OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

THIRTY-SECOND STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 3

7th LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 30, 2023

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture & Food Systems

CAI -    Culture, Arts & International Affairs

CMV -  Corrections, Military & Veterans

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

ECD -   Economic Development

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HET -   Higher Education & Technology

HLT -   Health & Homelessness

HSG -   Housing

HUS -   Human Services

JHA -   Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

LGO -  Labor & Government Operations

LMG -  Legislative Management

TOU -  Tourism

TRN -   Transportation

WAL -  Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

REFERRAL

 

HB671

RELATING TO OHANA ZONES.

Appropriates funds for the ohana zones pilot program, including expenses relating to operations, upkeep of facilities, provision of services, and administrative costs.  Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the construction of facilities for the ohana zones pilot program.

 

HSG, FIN

HB672

RELATING TO HOUSING CAPACITY.

Requires each county to adopt reasonable standards to allow the construction of up to four dwelling units on any land with an urban state land use district classification that is zoned for residential use where a single-family dwelling unit is permitted.

 

HSG, WAL, FIN

HB673

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Authorizes the counties to reclassify lands fifteen to one hundred acres in certain rural, urban, and agricultural districts in which at least fifty per cent of the housing units on the land sought to be reclassified are set aside for persons and families with incomes at or below one hundred forty per cent of the area median income.

 

HSG, WAL, FIN

HB674

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Repeals the requirement of the Hawaii public housing authority to make available no less than fifty per cent of available federal and state low-income public housing units for applicants without preference and up to fifty per cent of available federal and state low-income public housing units for applicants with preference.

 

HSG, FIN

HB675

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Requires the HHFDC to open at minimum two application periods each year for the receipt of applications for financing for the development of affordable housing in the State from the low-income housing tax credit program, Hula Mae multi-family revenue bond program, rental housing revolving fund program, and dwelling unit revolving fund program.  Effective 7/1/2024.

 

HSG, FIN

HB676

RELATING TO DISTRICT BOUNDARY AMENDMENTS.

Authorizes the appropriate county land use decision-making authority to determine district boundary amendments involving land areas over fifteen acres if the county has adopted an ordinance that meets certain requirements.

 

WAL, CPC, FIN

HB677

RELATING TO THE DWELLING UNIT REVOLVING FUND.

Requires HHFDC to establish a five-year dwelling unit revolving fund equity pilot program.  Creates one full-time equivalent housing development specialist III position.  Appropriates funds.

 

HSG, FIN

HB678

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Clarifies a county's obligations with respect to housing developed through the housing development programs overseen by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation.  Sunsets 7/1/2031.

 

HSG, FIN

HB679

RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.

Amends the general fund appropriation for the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation in Act 236, SLH 2022, to help the State meet its American Rescue Plan Act maintenance of effort obligations.

 

HSG, FIN

HB680

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Appropriates funds to the Hawaii public housing authority for the rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, and repair of dwelling units at federal and state low-income public housing projects.

 

HSG, FIN

HB681

RELATING TO STATE BUILDING CODES.

Exempts any code with an official publication date within four years of the prior code publication date from certain adoption requirements.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB682

RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR RIDESHARING.

Provides a carpooling income tax credit for qualified commuters.

 

TRN, FIN

HB683

RELATED TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTOXICANT.

Establishes a penalty of child support costs for motorists who operate a motor vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant and in the process kill the parent of a minor child.

 

TRN, JHA, FIN

HB684

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

Amends chapter 127A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to clarify State and local authority, ensure effective and adaptable emergency response, and further the goals of transparency and democratic accountability.  Clarifies that powers granted for emergency purposes shall not be construed as permitting actions inconsistent with the state constitution.  Amends chapter 127A, HRS, to provide for greater clarity and specificity regarding the scope of suspensions of law.  Clarifies that Hawaii's emergency management system includes coordination between State and county emergency management functions, where appropriate.  Clarifies the legal framework governing the extension and termination of emergency periods.  Adds the definition of the term "severe weather warning" as used in section 127A-30, HRS.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB685

RELATING TO ABORTION.

Prohibits the abortion of a fetus that contains a fetal heartbeat. Provides certain exceptions. Establishes penalties.

 

HLT/JHA

HB686

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Authorizes Department of Public Safety to inspect shipping containers for illegal fireworks and explosives. Establishes a shipping container inspection program using X-ray scanning portals and associated special fund.  Authorizes Department of Transportation to impose shipping container import fees.  Increases fine and punishment for fireworks violations.

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

HB687

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTION FOR FOOD.

Exempts food products from the general excise tax.

 

ECD, FIN

HB688

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR MEDICAL SERVICES.

Exempts medical services from the general excise tax.

 

ECD, FIN

HB689

RELATING TO REDUCING THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Reduce to the cost living to Hawaii taxpayers through a one per cent reduction in the general excise tax. The general excise tax savings would only be applicable to the value of the entire retail product or service sold.

 

ECD, FIN

HB690

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes the Hawaii agricultural investment program to support local agricultural producers.  Requires annual reports.  Appropriates funds.

 

AGR/ECD, FIN

HB691

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST KOHALA MOUNTAIN FISH COMPANY, LLC.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kohala Mountain Fish Company, LLC, for the establishment of The Village project.

 

ECD/AGR, FIN

HB692

RELATING TO PESTICIDES.

Increases administrative and criminal penalties for individuals who violate the Hawaii pesticides law.

 

AGR, JHA

HB693

RELATING TO TELEHEALTH.

Clarifies reimbursement for services provided through telehealth via an interactive telecommunications system.  Defines "interactive telecommunications system".  Clarifies that, for services furnished for purposes of diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a mental health disorder to a patient in the patient's home, interactive telecommunications may include audio-only communication in certain circumstances.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB694

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds to support the aquaculture disease diagnostic laboratory at the University of Hawaii college of tropical agriculture and human resources, in partnership with the Hawaii department of agriculture.

 

HET, FIN

HB695

RELATING TO FENCES.

Allows the use of battery-charged security fences under certain circumstances.

 

AGR, CPC

HB696

RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES.

Establishes system access and system integration requirements for the computer software tracking system for medical cannabis dispensaries.  Requires the department of health to submit an annual report to the legislature on data captured using the computer software tracking system.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB697

RELATING TO FEDERAL LANDS.

Establishes within the department of land and natural resources a Makua valley task force to prepare for the transition of the management of the Makua military reservation from the United States Army upon the expiration of the Army's lease for the land.  Requires a report to the legislature.

 

CMV/WAL, JHA, FIN

HB698

RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS.

Exempts easements granted over public lands affecting the transfer of public lands between DLNR and DOA from formal county subdivision process and approval requirements.  Requires the DOA to accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands.  Requires the DOA, prior to offering a lease, to inquire with the DLNR regarding any easements required for access to landlocked forest reserves or other assets on the lands subject to the lease.  Requires the lessee to develop a conservation program and plan if conservation resources exist on the land.  Before the transfer of non-agricultural park lands, authorizes the DOA to request information from the DLNR related to the establishment of necessary and reasonable easements upon the lands.  Requires approval from the board of land and natural resources and the board of agriculture before removing pasture lands for reforestation, or other public purposes.

 

WAL/AGR, JHA, FIN

HB699

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS.

Exempts the proposed drilling, construction, or use of a well and well appurtenances on lands leased from the Department of Agriculture from the requirements of the environmental impact statements law, provided that the land is being used to support agriculture and food production.

 

AGR/WAL, JHA

HB700

RELATING TO THE FUEL TAX.

Suspends the state fuel tax for the period of July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.

 

ECD, FIN

HB701

RELATING TO POHOIKI BOAT RAMP.

Appropriates funds to dredge the boat ramp at Pohoiki bay, Puna.

 

WAL, FIN

HB702

RELATING TO STATE PARKS.

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a study of the carrying capacity of Makena State Park in the County of Maui.  Appropriates moneys.

 

WAL, FIN

HB703

RELATING TO FUGITIVE DUST CONTROL.

Prohibits owners of vacant undeveloped land to cause or permit visible fugitive dust to become airborne from their land or to cause or permit visible fugitive dust that originates from their vacant developed land to be discharged beyond their land's lot line.  Requires owners of vacant undeveloped land to submit to the Department of Health a Fugitive Dust Mitigation Plan no later than December 31, 2023, and every three years thereafter, and obtain approval from the Director of Health.  Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules and submit reports to the Legislature.

 

HLT, JHA

HB704

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.

Provides an exemption for flatbed trucks from registration renewals and initial registrations of motor carrier vehicles when used as marine terminal equipment temporarily moving in or between certain terminals.  Adds new terminal locales and roadways to be covered under the exemption.

 

TRN, CPC

HB705

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ALLOWANCE.

Requires each house of the legislature to post a report of the legislative allowance expenditures for each member of the respective house on the legislature's website.

 

JHA

HB706

RELATING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES.

Requires all members of the legislature to disclose certain relationships with lobbyists or lobbying organizations in their financial disclosures.

 

JHA

HB707

RELATING TO FALSE CLAIMS.

Makes it a class C felony to make false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims against the State or a county, or any of their departments or agencies.  Disqualifies a person from holding elective public office for a period of ten years upon conviction of making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim.

 

JHA

HB708

RELATING TO LOBBYISTS.

Amends the information in the statement of expenditures reports that lobbyists and other individuals are required to file with the Hawaii state ethics commission to include the identity, by bill number, resolution number, or other similar identifier, of the legislative or administrative action that was commented on, supported by, or opposed by the person filing the statement.

 

JHA

HB709

RELATING TO MANDATORY LOBBYIST TRAINING.

Requires a lobbyist training course to be designed and administered by the state ethics commission.  Makes the lobbyist training course mandatory for all lobbyists who are required to register and renew their registration with the state ethics commission.  Imposes administrative fines for violations.  Effective 7/1/2024.

 

JHA

HB710

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Establishes the class C felony offense of using or making false statements or entries in matters within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the State, or any county.  Disqualifies a person from holding elective public office for a period of ten years upon conviction of making a false statement or entry.

 

JHA

HB711

RELATING TO FRAUD.

Establishes the offense of fraud as a class B felony.  Disqualifies a person from holding elective public office for a period of ten years upon conviction of fraud.

 

JHA

HB712

RELATING TO RECORDINGS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.

Encourages boards to maintain any electronic audio or visual recording of a board meeting as a public record on the board's website regardless of whether the written minutes of the meeting have been posted.  Amends the information that must be included as part of the written minutes of board meetings.  Requires boards to provide the state archives with a copy of any electronic audio or visual recording of a board meeting before removing the recording from the board's website.  Effective 10/1/2023.

 

JHA

HB713

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOMELANDS.

Short form bill relating to the department of Hawaiian homelands.

 

HSG

HB714

RELATING TO MOORING LINES.

Requires commodities and manifested cargo requiring tug assistance to be manned by an existing, operational stevedoring company that is operating within the State.

 

TRN, CPC

HB715

RELATING TO GIFTS FROM LOBBYISTS.

Prohibits lobbyists from making prohibited gifts to legislators and state employees.  Imposes administrative fines for violations.

 

JHA

HB716

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires the office of elections to prepare a voter information guide that includes candidate statements and statements on ballot questions.  Appropriates funds to the department of the attorney general, legislative reference bureau, and counties for the preparation of the ballot analyses.  Appropriates funds to the office of elections for the preparation and distribution of the voter information guides.

 

JHA, FIN

HB717

RELATING TO NEPOTISM.

Beginning 7/1/2023, prohibits under certain circumstances legislators and state employees from hiring or promoting relatives and household members and from making or participating in certain other employment-related decisions and from awarding a contract to or otherwise taking official action on a contract with a business if the legislator's or employee's relative or household member is an executive officer of or holds a substantial ownership interest in that business.  Imposes administrative fines for violations.

 

JHA

HB718

RELATING TO PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF PROBABLE CAUSE.

Requires the campaign spending commission to serve preliminary determinations of probable cause via first-class mail, instead of certified mail.  Establishes a presumption of receipt when the preliminary determination is mailed to the address contained in a candidate or committee organizational report.

 

JHA

HB719

RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS.

Beginning 7/1/2024, imposes a cap on charges for the reproduction of certain government records; waives the cost of duplication of government records provided to requestors in an electronic format; imposes a cap on charges for searching for, reviewing, and segregating records; and provides for a waiver of fees when the public interest is served by a record's disclosure.  Appropriates funds for positions in the office of information practices.

 

JHA, FIN

HB720

RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS.

Increases the amount of partial public financing available for all offices.  Increases the maximum amount of public funds available for all offices by fifty per cent.  Increases the maximum amount of public funds available for a candidate for OHA from $1,500 to ten per cent of the expenditure limit established by statute for each election.  Increases the amounts of qualifying contributions for OHA from more than $1,500 in the aggregate to more than $5,000 in the aggregate.  Provides a downward adjustment of the minimum amounts of qualifying contributions for the office of prosecuting attorney for the city and county of Honolulu, and counties of Hawaii and Kauai, and for the office of county council for the county of Maui.  Establishes two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions in the campaign spending commission.  Appropriates funds.

 

JHA, FIN

HB721

RELATING TO CANDIDATE COMMITTEE EXPENDITURES.

Eliminates the use of campaign funds to purchase up to two tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee.

 

JHA

HB722

RELATING TO CANDIDATE COMMITTEE AND NONCANDIDATE COMMITTEE FUNDRAISERS.

Amends the definition of "fundraiser" under the election law relating to the notice of intent for fundraisers and fundraising events.

 

JHA

HB723

RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW.

Expands application of the State's sunshine law to legislatively appointed bodies, including task forces, working groups, special committees, and select committees.  Requires the senate and the house of representatives to hold public hearings on a biennial basis to solicit professional and public feedback on how chamber rules can better effectuate the intent of the State's sunshine law.

 

JHA

HB724

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

Amends the prohibition against contributions to a candidate committee or noncandidate committee by state and county contractors to include state and county grantees and the owners, officers, and immediate family members of a state or county contractor or state or county grantee.

 

JHA

HB725

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE.

Establishes the office of the public advocate.  Establishes rights for members of the public with respect to the conduct and operation of the legislature and its members.  Specifies procedures for the investigation and reporting of alleged violations of the rights.

 

JHA, FIN

HB726

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

Prohibits state and county elected officials from soliciting and accepting campaign contributions during any regular session or special session of the state legislature, including any extension of any regular session or special session and any legislative recess days, holidays, and weekends.

 

JHA

HB727

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

Limits the permitted uses of campaign funds to only those purposes that are directly related to the campaigns of candidates.

 

JHA

HB728

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COUNTY ETHICS.

Provides grants in aid to several counties' boards of ethics.

 

JHA, FIN

HB729

RELATING TO CANDIDATE COMMITTEE AND NONCANDIDATE COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONAL REPORTS.

Requires the campaign spending commission to publish on its website the names of candidate committees and noncandidate committees who fail to properly file an organizational report.

 

JHA

HB730

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING CASH CONTRIBUTIONS.

Limits the amount of cash contributions a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee can accept in the aggregate in an election period to $100.  Requires receipts for each contribution.

 

JHA

HB731

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION ORDERS.

Provides that a person waives the right to a contested case hearing if the person fails to request a contested case hearing within twenty days of receipt of the commission's preliminary determination.  Provides that a final order of the commission may be filed in the circuit court of the first circuit for confirmation as a civil judgment, enforceable and collectible as any other judgment issued in the circuit courts.

 

JHA

HB732

RELATING TO COMPLAINTS ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN SPENDING LAWS.

Allows the campaign spending commission to presume a violation of campaign spending laws has occurred if a respondent fails to explain or otherwise respond to a complaint alleging a campaign spending violation.

 

JHA

HB733

RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW.

Increases the amount of the fine for campaign spending law violations that may be assessed against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures and that has received at least one contribution of more than $10,000, or spent more than $10,000, in an election period.  Allows the campaign spending commission to order that the payment of a fine assessed against a noncandidate committee, or any portion thereof, be paid from the personal funds of an officer of the noncandidate committee.

 

JHA

HB734

RELATING TO CANNABIS.

Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes to replace the word "marijuana" and related terms with the term "cannabis" or related terms, as appropriate.

 

HLT, JHA

HB735

RELATING TO AN INTERSTATE COMPACT TO PHASE OUT CORPORATE WELFARE.

Adopts the Interstate Compact to Phase Out Corporate Welfare.

 

ECD, CPC, FIN

HB736

RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY.

Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Resources to contract for a study on the gender pay gap within the government of the State.  Requires a report to the Legislature.

 

JHA, FIN

HB737

RELATING TO RECIDIVISM REDUCTION.

Authorizes the Hawaii paroling authority to award credits to parolees for compliance with the terms and conditions of parole supervision that accordingly reduce the overall term of parole supervision.

 

CMV, JHA

HB738

RELATING TO REEF PROTECTION.

Prohibits commercial operators of surfing tourism, instruction, and lesson companies from providing, or allowing the wearing of, footwear during lessons taking place on or above certain submerged reefs.

 

WAL, CPC

HB739

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS.

Requires the Department of Transportation to amend its administrative rules to repeal any provisions requiring the furnishing of evidence of registration as a condition precedent to receiving a certificate of inspection.

 

TRN, JHA

HB740

RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Establishes an additional minimum Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit of $250 per month per person for SNAP-eligible households whose income is below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, as established by the United States Department of Agriculture.  Requires that SNAP-eligible households whose monthly income exceeds two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level receive a graduated decline of additional SNAP benefits.  Requires state general funds to be used to supplement the cost of the additional benefits.  Appropriates funds.

 

HUS, FIN

HB741

RELATING TO CIVIC EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds to the department of education for the expansion of civic education in the public schools.  Establishes two full-time equivalent permanent civic education resource teacher positions, one of which shall be grant funded.

 

EDN, FIN

HB742

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AMEND THE QUALIFYING AGE OF VOTERS FOR ANY STATE OR LOCAL ELECTION.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to lower the qualifying age of voters for any state or local election to sixteen years of age.

 

JHA, FIN

HB743

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the department of education to establish an electric school bus pilot program to provide certain complex areas with ownership and control of electric school buses.  Appropriates funds.

 

EDN, FIN

HB744

RELATING TO BOOSTER CLUBS.

Requires school booster clubs to be audited by the department of education's internal audit office or department of accounting and general services on a regular basis.  Requires the audited school booster club to reimburse the costs of the audit.

 

EDN, FIN

HB745

RELATING TO EQUAL PAY.

Conforms statutory prohibitions against wage discrimination with other prohibitions on employment discrimination.  Clarifies allowable justifications for compensation differentials and remedies for pay disparity.  Requires employers to disclose wage ranges to employees and prospective employees.  Exempts wage disclosure and discussion from the prohibitions on employer retaliation or discrimination if knowledge of the wages stems from human resources, payroll, or legal professional responsibilities in the workplace.

 

LGO, JHA, FIN

HB746

RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.

Transfers the rights, powers, functions, and duties of the department of agriculture plant industry division relating to the State's aquaculture program to the animal industry division.

 

AGR, FIN

HB747

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-sixth representative district.

 

FIN

HB748

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Beginning 12/31/2026, prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, distribution for sale, and distribution for use of any food packaging, food service ware, cosmetic, or personal care product that contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB749

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS.

Removes historic sites and the Waikiki special district from the requirement for environmental assessments under section 343-5, HRS.

 

WAL, JHA

HB750

RELATING TO DAM AND APPURTENANCE SAFETY.

Establishes the dam and appurtenance loan and grant programs for plans, design, construction, and equipment that is used to improve deficient dams and appurtenances as determined by the Department of Land and Natural Resources and approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources.  Specifies eligibility requirements for dam and appurtenance improvement grants.  Establishes the dam and appurtenance improvement tax credit for expenditures for dam and appurtenance improvements that bring dams and appurtenances up to code.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, FIN

HB751

RELATING TO JURORS.

Clarifies that a prospective juror is disqualified to serve as a juror if they have been convicted of a felony and have not been finally discharged, in addition to not being pardoned.

 

JHA

HB752

RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

Allows nonresidents to apply for a temporary restraining order or order for protection in cases of domestic abuse.  Allows nonresidents to apply for a temporary restraining order and an injunction from further harassment.

 

JHA

HB753

RELATING TO AN INCOME TAX CREDIT.

Establishes a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses paid to retrofit a residence with wind resistive devices. 

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB754

RELATING TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION.

Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources' state historic preservation division for a library digitization process and for the division's operations.

 

WAL, FIN

HB755

RELATING TO AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES.

Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules to prevent and respond to the introduction of aquatic nuisance species from discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel and reflect the relationship between the federal Vessel Incidental Discharge Act of 2018, as amended, and state law.

 

WAL/EEP

HB756

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Requires the department of land and natural resources to prepare plans and a program to facilitate voluntary relocation of residential development away from areas at risk of sea level rise.  Establishes the sea level rise relocation special fund.  Requires the department of land and natural resources to complete and maintain a current inventory of all public lands that are located outside the sea level rise exposure and special flood hazard areas.  Allows the exchange of public land for private lands for the transfer of development rights or land exchanges to relocate private development away from high risk areas.  Expands the climate change adaptation priority guidelines.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, EEP, FIN

HB757

RELATING TO FRESH WATER SECURITY.

Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources a Water Security Working Group to study and recommend priority capital improvement projects for legislative consideration and approval that leverage public-private investment to increase Hawaii's water security.  Makes an appropriation.

 

WAL/EEP, ECD, FIN

HB758

RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOMARY FISHING PRACTICES.

Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to issue special activity permits for the purpose of recognizing and protecting individuals exercising their Native Hawaiian traditional and customary rights.

 

WAL, JHA

HB759

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL FISHING.

Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to establish limited entry commercial fisheries where appropriate or necessary to ensure certain commercial fisheries throughout the State remain healthy and sustainable while balancing the important economic role of commercial fisheries in the State.

 

WAL, CPC

HB760

RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES.

Expands the department of land and natural resources' rulemaking authority to include any rule deemed necessary to protect certain aquatic life.  Expands the board of land and natural resources' authority to temporarily adopt, amend, or repeal certain natural resource rules by formal action at a publicly noticed meeting if the board finds that such adoption, amendment, or repeal is necessary to implement effective and adaptive management measures in response to new or previously benign aquatic nuisance species, in light of newly available technology, or in light of newly available data.  Creates new fines for violations of rules pertaining to the department's prevention of or response to previously benign aquatic nuisance species.  Authorizes the department to prevent or respond to threats from aquatic nuisance species from all discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, not just ballast water and hull fouling.

 

WAL, JHA

HB761

RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES.

Appropriates funds for coral reef restoration and habitat enhancement efforts of the department of land and natural resources.

 

WAL, FIN

HB762

RELATING TO WATER USE PERMITS.

Repeals section 171-58, Hawaii Revised Statutes to eliminate the Board of Land and Natural Resources' power to issue water use permits.  Establishes positions within the Commission on Water Resource Management.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB763

RELATING TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION.

Requires the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Division.

 

WAL, FIN

HB764

RELATING TO BURIAL SITES.

Establishes an inter-division program between the State Historic Preservation Division, Land Division, Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands, Island Burial Councils, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs that addresses the location, movement, and restoration of Hawaiian burial sites, or ‘iwi, exposed or likely to be exposed to coastal erosion.  Appropriates funds.

 

JHA/WAL, FIN

HB765

RELATING TO FISHPONDS.

Appropriates funds to support the Department of Land and Natural Resources in restoring and restocking fishponds.

 

WAL, FIN

HB766

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to inventory historic properties and burial sites in the State, collect data on burial site locations, and conduct an archaeological surface survey.

 

WAL, FIN

HB767

RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to pursue and obtain accreditation for the Conservation and Resources Enforcement Program from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, FIN

HB768

RELATING TO REUSE ZONES.

Requires nonpotable water users and developers within a certain distance of wastewater treatment plants to use R-1 water.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, FIN

HB769

RELATING TO SPECIAL ACTIVITY PERMITS.

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to approve or deny an application for a special activity permit for aquatic research within ninety days from the date that it was submitted.

 

WAL, FIN

HB770

RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

Includes the establishment of a consistent and balanced framework for developing and implementing sea level rise adaptation strategies as an objective of the Coastal Zone Management Program.  Includes the promotion of research, study, and understanding of the suitability and impacts of different sea level rise adaptation as a policy of the Coastal Zone Management Program.  Includes the maintenance of a balance between public and private interests in implementing sea level rise adaptation and consideration of all appropriate sea level rise adaptations as policies of the Coastal Zone Management Program.  Includes as a policy of the Coastal Zone Management Program that any construction on shoreline be allowed if it is determined to preserve, protect, or rehabilitate the beach of be considered vital development.  Requires the County Planning Commission to allow proposed development within the shoreline area and within the sea level rise exposure area under certain circumstances.  Prohibits any policy or guideline for setting special area use permit application procedures that has the effect of a rule without complying with the rulemaking process.  Preempts any rule, policy, or guideline inconsistent with the Special Management Area Guidelines.  Allows counties to require that shoreline setback lines be established at greater distances in certain circumstances.  Provides that no variance be denied for maintenance, renovation, or repair of a lawful nonconforming structure with exceptions.

 

WAL, FIN

HB771

RELATING TO SHORELINE SETBACKS.

Increases shoreline setback requirements.

 

WAL/EEP, JHA

HB772

RELATING TO WATER.

Specifies, in the State Water Code, that fire safety use is a beneficial use of fresh water.  Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in consultation with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, to cooperate with the counties and reservoir owners to develop protocols and agreements for the use of reservoir waters for fire safety purposes.

 

WAL, FIN

HB773

RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION.

Authorizes the acceptance, and allows applicants for civil identification cards to consent or dissent to the use, of biometric identifiers as documentary evidence of the applicant's identity for purposes of receiving a duplicate civil identification card.  Requires the Director of Transportation to establish rules to regulate the use of biometric identifiers as a form of documentary evidence of an individual's identity.

 

TRN, JHA

HB774

RELATING TO PERSONS WORKING WITH CHILDREN.

Establishes rules of ethics applicable to persons who are contracted, subcontracted, assigned, delegated, ordered, appointed, or in any other act allowed by a state agency to work with children.  Establishes additional procedures with respect to fees, candor and fairness before a tribunal, standards of proof, and a complaint filing process.  Specifies that the contracts of any person who violates the rules of ethics are voidable on behalf of the State.

 

LGO, HUS, JHA

HB775

ESTABLISHING THE SOCIAL WORKERS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM.

Establishes a 5-year social workers for public safety pilot program in the Department of Public Safety, or its successor agency.  Requires social workers to accompany law enforcement officers in responding to incidents where a person may be unsheltered, substance addicted, or mentally impaired.  Requires interim reports and a final report to the Legislature.  Appropriates moneys for the pilot program, including the establishment of 5.0 FTE public safety social worker positions in the Department of Public Safety, or its successor agency.

 

HUS, FIN

HB776

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Establishes provisional or associate level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists.  Authorizes insurance reimbursements for associate family therapists, associate mental health counselors, associate psychologists, and supervised social work interns, in certain circumstances.  Allows psychologist license applicants to sit for the licensing examination before completing other requirements.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB777

RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS.

Authorizes the Department of Human Services to conduct national criminal background checks for current and prospective employees; volunteers; contractors; and contractors' employees, agents, and volunteers, who are in positions that require close proximity to certain minors, young adults, or vulnerable adults.

 

HUS, JHA

HB778

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes a task force within the Department of Health to study issues relating to the accessibility and utilization of essential services by developmentally and intellectually disabled individuals in the State.

 

HLT, FIN

HB779

RELATING TO COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEYS.

Requires the court to appoint counsel to indigent parents upon the filing of a petition for custody or family supervision and make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parents.

 

JHA

HB780

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Requires the office of the lieutenant governor to convene a working group to examine the feasibility of establishing and implementing a kauhale pilot program based on specified criteria to provide shelter and other services to homeless individuals in the State and to submit a report of the working group's findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2024.

 

HUS/HSG, FIN

HB781

RELATING TO CHILDREN.

Requires that when an officer has custody of a child under the age of sixteen for an alleged violation of law, the child shall have contact with legal counsel or a parent or legal guardian before the child waives any constitutional rights and before any custodial interrogation.

 

HUS, JHA

HB782

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Authorizes health care providers, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and faith-based organizations to distribute supplemental nutrition assistance program applications to prospective applicants.

 

HUS, FIN

HB783

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Establishes the 2023 illegal fireworks task force within the department of the attorney general to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control law; and ensure the safety and security of airports, harbors, and other facilities and institutions in the State against the discharge of illegal fireworks and explosives.  Requires a report to the legislature.

 

CPC, JHA

HB784

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes a task force to review and recommend specific actions to ensure that Hawaii's food imports are sourced, transported, stored, and distributed in compliance with the federal Food Safety Modernization Act, and develop specific recommendations to ensure that all foods and brands imported into Hawaii do not mislead or confuse the public.

 

AGR, FIN

HB785

RELATING TO GRANTS.

Authorizes the Department of Human Services to appoint an existing employee to apply for and manage grants, request grant writing assistance from other state agencies, or contract or employ a dedicated capture manager for this purpose. Requires reports to the Legislature.

 

HUS, FIN

HB786

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Appropriates funding for the Med-QUEST division of the Department of Human Services (HMS401) for non-covered or under‑covered behavioral health services for med-QUEST beneficiaries.

 

HUS, FIN

HB787

RELATING TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

Establishes the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility within the Department of Taxation to review and make recommendations on expenditures, revenue enhancements, and tax policy.  Requires a report to the Legislature.

 

ECD, FIN

HB788

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Appropriates moneys for the Department of Human Services to purchase, staff, and operate 2 mobile clinics to serve homeless persons residing in ohana zones.

 

HLT, FIN

HB789

RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE REPORTING.

Amends the child abuse and neglect reporting requirement to specify that a member of the clergy shall not be required to report information gained solely during a penitential communication, unless exigent circumstances exist that justify disclosure of the abuse or neglect.  Specifies that the general rule of privilege applicable to confidential communications made to a member of the clergy does not apply to communications relating to known or suspected child abuse or neglect when exigent circumstances exist that justify disclosure of the abuse or neglect.

 

HUS, JHA

HB790

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE DIGITAL CURRENCY LICENSURE.

Establishes a program for the licensure, regulation, and oversight of digital currency companies.  Appropriates funds.

 

CPC, FIN

HB791

RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

Establishes the housing assistance program, to be carried out by the housing assistance program coordinator, within the department of human services to provide state grants and rental subsidies to private property owners who set aside, construct, or improve accessory dwelling units on their properties and rent the units to families or individuals who are homeless.  Establishes the temporary housing assistance program commission and positions to support the housing assistance program.  Appropriates funds.  Sunsets 6/30/2029.

 

HSG/HLT, FIN

HB792

RELATING TO MINORS.

Grants a circuit court, when sentencing a minor for a criminal offense, the discretion to impose a sentence that includes a period of incarceration that is as much as fifty per cent shorter than any mandatory minimum and, in certain cases, decline to impose a mandatory enhanced sentence.

 

JHA

HB793

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Beginning January 1, 2025, authorizes public schools and public charter schools to have an employee trained to administer or assist with the self-administration of seizure disorder rescue medication, with certain exemptions.  Authorizes all principals, guidance counselors, and teachers to perform an annual self-review of seizure disorder materials.  Allows a seizure action plan for every diagnosed student to be established and distributed to employees charged with supervising the student.  Appropriates funds.

 

HLT, EDN, FIN

HB794

RELATING TO DISABILITY AWARENESS.

Designates the month of October as "Disability Awareness Month:  Employment, Enrichment, and Inclusion" in recognition of the employment challenges and successes of persons with disabilities in the State.

 

CAI/HLT, JHA

HB795

RELATING TO THE USE OF FORCE IN SELF-PROTECTION.

Repeals the duty to retreat or take over evasive action with respect to the use of deadly force as a justifiable means of self-protection.

 

JHA

HB796

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO ESTABLISH LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit a person from serving as a member of the legislature for more than sixteen years during the person's lifetime.

 

JHA, FIN

HB797

RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE.

Establishes procedures and eligibility criteria for a privilege to practice public accountancy in this State for public accountants and certified public accountants licensed in another state with comparable education, examination, and experience requirements.  Subjects all holders of a practice privilege to the regulatory and enforcement jurisdiction of the board of public accountancy.  Sunsets on 6/30/2025.

 

CPC

HB798

RELATING TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

Clarifies the GET exemption for unrelated trade or business activities of nonprofit organizations.

 

ECD, FIN

HB799

RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICE.

Prohibits persons convicted of certain felony offenses against public administration from becoming a candidate for or holding public office for a sufficient duration after the person's final discharge.

 

JHA

HB800

RELATING TO CHILD CARE.

Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to establish and operate a child care center pilot program on Oahu for eligible children of state employees, one in or near the state capitol and one in Kapolei.  Appropriates funds.  Repeals on 6/30/2028.

 

LGO, HUS, FIN

HB801

RELATING TO HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Limits a holdover trustee's time in office to one hundred twenty calendar days after the trustee's term ends.

 

LGO, FIN

HB802

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.

 

JHA

HB803

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.

Requires condominiums to include the estimated cost of fire safety equipment or installations as part of their estimated replacement reserves.

 

CPC, FIN

HB804

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Adds the requirement of notifying the Terrorist Screening Center administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of the gun permit application background check process.

 

JHA

HB805

RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.

Beginning 1/1/2024, allows a qualified applicant to change their sex designation on their birth certificate.  Establishes information required for an applicant to change their sex designation on their birth certificate.  Requires the Department of Health to create and make available necessary forms beginning 7/1/2023.

 

HLT, JHA, FIN

HB806

RELATING TO RECORDINGS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.

Establishes the right of persons to record law enforcement activities.  Establishes a private right of action for violations of the right to record law enforcement activities.

 

LGO, JHA, FIN

HB807

RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION.

Establishes provisions relating to civil remedies for discriminatory reporting to a law enforcement officer.  Provides that a person who summons or reports to a law enforcement officer, without reason to suspect a crime, offense, or imminent danger has occurred or is occurring, because of that person's belief or perception involving a member of a protected class shall be civilly liable.

 

LGO, JHA, FIN

HB808

RELATING TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the Deputy Director of Highways of the Department of Transportation to be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.

 

TRN, JHA

HB809

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Establishes the shipping container inspection program and appropriates funds for the shipping container inspection program.  Requires the Department of Public Safety to submit reports to the Legislature on implementation of the shipping container inspection program.  Appropriates funds.

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

HB810

RELATING TO THE INITIATION OF FELONY PROSECUTIONS.

Specifies that a person may be tried and sentenced for certain alleged felony offenses through the complaint and preliminary hearing process, indictment by grand jury, or by written information.  Specifies that multiple attempts to initiate a felony prosecution for the same offense, either through the same initial charging method or an alternative method, or in different forums, shall not be permitted, except in certain circumstances.

 

JHA

HB811

RELATING TO CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES.

Appropriates funds for the Judiciary to purchase civil legal services for low- and moderate-income persons.

 

JHA, FIN

HB812

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for various university programs and projects.

 

HET, FIN

HB813

RELATING TO SIDEWALKS.

Establishes the petty misdemeanor offense of sitting or lying on a public sidewalk.  Contains exceptions, including for expressive activities that are protected by the First Amendment, and for medical emergencies.

 

HLT, JHA

HB814

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Requires the counties to adopt ordinances by 7/1/2024 to allow religious institutions, educational institutions, and medical institutions to build housing units on land that the institutions own for purchase in fee simple or use by the institutions, their employees, or their contractors, regardless of current zoning restrictions.

 

HSG, WAL, FIN

HB815

RELATING TO THE COUNTIES.

Prohibits the counties from imposing inclusionary zoning requirements.  Requires the counties to submit reports to the Legislature.  Appropriates moneys.

 

WAL, HSG, FIN

HB816

RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT.

Clarifies the deadline for submitting written protests that are based on the content of a solicitation.

 

LGO, FIN

HB817

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes the rent reporting for credit pilot program within the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation, whereby which participant tenants may elect to have their rent payment information reported by participant landlords to consumer reporting agencies to generate and build credit.  Requires a report to governor and legislature.  Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2027.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB818

RELATING TO HEARING AIDS.

Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued on or after 01/01/2024 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months.  Effective 01/01/2024.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB819

RELATING TO LIMU KALA.

Designates Limu Kala (Sargassum echinocarpum) as the official Hawaii state limu.

 

CAI, JHA

HB820

RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Establishes a transient accommodations tax rate of twenty-five per cent for furnishing transient vacation units to transient occupants for less than thirty days.

 

TOU, FIN

HB821

RELATING TO THE SALE OF ANIMALS.

Prohibits pet dealers and retail pet stores in the State from selling, offering to sell, leasing, offering to lease, bartering, auctioning, or otherwise transferring ownership of any dog, cat, or rabbit.  Effective 1/1/2024.

 

JHA

HB822

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Requires that motorcycles receive safety inspections once every 10 years instead of once every 12 months.  Requires the Director of Transportation to adopt rules to increase to $75 the inspection fee for motorcycles.  Establishes a 2-year moratorium on motorcycle certificates of inspection requirements.

 

TRN, FIN

HB823

RELATING TO DEATHS WITHIN THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM.

Expands the scope of inmate deaths that are to reported to the Governor and Legislature.  Requires reports to be published on the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation website.  Requires reports on the cause of death and mandates public access to certain information within those reports.  Takes effect on the effective date of section 353-40, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

CMV, JHA

HB824

RELATING TO MEDICAL RELEASE.

Creates a medical release program within the Department of Public Safety for certain ill, disabled, or impaired inmates who pose a low risk to public safety.

 

CMV, JHA, FIN

HB825

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Excludes income received from deferred compensation retirement plans from the state income tax for taxpayers who meet certain income requirements.

 

ECD, FIN

HB826

RELATING TO THE STATE TRAFFIC CODE.

Permits the use of a vehicle for the purposes of human habitation in any public parking lot operated by a state department, subject to certain conditions.

 

HLT, JHA

HB827

RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

Requires the DOE to develop and maintain a communication strategy and outreach plan for emergency management and disaster preparedness.  Requires the DOE to provide updated information to parents and guardians about its communication strategy and outreach plan no later than thirty days after the beginning of each school year.

 

WAL/EDN, FIN

HB828

RELATING TO STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the department of education to establish a student bus fare rate system to include free bus passes for students whose household qualifies the student for free or reduced price lunch under the free and reduced price lunch program.  Appropriates funds.

 

EDN, FIN

HB829

RELATING TO COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEYS.

Requires the court to appoint counsel to indigent parents upon the filing of a petition for custody or family supervision and make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parents.

 

JHA, FIN

HB830

RELATING TO THE HAWAII SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND.

Requires the Department of Education to meet with Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind stakeholders and members of the Hawaii deaf community regarding the development of a plan to transition the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind to a conversion charter school.  Requires a report to the Legislature.

 

EDN, FIN

HB831

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of members of the legislature to a maximum of sixteen years in the house of representatives or senate, or both, for terms beginning after the general election of 2024.

 

JHA, FIN

HB832

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires the chief election officer to develop and distribute a voter information guide for all candidates running for state office, including candidates running for any trustee position of the office of Hawaiian affairs.  Requires the office of elections to submit options for different voter information guides and their respective cost estimates to the legislature before the Regular Session of 2024.

 

JHA, FIN

HB833

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes the criminal offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products.  Amends the definition of "tobacco products" under the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law to include electronic smoking devices and e-liquids.  Increases the license fee for persons engaged as wholesalers or dealers of cigarettes and tobacco products and the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products.  Repeals state laws that establish and govern the Electronic Smoking Device Retailer Registration Unit within the Department of the Attorney General; provisions of the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law that govern delivery sales; and state law governing smoking that preempts and voids local ordinances and regulations conflicting with state law.  Effective January 1, 2024.

 

JHA, FIN

HB834

RELATING TO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.

Recognizes American Sign Language as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage.

 

CAI, JHA, CPC

HB835

RELATING TO GAS APPLIANCES.

Beginning 1/1/2025, prohibits the installation of gas appliances in new construction within the State.

 

EEP, CPC

HB836

RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Appropriates moneys to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to retain the services of a consultant to prepare a financial sustainability plan for the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and its member regions.  Appropriates moneys.

 

HLT, FIN

HB837

RELATING TO THE STATE PLAN.

Establishes green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines for state facility systems, infrastructure, and transit projects in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors.  Adds definition of "green infrastructure".  Requires the office of planning and sustainable development, in partnership with the greenhouse gas sequestration task force, to submit a report to the legislature making recommendations for implementing the green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines.

 

EEP, FIN

HB838

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Reestablishes the long-term care commission within the University of Hawaii college of social sciences public policy center to identify further needed reforms of Hawaii's long-term care system.   Appropriates moneys.

 

HLT, FIN

HB839

RELATING TO PROPOSED HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation or an eligible developer to prepare an environmental impact statement for any proposed housing project on lands zoned as preservation or conservation by the applicable county.

 

EEP/WAL, FIN

HB840

RELATING TO REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

When residential real property lies within the shoreline area, mandates the seller to include in the disclosure statement notification of all existing permitted and unpermitted erosion control structures on the parcel or on state land adjacent to the parcel, the annual coastal erosion rate, and the actual distance of the dwelling from the vegetation line for all sandy shoreline parcels.

 

WAL, CPC

HB841

RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

Amends the automatic referral requirements to apply when there are allegations of child abuse and a domestic abuse restraining order is sought.

 

HUS, JHA

HB842

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the board of education to adopt and the department of education to administer a kindergarten entry assessment in ‘Olelo Hawai‘i for Kaiapuni schools.  Delays the administration of the kindergarten entry assessment in ‘Olelo Hawai‘i for Kaiapuni schools to the 2026-2027 school year.

 

EDN, JHA, FIN

HB843

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Authorizes supplemental categorical funding for remote schools.  Appropriates funds. 

 

EDN, FIN

HB844

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Establishes, and appropriates funds for, a Network Improvement Community Task Force to develop a K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teacher education degree for the University of Hawaii and report to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds for the establishment of a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Entrepreneur-Resident at the University of Hawaii Maui College.  Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Maui College's Office of International and Regional Partnerships for study abroad programs.

 

HET, FIN

HB845

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Requires the Board of Education to hold not less than six community forums annually, with at least one community forum in each county.  Requires the Board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items.  Requires a report to the Legislature on implementing open forums.

 

EDN, FIN

HB846

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Enacts the interstate teacher mobility compact to reduce the barriers to teacher license portability and employment.

 

EDN, LGO, CPC

HB847

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.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB848

RELATING TO THE HAWAII INSTITUTE FOR MARINE BIOLOGY.

Appropriates funds for three support staff positions for the Hawaii institute for marine biology.

 

HET, FIN

HB849

RELATING TO ANIMALS.

Prohibits a pet store operator from selling a dog, cat, or rabbit unless the dog, cat, or rabbit was obtained from certain humane sources.

 

AGR, JHA

HB850

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds for one twelve-month complex area trauma-informed resource teacher permanent position and one district educational specialist II permanent position for the Castle-Kahuku complex area.

 

EDN, FIN

HB851

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS.

Lengthens the time period in which certain vehicles must have a safety inspection.

 

TRN, JHA

HB852

RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES.

Amends the definition of "eligible business activity" to include the processing of value-added agricultural products grown within an enterprise zone and the development or production of renewable energy.

 

AGR, ECD, FIN

HB853

RELATING TO BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS.

Adds a new chapter to the HRS to establish a system of regulatory controls for shopping carts and similar devices to prevent unauthorized removal from business establishments; provide for prompt retrieval when lost, stolen, or abandoned; require business owners to take certain specified actions to deter, prevent, or mitigate the removal of these devices from their premises and to retrieve any removed devices; and to prevent the continued possession of unlawfully removed shopping carts and similar devices and the accumulation of these devices on publicly or privately owned property.

 

ECD, JHA

HB854

RELATING TO DISLOCATED WORKERS.

Establishes provisions regarding the retention of employees by a successor employer when the divestiture of a covered establishment occurs.  Appropriates funds.

 

LGO, FIN

HB855

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.

Establishes a general excise tax exemption for the gross proceeds or income from the manufacture, production, packaging, and sale of diapers.

 

HLT, ECD, FIN

HB856

RELATING TO FOUR DAY WORK WEEKS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.

Directs state departments to implement four day, forty hour work weeks.  Addresses worker concerns of traffic congestion, commuting concerns, and work life balance.

 

LGO, JHA, FIN

HB857

RELATING TO CORPORATE INCOME TAX.

Repeals the Corporate Income Tax Statues as a means of encouraging business investment and growth in the State.

 

ECD, FIN

HB858

RELATING TO INCOME TAX REDUCTION.

Decreases the tax burden on workers by reducing the income tax rate by three per cent for all but top brackets of income earned.

 

ECD, FIN

HB859

RELATING TO EXTENDING THE RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION TIMELINE AND GOAL.

Extends the renewable energy standards timeline and reduces the percentage goal to allow for firm energy production as a part of a resilient statewide system.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB860

RELATING TO TOBACCO.

Raises legal age for tobacco use and possession from twenty-one to twenty-five.

 

HLT, JHA

HB861

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Requires the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission to oversee the development or expansion of new or existing correctional facilities.  Prohibits moneys for construction or other capital expenditures from being requested in the executive budget process or expended unless the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission has approved the project.  Appropriates moneys to and authorizes staff positions for the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission to perform expanded oversight duties.  Appropriates moneys to the Department of Public Safety to begin planning new or redeveloped correctional facilities in each county.

 

CMV, JHA, FIN

HB862

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Allows for judicial review of orders fixing minimum terms of imprisonment.

 

JHA, FIN

HB863

RELATING TO INITIATION OF PROSECUTION.

Specifies that a subsequent attempt to prosecute a felony using an alternative charging method, after the first attempt has failed, shall not be permitted unless certain conditions are met.

 

JHA, FIN

HB864

RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

Establishes and appropriates moneys for a 4-year Pacific cultural court pilot program in the family court of the first circuit.

 

JHA, FIN

HB865

RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL.

Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services, in consultation with the Legislature and appropriate agencies, to develop and implement an enhanced security plan for the state capitol.  Appropriates moneys for enhanced security measures and security improvements.  Appropriates moneys.

 

LMG/JHA, FIN

HB866

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYERS.

Requires state employers to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillator training to each of the employer's employees.  Appropriates moneys.

 

LGO, HLT, FIN

HB867

RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION.

Requires the posting of informational placards on sex trafficking and resources available to victims, in public buildings and at other specified locations, and the development of a model placard by the Department of Human Services.  Requires the Department of Education to train teachers, school administrators, and other school personnel on the dynamics of sex trafficking and strategies for prevention and response.  Requires the Department of the Attorney General to develop and implement public education and outreach events on the dynamics of sex trafficking and the importance of community involvement in prevention and response efforts.  Appropriates funds.

 

HUS, EDN/JHA, FIN

HB868

RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.

Makes sexual assault in the fourth degree a class C felony.

 

JHA

HB869

RELATING TO CORONERS.

Requires the mayor of each county to appoint, and the county council or city council to confirm, a county medical examiner.  Provides that the medical examiner for each county shall serve as the county's coroner.  Makes conforming amendments.

 

HLT, LGO, JHA

HB870

RELATING TO THE NEIGHBOR ISLANDS BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM.

Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a neighbor islands Blind and Visually Impaired Service Pilot Program that provides training and other services to blind or visually impaired individuals residing on the neighbor islands.  Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a working group and submit an implementation plan to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2024.  Requires the Department to report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2027.  Appropriates funds.

 

HUS, FIN

HB871

RELATING TO SERVICE ANIMALS.

Requires that a disclaimer be provided by sellers or providers of emotional support animals or certificates, identifications, tags, vests, leashes, and harnesses for emotional support animals that the animal is not a service animal.  Establishes penalties.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB872

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP.

Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging within the Department of Health for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership.

 

HLT, FIN

HB873

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM.

Provides scholarships for the unmet needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaii campus who meet certain eligibility criteria.  Appropriates funds for the Hawaii promise program.

 

HET, FIN

HB874

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate assistants employed by the University of Hawaii and community college system.

 

LGO, HET, FIN

HB875

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes and appropriates funds for the Hawaii teacher apprenticeship program to support, recruit, develop, and retain teachers for Hawaii public schools.

 

LGO, ECD, FIN

HB876

RELATING TO NATIVE POLLINATORS.

Requires the University of Hawaii to develop native pollinator habitats to be deployed on all campuses in the University system.

 

WAL, HET, FIN

HB877

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Establishes the Hookaulike:  A Criminal Legal System Institute for Restoration and Healing, at the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson school of law.  Appropriates funds. 

 

HET, JHA, FIN

HB878

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-seventh representative district.

 

FIN

HB879

RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT.

Requires an independent evaluation of a child's parents before a child is returned to the child's family home, under certain conditions.  Clarifies the purpose of the child protective act.  Allows certain contact between grandparents and a child in foster care.  Provides a child's biological grandparents with certain rights and duties.  Amends the definition of "aggravated circumstances".  Includes grandparents under the definition of "family".  Expands the factors to be considered when providing a child with a safe family home to include evaluations conducted by an independent provider with certain specialized training.  Establishes certain requirements for interviewees, documentation, and assessments by DHS.  Requires foster placement preference to be given to relatives, if it is in the best interest of the child.  Establishes certain requirements for DHS when conducting investigations.  Establishes written response requirements for DHS to a complainant after child abuse or neglect investigation.  Specifies that a department social worker shall be unbiased and reflect no prejudice in their professional assessments.

 

HUS, JHA, FIN

HB880

RELATING TO POLICING.

Requires each county police department to collect, report, and publicly publish certain data regarding police stops, arrests, uses of force, and trends.  Effective 12/1/23.

 

JHA

HB881

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON BEACHES.

Prohibits any person from presetting commercial beach equipment on any public beach under the jurisdiction of the department of land and natural resources, unless the customer is physically present.  Requires commercial vendors to expeditiously remove commercial beach equipment after the customer has finished using it.  Allows the department of land and natural resources to grant exemptions through rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Establishes administrative fines for violations.  Pertains only to public beaches and does not include private lands, including accreted lands.

 

WAL, JHA

HB882

RELATING TO ADDICTION RECOVERY CARE.

Establishes the addiction recovery care working group to help the counties become recovery-ready.

 

HLT, FIN

HB883

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates moneys to the Department of Human Services to operate mobile clinics providing medication-assisted treatment throughout the State.

 

HUS, FIN

HB884

RELATING TO TRAVELING TEAM PHYSICIANS.

Adopts model legislation to allow traveling team physicians to temporarily practice medicine in the State for the traveling team members and coaches.

 

HLT, CPC

HB885

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to the department of health to develop and implement statewide media, education, and training activities for policies related to emergency examination and hospitalization and assisted community treatment for those in need of mental health intervention.

 

HLT, FIN

HB886

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Eliminates the home mortgage interest deduction for second homes under Hawaii income tax law.  Requires the amount of state revenue gained by eliminating the deduction to be deposited into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund.

 

HSG, ECD, FIN

HB887

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTION FOR MEDICAL SERVICES.

Exempts medical services from the general excise tax.

 

HLT, FIN

HB888

RELATING TO OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.

Requires each Department of Education classroom to be equipped with an opioid antagonist.  Requires the Department of Education to train employees on opioid-related drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response and opioid antagonist administration.  Appropriates moneys.

 

EDN, HLT, FIN

HB889

RELATING TO ILLEGAL FIREWORKS TASKFORCE.

Establishes the 2023 illegal fireworks task force within the department of the attorney general to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control law; and ensure the safety and security of airports, harbors, and other facilities and institutions in the State against the discharge of illegal fireworks and explosives.  Requires a report to the legislature.

 

JHA

HB890

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends the taxes withheld on the amount realized by nonresidents from the disposition of Hawaii residential real property from 7.25% to 75%. Applies to real estate dispositions that occur on or after 9/15/2023.

 

WAL, CPC, FIN

HB891

RELATING TO GENDER TRANSITION SURGERY.

Prohibits the performance of gender reassignment surgeries on minors. Establishes a Class A felony for those who perform gender reassignment surgeries on minors.

 

HLT, JHA, FIN

HB892

RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.

Appropriates moneys and three full time equivalent positions under the Department of Law Enforcement to provide security at small boat harbors on Maui.  Appropriates moneys.

 

WAL, FIN

HB893

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Requires condominium associations and planned community associations that have a service agreement with a towing company to maintain and provide to the towing company a "do not tow" list of authorized resident vehicles.  Prohibits authorized vehicles that are on the "do not tow" list from being towed, unless authorized by certain individuals.

 

CPC, JHA

HB894

RELATING TO WHALES.

Places certain requirements and speed restrictions on the operation of water vessels in proximity to humpback whales.

 

WAL, JHA

HB895

RELATING TO ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION.

Updates the State's integrated solid waste management goals and priorities to include organic waste diversion. Requires and appropriates moneys for the counties to incorporate organic waste diversion into the counties' integrated solid waste management plans.

 

EEP, FIN

HB896

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to design and construct photovoltaic panel coverings over playgrounds at all Department of Education schools.

 

EEP, EDN, FIN

HB897

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes a task force to review policy issues and opportunities relating to the navigation, access, and coverage of medicaid services by individuals with autism or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and make a recommendation on whether a waiver or other approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is necessary to ensure accessibility of certain services for individuals with autism or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

 

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB898

RELATING TO LIQUOR.

Establishes a three-year surcharge on the liquor tax.  Repeals 06/30/2026.

 

ECD, CPC, FIN

HB899

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Designates the month of September as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month to promote public awareness of the risks of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.

 

HLT, JHA

HB900

RELATING TO FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS.

Establishes the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders special fund, to be administered by the department of human services, and which shall consist of federal funds and interest earned on those funds.  Establishes a temporary fetal alcohol spectrum disorders task force within the department of health for administrative purposes.  Requires a report to the legislature. 

 

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB901

RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF AQUATIC MAMMALS.

Prohibits the display of aquatic mammals in the State.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB902

RELATING TO ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY ENTITLEMENTS.

Requires the State to pay, without delay, military personnel called to active duty at the same rate as their active duty counterparts; provide basic housing allowance; provide service credit for time on active duty; and allow state and county employees to count the time called to active duty in the State toward retirement.

 

CMV, LGO, FIN

HB903

RELATING TO CIVIL AIR PATROL.

Appropriates funds for operational expenses of the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

 

CMV, FIN

HB904

RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM JURY DUTY.

Exempts active members of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and county emergency management agencies from jury duty.

 

JHA, FIN

HB905

RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER YIELDS.

Requires the University of Hawaii to develop a flexible model for setting sustainable groundwater yields that is inclusive of the needs of traditional and customary Native Hawaiian practices, climate change history and projections, and groundwater seepage at the shoreline.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, HET, FIN

HB906

RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to conduct an audit of the State's surface water transmission systems.

 

WAL, FIN

HB907

RELATING TO TELEHEALTH.

Conforms the State's law regarding telehealth to the medicare standards by clarifying that telehealth services provided by way of an interactive telecommunications system be reimbursed.

 

HLT, CPC

HB908

RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND.

Amends the amount of conveyance tax to be deposited into the land conservation fund.

 

WAL, CPC, FIN

HB909

RELATING TO WATER CONSERVATION.

Establishes the water neutrality turf replacement program to provide financial incentives to replace irrigated turf with turf or other plants that use less water.  Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to administer the program.  Appropriates moneys.

 

WAL, ECD, FIN

HB910

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Prohibits the harvesting of aquatic life for commercial aquarium purposes, regardless of the method of collection.

 

WAL, JHA

HB911

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the seventh representative district.

 

FIN

HB912

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.

 

JHA

HB913

RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY.

Amends the statutory duties of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority.  Requires the Authority to conduct certain activities in a culturally sensitive and environmentally appropriate manner and to engage in community outreach and education.  Amends the membership of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority board of directors by requiring 1 board member to represent the University of Hawaii Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and 1 member to be a cultural practitioner from the ahupuaa of Ooma or Kalaoa.

 

EEP, JHA

HB914

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Clarifies who is prohibited from knowingly referring or transferring patients to an uncertified or unlicensed care facility.  Repeals the landlord exclusion.  Requires the department of health to prioritize complaint allegations based on severity for inspections of state-licensed or state-certified care facilities.

 

HLT, CPC, JHA

HB915

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires certain commercial agricultural entities to issue annual public reports regarding their pesticide use.

 

AGR/HLT, CPC

HB916

RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES.

Increases the monthly needs allowance from $50 to $75.  Clarifies that the needs allowance is not intended to replace or affect funds received from the federal supplemental security income program.  Requires certain long-term care facility operators to pay for generic toiletries, linens, and meals and snacks.  Requires the department of human services to perform an annual review of the needs allowance.  Appropriate funds.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB917

RELATING TO SPORTS.

Establishes the Hawaii Sports Task Force within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to plan and coordinate efforts to secure and maintain Hawaii as a host location for major sporting and sports entertainment events at Aloha Stadium and other locations in the State.

 

ECD/TOU, FIN

HB918

RELATING TO GAMING.

Authorizes a 10-year license for 1 poker and sportsbook gaming facility in a special district designated for tourism in a county with over 500,000 residents that is not in a hotel.  Allows admission for individuals 21 years of age or older who register to stay at a hotel on Oahu and pay an annual fee.  Establishes the Hawaii gaming control commission.  Imposes wagering tax on gross receipts.  Creates the state gaming fund and compulsive gambler program.

 

ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN

HB919

RELATING TO RESIDENCE FOR TUITION PURPOSES.

Requires the tuition residency rules for the University of Hawaii to grant the resident tuition fee for enrollment at any University of Hawaii campus, including any community college, to individuals who have obtained a Hawaii high school diploma or equivalent credential, register to vote in the State, and are working toward their first undergraduate degree, under certain conditions.

 

HET, FIN

HB920

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE BUILDING CODE.

Allows the counties to adopt a county building code for single-family dwellings, additional dwellings, duplexes, and non-commercial structures that is distinct from the Hawaii state building codes.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB921

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES.

Establishes the Environmental Crimes Unit within the Office of the Attorney General.  Makes the disposal of motor vehicle tires in violation of State law governing recovery of used motor vehicle tire recovery a petty demeanor crime.  Establishes a $1 motor vehicle tire surcharge to be imposed on every replacement tire installed on a motor vehicle in the State after September 30, 2023.  Requires tire retailers and tire wholesalers who install replacement tires to pay the surcharge to the Department of Health, and the Department of Health to deposit the revenues into the Environmental Management Special Fund.  Allows the Department of Health to use the Environmental Management Special Fund to fund the Environmental Crimes Unit.  Appropriates Funds.

 

EEP/HLT, JHA, FIN

HB922

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Increases the percentage rate of weekly workers' compensation benefits for partially dependent parents of a deceased child from twenty-five per cent to fifty per cent.

 

LGO, FIN

HB923

RELATING TO BONDS.

Requires counties with a private activity bond issuance program to exhaust their allotment before applying to the State for the state allocation.  Requires a project to first apply to the county in which the project is located, if the county has a private activity bond issuance program, before applying to the State.  Requires the State, if it receives a county allocation, to award that same amount to benefit that county.  Requires the department of budget and finance to indicate to the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation any county amount of unused or unassigned allocation.  Effective 7/2/2023.

 

HSG, FIN

HB924

RELATING TO BUILDING INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS.

Amends the exemption from the requirement that plans and specifications for construction projects be prepared and construction observed by a licensed engineer, architect, or landscape architect to be determined by floor area of work rather than estimated cost.  Exempts one- or two-storied structures that are used primarily as a residence from such requirements.

 

CPC, FIN

HB925

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Requires that funds from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund be used to provide zero interest loans or grants to certain buyers and aid certain existing-for sale projects that have received funds from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund.  Appropriates funds to the Rental Housing Revolving Fund and the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund.  Allocates funds out of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund and the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund for certain purposes. 

 

HSG, FIN

HB926

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMEOWNERSHIP INCENTIVES.

Abolishes down payment requirements for eligible Hawaii residents purchasing their first home.

 

HSG, ECD, FIN

HB927

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Establishes within the Hawaii State Energy Office the future fusion task force to promote the use of fusion as an energy source in the State.

 

EEP, FIN

HB928

RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST REVENUES.

Requires that all moneys in the pro rata portion of the Public Land Trust be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB929

RELATING TO REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Prohibits the ownership of holding of real estate interests in land within two miles of federal land by foreign individuals, entities, or governments. Institutes a reciprocal ban on foreign individuals, entities, or governments where Americans are forbidden from owning real estate abroad.

 

WAL, CPC, JHA

HB930

RELATING TO TRAFFIC.

Permits a bicyclist to proceed through an intersection from a right turn only lane if they cannot safely merge into the traffic lane.  Permits a bicyclist to proceed in a right turn only lane when approaching an intersection, even if they do not intend to turn right; provided that they do not pass a stopped vehicle and that they exercise reasonable safety when passing a moving vehicle.

 

TRN, JHA

HB931

RELATING TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS.

Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to provide menstrual products at no cost in specified restrooms of public buildings maintained by that department.  Appropriates funds.

 

HLT, FIN

HB932

RELATING TO THE MOTION PICTURE, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND FILM PRODUCTION INCOME TAX CREDIT.

Changes the total amount of motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credits allowed per year from $50,000,000 to an unspecified amount.

 

ECD, FIN

HB933

RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PRINT DISABILITIES.

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to use Universal Service Fund moneys to provide free telecommunications access to certain information for individuals with print disabilities.

 

HET, CPC, FIN

HB934

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Beginning 1/1/2024, requires public schools, private schools, and public charter schools to have an employee trained to administer or assist with seizure disorder rescue medication.  Requires all principals, guidance counselors, and teachers to perform self-study review of seizure disorder materials annually.  Requires a seizure action plan for every diagnosed student and distribution of the plan to employees charged with supervising the student.  Requires an annual age-appropriate seizure education program to be provided to all students.  Exempts schools that do not have a student with a seizure disorder.  Appropriates funds.

 

HLT, EDN, FIN

HB935

RELATING TO HEARING AIDS.

Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received from the sale of hearing aids.

 

HLT, FIN

HB936

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires the Department of Education to include the teaching of financial literacy in the personal transition plan requirement for each student.

 

EDN, FIN

HB937

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires lessors of rental motor vehicles to incorporate zero‑emission vehicles or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or both, into the lessor's rental motor vehicle fleets.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB938

RELATING TO TAX CREDIT FOR ON-SITE EARLY CHILDHOOD FACILITIES.

Establishes an income tax credit for employers who create on-site early childhood facilities. Establishes and appropriates funds for 1.0 FTE on-site early childhood facility coordinator position.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023.  Takes effect on 7/1/2024.

 

HUS, FIN

HB939

RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSING ACCOUNT PROGRAM.

Updating the Individual Housing Account (IHA) statutes to more accurately reflect the current cost of housing down-payments.

 

HSG, ECD, FIN

HB940

RELATING TO CREATING A LOCAL HOUSING MARKET.

Establishing a Local Housing Market that is tied to the Hawaii State resident's incomes, and not the global economy. Thus, providing housing options that are affordable relative to wages for residents of the State.

 

HSG, ECD, FIN

HB941

RELATING TO A STATE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.

Establishes the State Chief Operating Officer to assist the Governor in developing and recommending policies beneficial to businesses and to increase economic development.

 

LGO, FIN

HB942

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE.

Requires each Department of Education school to establish a critical medical emergency response team.  Appropriates moneys.

 

EDN, HLT, FIN

HB943

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO HONOKAA LAND COMPANY, LLC.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Honokaa Land Company, LLC, with acquiring, developing, and renovating agricultural facilities.

 

ECD, FIN

HB944

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a job creation income tax credit for employers who increase the number of full-time employees in the State and make certain capital investment expenditures.

 

ECD, FIN

HB945

RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Reduces, then later exempts, the tax collected on the sale of groceries that are eligible under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, regardless of the means of purchase and the program eligibility of the purchaser.  Reduces, then later exempts, the tax collected for the sale of nonprescription drugs.

 

ECD, FIN

HB946

RELATING TO THE FOOD SUPPLY.

Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to plan, design, construct, and operate a new animal slaughterhouse on the island of Oahu.  Appropriates moneys.

 

AGR, FIN

HB947

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes a food manufacturer tax credit.  Defines "qualified taxpayers" as manufacturers that produce valued-added products using local crops.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023.

 

AGR, FIN

HB948

RELATING TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH.

Establishes a two-year child and adolescent crisis mobile outreach team pilot program on Oahu to expand existing crisis response services.  Appropriates funds.

 

HLT, FIN

HB949

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Establishes and appropriates funds for a solar energy storage system loan program to provide asset limited, income constrained, employed households with low-interest loans to purchase and install solar energy storage systems.  Establishes and appropriates funds for a renewable energy system installation loan program to provide low- and moderate-income families with low-interest loans to purchase and install residential photovoltaic and energy storage systems, including battery storage systems.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB950

RELATING TO ASSISTED COMMUNITY TREATMENT ORDERS.

Extends the time period that a family court may order continued assisted community treatment.  Reduces the time period that a family court needs to determine whether assisted community treatment should continue.

 

HLT, JHA

HB951

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Deposits funds into the rental housing revolving fund to be used to provide grants or loans to mixed-income rental projects or units qualifying individuals and families.

 

HSG, FIN

HB952

RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES.

Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to address the impacts of climate change in the State.

 

WAL, FIN

HB953

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Requires DLNR to develop and publish a website that includes the application processes for a permit, license, or reservation needed to conduct recreational and commercial activities in the State that are regulated by or under the jurisdiction of the department.  Requires DLNR to convert existing application processes into a digital format to be used on the website.  Appropriates funds for the establishment of the website.

 

WAL, FIN

HB954

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Changes the amount of the state earned income tax credit to an unspecified percentage of the federal earned income tax credit allowed based on an individual's federal income tax return.

 

ECD, FIN

HB955

RELATING TO CHAPTER 457J, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

Makes permanent the existing exemption for birth attendants to continue to practice without a license, under certain conditions.  Expands qualifications for licensure to include the North American Registry of Midwives portfolio evaluation process.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB956

RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Establishes the natural resource management special fund and authorizes uses for moneys in the fund.  Establishes a Natural Resource Management Commission to guide and approve the disbursement of moneys deposited into the fund.  Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues to the natural resource management special fund.  Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues to the Hawaii Tourism Authority.  Repeals the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the special land and development fund.  Appropriates moneys for the natural resource management special fund and for operating expenses of the Hawaii tourism authority.

 

TOU/WAL, ECD, FIN

HB957

RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.

Allows health care facilities to permit terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis under certain conditions.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB958

RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION WASTE.

Requires recycling of construction and demolition materials and use of recycled materials to factor into priority offeror selections for competitive procurements of construction or demolition services by the State or any county.  Requires the State Building Codes to incorporate the International Green Construction Code and set specified targets for the recycling, reuse, donation, and resale of nonhazardous construction waste.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB959

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF AIR TRAVEL.

Establishes the mitigation of the climate effects of commercial air transportation task force to identify, analyze, and make recommendations to mitigate the carbon load of, contributions to global warming made by, and effects on the climate caused by commercial air travel to the State.

 

TRN, EEP, FIN

HB960

RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AUTHORITY.

Transfers $200,000,000 of general funds previously appropriated to the School Facilities Authority of the Department of Education to the school facilities special fund.

 

EDN, FIN

HB961

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

Appropriates moneys for the Preschool Open Doors Program and Executive Office on Early Learning to expand access to preschool and to implement program changes required by previous acts.  Expands the types of entities from which a Preschool Open Doors service provider may obtain accreditation.  Authorizes the preschool open doors special fund to accept federal funds.  Appropriates moneys.

 

HUS, EDN, FIN

HB962

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS.

Exempts Hawaiian language immersion program students from kindergarten assessment requirements.

 

EDN, JHA, FIN

HB963

RELATING TO BROADBAND.

Appropriates general fund moneys that are required to match federal moneys for broadband programs.  Appropriates moneys received by the State from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for the broadband equity, access, and deployment program.

 

HET, CPC, FIN

HB964

RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS.

Increases the fee for the issuance of an apostille or certification to $10.  Establishes the apostilles and certifications special fund.  Authorizes the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to expend moneys in the fund for operational expenses.

 

LGO, FIN

HB965

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for medication used for the treatment of obesity or weight loss management for a covered individual who is overweight and has one or more related comorbidities.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB966

RELATING TO ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS.

Beginning on January 1, 2024, permits manufacturers of investigational drugs or biological products to make these drugs and products available to terminally ill patients under certain conditions.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB967

RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCING FOR CANDIDATES TO ELECTED OFFICE.

Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in the State of Hawaii, to begin with the 2024 general election year.  Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit a report to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds.

 

JHA, FIN

HB968

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Pamantasan Council for three full-time equivalent academic and support services specialist positions.

 

CAI, HET, FIN

HB969

RELATING TO EMERGENCY POWERS.

Requires the Governor to ensure continued operation of medical facilities upon declaration of a state of emergency and during times of health or pandemic emergencies.  Allows hospitals to suspend elective surgeries during the period of emergency to address the facility's bed capacity.  Defines "hospital".

 

HLT, WAL, FIN

HB970

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Makes technical changes to the statutory definitions of "agricultural enterprise lands" and "non-agricultural park lands" for clarification and consistency purposes.

 

AGR, JHA

HB971

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS.

Establishes the agricultural emergency loan revolving fund, to be administered by the Department of Agriculture, to fund Class D emergency loans.  Provides a separate source of funding for agricultural emergency loans.  Makes an appropriation.

 

AGR, FIN

HB972

RELATING TO THE ANIMAL INDUSTRY SPECIAL FUND.

Adds new sources of revenue generated by the State Veterinary Laboratory and Animal Disease Control Branch as sources for the Animal Industry Special Fund and clarifies that the funds from the special fund may be expended to make laboratory improvements.

 

AGR, FIN

HB973

RELATING TO HEMP.

Amends section 141-43 (a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to delete the requirement for additional rules by the Department of Agriculture to address nuisance issues, including smell, noise, and excessive lighting arising out of the activities of hemp growers.

 

AGR, JHA

HB974

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes a program specialist position within the Department of Agriculture and appropriates moneys to fund the position.  Prioritizes assistance for farmers and ranchers who produce local food that is at least partially consumed within the State.

 

AGR, FIN

HB975

RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.

This housekeeping measure addresses potential deficiencies in Act 312, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, which established a three-year cover crop reimbursement pilot program to provide up to 75 per cent cost reimbursement to farming operations in the State for the acquisition of cover crop seeds, green manure, or compost to incentivize such practices.

 

AGR, JHA

HB976

RELATING TO HEMP SPECIAL FUND.

Amends section 141-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to rename the Industrial Hemp Special Fund as the Hemp Special Fund and allow the fund to be utilized for the Department of Agriculture's responsibilities regarding hemp under part III of chapter 141, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

AGR, FIN

HB977

RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

Abolishes the Community Council on purchase of health and human services

 

LGO, CPC, FIN

HB978

RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

Authorizes heads of purchasing agencies to issue requests for statements of qualification and to establish lists of qualified providers for treatment purchase of services.  Increases the small purchase threshold for health and human services.

 

LGO, CPC, FIN

HB979

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES.

Makes appropriations and approves payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.

 

JHA, FIN

HB980

RELATING TO FORFEITURE PURSUANT TO SECTION 804-51, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

Allows notice of a bond or recognizance forfeiture to be sent to either the surety (bond company) or surety insurer (insurance company), by certified mail, to start the thirty-day forfeiture countdown for the surety or surety insurer to locate and surrender a principal (criminal defendant) or file a motion or application to set aside the bond or recognizance forfeiture.  Provides the State with an avenue to appeal when the court grants a motion or application to set aside a bail bond forfeiture.

 

JHA

HB981

RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECKS.

Authorizes a fingerprint-based criminal history background check by the county police departments of applicants for licenses to sell, offer to sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer electric guns or cartridges.

 

JHA

HB982

RELATING TO FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TOBACCO ENFORCEMENT UNIT.

Increases and stabilizes the amount of funding for the tobacco enforcement special fund within the Department of the Attorney General by: (1) increasing the amount of funds that the tobacco enforcement special fund can carry over at the end of the fiscal year; (2) increasing the cigarette tax stamp fee and by concurrently increasing the percentage of the cigarette tax stamp fee deposited to the tobacco enforcement special fund; and (3) amending the amount of funds to be deposited in the tobacco enforcement special fund from the Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund.  Effective on July 1, 2023.

 

HLT, JHA, FIN

HB983

RELATING TO TIME LIMITATIONS.

Defines the terms "public officer or employee" and "government" in section 701-108, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify the scope and applicability of provisions related to the time limitations to bring prosecution based on misconduct in office.

 

JHA

HB984

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Amends, clarifies, and enacts provisions of chapter 134, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS); amends section 707-716, HRS; and amends and clarifies section 846-2.7(b), HRS.  Amends and enacts requirements and processes regarding permits to acquire and licenses to carry a firearm; updates criteria governing when firearm ownership, possession, or control is prohibited; identifies locations within the State where carrying or possessing firearms is prohibited; requires a person carrying a firearm pursuant to a license to have in the person's immediate possession the license and documentary evidence that the firearm being carried is registered; requires a person carrying a firearm in public pursuant to a license to maintain insurance coverage; requires that when a person carrying a firearm is stopped by a law enforcement officer or is a driver or passenger in a vehicle stopped by a law enforcement officer, the person shall immediately disclose to the law enforcement officer that the person is carrying a firearm and, upon request, identify the specific location of the firearm and present to the law enforcement officer a license or credentials to carry a firearm; prohibits leaving an unsecured firearm in a vehicle unattended; prohibits consuming or being under the influence of alcohol or intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance while carrying a firearm; prohibits carrying a firearm on private property open to the public without express authorization; and amends, clarifies, and enacts other provisions relating to firearms.  Provides that criminal history record checks may be conducted by county police departments on applicants for licenses to carry a pistol or revolver and ammunition pursuant to section 134-9, HRS.

 

JHA, FIN

HB985

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT FRAUD.

Adds a new section to chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to establish the class C felony offense of government fraud.

 

JHA

HB986

RELATING TO OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT.

Adds a new section to chapter 710, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to establish the class C felony offense of official misconduct.

 

JHA

HB987

RELATING TO LABOR DATA COLLECTION.

Amends section 201-13.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to collect and analyze employer information and data.

 

LGO, FIN

HB988

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Increases options to build affordable housing in Hawaii Community Development Authority districts by increasing the permissible lease term to ninety-nine years.  Prohibits the Hawaii Community Development Authority from encumbering lands that were classed as crown lands previous to August 15, 1895, in leases longer than sixty-five years.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB989

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.

Makes an appropriation to authorize general funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for expenses related to building renovations.

 

FIN

HB990

RELATING TO TAX CREDIT FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.

Consolidates the survey and certification requirements for the research activities tax credit.  Requires the certification based on the date a complete application is received subject to certain conditions.  Adds a cap for an eligible taxpayer and the taxpayer's related entities.

 

ECD, FIN

HB991

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Increases the cap for awards to assist businesses applying for the Small Business Innovation Research Grant Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Program.  Adds purchasing of renewable energy systems as an eligible expense and clarifies that training on both new and existing manufacturing equipment is an eligible expense for the Manufacturing Development Grant Program.

 

ECD, FIN

HB992

RELATING TO THE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP REVOLVING FUND.

Clarifies section 6.4 of Act 248, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, as it pertains to the appropriation for the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund.

 

HSG, FIN

HB993

RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION.

Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in cooperation with each state agency having operational responsibilities over state facilities to: develop a standardized process to conduct vulnerability assessments for facilities at risk from sea level rise and guidance to agencies on how to conduct the vulnerability assessments for their facilities.  Makes an appropriation.

 

WAL, FIN

HB994

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to perform a study to refine rural district policies and make recommendations to facilitate the reclassification of lands from the agricultural district to the rural district.  Requires reports to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, FIN

HB995

RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Clarifies the decision-making process for the Land Use Commission adoption of maps of Important Agricultural Lands and repeals the farm dwelling and farm employee housing incentive for lands designated as Important Agricultural Lands in chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

WAL, JHA

HB996

RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Repeals the provision for farm dwelling and farm employee housing on Important Agricultural Lands and adopts a new provision for farm cluster housing as an incentive for the designation of lands as Important Agricultural Lands pursuant to chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

WAL, JHA

HB997

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 12 AND 13, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO EXPRESSLY PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE MAY AUTHORIZE THE COUNTIES TO ISSUE TAX INCREMENT BONDS AND TO EXCLUDE TAX INCREMENT BONDS FROM DETERMINATIONS OF THE FUNDED DEBT OF THE COUNTIES.

Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as counties, to issue tax increment bonds and to exclude tax increment bonds in calculating the debt limit of the political subdivisions.

 

JHA, FIN

HB998

RELATING TO DESIGNATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

Establishes the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization and board.  Designates the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to organize the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization.  Establishes two full-time exempt positions.  Makes an appropriation.

 

ECD, FIN

HB999

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Establishes a public policy framework that addresses state goals in the area of economic diversification.  Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to implement specific projects that address those goals.  Requires the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to submit annual reports to the legislature.  Effective on July 1, 2023.

 

HET, FIN

HB1000

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (1) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1001

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (2) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1002

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (3) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1003

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (4) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1004

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (5) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1005

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (6) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1006

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (7) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1007

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (8) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1008

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (9) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1009

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (10) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1010

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (11) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1011

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (13) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1012

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1013

RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF ACT 192, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2007.

Repeals Act 192, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, which requires the Employees' Retirement System to divest itself of investments in companies that provide support for genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and provide annual reports to the legislature on the status of divestment.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1014

RELATING TO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM DISABILITY RETIREMENT.

Clarifies the Employees' Retirement System's eligibility requirement definitions for service-connected disability and accidental death benefits.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1015

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Enables the board of trustees of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to establish appropriate salaries for the administrator and chief investment officer of the trust fund.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1016

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND SPOUSAL MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT.

Amends section 87A-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exclude medicare reimbursement by the State and counties for the spouses of retired employees hired after June 30, 2023.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1017

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT.

Amends section 87A-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exclude medicare income related monthly adjustment amounts reimbursement by the State and counties for retired employees hired after June 30, 2023, and their spouses.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1018

RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.

Amends various general fund appropriations to help the State meet its American Rescue Plan Act maintenance of effort obligations.

 

FIN

HB1019

RELATING TO BROADBAND.

Appropriates general funds for federal broadband programs matching fund requirements.

 

HET, FIN

HB1020

RELATING TO PAYMENT OF CLAIMS OF THE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM.

Increases the amount of moneys that can be carried over at June 30 of each fiscal year by the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund from $1,300,000 to $2,500,000.

 

FIN

HB1021

RELATING TO FUNDS.

Reinstates Governor's authority to transfer funds to cope with the effects of natural disasters, for operating purposes, or to supplement the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Fire Fighter's Contingency Fund.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1022

RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS.

Appropriates general funds to various programs due to anticipated operating shortfalls due to the limited ability for departments to transfer funds between programs.

 

FIN

HB1023

RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS.

Appropriates general funds to various programs due to anticipated operating shortfalls due to the limited ability for departments to transfer funds between programs.

 

FIN

HB1024

RELATING TO NURSES LICENSED IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

Allows for temporary permits to be issued to registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, and revises the exemptions for license.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB1025

RELATING TO THE PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING ACT.

Amends the Professional and Vocational Licensing Act to reduce the time frame for which an application is considered abandoned from two years to one year and to specify how this one-year period applies to the process for applications for examination.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1026

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Amends various provisions of title 24 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) to update and improve existing provisions.  Adds a Health Insurance Administrator deputy commissioner position.  Defines "dormant captive insurance company" and sets out a procedure to apply for the certificate of dormancy.  Adds the term "doing business as" to "trade name" statutory references.  Clarifies continuing education provider filing requirements.  Clarifies reinsurance intermediary-manager filing requirements.  Amends the surety bond threshold requirement for third party administrators and clarifies the audited financial statements requirements.  Adopts revised National Association of Insurance Commissioners Model #880 Unfair Trade Practices Act regarding expansion of value-added products beyond health products.  Aligns section 431:13-103 with changes made to article 9 of chapter 431 by Act 110, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021.  Amends the definitions of "controlled unaffiliated business" and "participant" as applied to captive insurance companies.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1027

RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS MODERNIZATION ACT.

Continues the alignment of Hawaii's money transmitters law with the provisions of the Model Money Transmitters Modernization Act, thereby enabling Hawaii to work within a network of states to license, supervise, and examine transglobal money transmission companies as a multi-state system.  Enables timely, coordinated, and efficient regulation of money transmission companies to achieve financial stability and economic growth, while providing consumer protection.  Allows the State to share resources, data, and technology tools with other states to create a stronger multi-state system of financial regulation.

 

ECD, CPC

HB1028

RELATING TO TITLE 24, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

Provides amendments to external review procedures to improve consistency with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Uniform Health Carrier External Review Model Act. Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to cover mandated services for mammography at least as favorably as coverage for other radiological examinations.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1029

RELATING TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC FILING BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to use electronic filing processes, including electronic service of documents, to conform to the provisions of chapters 269, 271, and 271G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and current practices.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1030

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION SPECIAL FUND CARRYOVER BALANCE.

Increases the balance that may be retained in the Public Utilities Commission Special Fund at the end of each fiscal year from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1031

RELATING TO LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS.

Updates definitions related to the education and training requirements of psychologists; amends the screening process for applicants educated at a foreign institution.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1032

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

Converts the Emergency Management Specialist series positions at level IV and higher in the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency from civil service status to exempt status.

 

WAL/LGO, FIN

HB1033

RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL.

Adds to the State Building Code Council a voting member representing the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.

 

CPC

HB1034

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

Clarifies the scope of the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan; delineates allowable uses of Major Disaster Fund monies; increases the amount of the additional funds that may be made available for the purpose of matching federal disaster relief fund from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000; shortens the duration of price control periods from 96 hours to 72 hours; defines "Severe Warning"; and clarifies that entities other than the National Weather Service issue warnings that may require the activation of the emergency management system.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1035

RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY.

Establishes protections for critical infrastructure information that is received or maintained by the Office of Homeland Security for use regarding the security of critical infrastructure.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1036

RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY.

Formally establishes the Hawaii State Fusion Center as a program under the Office of Homeland Security to be transferred to the Department of Law Enforcement and delineates its roles and responsibilities.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1037

RELATING TO STATEWIDE INTEROPERABLE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS.

Amends section 2 of Act 97, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, to reflect the migration of the Office of Homeland Security from the Department of Defense to the Department of Law Enforcement on January 1, 2024.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB1038

RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY.

Establishes a Targeted Violence Prevention program within the state Office of Homeland Security.  Mandates reporting by state and county government agencies regarding specific enumerated activity.  Establishes the all-threats or all-hazards statewide reporting and analysis system.  Mandates reporting by state and county government agencies regarding specific enumerated activity.  Creates two new analyst position and appropriates money for the program.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1039

RELATING TO ACT 278, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2022.

Amends Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, to modify the transfer of the personnel and functions of the Department of the Attorney General to the Department of Law Enforcement, clarify that Act 278 does not amend or abrogate the Attorney General's status as the Chief Legal and Law Enforcement Officer of the State, specify that the Statewide Law enforcement Training Complex will be located at the First Responder Technology Campus rather than the Mililani Technology Park, and transfer the responsibility and management of certain private security contracts under section 26-14.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from the Department of Law Enforcement to the Department of Defense, the Department of Health, and the Department of Human Services for their respective facilities.

 

JHA

HB1040

RELATING TO THE ENHANCED 911 BOARD.

Amends chapter 138, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add the director of the Department of Law Enforcement or the director's designee as a member of the Enhanced 911 Board.

 

JHA

HB1041

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Establishes the Illegal Fireworks Task Force within the Department of Law Enforcement to plan, coordinate, and engage in law enforcement operations to interdict illegal fireworks, develop a comprehensive strategic plan to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control laws, and ensure the safety and security of airports, harbors, and other facilities and institutions in the State against the discharge of illegal fireworks and explosives.  Requires a report to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1042

RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.

Makes permanent the exemption from the behavior analyst licensing requirements for teachers working in collaboration with a licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist.  Removes the exemption from the behavior analyst licensing requirements for direct support workers and allows a registered behavior technician who is under the direction of a licensed psychologist to implement applied behavior analysis services.

 

EDN

HB1043

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Repeals the Department of Education's weekly report on schools that have reported positive COVID-19 cases.

 

EDN

HB1044

RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROCUREMENT.

Adjusts the Department of Education's small purchase threshold to require no less than three quotes for purchases of goods, services, and construction between $5,000 to less than $15,000, and to require no less than three written quotes for purchases of goods and services between $15,000 to less than $100,000 and for purchases of construction between $15,000 to less than $250,000.  Exempts the Department of Education from the electronic procurement system requirement for purchases of goods and services less than $100,000 and for purchases of construction less than $250,000.

 

LGO, EDN, FIN

HB1045

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Clarifies that, because minors do not have legal capacity independent of their parents, a minor student's parent or legal guardian must produce the required student records when transferring schools.  Clarifies that emancipated minors may also produce the required student records when transferring schools.  Clarifies that the transfer process is the same whether a transfer is within the same complex area or to another complex area.

 

EDN, JHA

HB1046

RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES.

Allows the administration of medication to public school students by health assistants with the approval of a health care professional within the Department of Education, Department of Health, or a health care service per a written agreement with the Department of Education.  Replaces the term "school health aides" with "school health assistants" to reflect recent changes to the job title.

 

EDN, CPC

HB1047

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Changes the Department of Education's quarterly report on autism spectrum disorder to an annual report.

 

EDN

HB1048

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes the Hawaii Educational Expenditure Trust Fund as a separate fund of the Department of Education for improving the education of, and supporting the programs benefiting, the students of the Hawaii public school system.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1049

RELATING TO INCOME TAX.

Adds new tax credit for teacher's expenses.  Adds an inflation index for the income tax brackets, personal exemption amount and standard deduction amounts.  Increases the amounts for the income tax brackets, personal exemption amount and standard deduction amounts for tax year 2023.  Increases the adjusted gross income amounts for the qualification of low-income credits.  Increases the amount of the credits that assist working families.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1050

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.

Exempts certain groceries, feminine hygiene products, incontinence products, and over-the-counter drugs from the general excise tax.

 

ECD/HLT, FIN

HB1051

RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.

Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources the visitor green fee program to collect a fee from visitors through an environmental license and allocate the revenue to protect, restore, and manage natural and cultural resources.  Establishes the visitor green fee special fund.  Establishes the Environmental Legacy Commission to make recommendations to the Board of Land and Natural Resources regarding the use of revenues in the special fund.  Requires a report to the legislature, including a visitor green fee strategic plan.  Appropriates funds.

 

TOU, WAL, FIN

HB1052

RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

Establishes the Climate Impact Special Fund, allocates five cents from the Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax to the Climate Impact Special Fund, and appropriates funds to the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to address impacts of climate change and to mitigate further impacts on the State through carbon sequestration and resiliency planning, allocates funds to the sea level rise voluntary relocation fund.

 

EEP/WAL, FIN

HB1053

RELATING TO INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH.

Establishes the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Program within the Department of Health to provide and coordinate mental health services for children from birth to age five, develop and implement flexible strategies for the delivery of services and workforce training, and promote better understanding of the needs of infants and young children, the importance of positive early relationships, and the benefits of trauma-informed care.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1054

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes the rental deposit loan program and incentives to support development of affordable housing, local renters, third party reviewers, and address government processes to lower housing costs.  Appropriates $2,500,000 for each year of the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium for establishment of the rental deposit loan program.

 

HSG, WAL, FIN

HB1055

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Exempts any development of homestead lots or housing for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from general excise and use taxes.

 

HSG, JHA, FIN

HB1056

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.

Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume historic preservation review of the effect of any proposed project for lands under its jurisdiction except for projects affecting properties listed or nominated for inclusion in the Hawaii register of historic places or the national register of historic places.

 

WAL, JHA

HB1057

RELATING TO INTERIM ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to issue interim rules that shall be exempt from the public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, after beneficiary consultation is conducted by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and upon approval by the Hawaiian Homes Commission.  The interim rules shall be effective for not more than eighteen months.

 

JHA

HB1058

RELATING TO ADOPTION.

Allows an adopted individual to benefit both by relationship through a natural parent and through an adoptive parent in a disposition or other designation as provided for in accordance with the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, or administrative rules.  Allows the adopted individual and individual's natural family to continue having the same familial relationship.

 

JHA

HB1059

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Makes permanent Act 141, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, which requires the counties to issue affordable housing credits to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands upon the department's request.  Makes permanent Act 98, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, which requires the counties to issue affordable housing credits for each residential unit developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1060

RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES.

Makes permanent Act 197, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, which excludes housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from school impact fees.

 

EDN, JHA, FIN

HB1061

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES.

Permits commercial enterprise vocational programs for young adults within the purview of the Office of Youth Services to market and sell goods and services that develop job readiness skills that lead to self-sufficiency.  Establishes the Office of Youth Services Revolving Fund.  Adds a definition of "commercial enterprise vocational programs" and clarifies the definition of "young adult at risk" or "young adult."

 

HUS, FIN

HB1062

RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.

Strengthens and continues the Hospital Sustainability Program indefinitely.  Appropriates funds out of the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.  Makes other non-substantive changes for consistency and clarify.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1063

RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.

Making the nursing facility sustainability program and exemptions from the special fund assessments permanent.  Make changes to strengthen the nursing facility sustainability program and other nonsubstantive changes for consistency and clarify.  Appropriates funds out of the nursing facility sustainability program special fund for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.

 

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB1064

RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS.

Authorizes the Department of Human Services to conduct comprehensive background checks on current and prospective employees, volunteers, and contractors and contractor's employees and volunteers, in positions that require them to be in close proximity to minors and young adults receiving child welfare or child abuse prevention services, or vulnerable adults receiving adult protective services, social services, or certain other benefits and services from the department.  Makes non-substantive conforming amendments to sections 345-2.5 and 846-2.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Effective upon approval.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1065

RELATING TO EXPUNGING JUVENILE RECORDS.

Adds additional circumstances in which family courts may expunge juvenile arrest records.

 

HUS, JHA

HB1066

RELATING TO THE SECOND DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Restores the second deputy director position for the Department of Human Services; authorizes a private secretary position for the second deputy; appropriate funds.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1067

RELATING TO ACT 317, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2022.

Amends Act 317, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, to give the Department of Human Services needed flexibility in developing a comprehensive child welfare information system that complies with federal regulation, which may allow the department to receive federal matching funds for the project.  Extends the time the Department of Human Services may expend the appropriation made in Act 317, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1068

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Establishes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority public housing tenant upward mobility pilot program.  Provides part-time on-the-job training to attain minimum qualifications needed for future part-time and full-time employment.  Effective upon its approval.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1069

RELATING TO ACT 130, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2022.

Amends Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, clarifies access to services, provides a definition of homeless youth; expands the age of youth that may be served; establishes two full-time equivalent positions; and makes an appropriation.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1070

RELATING TO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR CERTAIN HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.

Authorizes the Department of Human Services to pay certain healthcare professionals who provide care allowable under the Medicaid program to patients enrolled in Medicaid an amount similar or equivalent to reimbursement rates paid by the Medicare program.  Appropriations.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1071

RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF ACT 212, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2021, AS AMENDED BY ACT 150, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2022.

Repeals the requirement to transfer the Oahu Regional Health care system in its entirety from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health.

 

LGO/HLT, FIN

HB1072

RELATING TO LICENSES TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES.

Establishes a uniform fee for licenses to solemnize marriages.

 

FIN

HB1073

RELATING TO FEES FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Increases the marriage license fee from $60 to $100, increases the compensation for a marriage license agent from $9 to $15 per license, authorizes deposits of marriage license fees into the vital statistics improvement special fund, and adjusts the distribution of the marriage license fee among various domestic violence prevention special funds.

 

FIN

HB1074

RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING.

Clarifies the definitions of "caregiver support services", "kupuna care services", and "respite care".

 

CPC

HB1075

RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING SPECIAL FUND.

Clarifies the allowable revenues to be deposited into the Executive Office on Aging special fund and the purposes for which the fund may be used.

 

FIN

HB1076

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Bans the sale of flavored tobacco products and mislabeled e-liquid products.  Appropriates funds.  Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to the sale of tobacco products.  Effective January 1, 2024.

 

HLT/JHA, CPC, FIN

HB1077

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes the criminal offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products.  Includes electronic smoking devices and e-liquids within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law.  Increases the license fee for persons engaged as wholesalers or dealers of cigarettes and tobacco products.  Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products.  Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to electronic smoking devices and the sale of tobacco products.  Effective July 1, 2023; provided that section 4 shall take effect on July 1, 2024, and section 5 shall take effect on December 1, 2024.

 

HLT/JHA, CPC, FIN

HB1078

RELATING TO THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL SPECIAL FUND.

Establishes the Water Pollution Control Special Fund to collect fees formerly deposited to the State general fund to create a supplemental source of funding to implement and enforce water quality management as implemented in permits, certifications, and variances.  Appropriates funds to be used by the Department of Health for the purposes of the Water Pollution Control Special Fund.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1079

RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION CONTROL.

Revises chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add wetlands to the definition of State waters, clarifies the Director of Health's role as a certifying agency including enforcement of water quality certifications, and increases certain statutory civil penalties.

 

WAL/EEP, FIN

HB1080

RELATING TO UNLICENSED CARE HOMES.

Clarify the group of professionals who are prohibited from knowingly referring or transferring patients to an uncertified or unlicensed care facility, and repeal the landlord exclusion.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1081

RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR UNLICENSED CARE HOMES.

Clarifies the penalty to be assessed on any person who intentionally operates a care facility without a certificate or license.

 

HLT, JHA, FIN

HB1082

RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.

Defines "waiting room" within a medical cannabis retail dispensary and allows primary caregivers, qualifying out-of-state patients, and caregivers of a qualifying out-of-state patient to access the waiting room; clarifies that each day of a violation of chapter 329D, is a separate violation; and amends the rule-making authority for dispensary-to-dispensary sales.

 

HLT, JHA/CPC, FIN

HB1083

RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF SECTION 328-106, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

Repeals unenforceable and ineffective provisions from chapter 328, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1084

RELATING TO LIQUOR.

Increases the per wine gallon tax on alcoholic beverages.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1085

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.

Creates the Unemployment Insurance Technology Special Fund that will be funded by an additional assessment of .01 per cent to Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund contributions to support the information technology operating and maintenance expenses for the payment of benefits and contributions under Hawaii's Employment Security Law.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1086

RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

Amends chapter 202, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be consistent with the General Appropriations Act of 2021, Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021.  Renames "Workforce Development Council" "Hawaii Workforce Development Board" and "county workforce development board" "local workforce development board".  Requires the Hawaii Workforce Development Board and local workforce development boards to develop written conflict of interest policies consistent with federal law and regulations.  Requires the Governor to select the chairperson of the state board among the private sector members set forth in section 202-1(b)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Repeals the requirement in 371-21(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the DLIR to submit an annual report to the legislature on the activities of the K-12 agriculture workforce development pipeline initiative.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1087

RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW.

Expands the coverage of employees and employers covered under the minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements of chapter 387, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by deleting from the definition of "employee" employees guaranteed a monthly compensation of $2,000 or more.

 

LGO, JHA

HB1088

RELATING TO DECLARATION OF WATER SHORTAGE AND EMERGENCY.

Clarifies the conditions, manner, and areas in which the Commission on Water Resource Management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources can declare water shortages and emergencies.

 

WAL, JHA

HB1089

RELATING TO A STATE BOATING FACILITY LEASE PILOT PROGRAM.

Establishes a state boating facility lease pilot program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department).  Clarifies that a private partner under lease or contract with the Department may assist with development, management, and maintenance of a state small boat harbor.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1090

RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION COMMERCIAL PERMITS.

Specifies the methods by which the Department of Land and Natural Resources can issue new ocean recreation commercial permits and renew existing ocean recreation commercial permits.  Specifies that new permits for ocean recreation management areas and facilities where a permit limit is implemented, new permits will be issued by the method enumerated and in the order set forth herein until the limit is reached.  For renewal of existing permits in ocean recreation management areas and facilities where a permit limit is implemented, the ability to renew a commercial permit will be based on seniority until the limit is reached.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1091

RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY DISCLOSURES WITHIN SHORELINE AREAS.

Requires mandatory disclosure of all existing permitted and unpermitted shoreline erosion control structures, the annual erosion rate, and the current actual setback of all structures for shoreline properties prior to real estate transactions.

 

WAL, JHA

HB1092

RELATING TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION.

Expands the authority of the State and the counties and develops funding to begin utilizing managed retreat as an option for voluntarily moving residential development and associated infrastructure away from critically vulnerable areas to locations outside of sea level rise and coastal flooding exposure areas, including through a pilot program on the North Shore of Oahu.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB1093

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES ON PUBLIC LANDS.

Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to place a lien on property for noncompliance with administrative enforcement action.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB1094

RELATING TO PERIODIC REVIEWS OF DETAINEES IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTERS.

Repeals section 353-6.2, Hawaii Revised Statues, enacted as part of Act 179, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, to delete the requirement for the Department of Public Safety to reassess pretrial detainees on a regular basis for reconsideration of pretrial release.

 

CMV, JHA

HB1095

RELATING TO METHADONE TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

Amends section 329-40, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to allow the medical director of a methadone treatment program to dispense the maximum days of supply of take-home doses as allowed under federal law to a patient.

 

HLT, JHA

HB1096

RELATING TO METHADONE TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

Amends section 329-40, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the medical director of a methadone treatment program to conduct a medical evaluation that offers testing for Hepatitis C exposure and infection.  Requires that a methadone treatment program have policies and procedures in place for screening and referrals to care and curative treatment.

 

HLT, JHA

HB1097

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

Updates the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make it consistent with amendments in the federal controlled substances law as required by section 329-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

HLT, JHA

HB1098

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

Amends section 4 of Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, to make permanent the requirements under section 329-38.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to check the electronic prescription accountability system in certain situations as enumerated.

 

HLT, JHA

HB1099

RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

Amends subsection 329-101(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require that a dispenser of a controlled substance report the filling of a controlled substance prescription and the dispensing of drug samples to the State's Electronic Prescription Accountability System at least once every day, or a report of "zero" be reported not less than once every seven days if no controlled substances prescriptions are filled or drug samples are dispensed.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1100

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, 2022.

 

FIN

HB1101

RELATING TO STORMWATER FEES.

Exempts the State and its departments and agencies that maintain or operate a stormwater management system that is interconnected to a county stormwater system from county stormwater user fees.  Prohibits each county from denying services to the State or its departments or agencies by reason of nonpayment of user fees.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1102

RELATING TO CAPITAL ADVANCEMENT CONTRACTS.

Amends section 266-19.5(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the purpose of increasing the total contract value and total aggregate value of capital advancement contracts entered into by the Department of Transportation for harbor improvements and adds reporting requirements for the department.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1103

RELATING TO THE ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC MOPED REBATE PROGRAM.

Makes an emergency appropriation into and from a newly established special fund to authorize funds for the Department of Transportation Highways Division's Electric Bicycle and Electric Moped Rebate Program.  Authorizes the Department of Transportation to pay a third-party administrator to administer and pay the rebates to the applicants.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1104

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES ENFORCEMENT.

Amends the law relating to enforcement of weight limits for vehicle gross weight, axle, and wheel load.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1105

RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIER VEHICLE INSPECTIONS.

Allows the Director of Transportation to upgrade the motor carrier vehicle inspections in the State by authorizing changes to the program to be implemented by administrative rules.

 

TRN, JHA

HB1106

RELATING TO AERONAUTICS.

Allows the Department of Transportation Airports Division (DOTA) to be reimbursed from any airport contractor, tenant, or user for the entire amount of fines and penalties levied for the violation of federal, state, or county laws related to environmental protection or the United States Department of Homeland Security.  Allows the DOTA to enter into a capital advancement contract with a private party for certain public improvement or construction projects at Hawaii's airports.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1107

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITS.

Amends the law to become consistent with federal weight limits with respect to legal limits for gross vehicle weight and axle loads traveling on all public roadways.

 

TRN, JHA

HB1108

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE FINES.

Amends the law relating to vehicle weight violations by replacing the fine schedule and increasing the potential fines based on multitude and magnitude of vehicle weight violations.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1109

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING.

Meets federal requirements on fraudulent activity relating to Commercial Learner's Permits (CLP) and Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDL).

 

TRN, JHA

HB1110

RELATING TO THE ROAD USAGE CHARGE PROGRAM.

Creates a mileage-based road usage charge to replace state motor fuel taxes beginning on July 1, 2025, for electric vehicles.  Eliminates $50 annual state vehicle registration surcharge for electric vehicles.  Allows electric vehicles a choice of paying a registration surcharge or a per-mile road usage charge until 2033.  Requires motor vehicle registration application to specify whether the type of fuel for which the vehicle is adapted is electricity.  Requires certificates of inspection to state the odometer reading of vehicles.  Requires the Department of Transportation to plan for the deployment of a state mileage-based road user charge program by 2033 and submit a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2026.  Defines electric vehicle. Defines alternative fuel vehicle.  Makes an appropriation.

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

HB1111

RELATING TO PROTECTIVE DEVICES FOR MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS, AND MOPEDS.

Requires operators and passengers of motorcycles, motor scooters, to wear a helmet secured by a chin strap.  Requires operators of a moped to wear a helmet with a chin strap.

 

JHA

HB1112

RELATING TO TRUCK BEDS.

Repeals several exemptions from the prohibition on operating a pickup truck with a passenger seated in the bed or load—carrying area, including the exemption that allows passengers over twelve years of age to ride in the bed or load—carrying area.

 

JHA

HB1113

RELATING TO THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TOXICOLOGY TESTING LABORATORY.

Makes an appropriation for the Department of Transportation Highways Division to deposit state highway funds to the drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund in fiscal year 2023-2024 and fiscal year 2024-2025; authorizes the Department of Health and/or appropriate a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu Emergency Services Department to expend funds from the drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund in fiscal year 2023-2024 and fiscal year 2024-2025; amends references to the state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1114

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM.

Provides scholarships for the unmet needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaii campus who meet certain criteria.

 

HET, FIN

HB1115

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII RESIDENT TUITION FEE.

Requires the tuition residency rules for the University of Hawaii to grant the resident tuition fee for enrollment at any University of Hawaii campus to individuals who have graduated from a Hawaii high school and are enrolling in an undergraduate degree program, under certain conditions.

 

HET, FIN

HB1116

RELATING TO SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY.

Establishes licensure requirements for school psychologists to be administered by the board of psychology.  Requires all school psychologists to be licensed by 7/1/2025.  Increases the composition of the board of psychology to include two school psychologists.

 

EDN, CPC, FIN

HB1117

RELATING TO TEACHER RENTAL HOUSING.

Authorizes HHFDC to assist DOE in developing teacher housing projects and contract or sponsor a development housing project with any state department or agency.  Appropriates funds for deposit into the dwelling unit revolving fund.  Requires DOE to lease land and contract with private entities for the development, management, maintenance, or revitalization of teacher housing.  Permits DOE to lease teacher housing to other eligible tenants if occupancy of teacher housing falls below 95 per cent. 

 

HSG, EDN, FIN

HB1118

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE FORTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for the capital improvement projects in the forty-second representatives district.

 

FIN

HB1119

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO ELECTED COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS.

Proposes a constitutional amendment that would: (1) establish county school boards throughout the State to be elected as provided by law; and (2) create an educational standards and accountability commission.

 

EDN, JHA, FIN

HB1120

RELATING TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER DEFINITION.

Allow a criminal charged with a felony to also be charged with first-degree murder if a murder was committed during a volent felony by any of the felony perpetrators.

 

FIN

HB1121

RELATING TO LEASEHOLD CONVERSION.

Excludes from taxation one hundred per cent of the gain realized by a fee simple owner from the sale of a leased fee interest in units within a condominium project, cooperative project, or planned unit development to the association of apartment owners or the residential cooperative housing corporation of the leasehold units.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2022 and ending prior to 1/1/2030.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB1122

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires certain patients subject to emergency hospitalization to be assessed to determine whether a surrogate or guardian is needed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient.

 

HLT, JHA

HB1123

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-fourth representative district.

 

FIN

HB1124

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Increases the minimum classroom instruction time for state certified or National Rifle Association certified firearm safety courses from four to fourteen hours.  Requires firearm safety courses to include additional subject matter.  Requires applicants for a license to carry a concealed firearm to pass a written test, participate in an in person interview, and provide information to demonstrate that the applicant is of good moral character and sufficient mental competence.

 

JHA

HB1125

RELATING TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to follow all applicable statutes and other requirements when developing properties that conflict with a community transit‑oriented development plan.

 

HSG/WAL, JHA

HB1126

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Increases the amount of the personal exemption for taxable income years beginning after 12/31/2023.  Requires the personal exemption to be increased biannually based on any increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for Honolulu for the most recent two-year period.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1127

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Increases the standard deduction amounts for taxpayers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.  Requires biannual increases to the standard deduction amounts to match any increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for Honolulu over the most recent two year period.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1128

RELATING TO SUPPORT FOR TRADITIONAL NATIVE SPEAKERS OF HAWAIIAN.

Defines the term Hawaiian language with regard to Hawaii's official languages and requires that every effort shall be made to accommodate Hawaiian speakers and readers.  Authorizes Department of Education schools to offer Hawaiian language as the sole indigenous language of the Hawaiian Islands.  Appropriates funds to the State Public Charter School Commission to study the Hawaiian language and for the publication of educational resource materials for native speakers of the Hawaiian language.  Appropriates funds.

 

EDN, JHA, FIN

HB1129

RELATING TO INCARCERATED WOMEN.

Appropriates moneys to the University of Hawaii Windward Community College for the education and reentry program for incarcerated women developed and administered by Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice.  Authorizes the University of Hawaii Windward Community College to award grants to a private entity.

 

CMV, FIN

HB1130

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Appropriates moneys to support a trauma-informed certification program for adult corrections officers at the Windward Community College campus of the University of Hawaii.  Requires the curriculum to include a level I trauma-informed care course designed for adult corrections officers.

 

CMV, FIN

HB1131

RELATING TO GENDER PARITY IN PROGRAMS FOR INCARCERATED WOMEN.

Requires the University of Hawaii to conduct a comparative study of all programming offered to persons incarcerated at correctional facilities in the State, for the purpose of identifying gaps in programming offered to female inmates.  Requires that the study be submitted to the Legislature by 12/1/2023.  Appropriates funds.

 

CMV, FIN

HB1132

RELATING TO THE HAWAII CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.

Extends the term of the Oversight Coordinator for the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission.  Specifies that the Commission shall take measures as necessary to maintain confidentiality in investigations.  Broadens the Oversight Coordinator's power to make inquiries, obtain information, and inspect the premises of agencies and correctional facilities.

 

CMV, FIN

HB1133

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires and appropriates moneys for the provision of free voice communication services in the State's youth and adult correctional facilities.  Prohibits state agencies from deriving revenue or financial benefits from the provision of communication services to persons confined in state correctional facilities.  Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish service quality standards and rules for the free voice communication services and to report to the Legislature prior to the regular session of 2024.

 

CMV, JHA, FIN

HB1134

RELATING TO KANEOHE BAY.

Prohibits commercial ocean use activity in Kaneohe Bay waters without a permit.  Prohibits any person from advertising any commercial ocean use activity in Kaneohe Bay waters for which the person does not have a permit, lease, or license.

 

WAL, JHA

HB1135

RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Reduces, then later exempts, the tax collected on the sale of groceries that are eligible under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, regardless of the means of purchase and the program eligibility of the purchaser.  Reduces, then later exempts, the tax collected for the sale of nonprescription drugs.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1136

RELATING TO THE HAWAII INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY.

Authorizes the issuance of bonds and appropriates bond funds for the sewage system repair and replacement project and the seawall and pier repair and replacement project of the Hawaii institute of marine biology's facility at Moku o Lo‘e.

 

WAL/HET, FIN

HB1137

PROPOSING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AUTHORIZE THE RECALL OF OFFICIALS HOLDING STATE ELECTED OFFICES.

Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to authorize qualified voters to recall any official holding a state elected office, pursuant to standards and procedures for recall that are provided by law, subject to certain specified grounds for recall.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1138

RELATING TO EMPLOYEES OF HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Requires the Legislature to appropriate moneys to fund pay raises for public employees of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; provided that the pay raises are agreed to through a collective bargaining or arbitration process.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1139

RELATING TO COMPLIANCE ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Establishes a compliance and enforcement program within the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to investigate complaints, conduct investigations, and cooperate with enforcement authorities to ensure compliance with all state laws and rules and county ordinances on Hawaiian Home Lands.  Appropriates funds.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1140

RELATING TO FERAL CHICKENS.

Authorizes the Department of Health and the counties to use electronic devices to trap and remove feral chickens.  Establishes fines for interfering with the trapping or removal of feral chickens.  Requires the Department of Health to establish and operate a feral chicken complaint hotline.  Appropriates moneys.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1141

RELATING TO TAXES.

Eliminates the individual income tax for single filers and heads of households making less than $20,000 or joint filers making less than $40,000 and increases the income tax rate more slowly for low- and medium-income filers.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1142

RELATING TO §201H-181 RENT-TO-OWN PROGRAM.

Requires the HHFDC to implement its Rent-to-Own Housing Program, increases the time that the owner/renter can build equity from five years to ten years. Appropriates funds for staffing and implementing the program.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB1143

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.

Exempts feminine hygiene products from the general excise tax.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1144

RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL SPORTS.

Allows home-schooled, high school-age students to participate as unattached competitors in individual sports available to the public school that the student would otherwise be required to attend.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1145

RELATING TO EQUITY.

Requires all places of public accommodation and state building construction constructed after 12/31/23 to provide universal changing accommodations that are equally accessible to men and women.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1146

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a carbon emissions tax credit.  Expands the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to include carbon emissions.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023.  Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in consultation with the Department of Taxation, to recommend updates to the tax per fuel and corresponding tax credits.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB1147

RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION.

Beginning 1/1/2027, prohibits the operation of leaf blowers or string trimmers that are powered using two-stroke engines.  Establishes penalties.

 

EEP, JHA

HB1148

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to support and expand the mental health technician certificate of competence program through the hiring of a mental health technician certificate program coordinator, establishment of a scholarship program, and any other necessary administrative costs.

 

HET, FIN

HB1149

RELATING TO THE COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for positions and activities related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1150

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii ant lab in mitigating the effects of little fire ants in the State.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1151

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Requires electric utilities and gas utilities to submit proposed capital expenditures for certain projects to the PUC for review and determination whether the project may be included in the utilities' rate base.  Requires the PUC to make a determination within ninety days.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB1152

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Amends the period in which the supreme court and intermediate appellate court are in session to June 1 of each year through April 1 of the following year.  Specifies that the Hawaii supreme court and intermediate appellate court shall issue decisions only during the time period these courts are in session.  Requires a written decision to be issued during the same session in which the oral argument is heard.

 

JHA

HB1153

RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

Requires every state public-private partnership contract of a certain value to be subject to legislative approval in the form of the adoption of a concurrent resolution.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1154

RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP.

Amends the Uniform Probate Code to allow courts to appoint emergency guardians for respondents who reside in psychiatric facilities, hospitals, and homeless shelters.  Extends the appointment period.  Clarifies that guardians may consent to care, treatment, or service over the objection of wards.  Sunsets 1/1/2028.

 

HLT, JHA

HB1155

RELATING TO ASSISTED COMMUNITY TREATMENT.

Permits interested parties to request the director of health to file an assisted community treatment petition on behalf of the interested party.  Requires final orders for a petition to be filed within thirty days of the date an assisted community treatment petition is filed.  Permits the family court to use online hearings for assisted community treatment petitions.  Permits the subject of a petition to stipulate to the proposed order and for the court to enter the stipulated order without an evidentiary hearing.  Requires the department of health to report to the legislature on the number of requests for petitions submitted to the director of health.

 

HLT, JHA

HB1156

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes long-acting psychotropic medication to be provided to patients who are subject to emergency examination or hospitalization.  Expands the administration of treatment over a patient's objection to include persons in director of health custody at any hospital, subject to an emergency examination, subject of an application for involuntary hospitalization, and subject to a court order regarding fitness to proceed for a criminal trial.  Requires orders for treatment over objection proceedings to be expedited.  Expands who may file a petition for an order to treat over objection under certain circumstances.  Sunsets 7/1/2026.

 

HLT, JHA

HB1157

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES.

Allows the office of information practices to issue written guidance to resolve disputes under the State's Uniform Information Practices Act and sunshine law.  Appropriates funds for two new permanent positions in the office of information practices.

 

JHA

HB1158

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS.

Specifies that certain deliberative and pre-decisional government inter-agency or intra-agency records concerning an agency decision about a government action are not subject to disclosure until a decision on the action has been made or abandoned.  Creates a rebuttable presumption that a matter has been abandoned three years after a prior request for such records.  Allows an agency post-decision to continue to withhold directly identifying information for officials or employees lacking discretionary authority in specified circumstances.  From 7/1/2023 through 6/30/2027, requires agencies to report their use of the exception to the office of information practices.  Requires the office of information practices to convene a working group to examine agency use of the exception and report to the legislature by the 2029 regular session.

 

JHA

HB1159

RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

Requires the Hawaii community development authority to consider the impacts of climate change, sea level rise, and climate resilience development in the design and siting of buildings in the Kaka‘ako and Kalaeloa community development districts.

 

WAL, JHA

HB1160

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.

 

FIN

HB1161

RELATING TO BOARD MEMBERS.

Requires members boards of directors and officers of the condominium associations, cooperative housing corporations, and planned community associations to certify the receipt and reading of certain documents or complete a board leader course from an instructor certified by the Community Associations Institute, or similar nationally recognized organization.

 

HSG, CPC

HB1162

RELATING TO VISITOR IMPACT FEES.

Establishes a visitor impact fee program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources, through which the department will collect a fee for a license to visit a state park, forest, hiking trail, or other state natural area.  Establishes the Environmental Legacy Commission to allocate revenues from the visitor impact fee to protect and manage natural resources.  Establishes, and appropriates moneys into and out of, the visitor impact fee special fund.

 

TOU, WAL, FIN

HB1163

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIAL FUND.

Clarifies that the Hawaii historic preservation special fund may be used to repair and maintain historic government properties, except properties maintained through a separate, dedicated funding source.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1164

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Requires cash or protest bonds to be returned to the initiating parties, minus administrative costs, except in cases where the appeal was frivolous or made in bad faith.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1165

RELATING TO CARBON OFFSETS.

Establishes procedures for the Department of Transportation to assist and enable a person to voluntarily purchase a verified carbon offset for carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the person's air travel to or from an airport in the State.

 

TRN/EEP, FIN

HB1166

RELATING TO FIREARMS INSURANCE.

Requires firearms owners to obtain firearms insurance.  Effective 1/1/2024.

 

JHA, CPC

HB1167

RELATING TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES.

Establishes an Emergency Response Vehicle Noise Task Force to determine the impact of emergency response vehicle sirens in terms of excessive noise, the effect on public safety, and the relative effectiveness of the use of emergency lights instead of the use of sirens at night.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1168

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 4 AND 6, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION REGARDING REAPPORTIONMENT.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to specify that reapportionment shall be based on the resident population, as counted in the most recent decennial United States census.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1169

RELATING TO COASTAL ROADS.

Appropriates funds for the Department of Transportation to engage climate change adaptation measures for the State's low-lying roads and highways.

 

TRN/WAL, FIN

HB1170

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes the accessory dwelling unit housing development program with the Hawaii Community Development Authority to award subsidies to individuals who build accessory dwelling units.  Exempts those accessory dwelling units from general excise tax for the first 3 years of rental.  Appropriates moneys.

 

HSG, ECD, FIN

HB1171

RELATING TO POLICE OFFICERS.

Establishes a visitor security surcharge on overseas aircraft passenger tickets arriving and departing the state excluding inter-island for the purpose of recruiting and retaining police offices.

 

TOU/TRN, JHA, FIN

HB1172

RELATING TO BAIL.

Authorizes the court to release a defendant in custody on unsecured bail.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1173

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES II, III, AND XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, AND RECALL.

Adds new sections to the Hawaii Constitution.  Allows for amendments by initiative to prevail and reserves the powers of initiative and referendum to the people.  Specifies a procedure for vote recalls.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1174

RELATING TO LEASES.

Requires leases used in the conveyance of available lands as defined by section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, as amended, to conform to the requirements for securitization by federally insured lending programs.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB1175

RELATING TO INCREASED INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.

Requires county police departments to provide training, in collaboration with the Department of Health and University of Hawaii, to officers having contact with individuals experiencing homelessness, behavioral health issues including substance use, or mental health issues.  Appropriates funds for coordinated and collaborative activities including training, referrals to service providers, and technical assistance.  Requires reports to the Legislature.

 

HLT/HUS, JHA, FIN

HB1176

RELATING TO INCARCERATION.

Appropriates funds for the development and maintenance of a comprehensive approach to successful prisoner reentry and integration that provides supports to inmates while incarcerated and after their release.  Establishes a pilot program within the Judiciary to allow minor children to remain with their mothers while the mothers are participating in therapeutic, drug treatment, or other residential programs.  Establishes within the Judiciary a 5-year recidivism prevention pilot program consisting of the housing voucher program; child care voucher program; and employer income tax credit program.  Establishes within the Department of Public Safety an offender reset program to oversee development and implementation of comprehensive pre- and post-release programs to assist offenders who are transitioning back into the community.  Requires reports to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds to the Department of Public Safety, Judiciary, Hawaii Paroling Authority, Department of Human Services, and Department of Health.

 

HLT/HUS, JHA, FIN

HB1177

RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND DISPOSITIONS.

Establishes duration, environmental, and other restrictions on public lands leased to the military.

 

WAL/CMV, JHA, FIN

HB1178

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.

 

FIN

HB1179

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.

Requires health insurance coverage for various sexual and reproductive health care services.

 

HLT, CPC/JHA, FIN

HB1180

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.

Requires health insurance coverage for various sexual and reproductive health care services.

 

HLT, CPC/JHA, FIN

HB1181

RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT.

Requires certain amounts of child support moneys collected by the Department of Human Services for public assistance of a child to pass through to the family receiving public assistance.  Requires the Department of Human Services to disregard passed‑through child support payments when calculating the income of an applicant for or recipient of public assistance.  Increases the maximum fine for an employer who discharges from employment, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against any noncustodial parent subject to income withholding or who fails to comply with an order of assignment of future income to pay child support.  Appropriates funds.

 

HUS, JHA, FIN

HB1182

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture for the preparation of an environmental impact statement to drill a non-potable water wells on individual parcels at Panaewa agricultural park.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1183

RELATING TO STATE PARKS.

Exempts parking lot operations at state parks and operation of concessions at certain state parks from the bidding requirements for concessions operating on public property.

 

WAL/LGO, FIN

HB1184

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Allows agencies to rank fewer than three persons for professional services when fewer than three qualified persons respond to the solicitation or request to use alternative procurement procedures when no qualified person responds to the solicitation.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1185

RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates funds for statewide planning and coordination for transit-oriented development projects identified in the state strategic plan for transit-oriented development.

 

HSG/WAL, FIN

HB1186

RELATING TO LIABILITY.

Provides that the State or a county that repairs or maintains a street of which the ownership or jurisdiction is in dispute between the State and the county shall be immune from liability for personal injuries or property damage arising out of the repair or maintenance of that street.  Deems that maintenance of a street shall not confer ownership or jurisdiction over such street if the ownership or jurisdiction over the street is in dispute between the State and the county.

 

TRN, JHA, FIN

HB1187

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Specifies that a government agency does not assume ownership or jurisdiction over a disputed road solely through maintenance or repair activities.  Authorizes the State to transfer ownership of roads in favor of counties by quitclaim if requested by the county.

 

TRN, JHA, FIN

HB1188

RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a state corollary to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for certain higher education students.  Appropriates moneys.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1189

RELATING TO PUBLIC PARKING AT ALA WAI BOAT HARBOR.

Requires the maintenance of at least three hundred parking stalls at Ala Wai boat harbor at no cost for recreational ocean access and for the practice of traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1190

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. 

 

ECD, FIN

HB1191

RELATING TO EQUITABLE GENDER REPRESENTATION ON CORPORATE BOARDS.

Requires publicly held domestic corporations to have gender-diverse boards of directors.  Establishes reporting requirements for the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.  Establishes penalties.

 

CPC, JHA

HB1192

RELATING TO ADVANCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

Requires the Public Access Room to establish and maintain an outreach and engagement program for primary, secondary, post-secondary, and community education and appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position to assist in effectuating this requirement.

 

LMG, FIN

HB1193

RELATING TO THE TAX CREDIT FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.

Extends the repeal date of the tax credits for research activities for an additional 5 years.  Adds a cap amount on the tax credit for research activities.  Consolidates the survey and certification requirements for the tax credit for research activities.  Changes to an unspecified amount the annual aggregate cap amount on the tax credit for research activities.  Requires certification of the tax credit for research activities on a first-come, first-served basis to be based on the date that a complete application is received, subject to certain conditions.  Requires a qualified high technology business and at least 75% of its employees to be physically located in the State.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1194

RELATING TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

Establishes the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization.  Designates the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization as the district organization for purposes of implementing the United States Economic Development Administration-approved comprehensive economic development strategy.  Establishes positions.  Appropriates moneys.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1195

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Adds specific requirements for sexuality health education programs funded by the State.  Requires the Board of Education and Department of Education to collaborate to provide curricula information to the public.  Requires students to be excused from the provided instruction upon the written request of the student's parent or legal guardian.

 

EDN, HLT

HB1196

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Requires the state auditor to conduct a performance and management audit of the ten agriculture parks operated by the agricultural resource management division of the department of agriculture.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1197

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Appropriates funds to DHS to restore basic adult dental benefits to medicaid enrollees.  Requires DHS to obtain the maximum federal matching funds available for this expenditure.

 

HUS, HLT, FIN

HB1198

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Establishes the prevent suicide Hawaii taskforce within the Department of Health.  Requires the task force to make annual recommendations to the Legislature on ways to reduce suicide rates in the State by 25% by 2025.  Dissolves the task force on 1/1/2027.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1199

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt and implement a written policy on domestic violence committed or allegedly committed by a law enforcement officer.  Establishes standards, training deadlines, administrative procedures, and reporting requirements.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1200

RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.

Requires the department of land and natural resources to establish an unmanned aircraft systems program.  Authorizes conservation and resources enforcement officers to use unmanned aircraft systems.  Requires the department of land and natural resources to submit an annual report of the effectiveness of the unmanned aircraft systems program to the legislature.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB1201

RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION.

Establishes noise generated by helicopters in excess of a certain decibel level as a public nuisance and a source of noise pollution in violation of the State's noise pollution law.  Establishes fines and a private right of action for individuals to sue helicopter owners and operators for creating a public nuisance.

 

HLT, JHA

HB1202

RELATING TO PAID SICK LEAVE.

Requires employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick leave to employees and supplemental paid sick leave to employees under certain public health emergency conditions.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1203

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes an employer child care tax credit for employers who provide or sponsor approved child care.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1204

RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Establishes the public school education scholarship program within the University of Hawaii to provide students with school tuition in return for a service commitment to teach in a public school classroom of the department of education.  Appropriates funds.

 

HET/EDN, FIN

HB1205

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Specifies that exclusive representatives of public employees are not required to provide grievance representation to collective bargaining unit members who neither pay dues nor dues equivalents and who decline to pay reasonable costs of the representation.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1206

RELATING TO A STATE PERMITTING OFFICE.

Establishes the State Permitting Office within the Department of Accounting and General Services to process building and infrastructure permits for construction of state-owned buildings, state roads and highways, and other construction on state lands.  Appropriates moneys.

 

LGO, WAL, FIN

HB1207

RELATING TO INCOME TAX REDUCTION.

Simplifies the tax structure to four brackets and reduces the tax rate.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1208

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 41st Representative District.

 

FIN

HB1209

RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER.

Establishes the offense of loitering on public property and adds trespassing on public property to the offense of criminal trespass in the first degree. Establishes the homeless case management program and special fund, administered by the judiciary for the benefit of homeless persons.

 

HLT, JHA, FIN

HB1210

RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE SPORTS LEAGUES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

Requires the Department of Education to create and manage a sports league for high school students in West Oahu, to further aid the development of high school students. This league is open to all high school students, regardless of whether the student attends a public, private, charter, or home school.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1211

RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX.

Increases the conveyance tax rate for certain properties.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1212

RELATING TO WATER NEUTRALITY.

Establishes the water neutrality task force to develop a plan for Hawaii to become water-neutral by the year 2050.  Requires the task force to submit a report to the Legislature.

 

EEP/WAL, FIN

HB1213

RELATING TO RENTAL MOTOR VEHICLES.

Authorizes each county to regulate the number of rental motor vehicles within the county.

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

HB1214

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirteenth representative district.

 

FIN

HB1215

RELATING TO DISTRICT BOUNDARY AMENDMENTS.

Permits the counties to make district boundary amendments without consideration from the land use commission for certain classifications of land parcels with an area of fifty acres or less.

 

WAL, CPC, JHA

HB1216

RELATING TO CANNABIS.

Establishes the Hawaii cannabis regulatory authority, which shall have oversight over the personal use of cannabis.  Legalizes and regulates the personal use of small amounts of cannabis.  Regulates the cultivation and sale of small amounts of cannabis.  Transfers certain regulatory powers regarding medical cannabis dispensaries to the Hawaii cannabis regulatory authority.  Imposes taxes upon cannabis sales.  Appropriates moneys.

 

JHA/HLT, CPC, FIN

HB1217

RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.

Amends various statutory provisions for the purpose of strengthening the integrity of medical cannabis law.

 

HLT, JHA/CPC, FIN

HB1218

RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.

Amends the dispensary program licensing fee structure.  Adds or clarifies signage, manufactured cannabis product, packaging, escort, and background check requirements for the medical cannabis dispensary program.  Establishes annual reporting requirements to increase public transparency regarding the medical cannabis registry program.  Makes various housekeeping amendments.

 

HLT, JHA/CPC, FIN

HB1219

RELATING TO CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL USE.

Amends the definition of "cannabis" to include cannabis propagules and cannabis cuttings.  Allows qualifying patients and primary caregivers who are authorized to cultivate cannabis for medical use to purchase cannabis propagules and cannabis cuttings from licensed dispensaries in the State under certain conditions.  Establishes quantity limits and quality requirements for the dispensing of cannabis propagules and cannabis cuttings.  Defines "cannabis cutting" and "cannabis propagule".

 

HLT, JHA/CPC, FIN

HB1220

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Prohibits cyber harassment and cyberstalking.  Allows for civil liabilities and injunctions for cyber harassment and cyberstalking.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1221

RELATING TO PHARMACISTS.

Mandates reimbursement for services provided by participating registered pharmacists practicing within their scope of practice by private and public health plans in the State beginning January 1, 2024.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB1222

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ACCESS THROUGH REMOTE TESTIMONY.

Requires each house of the Legislature to establish by its rules, procedures that enable the Legislature to use remote testimony at legislative committee hearings, enable the public to present oral testimony at legislative committee hearings through remote testimony, and accommodate persons with disabilities though remote testimony.  Defines "remote testimony".

 

LMG, JHA

HB1223

RELATING TO TEACHER LOANS.

Establishes a teacher loan program to encourage individuals to become teachers in hard-to-fill positions of Department of Education schools.  Allows the loan to be forgiven after 5 years of teaching in a hard-to-fill position.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1224

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Requires rental housing projects to maintain, in perpetuity, 50% of the project's units for certain low-income tenants in order to be eligible for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's rental assistance program.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1225

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a landlord low-income tenant tax credit.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1226

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eleventh representative district.

 

FIN

HB1227

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC TRUST LANDS.

Formally recognizes that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is not barred from pursuing and may negotiate with respect to public land trust claims not addressed in Act 15, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB1228

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Authorizes raising the building height limit to 400 feet for 2 of the 6 parcels owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in the Kakaako Makai area.  Lifts the current restriction against residential development in Kakaako Makai to authorize residential development by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs or by third parties to which the Office of Hawaiian Affairs conveys the parcels.  Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and any developer to provide written notice to any tenant or resident of potential aircraft-related nuisances before entering into a lease, and to assess and propose mitigation efforts to address aircraft-related nuisances in development plans and proposals.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB1229

RELATING TO THE DEATH CARE INDUSTRY.

Establishes the death care industry board to regulate the practices of funeral directing and cemetery sales.  Establishes the death care industry board special fund.  Requires funeral directors and cemetery salespersons to be licensed.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB1230

RELATING TO A SPACE CORPORATION.

Establishes the Hawaii Space Corporation to develop a spaceport.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1231

RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE.

Amends the misdemeanor offense of criminal property damage in the third degree to include intentionally or knowingly damaging the property of another that is used in a business operation, without the other's consent.

 

JHA

HB1232

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Authorizes certain inmates to either directly breastfeed any of the inmate's eligible children or to express milk for delivery to the child and to elect to be committed to a correctional facility in the inmate's home county.  Requires the Hawaii Paroling Authority to provide free contraception to parolees.

 

CMV, JHA, FIN

HB1233

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Requires the School of Travel Industry Management of the University of Hawaii to conduct a study that assesses the tourism social carrying capacity for each of the islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai.  Requires the School of Travel Industry Management to consult with the Department of Health and Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Appropriates moneys.

 

TOU, WAL, FIN

HB1234

RELATING TO DATA ABOUT SNORKELS AND MASKS.

Requires first responders to record in the incident report for each water rescue event the type of snorkel and mask, if any, worn by the person who was rescued or recovered.  Appropriates funds to the department of health to update reporting system technology.

 

JHA, CPC

HB1235

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Requires the department of public safety to install digital cameras in all guard control rooms at the women's community correctional center and require all guards to wear body cameras while on duty.  Appropriates funds.

 

CMV, JHA, FIN

HB1236

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Allows a bank to invest, in aggregate, up to two per cent of the bank's total assets in limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations formed to invest in affordable housing residential properties.  Requires approval from the commissioner of financial institutions to exceed this amount.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB1237

RELATING TO A GREEN USER FEE PROGRAM.

Requires the department of land and natural resources to establish a green user fee program to collect user fees for certain state parks.  Requires the department of land and natural resources to develop a mobile application for the green user fee program.  Exempts certain individuals from the green user fee program.  Appropriates funds.

 

TOU, WAL, FIN

HB1238

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS HOSTING PLATFORMS.

Authorizes the counties to adopt an ordinance regulating the operation of hosting platforms that provide booking services for transient accommodation operators.

 

TOU, CPC, FIN

HB1239

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Establishes the position of the Tourism Liaison Officer within the Office of the Governor.  Makes an appropriation.

 

TOU, FIN

HB1240

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Establishes a two-year pilot program for a shuttle to operate between Haleiwa and Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's north shore.  Appropriates funds.  Requires a report to the legislature.

 

TOU, FIN

HB1241

RELATING TO RIGHT OF ENTRY FOR PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS.

Authorizes professional land surveyors to enter any private property to perform land surveying, subject to certain provisions regarding notice, identification, and liability.  Shields land surveyors from prosecution under criminal trespass laws when performing their duties.

 

CPC, JHA

HB1242

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Establishes provisional or associate level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances.  Allows psychologist license applicants to take licensing examinations before completing other requirements.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB1243

RELATING TO THE EAST HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

Establishes the East Hawaii Community Development District and board.  Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to transfer certain leases within the district to the board.  Appropriates moneys.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB1244

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Appropriates funds to the Hawaii public housing authority for the state rent supplement program.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1245

RELATING TO AMBULANCES.

Appropriate funds to the Department of Health for the purchase of one advanced life support ambulance and related equipment to be based in Central Maui, and to fund pay-related personnel costs for state-certified emergency medical services personnel.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB1246

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds with the funds to be deposited into the dwelling unit revolving fund and the rental housing revolving fund.  Appropriates funds into and out of the dwelling unit revolving fund.  Appropriates funds into and out of the rental housing revolving fund to be used to provide grants or loans to mixed-income rental projects or units qualifying individuals and families.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1247

RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

Exempts affordable housing and certain qualifying housing development projects from HEPA.  Establishes a definition of "program" and "project" to preempt the existing definitions under section 11-200.1-2, Hawaii Administrative Rules, and narrow the existing interpretation that requires analysis of tangentially related projects.  Amends the applicability and requirements section of HEPA to clarify when multiple actions must be considered in the same environmental review document for the purposes of project segmentation.  Expands the requirement that project opponents must exhaust their administrative remedies as a prerequisite to litigation to apply to environmental assessments and environmental impact statements.  Retroactively applies to projects that received approval for their environmental assessment or environmental impact statement on or after August 9, 2019.

 

HSG/EEP, JHA, FIN

HB1248

RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INCENTIVES.

Appropriates funds to DOA for the continued administration of the Hawaii healthy food incentive program and to provide matching funds to beneficiaries who participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

 

AGR/HUS, FIN

HB1249

RELATING TO DIAMOND HEAD.

Requires the department of land and natural resources to identify all state and county roads, landmarks, monuments, and public parks that use the name Diamond Head and identify the process for renaming these roads, landmarks, and public parks from Diamond Head to Leahi.  Requires a report to the legislature.

 

CAI/WAL, FIN

HB1250

RELATING TO MAMAKI TEA.

Imposes labeling requirements for mamaki tea grown in the State.  Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to administer the mamaki tea labeling requirements.

 

AGR, CPC, FIN

HB1251

RELATING TO THE SEEKING OF ASSISTANCE.

Provides protections to individuals involved in the sex trade from the consequences under criminal law of disclosing their engagement or being identified as engaging in prostitution while in the course of seeking medical or law enforcement assistance.

 

JHA

HB1252

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Provides rebates for eligible electric vehicle ready parking stalls for new construction of affordable housing.  Beginning with calendar year 2024, requires that electric vehicle ready parking for new construction be integrated as a criterion in the low-income housing tax credit qualified allocation plan.

 

EEP, HSG, FIN

HB1253

RELATING TO HONOLUA BAY.

Establishes the Honolua Bay Special Fund for conservation purposes and the upkeep and maintenance of Lipoa Point.  Establishes a Honolua Bay Advisory Board to administer the Honolua Bay Special Fund and oversee the conservation of Honolua Bay.  Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to include and incorporate Honolua Bay into the Division of State Parks' online reservation system.  Makes an appropriation.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1254

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Appropriates moneys to establish a homelessness coordinator position for the island of Maui within the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1255

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist West Maui Hospital Foundation, Inc. in the construction of West Maui Hospital and Medical Center in the County of Maui, including any necessary infrastructure.  Requires the County of Maui to serve as guarantor of any debt service on the special purpose revenue bonds.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1256

RELATING TO SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

Establishes and appropriates moneys for a Maui campus housing pilot program, to be administered by the School Facilities Authority which shall make on-campus housing available to employees at Lahainaluna and Kulanihakoi high schools on the island of Maui. Requires the School Facilities Authority and Department of Education to submit joint reports to the Legislature.

 

HSG, EDN, FIN

HB1257

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fourteenth representative district.

 

FIN

HB1258

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-sixth representative district.

 

FIN

HB1259

RELATING TO DIRECT SHIPPING OF LIQUOR.

Allows direct shipment of all forms of liquor, rather than just wine, by certain licensees.  Requires the county liquor commissions to adopt rules.

 

ECD, CPC, FIN

HB1260

RELATING TO ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY.

Changes the governmental entity responsible for the administration of the address confidentiality program from the office of the lieutenant governor to the department of the law enforcement beginning 1/1/2024.  Authorizes the department of law enforcement to contract the services of a third party to administer the program.  Appropriates funds for full-time equivalent positions, operating costs, and equipment to support the department of law enforcement's criminal justice data center in administering the address confidentiality program.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1261

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE DIGITAL CURRENCY LICENSURE.

Establishes a program for the licensure, regulation, and oversight of digital currency companies.  Appropriates moneys.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1262

RELATING TO BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS.

Repeals the requirement for broadband service providers to submit census-block level reports to the department of commerce and consumer affairs, for consistency with new Federal Communications Commission requirements.

 

HET, CPC

HB1263

RELATING TO THE HAWAII ABLE SAVINGS PROGRAM.

Authorizes the director of finance to use funds deposited into the Hawaii ABLE savings program trust fund for any expenses incurred in developing and administering the Hawaii ABLE savings program.  Establishes a position within the state council on developmental disabilities of the department of health to support the Hawaii ABLE savings program.  Appropriates funds.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1264

RELATING TO NURSES.

Requires state participation in the multistate Nurse Licensure Compact, which will allow a nurse who is licensed by a home state to practice under a multistate licensure privilege in each party state.

 

LGO, HLT, CPC

HB1265

RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGY.

Establishes licensure for school psychologists consistent with National Association of School Psychologists standards.  Clarifies that the exemptions from licensure as a psychologist apply to those persons employed as school psychologists by an educational institution and practicing only within a school setting.  Prohibits private practice by school psychologists.  Renames the Hawaii teacher standards board the Hawaii teacher standards and school psychologists board; amends the composition of the board to include two school psychologists and requires the board to submit a report to the legislature.  Sunsets 7/1/2026.

 

EDN, CPC, FIN

HB1266

RELATING TO FOOD DONATIONS.

Allows wild game to be donated as food.

 

AGR/HLT, JHA

HB1267

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Requires the department of land and natural resources to develop and implement a management system for Ka‘ena point state park, Makua, and Keawa‘ula regions.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1268

RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.

Requires the University of Hawaii sea grant college program to contract with an independent consultant for the development of a statewide strategic five-year plan for aquaculture.  Appropriates funds.

 

HET, WAL, FIN

HB1269

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS.

Amends the qualifications for food hubs located in agricultural districts.

 

AGR, CPC

HB1270

RELATING TO HEMP.

Establishes a task force to gather data and information and make recommendations to the legislature on strategies and actions to support a vibrant hemp industry, agriculture, and rural economic development.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1271

RELATING TO HOV LANE USAGE.

Establishes a three-year pilot project that authorizes a vehicle with a single occupant to use the zipper lane for a fee. Appropriates funds to the department of transportation for the pilot project.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1272

RELATING TO SCHOOL CHOICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

Provides students access to nonpublic schools through school choice scholarship program, which provides grants to eligible entities to allocate funds to eligible students for enrollment in nonpublic schools based upon financial need.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1273

RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF INHERITANCE AND ESTATE TAX.

Repeals Chapters 236D and 236E inheritance and estate tax.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1274

RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSING ACCOUNT PROGRAM.

Updating the Individual Housing Account (IHA) statutes to more accurately reflect the current cost of housing down-payments.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1275

RELATING TO PROHIBITING CHEMICAL ABORTIONS.

Relating to abortions; prohibiting chemical abortion drugs for abortions as specified; providing exceptions; providing a criminal penalty for violating the prohibition on use of chemical abortion drugs for abortions; providing definitions; specifying exceptions; making conforming amendments.

 

HLT/JHA

HB1276

RELATING TO TRAFFIC CONTROL.

Requires the Department of Transportation to authorize state and county traffic projects to make changes, as necessary, to traffic flow and mitigation efforts.  Prohibits contractors from charging additional fees to amend traffic flow and safety or mitigation efforts.  Requires the Department of Transportation to make a final determination on all changes to traffic flow and mitigation.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1277

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Requires self-service stations to put labels on gas dispensing equipment that advise consumers on the effects of fossil fuel consumption to human health and the environment.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1278

RELATING TO GREEN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

Establishes green infrastructure objectives and policies for transportation systems, infrastructure, and projects.  Establishes the Green Transportation Infrastructure Task Force to examine, evaluate, and develop policies for the design, implementation, and maintenance of green transportation infrastructure.

 

TRN/EEP, FIN

HB1279

RELATING TO BAIL.

Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a person charged with a crime is entitled to unconditional release.  Requires the court to consider conditioning pre-trial release on nonfinancial conditions before ordering bail if unconditional release is inappropriate.

 

JHA/CMV, FIN

HB1280

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Restricts the use of solitary confinement in state-operated and state-contracted correctional facilities, with certain specified exceptions.  Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to use appropriate alternatives to solitary confinement for inmates who are members of a vulnerable population.  Requires the department to develop written policies and implement procedures by 7/1/2024.  Defines "member of a vulnerable population."  Requires a report to the Legislature.

 

CMV, JHA, FIN

HB1281

RELATING TO THE USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE.

Lowers the threshold blood alcohol concentration for the offense of operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.

 

JHA

HB1282

RELATING TO THE MAINTENANCE OF MANOA STREAM.

Appropriates funds for the department of land and natural resources, in conjunction with the city and county of Honolulu, to perform maintenance activities to benefit Manoa stream.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1283

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.

 

FIN

HB1284

RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION.

Prohibits discrimination by employers based on political affiliation. Prohibits unfair discriminatory practices that deny, or attempt to deny, a person the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation based on political affiliation.

 

LGO, JHA

HB1285

RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY.

Authorizes the Stadium Authority to sell the naming rights to Aloha Stadium and its facilities.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1286

RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL.

Requires DAGS and DPS, in consultation with the Legislature and other entities, to plan and implement security improvements at the State Capitol.  Requires DAGS to remove all parking meters from the Capitol parking facility and reallocate parking in the Capitol district.  Appropriates funds.

 

LMG, FIN

HB1287

RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO REPAIR.

Requires manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available to owners and independent repair providers, on fair and reasonable terms, the documentation, parts, and tools used to diagnose, maintain, and repair the equipment.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1288

RELATING TO TIPPED EMPLOYEES.

Repeals the authority of employers to pay tipped employees less than the minimum wage.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1289

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS.

Removes historic sites and the Waikiki special district from the requirement for environmental assessments under section 343-5, HRS.

 

EEP/WAL, JHA

HB1290

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Appropriates funds to the department of transportation for bicycle paths in Lower Puna.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1291

RELATING TO FAMILY COURT.

Requires certain persons to immediately report a potential tort claim to the family court when that person has reason to believe that a child in foster custody has suffered an injury that may arise to a tort claim.  Establishes procedures for the family court to follow when appointing a master to investigate a potential tort claim and when authorizing the filing of a tort claim on behalf of an injured child, including the opportunity for an injured child to obtain outside legal representation.

 

HUS, JHA

HB1292

RELATING TO WASTE-TO-ENERGY.

Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to enter into a public‑private partnership to develop a waste-to-energy generating facility on land under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

EEP/WAL, CPC, FIN

HB1293

RELATING TO FARM ANIMALS.

Beginning no later than 1/1/2025:  requires farm owners or operators to confine egg-laying hens in accordance with certain standards, with exceptions; prohibits a business owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products that are produced by egg-laying hens that were confined in a manner that violates certain standards, with exceptions; and requires the department of agriculture to certify a business owner or operator who sells shell eggs or egg products within the State.

 

AGR, CPC

HB1294

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires every candidate for public office in Hawaii to use their legal name for election purposes.

 

JHA

HB1295

RELATING TO FARMS.

Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to provide grants to certain chicken farmers.

 

AGR, CPC, FIN

HB1296

RELATING TO EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES.

Establishes an early intervention services working group within the Department of Health to study and recommend ways to assist and support deaf and hard of hearing children, including implementation strategies.  Requires report to Legislature.  Appropriates moneys.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1297

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Requires registration for condominium associations to be on an annual basis, rather than on a biennial basis.  Adds an additional annual condominium education trust fund fee to be used to support the annual registration with attached documents of the association.  Amends the documents required for association registration.  Broadens the list of documents an association must be maintained.  Clarifies when such documents must be provided to unit owners.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1298

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Prohibits the use of proxies in condominium association voting.  Requires associations to allow members to vote by mail and attend and cast votes in association meetings through internet, teleconference, or other electronic transmission technology.  Requires associations to mail out paper ballots before any annual or other periodic election of board members.

 

CPC, JHA

HB1299

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-second representative district.

 

FIN

HB1300

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Establishes provisional or associate-level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances.  Allows psychologist license applicants to sit for the licensing examination before completing certain other requirements.  Allows the Board of Psychology to grant licensure waivers in certain circumstances for psychologists.  Authorizes insurance reimbursements for services provided by a supervised social work intern in certain circumstances.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1301

RELATING TO CANCER.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multi-ethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Filipinos.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1302

RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION.

Beginning July 1, 2025, prohibits with certain exceptions, the emission of excessive amplified noise during certain hours on public sidewalks near certain locations in areas zoned as mixed-use or residential without obtaining prior written approval from the Director of Health.  Establishes penalties for violations.  Establishes a two-year pilot program to require the Department of Health to implement the excessive amplified noise control regulation in the Waikiki Special District and submit reports to the Legislature.  Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules.  Appropriates funds.

 

HLT, JHA, FIN

HB1303

RELATING TO WATER CONSERVATION.

Appropriates moneys to certain counties to create pilot programs that incentivize residential homeowners in certain dry areas to replace landscaping refurbishments with alternatives that reduce water use.

 

EEP, FIN

HB1304

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINETEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the nineteenth representative district.

 

FIN

HB1305

RELATING TO COMMUNITY-INITIATED DEVELOPMENT.

Authorizes any county with a population of 500,000 or more to form partnerships with certain qualifying nonprofit corporations to execute community-initiated development project within the county.  Appropriates moneys.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1306

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Authorizes county police departments to issue a person a license to carry a handgun in all counties of the State.  Extends the expiration date of a license from 1 year to 5 years.  Repeals "proper cause" requirements invalidated by the United States Supreme Court in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S.Ct. 2111 (2022).

 

JHA, FIN

HB1307

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires the Department of Education to include the teaching of financial literacy in the personal transition plan requirement for each student.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1308

RELATING TO FINGERPRINTING.

Prohibits the department of health from requiring an applicant, operator, employee, or adult volunteer at a healthcare facility or, in the case of a healthcare facility operated in a private residence, any adult living in the home other than the client, to consent to fingerprinting except in connection with the initial licensing or certification of the individual or healthcare facility.  In the case of a healthcare facility operated in a private residence, any adult living in the home other than the client, who was not living in the home at the time of initial licensing of certification, shall not be required to be fingerprinted more than once.  Resets initial fingerprinting and background check requirements if the licensee terminates the license and later applies for a new license.  Provides that the department of human services shall not require service providers who have direct contact with individuals receiving adult services to be fingerprinted as part of the criminal history record check process more than once.

 

HLT/HUS, JHA

HB1309

RELATING TO CARE HOMES.

Appropriates funds for room and board payments to certain care homes that care for medicaid-eligible clients.

 

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB1310

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fortieth representative district.

 

FIN

HB1311

RELATING TO SENIOR CITIZENS.

Establishes a temporary office of senior citizen affairs in the office of the lieutenant governor.  Establishes the kupuna benefits program, to be administered by the office of senior citizen affairs.  Establishes a kupuna benefits program tax credit for certain businesses who provide benefits or special privileges to participants of the kupuna benefits program.  Appropriates funds.

 

HUS/HLT, CPC, FIN

HB1312

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds for the department of health to reimburse civilian households in Iroquois Point, and any other affected area, for costs incurred due to the 2021-2022 Red Hill water contamination.

 

WAL/EEP, HLT, FIN

HB1313

RELATING TO HAIKU VALLEY.

Establishes the Haiku valley cultural preserve commission with OHA to provide policy and management oversight of the Haiku valley cultural preserve.  Establishes the Haiku valley cultural preserve special fund.  Initiates the process of conveying Haiku valley in fee simple to the office of Hawaiian affairs.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB1314

RELATING TO TAXES.

Requires productions to provide evidence of reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable requirements to qualify for the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit.  Requires taxpayers be given notice and an opportunity to cure requirements for the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1315

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Requires state facilities to prepare a report assessing the feasibility of installing distributed energy resource systems at each facility.  Requires state facilities to implement and install the distributed energy resource systems detailed in the reports no later than five years from the issue date of the reports.  Gives priority for the required energy efficiency measures to first responder facilities.

 

LGO/EEP, FIN

HB1316

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Requires licensees who carry firearms concealed or unconcealed outside their residence to have their carry license in their immediate possession and display the license upon the demand of law enforcement officers when being lawfully detained.

 

JHA

HB1317

RELATING TO THE HAWAII ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

Establishes the Hawaii Environmental Protection Agency.  Transfers jurisdiction of certain functions and employees of the Department of Agriculture and Department of Health to the Hawaii Environmental Protection Agency.

 

EEP/WAL, AGR/HLT, FIN

HB1318

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.

Transfers from the Department of Natural Resources certain wharfs, launching ramps, and small boat harbors on Maui to the County of Maui with the corresponding revenue from those harbors.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB1319

RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE.

Allows operators of bicycles, motorcycles, and mopeds to proceed through an intersection on a steady red signal during certain hours if the traffic signal is controlled by a vehicle detection device that is inoperative due to the size or composition of the bicycle, motorcycle, or moped.

 

TRN, JHA

HB1320

RELATING TO PORT INFRASTRUCTURE.

Requires the department of land and natural resources to create a strategic plan for maintenance dredging of important port and harbor locations and report the plan to the legislature.  Requires the department of land and natural resources to complete a minimum of two projects identified in the strategic plan.  Appropriates funds.

 

TRN, WAL, FIN

HB1321

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the City and County of Honolulu to transfer to the State the City and County of Honolulu's authority to construct a Makakilo Drive extension.  Appropriates moneys.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1322

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Requires each county to establish within its police department a fireworks-focused enforcement unit.  Requires annual reports to the Legislature on the effectiveness of each unit.  Appropriates moneys.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1323

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII MUSEUM OF MONARCHY HISTORY.

Appropriates moneys to the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History (Iolani Palace) for operating and maintenance expenses.

 

CAI, FIN

HB1324

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

Requires all health insurers in the state, including medicaid managed care programs, to cover annual mental health wellness examinations.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB1325

RELATING TO WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS.

Sets forth requirements under which a convicted person may seek review for a criminal conviction.

 

JHA

HB1326

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Establishes the Hawaii zero waste initiative program to, among other things, manage the State's transition to reduce and reuse solid waste.  Establishes the packaging waste advisory council.  Requires the department of health to develop an assessment of statewide needs to determine the resources required to reduce packaging waste by seventy percent from the baseline amount.  Establishes a packaging waste reduction and reuse program.  Appropriates funds.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB1327

RELATING TO TAX CREDITS.

Establishes a state income tax credit for qualified expenses incurred by prekindergarten through twelfth-grade teachers, instructors, school librarians, counselors, principals, registrars, or aides in a school.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1328

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Provides funding for rental or lease of facilities under legislative appropriations and bond authorizations to the state public charter school commission for the design, planning, construction, repair, and maintenance of public charter school improvements.  Appropriates general funds for infrastructure costs, rental or lease assistance, and the repair and maintenance of network infrastructure for charter schools.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1329

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the department of education to work with certain organizations to develop and implement an active shooter training program in all public schools under the jurisdiction of the department.

 

EDN, JHA, FIN

HB1330

RELATING TO SCHOOL BUS SERVICES.

Appropriates funds to the department of education for school bus services.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1331

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Extends the school supply subsidy pilot program established pursuant to Act 142, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, for an additional two years.  Appropriates funds.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1332

RELATING TO THE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY.

Prohibits the abortion of a fetus that is capable of feeling pain.  Prohibits abortions by dismemberment.  Provides certain exceptions.  Establishes penalties.

 

HLT/JHA

HB1333

RELATING TO SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP.

Prohibits social media platforms from engaging in censorship of candidates for elected office and other users.

 

HET, JHA

HB1334

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE.

Appropriates funds for three areas of Mental Health Crisis Response: Increased funding for 988 Hawaii CARES, creates a  position for a statewide crisis mobile outreach coordinator with the goal to have statewide response 24/7, funding to increase mental health crisis stabilization bed capacity in all counties.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1335

RELATING TO ARRESTS.

Provides that after making an arrest, a police officer may issue to the arrestee an appearance ticket that states the date and time of the initial court appearance, and thereafter release the arrestee from custody.  Broadens the range of offenses for which a police officer may issue a citation in lieu of making an arrest, provided that certain conditions are met.  Effective 1/1/2024.

 

JHA

HB1336

RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

Part I:  Requires officers to issue citations in lieu of making certain arrests.  Provides for a 48-hour grace period after a missed initial court appearance.  Part II:  Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a defendant is entitled to pretrial release.  Requires the prosecution to prove by clear and convincing evidence that release of a defendant would be inappropriate, based on certain specified criteria.  Requires that bail be set in an amount that the defendant can afford.  Prohibits the denial of pretrial release based solely upon certain factors, such as testing positive for drug use.  Requires automatic issuance of protective orders in assaultive cases.  Requires the prosecution, when seeking to revoke pretrial release, to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant intentionally violated a reasonable condition of release, and requires the court to enter certain findings into the record.  Part III:  Provides that a request that the defendant be ordered to undergo a substance abuse assessment may be made any time before trial.  Prohibits the arrest of a probationer or parolee, or the revocation of probation or parole, solely due to the person having tested positive for drug use.

 

CMV, JHA

HB1337

RELATING TO PSILOCYBIN.

Establishes the Therapeutic Psilocybin Working Group.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1338

RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Prohibits a landlord from terminating certain tenancies without just cause.  Requires a landlord to provide relocation assistance or waive the last month's rent when terminating a tenancy for no-fault just cause.  Restricts how much and how often a landlord may increase an existing tenant's rent.  Establishes the Hawaii rent board to oversee annual rent increases and conduct rental arbitrations, mediations, and investigative hearings on reports of wrongful evictions, and publish a tenant bill of rights.  Requires a landlord to provide a tenant with the tenant bill of rights.  Establishes a rent stabilization special fund, to be funded by a separate fee assessed on rental units to support the activities of the Hawaii rent board.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB1339

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Requires, for fixed term tenancies, a landlord to notify a tenant of any intent to raise the rent for any subsequent rental agreement or any intent to terminate a rental agreement ninety days before the expiration of the original rental agreement, but one hundred twenty days for original rental agreements with a term greater than two years.  Increases the required notice period for intent to raise rent and intent to terminate for month-to-month and week-to-week tenancies.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB1340

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Permanently establishes the Beneficial Treatments Advisory Council to review mental health treatment information and advise the Department of Health.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1341

RELATING TO MEDICAID.

Appropriates moneys for the achievement of full funding, including estimated payment increases, of Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB1342

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Appropriates grant funding to the YMCA of Honolulu for its Youth Wellness Program for Mental Health to address the statewide declining mental health outcomes of youths related to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1343

RELATING TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE ACCESS.

Establishes and appropriates moneys for the Office of the Reproductive Health Care Access Coordinator within the Department of Human Services for administrative purposes.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB1344

RELATING TO ANGER MANAGEMENT.

Authorizes certain criminal offenders to undergo anger management counseling in lieu of domestic violence intervention as part of their sentences.

 

HUS, JHA

HB1345

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes a pilot program in the state public charter school commission to provide an educational pathway for teacher licensure or staff certification for cultural practitioners. 

 

EDN, FIN

HB1346

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eighth representative district.

 

FIN

HB1347

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Allows the Director of Transportation to exempt certain ground transportation facility projects from historic preservation review, the environmental impact statement law, and the Hawaii public procurement code under certain conditions.

 

TRN, WAL/LGO, FIN

HB1348

RELATING TO LABELING OF MACADAMIA NUTS.

Clarifies labeling requirements for macadamia nuts.  Requires country of origin to be included on the label of a consumer package of raw or processed macadamia nuts.  Allows a private right of action for violations.

 

AGR, CPC, JHA

HB1349

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the sixth representative district.

 

FIN

HB1350

RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY.

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

 

AGR, FIN

HB1351

RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.

Amends the conveyance tax by adding a fee schedule for properties that are sold by foreign entities or non-resident foreign nationals.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1352

RELATING TO THE SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAM.

Establishes the short-time compensation program to allow employees to receive reduced compensation when employers reduce work hours in lieu of layoffs.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1353

RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

Appropriates funds for unemployment insurance specialist and unemployment insurance assistant positions within the department of labor and industrial relations to prepare and support the unemployment insurance modernization project.  Appropriates funds to upgrade and modernize the unemployment insurance system.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1354

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS.

Requires certain job listings to include an hourly rate or salary range.  Takes effect 1/1/2024.

 

LGO, JHA

HB1355

RELATING TO CIVIL TRESPASS.

Establishes the civil infraction of trespass onto real property and monetary penalties therefor.  Provides that a violator shall be issued a citation.  Requires violations to be adjudicated in the district courts using a system similar to that used for adjudicating traffic infractions and emergency period infractions.  Requires the Judiciary to have established and implemented no later than 1/1/2024 the system to adjudicate citations for civil trespass.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1356

RELATING TO MEDICAID PATIENT CARE.

Appropriates funds to provide enhanced payments to type I adult residential care homes and developmental disabilities domiciliary homes that are caring for medicaid patients.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1357

RELATING TO CARE HOMES.

Appropriates funds for back payments for each medicaid-eligible client cared for by certain care homes over the last fourteen years.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1358

RELATING TO RESPITE CARE.

Requires the department of health to provide respite care, paid for by the State, to operators of certain care homes.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1359

RELATING TO HEMP.

Repeals redundant regulations on hemp production, which will reduce costs for the State and Hawaii farmers.  Amends hemp law in a manner that recognizes the unique constraints of Hawaii farmers, while protecting human health.  Allows licensed hemp producers to sell hemp biomass.  Requires transparency in labeling of hemp products to identify the percentage of Hawaii‑grown hemp or hemp product in all hemp products.  Requires and appropriates moneys for the Department of Health to hire or consult a toxicologist or consultant familiar with hemp industry standards for the purpose of setting defined action limits or exposure levels for different types of hemp products.  Extends the State's hemp processor law through 7/1/2027.  Repeals on 7/1/2027.

 

AGR, CPC, FIN

HB1360

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fifteenth and seventeenth representative districts.

 

FIN

HB1361

RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY.

Transfers powers, duties, and functions of stadium authority to DBEDT.  Repeals stadium authority.

 

LGO/ECD, FIN

HB1362

RELATING TO PASS-THROUGH ENTITY TAXATION.

Authorizes certain entities to elect to pay Hawaii income tax at the entity level through pass-through entities.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1363

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Extends the period in which a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions, from 3/31/2019 to 12/31/2023.  Authorizes the use of county surcharge revenues for housing infrastructure.  Temporarily authorizes counties that have previously adopted a surcharge on state tax to amend the rates and uses of the surcharge.

 

LGO, HSG, FIN

HB1364

RELATING TO TAX CREDITS.

Renames the refundable food/excise tax credit and makes the credit nonrefundable.  Authorizes the Department of Taxation to issue the tax credit to taxpayers annually rather than requiring taxpayers to file for the credit.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1365

RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.

Establishes the Malama Ohana working group to seek, design, and recommend transformative changes to the State's child welfare system.  Appropriates funds to increase the procurement of contracted services to provide additional support and resources to families receiving benefits from the State's adoption assistance and permanency assistance programs.  Requires the working group to submit a report to the 2025 Legislature.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1366

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Requires the department of human services to establish a three-year return-to-home pilot program to return homeless individuals in the State to families and relatives in their home states.  Appropriates funds for the implementation of the return-to-home pilot program.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB1367

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL MEDICAID SERVICES.

Appropriates funds to increase Medicaid payments to eligible health care professionals in the State up to one hundred per cent of the current Medicare rates.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1368

RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.

Expands the Hospital Sustainability Program and makes the program permanent.  Amends the definition of "private hospital".  Increases the fee cap on various hospital sustainability fees.  Requires the Department of Human Services to consult and negotiate with the hospital trade association located in Hawaii regarding fee participation and rates.  Requires the Hospital Sustainability Fee to discontinue under certain circumstances and provides guidelines for the distribution of remaining funds.  Appropriates funds out of the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB1369

RELATING TO NURSING FACILITIES.

Makes permanent and amends the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program.  Makes certain assessment exemptions permanent as to the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program Special Fund.  Repeals chapter 346E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the Nursing Facility Tax.  Appropriates funds from the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program Special Fund.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB1370

RELATING TO THE STATE ARCHIVES.

Establishes additional funding sources for, and authorizes additional expenditures of moneys in, the state archives preservation and long-term access special fund.  Appropriates moneys.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1371

RELATING TO THE SAND ISLAND STATE RECREATION AREA.

Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to prepare a master plan for the Sand Island state recreation area.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1372

RELATING TO THE TIP CREDIT.

Beginning January 1, 2024, increases the tip credit to be twenty per cent of the minimum wage.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1373

RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

Beginning 1/1/2024, requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to administer a workforce development incentive rebate program that incentivizes local independent film and television productions.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1374

RELATING TO THE COUNTIES.

Makes explicit the counties' authority to regulate hosting platforms providing booking services for short-term rentals.  Includes swapping, bartering, or exchange of a residential dwelling, or portion thereof, in the definition of "short-term rental".

 

TOU, CPC, FIN

HB1375

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Establishes the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the destination management agency, including its director and commission.  Establishes the tourism special fund, which receives an allocation from transient accommodations tax revenue.  Repeals the Hawaii tourism authority.

 

TOU/ECD, WAL, FIN

HB1376

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Establishes an Office of Tourism and Destination Management within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism that encompasses regenerative tourism and best practice destination management.  Transfers the functions, duties, appropriations, and positions of the Hawaii Tourism Authority to the Office of Tourism and Destination Management.  Requires the Office of Tourism and Destination Management to implement certain county destination management action plans.  Dissolves the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Board of Directors for the Hawaii Tourism Authority.  Appropriates funds.

 

TOU/ECD, WAL, FIN

HB1377

RELATING TO ENERGY.

By 7/15/2024, requires the counties to adopt ordinances to establish an expedited streamlined permitting process for essential businesses to obtain the building permits needed for the installation of rooftop solar and energy storage systems.  Appropriates funds.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB1378

RELATING TO LABOR STANDARDS AT HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

Establish certain minimum staff-to-patient ratios for hospitals, care homes, and dialysis facilities.  Requires hospitals to create hospital staffing committees and staffing plans.  Establishes certain meal break, rest break, and overtime provisions applicable to health care personnel at hospitals, care homes, and dialysis facilities.  Appropriates moneys to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for implementation and enforcement.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB1379

RELATING TO A STATEWIDE DATA HUB.

Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to establish and maintain a statewide data hub to collect employer and employee data.  Authorizes the department of business, economic development, and tourism to determine the type of employer and employee data to collect, the functions of the statewide data hub, and access and document retention policies for the data.  Appropriates funds.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1380

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the third representative district.

 

FIN

HB1381

RELATING TO TOURISM GOVERNANCE.

Requires the legislative reference bureau to conduct a study that identifies and analyzes alternative tourism governance systems.  Requires the study to include a solicitation of input from certain stakeholder groups.  Requires a final report to be submitted to the legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025.  Appropriates moneys.

 

TOU, FIN

HB1382

RELATING TO MEAT DONATION.

Provides for donation of wild game to under-resourced communities.  Establishes a task force for development and implementation to expand meat processing capacity in the State.  Appropriates funds.

 

AGR, CPC, FIN

HB1383

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes a task force to identify the top ten fruits or vegetables that are imported into the State but may be commercially grown in the State.  Creates an income tax credit to incentivize the production of those fruits or vegetables to obviate the need to import them into the State.

 

AGR/ECD, FIN

HB1384

RELATING TO MANUFACTURING.

Creates an income tax credit to incentivize the food manufacturing industry in the State.  Applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1385

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Authorizes the designation of areas or regions of public lands classified as commercial and industrial;  hotel, apartment, and motel; or resort, and the establishment and implementation of guidelines for the redevelopment of the areas or regions that will:  (1) modernize the policies for the management of public lands in the designated area; (2) establish a plan for the designated area, including district-wide improvements, that is coordinated with state and county land use and planning policies; and (3) implement asset and property management concepts that can optimize income from the properties and evolve in response to changing principles of property administration.  Designates the public lands on the Waiakea peninsula on the island of Hawaii as the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

HB1386

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

In addition to the chairperson, allows no more than two members of the board of land and natural resources to determine items that shall be placed on a meeting agenda and to submit those items to the chairperson for placement on an agenda.  Makes a discussion between the two members for purposes of determining items to be scheduled on a meeting agenda a permitted interaction under the Sunshine Law; provided that the discussion is limited to selecting agenda items and no commitment relating to a vote on any matter is made or sought.

 

WAL, JHA

HB1387

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Clarifies that the appointment and removal of the chief executive officer of the Hawaii health systems corporation requires a majority vote by the voting members of the corporation board, rather than by the entire membership of the board.

 

LGO/HLT, FIN

HB1388

RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Establishes the natural resource management commission and special fund.  Repeals the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the special land and development fund.  Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues to the natural resource management special fund.  Appropriates funds from the natural resource management special fund for the purposes of the fund and administrative, office, and staffing expenses.

 

WAL, TOU/ECD, FIN

HB1389

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING.

Requires professional and vocational licensing boards to consider relevant military education, training, and service as part of the evaluation process toward the qualifications of a license.  Requires the licensing administrator of the professional and vocational licensing division of the department of commerce and consumer affairs to communicate the intent of this Act to each licensing authority and report to the legislature.

 

CMV, CPC

HB1390

RELATING TO THE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING COMPACT.

Enables the director of commerce and consumer affairs to license counselors from states which participate in the Counseling Compact.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1391

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE THIRTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 39th Representative District.

 

FIN

HB1392

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Requires that individuals who first begin employment as a judge, elected official, or legislative officer after 6/30/2023, be subject to the same Employees' Retirement System benefits as other state or county employees who began their employment after 6/30/2012.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1393

RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS.

Establishes certain parental rights.  Prohibits the State and counties from enacting any rules, regulations, or laws that infringe upon these parental rights.

 

JHA

HB1394

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources for operating costs and personnel to manage certain trailheads as part of the Na Ala Hele trail and access program.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1395

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Appropriates funds for the planning and design for new housing units at the Kapaa public housing project site in Kapaa, Kauai.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1396

RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.

Establishes and appropriates funds for a pilot program within the environmental management division of the department of health to work with each county to identify a priority area to expand the county sewage system or other centralized treatment system to connect individual properties in the priority area and reduce or eliminate cesspools in the identified area.

 

EEP/WAL, HLT, FIN

HB1397

RELATING TO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

Establishes a supportive housing pilot program in the statewide office on homelessness and housing solutions.  Appropriates funds and establishes positions.

 

HSG/HLT, FIN

HB1398

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Allows telecommunications and emergency dispatchers and employees who perform similar functions employed by the State and counties to collectively bargain.

 

LGO, JHA

HB1399

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Proposes a new section to article V of the Hawaii constitution to provide for the election of the attorney general. Amends article III, section 19, of the Hawaii constitution to allow for impeachment of the attorney general. Makes conforming amendment to article V, section 6, of the Hawaii Constitution relating to removal of the attorney general with the advice and consent of the senate.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1400

RELATING TO EMERGENCY POWERS.

Clarifies that the powers granted for emergency purposes shall not be inconsistent with the state constitution.  Provides parameters for the duration of suspension of laws and requires justification for the suspension.  Specifies parameters for when a state of emergency is terminated.  Allows the authorization of the issuance of a proclamation arising from the same emergency or disaster as a previous proclamation that was terminated by the legislature, upon request of the governor and adoption of a concurrent resolution by the legislature. 

 

WAL, JHA

HB1401

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires public high school students to complete one financial literacy class before graduation.  

 

EDN, FIN

HB1402

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the thirty-eighth Representative District.

 

FIN

HB1403

RELATING TO A HAWAII STATE CAPITOL WELCOME CENTER FACILITY.

Appropriates funds for the design and construction of a Hawaii State Capitol Welcome Center.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1404

RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY COURT OUTREACH PROJECT.

Makes the community court outreach project permanent.  Amends the project to address homeless defendants and expand the opportunities for eligible defendants to participate.  Appropriates funds for additional personnel and enhanced security services.

 

HLT, JHA, FIN

HB1405

RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES.

Requires the commission on water resource management and division of aquatic resources of the department of land and natural resources, in partnership with the University of Hawaii, to conduct research on limu to understand the impacts of groundwater use on groundwater-dependent ecosystems.  Requires report to legislature.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1406

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Requires that asphalt removed from roads and driveways be recycled.  Requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules regarding best practices for paving projects, asphalt processing, and asphalt disposal.  Requires the Department of Health to designate asphalt storage sites or develop a centralized asphalt state processing and storage facility.

 

TRN/EEP, FIN

HB1407

RELATING TO WATER TESTING.

Appropriates moneys to the department of science of the University of Hawaii Maui College to support water testing on the island of Maui, including supplies and the creation of 2.0 FTE positions.

 

HET, WAL, FIN

HB1408

RELATING TO DIGITAL EQUITY.

Establishes the Digital Equity Grant Program to award grants to applicants to deploy digital equity projects to covered populations in the State.  Appropriates funds.

 

HET, CPC, FIN

HB1409

RELATING TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.

Expands the State's temporary disability insurance (TDI) coverage to, and exempt from TDI benefit eligibility requirements that are employment-related, employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the employee's childbirth or provision of kangaroo care to, or expression of breast milk for, the employee's child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit.  Extend under certain conditions, the temporary disability benefit payment period and family leave period for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to a preterm birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit or birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit for more than eight weeks.  Defines "kangaroo care" and "preterm birth".  Requires the Department of Health to amend its rules to include neonatal care as related condition where the phrase "pregnancy, childbirth, or other related condition" is used.

 

LGO, CPC, FIN

HB1410

RELATING TO DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.

Requires deposit beverage container dealers with more than a certain number of locations in the State to have at least one operating reverse vending machine at each location.  Establishes a reverse vending machine endowment subaccount within the deposit beverage container deposit special fund to purchase and maintain reverse vending machines to assist dealers in meeting these requirements.  Specifies that moneys in excess of an unspecified amount in the deposit beverage container deposit special fund shall lapse to the general fund at the end of every fiscal year.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB1411

RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICES.

Amends certain publication procedures to require the publication of information to be on the appropriate state or county department's website, rather than in a newspaper.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1412

RELATING TO LIBRARIES.

Prohibits any contract or license agreement between a publisher and library in the State from precluding, limiting, or otherwise restricting the library from performing customary operational and lending functions; restricting the library from disclosing any terms of its license agreements to other libraries; and requiring, coercing, or enabling a library to violate rules regarding confidentially of a patron's library records.  Deems contracts that contain prohibited provisions an unfair or deceptive act or practice and void and unenforceable.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1413

RELATING TO ACCESSIBILITY.

Requires that the legislature ensure that state facilities, businesses, and recreational facilities meet certain accessibility requirements and be in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.

 

LGO, JHA, FIN

HB1414

RELATING TO RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

Requires all playgrounds located in state and county parks and on public school grounds include special needs recreational playground equipment as part of the recreational apparatuses by 6/30/2025 including at a minimum a wheelchair accessible swing set.  Establishes the special needs recreational playground equipment special fund.  Appropriates funds.

 

LGO, JHA, FIN

HB1415

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Requires the public utilities commission to administer an electric vehicle charging system loan program to provide loans to applicants who install eligible electric vehicle charging systems.  Appropriates funds.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB1416

RELATING TO MEDICAID.

Requires the department of human services to adopt rules to remove the $2,000-per-individual asset limit for eligibility for assistance under the med-QUEST program.  Requires a report to legislature.

 

HUS, CPC, FIN

HB1417

RELATING TO PROTECTING AGENCY POSITIONS FROM ELIMINATION REQUIREMENT.

Prohibits the elimination of funding for vacant positions in the department of human services and department of health for five years, or until the director of human services or director of health, as applicable, requests that the positions be eliminated, whichever occurs first.

 

FIN

HB1418

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Establishes a Safe Routes for People Implementation Program and Safe Routes for People Implementation Committee to develop strategies and facilitate transportation-related projects that ensure the safety of keiki and kupuna using ground transportation facilities.  Establishes a Safe Routes for People Special Fund.  Allows State Highway Fund moneys to be expended to establish protected walkways.  Increases the minimum amount of State Highway Funds required to be expended by the Department of Transportation on ground transportation projects from two per cent to five per cent.  Appropriates funds.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1419

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to enable parking stall sharing among public employees, accommodate more electric vehicle charging stations, and provide bicycle storage lockers at facilities where parking is made available to public employees.  Requires new public housing developments' parking stalls to accommodate electric vehicle charging stations and bicycle storage lockers.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1420

RELATING TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the replacements to the water capturing system at the Hilo wastewater treatment plant.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1421

RELATING TO HEMP.

Gives authority to the Department of Agriculture to align state hemp production administrative rules with federal law, with regard to exemptions for fiber, fuel, and seed grain hemp crops.

 

AGR

HB1422

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-fifth representative district.

 

FIN

HB1423

RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES.

Includes electronic smoking devices within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law.  Establishes a tax of ten per cent for the wholesale price for electronic smoking devices.  Allocates a portion of funds collected on excise taxes on electronic smoking devices to the trauma system special fund, community health centers special fund, emergency medical services special fund, and tobacco enforcement special fund.  Permits funds in the tobacco enforcement special fund to be used to enforce provisions prohibiting the sale and distribution of electronic smoking devices to, and possession or use of electronic smoking devices by, persons under the age of twenty-one.

 

CPC, JHA, FIN

HB1424

RELATING TO HEMP.

Requires that the identity statement used for labeling or advertising hemp products identify the percentage of Hawaii grown hemp and hemp of other origins contained in hemp products.  Effective 6/29/2023.

 

AGR, CPC

HB1425

RELATING TO CANNABIS.

Legalizes, regulates, and taxes cannabis and manufactured cannabis products for adult use.  Establishes the Hawaii cannabis commission to oversee the regulation of adult use cannabis manufacturers and retailers.  Appropriates funds.

 

JHA/HLT, CPC, FIN

HB1426

RELATING TO VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS.

Establishes a food and product innovation network within the Agribusiness Development Corporation.  Appropriates moneys for food and product innovation facilities on the islands of Molokai and Oahu.

 

AGR, ECD, FIN

HB1427

RELATING TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.

Prohibits a covered entity from disclosing communication or information relating to reproductive health care services.  Prohibits the issuance of a subpoena in connection with an out-of-state proceeding relating to reproductive health care services legally performed in the State.  Prohibits agencies from providing information or expending resources in the furtherance of interstate investigations or proceedings relating to reproductive health care services.  Prohibits the State from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action based on pregnancy outcomes or aiding or assisting a pregnant individual with accessing reproductive health care services.  Requires the governor to deny any demand for surrender of a person charged with a crime involving reproductive health care services unless the conduct constitutes a crime in the State.  Enumerates laws contrary to public policy and prohibits their application as rules of decision in the courts.  Prohibits the issuance of a summons for persons to testify in another state with regard to lawful reproductive health care services.  Clarifies under various licensing statutes that the provision or assistance in receipt or provision of medical, surgical, pharmaceutical, counseling, or referral services related to the human reproductive system cannot form a basis for disciplinary action.  Prohibits the enforcement of a judgment or order arising from a foreign penal civil action or other penal law with respect to reproductive health care services.

 

HLT/JHA

HB1428

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.

Prohibits the State from denying or interfering with a patient's right to choose to obtain an abortion or to terminate a pregnancy if the termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the patient.  Repeals a criminal penalty for violations of certain abortion provisions.  Clarifies that advanced practice registered nurses may provide abortion care.  Clarifies that physicians, osteopathic physicians, and advanced practice registered nurses may administer a medication abortion via telehealth for a patient residing in the State.

 

HLT/JHA

HB1429

RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Gradually reduces the general excise tax rate imposed on the retail sale of groceries and nonprescription medication over a period of four years until eliminated in calendar year 2027.  Preserves the county surcharge on tax and the general excise tax on wholesales of groceries and nonprescription medication.  Effective 1/1/2024.

 

ECD/HLT, FIN

HB1430

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO.

Establishes the Institute of Indigenous Education, Science, and Outreach within the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

 

HET, JHA, FIN

HB1431

RELATING TO THE ENERGY STATE FUNCTIONAL PLAN.

Appropriates funds to the Hawaii State Energy Office to update the Energy State Functional Plan.

 

EEP, FIN

HB1432

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS.

Authorizes the Board of Psychology to grant prescriptive authority to psychologists who meet specific education, training, and registration requirements.

 

HLT, CPC/JHA, FIN

HB1433

RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS STABILIZATION BEDS.

Appropriates funds to the Adult Mental Health Division of the Department of Health to support increased behavioral health crisis stabilization beds.  Creates a working group to get county input on possible sites for these crisis stabilization beds.  Effective 7/1/2023. 

 

HLT, FIN

HB1434

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN CULTURE.

Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to establish and maintain Hawaiian cultural centers within the State.  Requires the Office to submit reports to the Legislature regarding the Office's compliance with this Act.  Appropriate moneys for the planning and design of the first Hawaiian cultural center.

 

CAI, JHA, FIN

HB1435

RELATING TO THE EWA BEACH PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARY.

Requires the Department of Education to transfer the Ewa Beach Public and School Library from the State Public Library System to James Campbell High School.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1436

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit by requiring the department of business, economic development, and tourism to publish on its website the names of the qualified productions and the amount of the tax credits certified per qualified production per filing year.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1437

RELATING TO CRIME.

Specifies that the penalty for sex trafficking shall be payment of a fine of no less than $200,000 but no more than $500,000, 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".  Specifies that a minor who commits an offense under section 712-1207(1)(a), HRS, shall be guilty of a violation instead of a petty misdemeanor.  Provides that a person who reports that the person is a victim of sex trafficking shall not be subject to criminal liability for an offense involving sex trafficking or prostitution.

 

HUS, JHA, FIN

HB1438

RELATING TO MEDICAL CARE.

Adjusts the method by which the department of human services shall calculate payments to providers of medical care and long-term supports and services.  Appropriates funds.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB1439

RELATING TO EVICTION MEDIATION.

Establishes and appropriates funds for a pre-litigation mediation pilot program.  Requires landlords to participate in mediation before filing an action for summary possession.  Creates and appropriates funds for an emergency rent relief program.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB1440

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS ACT.

Adopts the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act.  Repeals the superseded Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act.

 

JHA

HB1441

RELATING TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.

Explicitly provides that a patient has a right to choose to obtain an abortion, or terminate a pregnancy if the termination is necessary to protect the patient's life or health.  Repeals criminal penalties for violations of certain abortion provisions.  Clarifies which health care providers may provide abortion care.

 

HLT/JHA

HB1442

RELATING TO REHABILITATION.

Expands the criminal justice diversion program.  Amends the allowable period of court-ordered assisted community treatment and considerations for extensions.  Allows courts to require certain probation violators to undergo mental health evaluation and treatment as a condition of continued probation.  Requires DOH to contract with behavioral health crisis centers.  Appropriates funds.

 

HLT, JHA, FIN

HB1443

RELATING TO THE RED HILL FUEL TANKS.

Amends the composition of the fuel tank advisory committee.  Adds requirements for the committee as it carries out its duties.

 

WAL/EEP, HLT, FIN

HB1444

RELATING TO RANKED-CHOICE VOTING.

Establishes the ranked-choice voting method of tabulation for all elections for elected office to ensure that elected officials receive the majority of votes cast by the electorate.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1445

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Removes biomass from the renewable portfolio standard definition of "renewable energy".

 

EEP, CPC

HB1446

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Lowers the amount of time in which a health insurer may initiate a recoupment or offset demand effort from a health care provider for services rendered from eighteen months to twelve months.  Establishes other requirements that health insurers must follow in making repayment requests from health care providers.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB1447

RELATING TO NATIVE PLANT SPECIES.

Creates an income tax credit for taxpayers who engage in preservation efforts using native plants.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1448

RELATING TO ASTHMA.

Authorizes the department of education to stock bronchodilators for emergency use during respiratory distress and authorize department employees to volunteer to administer bronchodilators.

 

EDN, HLT, FIN

HB1449

RELATING TO LUNG CANCER.

Amends Act 162, SLH 2022, to remove the sunset date for the early lung cancer screening task force and extend the date for the task force to submit reports to the legislature.  Appropriates funds.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1450

RELATING TO HEALTHCARE PRECEPTORS.

Expands the definition of preceptor to allow for improved accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1451

RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES.

Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to certify whether a person is totally disabled under the income tax code.  Adds advanced practice registered nurses as primary providers in advance mental health care directives.  Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to make capacity determinations for purposes of advance mental health care directives.

 

HLT, CPC, JHA

HB1452

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

For policies, contracts, plans, agreements, and plan contracts issued or renewed after 12/31/2023, requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB1453

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.

Expands the list of acceptable institutions or organizations that can approve the continuing education courses needed by naturopathic physicians for license renewal.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1454

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes naturopathic physicians to provide written certifications to qualified patients for the medical use of cannabis.

 

HLT, JHA/CPC, FIN

HB1455

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST MAUIGROWN COFFEE, INC.

Authorizes a new issuance of special purpose revenue bonds in the amount of $30 million, to assist MauiGrown Coffee, Inc. with the operation and expansion of its farm and mill.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1456

RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT BONDS.

Conforms state debt limit statements law to include tax increment bonds if a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of such bonds and excluding such bonds from determinations of the Counties' funded debt is ratified.

 

FIN

HB1457

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 12, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTIES TO ISSUE TAX INCREMENT BONDS.

Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to expressly provide that the Legislature may authorize the Counties to issue tax increment bonds. 

 

JHA, FIN

HB1458

RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.

Increases the liquor manufacturing limits for Class 18 small craft producer pub license holders.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1459

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging for an Alzheimer's disease and related dementias public health campaign.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1460

RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

Expands the definition of "private entity" to include business organizations that are authorized to transact business in the State, including nonprofit management entities that have a certificate of need or license to operate one or more community hospitals or hospitals serving a rural population licensed under the laws of any state.  Beginning January 1, 2024, requires the Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation or the Chief Executive Officer's designee, before entering into any new agreement or modifying or terminating any existing agreement, to provide written comments to the Governor.

 

HLT, ECD, FIN

HB1461

RELATING TO THE FAMILY COURT.

Allows cases within the jurisdiction of the Intermediate Court of Appeals that involve a family court judgment, order, or decree affecting the custody of a child or minor to be transferred to the Supreme Court.

 

JHA

HB1462

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a School Meal Subsidy Program to provide school lunch subsidies to children whose families do not otherwise qualify for free lunch under the federal Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program, subject to income eligibility.  Appropriates funds.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1463

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Removes biomass from the renewable portfolio standard definition of renewable energy.

 

EEP, CPC

HB1464

RELATING TO SELECTIVE SERVICE.

Requires compliance with the federal Military Selective Service Act for an individual to enroll in a state-supported post-secondary educational institution, qualify for state financial assistance for post-secondary education, or be eligible for employment by or service for the State or any of its political subdivisions.  Provides exceptions.

 

HET, FIN

HB1465

RELATING TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

Prohibits bans on dwelling unit rentals having a term between one and five months for inter-island relocations and temporary workers.  Authorizes county councils to adopt any ordinances necessary to implement the prohibition by 6/30/2024.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1466

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS HOSTING PLATFORMS.

Creates a five-year pilot project for counties with a population of less than 200,000 to regulate the operation of hosting platforms that provide booking services for transient accommodation operators.  Requires a report to the Legislature.  Repeals on 6/30/2029.

 

TOU, CPC, FIN

HB1467

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES.

Allows the Office of Information Practices to resolve open meeting and open record complaints through either a legal determination on whether a violation occurred or written guidance on the relevant legal requirements.

 

JHA

HB1468

RELATING TO ELECTRONIC CITATIONS.

Establishes statewide electronic citation program under the Judiciary.  Appropriates funds.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1469

RELATING TO THE USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE.

Lowers the threshold blood alcohol concentration for the offense of operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.

 

JHA

HB1470

RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT.

Requires courts to, upon written request, expunge records of convictions for (1) operating a vehicle after consuming a measurable amount of alcohol while under the age of twenty-one and (2) certain property offenses, if the sentencing occurred prior to 1998.

 

JHA

HB1471

RELATING TO TELEWORK.

Clarifies that there is a presumption of a nexus for certain nonresident employees who telework.  Amends the income tax law to apply to the total income of certain nonresident employees who telework.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2022.

 

LGO, FIN

HB1472

RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND.

Specifies that 0.5 per cent, rather than one per cent, of state fund appropriations for capital improvements shall be transferred into the Works of Art Special Fund.  Limits the 0.5 per cent amount to appropriations designated for the construction of new state buildings, properties, or facilities.

 

CAI, FIN

HB1473

RELATING TO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.

Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study to determine an appropriate increase to the homestead exemption in bankruptcy proceedings.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1474

RELATING TO THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE.

Requires nominees for the position of Deputy Director, First Deputy, or Deputy Chair, as the case may be, of principal departments to be subject to advice and consent of the Senate.

 

JHA

HB1475

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Repeals the cap on the amount of campaign funds candidates may donate to any community service, educational, youth, recreational, charitable, scientific, literary organization, public school, or public library.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1476

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires the Office of Elections to prepare a digital voter information guide.  Requires the Office of Elections to post the guide on its website in compliance with certain accessibility standards.  Requires the Office of Elections to mail each ballot with a notice that states a voter information guide may be found on its website.  Appropriates funds.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1477

RELATING TO VOTING.

Requires the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to establish a ballot-tracking system that allows all voters to receive alerts regarding the mailing, receipt, and counting of their ballots returned by mail.  Requires the counties to immediately notify the Office of the Lieutenant Governor upon mailing and receipt of absentee ballots by mail.  Appropriates funds to the counties.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1478

RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

Amends the definition of "development" to create additional exceptions, including pedestrian or bicycle facilities, trash removal, invasive vegetation control, installation of fencing for invasive species control or native habitat preservation, removal of access devices for inspection and maintenance of utilities, and lighting fixtures at existing public recreation facilities.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1479

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Extends the period in which a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions.  Authorizes the use of the surcharge revenues for affordable and workforce housing infrastructure.  Allows the counties to use surcharge revenues for housing infrastructure, including roadways, water, and sewer.

 

LGO, HSG, FIN

HB1480

RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY.

Permits the governing body of a county to create, by ordinance, a process for the recordation and enforcement of solar easements.  Allows counties to require individuals claiming a solar easement to record that easement by filing a declaration with the county clerk.  Permits the governing body of a county to require, by ordinance, the trimming of vegetation that blocks solar radiation from solar energy devices.  Authorizes the ordinance to include a designation for the cost of trimming.

 

EEP, JHA, FIN

HB1481

RELATING TO RURAL DISTRICTS.

Allows up to one dwelling per quarter-acre in rural districts.

 

HSG, WAL, FIN

HB1482

RELATING TO FISHER SAFETY.

Prohibits purposeful harassment with the intent to prevent the taking of fish from persons who are fishing in state waters.

 

WAL, JHA

HB1483

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Reduces and eliminates the general excise tax for the sale of groceries that are eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children over a four-year period.  Reduces and eliminates the general excise tax for the sale of nonprescription drugs, medical supplies, and durable medical equipment over a four-year period.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1484

RELATING TO RENT CONTROL.

Prohibits a landlord from increasing a tenant's rent more than five per cent plus the percentage change in the cost of living during the previous twelve months.  Prohibits a landlord from increasing a tenant's rent more than once over a twelve-month period.  Requires a landlord to provide a tenant with sixty days' notice before increasing the tenant's rent.  Requires a landlord to provide a tenant with ninety days' notice before terminating the lease, for tenancies of month-to-month or longer.  Requires the Office of Consumer Protection to submit reports to the Legislature.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB1485

RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT.

Establishes a date for presidential primaries, as well as signature and fee requirements for a person to be nominated as a presidential primary candidate.

 

JHA

HB1486

RELATING TO THE KUPUNA CARE PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for the Kupuna Care Program within the Executive Office on Aging.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1487

RELATING TO THE SENIOR MEDICARE PATROL PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for three program specialist positions within the Executive Office on Aging for the State's Senior Medicare Patrol Program.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1488

RELATING TO RESPITE CARE.

Requires the department of health to provide respite care, paid for by the State, to operators of certain care homes.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1489

RELATING TO CARE HOMES.

Appropriates funds for back payments for each medicaid-eligible client cared for by certain care homes over the last fourteen years.

 

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB1490

RELATING TO MEDICAID PATIENT CARE.

Appropriates funds to provide enhanced payments to type I adult residential care homes and developmental disabilities domiciliary homes that are caring for medicaid patients.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1491

RELATING TO INSPECTIONS.

Requires the department of health to limit unannounced inspections to investigate complaints pertaining to client or patient abuse or life- or health-threatening danger at certain care facilities.  Establishes requirements for complaints.  Requires relicensing inspections to be scheduled.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1492

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Expanding the statutory prohibition on the use of tobacco at public schools and public school functions to be a prohibition on the use and possession of electronic smoking devices and tobacco products.

 

EDN, JHA

HB1493

RELATING TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS AND CYBERSECURITY DATA CENTER.

Appropriates funds for the development of the First Responders Technology Campus and Cybersecurity Data Center.

 

WAL, HET, FIN

HB1494

RELATING TO THE MOTION PICTURE, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND FILM PRODUCTION INCOME TAX CREDIT.

Clarifies requirements for film productions with production expenditures of $1,000,000 or more claiming the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit.  Increases the annual cap from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000 for the total amount of the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credit.  Expands the definition of qualified production for the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit to include streaming platforms.

 

ECD, FIN

HB1495

RELATING TO APPEALS.

Allows the Intermediate Appellate Court to review orders issued by the Hawaii Paroling Authority.

 

JHA

HB1496

RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND.

Requires the State Art Museum to provide opportunities for the counties and private organizations located in Hawaii to display art through loan arrangements with the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts under the Arts in Public Places Program.  Provides that artists who reside in Hawaii receive selection preference for the Arts in Public Places Program.   Requires a report to the Legislature.

 

CAI, FIN

HB1497

RELATING TO CONSUMER DATA PROTECTION.

Establishes a framework to regulate controllers and processors with access to personal consumer data.  Establishes that a violation of the consumer data privacy act constitutes an unfair method of competition and unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade of commerce.  Authorizes a person injured by a violation of the personal consumer data act to bring a civil action against a controller or processor.

 

HET, CPC, FIN

HB1498

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a carbon emissions tax credit.  Expands the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to include carbon emissions.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023.

 

EEP, ECD, FIN

HB1499

RELATING TO COMMON-INTEREST DEVELOPMENTS.

Establishes the common-interest development oversight task force to examine the feasibility of bringing the various common-interest developments in the State under the oversight of the department of commerce and consumer affairs.

 

CPC

HB1500

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Authorizes boards to borrow money for extraordinary expenses in the condominium event of an emergency situation and promptly disclose to owners the amount and purpose.  Requires certain information to be included in budget summaries regarding estimated replacement reserves contributions.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1501

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS.

Establishes an ombudsman's office for condominium associations within the department of commerce and consumer affairs.  Establishes an ombudsman's office special fund.  Requires condominium association board members to meet certain educational requirements through classes offered by the ombudsman.  Updates the Condominium Property Act to integrate the role and functions of the ombudsman's office for condominium associations.  Appropriates funds for establishment of the ombudsman's office.  Effective 1/1/2024.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB1502

RELATING TO EVIDENCE.

Limits compelled disclosure of sources or unpublished information for journalists, newscasters, and persons participating in collection or dissemination of news or information of substantial public interest.  Establishes exceptions.

 

JHA

HB1503

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Requires the Department of Health to respond to reports about persons having severe mental illness and in need of assistance and to assess whether those persons may fulfill the criteria for assisted community treatment.  Requires the Department of Health to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments.  Appropriates moneys to the Department of Health for software and data collection and publication.  Requires courts, when dismissing an involuntary hospitalization petition for a person, to assess whether the person meets the criteria for assisted community treatment.  Requires the Department of the Attorney General to assist in the preparation and filing of certain assisted community treatment petitions and related court proceedings.

 

HLT/JHA, FIN

HB1504

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to modernize Hale Poai.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1505

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Encourages the EUTF to consider investment opportunities in industries that will sustain Hawaii's natural environment or produce economic opportunities for its residents, including renewable energy businesses and businesses that use investment capital to acquire the infrastructure and services needed to become energy sustainable.  Appropriates funds to the EUTF.

 

EEP, FIN

HB1506

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF HAWAII.

Requires the employees' retirement system, in evaluating venture capital investments, to consider opportunities in industries that will sustain Hawaii's natural environment or produce economic opportunities for its residents, including renewable energy businesses and businesses that use the investment capital to acquire the infrastructure and services needed to become energy sustainable.  If the employees' retirement system board of trustees determines that it is not prudent to invest in any Hawaii venture capital meeting this description, requires the board to report the rationale for the decision in its annual report to the legislature.  Appropriates funds to the Hawaii targeted investment program.

 

EEP, FIN

HB1507

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Ensures that the $600,000,000 appropriated to the department of Hawaiian home lands in Act 279, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, is available for expenditure until June 30, 2025.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1508

RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Appropriates funds for certain departments and agencies to provide grants to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations that have experience and expertise in supporting and advancing Native Hawaiian communities.

 

JHA, FIN

HB1509

RELATING TO COMMON-INTEREST DEVELOPMENTS.

Establishes the common-interest development oversight task force to examine the feasibility of bringing the various common-interest developments in the State under the oversight of the department of commerce and consumer affairs.

 

HSG, CPC

HB1510

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ON OAHU.

Appropriates funds to be expended by the city and county of Honolulu for the Honolulu board of water supply to construct a new exploratory well and groundwater monitoring wells.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1511

RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES.

Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the city and county of Honolulu board of water supply to plan, design, and construct seven monitoring wells and an exploratory well.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1512

RELATING TO LIABILITY.

Limits the civil liability of good Samaritans who render emergency nonmedical care and emergency nonmedical assistance to animals during an emergency.

 

AGR, JHA

HB1513

RELATING TO UNATTENDED ANIMALS IN MOTOR VEHICLES.

Limits civil and criminal liability for persons who remove unattended animals from motor vehicles that are in physical danger if the actions are reasonable, in good faith, and in accordance with other requirements.

 

AGR, JHA

HB1514

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, THE OMBUDSMAN, AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION.

Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Ombudsman, and Ethics Commission.

 

FIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

HB35

RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUND REPORTS.

Amends the contents required to be submitted in each annual non‑general fund program measures report and non-general fund cost element report.

 

FIN

HB40

RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND.

Provides a tax credit to taxpayers and makes deposits to the emergency and budget reserve fund and other post-employment benefits trust fund pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution.  Appropriates funds.

 

FIN

HB70

RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

Bans hemp products that contain Delta 8 tetrahydrocannabinol.  Adds Delta 8 tetrahydrocannabinol to the list of schedule I controlled substances.

 

HLT, JHA

HB180

RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.

Creates within the Department of Health's wastewater branch a cesspool conversion section, which will be responsible for facilitating the conversion of cesspools within the State.  Establishes 2.0 full-time equivalent positions within the cesspool conversion section in fiscal year 2023-2024, and 2.0 additional full-time equivalent positions within the section in fiscal year 2024-2025.  Appropriates moneys.

 

EEP/WAL, HLT, FIN

HB182

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Requires the Clean Water Branch to perform water quality testing during brown water advisories as practicable and inform the public of health risks associated with water runoff during brown water advisories.  Requires the Department of Health to consider environmental justice issues when making certain assessments and determinations.  Appropriates funds for positions within the Department of Health.

 

EEP/WAL, HLT, FIN

HB188

RELATING TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION.

Appropriates funds for the Hawaii carbon smart land management assistance pilot program.

 

EEP, FIN

HB210

RELATING TO MOLD.

Establishes the mold information and awareness program administered by DOH.  Requires mandatory disclosure of the presence of mold as part of any sale, transfer, or rental of residential, commercial, or industrial property.  Requires DOH to conduct reviews every five years on mold identification and remediation technology or treatment techniques.  Requires the director of health to establish a public awareness campaign.  Requires disclosure forms for the sale of residential real property to include a notice to buyers about the presence of mold, if applicable.  Requires a landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on the landlord's behalf to disclose the presence of mold, if applicable.  Requires DOH to study the adverse effects of mold on humans and report to the legislature.

 

HLT, CPC. FIN

HB237

RELATING TO CANNABIS.

Legalizes, regulates, and taxes cannabis and manufactured cannabis products for responsible, adult use. Exempts sales of cannabis and manufactured cannabis products for medical use from the general excise tax. Clarifies that qualifying out-of-state patients have the same rights and privileges under the medical cannabis law. Allows qualifying out-of-state patients to cultivate medical cannabis.

 

JHA/HLT, CPC, FIN

HB381

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Repeals the sunset date of Act 196, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, that allowed for voluntary binding arbitration for condominium related disputes and amended the conditions for mediation.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

HB384

RELATING TO PARENTAGE.

Enacts portions of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017 to replace the Uniform Parentage Act of 1973.  Takes effect 1/1/2024.

 

JHA, FIN

HB544

RELATING TO REGULATION OF IMPORTATION.

Requires the State of Hawaii Plant and Animal Declaration Form to be distributed, completed, and transmitted electronically.

 

AGR, FIN

HB581

RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY.

Requires certain individuals attempting to serve as child custody evaluators to complete a training course on the dynamics of domestic violence every three years.  Requires individuals to submit a letter or certificate of completion to the Family Court.

 

HUS, JHA

HB603

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Appropriates moneys to hire school-based youth mental health specialists for Hawaii Department of Education schools.

 

EDN, HLT, FIN

HB623

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.

Exempts foods and medical services products from the general excise tax.

 

ECD/HLT, FIN

HB641

RELATING TO ACUPUNCTURE.

Makes comprehensive updates to chapter 436E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding acupuncture practitioners, to reflect modernized scopes of practice, titles, and licensing and renewal requirements.  Beginning with the renewal for the licensing biennium commencing 7/1/2025, requires licensees to complete continuing education as determined by the board.  Allows the board of acupuncture to issue licenses by reciprocity.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN