" label notices and symbols to the United States Environmental Protection Agency by 1/1 2026. Appropriates funds. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
HOLT, KAHALOA, LA CHICA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, POEPOE, TODD |
CPC, JHA, FIN |
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HB922
Culture; Short Form
RELATING TO CULTURE.
Short form bill relating to culture. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to CAA, referral sheet 3 |
KAPELA |
CAA |
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HB923
Culture; Short Form
RELATING TO CULTURE.
Short form bill relating to culture. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to CAA, referral sheet 3 |
KAPELA |
CAA |
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HB924
Culture; Short Form
RELATING TO CULTURE.
Short form bill relating to culture. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to CAA, referral sheet 3 |
KAPELA |
CAA |
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HB925 HD3 SD1
Arts; Performing Arts Special Fund; Concert Ticket Sales; State Venues
RELATING TO THE ARTS.
Establishes a Performing Arts Special Fund to be used for the coordination, planning, promotion, marketing, and execution of performing arts events and to be funded by a percentage of all ticket sales from concerts held at state venues. Establishes exemptions. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KAPELA |
TCA, WAM |
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HB926
Arts; Short Form
RELATING TO THE ARTS.
Short form bill relating to the arts. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to CAA, referral sheet 3 |
KAPELA |
CAA |
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HB928
Income Tax; Income Tax Brackets; Highest Income Earners
RELATING TO INCOME TAX.
Increases the income tax rate on the highest income earners in the State by establishing a new tax bracket for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2029. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 3 |
PERRUSO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KUSCH, POEPOE |
FIN |
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HB939 HD1 SD2
Alcohol; Liquor Tax Law; Low Alcohol by Volume Spirits Beverage; Definition; Rate
RELATING TO ALCOHOL.
Defines "low alcohol by volume spirits beverage". Establishes a tax on low alcohol by volume spirits beverages at a rate of $0.93 per wine gallon. Increases small craft producer production limits. Sunsets 12/31/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2) |
(S)
4/25/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:30 PM; Conference Room 224. |
TODD, QUINLAN |
CPN, WAM |
SB641 |
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HB940 HD1
UH Hilo; Rat Lungworm Lab; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO.
Appropriates funds for the rat lungworm lab at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/6/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Ward excused (1). |
TODD, KAHALOA, KUSCH, LOWEN, TARNAS |
HED, FIN |
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HB949 HD2
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Extension; Partners; Limited Liability Companies
RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.
Clarifies that a partner or member that is a partnership or limited liability company that has been allocated a low-income housing tax credit may either further allocate the credit or transfer, sell, or assign all or a portion of the credit to any person. Extends the sunset date of Act 129, SLH 2016, relating to the low-income housing tax credit, from 12/31/2027 to 12/31/2032. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
EVSLIN, MIYAKE |
HSG, ECD, FIN |
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HB952 HD1 SD1
SHPDA; Parkinson's Disease; Parkinson's Disease Research Collection Database; Parkinson's Disease Research Collection Database Advisory Committee; Webpage; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO PARKINSON'S DISEASE RESEARCH.
Establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Collection Database to be administered by the State Health Planning and Development Agency, to house a collection of data on the incidence of Parkinson's disease in the State. Establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Collection Database Advisory Committee. Requires the Agency to create a Parkinson's disease research collection database webpage by 1/1/2026, and submit annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, CHUN, GARCIA, GARRETT, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TARNAS, TODD |
HHS, WAM |
SB1049 |
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HB962 HD1
Department of Education; School Librarian Pilot Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the Department of Education to establish and administer a two-year school librarian pilot program to provide funding for qualifying schools to hire librarians. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to EDU, WAM. |
TAKENOUCHI, CHUN, EVSLIN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, POEPOE, TODD |
EDU, WAM |
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HB963 HD2
Criminal Offenses; Sentencing; Strict Liability; Crimes Against Elders
RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST ELDERS.
Establishes strict liability for crimes against elders with respect to the attendant circumstance that the victim was sixty years of age or older. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to HHS, JDC. |
TAKENOUCHI, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TODD |
HHS, JDC |
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HB966 HD2
Agricultural Tourism Activities; LUC; Uniform Statewide Standards
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM.
Establishes statewide, uniform standards to promote agricultural tourism activities in the State for all counties that have adopted an agricultural tourism ordinance. Requires agricultural tourism activities to be registered by the county planning department. Requires agricultural tourism activities to coexist with an agricultural activity on a farming operation and requires termination of the agricultural tourism activities upon cessation of the agricultural activity, except under certain circumstances. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/19/2025- The committee on WTL deferred the measure. |
KAHALOA, AMATO, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
AEN/WTL/EDT/EIG, WAM |
SB1251 |
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HB967 HD1
DOA; Statewide Interagency Food Systems Coordination Team; Interagency Food Systems Working Group; Reports; Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS.
Establishes the Statewide Interagency Food Systems Coordination Team and the Interagency Food Systems Working Group within the Department of Agriculture. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
KAHALOA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
AGR, FIN |
SB1186 |
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HB968 HD1
DOA; Healthy Soils Program; Carbon Sequestration; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a Healthy Soils Program. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
KAHALOA, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, TODD |
AGR, FIN |
SB552 |
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HB970 HD1
Chiropractic; Licensure; Exception; Students; Clinical Practice; Rules
RELATING TO CHIROPRACTIC.
Allows students enrolled in certain qualifying chiropractic colleges to engage in clinical practice as part of their college instruction if directly supervised by a qualified licensed chiropractor. Requires the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic to adopt rules. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
QUINLAN |
HED, CPC |
SB144 |
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HB972 HD1
Condominium Associations; Planned Community Associations; Transient Vacation Rentals; Impact Fee
RELATING TO IMPACT FEES.
Authorizes condominium associations and planned community associations located in a zoning district that allows for transient vacation rentals to impose an impact fee on owners or members who use their units as transient vacation rentals. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting no (2) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
TAM, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, KUSCH, MARTEN, PERRUSO, Kila |
TOU, CPC |
SB1206 |
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HB974 HD1 SD1
BNF; Public Utilities Commission; Energy; Step-In Agreements; Power Purchase Agreements; Power Purchase Costs Trust Fund
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Requires the Department of Budget and Finance to enter into step-in agreements for payment obligations arising under certain power purchase agreements. Establishes the Power Purchase Costs Trust Fund. Establishes that money collected from on-bill charges for power purchase agreements and money received from a surcharge supporting a reserve account that are deposited in the Trust Fund shall be held in trust by the State, and that independent power producers shall hold a beneficial interest in the moneys to the extent of the amounts owed under the covered power purchase agreements. Appoints, authorizes, and empowers an electric utility to serve as the billing, collection, and payment agent of the Department of Budget and Finance in the service of performing step-in agreements. (SD1) |
(S)
4/3/2025- The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
LOWEN |
EIG/CPN, WAM |
SB1501 |
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HB975 HD1
DLNR; Carbon Sequestration; Hawaii Carbon Smart Land Management Assistance Program; Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION INCENTIVES.
Codifies and makes permanent the Hawaii Carbon Smart Land Management Assistance Program under the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
LOWEN, KAHALOA, KUSCH, PERRUSO |
EEP, FIN |
SB1178 |
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HB976 HD2
Renewable Fuels Production Tax Credit
RELATING TO RENEWABLE FUEL.
Amends the renewable fuels production tax credit by: increasing the tax credit rate; specifying that the credit may be claimed for fuels that meet certain lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and product transportation emissions thresholds; adding credit values for low lifecycle emissions renewable fuels and sustainable aviation fuels produced; allowing a taxpayer who previously claimed a credit to claim another credit for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024; amending the credit period to be for a maximum period of ten consecutive years beginning from the effective date of this Act; and amending the required information in the certified statement. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Pierick voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
LOWEN, EVSLIN, ICHIYAMA, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TARNAS, TODD |
EEP, ECD, FIN |
SB995 |
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HB977 HD1 SD1
Energy Financing; Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund; Underserved Ratepayers; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ENERGY FINANCING.
Authorizes the Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund to be used to provide financial assistance to underserved ratepayers, in addition to other eligible borrowers. Appropriates funds into and out of the Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/18/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
LOWEN, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, LA CHICA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
EIG, WAM |
SB1071 |
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HB978 HD1
PUC; Regulated Investor-Owned Electric Utilities; Electric Services; Appointment of Receiver ($)
RELATING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES.
Provides the Public Utilities Commission the authority to appoint a receiver to take temporary action necessary to assure continued adequate electric services from regulated investor-owned electric utilities. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
LOWEN |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
SB1500 |
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HB979 HD1
Summary Possession; GET license; Judiciary
RELATED TO SUMMARY POSSESSION.
Requires that a current general excise tax 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 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to CPN, JDC. |
MATAYOSHI, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, TAM |
CPN, JDC |
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HB980 HD1
Mongoose; Feral Chickens; Criminal Offenses
RELATING TO ANIMALS.
Amends the law authorizing the killing of mongoose by clarifying the circumstances under which mongoose may be killed and authorizing feral chickens to be killed under certain circumstances. (HD1) |
(S)
3/17/2025- The committee on AEN deferred the measure. |
MATAYOSHI, BELATTI, CHUN, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, Amato, Tam |
AEN, JDC |
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HB981 HD1
Settlements; Civil Actions; Attorney's Fees and Costs; Construction Defects
RELATING TO ATTORNEYS' FEES.
Limits the accrued attorneys' fees and costs in matters relating to, or actions brought as a result of, construction defects to twenty-five per cent of the recovery amount. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/19/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, POEPOE, TARNAS |
CPC, JHA |
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HB982 HD3 SD1
DCCA; Wildfire Recovery Fund; Working Group; Report ($)
RELATING TO WILDFIRES.
Establishes a working group within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to conduct a study concerning the creation of a Wildfire Recovery Fund. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, HASHEM, KILA, TARNAS, Lowen |
CPN/EIG, WAM |
SB1201 |
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HB983 HD1
Board of Public Accountancy; Qualifications; Licensure; Certified Public Accountants; Practice of Public Accountancy: Professional Experience
RELATING TO CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.
Establishes an alternative pathway to licensure for certified public accountant license applicants by permitting applicants to demonstrate completion of an additional twelve months of professional experience in the practice of public accountancy or completion of no less than an additional thirty semester hours of study. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to CPN. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN |
CPN |
SB1291 |
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HB988 HD1 SD1
Hawaii Public Procurement Code; Protest; Debriefing; Disclosure of Competing Proposals
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Prohibits a procurement officer from disclosing a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation scores, except the summary of scores, during a debriefing requested by a non-selected offeror. Authorizes the disclosure of a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation scores after a protest is resolved and the contract is executed. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
GVO, WAM |
SB1307 |
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HB989 HD1
DAGS; Plans; Land Survey; Subdivision; Maps
RELATING TO PLANS.
Removes outdated requirements for plans filed with the registrar's office. Updates the permissible drawing scales used in plans. Clarifies statutory fees are pursuant to rules adopted by the Department of Accounting and General Services. Authorizes the Department of Accounting and General Services to approve the format of plans. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to WTL/GVO, WAM. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
WTL/GVO, WAM |
SB1308 |
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HB992 HD1
Solicitations; Fundraising; Platforms; Registration
RELATING TO SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC.
Revises registration, fee, reporting, and enforcement requirements for charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities that solicit funds from the public. Removes duplication of registration, fee, and reporting requirements for charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB1311 |
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HB993
Penal Code; Offenses Against Public Health and Morals; Sex Trafficking; Promoting Prostitution
RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS.
Clarifies that the definition of "profits from prostitution" includes any money or property accepted or received from the proceeds of prostitution activity even if it is accepted or received as the reimbursement or repayment of a debt. Restructures provisions that define terms or establish exemptions for part I of chapter 712, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to enhance readability. Makes technical amendments to update statutory references to part I of chapter 712, Hawaii Revised Statutes. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB1312 |
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HB1004 HD1
Uniform Health Care Decisions Act (Modified); Advance Health Care Directives; Advance Mental Health Care Directives
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.
Adopts the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act (2023), as modified, to replace chapters 327E and 327G, HRS. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, JHA |
SB1323 |
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HB1006 HD2 SD1
ADC; DOA; Enterprise; Definition; Agricultural Tourism; Agricultural Development Division; Transfer
RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Includes agricultural tourism in the definition of "enterprise" to authorize the Agribusiness Development Corporation to financially support farming businesses engaged in agricultural tourism. Transfers the Agricultural Development Division of the Department of Agriculture to the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
4/11/2025- Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDT, WAM |
SB1325 |
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HB1008 HD2
DLNR; Review of Proposed State Affordable Housing Projects; Request for Determination; Historic Review Requirements
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS OF STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to determine the effect of any proposed State affordable housing project within ninety days of a request for determination. Bases the historic review requirements on the project area's known or likely density of historic, cultural, and archaeological resources or previous identification of no significant historic properties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to WTL/HOU, JDC. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
WTL/HOU, JDC |
SB1327 |
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HB1009 HD1
Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund; Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Program; Interim Financing
RELATING TO THE DWELLING UNIT REVOLVING FUND.
Makes the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Pilot Program permanent. Allows partial or full repayment of Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund interim loans in the form of unit equity through the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to HOU, WAM. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HOU, WAM |
SB1328 |
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HB1013 HD1
Important Agricultural Lands; Important Agricultural Lands Incentive; Farm Cluster Housing; County Ordinances
RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
Establishes an important agricultural lands incentive to provide alternative means to develop housing for farmers and farm employees. Authorizes a landowner or lessee of important agricultural lands to apply to a county for a permit allowing the landowner or lessee to develop, construct, and maintain farm cluster housing. Requires each county to enact ordinances to allow farm cluster housing on important agricultural lands. Establishes requirements for farm cluster housing. Repeals existing requirements for farm dwellings and employee housing on important agricultural lands. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSG, AGR, FIN |
SB1332 |
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HB1018
Stadium Authority; Quorum Requirements
RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY.
Clarifies requirements to establish a quorum to do business and validate acts of the Stadium Authority. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB1337 |
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HB1019 HD1
Hawaii State Energy Office; Hawaii Renewable Hydrogen and Long Duration Clean Energy Storage Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO LONG DURATION CLEAN ENERGY STORAGE.
Expands and renames the Hawaii Renewable Hydrogen Program to include identification of likely pumped storage hydropower locations, or sites for other long duration clean energy storage technologies, and promotion of their development. Expands the use of the Hydrogen Investment Special Fund to include seed capital and venture capital investments for the Hawaii Renewable Hydrogen and Long Duration Clean Energy Storage Program. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Renewable Hydrogen and Long Duration Clean Energy Storage Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EEP, FIN |
SB1338 |
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HB1020 HD1 SD2
Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Carbon Sequestration; Water Resources; Geothermal Exploration; Report; Positions; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO A PROGRAM TO CHARACTERIZE CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL AND UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES STATEWIDE.
Establishes a Carbon Sequestration, Underground Water, and Geothermal Exploration Resource Characterization Program via slim hole bores and requires a related statewide environmental assessment. Requires a report to the Legislature. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 5:55PM in Conference Room 325. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EIG/AEN, WAM |
SB1339 |
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HB1022 HD1
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; Hawaii State Energy Office; Public Utilities Commission; Energy Data Collection Program; HIEMA; OHS; Critical Infrastructure Protection; Emergency Management
RELATING TO ENERGY INDUSTRY INFORMATION REPORTING.
Adds the promotion of emergency management and critical infrastructure protection as relevant purposes of the Energy Data Collection Program. Adds the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to the list of agencies that may examine the energy industry information statements submitted pursuant to section 486J-3, HRS. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EEP, JHA |
SB1341 |
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HB1025 HD1
East-West Center; Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Inc.; Chapter 42F Exemption; General Fund Appropriations
RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, INC.
Designates the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Inc., as the State of Hawaii Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Inc. Exempts general fund appropriations to the State of Hawaii Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Inc from the requirements of chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to TCA, WAM. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
TCA, WAM |
SB1344 |
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HB1036 HD1 SD1
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-10; Appropriations; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (10) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027. Declares the expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2025-2026 is exceeded. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 4:30PM in Conference Room 325. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, WAM |
SB1355 |
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HB1037 HD1 SD1
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-11; Appropriations; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (11) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027. Declares the expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2025-2026 is exceeded. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 4:30PM in Conference Room 325. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, WAM |
SB1356 |
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HB1039 HD1 SD1
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-14; Appropriations; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
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 2025-2027. Declares the expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2025-2026 is exceeded. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 4:30PM in Conference Room 325. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
LBT, WAM |
SB1358 |
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HB1040 HD1
EUTF; Employer Base Composite Monthly Contribution
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND BASE COMPOSITE MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION.
Effective 1/1/2026, increases the employer base composite monthly contribution to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund by 5.2 percent of the 2025 employer base composite monthly contribution. Effective 1/1/2027, requires the calculation of employer base composite monthly contribution based on the change in Medicare Part B premiums from 2025 to 2026 and at two-year increments thereafter. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
LAB, FIN |
SB1359 |
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HB1041 HD1
Employees' Retirement System; Required Beginning Dates; Automatic Payments
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Amends statutory language to conform the requirements of beginning dates and automatic cashout requirements with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
LAB, FIN |
SB1360 |
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HB1042 HD1
Employees' Retirement System; Employer Reporting
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S EMPLOYER REPORTING REVIEW.
Extends the due date of payment to the Employees' Retirement System for departments or agencies of the State or counties that fail to comply with reporting requirements by one year after the review period. Changes the time frame for which the Employers' Retirement System must report regarding any department or agency's failure to submit required information to the Employees' Retirement System from the current fiscal year to the previous fiscal year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
LAB, FIN |
SB1361 |
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HB1043
Funds; Emergency Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS.
Makes emergency appropriations and commensurate reductions to pay for anticipated operating shortfalls due to the limited ability to transfer funds between programs. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 3 |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
FIN |
SB1362 |
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HB1044
Funds; Emergency Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS.
Makes emergency appropriations and commensurate reductions to pay for anticipated operating shortfalls in the fourth quarter due to the limited ability to transfer funds between programs. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 3 |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
FIN |
SB1363 |
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HB1047 HD1
Interest on Insurance Proceeds; Mortgage Loans; Mortgage Servicers; Hawaii Financial Institutions
RELATING TO INTEREST ON INSURANCE PROCEEDS RELATED TO A MORTGAGE LOAN.
Requires Hawaii financial institutions, during a declared state of emergency, and mortgage servicers to determine whether insurance proceeds are to be applied to a mortgage or be placed into an interest-bearing escrow account. Prohibits charging a fee for the maintenance or disbursement of the interest earned from the interest-bearing escrow account. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, FIN |
SB1366 |
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HB1048 HD1
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Division of Financial Institutions; Installment Lender; Lender
RELATING TO INSTALLMENT LOANS.
Replaces the term "consumer loan" with the defined term "installment loan" for consistency throughout the installment loan chapter. Clarifies who is subject to the installment loan chapter. Requires loan maintenance fees to be prorated daily. Allows lenders to charge a convenience fee of up to $5 for debit card payments. Requires paper receipts only for in-person or cash payments and removes consumer names from receipts. Repeals the requirement for lenders to wait three days after a consumer fully repays a loan before issuing a new installment loan. Sunsets 6/30/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, FIN |
SB1367 |
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HB1049 HD1
DCCA; Division of Financial Institutions; Money Transmitters Modernization Act; Permissible Investments; Tangible Net Worth
RELATING TO THE MONEY TRANSMITTERS MODERNIZATION ACT.
Includes, for purposes of the Money Transmitters Modernization Act, receivables due from payment processors for certain debit or credit card transactions. Clarifies the calculation of tangible net worth. Changes the initial annual fee assessed upon the submission of the application to an initial fee assessed upon the approval of the application. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, FIN |
SB1368 |
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HB1050 HD1 SD1
Insurance; Net Solvency Report; Mutual Benefit Societies; Health Maintenance Organizations; Dental Insurers
RELATING TO TITLE 24, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.
Provides amendments to net solvency report filing requirements for mutual benefit societies, health maintenance organizations, and dental insurers. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/15/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPN |
SB1369 |
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HB1053 HD1
Condominium Associations; Boards of Directors; Reserve Funds; Operating Expenses
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION'S OPERATING BUDGET.
Permits condominium associations to borrow from or reallocate their reserve funds; provided that the loan is repaid within one year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, FIN |
SB1372 |
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HB1054 HD1
DCCA; Registered Sex Offenders; Professional Licenses, Registrations, and Certifications; Automatic Revocation; Denial of Application to Renew, Restore, or Reinstate
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSURE ACTIONS AGAINST SEX OFFENDERS.
Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and certain licensing boards to automatically revoke and refuse to renew, restore, or reinstate the professional licenses, registrations, or certifications of registered sex offenders. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, JHA |
SB1373 |
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HB1058 HD1
DOD; OVS; Veterans Cemeteries Board; Veterans Cemeteries
RELATING TO VETERANS CEMETERIES.
Establishes the Veterans Cemeteries Board within the Office of Veterans Services of the Department of Defense to provide veterans cemeteries in the State with guidance, education, technical assistance, and other support to ensure compliance with standards set by the National Cemetery Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
PBS, FIN |
SB1377 |
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HB1059 HD1 SD1
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency; Civil Service; Exempt Positions
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
Converts the Emergency Management Specialist series positions at level V and higher in the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency from civil service status to exempt status. Effective 7/1/3000. Repeal on 7/1/2027. (SD2) |
(S)
4/21/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAM |
SB1378 |
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HB1060 HD1
HI-EMA; Community Readiness Centers; Community Readiness Centers Special Fund; Environmental Response, Energy, Food Security, and Resilience Tax ($)
RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
Establishes the Community Readiness Centers Program to be implemented and administered by the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. Establishes the Community Readiness Centers Special Fund to fund the Community Readiness Centers Program. Renames the Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax to the Environmental Response, Energy, Food Security, and Resilience Tax and directs a portion of the tax into the Community Readiness Centers Special Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Shimizu voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
PBS, FIN |
SB1379 |
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HB1062 HD1
Hawaii Air National Guard; Hawaii Army National Guard; Hawaii National Guard; Department of Defense; Rank and Title of Component Heads
RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD.
Allows the commander of the Hawaii Air National Guard to hold the rank authorized by the Department of the Air Force. Provides the Adjutant General with the flexibility to assign either the Chief of Staff or the Assistant Adjutant General to lead the Hawaii Air National Guard. Authorizes the pay and allowances for the Chief of Staff of the Hawaii Air National Guard to be determined according to the pay tables of the Regular Air Force of the United States. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
PBS, FIN |
SB1381 |
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HB1063
Militia; National Guard; Assault in the Second Degree
RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD.
Specifies that intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to a national guard member in the performance of duty is a class C felony. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB1382 |
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HB1066 HD1
Executive Office on Early Learning; Early Learning Board; Composition
RELATING TO THE EARLY LEARNING BOARD.
Adds the head start state collaboration office director as an ex officio, non-voting member of the early learning board, and requires the board to invite the president of the Head Start Association of Hawaii, or the president's designee, to serve as an ex officio, non-voting member of the board. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to EDU, JDC. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDU, JDC |
SB1385 |
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HB1069 HD1 SD2
BOE; DOE; School Facilities Authority Board; Membership
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Adds 2 ex officio, voting members that represent the Department of Education and Board of Education to the School Facilities Authority Board. (SD2) |
(S)
4/11/2025- Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDU, WAM |
SB1388 |
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HB1071
Computer Science; DOE; Legislative Report
RELATING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE LEGISLATIVE REPORT.
Changes the due date of the Department of Education's computer science legislative report from June 30 to twenty days prior to the start of the legislative regular session. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to EDN, referral sheet 3 |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDN |
SB1390 |
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HB1075 HD1
DOE; School Meals; Cost
RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.
Reduces the amount the Department of Education is authorized to charge for school meals to all students enrolled in department schools to no more than one-quarter of the cost of preparing the meals. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDN, FIN |
SB1394 |
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HB1076 HD1
State Funds; Climate Mitigation and Resiliency Special Fund; Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund; Department of Defense; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.
Establishes the Climate Mitigation and Resiliency Special Fund. Mandates the allocation of all earned interest from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund to the newly established special fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EEP, FIN |
SB1395 |
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HB1077 HD2
Transient Accommodations Tax; Climate Change; Economic Development; Revitalization ($)
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Increases the transient accommodations tax and allocates a portion of the tax to the general fund for projects that address climate change impacts and advance economic development and revitalization. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EEP, ECD/TOU, FIN |
SB1396 |
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HB1078
Legislative Vacancies; Legislative Appointments; Primary Election
RELATING TO STATE LEGISLATIVE VACANCIES.
Provides the Governor with discretion to not fill a vacant legislative position if the vacancy occurs one hundred twenty days or less from an upcoming primary election until after the results of the primary election are certified. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB1397 |
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HB1079 HD1 SD1
DHS; Office of Wellness and Resilience; Trauma-informed Care; Child Welfare Services; Assessment; Training; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.
Directs the Office of Wellness and Resilience to collaborate with the Department of Human Services to, either directly or by contract, design, administer, and implement a program for trauma-informed organizational assessments and a training curriculum for the Department of Human Services Child Welfare Services Branch staff. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/24/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 875). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HHS, WAM |
SB1398 |
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HB1081 HD1
Office of Wellness and Resilience; Office of the Governor; Wellness and Resilience Advisory Board; DHRD
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE.
Transfers the Office of Wellness and Resilience to the Department of Human Resources Development. Creates a Wellness and Resilience Advisory Board. Updates the Office of Wellness and Resilience functions. Effective 6/29/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSH, FIN |
SB1400 |
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HB1085 HD2
Cigarette Tax; Tobacco Tax; Disposition of Revenues
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Increases the tax rates for cigarettes and little cigars beginning 1/1/2026, amends the disposition of tax revenues to certain non-general funds starting from fiscal year 2026-2027, with the excess carrying over to the general fund, and expands the disposition of tax revenues to the non-general funds to include all tobacco product taxes. Repeals obsolete historical tax rates. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, HED, FIN |
SB1404 |
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HB1086 HD1
DHHL; 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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSG, JHA, FIN |
SB1405 |
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HB1087 HD2
DHHL; Historic Preservation; Project Reviews
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 under certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to HWN/WTL, JDC. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HWN/WTL, JDC |
SB1406 |
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HB1088 HD1
DHHL; School Impact Fees; Education; Housing
RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES.
Exempts housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from school impact fees. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/20/2025- The committee on HOU deferred the measure. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDU/HWN/HOU, WAM |
SB1407 |
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HB1092 HD1
Medicaid; Third Party Liability; State Medical Assistance Program Claims
RELATING TO MEDICAID THIRD PARTY LIABILITY.
Amends third party liability provisions for Medicaid program claims for payment as required under the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, CPC |
SB1411 |
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HB1094 HD1
Public Housing; HPHA; Federal Public Housing Projects; Abandoned Property; Seized Property
RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.
Allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to sell, donate, or dispose of property abandoned or seized in federal public housing projects. Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to notify the known owner of the abandoned or seized property. Creates procedures for persons entitled to the abandoned or seized property. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSG, JHA |
SB1413 |
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HB1096 HD1
Hawaii Public Housing Authority; State Low-Income Housing; Tenant Selection; Preferences
RELATING TO TENANT SELECTION.
Repeals the tenant selection preferences for disabled veterans and the spouses of deceased veterans in the State Low-Income Housing Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/11/2025- The committee on PSM deferred the measure. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HOU/PSM, JDC |
SB1415 |
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HB1097 HD1 SD1
HPHA; Public Housing; Evictions; Tenants; Unclaimed Property
RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING EVICTIONS.
Reduces the time the Hawaii Public Housing Authority is required to store unclaimed personal effects of a tenant evicted from public housing from thirty days to fourteen days. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPN/HOU, JDC |
SB1416 |
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HB1100 HD1
DHS; Neighbor Islands Blind and Low Vision Service Pilot Program
RELATING TO ACT 253, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2023.
Updates the name of the Neighbor Islands Blind and Visually Impaired Service Pilot Program by replacing the term "visually impaired" with the term "low vision". Clarifies the pilot program's implementation timeframes. Sunsets 6/30/2029. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSH, FIN |
SB1419 |
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HB1109 HD1
Department of Health; Manufactured Hemp Products; Minimum Age; Prohibition
RELATING TO MANUFACTURED HEMP PRODUCTS.
Establishes a minimum age requirement for the sale of manufactured hemp products. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, JHA |
SB1428 |
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HB1112 HD1
DOH; Viral Hepatitis; Prevention; Awareness; Education; Screenings; Treatment Support; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO VIRAL HEPATITIS.
Establishes and appropriates funds for a Hepatitis Prevention Program within the Department of Health to address morbidity and mortality due to hepatitis B and C. Repeals an outdated reference to hepatitis and blood transfusions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, FIN |
SB1431 |
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HB1115 HD1
Universal Immunization Funding Program; Immunization Purchasing; Universal Immunization Purchase Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION FUNDING PROGRAM.
Establishes the Universal Immunization Purchase Program and Universal Immunization Purchase Special Fund into which the fees will be deposited to finance the distribution of immunizations free of charge to qualifying health care providers. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (6) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, FIN |
SB1434 |
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HB1118 HD2
Immunizations; Non-Medical Exemptions; Repeal
RELATING TO NON-MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS TO IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS.
Prohibits new non-medical immunization exemptions for school-aged children. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
3/4/2025- Recommitted to JHA with none voting no and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, JHA |
SB1437 |
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HB1131 HD1
DOH; Intensive Mobile Team Pilot Program; Houseless Individuals; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AN INTENSIVE MOBILE TEAM PILOT PROGRAM FOR HOUSELESS INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS BRAIN DISORDERS.
Establishes and appropriates funds for a pilot program in the Department of Health to provide intensive mobile treatment-type services to chronically houseless individuals suffering from serious brain disorders like schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/5/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSH/HLT, FIN |
SB1450 |
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HB1132 HD1
Homeland Security; Uniform Information Practices; Critical Infrastructure Information
RELATING TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
Makes critical infrastructure information received or maintained by the Office of Homeland Security confidential, except in certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/4/2025- Re-referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 11 |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, JHA |
SB1451 |
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HB1138 HD1
BLNR; Water Sports Equipment; Emergency Rules
RELATING TO OCEAN USER SAFETY.
Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to issue emergency rules which may be in effect for up to 365 days for the regulation of commercial and recreational use of water sports equipment to promote ocean user safety. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/27/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, JHA |
SB1457 |
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HB1141 HD1 SD2
BLNR; Public Land; Lease Terms and Conditions; Lease Extensions
RELATING TO UPDATING PUBLIC LAND LEASES ISSUED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 171, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.
Requires that lease extensions approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources be drafted on forms that reflect contemporary leasing practices and policies of the Board, and which shall control over conflicting or inconsistent provisions in the lease being extended. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD2) |
(S)
4/11/2025- Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
WTL, JDC/WAM |
SB1460 |
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HB1143 HD1
Department of Land and Natural Resources; State Historic Preservation Division; Tax Credit
RELATING TO A STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION INCOME TAX CREDIT.
Reestablishes the Historic Preservation Income Tax Credit. Establishes a cap of the tax credit for each taxable year from 2025 to 2030. Sunsets 12/31/2030. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, FIN |
SB1462 |
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HB1144 HD2
DLNR; State Historic Preservation Program; Employees
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to employ non-civil service professional and technical staff in its State Historic Preservation Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to WTL/LBT, WAM. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
WTL/LBT, WAM |
SB1463 |
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HB1145 HD1 SD1
Conformity to the Internal Revenue Code for 2024; Income Tax; Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax; Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023
RELATING TO CONFORMITY TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2024. (SD1) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAM |
SB1464 |
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HB1147 HD1
Income Tax; Earned Income Tax Credit
RELATING TO THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.
Clarifies that nonresidents who claim the state refundable earned income tax credit are required to adjust the amount claimed using the ratio of their Hawaii adjusted gross income to federal adjusted gross income. Eliminates the unlimited carryforward on nonrefundable earned income tax credits claimed for tax year 2022. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
4/1/2025- The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAM |
SB1466 |
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HB1148
Tax Appeals; Service; Director of Taxation
RELATING TO TAX APPEALS.
Clarifies that a notice of appeal relating to an appeal of a county tax is not required to be served on the Director of Taxation. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
SB1467 |
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HB1149 HD1
General Excise Tax Exemptions; Sugar Cane Growers; TRICARE; Patient-Centered Community Care Programs
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.
Repeals the general excise tax exemption for amounts received by independent sugar cane farmers. Repeals the general excise tax exemption for amounts received by contractors of the Patient-Centered Community Care program that is established by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to title 38 United States Code section 8153. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1) |
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3/10/2025- The committee on AEN deferred the measure. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
AEN, WAM |
SB1468 |
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HB1150 HD1
Collection of Taxes; Statute of Limitations; Tax Appeal; Taxation Board of Review
RELATING TO TAX COLLECTIONS.
Suspends the statute of limitations on collections of income tax, general excise tax, transient accommodations tax, use tax, fuel tax, conveyance tax, and rental motor vehicle, tour vehicle, and car-sharing vehicle surcharge tax during the period an assessment is pending on appeal before the taxation board of review or tax appeal court. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
SB1469 |
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HB1151
Income Taxation; Withholding; Exemptions
RELATING TO INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING.
For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, (1) repeals the maximum tax rate that may be considered in determining the amount of income tax that must be withheld and the requirement that a standard deduction allowance be treated as if it was denominated as a withholding exemption, and (2) for the purpose of income tax withholding, permits the Director of Taxation to prescribe a standard deduction allowance in an amount more or less than one whole exemption. |
(H)
1/23/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 3 |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
FIN |
SB1470 |
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HB1154 HD1
Central Service Expenses; Transfers; Central Services Assessment; Central Service Expenses of Government; State Highway Fund; Airport Revenue Fund; Harbor Special Fund
RELATING TO CENTRAL SERVICES ASSESSMENT.
Amends the transfer of funds for central service expenses from the State Highway Fund, Airport Revenue Fund, and Harbor Special Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
TRN, FIN |
SB1473 |
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HB1155 HD1 SD2
Procurement; Ethical Public Procurement; DOT; Project Management; Government Bodies
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Prohibits all governmental bodies and public employees from procuring services for project management through non-governmental third-party contracts, except for certain procurements of independent verification and validation contracts for information technology services. Temporarily authorizes, until 6/30/2027, outside contractors who prepared specifications and work statements in the development of a Department of Transportation solicitation to bid on those projects if certain requirements are satisfied. Requires a report by the Department of Transportation. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2) |
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4/17/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 826). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAM/GVO |
SB1474 |
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HB1158 HD1
Department of Transportation; Firefighting at Commercial Harbors; Limited Liability
RELATING TO FIREFIGHTING AT COMMERCIAL HARBORS.
Limits civil liability of individuals who render firefighting services with a firefighting vessel at any of the State's commercial harbors or roadsteads, any commercial harbor or waterfront improvement belonging to or controlled by the State, or any vessel within a commercial harbor or roadstead to only damages resulting from an individual's gross negligence or wanton acts or omissions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
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3/6/2025- Referred to TCA/PSM, JDC. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
TCA/PSM, JDC |
SB1477 |
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HB1161 HD2 SD1
DOT; Electric Vehicles; State Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge; County Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge; State Highway Fund; Highway Fund; Disposition of Funds; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Beginning 7/1/2028, authorizes a county to impose a mileage-based road usage charge on electric vehicles. Provides and requires a county to establish the rate of the road usage charge. Repeals the requirement for the Department of Transportation to establish county subaccounts within the State Highway Fund. Clarifies the disposition of funds for state mileage-based road usage charge. Clarifies the rate and calculation of the state mileage-based road usage charge. Specifies that rental motor vehicle companies may visibly pass the costs of the mileage-based road usage charges to the consumer. Expands allowable uses of the State Highway and Highway Funds. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
4/25/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
TCA/EIG, WAM |
SB1480 |
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HB1163 HD1
Department of Transportation; Limited-Term Non-Domiciled Commercial Driver's Licenses and Non-Domiciled Commercial Learner's Permits; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSING.
Amends requirements to commercial driver's license qualification standards to meet current federal regulations to allow the State to issue a limited-term non-domiciled commercial learner's permit and non-domiciled commercial driver's license for applicants who are unable to provide proof of citizenship or lawful permanent residency. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
TRN, FIN |
SB1482 |
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HB1164 HD1 SD1
DOT; Budget Provisions; Highway Revenue Bonds; Bond Authorization
RELATING TO HIGHWAY REVENUE BONDS.
Restores the revenue bond authorization for the Department of Transportation to issue Highway Revenue Bonds for highway capital improvement projects authorized in Act 164, SLH 2023, as amended by Act 230, SLH 2024. Takes effect 1/1/3000. (SD1) |
(S)
4/25/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
TCA, WAM |
SB1483 |
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HB1166 HD1
Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program; State Highway Fund; Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS PROGRAM.
Appropriates funds out of the State Highway Fund for deposit into the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program Special Fund and appropriates funds out of the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program Special Fund for fiscal year 2025-2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/18/2025- The committee on TCA deferred the measure. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
TCA, WAM |
SB1485 |
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HB1167 HD1 SD1
Emergency Appropriation; State Highway Fund; Department of Transportation; Motor Carrier Law ($)
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Makes an emergency appropriation out of the State Highway Fund to provide funds for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the Department of Transportation to enforce the Motor Carrier Law. (SD1) |
(S)
4/25/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
TCA, WAM |
SB1486 |
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HB1172 HD1
DOTAX; Data Sharing; Statewide Longitudinal Data Sharing
RELATING TO DEPARTMENTAL DATA SHARING.
Adds the Department of Taxation to the list of state agencies sharing data through the statewide longitudinal data system. Allows the Department of Taxation to provide the University of Hawaii and other state agencies certain wage data. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HED, LAB, FIN |
SB1491 |
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HB1174 HD1 SD1
Payments Under Protest; Procedure
RELATING TO THE PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT UNDER PROTEST LAWSUITS.
Allows for the interest earned on payments under protest in the litigated claims fund to be paid in nontaxation cases if the claimant prevails. Establishes a procedure for the disposition of moneys and refiling of actions when a payment under protest suit is filed prematurely. (SD1) |
(S)
3/19/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
YAMASHITA |
JDC, WAM |
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HB1176 HD1
HTDC; Hawaii Economic Diversification Grant Program; Qualified High Technology Business; Qualified Research; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Establishes the Hawaii Economic Diversification Grant Program under the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to qualified high technology businesses engaging in qualified research activities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1181 HD1
Coastal Zone Management; Development; Definition
RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.
Excludes from the definition of "development" used for purposes of coastal zone management the reconstruction of certain structures that were damaged or destroyed in a disaster proclaimed to be a state of emergency or local state of emergency, under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
MIYAKE, KILA, LAMOSAO, WOODSON |
WAL, JHA |
SB830 |
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HB1183 HD2
DLE; Retirement for Public Officers and Employees; Allowances; Contributions; Pension and Retirement Systems
RELATING TO ALLOWANCE ON SERVICE RETIREMENTS.
Includes certain law enforcement administrators and employees of the Department of Law Enforcement as class A members of the pension and retirement systems and provides guidance for the computation of retirement benefits similar to police officers. Effective 07/01/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
SAYAMA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, TAKAYAMA, WOODSON |
LAB, JHA, FIN |
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HB1185 HD2
UHCTAHR; Plant-based Building Materials Working Group; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Establishes a Plant-based Building Materials Working Group to study and report on how best to grow plants and develop plant-based building materials in Hawaii. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/11/2025- The committee on HRE deferred the measure. |
KUSCH, AMATO, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TARNAS, TODD |
HRE, WAM |
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HB1187 HD1 SD1
Procurement; State Agencies; Lei; Plant Material Grown and Harvested Outside the State; Restriction
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Phases in a ban on state departments and administratively attached agencies from purchasing lei that contain plant material grown and harvested outside the State. (SD1) |
(H)
4/22/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862). |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, KILA |
GVO, WAM |
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HB1188 HD2
DOE; Teacher Workforce Housing Stipend Program; Workforce Housing; Reports; Teachers' Housing Revolving Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TEACHER WORKFORCE HOUSING.
Establishes a Teacher Workforce Housing Stipend Program to support teacher retention at public and charter schools classified as hard-to-staff. Requires reports to the Legislature. Amends the purpose and uses of the Teachers' Housing Revolving Fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, KILA, MIYAKE, OLDS, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
EDN, HSG, FIN |
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HB1189
Law Enforcement; Warrants; Searches; Private Property
RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Requires law enforcement to post notice that a warranted or warrantless search has been conducted on a property. Requires a law enforcement officer to secure any entrance used by an officer in the search. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 4 |
IWAMOTO, Amato |
JHA |
SB601 |
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HB1191
CIP; 43rd Representative District; GO Bonds; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 43rd Representative District. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
SOUZA |
FIN |
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HB1193
Uniform Parentage Act
RELATING TO PARENTAGE.
Repeals the Uniform Parentage Act of 1973 and updates laws relating to parentage, including enacting portions of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 4 |
ICHIYAMA |
JHA |
SB1231 |
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HB1207
CIP; Twenty-fifth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
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. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
IWAMOTO |
FIN |
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HB1215
General Excise Tax Exemption; Contractors
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTION.
Exempts from the general excise tax, amounts received by a contractor for contracting work performed in a county having a population of more than one hundred twenty-five thousand but less than one hundred eighty-five thousand. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
PIERICK |
FIN |
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HB1219
Gambling; Nuisance Abatement; Civil Suits; Victim Protection; Penalties
RELATING TO NUISANCE ABATEMENT.
Offers rights and protections to citizens who bring civil nuisance abatement suits related to illegal gambling. Imposes a mandatory fine of $5,000 for violating nuisance abatement laws related to gambling offenses. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 4 |
MURAOKA |
JHA |
SB1531 |
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HB1221 HD1
Procurement; Public Works Contracts; Apprenticeship
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Requires a bidder and their subcontractors for certain public works construction contracts to utilize apprentices if the bidder receives a bidding advantage for being a party to an apprenticeship agreement registered with the State at the time of general bidding and is awarded the contract. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
LEE, M., SAYAMA |
LAB, FIN |
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HB1222
CIP; Fiftieth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fiftieth representative district. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
LEE, M. |
FIN |
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HB1223
CIP; 38th Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriated funds for capital improvement projects in the 38th representative district. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
MATSUMOTO |
FIN |
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HB1233 HD2
Retention Ponds; Detention Ponds; Regulation; Counties; Grant-in-Aid; Appropriation
RELATING TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
Requires the counties to adopt ordinances for the regulation of retention and detention ponds. Requires the counties to conduct a survey of existing retention and detention ponds and make a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the counties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, MARTEN, QUINLAN, TAM |
WAL, HLT, FIN |
SB1222 |
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HB1234 HD1
DOE; Standards-based Water Safety Education Pilot Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WATER SAFETY.
Requires, and appropriates funds for, the Department of Education to establish a standards-based Water Safety Education Pilot Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to EDU, WAM. |
KAPELA, AMATO, EVSLIN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD, Matsumoto |
EDU, WAM |
SB1223 |
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HB1235
Department of Taxation; Wealth Asset Tax; Wealth Tax; 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 $20,000,000 or more in assets in the State. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
KAPELA, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, LA CHICA |
FIN |
SB313 |
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HB1237 HD1 SD1
DOA; Maui County; Biosecurity; Invasive Species; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for agricultural biosecurity and the prevention, detection, and control of invasive species in Maui County. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/19/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
POEPOE, AMATO, IWAMOTO, KILA, LAMOSAO, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, SOUZA, TAKENOUCHI, TODD |
AEN, WAM |
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HB1239 HD1
Hawaiian Homes Commission; Independent Legal Counsel; Attorney General
RELATING TO INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL.
Authorizes the Hawaiian Homes Commission to retain independent legal counsel, with any legal fees owed to be paid by the State, and also use the services of the Attorney General as needed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
POEPOE, AMATO, BELATTI, COCHRAN, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, SOUZA |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1240
CIP; Thirteenth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirteenth representative district. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
POEPOE |
FIN |
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HB1243
CIP; 42nd Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriated funds for capital improvement projects in the 42nd representative district. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
GARCIA |
FIN |
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HB1247 HD1
Minimum Terms; Judicial Review
RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
Allows a party aggrieved by the judgment of a circuit court on a minimum term order to appeal to the Intermediate Appellate Court. Requires prisoners to continue to be represented by counsel in any petition challenging minimum term proceedings. Requires the Supreme Court to establish rules. Establishes grounds for challenging a minimum term order. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KILA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1250
CIP; 18th Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriated funds for capital improvement projects in the 18th representative district. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
WARD |
FIN |
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HB1256
CIP; Fourth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fourth representative district. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
ILAGAN |
FIN |
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HB1260 HD1 SD2
DOT; Counties; Summer Streets Pilot Program; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Requires each county, in collaboration with the Department of Transportation, to establish a Summer Streets Pilot Program that closes vehicular traffic and repurposes roads for pedestrian and cyclist use, outdoor events, and other community-driven activities. Requires each county to submit an initial proposal to the Director of Transportation. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Repeals on 6/30/2027. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(S)
4/25/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225. |
TODD |
TCA, WAM |
SB1666 |
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HB1271
CIP; Eleventh Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eleventh representative district. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
AMATO |
FIN |
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HB1277 HD2
Digital Financial Asset Transaction Kiosk; Daily Maximum; Cryptocurrency
RELATING TO DIGITAL FINANCIAL ASSET.
Imposes a daily maximum of $1,000 on transactions through a digital financial asset transaction kiosk. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to LBT, CPN. |
TAKENOUCHI, CHUN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, POEPOE |
LBT, CPN |
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HB1278 HD2
Hazardous Trees; Assessment; Removal; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HAZARDOUS TREE REMOVAL.
Appropriates funds for the assessment and removal of hazardous trees on state lands across Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/17/2025- The committee(s) on WTL deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-19-25 1:45PM; CR 229 & Videoconference. |
TAKENOUCHI, EVSLIN, GARRETT, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, TARNAS, TODD, Poepoe |
WTL, WAM |
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HB1281
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. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
LAMOSAO |
FIN |
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HB1282 HD1
Adult Foster Homes; Certified Caregiver; Minimum Age
RELATING TO CERTIFIED CAREGIVERS.
Lowers the minimum age for certified caregivers for adult foster homes from twenty-one to eighteen. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/19/2025- The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
LAMOSAO, CHUN, TAKENOUCHI |
HLT, CPC |
SB1059 |
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HB1283 HD2
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. Clarifies the exemption from mediation in divorce proceedings as it relates to domestic abuse. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to HHS, JDC. |
LAMOSAO, AMATO, EVSLIN, GARRETT, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, LEE, M., MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS |
HHS, JDC |
SB1520 |
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HB1286 HD1
Interstate Highways; Auxiliary Interstate Highways; State Highways; Pedestrians; Prohibition
RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
Prohibits pedestrians from walking along the roadway of an interstate highway, an auxiliary interstate highway, or certain state highways except while conducting authorized first responder duties or highway maintenance duties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
TAKAYAMA, ALCOS, BELATTI, HASHEM, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, PIERICK, SOUZA, TAM, TEMPLO |
TRN, JHA |
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HB1287
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. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
TAKAYAMA |
FIN |
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HB1294 HD2 SD1
DOA; Agricultural Workforce Housing Working Group; Report; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE HOUSING.
Establishes an Agricultural Workforce Housing Working Group within the Department of Agriculture to address the shortage and challenges of agricultural workforce housing in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/23/2025- Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-25-25 9:00AM in conference room 224. |
KAHALOA |
AEN/HOU, WAM |
SB498 |
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HB1295 HD2 SD1
Clean Energy; State and County Agencies; Renewable Energy Projects; Zero-Emission Vehicles; Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY.
Requires all state and county agencies to utilize applicable federal clean energy tax credits, pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, for the purchase and financing of capital improvement projects that use clean energy technology and zero-emission vehicles. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/21/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). |
YAMASHITA |
EIG, WAM |
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HB1297 HD1 SD1
Procurement Code; Protests; Bonds
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Sets a time limit for submitting bid protests. Makes the seventy-five-day limit for issuing a written decision on protests apply to any contract awarded by competitive sealed bid or competitive sealed proposal. Caps the protest bond amount. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) |
(H)
4/16/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 810). |
YAMASHITA |
GVO, WAM/JDC |
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HB1307 HD2
DHHL; Hawaiian Home Lands; Geothermal Resources; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for water well development for geophysical investigation, exploration, and identification of geothermal resources on Hawaiian home lands. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to HWN/EIG, WAM. |
HOLT, EVSLIN, KAHALOA, KUSCH, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, SOUZA, TARNAS, Kila |
HWN/EIG, WAM |
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HB1308 HD3 SD2
DLE; DOH; Gambling; Sports Wagering; Fantasy Sports; General Excise Tax; Problem Gambling Prevention and Treatment Special Fund
RELATING TO SPORTS WAGERING.
Allows for the regulation of sports wagering by the Department of Law Enforcement. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators and sports wagering suppliers. Establishes a general excise tax to be levied on sports wagering operator licenses. Establishes the Problem Gambling Prevention and Treatment Special Fund to be administered and expended by the Department of Health. Specifies that legal sports wagering and fantasy sports contests shall not be considered contests of chance or gambling. Authorizes DLE to perform criminal history record checks on applicants and licensees relating to sports wagering. (SD2) |
(H)
4/24/2025- Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-25-25 12:30PM in conference room 411. |
HOLT, KILA, TODD |
EDT/CPN, WAM |
SB1569 |
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HB1318 HD2
Affordable Housing; Counties; Public Land; Exemption
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
Removes from the definition of "public lands" lands set aside by the Governor to the counties for the purpose of affordable housing. Specifies that lands set aside by the Governor to the counties for affordable housing require legislative approval for the sale or gift of such lands. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/25/2025- The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
EVSLIN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA |
HSG, WAL, FIN |
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HB1320 HD1 SD1
UH; Higher Education; Graduate Outcomes; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the University of Hawaii System to collect, analyze, and publicly report certain graduate outcome data. Requires and appropriates funds for the development and maintenance of a graduate outcomes dashboard. Appropriates funds for positions within the University of Hawaii's Office of the Vice President of Academic Strategy. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/25/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 6:25 PM; Conference Room 229. |
GARRETT, AMATO, BELATTI, IWAMOTO, KILA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS |
HRE, WAM |
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HB1323 HD1
Department of Agriculture; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Non-agricultural Park Lands; Transfer
RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS.
Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to transfer certain public lands for agricultural use to the Department of Agriculture without approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Board of Agriculture. Requires the Department of Agriculture, upon approval of the Board of Agriculture, to accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
HASHEM |
AGR, WAL, JHA |
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HB1325 HD3 SD1
HHFDC; Affordable Housing Projects; Tenants; Right of First Refusal; Relocation Assistance
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Requires developers developing an affordable housing project under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to assist certain tenants who are subject to displacement or eviction by the proposed project by: granting those tenants the right of first refusal of a comparable unit in the housing project or establishing a fund to provide relocation benefits and offer assistance; providing information, either directly or through a contracted service, on how to obtain assistance and exercise the right of first refusal; and establishing procedures to track and maintain communication with those tenants. Establishes consequences for a developer's noncompliance. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/21/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). |
GRANDINETTI, AMATO, EVSLIN, HUSSEY, IWAMOTO, PERRUSO |
HSG, CPC, JHA, FIN |
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HB1326
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. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
COCHRAN |
FIN |
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HB1330 HD1
OCCC; DAGS; CIP; GO Bond; Replacement; Relocation; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys to the Department of Accounting and General Services for the replacement and relocation of the Oahu Community Correctional Center. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
BELATTI |
PBS, FIN |
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HB1334 HD3 SD1
Department of Agriculture; Department of Health; Food Donation; Charitable, Religious, or Nonprofit Organizations; Wild Game; Axis Deer
RELATING TO MEAT DONATION.
Exempts the donation of wild game meat or meat products, including axis deer, to a charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization for the purpose of feeding needy individuals from certain laws regarding the inspection and transportation of meat. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/CPN. |
MIYAKE, COCHRAN, KILA, KUSCH, LAMOSAO, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, Matayoshi |
HHS, JDC/CPN |
SB1230 |
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HB1337 HD1
University of Hawaii; College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience; Endemic Plants; Seed Bank; Pilot Program
RELATING TO ENDEMIC PLANTS.
Requires the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience to establish an endemic plant seed bank pilot program to preserve and promote the planting of plant species that are endemic to Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/13/2025- The committee on HRE deferred the measure. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY |
HRE, WAM |
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HB1343 HD1
Department of Education; Phones; Related Devices; Ban
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the Board of Education to adopt a policy that bans the use of phones and related devices by students during school hours. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to EDU, JDC. |
WOODSON, AMATO, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARCIA, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TEMPLO, TODD, WARD |
EDU, JDC |
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HB1349 HD1
DHS; Medicaid Coverage; Children's Health Insurance Program; Pregnant Persons; Children; Immigration Status; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MEDICAID.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to authorize Medicaid coverage through the Children's Health Insurance Program to income-qualified pregnant persons and children regardless of immigration status. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/17/2025- The committee(s) on HHS deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-17-25 1:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, MARTEN, TAKAYAMA |
HHS, WAM |
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HB1350
CIP; Second Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the second representative district. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY |
FIN |
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HB1351 HD1
DHHL; Hawaiian Home Lands Lessees; Loans
RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED.
Increases the limit of the State's liability for moneys borrowed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or loans made to lessees that are guaranteed by the Department from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
HOLT |
JHA, FIN |
SB1653 |
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HB1352 HD1
UH; I Hoa Na Moolelo; Hawaiian Language; Ke Panana; Ka Ulu Hoi; News Publication; Appropriation ($)
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii I Hoa Na Moolelo program, including for the hiring of a graduate assistant, hiring of undergraduate writers, and acquiring a new website domain. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
HOLT, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, SOUZA |
HED, FIN |
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HB1355
CIP; Island of Hawaii; GO Bonds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the Island of Hawaii. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
KUSCH |
FIN |
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HB1358 HD3
Public Land Trust Working Group; OHA; Public Land Trust; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST WORKING GROUP.
Appropriates moneys to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to facilitate the hiring of necessary staff and the purchase of equipment and professional services on behalf of the public land trust working group. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to WTL/HWN, WAM. |
SOUZA, AMATO, BELATTI, HOLT, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, TEMPLO |
WTL/HWN, WAM |
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HB1359 HD1
DLNR; Residential Flood Mitigation; Drainage Systems; Grants; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FLOOD MITIGATION.
Establishes a grant program for drainage system maintenance and flood mitigation measures in residential areas, to be administered by the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/14/2025- The committee on WTL deferred the measure. |
TEMPLO |
WTL, WAM |
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HB1362 HD1
DHHL; Sewer Infrastructure; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
TODD, HOLT, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, LOWEN, TARNAS |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1367 HD1
Water Resources; Monitoring Wells; BWS; GO Bonds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to the Honolulu Board of Water Supply for the planning, design, and construction of up to six monitoring wells. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
LAMOSAO, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, HASHEM, KAHALOA, KILA, MIYAKE, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI |
EEP/WAL, FIN |
SB1634 |
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HB1372 HD1
Intoxicating Liquor; Licenses and Permits; Manufacturer License; Small Craft Producer Pub License; Manufacturing Limit; Increase
RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.
Increases the limits on volumes of liquor and other alcoholic beverages that may be manufactured by class 18 small craft producer pub license holders. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
YAMASHITA |
ECD, CPC |
SB979 |
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HB1376 HD2
Corrections; Private, Out-of-state Prisons; Reduction; Reports
RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
Requires the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation to reduce the number of individuals incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional institutions. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective July 1, 3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
KAPELA, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, PERRUSO |
PBS, JHA, FIN |
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HB1382 HD1
Department of Human Services; Child Welfare Services; Domestic Violence; Training; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.
Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to contract with a non-profit specializing in domestic violence to provide training and staff to be housed on-site in Child Welfare Services Branch offices to support all aspects of screening for and addressing domestic violence within a case. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to HHS, WAM. |
MARTEN, AMATO, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO |
HHS, WAM |
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HB1383 HD1
Family Resilience Pilot Program; Office of Wellness and Resilience; Data and Referral System; Implementation and Evaluation Plan; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO A FAMILY RESILIENCE PILOT PROGRAM.
Establishes and appropriates funds for a five-year family resilience pilot program within the Office of Wellness and Resilience. Requires the Office of Wellness and Resilience to establish data and referral system tracking needs and protocols and an implementation and evaluation plan by 12/31/2025. Sunsets the pilot program 6/30/2030. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
MARTEN |
HSH, FIN |
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HB1384 HD1
Artificial Intelligence; Advisory Council; Economic Development; Workforce; Labor; Education; Policy; Action Plan; Report; Appropriation; Positions ($)
RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Establishes the Hawaii Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council. Requires an action plan and reports to the Governor and Legislature by certain dates. Establishes positions. Authorizes the hiring of consultants to assist the advisory council. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
GARRETT, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LAMOSAO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, WARD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1386
University of Hawaii Athletics; Short Form
RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ATHLETICS.
Short form bill relating to University of Hawaii athletics. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to HED, referral sheet 4 |
GARRETT |
HED |
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HB1387 HD1
Drug and Alcohol Toxicology Testing; Blood Alcohol Concentration; Lower Threshold
RELATING TO THE USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE.
Lowers the blood alcohol concentration threshold for driving while under the influence of an intoxicant. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
GARRETT, CHUN, KILA |
TRN, JHA |
SB1643 |
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HB1388 HD1
Department of Law Enforcement; Department of the Attorney General; Employees' Retirement System; Retirees; Benefits; Investigators; Report
RELATING TO RETIRANTS.
Allows a retirant to be employed without reenrollment in the Employees' Retirement System and without loss or interruption of retirement benefits if the retirant is employed as an investigator in a position identified by the Department of Law Enforcement or Department of the Attorney General as a labor shortage or difficult—to-fill position, subject to certain conditions. Requires the director of human resources of the appropriate state jurisdiction to include in the director's annual report to the Legislature, details on the employment of retirants as investigators. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
SAYAMA, GARRETT, HOLT, KILA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., MARTEN, MIYAKE, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD |
LAB, FIN |
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HB1389 HD1
Feral Chicken Program; Feral Animals; City and County of Honolulu; DOH; Grant-in-Aid; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FERAL ANIMALS.
Appropriates funds to the City and County of Honolulu for the expansion of the feral chicken program and the Vector Control Branch of the Department of Health for a statewide education campaign for the feeding of feral animals. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/4/2025- Referred to EIG/HHS, WAM. |
SAYAMA, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, KAHALOA, KILA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TEMPLO |
EIG/HHS, WAM |
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HB1391 HD1 SD1 CD1
DBEDT; Hawaii-Ireland Trade Commission; Reports; Out-of-state Relations Activities; Appropriations
RELATING TO TRADE.
Establishes the Hawaii-Ireland Trade Commission within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for administrative purposes. Requires annual reports to the Legislature and Governor. Appropriates funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to fund out-of-state relations activities. (CD1) |
(H)
4/30/2025- Recommitted to Conference committee as amended in CD 1 with none voting no and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused. |
QUINLAN |
EDT/TCA, WAM |
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HB1393 HD1
Agricultural Statistics; Data; Department of Agriculture; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
Requires the Department of Agriculture to revitalize and enhance the agricultural statistics program to collect data on local agricultural interests. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
TODD |
AGR, FIN |
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HB1400
HHCA; Regulations; Native Hawaiians; Commission Members
RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT.
Authorizes the Department of the Interior of the United States to adopt certain regulations for the purposes of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. Provides that not less than 5 of the members shall be beneficiaries who are native Hawaiian as defined in section 201(a) of the Act, and that not more than 4 of the members shall be descendants of not less than one-fourth part of the blood of the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands previous to 1778. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 4 |
GARCIA, KILA, MATSUMOTO, WARD |
JHA |
SB1532 |
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HB1404 HD1
Residential Sewer Connection and Cesspool Closure Subsidy Pilot Programs; City and County of Honolulu; County of Hawaii; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CESSPOOL CLOSURE.
Appropriates funds for residential sewer connection and cesspool closure subsidy pilot programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
LOWEN, NAKAMURA, PERRUSO, TODD |
EEP/WAL, FIN |
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HB1405 HD1
Permits; Facilitated Application Process; DBEDT; Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO PERMITS.
Establishes specific deadlines within the facilitated application process to obtain a permit and requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish certain resources and processes to help streamline permit applications. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/11/2025- The committee on EDT deferred the measure. |
ILAGAN, HOLT, HUSSEY, MATSUMOTO, TAM, TEMPLO, TODD |
EDT, WAM |
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HB1407 HD1
Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Chambers of Commerce; Grant Program; Appropriation
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish a Chamber of Commerce Competitive Grant Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
ILAGAN, HOLT, HUSSEY, MATSUMOTO, TAM, TEMPLO, TODD |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1408 HD1
DHHL; HHFDC; Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to utilize the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund as collateral when the Department acts as an eligible borrower for a loan agreement under section 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, as amended. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/18/2025- The committee on HOU deferred the measure. |
POEPOE, COCHRAN, HOLT, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, PERRUSO, SOUZA, TARNAS |
HOU/HWN, WAM |
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HB1410 HD2
Conveyance Tax; Supportive Housing Special Fund; Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund; Infrastructure Funding; County-designated Transit-oriented Development ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Establishes the Supportive Housing Special Fund. Restructures the conveyance tax to a marginal rate system and adjusts the tax for multifamily properties to reflect value on a per-unit basis. Allocates revenues from conveyance tax collections to the Supportive Housing Special Fund. Allocates a portion of conveyance tax collections to the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund to fund infrastructure programs in county-designated transit-oriented development areas that meet minimum standards of transit-supportive density. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to HOU/WTL, WAM. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, TARNAS, Kila |
HOU/WTL, WAM |
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HB1411 HD1 SD1
HHFDC; Affordable Housing; Geographic Preferences
RELATING TO HOUSING PREFERENCE.
Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to allow projects to grant preferences in the sale or lease of housing units to applicants who live or work within five miles of the project. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/17/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
EVSLIN, MIYAKE |
HOU, WAM |
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HB1412
Sunshine Law; Neighborhood Boards; Official Reports; Commission
RELATING TO SUNSHINE LAWS.
Designates the neighborhood commission as the appropriate oversight authority for application of the sunshine law to neighborhood boards. Authorizes neighborhood boards to discuss official government reports without placing it on the agenda, provided that no decision-making can be made. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 4 |
REYES ODA, ALCOS, GARCIA, KUSCH, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, TAM, TODD |
JHA |
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HB1413
Penal Code; Organized Crime; Extended Imprisonment; Felonies
RELATING TO CRIME.
Includes individuals involved in organized crime among the persons who may be subjected to extended terms of imprisonment for the commission of felonies. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 4 |
REYES ODA |
JHA |
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HB1414 HD1
Procurement; Competitive Sealed Bidding; Contract Award; Best Interests of the State
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Authorizes the head of a procurement agency to award a contract to a bidder who is not the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, for procurements conducted by competitive sealed bidding, if the head of the procuring agency determines that the award is most beneficial to taxpayers or otherwise in the best interests of the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to GVO, WAM. |
REYES ODA |
GVO, WAM |
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HB1415
CIP; 40th Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriated funds for capital improvement projects in the 40th representative district. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
REYES ODA |
FIN |
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HB1417 HD1
Economic Diversification; Agriculture; Farmer; Tax Exclusion
RELATING TO FARMS.
Creates an exclusion from income tax for the first $50,000 of gross income earned by farmers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
WARD, ALCOS, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, Muraoka |
AGR, FIN |
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HB1418
Wireless Telecommunications; Carriers; Backup Power; Facilities
RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
Requires a wireless telecommunications carrier, as a condition for any permit under section 206N-6 or certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 269-7.5, to maintain emergency backup power for a minimum of twelve hours. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to CPC, referral sheet 4 |
WARD, ALCOS, IWAMOTO, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA |
CPC |
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HB1421 HD1
Cesspool Conversion Financing Program; On-bill Financing; Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority; Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FINANCING.
Establishes and appropriates funds for a cesspool conversion on-bill financing program to be administered by the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority to provide low-interest loans to eligible homeowners for the upgrade, conversion, or connection of cesspools. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA |
EEP, FIN |
SB1512 |
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HB1423 HD1
Board of Land and Natural Resources; Hanalei Bay; Boundaries; Vessel Restrictions; Exemptions
RELATING TO HANALEI BAY.
Prohibits vessels longer than seventy-five feet from entering Hanalei Bay except for vessels operated by a federal, state, or county agency. Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to define boundaries of Hanalei Bay by rule. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA, EVSLIN, MORIKAWA |
WAL, JHA |
SB1511 |
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HB1425 HD1
Working Group; Year-Round Legislative Session; LRB; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE.
Establishes a temporary working group to study the feasibility of transitioning the Hawaii State Legislature's Regular Session from one that meets for three and a half months from mid-January to early May, to one that meets on a year-round basis. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to provide administrative support to the working group. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/10/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA |
LMG, FIN |
SB1514 |
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HB1427 HD1 SD1
DOH; DOA; Avian Influenza; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO AVIAN INFLUENZA.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health and Department of Agriculture to prevent, monitor, and respond to avian influenza in Hawaii. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
NAKAMURA |
HHS/AEN, WAM |
SB1591 |
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HB1428 HD1 SD1
HHFDC; Housing Counseling Agencies; ALICE Households; Report; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to allocate to housing counseling agencies certified by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide housing counseling services. Requires a report to the Legislature regarding services provided by the housing counseling agencies. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/20/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
NAKAMURA |
HOU, WAM |
SB1592 |
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HB1429
CIP; Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Representative Districts; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, AND SEVENTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth representative districts. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
NAKAMURA, EVSLIN, MORIKAWA |
FIN |
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HB1431 HD2
Department of Health; Oral Health Task Force; Position; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH.
Establishes an Oral Health Task Force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Establishes temporary full-time equivalent program specialist V positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to HHS, WAM. |
NAKAMURA |
HHS, WAM |
SB1516 |
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HB1432 HD1
Housing; Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund; Nonprofit Community Development Financial Institutions
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Adds loan funds administered by Nonprofit Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) for certain for-sale affordable housing projects to list of loan priorities for the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund. Expands use of funds in the revolving fund to allow financing as matching funds for CDFIs to mobilize other funding sources. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/12/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). |
NAKAMURA |
HSG, FIN |
SB572 |
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HB1433 HD2
Judiciary; Pre-litigation Mediation Pilot Program; Summary Possession; Landlords; Tenants; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EVICTION MEDIATION.
Beginning 2/5/2026, extends the period for a notice of termination of a rental agreement; requires landlords to engage in mediation and delay filing an action for summary possession if a tenant schedules mediation; and requires landlords to provide specific information in the 10‑calendar-day notice to tenants. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. Repeals 2/4/2027. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Kong, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
NAKAMURA |
CPC, JHA, FIN |
SB825 |
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HB1437 HD2
General Excise Tax; Exemption; Nonprofit Schools
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.
Establishes a general excise tax exemption on the gross proceeds or gross income received from sales of commodities or services that benefit nonprofit schools. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/12/2025- The committee on EDU deferred the measure. |
NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDU, WAM |
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HB1438
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. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 4 |
NAKAMURA |
JHA |
SB1508 |
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HB1442 HD1
Office of Entrepreneurship; Businesses; Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO OFFICE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
Establishes the Office of Entrepreneurship. Authorizes the use of the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund to fund a program in partnership with the Office that creates opportunities in film, media, electronic sports, and creative industries for new businesses. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/11/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
MATSUMOTO, COCHRAN, GARCIA, KAHALOA, KONG, MURAOKA, PIERICK, TEMPLO, WARD, WOODSON |
ECD, FIN |
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HB1448
CIP; Nineteenth Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINETEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the nineteenth representative district. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
HASHEM |
FIN |
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HB1449 HD2 SD1
DOA; Biosecurity; Pest Control; Plant Care Components; Rules; Penalties; Positions; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO PLANT CARE COMPONENTS.
Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules related to the Plant Care Component Program. Prohibits distributing plant care components that originated outside the State unless it was subjected to treatment before arrival. Establishes administrative penalties to enforce the Plant Care Component Program. Appropriates funds and establishes positions for purposes of the Plant Care Component Program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
QUINLAN |
AEN/JDC, WAM |
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HB1450 HD2 SD1
DOA; Climate-Resilient Food Systems Grant Pilot Program; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL CLIMATE RESILIENCY.
Establishes a three-year Climate-Resilient Food Systems Grant Pilot Program, to be administered by the Department of Agriculture. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(H)
4/15/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788). |
QUINLAN |
AEN, WAM |
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HB1453
Meeting Times; Boards; Limitations
RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.
Prohibits boards from beginning or continuing meetings after 9:00 p.m., excluding county council meetings. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 4 |
TAM, KILA, TEMPLO, Matayoshi |
JHA |
SB1617 |
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HB1457 HD1
DHHL; Counties; Tax Increment Financing
RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.
Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to apply to the counties for tax increment financing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
HUSSEY |
JHA, FIN |
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HB1461
Criminal Street Gang; Criminal Activities; Penalties
RELATING TO CRIMINAL STREET GANGS.
Establishes the offense of criminal street gang participation, solicitation, recruitment, or retention. Provides for enhanced penalties for crimes committed by a defendant while part of a criminal street gang. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 4 |
KILA, OLDS |
JHA |
SB792 |
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HB1467 HD2
DBEDT; Strengthen Hawaii Homes Act; Housing; Disaster Resiliency; Grants; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING RESILIENCY.
Establishes the Strengthen Hawaii Homes Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to administer grants to retrofit residential properties to enhance resilience against disaster impacts and reduce potential insurance liabilities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/20/2025- The committee on EDT deferred the measure. |
AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, PERRUSO |
EDT, WAM/CPN |
SB1560 |
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HB1471 HD1
Motor Vehicle; Certificate of Registration; Additional Fee; Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Imposes an additional fee for a certificate of registration for motor vehicles, to be deposited into the Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, KAPELA, MARTEN, PERRUSO, SOUZA, TARNAS |
TRN, FIN |
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HB1475
CIP; Thirty-seventh Representative District; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-seventh representative district. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to FIN, referral sheet 4 |
LA CHICA |
FIN |
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HB1487
Penal Code; Criminal Trespass; Criminal Property Damage; Penalties
RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.
Increases the category of offense for criminal trespass in the first and second degree and criminal property damage in the second, third, and fourth degree. |
(H)
1/27/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 4 |
OLDS, ALCOS, GARCIA, KILA, LEE, M., MURAOKA, QUINLAN |
JHA |
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HB1494 HD3 SD1
Department of Accounting and General Services; Stadium Authority; Stadium Development Special Fund; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO SPORTS FACILITIES.
Requires conditions placed on appropriations to the Stadium Development Special Fund to be met before expenditure. Restricts private donations to the Stadium Authority to use on stadium infrastructure and stadium development costs. Appropriates funds out of the Stadium Development Special Fund, subject to the completion of specific project readiness conditions. Requires certain moneys expended to be from private sources. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
4/11/2025- Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). |
GARRETT, YAMASHITA |
EDT/HRE, WAM |
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HB1495 HD1
DLNR; Commission on Water Resource Management; Keauhou Aquifer System Monitoring Pilot Project; Keauhou Aquifer System; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE KEAUHOU AQUIFER SYSTEM.
Establishes and appropriates funds for the Keauhou Aquifer System Monitoring Pilot Project within the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Appropriates funds for the installation of two monitoring wells in the Keauhou Aquifer System. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
KAHALOA, KAPELA, LOWEN, POEPOE, TARNAS |
EEP, WAL, FIN |
SB1602 |
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HB1496 HD2
Ka Papahana Kaiapuni; Complex Area Superintendents; BOE; Hawaiian Medium Language Education; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Establishes the position of Ka Papahana Kaiapuni Program Complex Area Superintendent. Requires that at least one at-large member of the Board of Education be a proficient Hawaiian speaking educator, practitioner, or scholar of Hawaiian studies or the Hawaiian language, to be selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Clarifies the purpose and objective of the Hawaiian Language Medium Education Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
KAHALOA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, COCHRAN, EVSLIN, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., MARTEN, MORIKAWA, MURAOKA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TARNAS |
EDN, JHA, FIN |
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HB1497 HD1 SD1
DOA; Restricted Use Pesticides; Online Reporting; Position Conversion; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture to develop an online reporting tool on restricted use pesticide usage. Appropriates funds to convert an unspecified number of temporary Environmental Health Specialist III positions into permanent positions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
3/13/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KAHALOA, EVSLIN, LAMOSAO, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA |
AEN, WAM |
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HB1498 HD1
Income Tax; Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit; General Excise Tax; Partial Exemption for Motion Picture Project Employers
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Increases the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit for qualified productions that utilize qualified production facilities located within the State. Changes the cap amount and aggregate cap amount of the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit to unspecified amounts. Imposes the manufacturing GET rate on motion picture, digital media, and film productions and repeals the provision in the definition of "qualified production costs" that applied the term to mean costs incurred that are subject to the highest GET rate. Exempts from the GET amounts received by a motion picture project employer from a client equal to amounts that are disbursed by the motion picture project employer for employee wages, salaries, payroll taxes, insurance premiums, and employment benefits and payments to loan-out companies. (HD1) |
(H)
2/14/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). |
LAMOSAO |
ECD, FIN |
SB1629 |
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HB1499 HD2
Department of Education; Administration of Medication; Students' Health and Safety
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Expands the Department of Education's authority to allow more trained staff to volunteer to assist students with the administration of medication. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(S)
3/6/2025- Referred to EDU, CPN/JDC. |
LA CHICA |
EDU, CPN/JDC |
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HB1500 HD1
Department of Education; School Meals; Prices
RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.
Repeals the authority of the Department of Education to set the price for school meals, except to provide a lower rate or free meals through rules. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
2/13/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
LA CHICA, CHUN, HUSSEY, LEE, M., MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, TEMPLO, WOODSON |
EDN, FIN |
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HB1504
Antitrust; Short Form
RELATING TO ANTITRUST.
Short form bill relating to antitrust. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI |
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HB1505
Consumer Protection; Short Form
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Short form bill relating to consumer protection. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI |
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HB1506
Nonprofits; Short Form
RELATING TO NONPROFITS.
Short form bill relating to nonprofits. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI |
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HB1507
Consumer Protection; Short Form
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Short form bill relating to consumer protection. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI |
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HB1508
Commerce; Short Form
RELATING TO COMMERCE.
Short form bill relating to commerce. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI |
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HB1509
Workers' Compensation; Treatment Plan; Response; Penalty
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Requires an employer to file a response, either accepting or objecting to a treatment plan, within seven days of receipt. Imposes a monetary penalty if an employer does not file a response within the seven-day period. Clarifies that a treatment plan is deemed accepted if an employer fails to file certain documents within the seven-day period. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MORIKAWA, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO |
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HB1510
Certificates of Inspection; License Plates; Obstruction; Enforcement
RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES.
Conditions the issuance of a certificate of inspection upon a vehicle not being equipped with any cover or shield installed over the license plate. Amends the penalty for obstruction of a license plate. Allows state or county parking enforcement officers to issue citations for vehicles with a cover or shield obstructing the license plate. Repeals the requirement that a cover or shield be intended to alter or interfere with the visibility, legibility, or identification of a license plate by law enforcement or traffic enforcement systems. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, KILA |
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HB1511
Consumer Protection; Vehicle Warranties; Home Warranties; Unsolicited Mail and Electronic Mail; Vehicle Manufacturers; Dealers; Insurers; Mortgage Loan Originators; Mortgage Servicers; Prohibitions
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Prohibits certain entities from distributing unsolicited mail or electronic mail that is reasonably likely to cause a consumer to believe that a vehicle manufacturer, dealer, mortgage loan originator, mortgage servicer, or insurance company is asking the consumer to send money to extend a vehicle warranty or home warranty, unless certain disclosures are met. Makes contracts that fail to meet disclosure requirements voidable at the option of the consumer. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MORIKAWA, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO |
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HB1512
Prohibition; Sale; Labeling; Flavored Nicotine Products; Nicotine Product Flavor Enhancers; E-Liquids; Penalties; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Beginning 1/1/2027, prohibits the sale of flavored nicotine products and nicotine product flavor enhancers and the mislabeling of e-liquids as nicotine free. Establishes penalties for violations. Authorizes the Department of Health to appoint, commission, or contract for services of inspectors. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TEMPLO |
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HB1513
Condominiums; Property Insurance; Condominium Loan Program; Reimbursable General Obligation Bonds; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Authorizes the issuance of reimbursable general obligation bonds to provide the necessary funds for the Condominium Loan Program. Appropriates funds from the Hurricane Reserve Trust Fund to provide initial coverage of the bond payments. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MORIKAWA, OLDS, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO |
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HB1514
Workers' Compensation; Vocational Rehabilitation Services; Certified Providers; Automatic Approval
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Clarifies the process for selecting a certified provider of rehabilitation services. Requires providers to automatically approve vocational rehabilitation services for an injured employee if those services will likely be required for suitable gainful employment. Requires providers to file an employee's vocational plan no later than ninety days after submitting an initial evaluation report, with certain exceptions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KILA, KITAGAWA, LEE, M., MARTEN, MORIKAWA, OLDS, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1515
Workers' Compensation; Functional Capacity Examination; Occupational Therapy; Physical Therapy
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Authorizes an attending physician to request a functional capacity examination and refer an injured employee for the examination without first obtaining permission from the employee's employer. Allows licensed occupational and physical therapists to be deemed qualified to perform functional capacity examinations. |
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1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KILA, KITAGAWA, LEE, M., MARTEN, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TEMPLO |
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HB1516
Pretrial Release; Bail
RELATING TO PRETRIAL RELEASE.
Requires certain factors to be considered when determining a defendant's financial ability to afford bail. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TEMPLO |
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HB1517
Judiciary; DCR; Penal Code; Sentencing; Review; Report
RELATING TO SENTENCING REVIEW.
Establishes a procedure for incarcerated individuals who have served at least ten years of their sentence to petition the court for a sentence reduction. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to report to the Legislature Hawaii Paroling Authority, and Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, Matsumoto |
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HB1518
DHS; SNAP; Incarcerated Individuals; Felony Drug Offenders
RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
By 1/1/2028, requires the Department of Human Services, upon obtaining a federal waiver, to establish a pre-release Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) application process for inmates nearing release. Allows all individuals convicted of an offense involving the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance to apply for SNAP benefits, regardless of treatment status. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1519
CSC; State or County Contractors; State or County Grantees; Officers; Immediate Family Members; Prohibited Contributions
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
Requires disclosure of the names of compensated officers, and their immediate family members, of state or county contractors and grantees with contracts or grants exceeding $250,000. Prohibits the compensated officers of state or county contractors, and their immediate family members, from making or soliciting certain campaign contributions for the duration of the contract exceeding $250,000. Prohibits state or county grantees, including compensated officers and their immediate family members, from making or soliciting certain contributions for the duration of the grant exceeding $250,000. Requires unlawful contributions to be returned to the contributor or escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KILA, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TEMPLO |
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HB1520
CSC; Campaign Finance; Criminal Prosecution; Period of Limitations
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
Provides that the period of limitations for criminal prosecutions under campaign finance laws commences upon discovery of the offense by the Campaign Spending Commission, rather than being limited to five years from the violation date or report filing date. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM |
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HB1521
Government Contracts; Contractors; Public Records
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
Clarifies that records created, received, maintained, or used by private contractors performing government functions on behalf of public agencies shall be subject to the Uniform Information Practices Act. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, GARRETT, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1522
Hawaii Civil Rights Commission; Anti-discrimination; Statute of Limitations
RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION.
Lengthens the statute of limitations to file a complaint of discrimination with the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission to one year. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM |
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HB1523
Pedestrian-control Signals; Traffic Code; Countdown Timer
RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE.
Removes references to countdown timers as it relates to pedestrian-control signals, including the requirement that pedestrians must begin crossing a roadway before a countdown timer begins. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TODD, Matsumoto |
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HB1524
Pedestrian; Violations; Fines; Limitation
RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS.
Establishes that fines for pedestrian violations under chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall not exceed $25. Requires state and county agencies to revise applicable schedules of fines, rules, and procedures to comply with the monetary limit. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TODD |
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HB1525
Elections; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Appropriates funds to: (1) the counties for more voter service centers for in-person voting; (2) the Office of Elections to print and mail the digital voter information guide to all registered voters; and (3) the Office of Elections to support a public outreach and engagement campaign to encourage greater voter participation. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, GARCIA, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TEMPLO |
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HB1526
Anti-discrimination; Prohibitions; Certain Characteristics; Intersectionality
RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION.
Prohibits discrimination based on: (1) The perception that a person possesses certain characteristics; (2) The perception that a person is associated with a person who possesses, or is perceived to possess, certain characteristics; or (3) The intersection or combination of two or more specified characteristics in relation to a person. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, Amato |
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HB1527
New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District; University of Hawaii Athletic Programs; Gambling; Prohibition
RELATING TO GAMBLING.
Prohibits any casino, gambling enterprise, or gambling facility from being located on state lands within or adjacent to the Aloha Stadium Development District project area or on any lands under the jurisdiction of the Stadium Authority. Prohibits athletic programs of the University of Hawaii from competing in venues that are operated by or physically integrated with a gambling enterprise while clarifying that standard naming-rights or advertising agreements do not constitute prohibited sponsorships. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
GARRETT, ILAGAN |
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HB1528
Constitutional Amendment; Judges; Mandatory Retirement Age (ConAm)
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO INCREASE THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR STATE JUSTICES AND JUDGES.
Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the mandatory retirement age for justices and judges from seventy to seventy‑five years of age. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
GARRETT, TARNAS |
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HB1529
Public Agency Meetings and Records; Boards and Commissions; Quorum; Number of Votes Necessary to Validate Acts
RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
Reduces the quorum requirement for boards and commissions to a majority of current voting members of a board or commission. Reduces the number of affirmative votes needed to validate action of a board or commission to a majority of members voting at a meeting with quorum. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
GARRETT |
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HB1530
DOH; Community; Residential Treatment; Youth Mental Health Residential Treatment Program; Contract Requirements; General Liability Insurance; Community Safety Action Plan; Community Association; Neighborhood Boards; Notification
RELATING TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT.
Requires any person applying to the Department of Health to contract or extend or renew a contract to operate certain residential treatment programs to, as a condition of the contract, obtain and maintain a general liability insurance policy with a certain minimum coverage amount; submit to the Department for review and approval a community safety action plan; and provide to the community association or neighborhood board in the community in which the program will operate a written notice of the program's establishment and location and the community safety action plan. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KONG |
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HB1531
Emergency; Official Announcements; Broadcast Media; American Sign Language; Sign Language Interpreter
RELATING TO EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Requires the Governor or mayor of a county to provide an American Sign Language interpreter during each official announcement broadcast via television or the Internet during a state of emergency. Requires the Governor or mayor of a county to ensure, to the fullest extent possible, that the American Sign Language interpreter's face, body, arms, and hands are visible during the broadcast. Requires a news media outlet to display the American Sign Language interpreter in a picture-in-picture window during broadcasts of official emergency announcements. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KONG |
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HB1532
Taxation; Large Cigars; Pipe Tobacco; Unlawful Shipment of Tobacco Products; Direct Sale; Personal Use; Exemption
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Excludes from the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products the direct sale of large cigars and pipe tobacco to adult consumers for personal use. Effective 1/1/2027. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KONG |
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HB1533
Minimum Wage; Tip Credit
RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE.
Repeals the minimum wage and tip credit increases that are to occur on 1/1/2028. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KONG |
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HB1534
Jury Duty; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Exemption
RELATING TO JURY DUTY.
Allows actively practicing advanced practice registered nurses to claim exemption from service as a juror. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, HASHEM, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1535
Income Tax Credit; Automated External Defibrillator Devices; Places of Public Accommodation
RELATING TO AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS.
Establishes an income tax credit for the purchase and installation of automated external defibrillator devices by certain places of public accommodation. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, CHUN, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1536
Health Insurance; Mandatory Coverage; Health Benefits; Prosthetic Devices; Orthotic Devices; Health Insurers; Mutual Benefit Societies; Health Maintenance Organizations
RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the cost of prosthetic devices, including activity-specific prostheses, and orthotic devices for policies, contracts, plans, and agreements issued or renewed on or after 1/1/2027. Establishes an unspecified minimum yearly benefit for prosthetic devices and orthotic devices. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, GARCIA, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS |
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HB1537
DOH; Adolescent Mental Health Services; Community-Based Organizations; Prevention; Early Intervention; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to contract with community-based organizations to provide preventive and early intervention mental health services to adolescents within the community. Requires a report to the Legislature. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1538
Hospital Licensing; Department of Health; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Accreditation Organizations; Certification Organizations; Licensing Inspections
RELATING TO HOSPITAL LICENSING.
Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules to allow hospitals to demonstrate compliance with all licensing inspections required by the State through accreditation or certification by any accreditation or certification organization recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA |
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HB1539
Mail Order Pharmacies; Community Retail Pharmacies; Prohibitions
RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
Repeals certain prohibitions on the imposition of fees, conditions, or requirements on community retail pharmacies that are not imposed on mail order pharmacies. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA |
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HB1540
Department of Health; Home Health Agencies; Accreditation; Certification; Licensing Inspections; Public Information
RELATING TO HOME HEALTH LICENSING.
Authorizes the Department of Health to accept accreditation from an accreditation organization or a certification organization recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as demonstration that a licensed home health agency is in compliance with all licensing inspections required by the State. Specifies conditions under which a home health agency may be exempt from a licensing inspection on a continuing basis. Requires information obtained in reports of survey and accreditation or certification letters to be public information. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA |
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HB1541
Department of Health; Developmental Disabilities Division; Hawaii State Hospital; Positions; Civil Service Exemptions
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Exempts certain positions in the Developmental Disabilities Division of the Department of Health and Hawaii State Hospital from civil service. Authorizes the Director of Health to appoint two additional associate administrators and two project managers for the Hawaii State Hospital or a secure psychiatric rehabilitation facility. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA |
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HB1542
DOH; Medical Cannabis; Health Care Facilities; Access
RELATING TO COMPASSIONATE ACCESS TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.
Allows terminally ill patients and qualifying patients over sixty-five years of age with chronic diseases to use medical cannabis within specified health care facilities under certain conditions. Requires enforcement by the Department of Health. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA |
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HB1543
Environmental Review; FONSI; Acceptance of EIS; Validity; Time Limit
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
Specifies a time limit for the validity of a finding of no significant impact of a final environmental assessment or acceptance of a final environmental impact statement for a proposed action. Requires an agency or applicant to commence a new environmental review process for the proposed action if the validity expires. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
POEPOE, AMATO, CHUN, GARRETT, HUSSEY, IWAMOTO, KILA, OLDS, PERRUSO, SOUZA, Lowen |
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HB1544
Environmental Assessment; Environmental Impact Statement; Requirement; Significant Historic Properties; Traditional Cultural Properties
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS.
Requires that an environmental assessment be conducted and an environmental impact statement be prepared for any proposed use within historic properties considered significant or recognized as a traditional cultural property. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
POEPOE, AMATO, GARRETT, IWAMOTO, KILA, PERRUSO, SHIMIZU, SOUZA |
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HB1545
DLIR; Insurance Commissioner; Nontraditional Workforce; Portable Health Care Benefits; Voluntary Pilot Program; High Deductible Health Plan; Catastrophic Health Plan; Health Savings Account; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PLANS FOR WORKERS.
Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, in consultation with the Insurance Commissioner, to establish and implement a five-year voluntary Nontraditional Workforce Portable Health Care Benefit Plan Pilot Program that offers high deductible health plans or catastrophic health plans to nontraditional workers who are ineligible for health benefits provided by the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund or prepaid health care plans under the Prepaid Health Care Act. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KAHALOA, AMATO, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM |
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HB1546
DHS; DCCA; Health Coverage Continuity Pilot Program; Bronze Level; Catastrophic Plan; Subsidies; Waivers; Vouchers; Employer Contributions; Portability; Reports
RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
Establishes a three-year Health Coverage Continuity Pilot Program within the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to assist individuals who have lost Medicaid health insurance coverage and lack access to other health insurance options. Authorizes the Department of Human Services to contract with a nonprofit health insurer or community-based organization to operate the Pilot Program; provided that the Department shall allow the operator to access state-backed reinsurance or risk stabilization support for the operator of the Pilot Program. Authorizes the Department of Human Services to: (1) Issue premium subsidies or vouchers; and (2) Accept employer contributions; provided that the benefit shall be portable and follow the individual without imposing compliance or administrative obligations on the State or an employer. Requires reports to the Legislature. Repeals 6/30/2029. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KAHALOA, AMATO, CHUN, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1547
Department of Taxation; Health Insurance; Health Savings Account-Eligible High Deductible Health Plan; Bronze Plan; Catastrophic Plan; Tax Credit; Medically Underserved Areas
RELATING TO HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
For taxable years beginning 1/1/2026, establishes a tiered nonrefundable tax credit for qualified taxpayer insurers that offer one or more federally qualified health savings account‑eligible high deductible health plans in the State, under certain conditions, and increasing the tax credit to incentivize more plans being written in rural medically underserved areas of the State. Requires qualified taxpayer insurers to match up to a certain amount of a policyholder's first-time contribution into a health savings account. Sunsets 12/31/2030. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KAHALOA, AMATO, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, TAKAYAMA, TAM |
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HB1548
Penal Code; Misdemeanors; Sentencing
RELATING TO SENTENCING.
Limits the maximum term of imprisonment for misdemeanors, or for offenses punishable by up to or not exceeding one year, to three hundred sixty-four days. Allows individuals previously sentenced to a one-year term of imprisonment to apply to the court for a sentence modification to conform to the new limit. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, Reyes Oda |
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HB1549
Controlled Substances; Drug Paraphernalia; Repeal
RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
Repeals the law prohibiting drug paraphernalia under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1550
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; Drug Paraphernalia; Drug Testing Products
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Excludes drug testing products from the definition of drug paraphernalia under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PERRUSO, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, Poepoe |
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HB1551
Elections Commission; Chief Election Officer; Termination
RELATING TO THE CHIEF ELECTIONS OFFICER.
Specifies that the Chief Election office who passes the standard state probationary period may only be terminated for cause. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, ILAGAN, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM |
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HB1552
AG; Elections Commission; Chief Election Officer; Vacancy
RELATING TO THE CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER.
Provides that, in the event of a vacancy in the position of Chief Election Officer, the Attorney General shall serve as the Interim Chief Election Officer until the Elections Commission appoints a new Chief Election Officer. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, ILAGAN, KILA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1553
Golf Course Operators; Incidental Take Licenses; Habitat Conservation Plans; Emergency Medical and Rehabilitation Services Agreement
RELATING TO HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANS.
Requires any operator of a golf course in the State to consult with the Department of Land and Natural Resources to apply for an incidental take license and enter into a habitat conservation plan. Requires any existing habitat conservation plan that does not include an agreement for emergency medical and rehabilitation services to affected native wildlife to be amended to include the agreement, and the amended rights and obligations under the habitat conservation plan to be recorded by a certain deadline. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, KAPELA, KILA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, OLDS, SOUZA, TAM |
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HB1554
State Workers; Short Form
RELATING TO STATE WORKERS.
Short form bill relating to state workers. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA |
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HB1555
Collective Bargaining; Short Form
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Short form bill relating to collective bargaining. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA |
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HB1556
Labor; Short Form
RELATING TO LABOR.
Short form bill relating to labor. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA |
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HB1557
Labor; Short Form
RELATING TO LABOR.
Short form bill relating to labor. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA |
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HB1558
Labor; Short Form
RELATING TO LABOR.
Short form bill relating to labor. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA |
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HB1559
Department of Education; Telecommunication Devices; Prohibited
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Prohibits a student from using a telecommunication device on school grounds during the instructional day, with certain exceptions. Requires a confiscated telecommunication device to be released only to the student's legal parent or guardian, who then has three months to retrieve the device or subject the device to forfeiture. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, EVSLIN, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS |
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HB1560
Consumer Protection; Digital Financial Assets; Virtual Currencies; Kiosks; Digital Financial Asset Wallet Address
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Beginning 10/1/2026, prohibits digital financial asset transaction kiosks from allowing any two customers from conducting transactions with the same digital financial asset wallet address and requires operators to provide full refunds under certain circumstances. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1561
Keiki Caucus; State Public Charter School Commission; Public Charter Schools; Meal Subsidies; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.
Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires public charter schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to provide free meals to students whose family income is no more than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1562
Keiki Caucus; DOH; Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division; Digital Youth Mental Health Platform Pilot Project; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH.
Establishes and appropriates funds for a one-year Digital Youth Mental Health Platform Pilot Project that will enable the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division of the Department of Health to develop and make publicly available a digital platform designed to help young people address and manage mental health challenges. Requires a report to the Legislature. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO |
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HB1563
Keiki Caucus; Cigarettes, Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices; Sale; Regulation; County Authority
RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
Repeals existing law that preempts local ordinances or regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices and voids any existing local laws and regulations conflicting with the state law governing smoking. Allows counties to adopt ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices that do not conflict with and are more stringent than the state law that governs smoking. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO, Iwamoto |
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HB1564
Keiki Caucus; Electric Bicycles; Electric Micro Mobility Devices; Regulation; Electric Mobility Devices; High-Speed Electric Device; Electric Motorcycles
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Establishes safe riding behaviors for electric bicycles. Prohibits the operation of high-speed electric devices in certain locations. Beginning 12/31/2026, establishes labeling and signage requirements for electric bicycles. Prohibits the operation of a moped or electric motorcycle in certain locations. Amends the definition of "bicycle" for purposes of county vehicular taxes. Defines "electric bicycle" in place of "low-speed electric bicycle". Defines "electric micro-mobility device" and requires the same regulations as electric foot scooters. Prohibits a person under the age of sixteen from operating a class 3 electric bicycle. Authorizes a person under the age of fourteen to operate class 2 electric bicycles under supervision. Prohibits a person from riding a class 3 electric bicycle on a sidewalk. Authorizes a person to ride a class 1 or class 2 electric bicycle on a sidewalk under certain circumstances. Prohibits a person from operating a bicycle or electric foot scooter under the age of eighteen without a helmet. Repeals the requirement that moped drivers use bicycle lanes. Substitutes the term "motor-driven cycle" with the term "motor scooter". |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, KAPELA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, OLDS, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO, Muraoka |
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HB1565
Keiki Caucus; Judiciary; Child Welfare System; Legal Services for Youth; Working Group; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.
Establishes a working group within the Judiciary to improve family court processes, including access to legal representation for youth in the child welfare system. Appropriates funds for the working group. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MARTEN, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LEE, M., MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO, Matsumoto |
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HB1566
HSEO; DAGS; State Agencies; Energy Efficiency; Lighting; First Responder Facilities; Report
RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
Requires each state agency to expeditiously use energy efficient lighting. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to provide technical assistance and survey state agencies for compliance, prioritizing first responder facilities. Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to assist the Hawaii State Energy Office in conducting the survey. Requires a report of the survey to the Legislature. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAM |
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HB1567
PUC; Residential Electricity Rate Structures; Medical Essential Needs Energy Program; Rising-Block Tariff
RELATING TO ENERGY EQUITY.
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish residential electricity rate structures that prioritize affordability and equity. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a lifeline baseline performance standard, a medical essential needs energy program, and a new tariff. Requires electric utilities to file revised tariffs no later than twelve months after the Public Utilities Commission has issued a final decision and order under this Act. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to convene a stakeholder process for developing and implementing this Act. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, LOWEN, POEPOE, SOUZA |
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HB1568
Liquefied Natural Gas; Infrastructure; Permits; Leases; Counties; Purchase Agreements; Prohibition; Hawaii State Planning Act; Public Utilities Commission; Department of Health
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Prohibits, after 6/30/2026, the importation or storage of liquefied natural gas; the construction, expansion, or operation of liquefied natural gas infrastructure; and state agencies or counties from issuing a permit or lease that enables the development or expansion of liquefied natural gas, with certain exemptions. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission and Department of Health to adopt rules for the enforcement and compliance of the prohibition. Repeals a provision from the Hawaii State Planning Act making it a policy of the State to use liquefied natural gas as a transitional, limited-term replacement of petroleum. Prohibits, after 6/30/2026, the approval of a new or renewed purchase agreement that proposes to supply a utility with liquefied natural gas and the modification of an existing liquefied natural gas purchase agreement that proposes to extend the term or increase the amount of liquefied natural gas that is supplied under the existing agreement. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, IWAMOTO, POEPOE, SOUZA |
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HB1569
DOH; Newly Manufactured Washing Machines; Microfiber Filters; Requirements
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
Phases in requirements that all newly manufactured washing machines sold within the State by January 1, 2042, be equipped with a microfiber filter. Requires certification that newly manufactured washing machines have microfiber filters. Establishes penalties. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, LOWEN, MARTEN, POEPOE |
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HB1570
Neonicotinoid Pesticides; Prohibition; Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity; Evaluations
RELATING TO NEONICOTINOIDS.
Beginning 1/1/2027, prohibits the sale, possession, or use of a pesticide containing one or more neonicotinoid pesticides, under certain conditions. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to evaluate the potential impacts of and adopt any necessary control measures for neonicotinoid pesticide use on pollinating insects, native migratory and resident birds, aquatic organisms, and human health. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
PERRUSO, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, LOWEN, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1571
Condominiums; Project; Registration; Agricultural District; Neighborhood Boards
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
For purposes of registering a condominium project in an agricultural district, (1) lowers the threshold from projects with five units to projects with two units for which a signed statement from a county is required and (2) requires a signed statement from the neighborhood board, if applicable. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
PERRUSO, BELATTI, KUSCH, MARTEN, OLDS, Amato |
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HB1572
DAB; Restorative Aquaculture Development Program; Workforce Development; Restorative Aquaculture Advisory Council; Appropriation; Reports
RELATING TO AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT.
Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to: (1) Establish a four-year Restorative Aquaculture Development Program to reduce aquaculture permit processing time, support aquaculture infrastructure expansion, increase the aquaculture workforce, and pursue federal aquaculture grants; (2) Establish three pilot demonstration sites for restorative aquaculture; and (3) Convene a Restorative Aquaculture Advisory Council. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
PERRUSO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, KAPELA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, SOUZA, TARNAS, Amato |
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HB1573
AG; Electronic Smoking Devices; E-Liquids; Marketing Granted Order; Directory; Penalties
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires electronic smoking device and e-liquid manufacturers to certify to the Department of Attorney General annually that the manufacturer received a Marketing Granted Order from the federal Food and Drug Administration and that the manufacturer is in compliance with federal regulations and state laws. Requires the Department to compile and make public a directory of all electronic smoking device and e-liquid manufacturers and products duly certified. Establishes penalties for manufacturers that fail to comply with the certification requirements and for other parties that sell products that are not in the directory. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, ILAGAN, KILA, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1574
Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program; Healthcare Professionals; Minimum Service Requirements
RELATING TO THE HEALTHCARE EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.
Requires a participant in the Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program to remain and work in the State for a certain number of years based on the amount of financial assistance received. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, GARRETT, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1575
Movement Disorder Care; Parkinson's Patient Air Transport Feasibility Committee; Patient Access; Interisland Travel; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ACCESS TO MOVEMENT DISORDER CARE.
Establishes a temporary Parkinson's Patient Air Transport Feasibility Committee to examine recommendations for improving access to movement disorder care for neighbor island residents, including the feasibility of a state-administered air transport assistance fund. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAKAYAMA, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, WOODSON |
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HB1576
Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Film Permits; Tax Credit; Information; Public Notice
RELATING TO FILMING.
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to provide public notice of certain information whenever a production obtains a permit or enters into a memorandum of agreement or understanding with DBEDT to film a visually recorded production at certain locations. Requires DBEDT to provide public notice of certain information whenever a production registers for pre-qualification or is determined to qualify for the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit and simultaneously post notice on a publicly accessible part of its website. Allows individuals to sign up to receive notice by electronic mail or postal mail. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TEMPLO, AMATO, CHUN, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, KILA, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, TAM |
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HB1577
Smart911; Department of Accounting and General Services; 911 Board
RELATING TO 911 SERVICES.
Requires the 911 Board to establish, implement, and maintain a statewide emergency safety profile system that allows residents to voluntarily create and manage secure personal profiles containing information relevant to emergency responses. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MORIKAWA, AMATO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, TAKENOUCHI, TEMPLO |
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HB1578
Channels; Streambeds; Streambanks; Drainageways; Maintenance; Counties; BLNR
RELATING TO STREAM MAINTENANCE.
Transfers responsibilities related to the maintenance of channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways from the counties to the Board of Land and Natural Resources. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
QUINLAN |
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HB1579
Light Pollution; Establishment of Outdoor Light Fixture Requirements Throughout the State
RELATING TO LIGHT POLLUTION.
Beginning 7/1/2027, establishes outdoor light fixture requirements throughout the State. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, CHUN, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1580
State Programs; Short Form
RELATING TO STATE PROGRAMS.
Short form bill relating to state programs. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
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HB1581
Taxation; Short Form
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Short form bill relating to taxation. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TODD |
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HB1582
State Finances; Short Form
RELATING TO STATE FINANCES.
Short form bill relating to state finances. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TODD |
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HB1583
State Budget; Short Form
RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.
Short form bill relating to the state budget. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TODD |
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HB1584
Non-General Funds; Short Form
RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.
Short form bill relating to non-general funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TODD |
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HB1585
Taxation; GET; Exemption; Groceries; SNAP; WIC
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.
Exempts eligible groceries from the General Excise Tax. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KONG |
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HB1586
Community Association Managers; Managing Agents; Condominiums; Cooperative Housing Corporations; Homeowners Associations
RELATING TO COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES.
Clarifies that a community association manager is an individual who is the managing agent responsible for the contracted management and oversight of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium association, or homeowners association. Amends the definition of "managing agent" to include a community association manager. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KONG |
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HB1587
Condominiums; Associations; Boards; Managing Agents; Self-Governance; Compliance
RELATING TO COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES.
Specifies that all condominium associations, boards, and managing agents are required to comply with the declaration, bylaws, and all county ordinances and state and federal laws, rules, and regulations, including mortgage lending requirements. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KONG |
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HB1588
DOT; Noise Detection Camera Program
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Establishes the noise detection camera program in the Department of Transportation for the installation of noise detection cameras for the enforcement of noise control laws. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAM, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, WOODSON, Amato, Morikawa |
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HB1589
DBEDT; Hawaii Dementia Initiative Business Recognition Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.
Establishes the Hawaii Dementia Initiative Business Recognition Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Appropriates moneys. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAM, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TEMPLO |
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HB1590
Short-term Vacation Rentals; Enforcement; Liens; Screenshots; Fines; Destination Management; County Transient Accommodations Tax; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO VACATION RENTALS.
Requires banks and lenders with a lien upon an illegal short-term rental to foreclose if the lien is not settled within five years. Allows counties to use time-stamped screenshots as evidence for the enforcement of short-term vacation rentals. Requires short-term vacation rental brokers to provide certain data to the Department of Taxation on or before 3/31 following the close of the calendar year. Authorizes the Department of Taxation to issue fines. Includes short-term vacation rental enforcement in the Hawaii Tourism Authority's plans, practices, and efforts involving destination management. Clarifies that the counties may use revenue from the County Transient Accommodations Tax for the enforcement of short-term vacation rentals. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TAM, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE |
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HB1591
Healthcare Preceptor Tax Credit; Physician Assistants; Social Workers; Residency Programs; Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee; Director of Health
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.
Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer‑based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors, including removing "primary care" from the criteria to qualify as a preceptor. Adds physician assistants and social workers to the list of preceptors and eligible students. Expands eligibility for the tax credit to include accredited residency programs that require preceptor support. Adds the Director of Health and representatives of residency programs with eligible students to the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA, GARRETT, HOLT, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, OLDS, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1592
Penal Code; Assault; Educational Workers; Sports Officials
RELATING TO ASSAULT.
Elevates criminal penalties for assaults committed against educational workers and sports officials, while preserving appropriate judicial discretion at sentencing. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
GARRETT, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS |
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HB1593
HHFDC; Affordable Rental Housing; Pet Inclusive
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
Requires, for any affordable rental housing development project that receives financing or any financial assistance from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, that the Corporation require the housing development lease or occupancy agreement to allow residents to own or otherwise maintain one or more common household pets. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
GARRETT, CHUN, KILA, MIYAKE, POEPOE |
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HB1594
Animal Importation; Proof of Sterilization; Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity; Documentation; Breeder Registry
RELATING TO ANIMAL IMPORTATION.
Requires, as a condition of entry into the State, documentation verifying that any dog or cat imported into the State has been surgically sterilized, subject to certain exemptions. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to establish a breeder registry and adopt rules. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
GARRETT, CHUN, EVSLIN, MIYAKE |
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HB1595
State Librarian; Salary Cap
RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARIAN.
Repeals the salary cap for the state librarian. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
GARRETT, KILA, MIYAKE, TAKENOUCHI |
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HB1596
University of Hawaii; Basic Needs Pilot Program; Housing Stability Pilot Project; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO STUDENT BASIC NEEDS SUPPORT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
Establishes a Basic Needs Pilot Program at a single campus of the University of Hawaii system. Authorizes the establishment of a Housing Stability Pilot Project at that campus. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
GARRETT, AMATO, EVSLIN, KILA, LA CHICA, OLDS, PERRUSO, WOODSON |
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HB1597
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Research Center; University of Hawaii; JABSOM; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS RESEARCH.
Establishes and appropriates funds for an Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Research Center at the University of Hawaii, including the establishment of two full-time positions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
GARRETT, AMATO, CHUN, KAHALOA, KILA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MURAOKA, OLDS, POEPOE, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, WOODSON |
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HB1598
University of Hawaii; Hawaii Climate Institute; International Pacific Research Center; Transient Accommodations Tax; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII CLIMATE INSTITUTE.
Establishes the Hawaii Climate Institute at the University of Hawaii to support climate resilience and adaptation initiatives of the University and the State. Requires six per cent of the revenue generated by any increase to the Transient Accommodations Tax rates beginning on January 1, 2026, and by assessment of the Transient Accommodations Tax on gross rental proceeds derived from cruise fares to be allocated to the University of Hawaii annually to support the programs and operations of the Hawaii Climate Institute. Transfers the International Pacific Research Center of the University of Hawaii at Manoa's School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology to the Hawaii Climate Institute. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
GARRETT, AMATO, EVSLIN, KAPELA, KILA, LA CHICA, OLDS, SAYAMA, SOUZA, WOODSON |
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HB1599
Public Employees Benefits; Sick and Vacation Leave; EUTF; Transfer; Break in Service
RELATING TO TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
Requires the State, Legislature, and counties to amend rules and policies to ensure that certain employees can transfer accrued vacation and sick leaves if rehired by the State or a county within one calendar year of separation. Extends the allowable break in service for purposes of determining certain state and county contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund from ninety calendar days to one full year. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
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HB1600
Gambling; Social Gambling; Affirmative Defense; Noise Complaints
RELATING TO GAMBLING.
Provides that a defendant may not assert social gambling as an affirmative defense if the gambling activity occurred at the defendant's residence and gambling activities have resulted in multiple recent documented noise complaints. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
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HB1601
DLNR; Hawaii Invasive Species Council Appropriation; Biosecurity; Expending Agency
RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.
Amends the expending agency for a fiscal year 2026-2027 appropriation for the Hawaii Invasive Species Council from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to the Department of Land and Natural Resources. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
CHUN, Kusch |
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HB1602
Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity; Grant Specialist; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Appropriates funds to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) grant specialist position within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
CHUN, KAHALOA, Kusch |
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HB1603
Agricultural Parks; Lease Extensions
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARK LEASES.
Repeals the requirement for land covered by an agricultural park lease with a remaining term of fifteen years or less to be located in a county having a population of less than five hundred thousand in order for the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to extend the lease. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
CHUN, KAHALOA, LOWEN, MATSUMOTO, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, Kusch |
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HB1604
DAB; Agricultural Workforce Housing Working Group; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE HOUSING.
Establishes an Agricultural Workforce Housing Working Group within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to address the shortage and challenges of agricultural workforce housing in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
CHUN, KAHALOA, LOWEN, MATSUMOTO, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, Kusch |
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HB1605
UH; CTAHR; Food Security; Human and Community Resilience Institute; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HUMAN AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience for the development of its human and community resilience institute. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
CHUN, GARRETT, KAHALOA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MATSUMOTO, PERRUSO |
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HB1606
DAB; ADC; Aquaculture and Livestock Support Services Branch; Agricultural Development Division; Transfer
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Transfers oversight of the Aquaculture and Livestock Support Services Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Transfers the Agricultural Development Division of DAB to the ADC. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
CHUN |
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HB1607
Public Procurement; Local Preference; Hawaii Businesses
RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT.
Requires purchasing agencies to apply a local preference to Hawaii businesses in evaluating bids or proposals. Establishes criteria for a Hawaii business to qualify for a local preference. Establishes tiered local preference percentages to be applied based on bid price. Establishes procedures for contract awardees who fail to meet or maintain the preference criteria. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN, AMATO, EVSLIN, HUSSEY, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, MURAOKA, PERRUSO, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1608
SPRB; Fenix Space, Inc.; Hilo International Airport ($)
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST FENIX SPACE, INC.
Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for the planning, design, and construction of the Fenix Space launch platform system and Fenix Space Hilo flight operations facility. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, MATSUMOTO, SHIMIZU, WOODSON, Amato |
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HB1609
Stadium Authority; Hawaii Tourism Authority; Naming Rights; Stadium; Convention Center; Concessions; Advertising; Marketing; Stadium Development Special Fund; Convention Center Enterprise Special Fund
RELATING TO STATE FACILITIES.
Allows the naming rights of the Stadium Facility and Convention Center Facility to be leased to any public or private entity. Requires any revenues derived from advertising or marketing in or on the Stadium Facility or Convention Center Facility to be deposited into the appropriate special fund of the facility. Authorizes the display of the name of any entity that leased the naming rights to a stadium operated by the Stadium Authority on the exterior of the stadium. Exempts concessions within the stadium facility and convention center from chapter 102, HRS. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN, AMATO, KILA, MATSUMOTO, OLDS, SAYAMA, SHIMIZU, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1610
Deposit Beverage Container Program; Deposit Beverage Distributors; Redemption Centers; Internal Control Process; Independent Audits; Repeal
RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM.
Requires only selected redemption centers to send monthly or semi-annual distribution reports and supporting records to the Deposit Beverage Container Program. Repeals the requirement that all deposit beverage distributors develop and submit an internal control process to the Deposit Beverage Container Program and obtain independent audits for years ending in an odd number. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN, KILA, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, OLDS, SHIMIZU, Amato, Hussey |
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HB1611
General Excise Tax; Groceries: Nonprescription Drugs; Reduced Rate; Exemptions; Wholesale; County Surcharge
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Beginning 1/1/2027, establishes a yearly reduction in the general excise tax rate on groceries and nonprescription drugs on a tiered schedule, until 1/1/2034 and thereafter, when a full general excise tax exemption applies. Beginning 1/1/2028, provides a general excise tax exemption on the wholesale sale of groceries and nonprescription drugs. Beginning 1/1/2027, prohibits the counties from imposing a county surcharge on groceries and nonprescription drugs. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, MURAOKA, OLDS, SHIMIZU, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1612
Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Business Competitiveness Goals; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Establishes a business competitiveness goal for the State to achieve a ranking of being in the top thirty states in the United States for business climate by 2045, with interim goals. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to submit annual reports on progress in meeting the business competitive goals. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN, AMATO, KILA, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, SHIMIZU, WOODSON, Alcos |
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HB1613
HTDC; Advanced Manufacturing and Cybersecurity Specialist; Marketing and Branding Specialist; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to establish Advanced Manufacturing and Cybersecurity Specialist and Marketing and Branding Specialist positions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN, AMATO, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, SAYAMA, TAM, WOODSON, Alcos |
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HB1614
HTDC; Hawaii Technology Development Corporation Revolving Fund; Federal Grants; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Establishes the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation Revolving Fund for the purpose of financing the State's matching contributions required by federal grants. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN, AMATO, HUSSEY, IWAMOTO, KILA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, OLDS, QUINLAN, SHIMIZU, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1615
Hawaii Technology and Development Corporation; Blue Economy; Ocean Technology and Innovation; Consultant; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Requires the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to contract for the services of a consultant to support the development, coordination, and implementation of certain state ocean technology and innovation initiatives and appropriates funds for this purpose. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, HUSSEY, KILA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, SHIMIZU, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1616
Agricultural Parks; Disposition; Commercial Activity; Swine; Swine Products
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Clarifies that the disposition of agricultural park lots for commercial activity may occur after the initial development of the agricultural park and regardless of whether the applicable county council approved plans and specifications for the future disposition of lots for commercial activity, with certain exceptions. Authorizes the care and production of swine and swine products within certain agricultural parks and under certain conditions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN, ALCOS, AMATO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, SHIMIZU |
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HB1617
Department of Taxation; Environmental Response, Energy, Carbon Emissions, and Food Security Tax; Carbon Emissions; Tax Credit; Agricultural Development and Food Security Special Fund; Carbon Emissions Tax and Dividend Special Fund; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Reestablishes the Agricultural Development and Food Security Special Fund. Establishes the Carbon Emissions Tax and Dividend Special Fund. Gradually increases the Environmental Response, Energy, Carbon Emissions, and Food Security tax rates and establishes a refundable carbon cashback tax credit to offset increases for most taxpayers. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN, CHUN, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, KAPELA, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, WOODSON, Amato, Belatti, Garrett, Kila, Lowen, Miyake, Reyes Oda |
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HB1618
HGIA; Cesspool Conversion Financing Program; Cesspool Conversion Loan Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CESSPOOL CONVERSIONS.
Establishes and appropriates funds for a cesspool conversion loan special fund, to be administered by the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority, to provide low-interest loans to eligible homeowners for the upgrade, conversion, or connection of cesspools. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
LOWEN, CHUN, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HASHEM, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TARNAS, TODD |
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HB1619
Zero-emission Transportation Goals; Electric Vehicle Infrastructure; Special Management Areas; Exclusion
RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
Excludes from the definition of "development", as it applies to special management areas, the construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of an electric vehicle charging system as a minor structure. Includes the Public Utilities Commission in the development and implementation of plans to meet the long-term goals for zero-emissions transportation in the State. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
LOWEN, EVSLIN, KAPELA, KILA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MIYAKE, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, WOODSON |
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HB1620
Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax; Electric Vehicle Charging System Subaccount; Increase
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Increases the environmental response, energy, and food security tax and the amount collected from the tax that is deposited into the electric vehicle charging system subaccount. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
LOWEN, PERRUSO |
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HB1621
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Commission; Conservation Agriculture and Soil Health Incentive Program; Agriculture; Technical Assistance; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Establishes a Conservation Agriculture and Soil Health Incentive Program within the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
LOWEN, CHUN, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KUSCH, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS |
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HB1622
SPRB; Bana Pacific Inc.; Biogas Production Facility ($)
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST BANA PACIFIC INC.
Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Bana Pacific Inc. in constructing a biogas production facility. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
LOWEN |
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HB1623
Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission; Duties; Executive Committee; Member Agencies; Reports; Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Reports; Zero Emissions Clean Economy Target
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
Establishes an executive committee and amends the membership and duties of the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission (Commission). Requires each member agency of the Commission to implement its own actions to address certain strategies and goals established by the Commission. Establishes reporting and review requirements for member agencies relating to climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts and clean economy targets. Updates reporting requirements for the Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation reports. Allows the Commission to enter into certain procurement contracts. Updates the zero emissions clean economy target. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
LOWEN, GRANDINETTI, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
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HB1624
Constitutional Amendment; Cannabis; Legalization; Adult Use (ConAm)
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO LEGALIZE THE ADULT USE OF CANNABIS.
Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize individuals aged twenty-one and older to use and possess a personal-use amount of cannabis. Requires the Legislature to enact laws governing the use, manufacture, distribution, sale, possession, regulation, and taxation of cannabis within the State. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1625
DCCA; DOH; DOA; DoTax; Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office; Adult-Use Cannabis; Medical Cannabis; Hemp; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO CANNABIS.
Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Contingent upon specific changes at the federal level or a state constitutional amendment, legalizes the personal adult use of cannabis and decriminalizes certain marijuana-related offenses. Beginning 1/1/2027, establishes taxes on cannabis sales. Adds new traffic offenses relating to the consumption or possession of marijuana or marijuana concentrate. Transfers the personnel and assets of the Department of Health and assets of the Department of Agriculture relating to cannabis and hemp to the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office. Establishes various positions within state entities. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, POEPOE, TAM |
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HB1626
Juvenile Justice; Minors; Fees; Fines; Court Costs; Penalties; Prohibited; Community Service
RELATING TO YOUTH PENALTIES.
Prohibits the assessment of any fees, fines, or court costs against a person who was adjudicated for an offense committed during the person's minority, or against the person's parent or guardian, and discharges all related debt obligations assessed before the effective date of the Act. Encourages the use of community service and other programs that employ aina-based principles. Repeals certain penalties imposed on parents, guardians, or other persons associated with unaccompanied children in streets and unmarried minors in dance halls. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1627
Penal Code; Sentencing; Repeat Offenders; Probation
RELATING TO SENTENCING.
Amends repeat offender sentencing provisions to allow sentencing courts, under certain circumstances, to sentence defendants in class C felony cases to probation with appropriate terms and conditions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1628
Hawaii Paroling Authority; Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Compassionate Release
RELATING TO COMPASSIONATE RELEASE.
Establishes a protocol for compassionate release for certain ill or seriously debilitated incarcerated persons. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1629
Economic Development; Short Form
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Short form bill relating to economic development. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN |
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HB1630
Economic Development; Short Form
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Short form bill relating to economic development. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN |
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HB1631
Economic Development; Short Form
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Short form bill relating to economic development. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN |
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HB1632
Economic Development; Short Form
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Short form bill relating to economic development. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN |
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HB1633
Economic Development; Short Form
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Short form bill relating to economic development. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ILAGAN |
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HB1634
DOE; Home School; Homeschooled Students; Public Schools; Extracurricular Activities; Equitable Access
RELATING TO EDUCATION EQUITY.
Requires the Department of Education to permit the participation of eligible homeschooled students in public high school extracurricular activities, subject to certain requirements and limitations. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
LEE, M., AMATO, BELATTI, GARCIA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, MURAOKA, OLDS, PIERICK, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1635
Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit; Commercial; Advertisement; Internet-only Distribution; Broadcast and Streaming Platforms
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Makes broadcast and streaming platform productions and commercial advertisement productions with Internet-only distribution eligible to receive the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
LEE, M., AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GARCIA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, MURAOKA, OLDS, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1636
Counties; Shopping Carts; Labeling; Impoundment; Disposal
RELATING TO SHOPPING CARTS.
Requires every business establishment that provides a shopping cart to mark each cart with identifying information. Authorizes a county to impound and dispose of a shopping cart and assess impound fees, storage fees, and disposal fees under certain circumstances. Authorizes the counties to return a shopping cart, in lieu of impoundment, to the business establishment, subject to certain fines. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, ILAGAN, KILA, MARTEN, OLDS, QUINLAN |
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HB1637
Nonprofit Corporations; Attorney General; Investigation
RELATING TO NONPROFITS.
Authorizes the Department of the Attorney General to initiate an investigation into a nonprofit corporation for compliance with the Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act and its tax exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, TARNAS |
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HB1638
Covered Catastrophic Wildfires; Actual Damages; Aggregate Liability Limit; Electric Utilities; Economic Damages; Statute of Limitation; Right to Subrogation
RELATING TO PROPERTY DAMAGES.
Limits claims alleging property damage from covered catastrophic wildfires to actual damages. Amends the aggregate liability limit for qualifying damages from covered catastrophic wildfires to be $1,000,000,000, rather than administratively established by the Public Utilities Commission, and makes the limit applicable only to property covered by a property insurance policy up to the coverage limit. Requires the Director of Emergency Management to determine whether a wildfire is a covered catastrophic wildfire. Specifies that claims subject to the limit must be filed within one year of the covered catastrophic wildfire. Clarifies that a property and casualty insurer's rights to subrogation are not limited in the context of an insured's recovery by judgment or settlement of a third-party tort claim. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI |
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HB1639
Notary Public; Bureau of Conveyances; Fraudulently Notarized Recorded Instruments
RELATING TO NOTARIES PUBLIC.
Requires the Bureau of Conveyances to void any recorded instrument that was fraudulently notarized when attested to by the purported notary public. Requires the Bureau of Conveyance to allow title holders to suspend additional recordings on their title, unless given prior authorization by the title holder, subject to certain limitations. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KILA, LEE, M., MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1640
DCCA; AG; DHS; County Prosecuting Attorneys; Financial Institutions; Financial Exploitation; Transaction Delays; Freezes
RELATING TO FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION.
Requires financial institutions to establish policies for identifying financial exploitation and the training of employees. Establishes procedures for reporting suspected financial exploitation. Requires financial institutions to delay transactions, and allows freezes on assets, when there is suspected financial exploitation. Provides immunity from liability for financial institutions for any action, determination, omission, or practice related to this Act. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, BELATTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, KILA, KITAGAWA, LEE, M., MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1641
High-Speed Electric Bicycle; Sale; Operation; Prohibited
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, lease, rental, distribution, possession, or operation of a high-speed electric bicycle. Establishes penalties. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, OLDS, SAYAMA, TAM |
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HB1642
Consumer Protection; Digital Financial Assets; Virtual Currencies; Kiosks; Prohibition
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Beginning 10/1/2026, prohibits the use of a digital financial asset transaction kiosk that accepts or dispenses United States currency by means of credit card or cash in exchange for a digital financial asset. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, MARTEN, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1643
Pharmacy; Pharmacists; Audits; Pharmacy Benefit Managers
RELATING TO PHARMACY.
Specifies a framework for the administration of audits of records of pharmacists and pharmacies. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KILA, MARTEN, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1644
DCCA; Rooftop Solar; Residential Solar Energy Devices; Energy Storage; Consumer Protection; Contractors; Deceptive Practices
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Requires any person or entity selling a residential solar energy device to comply with consumer protection laws. Prohibits the sale of a residential solar energy device without a contractor's license or contractual affiliation with a licensed contractor. Requires a standardized disclosure form to be developed by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for use in all residential solar proposals and contracts. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1645
Foster Care Agencies; Foster Care; Liability; Indemnification; Insurance; Trial; Bond
RELATING TO LIABILITY.
Provides certain liability protections for foster care agencies that are under contract with the State to provide foster care services to children in foster care. Requires contracts between foster care agencies and the State to include a state indemnification clause and requires foster care agencies to name the State as an additional insured. Prohibits punitive damages and pre- and post-judgment interest for foster care agencies. Requires actions against foster care agencies to be tried by the court, except in certain circumstances. Removes joint and several liability for foster care agencies. Specifies that no bond shall be required from a foster care agency on appeal. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, AMATO, ILAGAN, KILA, MARTEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1646
Rental Discrimination; Income; Attorneys' Fees
RELATING TO RENTAL DISCRIMINATION.
Allows the court to award attorneys' fees to a prevailing party in an action relating to discriminatory practices in a rental transaction based on source of income. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, TARNAS |
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HB1647
Digital Financial Asset Transaction Kiosk; Hosts; Liability
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Subjects hosts of digital financial asset transaction kiosks to civil penalties for acts of fraud committed through the use of the digital financial asset transaction kiosk located on the host's premises. Applies to contracts to host digital financial asset transaction kiosks that are entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. Beginning 7/1/2027, applies to contracts to host digital financial asset transaction kiosks that are in effect as of the day before the effective date of this Act. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, LEE, M., MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1648
Workers' Compensation; Nonprescription Drugs; Over-The-Counter Drugs; Nonlegend Drugs; Prescription or Dispensing Prohibited
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Prohibits health care providers from prescribing or dispensing nonprescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and nonlegend drugs for workers' compensation patients. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, GRANDINETTI, LEE, M., TAKAYAMA |
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HB1649
Workers' Compensation; Injured Employee; Dependents; Benefits; Notification
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Requires the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to notify an injured employee or their dependents of benefits to which they may be entitled. Specifies notification requirements. Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to provide information regarding nonstatutory programs and benefits offered to injured employees and their families by nonprofit organizations. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MATAYOSHI, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, MARTEN, OLDS, TARNAS |
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HB1650
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. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
HASHEM |
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HB1651
HSEO; Climate Protection Plan; Consultant Services; Climate Protection Advisory Committee; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to contract with a third-party consultant to develop a Climate Protection Plan for delivery to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2029. Establishes a Climate Protection Advisory Committee to assist the third-party consultant. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
HASHEM |
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HB1652
Stormwater Management Systems; Agricultural Ponds; Low-Risk Green Stormwater Infrastructure
RELATING TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
Exempts agricultural ponds and low-risk green stormwater infrastructure from regulations covering retention ponds. Defines agricultural ponds and low-risk green stormwater infrastructure. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
HASHEM |
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HB1653
Claims Against the State; Attorney General; Report
RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.
Prohibits claims for refunds, reimbursements, or other payments, authorization for which is sought from the Legislature that exceed the time limitations of section 40-68, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from being claimed. Requires the Attorney General to include in the Attorney General's annual report of claims recommended for approval a total dollar amount of possible judgments against the State that have not yet settled. Requires the Attorney General's report to the Legislature describing the claims against the State to include additional information. Requires the Attorney General to submit a report every five years to the Legislature containing further incidents that occurred in an agency that led to a claim. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
HASHEM |
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HB1654
AG; State and County; Departments, Boards, Commissions, Agencies; Public Employees; Confidential Complaint Process; Reports; Rules
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
Requires the Attorney General to establish a confidential process for persons to anonymously file complaints against public employees. Requires the Attorney General to review and forward the complaints to the department, board, commission, or agency deemed appropriate by the Attorney General. Requires the departments, boards, commissions, and agencies to process the complaint pursuant to their standard complaint‑processing procedures and report the disposition to the Attorney General. Requires the Attorney General to adopt rules and submit annual reports to the Legislature. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA, HOLT, ILAGAN, KILA, KITAGAWA, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS |
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HB1655
Collective Bargaining; Scope of Negotiations; Exclusions; Retirement Benefits
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
Allows public employers and exclusive representatives of bargaining units to negotiate certain retirement benefits. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA, ILAGAN, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1656
Indebtedness; Salary or Wage Overpayment; Overpayment Payroll Transactions; Deductions for Recovery; Notice
RELATING TO INDEBTEDNESS TO THE STATE.
Amends the amount that a disbursing officer may deduct from an employee's salary, wage, or compensation based on the employee's gross income. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA, ILAGAN, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, OLDS, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1657
DHRD; Civil Service Positions; State Departments, Divisions, and Agencies; Recruitment and Hiring; Rules
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
Authorizes state departments, divisions, and agencies to elect to assume hiring and recruitment functions from the Department of Human Resources Development for vacant civil service positions within that department, division, or agency under certain conditions. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to adopt rules. Repeals existing law authorizing state departments, divisions, and agencies to conduct minimum qualification review of applicants for their vacant civil service positions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA, ILAGAN, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1658
Collective Bargaining in Public Employment; Repricing of Classes; Negotiations; Impasse Procedures; Arbitration
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Amends the collective bargaining negotiation procedure on the repricing of classes within a bargaining unit for public employees. Establishes an impasse procedure to be applied when an employer fails to initiate the negotiation or the parties fail to reach an agreement within certain timeframes. Repeals existing law that requires a different impasse procedure to apply in those situations. Sunsets 6/30/2029. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA, ILAGAN, KUSCH, LEE, M., MATAYOSHI, TARNAS |
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HB1659
Collective Bargaining; Grievance Procedure; Suspension; Discharge; Discipline; Exempt Employees
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Repeals the prohibition placed on certain employees exempt from Civil Service Law from grieving a suspension or discharge. Allows any employee who is a member of an appropriate bargaining unit to grieve any disciplinary action. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA, ILAGAN, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, OLDS, TARNAS |
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HB1660
Contractors; Employees; Counties; Wages; Benefits; Hours; Employment Status; Disclosure
RELATING TO COUNTY LABOR STANDARDS.
Authorizes the counties to require contractors to disclose information regarding their employees' wages, benefits, hours, and employment status and deny, revoke, or suspend a building permit application for violating laws relating to wages, benefits, hours, and employment status, under certain conditions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA, GARRETT, ILAGAN, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1661
Cafeteria Plans; Wage and Salary Reduction Benefit Programs; Flexible Spending Accounts; Public Service; Maximum Contributions; Carryover Limits
RELATING TO CAFETERIA PLANS.
Specifies that the maximum contribution and carryover amounts for a public service flexible spending account plan shall be set in accordance with the annual limits prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for cafeteria plans. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA, ILAGAN, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1662
DLE; Retirement for Public Officers and Employees; Allowances; Contributions; Pension and Retirement Systems
RELATING TO ALLOWANCE ON SERVICE RETIREMENTS.
Includes certain law enforcement administrators and employees of the Department of Law Enforcement as class A members of the pension and retirement systems and provides guidance for the computation of retirement benefits similar to police officers. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA, ILAGAN, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1663
Reimbursement; Public Employees; Travel Costs; Interest Owed
RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENT OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
Requires the State or a county to reimburse an officer or employee for work-related travel costs that the officer or employee loaned to the State or a county within thirty calendar days of submitting an approved Statement of Completed Travel. Requires the State or a county to pay interest on a loan not reimbursed within thirty days until the loan is fully reimbursed. Obligates an officer or employee to request a complete refund from the travel vendor for travel not taken. Entitles an officer or employee to reimbursement from the State or a county when a travel vendor offers no or a partial refund. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA, GARRETT, ILAGAN, KILA, LEE, M., MIYAKE, OLDS, POEPOE, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1664
EUTF; Collective Bargaining; Contributions; Disputes; Impasses; Arbitration
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.
Allows impasses and disputes relating to the amounts of State and county contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to be resolved by arbitration. Repeals the prohibition against strikes by members of bargaining units on the issue of the amounts of State and county contributions to the Trust Fund. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
SAYAMA, ILAGAN, KILA, LEE, M., MARTEN, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1665
Judiciary; Department of the Attorney General; Terroristic Threatening; Electronic Communications; Report
RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.
Expands the definition of "terroristic threatening" to include electronic communications, including posts made on or messages sent through social media. Specifies that terroristic threatening against public infrastructure, including schools; a federal, state, or county government agency; an elderly person who has attained the age of sixty-two years; a child who is under the age of eighteen; or a disabled person is a Class B felony. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA |
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HB1666
New Motor Vehicles; Markups; Maximum; State of Emergency; Documents; Direct Financing
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
Prohibits, for sales or offers for sale of new motor vehicles, markups in excess of five per cent of the manufacturer's suggested retail price, markups in excess of $0 when specified in a proclamation declaring a state of emergency, and charges added to rates not based on the underwriting risk or credit characteristics of the consumer when dealers directly finance motor vehicle purchases. Requires dealers to retain records for markups for a period of no less than three years. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA |
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HB1667
State Civil Identification Card; Lowering of Age to Obtain
RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION.
Lowers the age to obtain a state civil identification card without a signature from a parent or guardian from eighteen years old to sixteen years old. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA |
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HB1668
Medicaid; Department of Human Services; Full Earned Income Disregard
RELATING TO MEDICAID.
Requires the Department of Human Services to allow a full earned income disregard for individuals with disabilities who are between the ages of sixteen and sixty-four years when determining eligibility for Medicaid. Takes effect upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MARTEN, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TEMPLO, Reyes Oda |
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HB1669
DOH; Lung Cancer Screening; Educational Materials; Signage; Written Notice; Cigarettes; Tobacco Products; Retailers
RELATING TO LUNG CANCER SCREENING.
Requires the Department of Health to develop by 12/31/2026, standardized educational materials relating to lung cancer screening and language on lung cancer screening information to be included in signage and written notices to be used by retailers of tobacco products. Beginning 1/1/2027, requires retailers engaged in the retail sale of tobacco products to display signage on lung cancer screening at each point of sale and provide written notice on lung cancer screening to each buyer of a tobacco product. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MARTEN, AMATO, BELATTI, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, PIERICK, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD |
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HB1670
Health Insurance; Autism; Benefits; Coverage; Age; Limit; Repeal
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Beginning 1/1/2027, repeals the fourteen years and under age limit for health insurance coverage requirements for the diagnosis and treatment of autism. Repeals the maximum coverage benefit limit of $25,000 for applied behavioral analysis services. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MARTEN, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, LEE, M., MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1671
Dental Hygienists; Interim Therapeutic Restoration; Public Health Settings; General Supervision
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Allows a licensed dental hygienist to place interim therapeutic restorations in public health settings under the general supervision of licensed dentist. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MARTEN, AMATO, BELATTI, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TEMPLO |
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HB1672
Department of Education; Public School Facilities; Employee Housing
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Requires the Department of Education to give reasonable consideration to making all or portions of the facilities of a public school available to housing development for certain employees of the Department when closing the public school. Requires the Department of Education to identify unused public school facilities that may be appropriate for employee housing and inventory suitable grounds available upon public school closure for potential development of employee housing. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MARTEN, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, TEMPLO |
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HB1673
Landfill Units; No-Pass Zone; Parcels and Zoning Information App; Prohibition; City and County of Honolulu
RELATING TO LANDFILL UNITS.
Beginning 7/1/2026, prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of a landfill unit, or any component of a landfill unit, within the no-pass zone in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand, with certain exemptions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MARTEN, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, LEE, M., QUINLAN, Amato |
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HB1674
DHS; Medicaid; Child Care Subsidies; Caregivers; Caregiver Capacity; Eligibility; Home and Community-Based Services; Assessments; Evaluations; Long-Term Care Services; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT.
Extends child care subsidies to disabled parents or guardians, regardless of their employment status. Requires the Department of Human Services to evaluate caregiver capacity and dependent-care responsibilities when determining eligibility for medicaid home- and community-based services. Requires the Department of Human Services to update its evaluation form and functional assessment protocols related to level of care and at-risk needs determinations. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KUSCH, AMATO, CHUN, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HASHEM, HOLT, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LEE, M., MARTEN, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, Poepoe |
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HB1675
Office of Legislative Ethics and Accountability; State Ethics Commission; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
Establishes the Office of Legislative Ethics and Accountability as an independent, nonpartisan entity to receive and investigate complaints alleging ethical violations or misconduct by current members or current employees of the state legislature. Appropriates moneys. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
GARRETT, TARNAS |
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HB1676
Department of Education; University of Hawaii; Artificial Intelligence; Task Force; Procurement Standards; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Establishes an Artificial Intelligence in Education Task Force to develop guidelines and recommendations for the use of artificial intelligence in state public education. Requires the Superintendent of Education and Chief Financial Officer of the University of Hawaii to receive certain documentation from a vendor of an artificial intelligence tool before the procurement or use of the artificial intelligence tool. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
GARRETT, AMATO, EVSLIN, KAPELA, OLDS, SAYAMA, WOODSON |
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HB1677
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. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ICHIYAMA |
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HB1678
Planned Community Associations; Condominium Associations; Cumulative Voting
RELATING TO ASSOCIATIONS.
Clarifies that in planned community association and condominium elections conducted by cumulative voting, cumulative voting rights apply to all candidates, including write-ins, and that individual votes are used when allocating votes. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ICHIYAMA |
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HB1679
Condominium Associations; Electronic Meetings; Electronic Voting at Electronic Meetings; Electronic Voting Without a Meeting; Mail Voting Without a Meeting
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Clarifies an association board’s authority with respect to calling and authorizing electronic meetings, electronic voting at electronic meetings, electronic voting without a meeting, and mail voting without a meeting. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ICHIYAMA |
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HB1680
Vehicle Transfer; Notification; Centralized Notification System
RELATING TO VEHICLE TRANSFERS.
Requires each county Director of Finance to notify all applicable state and local agencies upon receipt of official notification of a vehicle transfer from a transferor. Requires each county Director of Finance to establish a centralized notification system to applicable agencies for every vehicle transfer by 7/1/2027. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ICHIYAMA |
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HB1681
Intimate Image; Nonconsensual Distribution; Criminal Offense
RELATING TO PRIVACY.
Establishes the offense of nonconsensual distribution of an intimate image. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ICHIYAMA |
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HB1682
Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images; Civil Remedies
RELATING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INTIMATE IMAGES.
Enacts the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ICHIYAMA |
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HB1683
Arts; Short Form
RELATING TO THE ARTS.
Short form bill relating to the arts. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KAPELA |
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HB1684
Arts; Short Form
RELATING TO THE ARTS.
Short form bill relating to the arts. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KAPELA |
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HB1685
Arts; Short Form
RELATING TO THE ARTS.
Short form bill relating to the arts. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KAPELA |
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HB1686
Culture; Short Form
RELATING TO CULTURE.
Short form bill relating to culture. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KAPELA |
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HB1687
Culture; Short Form
RELATING TO CULTURE.
Short form bill relating to culture. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KAPELA |
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HB1688
Taxation; General Excise Tax; Aircraft Service and Maintenance
RELATING TO A GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTION FOR AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE.
Provides a general excise tax exemption for the sale of material, parts, or tools used for aircraft service and maintenance or for the construction of an aircraft service and maintenance facility. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA, ILAGAN, TAM |
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HB1689
Climate Change; Zero Emissions Clean Economy Target; Atmospheric Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Transportation
RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
Part I: Extends the Zero Emissions Clean Economy Target to 2075 and establishes an interim target of seventy per cent for 2050. Part II: Maintains the existing Zero Emissions Clean Economy Target but exempts the Department of Transportation and transportation systems and services from the target. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA, ILAGAN, KUSCH, OLDS |
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HB1690
Minors; Curfew; County Ordinances
RELATING TO MINORS.
Expands the statewide curfew to apply to minors under 18 years of age, instead of under 16. Amends the exceptions to, and penalties for, violations of the statewide curfew. Restricts a county's authority to enact curfew ordinances to only those ordinances that are more stringent than the statewide curfew. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA, ILAGAN, MIYAKE, OLDS |
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HB1691
Salvaged Motor Vehicles; Transfer; Electronic Signature
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Authorizes supporting documents used to transfer ownership of a motor vehicle to an insurer after payment of damages from the result of a total loss insurance settlement to be signed electronically. Requires insurance companies to indemnify and hold harmless the Director of Finance for any claims resulting from the issuance of motor vehicle titles utilizing documents signed electronically without a notary. Effective 1/1/2027. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA, CHUN, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, KUSCH, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1692
Stationary Vehicles; Traffic Safety; Duty of Approaching Vehicle
RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.
Requires drivers of vehicles approaching stationary motor vehicles stopped on the shoulder or roadside due to a traffic collision or vehicle maintenance or mechanical problem to slow down and make a lane change if necessary. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA, AMATO, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1693
Climate Change; Zero Emissions Clean Economy Target; Atmospheric Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Transportation
RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
Part I: Extends the Zero Emissions Clean Economy Target from 2045 to 2050. Part II: Maintains the existing Zero Emissions Clean Economy Target but exempts the Department of Transportation and transportation systems and services from the target. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, MIYAKE, OLDS |
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HB1694
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit
RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL TAX CREDIT.
Establishes a tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel distribution in Hawaii to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Provides $1 per gallon, increasing by 2 cents per additional 1 per cent emissions reduction, up to $2 per gallon. Caps total credits at $20,000,000 annually, with carryover provisions. Requires reporting to ensure transparency and compliance. Applies to taxable years after December 31, 2025, and sunsets on December 31, 2035. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA, CHUN, EVSLIN, HASHEM, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, TAM |
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HB1695
Fuel Tax Credit; Renewable Fuel; Sustainable Aviation Fuel; Renewable Fuels Production Tax Credit
RELATING TO RENEWABLE FUEL.
Expands the provisions of the renewable fuels production tax credit. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HASHEM, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, TARNAS |
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HB1696
DOT; Commercial Driver's Licenses; Minimum Age
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES.
Lowers the age of who may drive commercially within the State from nineteen to eighteen. Repeals the requirement that a person only operates category 3 vehicles to qualify to drive commercially in the State. Requires the Department of Transportation to amend its rules to lower the minimum age required for a commercial driver's license. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KILA, MIYAKE, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, Muraoka |
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HB1697
Board of Barbering and Cosmetology; Natural Hair Braiding; License; Exemption
RELATING TO NATURAL HAIR BRAIDING.
Exempts natural hair braiders from licensing requirements under certain conditions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
ICHIYAMA |
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HB1698
Treatment Provider; Substance Use Disorder Services; Assignment of Benefits; Anti-Assignment Clause; Enforcement
RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
Requires health insurance carriers to honor a patient's written assignment of benefits to a substance use disorder treatment provider. Prohibits health insurance contracts from including anti-assignment clauses that restrict or invalidate a patient's right to assign benefits. Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to adopt rules and take enforcement action to ensure compliance. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to publish an annual summary. Allows providers to bring civil actions to compel payment and obtain injunctive relief, damages, interest, and attorneys' fees for violations. Deems violations to be unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Requires insurers to furnish an explanation of benefits to the assigned provider upon request. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KAHALOA |
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HB1699
Department of Human services; Food Security; Hawaii Farm to Families Program; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FOOD SECURITY.
Establishes and appropriates funds for the Hawaii Farm to Families Program under the Department of Human Services to alleviate food shortages in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature before the Regular Sessions of 2027 and 2028. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KAHALOA |
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HB1700
Individuals with Disabilities; Access and Functional Needs; Housing Projects; Expedited Permits
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Includes housing projects for individuals with disabilities and individuals with access and functional needs as eligible projects to apply for expedited permits. Effective 7/2/2026. Repeals on 6/30/2031. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
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HB1701
Off-Street Parking Requirements; Transit-Oriented Development Infrastructure Improvement Program Areas; Prohibited
RELATING TO PARKING.
Prohibits minimum off-street parking requirements for new developments or redevelopment projects located in transit‑oriented development infrastructure improvement program areas. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, TODD, Amato |
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HB1702
Health Insurance; Brief Cognitive Assessments; Mandatory Coverage; Health Insurers; Mutual Benefit Societies; Health Maintenance Organizations; Medicaid
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Beginning 1/1/2027, requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, health maintenance organizations, and health plans under the State's Medicaid managed care program to provide coverage for brief cognitive assessments for individuals fifty years of age and older. |
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1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, CHUN, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1703
Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity; Department of land and Natural Resources; Land Use; Rodeos; Rodeo Activities
RELATING TO LAND USE.
Authorizes rodeos and rodeo activities on lands that are zoned for agricultural use. Defines the term "rodeo and rodeo activities". |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, EVSLIN, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1704
DCCA; Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT); Adoption; Rules
RELATING TO THE PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT.
Adopts the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to regulate the practice of telepsychology and temporary in-person, face‑to‑face practice of psychology by psychologists across state boundaries in the performance of their psychological practice. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules to implement and administer the Compact. Effective 1/1/2027. |
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1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, ILAGAN, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, Hussey |
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HB1705
Judiciary; Family Court; Child Custody Evaluators; Licensed Mental Health Counselors
RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY.
Allows licensed mental health counselors to be appointed as child custody evaluators. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TODD, WOODSON |
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HB1706
DHS; Medicaid; Prospective Payment System; Reimbursement; Mental Health Services; Mental Health Professionals; Rules
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Expands the services eligible for Medicaid Prospective Payment System reimbursement to include certain services furnished by a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic and provided by mental health professionals under the clinical supervision of a licensed mental health professional. Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules to allow medical assistance reimbursement payments for services provided to recipients eligible for Medicaid benefits under any plan under Medicaid managed care programs in the State by unlicensed mental health professionals under the clinical supervision of a licensed mental health professional. Requires the Department of Human Services to seek necessary waivers and any additional approvals from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, BELATTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA |
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HB1707
DAB; Transportation Costs; Shipping Costs; Reimbursements; Position; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Establishes a Local Agriculture Transportation Cost Reimbursement Program within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to reimburse eligible ranchers and farmers a portion of their costs to transport livestock, livestock products, agricultural commodities, and certain supplies, under certain conditions. Establishes a position to administer the Program. Appropriates funds. |
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1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, BELATTI, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KITAGAWA, LEE, M., LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1708
Traffic Code; Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant; Highly Intoxicated Driver
RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.
Specifies that operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant while a highly intoxicated driver is a class C felony and outlines additional requirements for probation. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, QUINLAN |
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HB1709
PUC; DOT; Water Carrier Act; Transfer; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WATER CARRIERS.
Transfers the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Water Carrier Act from the Public Utilities Commission to the Department of Transportation. Makes conforming amendments. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MIYAKE, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, TAKENOUCHI |
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HB1710
Historic Preservation; State Historic Preservation Division Review; Historic Properties; Private Properties; Project Review; Review Period
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
Authorizes SHPD to conduct a phased review of a proposed project on private property under certain circumstances. Amends the process and deadlines by which SHPD must provide written concurrence or non-concurrence for a proposed project on private property or other project that requires entitlement for use, after which concurrence may be assumed and the project may proceed. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MIYAKE, AMATO, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS |
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HB1711
Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Housing; Rent-to-Own Program; Sales Price
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Amends, for purposes of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's Rent-to-Own Program, the period during which the sales price of a dwelling unit is required to remain fixed from five years to an option period to be determined by the Corporation. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MIYAKE, AMATO, CHUN, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, OLDS, SAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1712
State Building Code Council; Department of Accounting and General Services; Membership; Building Industry Association of Hawaii; General Contractors Association of Hawaii
RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL.
Makes both the representative of the Building Industry Association of Hawaii and the representative of the General Contractors Association of Hawaii permanent standing members of the State Building Code Council, instead of members who alternate terms every 4 years. |
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1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MIYAKE, AMATO, CHUN, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, MATSUMOTO, OLDS, SAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS |
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HB1713
School Impact Fees; Residential Development; Housing; Exemption
RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES.
Clarifies the application of exemptions for certain affordable housing projects, including exempting new residential developments of fewer than one hundred dwelling units, from school impact fee requirements. Repeals 7/1/2029. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MIYAKE, AMATO, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, REYES ODA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS |
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HB1714
HHFDC; HPHA; Executive Director Salary; Executive Assistant; Employment Contract
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Increases the salary cap of the Executive Director of Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to an amount that does not exceed the Governor's salary. Renames the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Executive Director and increases that position's salary cap to 95% of the Executive Director salary. Prohibits HHFDC and Hawaii Public Housing Authority employment contracts that exceed 2 years, unless approved by the Legislature. Provides HHFDC with autonomy in personnel matters. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MIYAKE, AMATO, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, TARNAS |
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HB1715
Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Permanently Affordable For-sale Housing; Resale Restrictions; Criteria
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
Authorizes HHFDC to designate certain for-sale units as permanently affordable housing, subject to certain restrictions. Clarifies that certain resale and occupancy restrictions apply only to projects developed prior to a certain date. Amends the definition of "qualified resident" for the purposes of HHFDC housing development programs. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
MIYAKE, AMATO, EVSLIN, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1716
Elections; Political Parties; Qualification; Ballot Placement
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Establishes a process by which any political party continuously listed on the general election ballot for twenty or more years shall be deemed continuously qualified for ballot placement. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
POEPOE, GRANDINETTI, PERRUSO |
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HB1717
Department of Education; Over-the-counter Oral Antihistamines; Stock Supply; Administration
RELATING TO STUDENT HEALTH.
Authorizes a school to maintain a stock supply of over-the-counter oral antihistamines to be administered under certain conditions. Authorizes school personnel to administer the over-the-counter oral antihistamine medication, under certain conditions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
POEPOE, AMATO, CHUN, EVSLIN, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI |
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HB1718
HHFDC; Affordable Housing; County Powers; Sunset
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Repeals the sunset date of Act 45, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, thereby making permanent the authority of the counties to share in facilitating the development, construction, financing, refinancing, or other provision of mixed-use developments, including low- and moderate-income housing projects, and issue county bonds for this purpose. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, MURAOKA, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1719
Manufactured Housing; Residential Building Design Elements; Real Property
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Establishes that manufactured homes are a permitted use by right on residentially zoned lots within the urban district. Limits the use of residential building design elements to deny or discourage otherwise code-compliant manufactured homes. Prohibits homeowners' associations and similar private governing bodies from enforcing covenants that actively or effectively prohibit otherwise lawful manufactured housing. Prohibits counties from requiring manufactured homes that comply with federal manufactured housing standards to also comply with the Hawaii state building code or a county building code. Specifies that a manufactured home is considered real property, requiring its transfer, conveyance, and mortgage to follow the same recording and enforcement requirements as other real property. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1720
Professional Engineers; County Employees; Licensure; Qualifications; Lawful Experience in Engineering Work; Code Compliance Review of Plans
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.
Clarifies that a county employee's code compliance review of plans for construction applicable to the specific engineering field is considered lawful experience in engineering work for purposes of professional engineering licensure. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, Miyake |
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HB1721
Expedited Permits; Insurance; Additional Insureds; Indemnification; Certificates of Occupancy
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Clarifies insurance, indemnification, and certain certificate of occupancy requirements for purposes of expedited permits. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, MIYAKE |
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HB1722
Hawaii Community Development Authority; Affordable Housing; Ninety-Nine Year Leasehold Program; Condominium Units; Owner‑Occupied Residential Use
RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUMS.
Clarifies the Ninety-Nine Year Leasehold Program to: (1) Require at least sixty per cent of the residential condominium units within urban redevelopment sites to be set aside for owner-occupied residential use for not less than ten years from the date of initial purchase of the unit; (2) Amend eligibility requirements to buy or own a residential condominium unit within an urban redevelopment site to allow an individual to own other real property; (3) Amend the term "owner-occupied residential use" to include the renting or subleasing by the owner of a residential condominium unit to any tenant or sublessee of any kind; and (4) Allow the sale of up to forty per cent of residential condominium units to qualified residents if there are units available after being advertised for sale for more than sixty days. Effective 7/1/2050. |
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1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN |
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HB1723
HHFDC; RHRF; Mixed-Income Subaccount; Project Criteria; Conveyance Tax; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING REVOLVING FUND.
Revises the Mixed-Income Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund by modifying the priority list for project funding and adding new project priority criteria. Authorizes fund transfers between the Mixed-Income Subaccount without legislative approval. Authorizes conveyance tax revenues deposited into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be transferred to the Mixed-Income Subaccount. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN |
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HB1724
HHFDC; Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Program; Computation of Interest; Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund
RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Makes the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Pilot Program permanent, with modifications that include changing the computation of interest that a purchaser of certain real property is required to pay to the Hawaii Housing Finance Development Corporation upon the purchaser's sale or assignment of the real property after a specified period of time. Expands the use of proceeds in the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund to include purchasing equity in for-sale housing development projects and interim primary or secondary financing. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1725
Counties; Point-in-Time Applicability; Building Permits; State Building Code Council; County Authority; Hawaii State Building Code; Amendments; Building Permit Applications; Adoption Cycle; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO BUILDING CODES.
Part I: Fixes the applicable building codes, standards, and county amendments for the life of a building permit, subject to limited life-safety exceptions and ordinary permit expiration rules, as of the date a county accepts a complete building permit application or issues an authorization to proceed with construction. Part II: Specifies the applicability of the International Residential Code, as adopted and amended by the State Building Code Council. Authorizes a county to adopt amendments to the Hawaii state building code that are more stringent or less stringent than a corresponding state-adopted code provision, under certain circumstances, and repeals the counties' existing authority to amend or adopt the buildings code without council approval. Beginning on the effective date of the next statewide adoption of the International Code Council suite of applicable codes as the Hawaii state building code, changes the adoption of the Hawaii state building code from a two-year cycle to a six-year cycle. Part III: Appropriates funds for one staff position and necessary consultant services to carry out statewide code adoption, economic and hazard analyses, and administrative support. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KILA, KUSCH, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS, Hussey |
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HB1726
Statewide Housing and Infrastructure Data Platform; Housing Development; Regional Infrastructure Investments; Fiscal Sustainability; Fiscal Impact Model; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in collaboration with other agencies, to study options for and coordinate the development of a shared statewide housing and infrastructure data platform to inform agency decision-making and state housing and infrastructure investments. Includes the development of a model that assesses the fiscal impacts of development and regional infrastructure investments. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS, TODD, WOODSON |
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HB1727
HHFDC; Rental Housing Revolving Fund; Mixed-Income Subaccount; Transfer of Moneys; Mixed-Income Rental Projects; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING REVOLVING FUND.
Specifies the conditions upon which the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation may transfer moneys from within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to a subaccount and between subaccounts of the fund. Clarifies what constitutes a mixed-income rental project for purposes of loans funded through the Mixed-Income Subaccount. Repeals the sunset date for the Mixed-Income Subaccount. Authorizes the Director of Finance to deposit rental housing revolving funds into the Mixed-Income Subaccount. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS, WOODSON |
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HB1728
Counties; Rainwater Catchment Systems
RELATING TO RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS.
Requires the counties to allow for the installation and operation of rainwater catchment systems for potable and non-potable uses on all properties. Authorizes the counties to regulate and enforce standards for the use of rainwater catchment systems. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, Matayoshi |
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HB1729
Second Home Mortgage Interest Deduction; Income Tax
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Disallows the home mortgage interest deduction for second homes under state income tax law. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, TARNAS, TODD |
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HB1730
DOH; Wastewater Technical Advisory Group; Cesspools; Administrative Rules; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO WASTEWATER SYSTEMS.
Establishes a Wastewater Technical Advisory Group to assist the Department of Health in a review of the Department's administrative rules and practices regarding wastewater systems and cesspools and in the development of proposed changes to make cesspool conversions more affordable. Requires report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for positions and hiring of a consultant to assist the Wastewater Technical Advisory Group. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, MURAOKA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, WOODSON |
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HB1731
Community Care Foster Family Homes; Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Medicaid; Housing Access
RELATING TO COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES.
Clarifies that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who meet an intermediate care facility or nursing facility level of care shall not be denied residency in a licensed community care foster family home solely because of their disability or enrollment in a specific medicaid waiver program. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, MURAOKA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, Matsumoto |
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HB1732
HHFDC; Counties; Kamaaina Homes Program; Voluntary Deed Restrictions
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Establishes the Kamaaina Homes Program within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide funding to the counties to purchase voluntary deed restrictions from eligible homebuyers. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1733
Affordable Rental Housing; Housing Loan and Mortgage Program
RELATING TO THE HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE PROGRAM.
Increases the Hula Mae Multifamily Revenue Bond authorization ceiling amount to continue financing affordable rental housing statewide. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, CHUN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAM, TARNAS, WOODSON |
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HB1734
Counties; Lot Requirements and Dwelling Specifications; Prohibition; Urban District; Counties; Petition Process; Exemptions
RELATING TO ZONING.
Prohibits the counties from imposing certain lot requirements and dwelling specifications for parcels of land located within the urban district for purposes of subdivision, development, or the issuance of a building permit, with certain exemptions. Allows the counties to establish a petition process for neighborhoods, subdivisions, or other geographically contiguous areas to establish or retain certain requirements or specifications. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1735
Animal Cruelty; Predator Control; Trapping; Exemption
RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Exempts predator control and trapping for the purpose of protecting property or native biodiversity from the offense of cruelty to animals in the first degree. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, OLDS, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS, Amato |
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HB1736
Spay and Neuter Special Fund; Cat Sterilization; Counties; Animal Control; Income Check-off; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO ANIMAL CONTROL.
Establishes the Spay and Neuter Special Fund to reduce pet overpopulation, including the free-roaming cat population, and authorizes an income tax designation to provide revenues into the special fund. Requires cats over the age of five months to be surgically sterilized and prohibits cats that are not surgically sterilized from being brought into the State, with certain exceptions. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HOLT, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS, Amato |
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HB1737
Agriculture; Agricultural Districts; Zoning; Farm Dwelling; Accessory Employee Housing
RELATING TO FARM EMPLOYEE HOUSING.
Clarifies that a "farm dwelling" permitted in an agricultural district includes a single-family farm dwelling with an accessory employee housing structure, subject to certain restrictions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS, TODD, Amato |
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HB1738
Land Use Decision-Making; Housing
RELATING TO LAND USE DECISION-MAKING.
Provides the authority for counties to amend district boundaries up to 25 acres for purposes of residential housing, agricultural workforce housing, long-term rental, or workforce fee simple ownership. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, ILAGAN, KUSCH, LEE, M., MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, OLDS, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1739
County-designated Transit-Oriented Development Zones; Transit-oriented Development Infrastructure Improvement Program Areas; Transit-supportive Densities; County Regulations; Prohibition
RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
Prohibits the counties from enacting an ordinance, rule, regulation, development standard, zoning provision, or other land use control that restricts the development of transit-supportive densities in county-designated transit-oriented development zones and transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement program areas. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, REYES ODA, SAYAMA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1740
HHFDC; Qualified Residents; Affordable Housing; Housing Development; Exemptions; Owner-Occupancy; Deed Restrictions
RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Removes the prohibition against qualified residents for Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation-approved projects holding a majority interest in land and removes the requirement that qualified residents demonstrate financial viability or ability to pay rent. Amends exemptions from statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules for certain housing projects developed by the Corporation that satisfy certain conditions, including requirements related to employment, owner-occupancy, and deed restrictions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LOWEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, MURAOKA, OLDS, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TARNAS, TODD |
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HB1741
Affordable Housing Mandate; Housing Affordability Impact Fee; Luxury Residential Projects; Needs Assessment Study
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Deems a county affordable housing mandate as a form of development exaction and treats the mandate as a housing affordability impact fee, with certain exemptions. Prohibits a county from adopting, amending, or enforcing an affordable housing mandate or inclusionary requirements for residential or mixed-use development, under certain circumstances. Establishes additional requirements for a needs assessment study for a county-imposed affordable housing mandate. Establishes a criterion that allows luxury residential projects or projects that receive discretionary value-add approvals to be subject to inclusionary requirements. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KILA, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1742
Self-Contained Relocatable Housing
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Authorizes the construction and occupation of self-contained relocatable housing units, with certain restrictions. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, AMATO, BELATTI, GARCIA, ILAGAN, KAPELA, KILA, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1743
Owner-Builder Exemption; Contractors; Leasing Restriction; Disclaimer; Repeal
RELATING TO THE OWNER-BUILDER EXEMPTION.
Repeals the leasing restriction on owner-builders who obtain an owner-builder exemption to act as their own contractor and who build or improve residential or farm buildings or structures on property they own or lease and do not offer the buildings or structures for sale. Requires an owner or lessee to provide signed written notice that a residential structure offered for lease or sublease was built or improved by an individual who is not a licensed contractor. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
EVSLIN, MIYAKE |
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HB1744
DHS; Med-QUEST; Medicaid State Plan; Naturopathic Medicine
RELATING TO NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE.
Requires the Department of Human Services to amend the Hawaii Medicaid State Plan or request approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for an amendment under the Medicaid State Plan to include naturopathic medicine. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GARCIA, HUSSEY, IWAMOTO, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU |
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HB1745
Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative; Renewable Portfolio Standards; Renewable Energy Goal; Original Framework
RELATING TO THE HAWAII CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE.
Replaces the State's renewable portfolio standard of 100 per cent renewable energy generation by 2045 with the original mandate for 70 per cent by 12/31/2045. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, PIERICK, SHIMIZU |
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HB1746
HPD; Forensic Identification; Law Enforcement; Information; Rapid DNA; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION.
Establishes within the Honolulu Police Department a rapid DNA investigative lead program. Appropriates moneys. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GARCIA, GEDEON, KILA, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU |
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HB1747
DHS; SNAP; Eligible Foods; Sugary Drinks; Candy; Restriction; Reports
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Requires the Department of Human Services to request and implement waivers or waiver extensions from the federal government to make sugary drinks and candy ineligible foods for purchase with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Requires annual reports to the legislature on waiver status, ineligible foods, and implementation impacts. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GARCIA, GEDEON, HUSSEY, KILA, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, Alcos |
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HB1748
UH; JABSOM; Medical School Curriculum; Nutrition and Metabolic Health; Report
RELATING TO MEDICAL EDUCATION.
Requires the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to establish a nutrition and metabolic health curriculum for medical students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Requires a report to the Legislature. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GARCIA, KILA, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU |
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HB1749
Cesspools; Prioritization; Cesspool Disclosure Form; Penalties; Department of Health; Real Estate Commission; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.
Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules to prioritize priority level 1 and priority level 2 cesspools in any efforts undertaken to assist with cesspool upgrade, conversion, and connection and provide guidance to property owners. Requires and appropriates funds for the Hawaiʻi Cesspool Prioritization Tool to be updated as determined by the Department of Health. Beginning 1/1/2027, requires sellers to provide buyers with a cesspool disclosure form before the execution of a real estate purchase contract. Requires the Department of Health and Real Estate Commission to develop a standardized cesspool disclosure form by 11/1/2026. Establishes penalties. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending Introduction |
LEE, M., AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HARTSFIELD, HUSSEY, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1750
Fishing Regulations; Uhu; Kala; Spearing; Sales; Temporary Restrictions
RELATING TO OAHU CORAL REEF RESTORATION.
Temporarily prohibits the taking by spearing of uhu or kala in state marine waters around the island of Oahu, and prohibits the commercial sale of uhu and kala so taken, until the Division of Aquatic Resources' Holomua Marine Initiative process adopts applicable regulations. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending Introduction |
ICHIYAMA |
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HB1751
Department of Defense; UH; STAP; Graduate Degree
RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD STATE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Authorizes the Adjutant General to expand the Hawaii National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program to include graduate degrees at the University of Hawaii for qualified enlisted personnel in the Hawaii National Guard. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
BELATTI, IWAMOTO, SHIMIZU, SOUZA |
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HB1752
EMSAC; HI-EMA; AG; Administrator; Members
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
Removes the Adjutant General as a nonvoting ex-officio member of the Hawaii Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee. Adds the Administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency as a nonvoting ex-officio member of the EMSAC. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
BELATTI, SOUZA |
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HB1753
AG; Social Media Platforms; User Information; Deletion
RELATING TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
Requires certain social media platforms to provide an accessible mechanism for users to delete their accounts on the platform and permanently erase all personal information associated with deleted accounts. Prohibits certain deceptive practices by a social media platform that obstructs the deletion of user accounts. Authorizes the Attorney General to pursue civil actions and seek injunctive relief and penalties for violations. Effective 1/1/2027. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
TEMPLO, AMATO, BELATTI, CHUN, GARCIA, GEDEON, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1754
GET; Exemption; Food; Medical Services; Dental; Minority Caucus Package
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX.
Exempts food and groceries from the general excise tax. Expands the general excise tax exemption implemented in 2024 for certain medical and dental services to include all medical and dental services. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
ALCOS, GARCIA, GEDEON, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU |
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HB1755
Minority Caucus Package; Taxation; Income Tax; Elimination
RELATING TO INCOME TAX.
Eliminates the state individual income tax. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
MURAOKA, ALCOS, GARCIA, GEDEON, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU |
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HB1756
Individual Housing Account Program; Pre-Tax Savings; Minority Caucus Package
RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSING ACCOUNT PROGRAM.
Updates the Individual Housing Account statute to reflect the current cost of housing down-payments more accurately. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
MATSUMOTO, ALCOS, GARCIA, GEDEON, MURAOKA, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU |
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HB1757
Minority Caucus Package; DHHL; Hawaiian Homes Commission Act; Leases
RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOMELANDS LEASES.
Requires leases used in the conveyance of available lands as |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GARCIA, ALCOS, GEDEON, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU |
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HB1758
Minority Caucus Package; Criminal Offenses; Assault; Elder Persons
RELATING TO ELDER CRIME VICTIMS.
Removes state of mind requirement pertaining to a victim's age for felony assaults aggravated by the victim's age. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
SHIMIZU, ALCOS, GARCIA, GEDEON, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, PIERICK, REYES ODA |
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HB1759
Minority Caucus Package; Organized Retail Theft; Task Force
RELATING TO THEFT.
Creates the offense of organized retail theft. Provides penalties for organized retail theft which are increased based on value of property and leadership roles. Creates an organized retail theft task force. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GEDEON, ALCOS, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU |
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HB1760
Minority Caucus Package; Mental Illness; Hospitalization
RELATING TO MENTAL ILLNESS.
Amends the definition of "dangerous to self". Defines the terms "gravely disabled" and "psychiatric deterioration". Broadens the term of "imminently dangerous to self and others". Increases the maximum period of emergency hospitalization. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
MURAOKA, ALCOS, GARCIA, GEDEON, MATSUMOTO, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU |
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HB1761
Minority Caucus Package; Election Integrity; Transparency; Access; Reform
RELATING TO ELECTION REFORM.
Amends various election provisions to increase public access to in-person voting, increase public confidence in elections, and impose accountability in the election certification process. Key features include increased access to voter service centers open on election day, abolition of ranked choice voting, public access to election records, signature verification in the presence of official observers, reform of the mandatory recount process, the use of physical ballots during election audits, and subjecting the chief election officer position to election instead of appointment. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GARCIA, ALCOS, GEDEON, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, PIERICK, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU |
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HB1762
Administrative Rulemaking Process; Economic Impact Analysis; Legislative Approval; Minority Caucus Package
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULEMAKING.
Establishes a cost-benefit analysis requirement that defines a specific financial impact threshold for administrative rules. Requires legislative action through concurrent resolution to approve an agency’s major rule change above the threshold of one million dollars. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
REYES ODA, ALCOS, GARCIA, GEDEON, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, PIERICK, SHIMIZU |
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HB1763
Minority Caucus Package; Criminal Offenses; Bribery; Official Misconduct
RELATING TO PENALTIES.
Establishes heightened penalties for the offense of bribery under certain circumstances. Increases the penalty for official misconduct from a class C to a class A felony. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
PIERICK, ALCOS, GARCIA, GEDEON, MATSUMOTO, MURAOKA, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU |
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HB1764
Music Accessibility Pilot Program; Hawaii State Public Library System; Hawaii Symphony Orchestra; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE MUSIC ACCESSIBILITY PILOT PROGRAM.
Establishes the Music Accessibility Pilot Program within the Hawaii State Public Library System to expand access to public concerts and musical education throughout the State. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
KAPELA, BELATTI, CHUN, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, TARNAS |
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HB1765
Spearfishing Safety; Warning Requirements
RELATING TO SPEARFISHING SAFETY.
Establishes safety-warning requirements regarding spearfishing. Effective 7/1/2027. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
KAPELA, AMATO, KAHALOA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKENOUCHI |
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HB1766
DAB; Pesticides; Restricted Use; Geospatial Data; Reports; Online Reporting Tool; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO PESTICIDES.
Requires quarterly rather than annual reporting of all use of restricted use pesticides. Amends the contents of reports to include specific geospatial data and information and increased detail on the amount of restricted use pesticides used. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to develop an online reporting tool for restricted use pesticides. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
KAPELA, AMATO, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, IWAMOTO, KILA, LOWEN, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SOUZA |
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HB1767
Health Insurance; Health Insurers; Mutual Benefit Societies; Health Maintenance Organizations; Prescription Drug Coverage; Opioid Antagonists
RELATING TO OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.
Beginning 1/1/2027, requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations that issue policies, contracts, plans, or agreements that provide prescription drug coverage to provide coverage for at least one generic opioid antagonist and device. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
KAPELA, AMATO, EVSLIN, GEDEON, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
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HB1768
State and County Law Enforcement; Immigration Enforcement Actions; Prohibition
RELATING TO IMMIGRATION.
Prohibits any law enforcement agency or law enforcement official from entering into an agreement under title 8 United States Codes section 1357(g) or any other federal law that permits state or county agencies to engage in immigration enforcement. Prohibits law enforcement agencies or law enforcement officials from engaging in certain immigration-related actions, except under limited circumstances. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
KAPELA, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SOUZA, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1769
Corrections; Private, Out-of-state Prisons; Reduction; Reports
RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
Requires the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation to incrementally reduce the number of individuals incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional institutions. Requires reports to the Legislature. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
KAPELA, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, HARTSFIELD, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, PERRUSO, POEPOE, SAYAMA, SOUZA, TARNAS |
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HB1770
DOE; School Bus Driver Recruitment Grant Program; School Bus Driver Recruitment Special Fund; Repayment Signing Bonus Program; School Bus Driver Outreach and Pathway Program; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS.
Requires the Department of Education to establish a School Bus Driver Recruitment Grant Program. Establishes a School Bus Driver Recruitment Special Fund. Establishes a Repayment Signing Bonus Program. Establishes a School Bus Driver Outreach and Pathway Program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
KAPELA, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, KAHALOA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
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HB1771
DOT; Air Travel; Verified Carbon Offsets; Qualified Air Travel
RELATING TO CARBON OFFSETS.
Requires the Department of Transportation to assist and enable a person to voluntarily purchase a verified carbon offset for greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the person's air travel to or from an airport in the State. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
QUINLAN |
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HB1772
SPO; Small Business Procurement Program; Small Business Procurement Coordinator; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Establishes the Small Business Procurement Program and Small Business Procurement Coordinator position permanently in the State Procurement Office. Repeals the Small Business Assistance Initiative established in Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
QUINLAN |
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HB1773
Disability Travel Placard; Disabled Persons Parking
RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS.
Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to issue a disability travel placard to an applicant who has a valid removeable windshield placard and provides proof of travel. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GRANDINETTI, AMATO, BELATTI, HASHEM, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, MARTEN, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TARNAS, TODD |
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HB1774
Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission; Centralized Resource Website; Affordability; Climate Change; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CENTRALIZED ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
Requires and appropriates funds for the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to develop, implement, and maintain a centralized resource website to connect residents to support and resources to address affordability, health, safety, and the impacts of climate change. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GRANDINETTI, AMATO, BELATTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KUSCH, MARTEN, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS |
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HB1775
Judicial Foreclosures; Eligible Bidders; Subsequent Bids
RELATING TO FORECLOSURES.
Specifies that a judicial foreclosure sale is not final until the earliest of either fifteen days after the public sale, unless an eligible bidder submits a subsequent bid or written notice of intent to submit a subsequent bid, or forty-five days after the public sale. Requires subsequent successful bidders to make a downpayment. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GRANDINETTI, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS |
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HB1776
Office of Consumer Protection; Notice of Tenant Rights
RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.
Requires the Office of Consumer Protection to periodically publish an accessible, multilingual notice of tenant rights. Requires a landlord to provide a tenant with a copy of the notice of tenant rights. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GRANDINETTI, AMATO, BELATTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS |
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HB1777
HHFDC; Housing Projects; Tenants; Right of First offer; Replacement Housing Payments
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Requires developers developing a housing project under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to assist certain tenants who are subject to displacement or eviction by the proposed project by: granting those tenants the right of first offer of a comparable unit in the housing project and providing replacement housing payments; providing information, either directly or through a contracted service, on how to obtain assistance and exercise the right of first offer; and establishing procedures to track and maintain communication with those tenants. Establishes consequences for a developer's noncompliance. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
GRANDINETTI, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, TARNAS |
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HB1778
School Facilities Authority; School Modernization Initiative; Capital Improvement Project Planning Database; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SCHOOL MODERNIZATION.
Requires the School Facilities Authority to establish a school modernization initiative through a capital improvement project planning database for school facilities statewide. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, WOODSON |
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HB1779
DOE; Public Education; School Meals; Free
RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.
Expands free school meal coverage, beginning with the 2029-2030 school year, to all Department of Education students regardless of whether the student participates in a federal school meals program. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, WOODSON |
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HB1780
DOE; Student Transportation; School Bus Program; Fares; Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.
Requires the Department of Education to establish a student bus fare rate system that includes free bus passes for students whose household qualifies the student for free lunch or reduced price lunch under the free and reduced price lunch program. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM, TODD |
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HB1781
Department of Education; Mathematics; Numeracy; Numeracy Coaching Program; Establishment; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Requires the Department of Education to establish a Numeracy Coaching Program to provide numeracy coaches in certain Department of Education elementary schools, middle schools, and intermediate schools to support teachers, improve instruction, and ensure that students develop a strong foundation in mathematics. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, GARCIA, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LEE, M., MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, OLDS, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAM, WOODSON |
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HB1782
Attorney General; Artificial Intelligence; AI Companion Systems; Conversational AI Services; Minors; Regulation; Oversight; Penalties
RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS.
Establishes safeguards, protections, oversight, and penalties for interactions between minors and artificial intelligence companion systems or conversational artificial intelligence services. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, GARCIA, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, KAHALOA, KILA, KUSCH, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS |
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HB1783
School Facilities Authority; Pilot Program; Public-private Partnership; Request for Proposals; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITIES.
Requires the School Facilities Authority to establish a pilot program to develop three new public schools in areas based on demonstrated need through public-private partnerships. Authorizes the School Facilities Authority to use public-private partnerships for the development of public school facilities, including facilities at public charter schools. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. |
(H)
1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, GARCIA, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, OLDS, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA |
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HB1784
DOE; Dyslexia-Sensitive Universal Screening; Professional Development; Report; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Beginning no later than the 2028-2029 school year, requires the Department of Education to administer a dyslexia-sensitive universal screening to all students in kindergarten through grade three. Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, requires certain employees of public schools to have an opportunity to participate in training on literacy instruction. Requires a report to the Legislature and Board of Education before the 2031-2032 school year. Appropriates funds. |
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1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, MARTEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TAM |
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HB1785
DOE; Student Transportation; Governor
RELATING TO STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.
Authorizes the Department of Education to hire a new contractor if a contractor under a student transportation contract fails to provide service on a contracted route for five or more consecutive instructional days. Requires the Department to assess a penalty if a contractor fails to provide service on a contracted route without an approved justification. Specifies that the assessed penalties be deposited into the school bus fare revolving fund. Authorizes the use of the school bus fare revolving fund to offset costs associated with procuring replacement services. |
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1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KAPELA, KILA, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MATSUMOTO, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAKAYAMA, TARNAS |
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HB1786
Department of Education; School Facilities; Public Use; Community Use; Report
RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.
Requires the Department of Education to make available all public school outdoor facilities and grounds on Saturdays and Sundays for public and community use without the need for any license, permit, or deposit of fees, under certain conditions. Requires reports to the Legislature. Repeals on 6/30/2030. |
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1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, BELATTI, GRANDINETTI, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAPELA, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KILA, KUSCH, LEE, M., LOWEN, MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, PERRUSO, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA, TAM, Matayoshi |
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HB1787
Patient Bill of Rights; Health Insurance; Utilization Review; Artificial Intelligence; Restrictions; Adverse Actions; Health Carriers; Licensed Health Care Providers
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.
Establishes restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence, algorithms, or other software tools for purposes of decision-making in health insurance utilization reviews. Requires a licensed health care provider to review all adverse actions by the health carrier. |
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1/21/2026- Pending introduction. |
LA CHICA, AMATO, GARCIA, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, HUSSEY, ILAGAN, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, KUSCH, OLDS, PERRUSO, POEPOE, QUINLAN, REYES ODA, SHIMIZU, SOUZA |
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SB2 SD1
Fruit Tree Harvest Pilot Program; Landscaping; Fruit Trees; Harvest; Indemnification; Report
RELATING TO TREES.
Establishes a two-year Fruit Tree Harvest Pilot Program. Requires state agencies, to the extent practicable, to plant fruit trees in new or renovated landscaping that includes trees within the boundaries of the program. Authorizes persons to harvest fruit from those fruit trees. Provides that the State is not liable for any injuries or illnesses resulting from the harvesting or ingesting of fruit, including food-borne illness. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1) |
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2/13/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC. |
AWA, DECORTE, FEVELLA |
GVO, WAM/JDC |
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SB3 SD1
CWRM; BLNR; Public Trust Purpose; Responsibilities; Board Membership
RELATING TO WATER.
Establishes a public trust purpose for the Commission on Water Resource Management. Allows the Commission on Water Resource Management to retain independent counsel. Repeals the First Deputy to the Chairperson of the Commission on Water Resource Management. Establishes the Executive Director of the Commission on Water Resource Management. Administratively attaches the Commission on Water Resource Management to the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Authorizes members of the Commission on Water Resource Management to be eligible to serve as chairperson. Requires the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Director of Health to serve as ex officio voting members ineligible to serve as chairperson. Authorizes entities to whom an emergency order is directed to challenge the order under certain conditions. Clarifies the notification requirements and contents of declarations of water shortages. Establishes fines. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
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2/12/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM. |
INOUYE, CHANG, FUKUNAGA, HASHIMOTO, MCKELVEY, Fevella |
WTL/PSM, JDC/WAM |
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SB5 SD1
Legislature; Senators; Representatives; Vacancies; Appointments; Term
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE VACANCIES.
Establishes that if a state legislative vacancy occurs due to the death or permanent incapacitation of the prior incumbent before a primary election, but after the close of filing for that election, and the prior incumbent was the only person whose name appeared on any ballot for that seat for that election, the Governor's appointment of a replacement shall be valid for both the unexpired term and the next succeeding term. Effective 1/1/2525. (SD1) |
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3/19/2025- The committee(s) on LMG recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
INOUYE, CHANG, FUKUNAGA, HASHIMOTO, MCKELVEY, RHOADS |
LMG, JHA |
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SB7
Employment Practices; Healthy Workplace Act; Abusive Conduct; Prohibition; Penalty; Private Cause of Action; Remedies; Rules
RELATING TO HEALTHY WORKPLACES.
Prohibits any employer or employee from subjecting an employee to abusive conduct. Requires employers and certain employees to take all reasonable preventative and responsive measures to ensure a safe work environment free of abusive conduct. Prohibits employers and certain employees from taking retaliatory actions against employees who engage in certain protected acts. Establishes a penalty, private cause of action, and remedies. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to adopt rules. |
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2/14/2025- Re-Referred to JDC. |
INOUYE, CHANG, FEVELLA, Fukunaga, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura |
JDC |
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SB8 SD1
Jury Duty; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Exemption
RELATING TO JURY DUTY.
Beginning 1/1/2027, allows an advanced practice registered nurse to claim exemption from service as a juror. Effective 12/31/2050. Sunsets 1/1/2032. (SD1) |
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2/6/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. |
INOUYE, CHANG, HASHIMOTO, MCKELVEY, Fevella, San Buenaventura |
HHS, JDC |
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SB11 SD2
DLNR; State Fire Marshal; County Fire Departments; Vegetation Management Program; Public Utility Lines; Wildfire Hazard Map; Hazardous Vegetation; Property Owner Obligations; Utility Company Rights; Fines; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO VEGETATION MANAGEMENT NEAR UTILITY LINES.
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to create and annually update a wildfire hazard map. Requires private and public property owners to trim grasses within certain proximities of public rights of way and utility lines, enforced by the State Fire Marshal as to State-owned land and the applicable county fire department as to privately owned land. Authorizes electric utility companies to enter private or public property to trim or remove hazardous vegetation. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/1/2050. (SD2) |
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3/13/2025- The committee(s) on WAL/PBS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
INOUYE |
WAL/PBS, EEP, FIN |
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SB13 SD1
Aquaculture Investment Tax Credit
RELATING TO THE AQUACULTURE INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT.
For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025, establishes a 5-year aquaculture investment tax credit for taxpayers that incur qualifying investment costs relating to qualified aquaculture businesses. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
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2/12/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
INOUYE |
AEN, WAM |
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SB18 SD1
SHPD; Inventory; Burial Sites; Historic Properties; Hawaii Historic Preservation Special Fund; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
Appropriate funds into and out of the Hawaii Historic Preservation Special Fund for the State Historic Preservation Division to inventory historic properties and burial sites in the State, collect data on burial site locations, and conduct an archaeological survey necessary to compile the inventory. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
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2/14/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
INOUYE, CHANG, DECORTE, FEVELLA, FUKUNAGA, HASHIMOTO, MCKELVEY, SAN BUENAVENTURA, Moriwaki |
WTL/HWN, WAM |
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SB19 SD1
DLNR; DAR; Aquatic Resources; Positions; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Appropriates funds to establish positions within the Division of Aquatic Resources of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
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2/12/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
INOUYE |
WTL, WAM |
HB913 |
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SB21 SD2 HD2
PUC; Water Carriers; Tariffs; Water Carrier Inflationary Cost Index; Automatic Adjustment Mechanism; Rate Adjustments
RELATING TO WATER CARRIERS.
Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish, no later than 7/1/2026, a Water Carrier Inflationary Cost Index automatic adjustment mechanism and waive or exempt any water carrier from any requirement under the Hawaii Water Carrier Act. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
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4/25/2025- Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225. |
INOUYE |
TRN, CPC, FIN |
HB914 |
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SB24 SD1
Housing; Limited-Profit Housing Associations; Limited-Profit Housing Council; Qualified Residents
RELATING TO LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS.
Establishes an organizational, tax, and regulatory framework for limited-profit housing associations. Establishes the Limited-Profit Housing Council to oversee limited-profit housing associations. (SD1) |
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2/7/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC. |
CHANG, FEVELLA, SAN BUENAVENTURA |
HOU/CPN, WAM/JDC |
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SB25 SD1
Counties; Reduction in Housing; Maintaining Residential Capacity
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Authorizes a county to reduce the number of housing units that may be built within any portion of the county only if the county increases the number of housing units that may be built elsewhere in the county, such that there is no net loss in residential capacity. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
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3/12/2025- The committee(s) on HSG recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
CHANG, Fevella |
HSG, JHA |
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SB26 SD2 HD2
OPSD; Affordable Housing; Land Inventory Task Force; Study; State Lands; County Lands; Transit-Oriented Development; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
Establishes the Affordable Housing Land Inventory Task Force to conduct a study, subject to legislative appropriation, to assess the viability of housing development in transit-oriented development zones or other areas on state or county lands. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
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4/25/2025- Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 880). |
CHANG, FEVELLA, HASHIMOTO, SAN BUENAVENTURA, Gabbard, Wakai |
HSG, WAL, FIN |
HB1451 |
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SB27 SD1
Housing Development; County Council Approval Exemption; State Financing Commitments
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Exempts housing developments that have obtained financing commitments from the State from the requirement to obtain approval from the applicable county council. (SD1) |
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2/5/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
CHANG, FEVELLA, HASHIMOTO, Moriwaki, Wakai |
HOU, WAM |
HB416 |
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SB35 SD1
HHFDC; RHRF; Housing Efficiency and Innovation Subaccount; Housing; Priorities
RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING REVOLVING FUND.
Establishes the Housing Efficiency and Innovation Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund. Specifies permissible uses of funding and priorities. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to transfer moneys between the Housing Efficiency and Innovation Subaccount and the RHRF without legislative approval. (SD1) |
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1/29/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
CHANG, RICHARDS, McKelvey, Moriwaki |
HOU, WAM |
HB417 |
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SB40 SD2 HD1
HHFDC; Bond Volume Cap Recycling Program; Line of Credit; Revenue Bonds
RELATING TO STATE FINANCES.
Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to utilize revenue bonds when securing a line of credit or other instrument of indebtedness for the Bond Volume Cap Recycling Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
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3/18/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
CHANG, GABBARD, HASHIMOTO, MORIWAKI, SAN BUENAVENTURA, Fevella, Wakai |
HSG, FIN |
HB529 |
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SB47 SD1
Public Administration; State Holidays; Lunar New Year
RELATING TO STATE HOLIDAYS.
Designates the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice of each year as the Lunar New Year. Establishes the Lunar New Year as a state holiday. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
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2/12/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
CHANG, FEVELLA, HASHIMOTO, MCKELVEY, RHOADS |
TCA/LBT, WAM |
HB554 |
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SB49 SD1
Terminal Illness; Investigative Drug or Biological Product; Access to Care; Right-to-Try
RELATING TO TERMINAL ILLNESSES.
Authorizes manufacturers of investigational drugs or biological products that are pending approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration to make the drugs or products available to terminally ill patients under certain conditions. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
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2/7/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/JDC. |
CHANG, FEVELLA, MCKELVEY |
HHS, CPN/JDC |
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SB50 SD1
Deceptive Trade Practices; Motor Vehicle Rental Industry; Hidden Fees; False Advertising
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Establishes as a deceptive practice advertising, displaying, or offering a price for goods or services that does not include all mandatory fees or charges, subject to certain exceptions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
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2/11/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. |
CHANG, SAN BUENAVENTURA, Fevella |
TCA, CPN |
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SB51 SD1
Comprehensive Public Funding; Campaign Spending Commission; Report; Appropriations ($)
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 2028 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
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3/12/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
RHOADS, CHANG, FUKUNAGA, MCKELVEY, SAN BUENAVENTURA, Fevella, Ihara, Moriwaki |
JHA, FIN |
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SB52 SD1
DOT; Air Travel; Verified Carbon Offsets; Qualified Air Travel
RELATING TO CARBON OFFSETS.
Requires 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. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
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2/11/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
RHOADS, CHANG |
TCA/AEN, WAM |
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SB55 SD1
Administrative Rules; Rulemaking; Agencies; Digital Accessibility; Searchability; Formatting
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.
Beginning 1/1/2027, requires all state agencies to make the full text of their rules available on the website of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor in a digitally accessible and searchable format that meets or exceeds certain federal standards. Effective 1/1/2525. (SD1) |
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3/13/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
RHOADS, CHANG, San Buenaventura |
JHA, FIN |
HB642 |
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SB58 SD1
DHS; General Assistance; State of Emergency; Emergency Supplementary Income; Eligibility; Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
Allows the Department of Human Services to administer and provide public assistance to eligible residents of the State during a Governor-declared state of emergency. Allows the Department of Human Services to expend funds from the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to provide public assistance to eligible residents during a Governor-declared state of emergency. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
RHOADS, CHANG, SAN BUENAVENTURA |
HHS, WAM |
HB672 |
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SB67 SD1
Housing; Development; Counties; Inclusionary Zoning; Exemption
RELATING TO INCLUSIONARY ZONING.
Prohibits any law, ordinance, or rule from imposing an inclusionary zoning requirement on housing offered exclusively for sale or rent in perpetuity to buyers or renters who are residents of the State, are owner-occupants or renters, and do not own any other real property. (SD1) |
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2/12/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM. |
CHANG, FEVELLA |
HOU, JDC/WAM |
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SB68 SD1
Department of Housing; HCDA; HHFDC; OPSD; HPHA; Establishment; Transfer
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.
Establishes the Department of Housing. Places the Hawaii Community Development Authority, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, and Hawaii Public Housing Authority within the Department of Housing for administrative purposes. Replaces the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism with the Director of Housing on the Hawaii Community Development Authority. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
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2/12/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
CHANG, FEVELLA, HASHIMOTO, Moriwaki |
HOU/GVO, WAM |
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SB69 SD1
Banks; Loans; Housing; Director of Finance; State Treasury Depository
RELATING TO DEPOSITS OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
Requires the Director of Finance to consider, before the selection of a depository for the state treasury, the beneficial effects to the State of using depositories within the State, including but not limited to lending at favorable terms for the creation of certain affordable housing units. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
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2/13/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
CHANG, FEVELLA, HASHIMOTO, RHOADS, Gabbard |
CPN/HOU, WAM |
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SB70 SD1
RHRF; Eligible Applicants; Organizations; Profits; Government Agencies
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Requires eligible applicants of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be either governmental agencies or organizations that are required to use all financial surplus, excluding fees, to develop additional housing in the State. (SD1) |
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2/3/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
CHANG, FEVELLA, RHOADS, McKelvey, San Buenaventura |
HOU, WAM |
HB762 |
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SB71 SD2 HD1
Rental Housing Revolving Fund; Mixed-Income Subaccount; Workforce Rental Housing; Director of Finance; Appropriation
RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING REVOLVING FUND.
Establishes the Mixed-Income Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund that targets workforce rental housing projects for persons and families with incomes at or below one hundred forty per cent of the area median income. Authorizes the Director of Finance to transfer funds from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund into the Mixed-Income Subaccount. Appropriates funds into and out of the Mixed-Income Subaccount of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
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4/16/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809). |
CHANG, FEVELLA, RHOADS, RICHARDS, McKelvey, Moriwaki |
HSG, FIN |
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SB73 SD1
Counties; Permits; State Projects; Designated Staff; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO COUNTY PERMITS.
Requires county permitting agencies to establish and fill positions exclusively to process permit applications submitted for state projects. Appropriates funds. Effective 5/13/2040. (SD1) |
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2/11/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
CHANG, FEVELLA, HASHIMOTO, RHOADS |
EIG, WAM |
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SB75
Housing; Qualified Allocation Plan; RHRF; Prioritization; Terms; Working Group; Report
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Establishes a working group to revise the State's Qualified Allocation Plan, the prioritization of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund, and the terms of loans made from the RHRF. Requires a report to the Legislature. |
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1/31/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
CHANG, FEVELLA, HASHIMOTO, Wakai |
HOU, WAM |
HB418 |
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SB76 SD1
Housing; Rent-to-Own Program; Fee Simple; Leasehold
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Clarifies that the dwelling units eligible for the Rent-to-Own Program shall be units that are for sale in fee simple or leasehold on state or county land under a lease with an initial term of not less than ninety-nine years. Increases the time period that the sales price of dwelling units under the Rent-to-Own Program shall remain fixed from five years to ten years after the rental agreement is executed. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
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2/7/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC. |
CHANG, FEVELLA, MCKELVEY, San Buenaventura |
HOU/CPN, WAM/JDC |
HB525 |
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SB82
American Rescue Plan Act; Conformity to the Internal Revenue Code; Income Tax
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Conforms the Hawaii income tax laws to the provision of the American Rescue Plan Act relating to tax treatment of restaurant revitalization grants. Applies retroactively to taxable years beginning after 12/31/24. |
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1/16/2025- Referred to WAM. |
CHANG (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAM |
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SB83 SD2
Hotels; Hotel Services; Service Disruption; Third-Party Vendor; Guests; Notice; Violation; Penalty
RELATING TO HOTELS.
Requires hotelkeepers to provide adequate notice of service disruptions to third-party vendors and prospective and current guests under certain conditions. Prohibits hotelkeepers from imposing any fee, penalty, or other charge and from retaining any deposit of a guest who cancels a reservation if a service disruption is likely to exist during the period of the reservation. Requires any hotelkeeper that violates or causes another person to violate this Act to forfeit to the injured party three times the amount of the sum charged in excess of what the hotelkeeper is entitled to. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
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3/6/2025- Referred to TOU, JHA, CPC, referral sheet 19 |
ELEFANTE, AQUINO |
TOU, JHA, CPC |
HB594 |
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SB95
Certificate of Inspection; Vehicle Safety; Fines
RELATING TO VEHICLE SAFETY.
Creates additional fines for any individual found operating a vehicle or moped without a current certificate of inspection. |
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2/21/2025- The recommendation was not adopted. |
ELEFANTE, AQUINO, CHANG, FEVELLA, FUKUNAGA, HASHIMOTO, LEE, C., MORIWAKI, Gabbard, McKelvey, Wakai |
TCA, JDC |
HB227 |
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SB101 SD1
UH; JABSOM; Resident Tuition Fee; In-State Tuition
RELATING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL TUITION.
Requires graduates of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine who have paid in-state tuition to serve as a physician in the State for at least 2 years following their medical residency or fellowship. Begins with the class of 2029. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1) |
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2/11/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
HASHIMOTO, AQUINO, FEVELLA, LEE, C. |
HRE, WAM |
HB221 |
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SB103 SD1
HSEO; Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling and Reuse Working Group; Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Reuse; Recycling; Working Group; Report
RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES.
Establishes a two-year Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling and Reuse Working Group within the Hawaii State Energy Office. Requires the working group to examine how to maximize the recycling and reuse of electric vehicle batteries and recommend electric vehicle battery management practices. Requires a report to the Legislature. (SD1) |
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3/6/2025- Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 19 |
ELEFANTE, CHANG, FEVELLA, GABBARD, HASHIMOTO, KANUHA, KIM, MCKELVEY, MORIWAKI, Fukunaga, Wakai |
EEP, FIN |
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SB106 SD1 HD2
Pedestrians; Safety; Street Crossing; Pilot Program
RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS.
Establishes a three-year Pedestrian Safety Pilot Program in a county with population of two hundred fifty thousand or less, under certain conditions. Authorizes the Governor to revoke and abolish the Pilot Program and overturn a county's request to opt-out of the Pilot Program. Authorizes a county with a population of over two hundred fifty thousand to participate in the Pilot Program, subject to certain conditions. Requires reports to the Legislature. Requires a driver of a vehicle to yield to a pedestrian when the pedestrian clearly indicates their intention to cross a roadway within a crosswalk. Sunsets 6/30/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
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4/10/2025- Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). |
RHOADS, LEE, C. |
TRN, JHA |
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SB108 SD1
DOT; Vessels; Harbors; Regulation of Noise; Study; Report
RELATING TO VESSELS.
Requires the Department of Transportation to work with relevant stakeholders to conduct a study of noise regulations and best practices as they apply to other ports in similar locations. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/WAM. |
RHOADS |
TCA, CPN/WAM |
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SB109 SD2 HD1
Hawaiian Language; State Law; Public Documents
RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.
Requires that the Hawaiian version of a law be held binding if the law in question was originally drafted in Hawaiian and meets certain criteria. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
4/15/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). |
RHOADS, SAN BUENAVENTURA |
JHA |
HB304 |
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SB114 SD1
Presidential Preference Primary Election; Establishment; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Beginning 6/1/2026, establishes presidential preference primary elections for the 2028 election cycle. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
(S)
2/6/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
RHOADS, CHANG, LEE, C., Fukunaga |
JDC, WAM |
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SB115 SD1
Real Property; Exemption; Attachment; Execution
RELATING TO ATTACHMENT AND EXECUTION OF REAL PROPERTY.
Increases the real property exemption amount for attachment or execution. (SD1) |
(S)
2/6/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
RHOADS, CHANG, FUKUNAGA, HASHIMOTO, LEE, C., MCKELVEY, Moriwaki |
JDC, WAM |
HB147 |
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SB117 SD1
Defamation; Litigation; Sexual Assault; Sexual Harassment; Sexual Discrimination; Immunity
RELATING TO DEFAMATION.
Protects individuals who make claims of sexual misconduct from defamation lawsuits unless the claims were proven to be made with malice. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
(H)
3/11/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
RHOADS, CHANG |
JHA |
HB148 |
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SB118 SD1
Campaign Spending Commission; Investigator; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION.
Establishes an investigator position in the Campaign Spending Commission. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
(S)
2/12/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
RHOADS, CHANG |
JDC, WAM |
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SB123 SD1
Department of Budget and Finance; Department of Taxation; Home Mortgage Interest Deduction; Income Tax; Reports
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Eliminates the home mortgage interest deduction for second homes under Hawaii income tax law. Requires reports to the Legislature. (SD1) |
(S)
2/10/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
RHOADS, CHANG, LEE, C. |
HOU, WAM |
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SB124 SD1
Reapportionment; Census Data; 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 decennial United States census for the respective reapportionment year, rather than the permanent resident population. (SD1) |
(S)
3/10/2025- Notice of bill proposing constitutional amendment transmitted to Governor pursuant to Article XVII, Section 3 (Sen. Com. No. 1). |
RHOADS |
JHA, FIN |
HB140 |
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SB125 SD2 HD1
State Enterprise Zones; Qualified Business; Tax Incentives; Eligible Business Activities; Retail Sales; Value-Added Agricultural Products; Health Care Services; Advanced Manufacturing; Cybersecurity
RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES.
Amends the definition of "eligible business activity" for State Enterprise Zone Program purposes to include retail sales of tangible personal property manufactured and sold in the enterprise zone to the final consumer, the processing of value-added agricultural products grown within an enterprise zone, the provision of professional services by health care professionals in health-care-related sectors, the use of advanced manufacturing to produce products, or the development of cybersecurity technology. Extends the eligibility period of the state business tax credit and general excise tax exemption for qualified businesses within state enterprise zones from 7 years to 9 years. Extends the eligibility period of the general excise tax exemption for qualified businesses within state enterprise zones engaged in the manufacturing of tangible personal property or the producing or processing of agricultural products from 10 years to 12 years. Makes the extension of the state business tax credit eligibility period applicable to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. Makes the extension of the general excise tax exemption eligibility period take effect on 1/1/2027. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
4/22/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 863). |
DECOITE, AQUINO, CHANG, HASHIMOTO, KANUHA, MCKELVEY, Kidani, Wakai |
ECD, AGR, FIN |
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SB127 SD1
DOA; Conventional Farming; Grants; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL GRANTS.
Establishes the Conventional Farming Grant Program to be administered by the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to small and midsized farmers who practice conventional farming. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/5/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
DECOITE, AQUINO, CHANG, DECORTE, HASHIMOTO, KANUHA, RICHARDS, SAN BUENAVENTURA |
AEN, WAM |
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SB129 SD2
Uniform Packaging and Labeling; Food Labeling; Country of Origin; Raw Ahi; Ahi Poke; Processed Ahi
RELATING TO LABELING REQUIREMENTS.
Prohibits the sale of raw ahi, including ahi poke or processed ahi, in retail establishments without a label that states the country where the ahi was landed. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(H)
3/6/2025- Referred to AGR, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 19 |
DECOITE, AQUINO |
AGR, CPC, FIN |
HB534 |
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SB130
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, and there is a sign giving notice of the closure. |
(S)
2/6/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC/WAM. |
DECOITE, AQUINO, CHANG, DECORTE, ELEFANTE, HASHIMOTO, KANUHA, MCKELVEY, MORIWAKI, RICHARDS, SAN BUENAVENTURA, WAKAI |
WTL/PSM, JDC/WAM |
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SB133 SD2
PUC; State Facilities; Wheeling; Renewable Energy; Clean Electricity; Report
RELATING TO ENERGY.
Authorizes state facilities to wheel electricity produced by their own facility from renewable energy sources to other state facilities pursuant to administrative rules or orders established by the Public Utilities Commission. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to submit a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(H)
3/10/2025- Re-referred to EEP, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 21 |
WAKAI, AQUINO, CHANG, FEVELLA, HASHIMOTO, KANUHA, LEE, C., MCKELVEY, SAN BUENAVENTURA |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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SB137 SD2 HD1
Public Utilities Commission; Electric Utility Companies; Acquisitions; Mergers; Consolidations; Application Review Process; Alternative Applications; Non-Investor-Owned Utilities Ownership Models; Collective Bargaining Agreements; Power Purchase Agreements
RELATING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES.
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to consider whether approving a proposed merger or acquisition would or would not further the State's renewable energy goals. Prohibits the acquiring entity of an electric utility company from terminating or attempting to renegotiate any existing and valid power purchase agreements and requires the acquiring entity to assume and be bound by existing collective bargaining agreements and retain all covered employees. Establishes a process to ensure that when an electric utility is subject to an application for a proposed acquisition, merger, or consolidation by a potential acquiring entity that is an investor-owned utility and seeks approval of the application from the Public Utilities Commission, the electric utility shall demonstrate that it solicited bids from potential acquiring entities that operate under a non-investor-owned utility ownership model. Requires the electric utility to submit acceptable bids from a potential acquiring entity operating under a non-investor-owned utility ownership model concurrently with an application by a potential acquiring entity that is an investor-owned utility and the Public Utilities Commission to review those applications concurrently. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
3/19/2025- The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
KEOHOKALOLE, AQUINO, CHANG, DECOITE, HASHIMOTO, RHOADS, RICHARDS, San Buenaventura, Wakai |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
HB339 |
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SB138 SD1
Income Tax Credit; Safe Room Installation Income Tax Credit; Hurricane-Resistant Safe Rooms; Director of Taxation
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxpayers that incur costs related to the design, materials, installation, and construction of hurricane-resistant safe rooms. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1) |
(S)
2/5/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KEOHOKALOLE, AQUINO |
PSM, WAM |
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SB141 SD1
HIEMA; Hawaii Disaster Drill Day; Preparedness; Federal Government; Counties
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Establishes the eighth day of August of each year as "Hawaii Disaster Drill Day". Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with all state departments and agencies, to conduct drills and perform other activities for that day. (SD1) |
(S)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KEOHOKALOLE, CHANG, HASHIMOTO, MCKELVEY, Richards |
PSM/TCA, WAM |
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SB142 SD2
Property Insurance; Claims; Payment; Mortgaged Property; Electronic Delivery
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Allows an insured to authorize the insurer to electronically remit claim proceeds to the insured's mortgagee when a homeowners insurance policy that covers a mortgaged property allows for the payment of proceeds by issuing a check. Requires a mortgagee in receipt of electronic delivery of claim proceeds to deliver the proceeds of the claim to the insured in accordance with the mortgage agreement and the insurance policy. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(H)
3/6/2025- Referred to CPC, referral sheet 19 |
KEOHOKALOLE, CHANG, RICHARDS, SAN BUENAVENTURA, Elefante, Hashimoto |
CPC |
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SB144 SD2
Hawaii Board of Chiropractic; Licensure; Exception; Students; Clinical Practice; Rules
RELATING TO CHIROPRACTIC.
Beginning 7/1/2027, allows chiropractic students enrolled in a qualified chiropractic college to engage in clinical practice as part of their college instruction if directly supervised by a qualified licensed chiropractor. Requires the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic to adopt rules. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(H)
3/6/2025- Referred to HED, CPC, referral sheet 19 |
KEOHOKALOLE, AQUINO, CHANG, HASHIMOTO, RHOADS, RICHARDS, Kanuha, San Buenaventura |
HED, CPC |
HB970 |
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SB145
Commission on Water Resource Management; Water Shortage and Emergency; Declaration; Notice
RELATING TO DECLARATION OF WATER SHORTAGE AND EMERGENCY.
Amends the conditions, manner, and areas in which the Commission on Water Resource Management can declare and provide notice of water shortages and emergencies. |
(H)
3/6/2025- Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 19 |
KEOHOKALOLE, CHANG, DECOITE, DECORTE, FUKUNAGA, HASHIMOTO, Inouye, San Buenaventura |
WAL, JHA |
HB510 |
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SB146 SD1 HD2
Condominiums; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Evaluative Mediation; Binding Arbitration
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Amends the conditions and procedures of alternative dispute resolution methods for condominium-related disputes, including the use of evaluative mediation or binding arbitration. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2) |
(S)
4/21/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754). |
KEOHOKALOLE, CHANG, DECORTE, RICHARDS, SAN BUENAVENTURA, Hashimoto, Wakai |
CPC, JHA |
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SB147 SD2
Condominium Associations; Unit Owners; Tenants; Declarations; By-Laws; House Rules; Violations; Fines; Appeals; Attorneys' Fees
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Establishes processes and requirements for associations to impose fines against unit owners, tenants, and guests for violations of the declaration, bylaws, or house rules. Prohibits associations from charging attorneys' fees with respect to any fines that are not deemed collectable. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(H)
3/6/2025- Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 19 |
KEOHOKALOLE, CHANG, INOUYE |
CPC, JHA |
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SB148 SD2 HD2
State Boxing Commission of Hawaii; Boxing and Combat Sports Commission of Hawaii; Combat Sports Contests; Prohibitions; Mixed Martial Arts Contests; Repeal; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO COMBAT SPORTS.
Renames the State Boxing Commission of Hawaii as the Boxing and Combat Sports Commission of Hawaii. Amends the jurisdiction of the Commission to include combat sports contests. Prohibits no rules combat or similar combat sports contests. Repeals the existing Mixed Martial Arts Contests Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5). |
KEOHOKALOLE, CHANG, RICHARDS, Kanuha |
ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN |
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SB150 SD1
Red Hill WAI Policy Coordinator; Red Hill Remediation Special Fund
RELATING TO RED HILL.
Establishes a Water Alliance Initiative Policy Coordinator for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KEOHOKALOLE, CHANG, DECORTE, FUKUNAGA, HASHIMOTO, Kim, San Buenaventura, Wakai |
WTL/AEN, WAM |
HB505 |
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SB151 SD1
DHHL; Geothermal Resources; Permitted Interaction Group; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Establishes a permitted interaction group within the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to continue geophysical data collection, investigation, exploration, and identification of geothermal resources on Hawaiian home lands. Authorizes DHHL to hire consultants. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KEOHOKALOLE, CHANG, HASHIMOTO, KANUHA, Moriwaki |
HWN/EIG, WAM |
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SB152 SD1
HHFDC; DHHL; DURF; Collateral; Loans; Residential Homestead Lots; Housing
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to utilize funds in the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund as collateral when DHHL is an eligible borrower of a loan guaranteed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the Housing and Community Development Act, as amended, subject to approval of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Appropriates funds. (SD1) |
(S)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KEOHOKALOLE, CHANG, DECOITE, KANUHA, RICHARDS, SAN BUENAVENTURA |
HOU/HWN, WAM |
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SB157 SD2
Attorney General; Antitrust; Rental Housing; Price-fixing; Public Education Program; Penalties
RELATING TO ANTITRUST.
Prohibits the use of algorithmic price-setting in Hawaii's rental market. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to develop and undertake a public education program regarding the prohibition. Establishes fines and penalties. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(H)
3/6/2025- Referred to CPC, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19 |
CHANG |
CPC, JHA, FIN |
HB831 |
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SB161 SD1
State Agencies; Counties; State Projects; County Building Permit Requirements; Exemption; Public Disclosure; Programmatic or Project-Specific Agreements; Cooperative Working Groups; Report
RELATING TO COUNTY PERMITTING AND INSPECTION.
Allows state projects to be exempt from county building permit requirements under certain conditions. Requires all exempted state projects to be included in a report that is regularly made available to the public. Allows state agencies that undertake projects to be dedicated to a county to prepare programmatic or project-specific agreements that establish requirements and standards for review and acceptance if the agency wants the project to be exempted. Allows state agencies that want to be exempted from county permitting processes to establish a cooperative working group. Requires cooperative working groups to submit an interim report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2026. Effective 5/13/2040. (SD1) |
(S)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
CHANG, HASHIMOTO, RICHARDS, SAN BUENAVENTURA, Kanuha |
EIG/GVO, WAM |
HB761 |
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SB165
Housing; Qualified Nonprofit Housing Trusts; Qualified Residents
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Clarifies the definition of "qualified nonprofit housing trust" to specify organizations that exclusively serve qualified residents as defined in section 201H-32, HRS. |
(S)
2/10/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
CHANG, AQUINO, FEVELLA, HASHIMOTO, RICHARDS |
HOU, WAM |
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SB166
Insurance; Captive Insurance Company; Insurance Commissioner; Certificate of Exemption; Examinations
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Allows captive insurance companies that are not risk retention captive insurance companies to apply to the Insurance Commissioner for certificates of exemption from examination if the captive insurance companies meet certain requirements. |
(S)
1/17/2025- Referred to CPN. |
CHANG, Hashimoto |
CPN |
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SB169 SD1
Wrongful Convictions; Civil Remedies; Redress; Compensation
RELATING TO REDRESS FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTION AND IMPRISONMENT.
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide written notice to certain persons regarding the ability to file a claim for redress under applicable wrongful conviction law. Requires the liberal construction of that law. Changes the standard for a claim for compensation for wrongful imprisonment from actual innocence to grounds consistent with innocence. Provides for advance compensation for petitioners under certain circumstances. Requires the State to prove, for claims for compensation for wrongful imprisonment, that the reversal or vacating of the petitioner's conviction or pardoning of the petitioner was inconsistent with innocence. Requires reports to Legislature from the Department of the Attorney General. (SD1) |
(S)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
RHOADS, CHANG, LEE, C., SAN BUENAVENTURA, Elefante, Gabbard, Ihara, Inouye |
JDC, WAM |
HB151 |
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SB173 SD1
Judiciary; Pilot Program; Child Care; Witnesses; Parties; First Circuit; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO CHILD CARE.
Requires the Judiciary to establish a three-year pilot program to provide free child care services to minor children of parties and witnesses who are attending court hearings in the first circuit. Requires the Judiciary to submit reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
(S)
2/4/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
RHOADS, CHANG, GABBARD, SAN BUENAVENTURA |
JDC, WAM |
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SB175 SD1
Constitutional Amendment; Judges; Mandatory Retirement Age
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO INCREASE THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR STATE JUSTICES AND JUDGES.
Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the mandatory retirement age for justices and judges from seventy to seventy-five years of age. (SD1) |
(S)
2/6/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
RHOADS, CHANG, GABBARD, SAN BUENAVENTURA |
JDC, WAM |
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SB177 SD1 HD1
DOA; Division of Animal Industry; Aquaculture Program; Import Assessment; Biological Aquatic Risk-Based Framework; Biocontainment Standards; Aquatic Livestock; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.
Authorizes the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture to adopt, amend, and repeal rules to develop an assessment and approval process to import and move aquatic livestock in the State. Requires the Aquaculture Program to develop a biological aquatic risk-based framework and biocontainment standards for the aquatic livestock assessment and approval process. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
4/25/2025- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 2:40 PM; Conference Room 411. |
WAKAI, CHANG, DECOITE, HASHIMOTO, INOUYE, KANUHA, KIDANI, RICHARDS, Fevella, San Buenaventura |
AGR, CPC, FIN |
HB47 |
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SB179 SD1
Contractor Repair Act; Notice of Claim; Inspection; Repair; Rejection of Claims; Limitations on Recovery; Statute of Repose
RELATING TO REMEDIES.
Clarifies the applicability of the statute of repose for actions arising from construction defects. Clarifies the required contents of a notice of claim of construction defect served on a contractor. Amends the process and time frame for a claimant to accept a contractor's offer to settle or inspect and authorize the contractor to proceed with repairs. Limits the amount a claimant can recover if the claimant rejects a contractor's reasonable proposal for inspection or a reasonable offer to remedy. Clarifies the consequences of rejecting an offer of settlement. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. |
AQUINO |
CPN, JDC |
HB420 |
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SB182 SD1
Hotels; Hotel Services; Service Disruptions; Strikes; Lockouts; Third-Party Vendor; Guests; Notice; Damages
RELATING TO SERVICE DISRUPTIONS.
Requires hotelkeepers to provide adequate notice of strikes and lockouts to guests and third-party vendors under certain conditions. Allows for recovery of damages by injured parties. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/21/2025- The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
AQUINO |
LBT, CPN/JDC |
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SB183 SD1 HD1
EUTF; Collective Bargaining; Contributions; Disputes; Impasses; Arbitration
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.
Allows impasses and disputes relating to the amounts of State and county contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to be resolved by arbitration. Repeals the prohibition against strikes by members of bargaining units on the issue of the amounts of State and county contributions to the Trust Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
4/22/2025- Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-25 10:16AM; Conference Room 016. |
AQUINO |
LAB, FIN |
HB160 |
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SB184
Deposit Beverage Container Program; Deposit and Refund Value; Increase
RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM.
Increases the deposit and refund value for beverage containers from 5 cents to 10 cents under the deposit beverage container program. |
(S)
2/4/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
AQUINO |
AEN, WAM |
HB109 |
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SB185 SD1
Indebtedness; Salary or Wage Overpayment; Overpayment Payroll Transactions; Deductions for Recovery; Disbursing Officer; Notice
RELATING TO INDEBTEDNESS TO THE STATE.
Requires disbursing officers to notify employees within sixty days of making a determination that an indebtedness has occurred to the government resulting from salary or wage overpayment. Amends the amount that a disbursing officer may deduct from an employee's salary, wage, or compensation based on the employee's gross income. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/12/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM. |
AQUINO |
LBT, JDC/WAM |
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SB189 SD1
Breast Cancer; Mammography; Risk-Factor Screening; Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage
RELATING TO BREAST CANCER SCREENING.
Expands mandatory health insurance coverage for low-dose mammography for occult breast cancer to include any supplemental imaging deemed medically necessary for a patient of any age having an above-average risk for breast cancer as determined by the use of a risk-factor modeling tool. On or before 1/1/2026, expands mandatory health insurance coverage to include additional supplemental imaging for any patient, regardless of age, as deemed medically necessary by the patient's primary care provider. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/10/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/WAM. |
FEVELLA, AQUINO, CHANG, DECORTE, GABBARD, KIM, Awa, Fukunaga, Moriwaki |
HHS, CPN/WAM |
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SB190
Probation; Geographic Restriction; Misdemeanor Conviction; Ewa Beach; Kapolei; Waianae
RELATING TO SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS.
Allows a person who has been convicted of 3 misdemeanors committed in Ewa Beach, Kapolei, or Waianae, to be sentenced to a term of geographic restriction during which the person is prohibited during certain hours from entering the specific area where the acts occurred. Mandates a sentence of imprisonment for 30 days for a violation of the geographic restriction. |
(S)
1/27/2025- Re-Referred to JDC. |
FEVELLA, DECORTE, Awa |
JDC |
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SB191 SD1 HD1
DHS; PUC; Hawaii Home Energy Assistance Program; Positions; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO ENERGY ASSISTANCE.
Establishes the Hawaii Home Energy Assistance Program within the Department of Human Services to assist eligible households in paying their energy bills. Requires the Public Utilities Commission Public Benefits Fee Administrator to provide certain information and assistance to recipients of the program. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5). |
FEVELLA, DECORTE, Chang, San Buenaventura |
EEP/HSH, CPC, FIN |
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SB193
Sex Trafficking; Penalty; Protection of Minors
RELATING TO CRIME.
Specifies that the penalty for sex trafficking shall be payment of a fine of no less than $50,000 but no more than $100,000, and a definite term of imprisonment of up to 20 years without the possibility of a suspended sentence, probation, or parole. Provides that consent to sexual conduct is not a defense. Defines "sexual conduct". Provides that a minor who reports that the minor is a victim of sex trafficking shall not be subject to criminal liability. |
(S)
1/27/2025- Re-Referred to JDC. |
FEVELLA, AQUINO, DECORTE, KIM, Awa |
JDC |
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SB199 SD1
OHA; Native Hawaiian Cultural Centers; Reports; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO HAWAIIAN CULTURE.
Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to establish and maintain Native Hawaiian cultural centers within the State. Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to construct one cultural center on Oahu by 2040. Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to submit reports to the Legislature regarding the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' compliance with this Act. Appropriates funds for the planning and design of the first Native Hawaiian cultural center. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
FEVELLA, DECORTE, MCKELVEY, MORIWAKI |
HWN, WAM |
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SB202 SD1
Net Energy Metering; Electric Utilities; Net Energy Producers; Compensation
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Requires electric utilities to compensate customer-generators for excess electricity credits. (SD1) |
(S)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. |
FEVELLA, CHANG |
EIG, CPN |
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SB215 SD1
Towing Companies; Fees
RELATING TO TOWING COMPANIES.
Changes the fees that a towing company may charge to tow vehicles left unattended on private and public property. Prohibits a towing company or parking management company from installing immobilization devices on motor vehicles. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. |
FEVELLA, CHANG, Hashimoto, Richards |
TCA, CPN |
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SB216 SD1
BOA; DOA; Agricultural Park Lots; Farm Dwellings; Land Use; Inspections
RELATING TO FARM DWELLINGS.
Prohibits residing on agricultural park lots unless within a farm dwelling permitted by the Board of Agriculture. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of agricultural park lots for unpermitted farm dwellings during fiscal year 2025-2026. (SD1) |
(S)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. |
DECOITE (Introduced by request of another party) |
AEN, JDC |
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SB227 SD1 HD2
DLE; Illegal Fireworks Enforcement Division; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Establishes the Illegal Fireworks Enforcement Division within the Department of Law Enforcement. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
4/10/2025- Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). |
ELEFANTE, AQUINO, CHANG, FEVELLA, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, INOUYE, KANUHA, RHOADS, WAKAI |
JHA, FIN |
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SB228 SD1 HD2
Excited Delirium; Medical Diagnosis; Cause of Death; Incident Report; Law Enforcement Officers; Hawaii Rules of Evidence
RELATING TO EXCITED DELIRIUM.
Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a medical examiner, coroner, or health care provider from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium. Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report. Establishes a new Hawaii Rule of Evidence that deems evidence that a person experienced or suffered an excited delirium inadmissible in a civil action. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
4/16/2025- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809). |
ELEFANTE, CHANG, Fevella |
HLT, JHA |
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SB233
Climate Resilience; Emergency Preparedness; Workforce Development; Energy Security Special Fund
RELATING TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
Requires the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Program to design and implement a plan to increase jobs that strengthen emergency preparedness and climate resilience. Authorizes the use of the Energy Security Special Fund to advance the State's goals of strengthening emergency preparedness and climate mitigation. |
(S)
2/14/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
GABBARD, CHANG |
EIG, WAM |
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SB239 SD1
State Buildings; Public Schools Buildings; Design; Hurricanes; Shelter
RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.
Requires certain state buildings, including public school buildings, for which construction is anticipated to commence on or after 7/1/2026 to be designed to withstand category five hurricanes and be used as shelters in the event of an emergency. (SD1) |
(S)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
GABBARD, AQUINO, RHOADS |
GVO/PSM, WAM |
HB358 |
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SB242 SD2
DOA; Agricultural Land; Foreign Entities; Lease Limitations; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF AGRICULTURAL LAND.
Prohibits foreign entities from owning, leasing, or holding a controlling interest in more than an unspecified number of acres of agricultural land. Limits the lease term for agricultural land by foreign entities. Requires foreign entities that own or lease interest in agricultural lands to file an annual report with the Department of Agriculture. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
(H)
3/6/2025- Referred to AGR/WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19 |
GABBARD, AWA, Moriwaki |
AGR/WAL, JHA, FIN |
HB192 |
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SB249 SD1
DOE; Food Contracts; Local Agricultural Products; Benchmarks
RELATING TO LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Clarifies certain benchmark goals and timeline for the Department of Education to provide locally-sourced agricultural and food products. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
GABBARD, CHANG, DECOITE, FEVELLA, FUKUNAGA |
EDU, WAM |
HB110 |
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SB250 SD1
Department of Agriculture; Department of Taxation; Income Tax Credit; Interisland Shipping; Agricultural Products and Inputs
RELATING TO TAXATION.
Creates an income tax credit for qualified transportation costs incurred by certain taxpayers who ship agricultural products and inputs between counties. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/5/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
GABBARD, FEVELLA |
AEN, WAM |
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SB251
DOA; Counties; Invasive Species Placard Program; Invasive Species; Plant Nurseries
RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.
Requires the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and carry out an Invasive Species Placard Program for plant nurseries. Allows a county to adopt an Invasive Species Placard Program if the Department does not adopt the Program within a certain number of years. |
(S)
2/4/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPN/WAM. |
GABBARD, CHANG, DECOITE, FEVELLA, FUKUNAGA, RHOADS, San Buenaventura |
AEN, CPN/WAM |
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SB252 SD2 HD2
DOA; Pests; Invasive Species; Importation; Inspection; Sale; Prohibition; Quarantine; Penalties
RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.
Clarifies that the importation of any pest or material infested or infected with an insect or other animal, disease, or pest is prohibited. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to administratively inspect any article imported or moved into the State from the continental United States or between the Hawaiian Islands. Prohibits the sale, barter, or donation of items or material that is a pest, is infested or infected with a pest, or prohibited from being sold. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to compel the quarantine, treatment, or destruction of certain materials. Clarifies penalties for various quarantine and import law violations, based in part on whether violations were knowingly committed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) |
(H)
3/21/2025- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5). |
KEOHOKALOLE, AQUINO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, MORIWAKI, RHOADS, Kidani |
AGR, JHA, FIN |
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SB253 SD2 HD1
Condominiums; Budget Summaries; Condominium Associations; Boards of Directors; Compliance; Standing; Good Faith Defense; Burden of Proof
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM RESERVES.
Requires a detailed budget summary to contain all required information without referring the reader to other portions of the budget or reserve study. Excludes the good faith defense for associations whose boards adopt a budget that omits the required detailed budget summary. Clarifies a unit owner's standing and the association's burden of proving substantial compliance. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(S)
4/21/2025- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754). |
KEOHOKALOLE, FUKUNAGA, SAN BUENAVENTURA, McKelvey, Moriwaki, Wakai |
CPC, JHA |
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SB254 SD1
Hawaii Council of Mayors Package; Public Procurement; Small Purchases
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Increases the procurement thresholds for small purchases. Effective 1/1/2525. (SD1) |
(S)
2/10/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
GVO, WAM |
HB381 |
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SB259 SD1
Honolulu Police Department Package; Pawnbrokers; Secondhand Dealers; Recordkeeping
RELATING TO RECORDKEEPING.
Establishes recordkeeping requirements for secondhand dealers, requiring records to be retained for two years from the date of sale. Amends and standardizes recordkeeping requirements for pawnbrokers, requiring records to be retained for two years from the date of maturity. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1) |
(S)
2/7/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
PSM, CPN |
HB382 |
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SB260 SD1
Judiciary Package; Appropriations; Budget ($)
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
Appropriates funds for the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2025, and ending 6/30/2027. Effective 7/1/2025. (SD1) |
(S)
2/13/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC, WAM |
HB400 |
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SB261 SD1
Judiciary Package; Jury Duty; Juror and Prospective Juror Compensation; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO JURY DUTY.
Increases the amount each juror or prospective juror is paid for each day of actual attendance at court. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
(S)
2/4/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC, WAM |
HB395 |
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SB262 SD1
Judiciary Package; Prospective Jurors; Juror Qualification Form
RELATING TO PROSPECTIVE JURORS.
Authorizes the Judiciary to determine the format of the juror qualification form and the means of its delivery and return. Authorizes the Judiciary to use more than one method of delivery and attempt to contact any one juror more than once. Removes the requirement that the form be mailed. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
(H)
3/11/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
HB402 |
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SB263 SD1
Judiciary Package; Criminal Proceedings; Court-Appointed Counsel; Fees; Appropriations ($)
RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR COURT-APPOINTED COUNSEL.
Increases the rate of compensation and maximum allowable amounts per case for court-appointed counsel in criminal proceedings. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
(S)
2/4/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC, WAM |
HB396 |
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SB265
Judiciary Package; Family Courts; Court-Appointed Counsel; Guardian Ad Litem; Fees
RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR COURT-APPOINTED REPRESENTATION.
Increases the rate of compensation and maximum allowable amounts per case for court-appointed counsel and guardians ad litem in family court proceedings. |
(S)
2/4/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC, WAM |
HB398 |
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SB266
Judiciary Package; District Court Judges; First Circuit
RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT JUDGES.
Establishes 1 additional district court judgeship in the First Circuit. |
(S)
2/6/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC, WAM |
HB399 |
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SB267
Judiciary Package; District Court Judges; Third Circuit
RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT JUDGES.
Establishes 1 additional district court judgeship in the Third Circuit. |
(S)
2/6/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC, WAM |
HB401 |
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SB268 SD1 HD1
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Package; Burial Councils; Composition
RELATING TO ISLAND BURIAL COUNCILS.
Decreases the size of the Island Burial Councils from nine to seven members. Removes the requirement for the councils to include members having development and large property owner interests. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) |
(H)
3/19/2025- Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, JHA |
HB409 |
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SB269 SD1
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Package; Budget ($)
RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.
Appropriates moneys to fund the operating expenses of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for the fiscal biennium beginning on 7/1/2025, and ending on 6/30/2027. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) |
(S)
2/11/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HWN, WAM |
HB410 |
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SB275
Office of Elections Package; Voter Registration; Deadlines; Forms
RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION.
Extends the deadline to register to vote by mail from 30 to 10 days prior to a primary or general election. Repeals obsolete language regarding permanent absentee ballots. |
(S)
1/21/2025- Referred to JDC. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
HB408 |
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SB276
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Sentencing; Violation of Order for Protection
RELATING TO ORDERS FOR PROTECTION.
Reinstates mandatory minimum jail sentences for successive violations of the same order for protection. Removes the distinction between domestic and non-domestic violations of an order for protection. Eliminates the court's ability to suspend mandatory minimum sentences. |
(S)
1/21/2025- Referred to JDC. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
HB383 |
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SB279
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Offenses Relating to Drugs and Intoxicating Compounds; Fentanyl
RELATING TO DANGEROUS DRUGS.
Conforms fentanyl to the possession offense thresholds for methamphetamine, heroin, morphine, and cocaine. |
(H)
3/6/2025- Referred to JHA, referral sheet 19 |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
HB386 |
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SB280
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Negligent Injury
RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.
Amends the offense of negligent injury in the first degree to include injuries negligently inflicted by intoxicated drivers. |
(S)
2/6/2025- The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
HB387 |
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SB282
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Uncrewed Aircraft; Criminal Offenses
RELATING TO UNCREWED AIRCRAFT OFFENSES.
Increases the penalty for using an uncrewed aircraft in the furtherance of the commission of a felony. |
(S)
2/10/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
TCA, JDC |
HB389 |
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SB283 SD1
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Bribery
RELATING TO BRIBERY.
Establishes heightened penalties for the offense of bribery, under certain circumstances. (SD1) |
(H)
3/20/2025- The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
HB390 |
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SB286 SD1
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Career Criminal Prosecution Unit; Appropriation ($)
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CAREER CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
(S)
2/10/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC, WAM |
HB393 |
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SB287 SD1
City and County of Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Victim Witness Assistance Program; Appropriation; GIA ($)
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE VICTIM WITNESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the Victim Witness Assistance Program. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) |
(S)
2/10/2025- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC, WAM |
HB394 |
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SB290
State Ethics Commission Package; Lobbying; Transparency
RELATING TO LOBBYING.
Establishes certain presumptions regarding testimony when provided by a lobbyist. Makes certain contracts voidable when entered into in violation of the state lobbying law. Expands the definition of "lobbying" in the state lobbying law to include certain communications with high-level government officials regarding procurement decisions. |
(S)
1/29/2025- Re-Referred to JDC. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
HB412 |
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SB291
State Ethics Commission Package; Lobbyists; Contributions
RELATING TO LOBBYIST CONTRIBUTIONS.
Clarifies administrative oversight of statutory restrictions relating to prohibited lobbyist contributions. Clarifies that the regular or special sessions in which lobbyist contributions are prohibited are periods during which both houses of the legislature are in session. |
(S)
1/29/2025- Re-Referred to JDC. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JDC |
HB413 |
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