KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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TIME: |
10:15 AM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 211 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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TIMESLOT: |
WAM |
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A M E N D E D A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for various workforce readiness programs and opportunities. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 6/30/3000. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO DEATH BENEFITS. Increases the amount of death benefits paid by the Department of Human Services to cover the cremation and disposition costs for a deceased person who was eligible for medical or financial assistance at the time of the person's death and whose body is unclaimed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. For policies, contracts, plans, and agreements issued or renewed after 12/31/2024, requires the insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services for persons undergoing medically necessary treatment that may cause iatrogenic infertility. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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HHS/CPN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND BASE COMPOSITE MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION. Increases the employer base composite monthly contribution effective 1/1/2025 by 5.2 per cent of the 2024 employer base. Provides that effective 1/1/2026, the employer base composite monthly contribution will be based on the change in medicare part B premiums from 2024 to 2025 and at a two-year lag thereafter. (SD1)
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LBT, WAM |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires that the authorized insurance benefits for chiropractic treatments for personal injury protection benefits under motor vehicle insurance be tied to the charges, and any subsequent increases in charges, that are permissible under the workers' compensation supplemental medical fee schedule. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1)
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CPN, WAM |
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RELATING TO FALL PREVENTION. Appropriates funds to support the Department of Health's Senior Fall Prevention Campaign. Effective date 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE FINES. Updates the maximum administrative fines allowed for violations of chapters relating to standards of conduct and lobbyists. (SD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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[Measure deleted on <04-03-2024>] |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PLANNING ACT. Establishes the Hawaii State Planning Act Phase II Task Force within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Requires the Judicial Council to conduct a comprehensive review of the Hawaii Penal Code and to recommend proposed changes. Requires the Judicial Council to appoint an advisory committee to assist in the review, and allows the Council to also appoint a reporter and other staff as necessary. Requires the advisory committee to report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO EARLY CHILD CARE. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a child care provider subsidy and bonus program to provide subsidies to retain the existing child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care centers, group child care centers, and group child care homes and bonuses to registered family child care homes. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Increases the monthly needs allowance for individuals living in certain long-term care facilities 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. Clarifies the individuals who are eligible to receive the needs allowance. Takes effect 10/1/2024. (SD1)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE INTERISLAND TRANSPORT OF HYDROGEN. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish a discounted rate by tariff for water carriers that engage in the interisland transport of renewable hydrogen. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1)
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CPN/TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Appropriates funds to address the mental health and wellness needs of youth in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO KAIAPUNI EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for the establishment of three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) Kaiapuni education curriculum specialist II positions and ten full-time equivalent (10.0 FTE) Kaiapuni classroom teacher positions. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS. Requires the Department of Education to establish a recognition program to incentivize schools to submit to the Department a plan for the school to reach the local farm to school meal goal of thirty per cent of food served in the school to consist of locally sourced products by 2030. Authorizes the Department of Education to establish a plant-based meal pilot program at Mililani high school no later than the 2025-2026 school year. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE TWO-LINED SPITTLEBUG. Appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture to mitigate and control the spread of the two-lined spittlebug and to fund recovery efforts for areas affected by it. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO CARE HOMES. Increases the state supplemental payment ceilings for type 1 adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, certified adult foster homes, and type II adult residential care homes. Takes effect 10/1/2024. (SD1)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. Requires the Executive Office on Aging to create a comprehensive long-term care master plan to accomplish long-term care policy goals that, when implemented, ensure the availability of a full continuum of institutional and community-based services. Establishes long-term care planner positions within the EOA to oversee the development and implementation of the long-term care master plan. Requires the EOA to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective date 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE. Expands the existing exemption from state law governing child care for United States Department of Defense-certified child care providers on federal property to those operating off federal property. (SD1)
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HHS/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to acquire and renovate parcels and buildings located between Bethel Street, Pauahi Street, Fort Street, and Chaplain Lane in Honolulu, Oahu, for affordable housing purposes. Requires units to be affordable to households having an income that does not exceed a percentage of the area median income. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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HOU, WAM |
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RELATING TO ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS. Establishes a one-year pilot program to reduce the population of rose-ringed parakeets on Kauai using past research and on-the-ground experience to guide future strategies. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2025. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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AEN/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING. Replaces the Director of Law Enforcement with the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation on the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Increases the maximum interest rate on Community-Based Economic Development loans to ten per cent. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD1)
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EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES SPECIAL FUND. Replaces the School Facilities Authority with the Department of Education as the administrator of the School Facilities Special Fund. Changes the means of financing for a portion of funds appropriated for deposit into the School Facilities Special Fund to expand pre-kindergarten student capacity within the State from general funds to general obligation bond funds. Repeals the funds appropriated into and out of the School Facilities Special Fund by Act 257, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, as amended. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. Exempts an additional administrative assistant position in the Hawaii State Public Library System from civil service. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Establishes the Act 279 special fund until 6/30/2026. Deposits certain unexpended and unencumbered funds appropriated through Act 279, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, that are set to lapse on 6/30/2024 into the Act 279 special fund and appropriates funds out of the special fund. Lapses unencumbered monies from the appropriation out of the Act 279 special fund on 6/30/2026. (SD1)
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HWN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. Expands the requirement that the Department of Law Enforcement pursue and obtain accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., to all divisions and sections within the Department. Establishes five CALEA coordinator positions, exempt from civil service, within the Department of Law Enforcement. Takes effect 7/1/2042. (SD1)
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO RENT CREDITS FOR DEMOLITION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ON PUBLIC LAND LEASES. Repeals the sunset provision of Act 222, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to permanently allow the Board of Land and Natural Resources to approve rent credits for demolition and infrastructure costs for public land leases. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Adds alternative procurement methods to the types of methods of source selection. Allows an alternative procurement method when the federal government provides for or approves the alternative procurement method and the head of the purchasing agency makes a written determination that it is neither practicable nor advantageous to use the existing statutory procurement methods. Exempts from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code contracts by government bodies to procure certain construction projects. Takes effect 7/1/2491. (SD1)
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY. Appropriates funds for the biosecurity program of the Department of Agriculture to develop and implement projects for clean plant material, agricultural treatments, diagnostics, and pest management. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. Reestablishes the Appraisal Management Company Registration Program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to begin September 1, 2024. Appropriates funds from the Compliance Resolution Fund for the Program. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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CPN, WAM |
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RELATING TO AUTISM. Appropriates funds to increase the funding for applied behavioral analysis services for persons with autism. Requires the Department of Human Services to obtain maximum federal matching funds and pursue all other funding sources. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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HHS, WAM |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES. Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Malama Puuloa. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Extends the notice period for summary possession proceedings from five days to fifteen days for failure to pay rent. Requires landlords to provide the notice to mediation centers. Requires landlords to enter into mediation if scheduled by a tenant, which will delay when a landlord may file an action for summary possession except in cases where a tenant cancels the mediation or does not appear. Restricts when landlord remedies are available depending on the amount of rent due. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1)
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CPN/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO WASTEWATER. Requires the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center and the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to develop an overlay with the Hawaii Cesspool Prioritization Tool to identify specific priority areas in which the county sewer system or other centralized treatment system could most feasibly be expanded or constructed to reduce or eliminate cesspools before 1/1/2050. Authorizes the counties to designate sewer improvement districts. Beginning July 1, 2025, authorizes the counties to assess a cesspool pollution fee on real properties containing a cesspool. Authorizes each county to establish a county cesspool closure and mitigation special fund. Authorizes the counties to use cesspool pollution fee revenues or other revenues, including real property tax revenues, for certain activities that eliminate, reduce, or mitigate the impacts of cesspools, including the expansion of county sewer systems and the issuance of grants and low-interest loans to property owners. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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AEN/HHS/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. Modifies certain benchmark goals and timeline for the Department of Education to provide locally-sourced agricultural and food products. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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AEN/EDU, WAM |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 1, SECTION 23, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO MARRIAGE. Proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the Legislature's authority to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples. (HD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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_____________________________________ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |