Hse Referral sheet template, revision no. 00002

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		Committee
		REFERRAL
HB2195	RELATING TO BUILDING INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. Repeals the discretion for public officials to require work in respect to any structure or improvement, regardless of the cost valuation of the work, to be subject to the requirements of professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects licensing laws. Maintains that work in respect to structures within special management areas, flood hazard areas, and special design districts and in respect to improvements resulting from conditional use or other discretionary zoning permits, code compliances or variances, and building permit expediting procedures, are subject to the licensing laws.	CPC, JHA
HB2196	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Removes requirement of a college degree for any state position, unless the degree is relevant to licensing or certification as it relates to the duties and responsibilities of the position.	LGO, FIN
HB2197	RELATING TO HAWAII RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACT. Clarifies the definition of "covered employer" under the Hawaii Retirement Savings Act. Requires covered employers to automatically enroll covered employees into the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program unless the employee chooses to opt out.	LGO, FIN
HB2198	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Allows public employee organizations to negotiate retirement benefits.	LGO, JHA, FIN
HB2199	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 "Hawaii Workforce Development Council" to "Hawaii 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 board from among the seventeen private sector members. Requires the Hawaii Workforce Development Board to assist the Governor in coordinating local workforce development boards to improve the workforce development system. Repeals the requirement for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to submit an annual report to the Legislature on the activities of the K-12 Agriculture Workforce Development Pipeline Initiative.	LGO, JHA
HB2200	RELATING TO STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR THE ELDERLY. Establishes a student loan forgiveness program within the University of Hawaii to forgive outstanding student loans of elders who have graduated from an institution of higher education in the United States and have worked for at least 10 years in public service. Requires the Employees' Retirement System to assist applicants with demonstrating proof of public employment. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	HET, LGO, FIN
HB2201	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Generally prohibits the removal of minerals from the seabed in all state marine waters. Prohibits the issuance of permits for the mooring, docking, or operation of any vessel designed or intended for removal of minerals from the seabed. Provides for exceptions relating to beach replenishment, research purposes, and native Hawaiian cultural practices.	WAL/EEP, JHA
HB2202	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. Takes effect only upon ratification of constitutional amendment requiring the election of the Sheriff as the single executive of the Department of Law Enforcement. Effective 1/1/2025, amends elections law to accommodate the election of the Sheriff. Effective 12/1/2026, makes statutory amendments to make administrative changes to the Department.	JHA, FIN
HB2203	RELATING TO HAWAII EMERGENCY HOME SALES MORATORIUM. Establishes a temporary restriction that only current and former residents of Hawaii may purchase residential property. Prohibits real estate brokers and real estate salespersons from buying, offering to buy, or negotiating the purchase of residential real estate for someone who is not a current or former resident without disclosing the temporary restriction. Repeals the moratorium when the Governor's last proclamation on affordable housing expires.	CPC, JHA
HB2204	RELATING TO HOUSING. Provides that a project may not proceed under an emergency proclamation relating to housing or affordable housing if that project includes any construction, development, redevelopment, or adaptive reuse that results in a new luxury housing unit or the conversion of an existing residential unit to a luxury housing unit.	WAL/HSG, JHA
HB2205	PROPOSING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII WITH RESPECT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. Proposes to amend the Constitution of the State of Hawaii by: (1) Providing that the Department of Law Enforcement shall be headed by an elected Sheriff; (2) Applying to the Sheriff the same constitutional impeachment and removal provisions that apply to the Governor and Lieutenant Governor; (3) Providing that vacancies shall be filled as provided by law; and (4) Removing the Department from the supervision of the Governor.	JHA, FIN
HB2206	RELATING TO LIQUOR INSURANCE. Removes the requirement that establishments holding specific classes of liquor licenses maintain liquor liability insurance.	CPC/JHA
HB2207	RELATING TO LIQUOR. Authorizes persons to apply for a permit to act as solicitors or representatives of licensed wineries, brewpubs, and small craft producer pubs any county of the State.	CPC/JHA
HB2208	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
HB2209	RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. Authorizes liquor sold through a class 10 license to be consumed on or off the premises.	CPC/JHA
HB2210	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Clarifies that powers granted for emergency purposes shall not be inconsistent with the state constitution. Clarifies that emergency powers shall not be used to address issues arising out of existing economic pressures. Provides for greater clarity and specificity regarding the scope of suspensions of law. Authorizes the Governor to require the counties to obtain approval before issuing any emergency order, rule, or proclamation. Clarifies the legal framework governing the extension and termination of emergency periods. Allows the Legislature to terminate a state of emergency or local state of emergency. Clarifies that the Governor may re-declare a state of emergency that has been terminated. Specifies when certain prohibitions during an emergency or a severe warning expire. Defines "severe warning".	WAL, JHA
HB2211	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. Prohibits a board or commission from authorizing a base salary for a position and prohibits an employee from receiving a base salary, in excess of the amount designated in the budget enacted by the Legislature or other legislative enactment, unless approved by the Legislature.	LGO, FIN
HB2212	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Allows religious, educational, and medical institutions to build residential units on lands zoned for residential or commercial use within the urban state land use district, under certain conditions.	HSG/WAL, JHA
HB2213	RELATING TO THE CONTRACTOR REPAIR ACT. Expands the required contents of a notice of claim of construction defect served on a contractor. Requires the claimant to provide actual evidence of the nature and cause of the construction defect and extent of necessary repairs along with the notice of claim. Amends the process and timeframe for a claimant to accept a contractor's proposal to inspect and authorize the contractor to proceed with repairs. Limits the amount a claimant can recover if the claimant unreasonably rejects a contractor's proposal to inspect or an offer to remedy.	CPC, JHA
HB2214	RELATING TO HOUSING. Provides a new source of interim financing for affordable housing projects using housing programs under chapter 201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Sunsets 7/1/2029. Effective 1/1/2025.	HSG, WAL, FIN
HB2215	RELATING TO MEDICAID. Appropriates funds to increase the funding of certain medicaid home and community-based services, including case management services for home and community-based case management agencies and residential services offered in community care foster family homes and expanded adult residential care homes. Requires the Department of Human Services to obtain matching funds.	HUS, FIN
HB2216	RELATING TO CARE HOMES. Increases the cap on state supplemental payments for type l adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes and type II adult residential care homes.	HUS, FIN
HB2217	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the Departments of Health, Human Services, and Education to research any rules, policies, and state plan amendments that are necessary to ensure that clinically appropriate treatments and services for individuals twenty-six years of age or younger with autism spectrum disorder or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder are considered covered benefits under the State's medicaid program. Appropriates funds.	HUS, FIN
HB2218	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Increases the loan limit for direct loans provided by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to 75% of the maximum single residence loan amount allowed in Hawaii by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration, instead of 50%, as currently outlined in section 215 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended. Takes effect on either the date of the Secretary of the Interior's notification that congressional approval of this Act is unnecessary, or on the date of consent by the United States Congress.	HSG, JHA, FIN
HB2219	RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Increases the number of Commission on Water Resource Management members from 7 to 8, with only 5 of the 8 members required to have substantial experience in water resource management. Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, or the Chairperson's designee, as a member of the Commission on Water Resource Management.	WAL, JHA
HB2220	RELATING TO GAMBLING. Provides that a defendant may not assert social gambling as an affirmative defense if the gambling activity occurred at the defendant's residence and gambling activities have resulted in multiple recent documented noise complaints.	JHA
HB2221	RELATING TO THE HAWAII CANCER RESEARCH SPECIAL FUND. Appropriates a percentage of the tobacco settlement moneys to the Hawaii cancer research special fund.	FIN
HB2222	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to convene a staggered school start times task force to study and evaluate the issues and implications of instituting a staggered school start times program, including effects on school bus schedules. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.	EDN, FIN
HB2223	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Beginning 1/1/2025, requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for biomarker testing.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2224	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 a long-term care planner position 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. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates funds.	HUS, FIN
HB2225	RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS. Prohibits persons from receiving compensation for advising or assisting with veterans benefits.	CMV, CPC
HB2226	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a two-year pilot program to allow inmates incarcerated at the women's community correctional center to foster pets while incarcerated. Requires DCR to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.	CMV, FIN
HB2227	RELATING TO CHILD CARE. Expands the existing state exemption for United States Department of Defense-certified providers to those operating off federal property.	HUS/CMV, JHA
HB2228	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a pilot program to allow inmates to perform work for the State. Sunsets on 6/30/2026.	CMV/LGO, FIN
HB2229	RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA PERMITS. Amends the definition of "development", in section 205A-22, HRS, to clarify that "development" does not include construction or reconstruction of a single-family residence that is less than 7,500 square feet of floor area and is not part of a larger development, even if the residence is located on a shoreline parcel or a parcel that is impacted by waves, storm surges, high tide, or shoreline erosion.	HSG, JHA
HB2230	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Requires the Law Enforcement Standards Board to develop, and each department employing law enforcement officers to implement, a structured health intervention program to support law enforcement officers' physical and mental health.	JHA, FIN
HB2231	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Establishes as a goal of the State the increased representation of female law enforcement officers in the State by 2030. Requires each law enforcement agency to recruit law enforcement officers from diverse backgrounds.	JHA, FIN
HB2232	RELATING TO WEAPONS. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to publish certain annual reports regarding restraining orders, firearms, and electric guns. Authorizes persons subject to certain restraining orders to possess or control firearms, ammunition, or electric guns in the course of employment, subject to certain conditions.	JHA, FIN
HB2233	RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Prohibits private and state workforce development programs from rejecting an applicant who is 18 years of age or younger based solely on the applicant's active sentence of probation; provided that the applicant is in full compliance with any court-ordered requirements or conditions.	LGO, JHA
HB2234	RELATING TO CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES. Requires and appropriates moneys for the Judiciary to develop a 3-year civil legal services pilot program to provide civil legal services at no cost to eligible parties. Requires reports to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Sessions of 2025, 2026, and 2027. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	JHA, FIN
HB2235	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Reclassifies or repeals certain non-general funds of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, pursuant to the recommendations made by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 23-06.	FIN
HB2236	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Reclassifies, repeals, or abolishes certain non-general funds of the Department of Agriculture, pursuant to the recommendations made by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 23-13.	FIN
HB2237	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Repeals the hazard mitigation special fund, pursuant to a recommendation made by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 23-16.	WAL, FIN
HB2238	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Reclassifies certain non-general funds of the Department of Accounting and General Services, pursuant to the recommendations made by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 23-17.	FIN
HB2239	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Reclassifies or abolishes certain non-general funds of the Department of Budget and Finance, pursuant to the recommendations made by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 24-01.	FIN
HB2240	RELATING TO HAWAII EDUCATOR LOANS. Appropriates funds into and out of the Hawaii educator loan program revolving fund to be used to provide financial assistance for students participating under the Hawaii educator loan program.	EDN, FIN
HB2241	RELATING TO CIVIL AIR PATROL. Appropriates funds for civilian auxiliary aviation services performed by the civil air patrol.	CMV, FIN
HB2242	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for four full-time equivalent career foundations certificate program teachers for McKinley Community School for Adults.	EDN, FIN
HB2243	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the ninth representative district.	FIN
HB2244	RELATING TO TRESPASSING. Authorizes the court to elevate the offense of criminal trespass in the first degree from a misdemeanor to a class C felony if the court deems the trespassing to be egregious or repeated.	JHA
HB2245	RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Establishes and appropriates funds for an artificial intelligence government services pilot program to provide certain government services to the public through an internet portal that uses artificial intelligence technologies.	HET, FIN
HB2246	RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Transfers the awarding and administration of certain cultural grants from the Hawaii tourism authority to the state foundation on culture and the arts.	TOU, CAI, FIN
HB2247	RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Extends the date after which primary caregivers will no longer be authorized to cultivate cannabis for a qualifying patient to 12/31/2026.	JHA/AGR, HLT, FIN
HB2248	RELATING TO BEACH MANAGEMENT ON THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU. Appropriates funds to the university of Hawaii sea grant college program to develop a north shore beach management plan for the north shore of Oahu from Sunset point to the Kapoʻo (Sharks Cove) area. Appropriates funds.	WAL/HET, FIN
HB2249	RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION. Clarifies that violation of part I of chapter 200, HRS, relating to ocean recreation and coastal areas, or any rules adopted thereunder shall be subject to criminal penalties.	WAL, JHA
HB2250	RELATING TO CRISIS INTERVENTION. Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate crisis intervention training for state and county law enforcement agencies and crisis intervention officers. Requires the Department of Health to certify crisis intervention officers. Defines "crisis intervention officer". Authorizes crisis intervention officers to order persons determined to be imminently dangerous to themselves or others to be transported to a designated behavioral health crisis center. Establishes positions. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	JHA, FIN
HB2251	RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION. Establishes a separate prohibition on driving motor vehicles having noisy mufflers on public highways in high-density areas. Authorizes police officers to conduct examinations and inspections of motor vehicle mufflers in high-density areas. Establishes separate fines for mopeds having noisy exhaust pipes or mufflers that are driven in high-density areas. Defines "high-density areas".	TRN, CPC
HB2252	RELATING TO CRIME. Establishes the offense of habitual violent misdemeanor crime.	JHA
HB2253	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires law enforcement officers to carry an opioid antagonist while on-duty. Authorizes law enforcement officers to administer an opioid antagonist. Establishes immunity for law enforcement officers who administer an opioid antagonist during an opioid-related drug overdose. Requires Department of Health to establish education and training for law enforcement personnel. Requires the Department of Health to require that all restaurants and hotel establishments maintain an inventory of naloxone.	HLT, JHA
HB2254	RELATING TO EMPLOYEES. Allows state departments to participate in temporary employee interchanges with private sector organizations, including nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Limits the term for a temporary employee interchange with a private sector organization to no more than four continuous months.	LGO, FIN
HB2255	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-ninth representative district.	FIN
HB2256	RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free breakfast and lunch to students enrolled in a public school who meet certain requirements. Appropriates funds.	EDN, FIN
HB2257	RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. Establishes the Public Education Scholarship Program within the University of Hawaii to provide students who are residents of the State with scholarships in return for a service commitment to teach in a public school classroom of the Department of Education or Hawaii public charter school, under certain conditions. Appropriates funds.	HET/EDN, FIN
HB2258	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Transfers the rights, powers, functions, duties, resources, and individual budget of the department of education relating to workers' compensation for its employees from the department of education to the department of human resources development.	LGO, FIN
HB2259	RELATING TO GAMING. Authorizes a 10-year license for one entity to operate online poker and sportsbook betting. Establishes the Hawaii gaming control commission. Imposes wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates the state gaming fund and compulsive gambler assistance program. Allocates 70% of profits received by the State to certain wildfire victims with the percentage decreasing 5% each year.	ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN
HB2260	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 and that is not in a hotel. Allows admission for individuals 21 years of age or older. Establishes the Hawaii gaming control commission. Imposes wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates the state gaming fund and compulsive gambler assistance program. Allocates to the State an amount equal to 70% of profits, with the percentage decreasing 5% each year. Authorizes the State to make grants from revenue received to a nonprofit entity for the benefit of wildfire victims.	ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN
HB2261	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Amends the definition of "historic property" used in historic preservation laws to remove the minimum age and require listing on the Hawaii or national register of historic places or built before August 21, 1959. Broadens exclusions from historic review for certain types of proposed projects on existing privately-owned single-family detached dwelling units or townhouses.	HSG/WAL, JHA
HB2262	RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Prohibits certain octopus aquaculture.	AGR, JHA
HB2263	RELATING TO THE EAST KAUAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM. Appropriates funds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation to establish positions to maintain and improve the East Kauai irrigation system and for maintenance of and improvements to the system.	WAL, FIN
HB2264	RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Establishes a three-year new wastewater system demonstration and implementation pilot program within the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College.	EEP/WAL, FIN
HB2265	RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Establishes and implements the Catastrophic Wildfire Securitization Act, to allow public utilities to securitize rates in order to raise capital that can be used to pay for costs and expenses arising out of catastrophic wildfires.	WAL/CPC, JHA, FIN
HB2266	RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Permanently reinstates the liability protections previously afforded to county lifeguards providing services at state beach parks or in the ocean.	JHA, FIN
HB2267	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Establishes the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program. Authorizes the state or counties to administer the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program. Requires fines collected beginning 1/1/2025 for violations on a county highway to be expended for the operation of the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program. Creates a new offense of noncompliance with the posted speed limit under the Automated Speed Enforcement System. Appropriates funds.	TRN, JHA, FIN
HB2268	RELATING TO WATER QUALITY. Clarifies the level of environmental restoration owners and operators of underground storage tanks or tank systems that had a confirmed release must satisfy by requiring the removal of all jet fuel, including fuel additives and all compounds resulting from the degradation of jet fuel or jet fuel additives or the reaction of jet fuel or jet fuel additives with water or other chemicals. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that the detection of these contaminants in the vicinity of an underground storage tank or a tank system after a confirmed release is a result of the confirmed release.	WAL/EEP, JHA
HB2269	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to conduct a study on the potential impacts of permitting the sale of aerial devices in the State.	JHA, FIN
HB2270	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Establishes a task force to develop and explore alternate routes into and out of the Waianae Coast, including through Kolekole pass and opening Waianae Coast emergency access road.	TRN, FIN
HB2271	RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Beginning 1/1/2025, 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
HB2272	RELATING TO A STATE LOTTERY. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of a state lottery.	ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN
HB2273	RELATING TO CRIME. Requires special sentencing of habitual violent felons. Requires the Department of Law enforcement, in collaboration with the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions, to work with Weed & Seed Hawaii, Inc., to expand Weed & Seed Hawaii, Inc.'s site programs statewide, beginning with the Waianae Coast of Oahu.	JHA, FIN
HB2274	RELATING TO FAMILY COURTS. Requires the family court circuit of where a person resides is living, or is found, or in which the offense is alleged to have occurred to take jurisdiction for offenses concerning any person who is alleged to have committed an act before achieving eighteen years of age that would constitute a violation or attempted violation of any federal, state, or local law or county ordinance.	JHA
HB2275	RELATING TO HOME HEALTH AGENCIES. Requires the Department of Health to establish and maintain a complaint registry that contains a record of all complaints filed against home health agencies licensed by the State and post the registry on the Office of Health Care Assurance's website.	HLT, FIN
HB2276	RELATING TO SMOKING. Establishes under the Department of Health a Smoking Sensor Rebate Program, which offers a rebate for installation of smoking sensors to detect smoking within smoking-prohibited areas.	HLT, FIN
HB2277	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
HB2278	RELATING TO LABELING OF MACADAMIA NUTS. Clarifies labeling requirements for macadamia nuts. Requires country of origin to be included on the principal display panel of a consumer package of raw or processed macadamia nuts.	AGR, CPC, JHA
HB2279	RELATING TO DAM AND RESERVOIR SAFETY. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to: (1) consider certain insurance coverage in conducting safety inspections relating to dam and reservoir safety; (2) to relax any restrictions and stringent standards on a dam or appurtenance upon verification of certain insurance coverage; and (3) assume that a dam, reservoir, or appurtenance is safe absent certain documents. Places the burden of proof on DLNR to find that a dam, reservoir, or appurtenance is high risk. Establishes additional requirements for DLNR and Board of Land and Natural Resources regarding the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program.	WAL, FIN
HB2280	RELATING TO STUDENT TRANSPORTATION. Requires Department of Education school bus contracts to include provisions that require contractors to prioritize the use of motor vehicles that do not require those drivers to hold a commercial driver's license.	TRN, JHA
HB2281	RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Allows the Public Utilities Commission to convene community outreach workshops to aid electric utilities in the development and implementation of best practices regarding wildfires. Requires electric utilities to design and operate in compliance with a risk-based wildfire protection plan approved by the Public Utilities Commission. Shields electric utilities from civil liability for acts taken in accordance with a risk-based wildfire protection plan and failing to act in accordance with an item in the draft plan but removed by the Public Utilities Commission. Shields the State, Public Utilities Commission, and its agents from liability for actions taken in the performance of their duties with respect to risk-based wildfire protection plans.	WAL/CPC, JHA, FIN
HB2282	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-fourth representative district.	FIN
HB2283	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS. Establishes heightened penalties for the assault and terroristic threatening of health care workers. Clarifies the definition of "terroristic threatening" to include the methods of contact.	JHA
HB2284	RELATING TO THE HAWAII ABLE SAVINGS PROGRAM. Repeals language that gives the Director of Finance discretion to use moneys in the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program Trust Fund if the Director elects to accept deposits from contributors instead of sending deposits directly to the ABLE program manager. Authorizes the Director of Finance to expend moneys in the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program Trust Fund to provide incentive payments to Hawaii public school ABLE account owners. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Budget and Finance to fund the incentive payments. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Health for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent position within the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to provide statewide outreach, advocacy, and relationship management for the Hawaii ABLE savings program.	HUS, FIN
HB2285	RELATING TO PROVIDER ORDERS FOR LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT FORM. Amends the definition of "patient's provider" in state law governing Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment by removing language that requires the provider to examine the patient.	HLT, CPC/JHA
HB2286	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS. Requires fees for attorneys retained by a condominium association to be paid from the association's funds or reserves, except in matters involving the collection of delinquent assessments. Prohibits associations from assessing, demanding, or seeking reimbursement from unit owners for legal fees that are in excess of twenty-five per cent of the original debt. Requires attorneys retained by an association to confine their communications to the board, except when requesting essential information from unit owners, and refrain from billing unit owners directly. Requires attorneys retained by an association for debt collection purposes to abide by the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Requires certain information to be included in each billing statement sent by the attorneys retained by an association. Clarifies that costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of an association for foreclosing on a lien must be promptly paid on demand, as long as thirty days have elapsed since a notice of default and intention to foreclose has been served on a unit owner.	CPC, FIN
HB2287	RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds for prefabricated, modular, or kauhale-type housing for individuals impacted by the Lahaina wildfire.	WAL/HSG, FIN
HB2288	RELATING TO AGRIVOLTAICS. Requires the Department of Agriculture to develop tax incentives, rebates, grants, and loan programs to incentivize and provide financing for agrivoltaic farms and solar energy systems on certain agricultural land. Requires a report to the legislature.	AGR/EEP, FIN
HB2289	RELATING TO ELECTION INTEGRITY. Imposes new security requirements for voting systems. Deems as election fraud certain acts relating to the provision of valuable consideration, including gifts and loans, for the purpose of bribery; election tampering; and security breaches. Appropriates moneys for video security surveillance recording equipment for the state's voting system. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025.	JHA, FIN
HB2290	RELATING TO LANDSCAPING. Prohibits planned community associations from planting yellow oleander or causing or allowing yellow oleander to be planted on their real property. Effective 7/1/2025.	CPC
HB2291	RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL. Establishes the Hawaii sustainable aviation fuel program within the State Energy Office to work with the Department of Transportation and fuel suppliers in order to establish a sustainable fuel portfolio standard for the use of sustainable aviation fuels.	EEP, TRN, FIN
HB2292	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for the establishment and hiring of an unspecified number of project management III positions to aid in the development of affordable housing options in the State.	HSG, FIN
HB2293	RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES. Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to recognize the University of Hawaii Cancer Center.	CAI, FIN
HB2294	RELATING TO THE OAHU REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Requires the transfer of the Maui State Veterans Home to the Oahu Regional Health Care System and then to the Department of Health, as part of the Oahu Regional Health Care System transfer pursuant to Act 212, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2295	RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE. Specifies that the counties may issue traffic infractions for violations of any law prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on all highways and county property. Authorizes stopping, standing, and parking restrictions and prohibitions on property under jurisdiction of the Director of Transportation and the counties, respectively.	JHA, FIN
HB2296	RELATING TO RENEWABLE FUEL. Establishes a tax credit for the import of renewable fuel. Updates the renewable fuels production tax credit.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2297	RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. Requires the Hawaii state energy office to adopt rules governing a clean fuel standard for gasoline and diesel in the State.	EEP, CPC
HB2298	RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Establishes a timeline by which roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages that use a geographic origin in labeling or advertising are required to contain a certain per cent coffee by weight from that geographic origin.	AGR, CPC
HB2299	RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Requires the Department of Agriculture to use consistent units of measurement in its summary to the public on the amounts of restricted use pesticides used. Effective 1/1/2025, prohibits restricted use pesticides from being applied within one-half mile of schools during normal school hours and of state or county public parks.	AGR, CPC
HB2300	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. Establishes a Search and Rescue Division within the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct search or rescue operations. Appropriates funds.	JHA, FIN
HB2301	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Increases the Rental Motor Vehicle Surcharge from $2 to $7. Includes the operation and maintenance costs of the Lahaina Bypass North as a permissible use of the State Highway Fund.	TRN, FIN
HB2302	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-eighth representative district.	FIN
HB2303	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Prohibits health maintenance organizations from discriminating against certain health care providers that meet the terms and conditions for participation established by the health maintenance organization.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2304	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the development and construction of permanent supportive housing for certain vulnerable individuals. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to consider any available federal low-income housing tax credits needed for construction of permanent supportive housing units.	HSG, FIN
HB2305	RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION. Beginning 1/1/2028, prohibits the operation of leaf blowers or string trimmers that are powered using two-stroke engines. Establishes penalties to be enforced by the Department of Health.	JHA
HB2306	RELATING TO LEAF BLOWERS. Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or operation of gasoline-powered leaf blowers. Increases the amounts of fines for offenses against leaf blower restrictions and provides for the forfeiture of gasoline-powered leaf blowers on a third violation. Removes the exemption on leaf blower restrictions for government agencies.	JHA
HB2307	RELATING TO PASS-THROUGH ENTITY TAXATION. For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023, adds a definition for "qualified member" and repeals the definitions for "direct member" and "indirect member" as used in the State's pass-through entity taxation election law. For pass-through entities electing to pay Hawaii income taxes at the entity level, allows certain qualified members entitled to a tax credit to use the credit against the member's net income tax liability in subsequent years until exhausted.	FIN
HB2308	RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYMENT. Prohibits the State or any of its branches, political subdivisions, or agencies from requiring a bachelor's degree as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment. Establishes exemptions.	LGO, FIN
HB2309	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes a Homeless Triage Center Program within the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions in the Department of Human Services. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB2310	RELATING TO COUNTY ORDINANCES. Authorizes counties, after adoption of an ordinance, to sell private property after all notices, orders, and appeal proceedings are exhausted and to use those revenues to pay unpaid civil fines related to that property.	WAL, JHA
HB2311	RELATING TO CRIME. Clarifies that the secured areas appurtenant to a multi-unit dwelling are included as dwellings for the purposes of prosecuting offenses under chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Allows the owner of a multi-unit building or the condominium association to act as a complainant for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting a burglary in the first degree in a multi-unit building.	JHA
HB2312	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires employees, applicants, and contracted vendors of condominium associations in employment positions that grant access to security cameras and footage to undergo a background check and be licensed consistent with the requirements in chapter 463, HRS.	CPC, JHA
HB2313	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Repeals the cutoff date of Act 187, SLH 2013, as amended by Act 196, SLH 2018, that allowed the use of funds in the Condominium Education Trust Fund initially dedicated to support voluntary binding arbitration to be used for other educational purposes.	CPC, FIN
HB2314	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Prohibits a condominium unit owner, resident, tenant, or their guests, or any person acting on behalf of the unit owner, from harassing or interfering with board members, managing agents, resident managers, association employees, or vendors contracted by the association, in the performance of any duty or in the exercise of any right or power granted under chapter 514B, HRS, or the governing documents of the association.	CPC, JHA
HB2315	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Specifies the procedure for condominium association meetings conducted in person and electronically. Clarifies the procedure for electronic, machine, or mail voting.	CPC/JHA
HB2316	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Clarifies that, in condominium elections, cumulative voting rights apply to all candidates regardless of whether they are nominated. Clarifies that individual votes are used in cumulative voting.	CPC/JHA
HB2317	RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Clarifies that the deadline for proxy votes to be delivered to the Secretary for association meetings is 4:30 p.m. Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time. Clarifies that any owner seeking nomination to the Association Board and wanting to receive proxy votes can submit a statement of qualifications that shall not exceed one single-sided eight and one-half inches by eleven inches page. Provides flexibility for an owner seeking nomination to the Association Board to provide an Internet Statement of Qualification.	CPC/JHA
HB2318	RELATING TO THE HAWAII NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS ACT. Makes the quorum and voting requirements of the Hawaii Nonprofit Corporation Act inapplicable to planned community associations and condominiums.	CPC/JHA
HB2319	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES. Authorizes the Department of Accounting and General Services to directly hire persons exempt from civil service and collective bargaining requirements. Exempts DAGS employees from civil service.	LGO, FIN
HB2320	RELATING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC SERVANTS. Exempts certain personal information of public servants from government records that are subject to disclosure under the State's Uniform Information Practices Act. Establishes within the State's Address Confidentiality Program protection for public servants that prohibits upon written request from the public servant or representative any person or organization from disclosing certain personal information. Establishes the offense of unlawful publication of personal information that prohibits any person or organization from knowingly disclosing protected personal information of public officials with the intent to cause reputational harm, emotional injury, or bodily injury. Takes effect 9/1/2024.	JHA/CPC
HB2321	RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCING FOR CANDIDATES TO ELECTED OFFICE. Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in the State of Hawaii, to begin with the 2028 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit a progress and final report to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation.	JHA, FIN
HB2322	RELATING TO VEHICLE TITLES. Allows a letter of attestation to the Director of Finance to act as an endorsed certificate for motor vehicle transfer.	JHA
HB2323	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires the Department of Education to create and distribute to the parents and guardians of students a firearms access prevention and secure storage model notice.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB2324	RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds for prefabricated, modular, or kauhale-type housing for homeless individuals and low-income households.	HSG/HLT, FIN
HB2325	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Appropriates funds for the continued implementation of the return-to-home pilot program, established pursuant to Act 94, Session Laws of Hawaii 2023, to provide eligible homeless individuals with assistance in reuniting with family and relatives in their home state.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB2326	RELATING TO OHANA ZONES. Appropriates funds to the governor for the ohana zones pilot program.	HSG/HLT, FIN
HB2327	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to partner with the property owner of 1021 Smith Street in Honolulu, Oahu, to create 60 units of affordable rental housing at that site. Requires units to be affordable to households having an income that does not exceed an unspecified percentage of the area median income, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, for at least 60 years. Exempts contracts from low-bid requirements. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	HSG, JHA, FIN
HB2328	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Appropriates moneys to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to acquire and renovate parcels and buildings located between Bethel Street, Pauahi Street, Fort Street, and Chaplain Lane for affordable housing purposes. Requires units to be affordable to households having an income that does not exceed an unspecified percentage of the area median income, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, in perpetuity. Exempts contracts from low-bid requirements. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	HSG, JHA, FIN
HB2329	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.	AGR, FIN
HB2330	RELATING TO AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS. No later than January 1, 2025, requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to install and maintain automated external defibrillators in all state buildings. Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to provide trainings on the use of automated external defibrillators for certain state employees and security staff.	LGO, FIN
HB2331	RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE. Establishes a dam and reservoir working group to ensure and enhance the continued availability and operation of dams and reservoirs in the State and consider their role in drought mitigation and the maintenance of a dependable water supply. Appropriates funds.	WAL, FIN
HB2332	RELATING TO MAUNA KEA. Requires rent on Mauna Kea to be commensurate with rents charged for similar astronomical observatories globally. Provides that in leases negotiated by the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority reserved viewing or observing time shall not be accepted in lieu of rent.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2333	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, FIN
HB2334	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE EIGHTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the Eighteenth Representative District. Appropriates funds exceeding the expenditure ceiling.	FIN
HB2335	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS. Reduces and sets fixed interest rates for loans under the Agricultural Loan Program.	AGR, FIN
HB2336	RELATING TO HEMP. Repeals the requirement for additional rules by the Department of Agriculture to address nuisance issues, including smell, noise, and excessive lighting arising out of the activities of hemp growers. Clarifies that the Department of Agriculture will not require testing or sampling of hemp that duplicates testing and sampling required by the United States Department of Agriculture, but retain the authority to enforce other applicable state laws, such as Hawaii Pesticides Law.	AGR, JHA
HB2337	RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Replaces representatives from the sugar and pineapple industries with representatives of the coffee and diversified agriculture industries.	AGR, CPC
HB2338	RELATING TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO INCREASE FOOD PRODUCTION AND FOOD SECURITY. Requires the Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Office of the Governor, to update and supplement the 2020 strategic plan to increase Hawaii's food production and food security. Requires the Department of Agriculture to submit a report to the Legislature 20 days prior to 2025 regular session. Appropriates funds.	AGR, FIN
HB2339	RELATING TO 911 SERVICES. Deletes the term "enhanced" in reference to 911 services to allow funding of all 911 technologies. Allows the 911 Board to employ staff, in addition to the executive director, exempt from chapters 76 and 89, HRS.	JHA
HB2340	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
HB2341	RELATING TO FUNDING FOR THE TOBACCO ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL FUND. Amends the amount of funding for the Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund administered by the Department of the Attorney General by amending the amount of funds that the Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund can carry over at the end of the fiscal year; increasing the cigarette tax stamp fee and concurrently increasing the percentage of the cigarette tax stamp fee deposited to the Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund; and amending the amount of funds to be deposited to the credit of the Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund from tobacco settlement moneys. Effective 7/1/2024.	FIN
HB2342	RELATING TO WEAPONS. Prohibits carrying or using a firearm in the commission of a separate misdemeanor offense. Amends and clarifies prohibitions regarding deadly or dangerous weapons, regarding switchblade knives, and regarding butterfly knives.	JHA
HB2343	RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS OF WAGE PAYMENT. Broadens enforcement of orders of wage payment violations to allow for certified copies of orders of wage payment violation to be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction.	LGO, JHA
HB2344	RELATING TO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. Amends the criminal offense statute for tampering with physical evidence to adopt the wording of the Model Penal Code for the same offense. The class of offense is unchanged.	JHA
HB2345	RELATING TO PENAL LIABILITY. Explicitly categorizes defenses based on intoxication that is pathological or not self-induced as affirmative defenses.	JHA
HB2346	RELATING TO MANSLAUGHTER. Amends the offense of manslaughter to include cases where a person knowingly and unlawfully distributes a dangerous drug in any amount and thereby recklessly causes the death of another person who ingested that drug.	JHA
HB2347	RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS. Clarifies the definition of "profits from prostitution" to include money or property received regardless of expenditures or if it was a reimbursement or repayment of a debt. Amends the sex trafficking and promoting prostitution criminal offense statutes by inserting relevant definitions in those statutes and repealing a statute that is no longer needed.	JHA
HB2348	RELATING TO PROMOTING PORNOGRAPHY FOR MINORS. Allows the prosecution of persons who provide pornographic materials to undercover law enforcement officers who represent themselves as minors for purposes of undercover operations.	JHA
HB2349	RELATING TO ABOLITION OF JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY FOR GOVERNMENT ENTITIES IN HIGHWAY-RELATED CIVIL ACTIONS. Amends section 663-10.5, HRS, to abolish joint and several liability for government entities in claims and cases relating to the maintenance and design of highways under chapter 663, HRS, so that government entities are only liable in certain cases for the percentage share of the damages they actually caused.	JHA, FIN
HB2350	RELATING TO ARREST BY FEDERAL OFFICERS. Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to effect arrests under the Hawaii Penal Code in limited circumstances.	JHA
HB2351	RELATING TO FIREARMS REPORTING. Amends annual reporting requirement for the Department of the Attorney General concerning firearms concealed carry licenses.	JHA
HB2352	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Clarifies membership and certain powers and duties of the Law Enforcement Standards Board and establishes new deadlines for the completion of board responsibilities.	JHA
HB2353	RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA SHARING GROUPS. Amends the Criminal Justice Data Sharing Working Group to combine its members and functions with certain members and functions of the Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission to increase efficiency and effectiveness and eliminate redundancy. Repeals chapter 134C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which established the Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission.	JHA
HB2354	RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY REVIEW BOARD. Clarifies that the Small Business Regulatory Review Board has the authority to review legislation affecting small businesses in response to a request from small business owners.	ECD, JHA
HB2355	RELATING TO TAX CREDIT FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. Extends the sunset date for the research activites income tax credit. Consolidates the survey and certification requirements. Requires the certification based on the date a complete application is received subject to certain conditions. Clarifies qualified research expenses. Adds a cap for an eligible taxpayer and the taxpayer's related entities.	HET, FIN
HB2356	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 of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. 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
HB2357	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Repeals the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's Homebuyers' Club Program.	HSG, FIN
HB2358	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Codifies the exemption from environmental impact statements for affordable housing projects that meet certain criteria.	HSG/EEP, FIN
HB2359	RELATING TO THE HAWAII BROADBAND AND DIGITAL EQUITY OFFICE. Establishes the Digital Equity Grant Program to award grants to applicants to deploy digital equity projects to covered populations in the State.	HET, CPC, FIN
HB2360	RELATING TO THE FILM INDUSTRY. Establishes a Hawaiʻi Film Advisory Council within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Provides exemption for certified development of film studio facilities from taxes imposed under chapter 237, HRS. Amends the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit allowed under section 235-17, HRS, to (1) clarify and amend the requirement for an independent third-party certification, (2) increase the annual credit cap to $60,000,000 from $50,000,000, (3) extend the sunset date to January 1, 2039, and (4) expand the definition of "qualified production" to include streaming platforms. Establishes, exempt from chapter 76, and appropriates funds for the film industry liaison position.	ECD, FIN
HB2361	RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Authorizes the Hawaii Community Development Authority to render services to and assist state and county agencies upon request.	WAL/JHA, FIN
HB2362	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.	FIN
HB2363	RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT BONDS. Conforms county debt limit statements law to exclude tax increment bonds from the debt limit of the counties if a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of tax increment bonds and excluding tax increment bonds from determinations of the counties' funded debt is ratified.	FIN
HB2364	RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX. Increases the conveyance tax rate for certain properties. Exempts conveyances of certain real property from the conveyance tax. Eliminates the cap on the amount of conveyance tax collections allocated to the land conservation fund and rental housing revolving fund. Allocates ten percent of conveyance tax collections to the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund for the purpose of funding infrastructure programs in transit-oriented development areas.	HSG/WAL, FIN
HB2365	RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING. Amends the membership of the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development to replace the Director of Law Enforcement with the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation.	JHA
HB2366	RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS SEQUESTRATION TASK FORCE. Repeals the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force.	EEP, FIN
HB2367	RELATING TO ENERGY. Clarifies that the party responsible for Renewable Portfolio Standards support and reporting on certain energy matters shall be the Chief Energy Officer, following Act 122, SLH 2019.	EEP, FIN
HB2368	RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Allows the department of planning for each county to approve a variance for the installation of solar water heater systems. Authorizes the department of planning for each county to impose and collect fees for the administration of the solar water heater system variances.	EEP, FIN
HB2369	RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Amends section 210D-10, HRS, to increase the maximum interest rate on Community-Based Economic Development loans to ten percent.	ECD, FIN
HB2370	RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY. Clarifies requirements to establish a quorum to do business and validate acts of the Stadium Authority.	JHA
HB2371	RELATING TO A CLIMATE ADAPTION AND RESILIENCE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to develop and publish a statewide climate adaptation and resilience implementation plan.	WAL/EEP, FIN
HB2372	RELATING TO THE SOLAR ENERGY STORAGE LOAN PROGRAM. Clarifies part III of Act 164, Session Laws of Hawaii 2023, as it pertains to the appropriation for the Solar Energy Storage Loan Program.	FIN
HB2373	MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Units (1) and (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
HB2374	MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Units (2), (3), (4), (9), (13), and (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
HB2375	RELATING TO FUNDS. Reinstates the 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' Firefighter's Contingency Fund.	WAL, FIN
HB2376	RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS. Appropriates special funds to Department of Transportation programs to pay for anticipated operating shortfalls due to the limited ability to transfer funds between programs.	FIN
HB2377	RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS. Appropriates general funds to various programs for anticipated operating shortfalls due to the limited ability for departments to transfer funds between programs.	FIN
HB2378	RELATING TO THE HURRICANE RESERVE TRUST FUND. Moves the Hurricane Reserve Trust Fund into the State Treasury and makes other housekeeping amendments relating to the Fund.	WAL, CPC, FIN
HB2379	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR WILDFIRE RECOVERY. Appropriates funds to support the State's continued response to the August 2023 wildfires that affected the counties of Hawaii and Maui.	FIN
HB2380	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide special funds for disbursements of moneys in the Mass Transit Special Fund.	TRN, FIN
HB2381	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDING PERIOD. Lowering the Employees' Retirement System's funding period to amortize the System's total unfunded accrued liability.	LGO, FIN
HB2382	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Clarifies the Employees' Retirement System's eligibility requirement definitions for service-connected disability and accidental death benefits.	LGO, FIN
HB2383	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Temporarily lifts various restrictions on the use of funds for Hawaii wildfire response and extends the lapse date of certain funds set aside for this purpose.	FIN
HB2384	RELATING TO 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. Extends the lapse date of the funds.	EDN, FIN
HB2385	RELATING TO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PERSONNEL. Amends section 76-16(b), Hawaii Revised Statues, to exempt the Deputy Executive Director, Chief Compliance Officer, and branch managers of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii from civil service.	LGO, FIN
HB2386	RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE LOAN RECOVERY FUND. Clarifies the eligibility to recover from the Mortgage Loan Recovery Fund to include consumers aggrieved by the conduct of a mortgage loan originator licensee. Allows for the annual use of $50,000 of the fund for training the Division of Financial Institutions and its attorneys relating to the residential mortgage industry, providing training to licensees, developing educational materials for licensees in the area relating to licensure under this chapter, and educating the public in the area relating to residential mortgage loans. Increases the restitution available to consumers from the Mortgage Loan Recovery Fund to the amount of $150,000, bringing consistency to sections 454F-41 and 454F-42, HRS.	CPC, FIN
HB2387	RELATING TO INSTALLMENT LOANS. Focuses the law on its intended scope, installment lenders, and clarifies that the law is not intended to eliminate the ability of lenders to make low interest rate loans under the interest and usury law. Removes the term "consumer loan" to consistently use the defined term "installment loan" in the statute.	CPC, FIN
HB2388	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 multistate system; using nationwide standards, provides clarity and consistency of the tangible net worth provision; ensures that licensees have sufficient financial resources to conduct their business in a safe and sound manner; ensures efficiency throughout the licensing process; and protects the interests of money transmission companies, their customers, and the public.	CPC, FIN
HB2389	RELATING TO ENERGY-EFFICIENCY PORTFOLIO STANDARDS. Extends the State's energy efficiency portfolio standards from 2030 to 2045. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish interim goals, and clarifies procedures.	EEP, CPC
HB2390	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Amends section 269-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that the Public Utilities Commission shall consider the effect of the State's reliance on fossil fuels on generation-based greenhouse gas emissions and may require a greenhouse gas emissions analysis for energy projects that do not result in generation-based greenhouse gas emissions.	EEP, CPC
HB2391	RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PRINT DISABILITIES. Clarifies that the Public Utilities Commission under the Universal Service Program may provide, and may use funds from the Universal Service Fund to provide, free telecommunications access to certain individuals with a print disability.	CPC, FIN
HB2392	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Amends various provisions of title 24, HRS, to update and improve existing provisions. 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. Amends the definitions of "controlled unaffiliated business" and "participant" as applied to captive insurance companies. Provides for exemption from premium taxes for a captive insurer in its first year after formation.	CPC, FIN
HB2393	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.	CPC, FIN
HB2394	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Amends various sections of chapter 431, article 11, Hawaii Revised Statutes to adopt revisions to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Model #440, Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act.	CPC, FIN
HB2395	RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD. Exempts Hawaii National Guard service members activated by the Governor or the Governor's designated representative to state active duty from enrollment in the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii.	LGO/CMV, FIN
HB2396	RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD. Authorizes the payment of allowances for TRICARE Reserve Select coverages to junior officers, warrant officers, or enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard ordered to active duty for more than 30 days in service to the State.	LGO/CMV, FIN
HB2397	RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROCUREMENT. Exempts career and technical education goods and services purchases by the Department of Education from the State Procurement Code. Repeals on 7/1/2027.	LGO/EDN, FIN
HB2398	RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Expands access to early learning programs on other state properties and public lands besides Department of Education public school campuses.	EDN, FIN
HB2399	RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. Permanently exempts an additional administrative assistant position in the Hawaii State Public Library System from civil service.	FIN
HB2400	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires that licensed teachers have their license revoked by the Hawaii Teachers Standards Board if the teacher is resigning or retiring during the pendency of any investigation into allegations of sexual assault, sexual harassment, or other physical abuse of a student.	LGO/EDN, JHA
HB2401	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Allows newly graduated high school students to be eligible for workers' compensation coverage during the summer following their high school graduation while participating in Department of Education sponsored work-based learning programs.	LGO/EDN, FIN
HB2402	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR FOOD SERVICES. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide moneys for the Department of Education for its food service operations.	EDN, FIN
HB2403	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide moneys for the Department of Education for charter schools.	EDN, FIN
HB2404	RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Provides for re-computation of the amounts for standard deduction, itemized deduction, income tax brackets, and personal exemption each tax year, taking into account the cost-of-living adjustment factor. Adds a one-time adjustment to tax brackets. Increases the applicable percentage of the employment-related expenses for which the child and dependent care income tax credit may be claimed; provides for re-computation of the applicable percentage taking into account the cost-of living adjustment factor; and provides for a disallowance period when there is a final administrative or judicial decision finding that the claim was due to fraud or disallowing the credit. Amends state conformity with certain federal deductions.	FIN
HB2405	RELATING TO PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS. Establishes a working group to create a statewide framework for peer support specialists. Appropriates funds for hiring an administrative facilitator to provide necessary support for the peer support specialist working group in carrying out its duties and compensation for peer support specialists on the working group for time spent on working group meetings and related work and travel expenses.	HUS, FIN
HB2406	RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Establishes the Climate Health and Environmental Action Special Fund in the Department of Land and Natural Resources to minimize the impacts of, and respond to, climate crises funded by a $25 tax on transient accommodations. Exempts certain housing used for emergencies during a state disaster from the Transient Accommodations Tax.	EEP, FIN
HB2407	RELATING TO WILDFIRE RISK MITIGATION. Creates a process for electric utilities to develop and submit wildfire protection plans to the Public Utilities Commission for approval and allow the recovery of related costs and expenses through securitization, while avoiding a disproportionate impact on a specific ratepayer or county.	WAL/EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2408	RELATING TO CLIMATE. Establishes the senior advisor on climate position within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development. Makes the senior advisor on climate a member of the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission. Appropriates funds.	EEP, FIN
HB2409	RELATING TO A STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. Reestablishes the State Fire Marshal's Office within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Appropriates funds.	WAL/LGO, FIN
HB2410	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEESꞌ RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Reduces the minimum number of years of credited service qualified Tier 2 Employees' Retirement System members must have to be eligible for vested benefit status for service retirement allowance purposes from ten years to five years. Appropriates funds for investments of the ERS.	LGO, FIN
HB2411	RELATING TO HEALTH. Renames the Hawaii Health Corps Program to the Hawaii Rural Healthcare Provider Loan Program.	CPC
HB2412	RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. Authorizes the Department of Health to redirect persons experiencing a mental health crisis who are involved with, or at risk for involvement with, the criminal justice system to the appropriate health care system and services, including behavioral health crisis centers. Appropriates funds.	HLT, JHA, FIN
HB2413	RELATING TO HOUSING. Extends the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation approval and certification period in which construction or rehabilitation of certain projects under section 201H-36(a)(5), HRS, can qualify for general excise tax (GET) exemption and repeals the limitation of the costs to contracting, including repealing the $30,000,000 annual cap on allowable GET and use tax costs applicable to contracting under section 201H-36(a)(5), HRS. Repeals the provision prohibiting qualified persons or firms from receiving direct or indirect financing for construction projects from any governmental contracting agency, including HHFDC, as a condition of the section 201H-36(a)(5), HRS, prevailing wage terms.	HSG, FIN
HB2414	RELATING TO ENERGY. Requires attestation or declaration regarding project labor standards for large-scale renewable energy projects, including state-approved apprenticeship programs and prevailing wage requirements.	EEP/LGO, CPC
HB2415	RELATING TO THE NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT. Allows the Governor to enter the State into 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, effective 1/1/2026. Beginning 1/1/2026, allows the State Board of Nursing to charge different fees for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who hold a multi-state license issued by the State.	LGO/HLT, CPC
HB2416	RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the Director of Taxation to develop and administer a one-time tax amnesty program that would waive criminal prosecution, fines, penalties, and interest related to general excise tax and transient accommodations tax for qualified owners who convert an eligible property to a long-term rental through a two-year written resident lease agreement, subject to certain conditions. Provides a conveyance tax exemption for certain real property furnished as a transient accommodation during the period from January 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024. Provides an income tax exemption for capital gains from the sale of certain short-term rental properties furnished as transient accommodation and closing after June 30, 2024, and before January 1, 2026, subject to certain conditions.	HSG/TOU, FIN
HB2417	RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chairperson's designee to the Commission on Water Resource Management. Increases number of commission members from seven to eight, with only five of eight required to have substantial experience in water resource management.	WAL/HSG, JHA, FIN
HB2418	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
HB2419	RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. Repeals the July 1, 2024, sunset date of section 1 of Act 197, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to make permanent the exemption of housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from school impact fees.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB2420	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Gives practical effect to the intent of the Legislature that funds appropriated in Act 279, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, be available for expenditure until June 30, 2025.	JHA, FIN
HB2421	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chairperson's designee to the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation as an ex officio nonvoting member.	HSG, JHA, FIN
HB2422	RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chairperson's designee as a nonvoting member to the Hawaii Community Development Authority.	WAL/HSG, JHA, FIN
HB2423	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Increases the loan limit for direct loans provided by DHHL to seventy-five percent of the maximum single residence loan amount allowed in Hawaii by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration, instead of fifty percent, as currently outlined in section 215 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended.	HSG, JHA, FIN
HB2424	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Increases the allowable loan term for direct loans provided by DHHL to be forty years, instead of thirty years, as currently outlined in section 215 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended.	HSG, FIN
HB2425	RELATING TO THE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CENTRAL REGISTRY. Clarifies that a confirmed report of harm or threatened harm, as defined in chapter 587A, or child abuse and neglect, as defined in chapter 350, will result in the perpetrator's name being maintained in the central registry. Clarifies when a confirmed report may be expunged from the central registry, and establishes a process for expungement upon request.	JHA, FIN
HB2426	RELATING TO RELATIVE RESOURCE CAREGIVERS. Clarifies when a relative seeking to be a resource caregiver for a child is entitled to an administrative appeal for denial of a foster home license.	HUS, JHA
HB2427	RELATING TO THE PRESCHOOL OPEN DOORS PROGRAM. Establishes that the priority of selection for program participation shall be applicable through the priority application period that occurs prior to the start of each program year. Applications received after the start of the program year through January 31 will be processed continuously through the program year on a first-come, first-served basis. Effective upon approval.	HUS, FIN
HB2428	RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT. Adds a definition for "exigent circumstances;" amends the definitions of "harm" and "imminent harm;" clarifies when the police may take protective custody of a child; clarifies when the department may assume temporary foster custody of a child; creates a judicial process for orders for protective custody.	HUS, JHA
HB2429	RELATING TO EMERGENCY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Authorizes the Department of Human Services to provide temporary emergency assistance, case management, and other recovery services following the period covered by an emergency proclamation and establishes an emergency management program within the Director's office.	WAL/HUS, JHA
HB2430	RELATING TO SUMMER ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM. Establishes the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Program. Makes appropriations.	HUS, FIN
HB2431	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Establishes, exempt from chapter 76, the position of a Housing Policy and Program Coordinator in the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA), whose salary shall be set by the Executive Director of the HPHA. Clarifies that the employment of certain positions and the adjustment of salaries are authorized by the Executive Director and not the Board of Directors. Deletes the wage ceiling requirement for positions in the HPHA.	HSG, FIN
HB2432	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Makes housekeeping amendments to sections 356D-8, 356D-10, 356D-21, 356D-22, 356D-23, and 356D-24, HRS, to incorporate the definition of "housing project" in section 356D-11, HRS, to align with previous amendments to chapter 356D, HRS, under Act 251, SLH 2022.	HSG, FIN
HB2433	RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH STANDING ORDERS. Authorizes the Director of Health to issue public health standing orders for patients to self-refer to certain healthcare screening services.	HLT, JHA
HB2434	RELATING TO ACCESS TO VITAL RECORDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to access vital records for purposes of verifying Native Hawaiian ancestry for beneficiary programs. Requires the Department of Health and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement to assure appropriate access and handling of confidential records and sealed records that have been unsealed pursuant to court order.	HLT, JHA
HB2435	RELATING TO LICENSING. Authorizes the Director of Health to permit online access to apply for marriage and civil union licenses in lieu of in-person applications, as specified in rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	JHA
HB2436	RELATING TO MEDICAL CARE FOR MINORS. Authorizes minors who are 14 years or older to consent to medical care for sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, and family planning services, including the prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Requires confidentiality policies and practices for insurers and providers.	HLT, CPC, JHA
HB2437	RELATING TO EMERGENCY AEROMEDICAL SERVICES. Establishes an Emergency Aeromedical Services Partnership Program to be administered by the Department of Health in counties with a population less than 500,000. Requires cost-sharing for program operations and maintenance and revenue sharing between the State and the County of Hawaii, the County of Kauai, and the County of Maui. Authorizes deposits into the Emergency Medical Services Special Fund. Requires rulemaking.	HLT/TRN, FIN
HB2438	RELATING TO NUISANCE PREVENTION. Clarifies that the Department of Health has the legal authority and obligation to prevent nuisances that affect environmental health and public health.	HLT, JHA
HB2439	RELATING TO ACT 212, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2021. Repeals the requirement to transfer the Oahu Regional Health Care System from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2440	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the Hui Ho‘omana task force within the State Health Planning and Development Agency to develop a comprehensive plan to provide universal access to equitable and affordable high-quality healthcare for state residents, including defining action plan items, setting timeline and deadline for each action item, and identifying resources required and funding options.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2441	RELATING TO HEALTH. Bans the sale of all flavored tobacco products and mislabeled e-liquid products. Establishes positions and appropriates funds to enforce the ban. Repeals section 328J-11.5, HRS.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2442	RELATING TO HEALTH. Repeals section 328J-11.5, HRS.	CPC, JHA, FIN
HB2443	RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Repeals the sunset date of the authorization for primary caregivers to cultivate medical cannabis for qualifying patients and clarifites that primary caregivers may continue to cultivate medical cannabis for qualifying patients subject to certain restrictions.	JHA/AGR, HLT, FIN
HB2444	RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. Authorizes the Department of Health to conduct fingerprinting and criminal history record checks of applicants who apply for a permit to operate as a hemp processor.	JHA/AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2445	RELATING TO THE TESTING OF CANNABIS AND MANUFACTURED CANNABIS PRODUCTS. Requires the Department of Health to implement a post-market testing program to verify the labeling on cannabis and manufactured cannabis products and monitor the shelf lives of cannabis and manufactured cannabis products.	JHA/AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2446	RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Authorizes the Examiner of Drivers to suspend the driver's license of a person using a parking permit issued to a deceased person who was deceased when the permit was issued to obtain parking privileges; provides that fifty per cent of any fine imposed for violating part III of chapter 291, HRS, is remitted to the law enforemcent agency that issued the citation. Authorizes each county to enact ordinances to enforce the design and construction requirements for the provision of accessible parking spaces, including the establishment of penalties for failure to comply with the ordinances. Authorizes officials appointed by a county to enter the property of places of public accommodation to enforce violations of the county ordinances.	TRN, FIN
HB2447	RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Establishes a travel placard to be issued to an existing permittee, allowing the person to park a vehicle at a Hawaii airport or port reserved accessible parking space and take the second placard for use at the travel destination.	JHA
HB2448	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. Amends the statutes pertaining to mental health services for children and adolescents provided by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division of the Department of Health to reflect the current mental health systems of care that address intensive mental health needs of children and adolescents.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB2449	RELATING TO MANUFACTURED HEMP PRODUCTS. Clarifies that the definition of "manufactured hemp products" in section 328G-1, HRS, includes hemp products specified in rules adopted by the Department of Health pursuant to section 328G-4.	AGR, CPC
HB2450	RELATING TO CRISIS SERVICES. Establishes a crisis intervention and diversion services program within the Department of Health to expand existing services to divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care services. Defines "mental health emergency worker". Appropriates funds for the crisis intervention and diversion program. Effective 7/1/2024.	HLT/HUS, JHA, FIN
HB2451	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Authorizes examination of defendants via telehealth. Amends conditions for a defendant's release or examination of fitness to proceed. Authorizes the Department of Health to implement behavioral health crisis centers. Effective 7/1/2024.	HLT, JHA, FIN
HB2452	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Requires the Department of Health to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Requires the Department of Health to respond to reports about persons having severe mental illness who are in need of assistance, assess whether those persons may fulfill the criteria for assisted community treatment, and coordinate the process for an assisted community treatment order if indicated. Establishes that a court's denial of a petition for involuntary commitment shall serve as notification to the Department of Health that the person should be evaluated for assisted community treatment. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for software and data collection and publication. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for statewide education and training on policies related to emergency examination and hospitalization and assisted community treatment. Effective 7/1/2024.	HLT/JHA, FIN
HB2453	RELATING TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. Authorizes the department of health to transfer federal capitalization grant funds between the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Fund, in accordance with title 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 35.3530(c).	WAL/EEP, FIN
HB2454	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Makes an emergency appropriation for asbestos remediation to temporarily relocate Department of Health offices and begin preliminary planning for the redevelopment of the Kinau Hale site.	FIN
HB2455	RELATING TO PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTS. Effective January 1, 2024, transfers the responsibility and management of certain private security contracts 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, FIN
HB2456	RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT. Updates chapter 329, HRS, to make it consistent with amendments in the Federal Controlled Substances Act as required under section 329-11, HRS.	HLT, JHA
HB2457	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. Expands the requirements of section 353C-9, HRS, to require the Department of Law Enforcement to pursue and obtain accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. for all divisions and sections within the Department of Law Enforcement. Establishes five CALEA coordinator positions, exempt from civil service, within the Department of Law Enforcement to ensure the department meets and maintains the standards set by the Law Enforcement Standards Board and accreditation of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.	JHA, FIN
HB2458	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. Clarifies that the Director of Law Enforcement has authority to issue subpoenas as part of the investigative powers of the department.	JHA
HB2459	RELATING TO ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. Amends chapter 132D, HRS, to strengthen county and state agencies' ability to address the illegal use of fireworks in Hawaii.	JHA, FIN
HB2460	RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY. Enhances sharing of critical infrastructure information between infrastructure owners and operators and the state government. Defines and protects "critical infrastructure information" that is crucial for direct support of the security and resilience of the State of Hawaii. Provides homeland security partners reassurance that their proprietary information provided to the State of Hawaii government will be protected from disclosure.	WAL, FIN
HB2461	RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY. Establishes the Cybersecurity, Economic, Education, and Infrastructure Security Coordinator within the Department of Law Enforcement. Amends sections 76-16 and 128A-3, HRS.	JHA, FIN
HB2462	RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. Updates section 329-104(c), HRS, to clarify who may access information stored in the electronic prescription accountability system.	HUS, CPC
HB2463	RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW. Amends the definition of "employee" in Hawaii's wage and hour law by repealing the definition’s categorical exclusion of any employee who receives guaranteed compensation totaling $2,000 or more a month. Makes technical non substantive amendments.	LGO, FIN
HB2464	RELATING TO THE DAM AND APPURTENANCE IMPROVEMENT OR REMOVAL GRANT PROGRAM. Establishes the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program Special Fund to receive moneys for the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program. Appropriates funds for the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program.	WAL, FIN
HB2465	RELATING TO REGULATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES. Clarifies that failure to comply with approved mitigation commitments, conduct an archaeological inventory survey, or comply with other administrative requirements pertaining to archaeology approved by the Department of Land and Natural Resources shall result in civil and administrative violations.	WAL, JHA
HB2466	RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY. Abolishes the Task Force on Beach and Water Safety and the Risk Assessment Working Group. Requires the design and placement of warning signs, devices, and systems to be approved by the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources for state beach parks and the county mayors for county beach parks.	WAL, JHA
HB2467	RELATING TO RENT CREDITS FOR DEMOLITION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ON PUBLIC LAND LEASES. Repeals the sunset provision of Act 222, SLH 2021, to allow the Board of Land and Natural Resources to approve rent credits for demolition and infrastructure costs for public land leases beyond the currently scheduled sunset date of June 30, 2026.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2468	RELATING TO DIRECT NEGOTIATION FOR PUBLIC LAND LEASES. Authorizes disposition of public land leases for agricultural, commercial, industrial, hotel, and resort purposes through direct negotiation.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2469	RELATING TO UPDATING PUBLIC LAND LEASES ISSUED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 171, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Requires that lease extensions approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources (Board) be drafted on forms that reflect contemporary leasing practices and policies of the Board, and which shall control over conflicting or inconsistent provisions in the lease being extended.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2470	RELATING TO CONTESTED CASES. Clarifies that a contested case hearing is not required when a tribunal has already issued a final decision and order in a substantially similar contested case proceeding that was not appealed, or where a court of last resort has already issued a final decision on the proceeding or on other substantially similar matters.	JHA
HB2471	RELATING TO INSPECTIONS ON PUBLIC LAND. Establishes a statutory framework for inspections of public land leases, licenses, and revocable permits by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.	WAL, JHA
HB2472	RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION OF THREATENED SPECIES. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to issue temporary threatened species licenses and draft administrative rules for the conservation of threatened species.	WAL, JHA
HB2473	RELATING TO CONSERVATION MITIGATION PROGRAMS. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to operate and approve conservation bank and conservation in-lieu fee mitigation programs.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2474	RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION EQUIPMENT. Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to issue interim administrative rules to quickly regulate the use of ocean recreation equipment, especially new and emerging ocean recreation technologies, in state ocean waters until long-term administrative rules can be implemented.	WAL, JHA
HB2475	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL OCEAN ACTIVITY. Includes advertisements and offers in the definition of "commercial activity" as used in chapter 200, HRS. Provides that advertisements or offers for commercial activity are prima facie evidence that the owner disseminated or directed dissemination of such advertisements or offers.	WAL, CPC
HB2476	RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION MANAGEMENT. Designates all ocean waters of the State within 3,000 feet from shore as ocean recreation management areas (ORMAs). Prohibits commercial activity in ORMAs unless authorized by use permit. Prohibits commercial activities in ORMAs on weekends and state and federal holidays unless authorized by the Board of Land and Natural Resources.	WAL, JHA
HB2477	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL OCEAN RECREATION OPERATIONS. Specifies that the Department of Land and Natural Resources can issue new ocean recreation commercial use permits by unsealed public auction. Revises provisions relating to boating and ocean recreation fees and permits. Specifies how commercial use permits may be issued where a permit limit has been exceeded.	WAL, FIN
HB2478	RELATING TO THE PACIFIC MARINE FISHERIES COMPACT. Authorizes the Governor to execute a compact on behalf of the State to cooperate in the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Establishes procedures for selection and succession of commissioners.	WAL, JHA
HB2479	RELATING TO THE TAKING OF MARINE DEPOSITS. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to approve permits for research, education, management, or propagation purposes that include the taking of sand, dead coral, coral rubble, rocks, soil, and other marine deposits seaward of the shoreline.	WAL, JHA
HB2480	RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS. Establishes the Apostilles and Certifications Special Fund. Requires the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to set a fee for the issuance of an apostille or a non-apostille certification by administrative rules. Appropriates funds into and out of the special fund.	LGO, FIN
HB2481	RELATING TO TIME SHARE COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. Repeals the time share commissioners of deeds.	CPC
HB2482	RELATING TO MEETING NOTICES. Mandates the Office of the Lieutenant Governor or the appropriate county clerk's office to ensure access to paper or electronic copies of all meeting notices and deletes the requirement to post notices in a central location in a public building.	JHA, FIN
HB2483	RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. Authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to search criminal histories and fingerprint records of current and prospective volunteers and purchase of service contracted and subcontracted service providers and their employees who are directly involved in providing correctional programs, treatment, and services to persons committed to a correctional facility or places them in close proximity to persons committed when providing services on behalf of the Department or the correctional facility.	CMV, FIN
HB2484	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, 2023.	FIN
HB2485	RELATING TO STATE TAX ADMINISTRATION. Eliminates an obsolete fee for a certified copy of a tax clearance. Adds a penalty for failure to comply with reporting requirements under general excise tax law and transient accommodations tax law for collection of rent by a third party. Raises the unfair competition penalty under general excise tax law to adjust for inflation.	JHA, FIN
HB2486	RELATING TO TAX ENFORCEMENT. Authorizes the Department of Taxation to serve administrative subpoenas outside the State.	JHA, FIN
HB2487	RELATING TO TAX ENFORCEMENT. Provides deadlines for taxpayers under audit to comply with demands to produce documents and evidence. Authorizes the tax appeal court to preclude documents or information not produced pursuant to a demand from being introduced in evidence in a tax appeal or action under section 40-35 unless the failure was due to reasonable cause.	JHA, FIN
HB2488	RELATING TO THE TAXATION BOARD OF REVIEW. Amends the minimum qualifications for the Chairperson of the Taxation Board of Review.	JHA, FIN
HB2489	RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION. Permanently exempts senior software developers in the Department of Taxation from civil service.	FIN
HB2490	RELATING TO CAPITAL ADVANCEMENT CONTRACTS. Increases the caps for the total contract value for any one capital advancement contract (CAC) and the total aggregate value of CACs in a fiscal year entered into by the Department of Transportation with private parties for harbor improvements and adds reporting requirements for the department.	TRN, FIN
HB2491	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES. Amends sections 286-234 and 286-249, HRS, to adopt federal penalties for commercial driver's license violations.	TRN, JHA
HB2492	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES. Revises sections 286-239 and 286-240, HRS, to meet new federal regulations for commercial driver's licenses when the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse prohibits a driver from operating a commercial vehicle due to alcohol and drug violations.	TRN, JHA
HB2493	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES. Creates two new commercial driver's license (CDL) restrictions. The "R" restriction is for drivers who pass the skills test on Lanai or Molokai and are limited to operate commercial motor vehicles (CMV) on those islands only. The "Q" restriction is for CDL holders who pass the skills test with a CMV that is 18,000 pounds or less gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR).	TRN, JHA
HB2494	RELATING TO ROAD USAGE CHARGE PROGRAM. Provides authority for a county to impose a mileage-based road usage charge. Provides for disposition of funds of county mileage-based road usage charge. Clarifies the disposition of funds of state mileage-based road usage charge. Repeals the maximum amount a driver will pay in a mileage-based road usage charge on June 30, 2028.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB2495	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Amends section 103D-307, HRS, to add equipment failures, repairs of public property to protect against further loss of, or damage to, public property, to prevent or minimize serious disruption in continued functioning of government services. Replaces Chief Procurement Officer approval with an accounting report to the legislature within sixty days after the end of the fiscal year in which the procurement was made.	LGO, FIN
HB2496	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Amends section 103D-301, HRS, methods of source selection, to add the alternative procurement method. Amends chapter 103D, HRS, to add to part III a new section allowing 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.	LGO, FIN
HB2497	RELATING TO PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. Amends sections 286-102 and 286-181, HRS, to allow the exemptions to include use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans for the school bus services, which may not meet school bus regulations but which shall otherwise meet vehicle requirements and qualifications set forth in chapter 19-143, Hawaii Administrative Rules, to the extent required by the Department of Transportation and the Department of Education, with the Department of Education providing Department of Education adult staff chaperone escorts of students while students are being transported between designated locations off-campus and designated locations on-campus.	EDN, TRN, JHA
HB2498	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
HB2499	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Removes the repeal and reenactment in Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to maintain the authority of the President of the University of Hawaii to act as the University of Hawaiiꞌs chief procurement officer	LGO, CPC
HB2500	RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CONFERENCE CENTER REVOLVING FUND. Establish the University of Hawaii Conference Center Revolving Fund and accounts under the fund to facilitate the administration of the revolving fund for conference center programs among various campuses and operating units of the University of Hawaii system.	HET, FIN
HB2501	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Repeals the reporting requirement to identify the cost impacts to the State of providing workers' compensation coverage for University of Hawaii students.	HET, FIN
HB2502	RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Repeals the sunset provision in Act 38, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, as amended by Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to allow the University of Hawaii to continue to regulate conflicts of interests and other ethical issues for technology transfer activities it sponsors.	HET, FIN
HB2503	RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII RESEARCH. Repeals the Innovation and Commercialization Initiative Programꞌs sunset provision in Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to allow the continuation of the Innovation and Commercialization Initiative Program established within the University of Hawaii.	HET, FIN
HB2504	RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAXES. Increases the cigarette tax and amends the cigarette tax disposition of revenues by allocating the increase in the cigarette tax amount to the Hawaii cancer research special fund.	HET/HLT, FIN
HB2505	RELATING TO LAND USE. Increases the fines for violations of land use laws. Imposes enhanced fines for developers and owners of important agricultural lands who repeatedly use the lands for unintended purposes.	WAL, JHA
HB2506	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
HB2507	RELATING TO REMOTE WORK. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to: (1) conduct a remote work study; (2) review any recent remote work studies done by the counties; (3) develop and administer a remote work program; and (4) submit the study to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	LGO, FIN
HB2508	RELATED TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. Allows the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to admit and consider hearsay evidence.	LGO, JHA
HB2509	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3 OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO INCREASE THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR STATE JUSTICES AND JUDGES. Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the mandatory retirement age for state justices and judges from 70 years to 75 years.	JHA, FIN
HB2510	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Excludes from the definition of "laws" in section 127A-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, county charter provisions pertaining to executive, legislative, and administrative structure and organization are excluded.	JHA, FIN
HB2511	RELATING TO CANCER. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Filipinos. Requires the Cancer Center to seek federal funding to complete the study.	HLT/HET, FIN
HB2512	RELATING TO SECURITY DEPOSITS. Requires a landlord to accept either rental security insurance or security deposit installment payments in lieu of a traditional security deposit, upon a tenant's request.	CPC, FIN
HB2513	RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT. Allows persons convicted of certain criminal violations to apply to the court for an expungement order under certain circumstances.	JHA
HB2514	RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING. Establishes the Teacher Home Assistance Program to be administered by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide housing vouchers to certain teachers who are employed by the Department of Education and commit to teach at hard-to-fill schools and charter schools for no less than 5 years. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	HSG, EDN, FIN
HB2515	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Clarifies the types of events that constitute disasters and emergencies for the purposes of emergency management.	WAL, FIN
HB2516	RELATING TO FIRE EMERGENCIES. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to purchase a Striker fire truck to be housed on a Department of Defense facility on Maui. Declares that the general funds expenditure ceiling is exceeded.	WAL, FIN
HB2517	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Allows the counties to establish, by ordinance, an opt-in program that allows an annual payment in lieu of real property taxes on the land or improvements thereon that are actively used to produce or store renewable energy that is sold to an electric utility.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2518	RELATING TO HEALTH BENEFITS. Amends the state and county contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for employees hired after 6/30/2024.	LGO, FIN
HB2519	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Amends the composition of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund board of trustees. Clarifies vacancy procedures. Amends quorum requirements and voting powers.	LGO, FIN
HB2520	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. Declares that certain appropriations will further exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2023-2024.	FIN
HB2521	RELATING TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION. Repeals paragraph (3) of section 802-1(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, which entitles the subject of a petition for assisted community treatment to legal representation by a public defender.	HLT, JHA
HB2522	RELATING TO ALCOHOL. Expands the definition of "beer" under the liquor regulatory laws to mean any alcoholic beverage containing no less than 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume obtained by fermentation of any infusion or decoction of malt or any substitute, including alcohol seltzer beverages and excluding sake, cooler beverages, and other distilled products. Authorizes brewpubs to sell beer they manufacture, or beer manufactured on their premises, subject to certain conditions. Effective 1/1/2025.	JHA
HB2523	RELATING TO ELECTRIC UTILITY LINEMAN. Beginning 1/1/2027, establishes licensing requirements, including minimum standards and qualifications, for journey worker electric utility linemen and expands the board of electricians and plumbers to include members engaged in electric utility work. Sunsets the original limited exemption from licensing requirements for qualified electricians that was originally enacted by Act 65, SLH 2013, and extended pursuant to Act 60, SLH 2018.	CPC, FIN
HB2524	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires the Real Estate Commission (Commission) to receive and investigate complaints by condominium unit owners against associations that are subject to chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires the Ombudsman to issue findings within an unspecified number of days after a complaint is filed with the Ombudsman against the Commission regarding the Commission's foregoing duties.	JHA/CPC
HB2525	RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. Provides that the Liquor Commission or other licensing agency of each county shall deny the renewal of certain current liquor licenses upon receipt of sufficient protests.	CPC
HB2526	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Increases penalties for certain offenses relating to the unauthorized driving or operation of motor vehicles.	TRN, JHA
HB2527	RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FACILITIES. Requires the Board of Education to adopt rules for facility maintenance. Requires that the condition of Department of Education facilities be periodically evaluated.	EDN, FIN
HB2528	RELATING TO AQUATIC LIFE. Provides that a person who violates aquatic life conservation law in a manner that harasses aquatic life, if convicted, shall be imprisoned for no fewer than 48 hours for the violation.	JHA
HB2529	RELATING TO A PILOT PROGRAM TO FILL VACANCIES. Establishes a 5-year behavioral health exempt employee pilot program, to be administered by the Department of Health, under which the Department may fill employee vacancies in the Department's Behavioral Health Services Administration in a manner that is exempt from chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling will be exceeded for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.	LGO, FIN
HB2530	RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT. Requires all publicly or privately owned or operated transfer stations in the State to be open to the public for at least two days a week.	WAL/EEP, CPC
HB2531	RELATING TO WORKPLACE SAFETY. Allows a person who employs or contracts with a health care worker who suffers an act of violence to report the event to law enforcement and petition for a temporary restraining order and injunction under certain circumstances.	JHA
HB2532	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-third representative district.	FIN
HB2533	RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Clarifies that persons or minors that enter private property with or without charge by a landowner for recreational purposes have no cause of action, unless exempted under law. Requires a court to award attorneys' fees and costs to landowners if plaintiffs bring unreasonable claims. Establishes as a matter of law, persons or minors participating in outdoor recreational activities accept the inherent dangers in the activities.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2534	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
HB2535	RELATING TO CHILD CARE. Establishes a child care classroom contracts pilot program to require the Department of Human Services to contract directly with child care in licensed infant and toddler and group child care centers that meet certain criteria. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for a position to support the pilot program. Sunsets the pilot program on 6/30/2027.	HUS, EDN, FIN
HB2536	RELATING TO SINGLE-USE PLASTICS. Prohibits the use of plastic and non-biodegradable bioplastic food ware and beverage containers by 1/1/2025. Prohibits the sale or distribution of certain bioplastic food and beverage containers after 1/1/2026.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2537	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Imposes a penalty for knowingly selling invasive plants or plants containing invasive species.	AGR, JHA
HB2538	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Provides that each lease that the Department of Agriculture enters into, renews, or extends after the effective date of this Act shall authorize the Department to: (1) Enter the leased premises at any time to identity, investigate, control, or eradicate invasive species; and (2) Terminate the lease if the lessee refuses the Department entry or is found in violation of any applicable law, rule, or order relating to the control or eradication of invasive species.	AGR/WAL, JHA
HB2539	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funds to increase the funding for medicaid in-home services, conditioned on the Department of Human Services obtaining the maximum federal matching funds and pursuing all other funding sources.	HUS, FIN
HB2540	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires each public high school in the State to require students to complete and pass 2 full years of Hawaiian language courses as a condition of graduation.	EDN, FIN
HB2541	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Prohibits certain foreign parties from owning, purchasing, or acquiring an interest in agricultural lands. Establishes an Office of Agricultural Intelligence within the Department of Agriculture to investigate claims that land is unlawfully owned by a prohibited foreign party. Requires the Attorney General to undertake enforcement activities. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	WAL/AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2542	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Prohibits foreign principals from acquiring real property in the State or any interest in real property in the State, except a de minimus indirect interest. Defines foreign principal. Requires a foreign principal that owns real property that was acquired before this measure's effective date to register the ownership with the Attorney General. Requires a buyer of real property to provide a signed affidavit attesting that the buyer is not a foreign principal. Authorizes the forfeiture of real property or an interest in real property that is owned or acquired unlawfully. Establishes penalties. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Appropriates moneys.	WAL, CPC, FIN
HB2543	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE FORTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the Forty-second Representative District. Appropriates funds exceeding the expenditure ceiling.	FIN
HB2544	RELATING TO MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION. Establishes within the Department of Health a 2-year pilot project to charter flights from rural islands to an urban island to provide rural island residents with reliable transportation to medical care on urban islands and to transport medical service providers from an urban island to a rural island. Declares that the general fund appropriation will breach the expenditure ceiling. Appropriates funds. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	TRN/HLT, FIN
HB2545	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for various agricultural infrastructure projects throughout the State.	AGR/WAL, FIN
HB2546	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Allows for the use of fine meshed nets for the protection of plants against invasive species.	AGR, FIN
HB2547	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS RULES. Modifies penalties for violations of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations rules from a fixed fine to a fine proportional to the yearly income of the violator.	LGO, JHA
HB2548	RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. Establishes the accessory dwelling unit loan program under HHFDC to provide loans for the development of accessory dwelling units.	HSG, ECD, FIN
HB2549	RELATING TO MAUI'S PERMANENT HOUSING RECOVERY. Establishes within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism the Interagency Council for Maui Housing Recovery to coordinate and facilitate Maui's permanent housing recovery and facilitate consultation and collaboration between state and county agencies on housing recovery initiatives for the island of Maui. Designates the executive director of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to serve as chair of the council. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation ceiling exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Sunsets 6/30/2034.	WAL/HSG, JHA, FIN
HB2550	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Establishes the accessory dwelling unit grant program under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide grants to eligible homeowners for development costs and certain closing costs associated with the construction of an accessory dwelling unit. Establishes and appropriates funds into and out of the accessory dwelling unit grant revolving fund.	HSG, FIN
HB2551	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Establishes the offense of unlawful assembly or disassembly of a bicycle or moped on public property.	JHA
HB2552	RELATING TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. Extends, under certain conditions, the family leave period for up to eight additional weeks for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Requires the Civil Rights Commission to amend its rules to include neonatal care as a related medical condition whenever certain phrases are used.	LGO, CPC, FIN
HB2553	RELATING TO PHARMACISTS. Authorizes pharmacists, pharmacy interns, and pharmacy technicians under the direct supervision of a pharmacist to administer vaccinations to persons between the ages of three and seventeen, if certain requirements are met. Authorizes licensed pharmacists to order vaccines for administration to persons between the ages of three and seventeen.	HLT, CPC, JHA
HB2554	RELATING TO PHARMACIES. Requires pharmacies, other than on-site pharmacies in institutional facilities, to make a pharmacy intern, pharmacy technician, pharmacy employee, or an employee of the retail establishment the pharmacy is located in available to assist a registered pharmacist at all times the pharmacy is open to the public.	CPC, FIN
HB2555	RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT. Amends the definition of "aggravated circumstances" under the Child Protective Act. Requires a service plan to include an evaluation or assessment of parents, including a primary aggressor assessment, by a professional with domestic violence training in cases of family violence.	HUS, JHA
HB2556	RELATING TO THE HAWAII ABLE SAVINGS PROGRAM. Repeals language that required the Hawaii ABLE savings program trust fund to be used if the Director of Finance elects to accept deposits from contributors instead of sending deposits directly to the program manager. Authorizes the Director of Finance to expend moneys in the Hawaii ABLE savings program trust fund to provide incentive payments to Hawaii public school ABLE savings account owners. Appropriates funds to the Department of Budget and Finance to fund the incentive payments. Appropriates funds for a position within the State Council on Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Health to support the Hawaii ABLE savings program. Effective 6/30/2050.	HLT, FIN
HB2557	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to develop and, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, implement a financial literacy curriculum for grades kindergarten through twelfth grade.	EDN, FIN
HB2558	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. Clarifies the individuals who are eligible to receive the needs allowance. Requires the Department of Human Services to perform an annual review of the needs allowance and report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.	HUS, FIN
HB2559	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
HB2560	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a person established a new residence in a place if that person has been absent for a prolonged period of time during which the person has only been in one place.	JHA
HB2561	RELATING TO SELF-DEFENSE. Clarifies that a person who uses deadly force in self-defense does not have a duty to retreat if they are in their dwelling or on their property unless they are the initial aggressor. Repeals statutory language that permits a person to use deadly force at their place of work.	JHA
HB2562	RELATING TO PLASTIC BOTTLES. Effective 1/1/2025, prohibits the retail sale or offer for retail sale of single-use plastic bottles designed to hold less than two liters of bottled water for oral consumption, with certain exceptions.	EEP, CPC
HB2563	RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to develop and publish, through a contract with a third party, a mobile application that includes all online application processes, including the collection of any applicable reservation fees, to acquire a reservation to conduct recreational and commercial activities in the State that are regulated by or under the jurisdiction of a state or county agency. Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to issue a request for proposal to contract for the development and publishing of the mobile application. Establishes a tourism enterprise fund. Appropriates funds for the development and publication of the mobile application, including the hiring of a mobile manager.	TOU, FIN
HB2564	RELATING TO THE LAND TRUST ACT. Clarifies the definition and declaration of interests of beneficiaries of land trusts.	JHA, FIN
HB2565	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Transfers the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Repeals the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission. Requires the Governor to select the Executive Director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, with the advice and consent of the Senate.	CAI, JHA, FIN
HB2566	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
HB2567	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Repeals language requiring the Procurement Policy Board to adopt rules regarding differing site conditions. Requires every construction contract to include a clause that requires the procurement officer to investigate the site conditions and modify the contract in writing if differing site conditions exist.	LGO, FIN
HB2568	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires a protest to be submitted within seven calendar days after the posting of award of the contract. Establishes that a party is not aggrieved until official action, adverse to that party, has been taken. Amends the minimum per cent value of a contract required for parties to a protest of an award to initiate proceedings from ten per cent to five per cent.	LGO, FIN
HB2569	RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL ENERGY EXPLORATION. Appropriates moneys to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation for geothermal energy exploration. Requires surface and subsurface exploration and community outreach. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	EEP/WAL, CPC, FIN
HB2570	RELATING TO ATTORNEYS. Requires petitions or motions for a pro hac vice appearance for a court proceeding or arbitration proceeding to be supported by evidence of the applicant's and local counsel's Hawaii business registrations, the applicant's and local counsel's Hawaii general excise tax license numbers, an affirmation that both the applicant and local counsel will pay all state income tax due for Hawaii business activities, and all other information or documentation required by the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii.	JHA, FIN
HB2571	RELATING TO ACCESSIBLE HOUSING. Establishes the multifamily housing accessibility modifications grant program to facilitate the installation of accessibility modifications in certain properties. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	HSG, HUS, FIN
HB2572	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 a loan to be forgiven for teachers who become a licensed teacher in Hawaii or for teachers who will commit to teach for seven years at a Hawaii public school or public charter school.	EDN, FIN
HB2573	RELATING TO NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY WATCH PROGRAMS. Requires planned community associations to either develop and adopt program rules for a neighborhood security watch program within the association's planned community or allocate a portion of the association's regular assessments to fund a neighborhood security watch program offered by a qualified third-party organization, no later than one year after the effective date of this Act.	CPC/JHA
HB2574	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Beginning with the - school year, requires public elementary, middle, and high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Requires the Department of Education to adjust state-provided bus and school meal schedules accordingly.	EDN, FIN
HB2575	RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a construction trades workforce development program in the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to develop, establish, and implement a construction trades career pathway program for high school students in the State. Appropriates funds.	LGO, EDN, FIN
HB2576	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the Forty-first Representative District. Appropriates funds exceeding the expenditure ceiling.	FIN
HB2577	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as determined by the Department of Health. Repeals the requirement to publish the report on the Department of Education's website.	EDN, FIN
HB2578	RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Exempts prekindergarten-only public charter schools from certain provisions affecting charter schools relating to funding and finance, the use of the weighted student formula, athletics, enrollment, computer science courses and content, and enrollment in industry-credential programs.	EDN/HUS, FIN
HB2579	RELATING TO THE HILO COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DISTRICT. Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources shall not unilaterally amend the terms and conditions of any lease of public lands being extended pursuant to Act 149, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, except as otherwise provided therein; and if the Board of Land and Natural Resources wishes to amend the terms and conditions of any lease of public lands being extended to reflect the Board's most current lease form and leasing practices and policies, such lease form and leasing practices and policies must be included in the rules of the Board. Defines "lease of public lands". Repeals 6/30/2028.	WAL, CPC, FIN
HB2580	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Prohibits the removal of a manufacturer- or factory-installed speed limiting device from an electric bicycle. Prohibits the operation of an electric bicycle, in which the manufacturer- or factory-installed speed limiting device was removed from the electric bicycle, on a public highway.	TRN, JHA
HB2581	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Removes the ability for a Mayor or the Governor to suspend electronic media transmission during a state of emergency.	WAL, JHA
HB2582	RELATING TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION. Excludes critical infrastructure information from disclosure requirements under the Uniform Information Practices Act.	JHA
HB2583	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. Appropriates funds exceeding the expenditure ceiling.	FIN
HB2584	RELATING TO EQUITY. Requires all places of public accommodation constructed after 12/31/2024 to provide universal changing accommodations in public restrooms. Where feasible and cost effective, requires all bids for state building construction, projects submitted after 6/30/2024 to provide universal changing accommodations in public restrooms.	JHA, FIN
HB2585	RELATING TO THEFT. Creates the offense of organized retail theft. Provides penalties for organized retail theft. Creates an organized retail theft task force.	JHA, FIN
HB2586	RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Establishes a paid family leave program for state and county employees. Authorizes a qualifying employee to take up to twelve weeks of paid leave for the birth or placement of a child or to care for a family member who has a serious health condition.	LGO, CPC, FIN
HB2587	RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Eliminates the income tax for single and heads-of-household filers making less than $20,000 a year or $40,000 a year for joint filers and scale low- and middle-income tax rates more slowly.	FIN
HB2588	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
HB2589	RELATING TO LIQUOR. Establishes a three-year surcharge on the liquor tax. Repeals 06/30/2027.	CPC, FIN
HB2590	RELATING TO FOOD SECURITY. Appropriates funds for food bank purchase from local farmers, to be expended by request for proposal via the Department of Agriculture.	AGR, FIN
HB2591	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Human Services for the Preschool Open Doors program. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the general fund expenditure ceiling.	HUS, FIN
HB2592	RELATING TO GRAFFITI. Allows the counties to impose, by ordinance, enhanced penalties for graffiti in certain designated zones and supersede graffiti sentencing requirements under the Penal Code.	JHA
HB2593	RELATING TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Requires Department of Education faculty and staff to provide time and space each day for students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.	EDN, JHA
HB2594	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Prohibits certain persons affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party from acquiring real property or any interest in real property in the State, except a de minimus indirect interest. Establishes exceptions. Requires a person affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party who owns real property that was acquired under an exception to register the ownership with the Attorney General. Requires a buyer of real property to provide a signed affidavit attesting that the buyer is not a person affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party. Authorizes the forfeiture of real property or an interest in real property that is owned or acquired unlawfully. Establishes penalties. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Appropriates moneys.	WAL, CPC, FIN
HB2595	RELATING TO ALLOWANCE ON SERVICE RETIREMENTS. Amends chapter 88, HRS, to include new definitions for certain law enforcement administrators and employees established in Act 278, SLH 2022, as class A members of the pension and retirement systems and provides guidance for the computation of retirement benefits similar to police officers.	LGO, FIN
HB2596	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Establishes statewide vehicular pursuit policies.	TRN, JHA
HB2597	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Transfers the investigators of the Criminal Investigation Division, Narcotics Enforcement Division, Office of Homeland Security Division, Office of the Inspector General Division, and Sheriff Division of the Department of Law Enforcement who are subject to the statutory law enforcement standards for the state law enforcement officers from collective bargaining unit (13) into collective bargaining unit (14).	LGO, JHA, FIN
HB2598	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. Appropriates funds to increase the salary schedules of deputy sheriffs within the Department of Law Enforcement. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.	LGO, JHA, FIN
HB2599	RELATING TO FISHERIES. Exempts actions involving the operation and management of fisheries in the State from environmental review requirements.	WAL/EEP, JHA
HB2600	RELATING TO CANNABIS. Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis Authority and Cannabis Control Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning January 1, 2026, legalizes the personal adult use of cannabis. Establishes taxes for adult-use cannabis sales. Transfers the personnel and assets of the Department of Health and assets Department of Agriculture to the Hawaii Cannabis Authority. Appropriates funds.	JHA/AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2601	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Creates the offense of urinating or defecating in public. Provides penalties for public urination or defecation. Requires mental health evaluation and supportive services for a homeless person arrested for urinating or defecating in public places.	JHA, FIN
HB2602	RELATING TO TEACHER RETENTION. Establishes the Onipaʻa Teacher Bonus Program to address teacher retention and award teachers for outstanding and extended service in the state department of education.	EDN, FIN
HB2603	RELATING TO FAMILY COURT. Amends provisions relating to criteria in family court determinations regarding custody and visitation rights. Clarifies that no court shall consider a parent's affirmation of their child's gender identity or expression in a custody determination.	HUS, JHA
HB2604	RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY. Requires schools maintain AEDs for all sporting events. Mandates AED and CPR training for certain school officials. Appropriates funds exceeding the expenditure ceiling.	EDN, HLT, FIN
HB2605	RELATING TO TEACHER LOANS. Requires the Department of Education to establish a teacher loan forgiveness program to assist in the payment of loans for teachers who commit to teaching in the Hawaii public school system. Appropriates funds.	EDN, FIN
HB2606	RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS. Requires transient accommodations brokers and any other persons or entities to offer, list, advertise, or display a transient accommodations rental rate that includes all resort fees required for the furnishing of transient accommodations. Requires transient accommodations brokers and any other persons or entities to include all applicable taxes and fees imposed by a government on the stay in the total price to be paid before the consumer reserves the furnishing of transient accommodations. Establishes penalties. Effective 1/1/2025.	TOU, CPC
HB2607	RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. Requires the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to compile a list of approved archaeologists to ensure the quality and integrity of archaeological services contracted by developers. Specifies information to be included in an archaeological inventory survey.	WAL, FIN
HB2608	RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. Clarifies the definition of "burial site".	WAL, JHA
HB2609	RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. Requires, rather than allows, any person who violates chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to appear before the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Requires, rather than allows, the Board of Land and Natural Resources to impose fines.	WAL, JHA
HB2610	RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. Establishes a disaster relief match special fund to support the local match requirements of the FEMA Maui Wildfires Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for projects that implement mitigation measures to prevent and minimize the impacts of natural hazards affecting the State. Appropriates funds.	WAL/JHA, FIN
HB2611	RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. Statutorily establishes a Department of Land and Natural Resources transaction fee for each recording in the Bureau of Conveyances and Land Court. Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to adopt, amend, or repeal administrative fees, including transaction fees, for recordings in the Bureau of Conveyances and Land Court separate from the administrative rulemaking process. Amends the authorized uses of moneys in the bureau of conveyances special fund. Repeals language that required the Bureau of Conveyances' microfilm fees to be established by rules. Effective 1/1/2025.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2612	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Abolishes the boards of registration.	JHA, FIN
HB2613	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Expands the criminal offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee to include roasted coffee. Imposes a $10,000 fine for each separate offense of false-labeling of Hawaii-grown roasted coffee. Makes an appropriation for 1.0 FTE enforcement position within the Department of Agriculture.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2614	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for solar distributed energy resource systems in real-time by 1/1/2025. Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits in areas served by an investor-owned electric utility to adopt a self-certification process for solar distributed energy resource systems that are not SolarAPP+ compatible.	EEP/WAL, CPC, FIN
HB2615	RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Requires the PUC to solicit competitive offers from an entity operating under a non-investor-owned utilities ownership model before approving the sale of a public utility, in whole or in part, to a private entity.	CPC, FIN
HB2616	RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Establishes the Electric Vehicle Charging System and Infrastructure Funding Program. Increases the amount of petroleum tax to be deposited into the electric vehicle charging system subaccount.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2617	RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Establishes the Aquaculture Advisory Committee within the Department of Agriculture. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	AGR, FIN
HB2618	RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Requires the Department of Agriculture to conduct a feasibility study to identify potential sites in the State for an aquaculture park that promotes commercial aquaculture expansion. Requires a report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2025. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	AGR, WAL, FIN
HB2619	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.	AGR, FIN
HB2620	RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROCUREMENT. Exempts Department of Education purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products less than $100,000 from the electronic procurement system requirement. Requires at least three written quotes for Department of Education purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products between $15,000 to less than $100,000.	EDN, LGO, FIN
HB2621	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Establishes a task force on ethical policing to evaluate the efficacy and impact of Weed and Seed programs. Requires a report to the Legislature.	JHA
HB2622	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Appropriates an unspecified sum to the Department of Law Enforcement for the State's gun buyback program. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	JHA, FIN
HB2623	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to contract with a qualified nonprofit organization to establish an aquatic safety education program for elementary school students and to establish one full-time equivalent position (1.0 FTE) to administer the program.	EDN, FIN
HB2624	RELATING TO THE LIQUOR TAX LAW. Establishes a substance abuse treatment special fund. Increases liquor tax rates to unspecified amounts. Allocates increased liquor tax revenues to the substance abuse treatment special fund.	CPC, FIN
HB2625	RELATING TO CONTESTED CASES. Clarifies that a contested case hearing is not required when an identical or substantially similar administrative matter has been finally adjudicated. Includes administrative contested case proceedings within the scope of the vexatious litigant statute.	JHA
HB2626	RELATING TO FISHPONDS. Appropriates funds to the Board of Land and Natural Resources to create a standard lease application and programmatic environmental impact statement to streamline the process of leasing government-owned Hawaiian fishponds, prioritizing community co-managed organizations and projects.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2627	RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Exempts medical and dental services provided by health care providers to patients who receive Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE benefits from the general excise tax. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB2628	RELATING TO REHABILITATION. Requires the Judiciary, in consultation with other stakeholders, to submit monthly and annual reports to the Legislature on the effectiveness of agreements for post-booking jail diversion programs in the first circuit. Amends the criminal justice diversion program to enable examination of defendants via telehealth. Provides a mechanism for the automatic screening of certain nonviolent defendants for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment. Authorizes courts to require certain probation violators to undergo a mental health evaluation and treatment program as a condition of continued probation.	HLT, JHA, FIN
HB2629	RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX. Establishes the Homeless Services Fund. Amends the conveyance tax rates based on property values. Repeals the conveyance tax rates set separately for conveyances for which the purchasers are ineligible for a county homeowner's exemption on property tax. Exempts from conveyance taxes, conveyances of real property to organizations with certain affordability requirements and to certain nonprofit organizations. Allows collected conveyance taxes to be allocated to the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund and Homeless Services Fund and amends the allocations to the Land Conservation Fund and Rental Housing Revolving Fund. Allows counties to apply for matching funds from the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund for housing projects that are subject to a perpetual affordability requirement.	HLT, HSG, FIN
HB2630	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Authorizes, and establishes a regulatory framework for, the administration of psilocybin for therapeutic use.	JHA/HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2631	RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Appropriates funds, including for positions, equipment, and maintenance and operating costs, for mullet production for fishponds and stock enhancement.	WAL, FIN
HB2632	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES. Specifies that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each have one vote if they have employees in a particular bargaining unit for the purposes of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. Repeals staff of the legislative branch of the State from the list of individuals not included in any appropriate bargaining unit.	LMG/LGO, FIN
HB2633	RELATING TO ACCESS TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to Leeward community college Waianae Moku to support and assist students who are twenty-four years old or younger and ineligible to apply for federal financial assistance through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid application because they are unable to access their parents' tax information.	HET, FIN
HB2634	RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Amends the duties and sunset date of the Technology Services Consolidation Working Group.	HET, LGO, FIN
HB2635	PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE III OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH A CONTINUOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. Establishes a continuous Legislature. Requires the Legislature to convene at least once a month. Removes language regarding special sessions, adjournment, and recesses. Creates a two-year deadline for a bill to be submitted for gubernatorial consideration. Standardizes the number of days that the Governor must approve or veto a bill submitted for consideration. Requires the passage of the legislative budget within 45 days before the end of each fiscal year. Makes members of the Legislature subject to the sunshine law. Prohibits members of the Legislature from having employment other than their work as members of the Legislature.	JHA, FIN
HB2636	RELATING TO MANAGED RETREAT. Establishes the Hawaii Coastal Commission and the Shoreline Buyback Program, which permits the Commission to purchase eligible shoreline properties and make those properties available for affordable rental housing. Appropriates funds.	WAL/EEP, HSG, FIN
HB2637	RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Requires all public buildings constructed after January 1, 2025, to be designed to withstand category five hurricanes and be used as shelters in the event of an emergency.	WAL, LGO, FIN
HB2638	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LAND USE POTENTIAL. Requires the Department of Agriculture to contract a third-party entity to compile a report evaluating the agricultural land use potential of each parcel of state-owned lands greater than five acres, excluding commercial, residential, and department of education lands. Requires a report. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	AGR/WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2639	RELATING TO COMBAT SPORTS. Establishes the Combat Sports Commission of Hawaii. Provides for regulation of combat sports. Prohibits no rules combat or similar contests. Establishes the Combat Sports Commission Special Fund. Makes appropriations.	CPC, FIN
HB2640	RELATING TO RECYCLING. Authorizes manufacturers of electronic devices to coordinate collection activities for the purpose of recycling electronic devices.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2641	RELATING TO APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. Reestablishes the appraisal management company registration program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Clarifies that chapter 466L, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed. Applies registration requirements retroactively to 6/30/2023. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	LGO, CPC, FIN
HB2642	RELATING TO EVICTION MEDIATION. Beginning 11/1/2024, extends the period for a notice of termination of a rental agreement; requires landlords to engage in mediation and delay filing an action for summary possession if a tenant schedules or attempts to schedule mediation; and requires landlords to provide specific information in the 10-calendar-day notice to tenants. Repeals 11/1/2026. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	HSG, CPC, FIN
HB2643	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Transportation to select multiple certified vendors to install ignition interlock devices.	TRN, FIN
HB2644	RELATING TO LITTLE FIRE ANTS. Recognizes the Hawaii ant lab as the lead organization in addressing little fire ant infestations, with support of the department of agriculture, plant pest and disease control branch. Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii ant lab in mitigating the effects of little fire ants in the State.	AGR, FIN
HB2645	RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation for the Maui Business Bridge Grants Program to assist businesses that have been impacted by the 2023 Maui wildfires.	WAL/ECD, FIN
HB2646	RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Requires monthly rather than annual reporting of restricted use pesticides. Amends the contents of reports to include specific geospatial data and information, site information, and increased detail on the amount of restricted use pesticides used. Requires the department of agriculture to develop an online reporting tool for restricted use pesticides.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2647	RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Amends the definition of "restricted use pesticide" to include malathion.	AGR, CPC
HB2648	RELATING TO NEONICOTINOIDS. Amends the definition of "restricted use pesticide" to include neonicotinoid pesticides.	AGR, CPC
HB2649	RELATING TO ACCESS FOR REPRODUCTIVE CARE. Clarifies the State's midwifery law to permit care by extended family, cultural supporters, or others with whom a woman chooses to give birth. Specifies that nothing in the midwifery law shall prohibit or restrict healing practices by traditional healers of any ethnic culture or religious faith or their students; limit, alter, or adversely impact any religion or ethnic cultural practices; or prohibit or interfere with a person's right to choose where and with whom the person gives birth.	HLT/CPC, FIN
HB2650	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation for the coordinated removal of albizia and other invasive trees. Requires matching funds from public utilities.	AGR/TRN, FIN
HB2651	RELATING TO HAZARD MITIGATION. Extends the right to enter private property and remove or stabilize natural hazards that are at risk of harming the public or other properties to the county in which the private property is located and that county's respective mayor.	WAL, JHA
HB2652	RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the definition of Hawaii taxable estate to provide that the marital deduction under section 2056 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to the passage of any interest in property to any immediate family member.	FIN
HB2653	RELATING TO THE ESTATE TAX. Conforms Hawaii estate tax laws to the operative provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to decrease the burden on taxpayers and increase efficiencies in the Department of Taxation's monitoring and auditing of estate tax returns. Establishes an estate tax deduction for the value of closely held business interests that will help ensure that locally-owned family businesses can continue to contribute to the Hawaii economy and assist families to retain the ownership interest in their family businesses.	FIN
HB2654	RELATING TO BUILDING CODES. Clarifies that no state or county building code shall prohibit the use of a substitute refrigerant allowed by the Environmental Protection Agency if the applicable equipment is listed and installed in compliance with the latest safety standards.	WAL/EEP, CPC
HB2655	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes appropriations for the public employment cost items and cost adjustments for employees of the Senate, House of Representatives, and various legislative agencies who are excluded from collective bargaining. Declares that the appropriations exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	FIN
HB2656	RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. Provides that a maximum time period to grant or deny a business or development-related permit, license, or approval shall only apply if a request for a contested case has not been filed.	JHA
HB2657	RELATING TO ABUSIVE LITIGATION. Establishes judicial procedures to prevent and remedy abusive litigation.	JHA, FIN
HB2658	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT. Repeals the requirement that the director of human resources development must submit a report to the legislature before reclassifying and abolishing vacant positions within state departments and agencies that are under the jurisdiction of DHRD.	LGO, FIN
HB2659	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
HB2660	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
HB2661	RELATING TO TEACHERS. Enacts the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact to reduce barriers to teacher license portability and employment.	EDN, CPC, FIN
HB2662	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to establish a two-year recreation and education upward mobility pilot program for youth tenants in public housing. Permits the Hawaii public housing authority to contract with outside parties to implement the program. Appropriates funds.	HUS, FIN
HB2663	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-ninth representative district.	FIN
HB2664	RELATING TO SPORTS FACILITIES. Lapses appropriations of general obligation bond funds previously authorized for the planning, design, and construction of a stadium in Halawa by the Stadium Authority. Transfers certain special fund moneys earmarked for the development of a new stadium in Halawa to the general fund. Reappropriates those funds to plan, design, and construct a new stadium at the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus. Renames the Stadium Authority as the Halawa Redevelopment Authority and the Stadium Development District as the Halawa Redevelopment District. Amends the powers and duties of the Halawa Redevelopment Authority. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	FIN
HB2665	RELATING TO THE STATE PLAN. Establishes green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines for state facility systems, infrastructure, transit projects, and other areas in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. Requires report to the Legislature. Establishes positions within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling will be exceeded. Appropriates moneys.	EEP, FIN
HB2666	RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS. Short form bill relating to civil rights.	JHA
HB2667	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Short form bill relating to elections.	JHA
HB2668	RELATING TO INCARCERATION ALTERNATIVES. Short form bill relating to incarceration alternatives.	JHA
HB2669	RELATING TO CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS. Short form bill relating to constitutional matters.	JHA
HB2670	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires cash or protest bonds to be returned to the initiating party, less twice the amount of the administrative costs, except in cases where the appeal was frivolous or made in bad faith.	LGO, FIN
HB2671	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Establishes processes and requirements during a state of emergency or local state of emergency related to eviction moratoriums, foreclosure moratoriums, mortgage deferments, residential rent suspension, small business rent suspension, loan deferment, adverse information reported to consumer reporting agencies, and insurance requirements for planned community associations and condominium associations.	WAL/CPC, FIN
HB2672	RELATING TO LITTLE FIRE ANTS. Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii ant lab in mitigating the effects of little fire ants in the State.	AGR, FIN
HB2673	RELATING TO ROADS. Allows for a percentage of general excise and fuel taxes generated by the counties to be used for maintenance of private roadways that are open to the public.	TRN, JHA, FIN
HB2674	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fourth representative district.	FIN
HB2675	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to provide and disseminate its procedures for dealing with bullying. Requires principals, teachers, and staff to disseminate the Department's bullying procedures to students. Defines bullying procedures.	EDN, FIN
HB2676	RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Updates and expands the statutory prohibition on the use of tobacco at public schools to include prohibiting the possession and use of electronic smoking devices. Requires the Department of Education to be responsible for educating students, employees, and visitors about smoking and tobacco use prohibitions.	EDN, JHA
HB2677	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, AND SEVENTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth representative districts.	FIN
HB2678	RELATING TO WAGES AND HOURS OF EMPLOYEES ON PUBLIC WORKS. Establishes an exemption to overtime compensation for employees on public works projects working on a Saturday, Sunday, or state holiday under certain conditions.	LGO, FIN
HB2679	RELATING TO RESTORING RESPECT AND DIGNITY TO AMERICA'S ONLY ROYAL PALACE IN THE NATION. Prohibits parking of motor vehicles on the grounds of Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS to remove the blacktop, parking area, and paid parking adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DLNR to develop and maintain a pedestrian area adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS and DLNR to report on cost analysis.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2680	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS. Establishes the Ombudsman's Office for condominium associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes the 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 1/1/2025.	CPC, FIN
HB2681	RELATED TO HOUSING. Establishes an ombudsman's office for homeowner associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection. Establishes an Ombudsman's Office Special Fund. Requires board members of condominium associations, cooperative housing corporations, and planned community associations to meet certain educational requirements through classes offered by the ombudsman. Updates statutes relating to condominium associations, cooperative housing corporations, and planned community associations to integrate the role and functions of the ombudsman's office for homeowner associations. Appropriates funds for establishment of the ombudsman's office. Effective 1/1/2025.	CPC, FIN
HB2682	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE COLLEGE REVOLVING FUND AND THE HAWAIIAN EARLY LEARNING TRUST FUND. Provides that the Hawaiian language college revolving fund may include moneys from any revenue source. Provides that the fund and the Hawaiian early learning trust fund shall support the Imiloa astronomy center. Establishes a cap on individual deposits into the Hawaiian language college revolving fund and the Hawaiian early learning trust fund.	FIN
HB2683	RELATING TO ACCESS TO LEARNING. Repeals the sunset date for the exemption of laboratory school programs of the Hawaiian language college at the University of Hawaii at Hilo from state English-medium standards, assessments, performance ratings, staff qualifications, and staff training requirements.	HET, FIN
HB2684	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, FIN
HB2685	RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes the solar hui program to allow multi-family residential property owners to invest into a solar hui investment fund to provide loans to low- and moderate-income households to install solar energy systems. Establishes the solar hui program fund manager position. Appropriates funds.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2686	RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE. Amends the laws relating to the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund and Hawaii Property Insurance Association. Expands the Hawaii Property Insurance Association's authority to include the issuance of property insurance other than fire insurance for certain real properties organized as a condominium. Reinstates the special mortgage recording fee. Explicitly authorizes the Hawaii Property Insurance Association to issue property insurance policies to certain condominiums outside of area designated for coverage by the Hawaii Property Insurance Association. Mandates that the Hawaii Property Insurance Association member insurers recoup assessment costs. Amends specific coverage limits, fund capitalization amounts, and assessment percentages by deleting specified dollar amounts percentages and authorizes the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund and the Hawaii Property Insurance Association boards to recommend appropriate amounts and percentages to the Insurance Commissioner.	CPC, FIN
HB2687	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Establishes the resilience hub and network grant program and a special fund in the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. Increases the environmental response, energy, and food security tax and deposits a portion of the tax into the resilience hub and network grant program special fund.	WAL/EEP, FIN
HB2688	RELATING TO CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTION. Establishes a clean vehicle special fund to incentivize the purchase of vehicles that produce less carbon emissions by providing a rebate. Creates a gasoline-powered vehicle tax, graduated based on fuel efficiency, to be paid by purchasers of certain passenger cars and pickup trucks that are powered solely by gasoline.	EEP/TRN, FIN
HB2689	RELATING TO ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES. Requires rental motor vehicle lessors with more than two hundred light duty passenger vehicles to expedite the incorporation of zero-emission vehicles, as a percentage, into the lessor's fleet by certain dates. Requires all rental motor vehicle lessors to report a list of the make, model, license plate number, and fuel type of each rental motor vehicle in the lessor's fleet to the director of commerce and consumer affairs.	EEP/TRN, FIN
HB2690	RELATING TO WATER. Establishes a WAI policy coordinator and other positions within the Department of Land and Natural Resources for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill remediation special fund. Appropriates funds.	WAL/EEP, FIN
HB2691	RELATING TO THE RED HILL REMEDIATION AUTHORITY. Establishes the Red Hill remediation authority. Creates the Red Hill remediation special fund.	WAL/EEP, FIN
HB2692	RELATING TO THE MAUNA KEA STEWARDSHIP AND OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY. Authorizes 2 or more members of the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority to meet during the transition period described in section 195H-6, HRS, regarding any matter relating to the Authority's business; provided that no commitment to vote is made or sought and no decision-making action is taken. Clarifies that the Authority is subject to state sovereign immunity.	JHA
HB2693	RELATING TO HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION. Establishes the Cultural Corridor Authority to develop plans to redevelop areas affected by disaster while maintaining historic and cultural preservation. Establishes an income tax credit to incentivize the voluntary relinquishment of real property located in areas affected by disaster. Directs the Attorney General to commence eminent domain proceedings for certain purposes. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2694	RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES. Establishes an income tax credit to incentivize the voluntary relinquishment of private water systems. Directs the Attorney General to commence eminent domain proceedings in certain counties. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2695	RELATING TO WATER. Requires each county board of water supply or water board to prioritize the sustainable recharge of aquifers, ensure the health of watersheds, and, when allocating water for new development, prioritize the development of affordable housing over other types of development. Provides that these requirements shall not be construed to affect allocations of water for agricultural purposes or developments under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended.	WAL/JHA, FIN
HB2696	RELATING TO LAHAINA WILDFIRE RECOVERY. Establishes the Lahaina Recovery Oversight Commission within the Department of Accounting and General Services to oversee and guide the recovery of Lahaina from the 2023 wildfires. Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to assist in establishing a website for the Commission. Requires annual reports. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	WAL/JHA, FIN
HB2697	RELATING TO THE MAUNA KEA STEWARDSHIP AND OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY. Short form bill relating to the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority.	JHA
HB2698	RELATING TO REHABILITATION. Requires the Department of Health to establish or contract with behavioral health crisis centers in each county to provide care, diagnosis, or treatment for persons experiencing a mental illness or substance use disorder crisis. Appropriates funds.	HLT, FIN
HB2699	RELATING TO THE DEFENSE OF STATE EMPLOYEES. Requires the State to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees from civil actions when the employee was acting within the scope of their employment and was not grossly negligent or wanton, or failing to cooperate. Clarifies that the employee may employ their own attorney at the employee's own expense. Requires that if the State refuses to defend a state employee from civil actions on certain grounds, the Attorney General shall file a motion to withdraw as counsel.	JHA, FIN
HB2700	RELATING TO WILDFIRES. Establishes the Hawaii wildfire relief fund and corporation to provide compensation for property damage resulting from catastrophic wildfires in the State. Appropriates funds.	WAL/CPC, JHA, FIN
HB2701	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Prohibits retaliatory actions against a unit owner, board member, managing agent, resident manager, or association employee who takes lawful action in an effort to address, prevent, or stop a violation of the condominium law, the governing documents of the association, or any law, ordinance, rule, regulation, or code that impacts the association. Allows a unit owner, board member, managing agent, resident manager, or association employee to bring a civil action for retaliation in the district court or circuit court, whichever is appropriate, to allege a violation. Provides a claimant that brings a civil action for retaliation in the circuit court with the right to a jury trial. Prohibits an association from using association funds or reserves in a manner that would be considered retaliation in any lawsuit against a unit owner.	CPC, JHA
HB2702	RELATING TO ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. Appropriates funds for equipment and one full time equivalent position within the Department of Transportation to conduct improvements on Hana Highway.	TRN, FIN
HB2703	RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Replaces the position of Deputy to the Chairperson of the Commission on Water Resource Management with the position of Executive Officer, who shall be appointed and managed by the Commission. Authorizes the Commission on Water Resource Management to retain independent legal counsel. Makes the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources an ex officio member of the Commission on Water Resource Management and provides that the Commission shall elect a chairperson from amongst its members. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management and Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish procedures and safeguards to avoid conflicts of interest.	WAL, JHA
HB2704	RELATING TO ETHICS. Short form bill relating to ethics.	JHA
HB2705	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LEASES. Modifies requirements and restrictions related to the Department of Agriculture's dispositions of non-agricultural park lands to maximize the benefit to the State of agricultural lands and to help the State achieve its economic and food production goals.	AGR, FIN
HB2706	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Establishes fines for any person who sets off fireworks without a valid permit and while a red flag warning is in effect.	JHA, FIN
HB2707	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 12 OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE THE CHAIR OF A COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE TO SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING EVERY BILL ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE. Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to require the chair of a committee of the Legislature to set for public hearing every bill assigned to the committee.	JHA, FIN
HB2708	RELATING TO PROTECTING WOMEN'S SPORTS. Creates the requirement that the Department of Education designate sex‑specific teams for the purpose of gender equality in school sports.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB2709	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects in the 39th representative district.	FIN
HB2710	RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Requires a wireless telecommunications carrier, as a condition for any conservation district use permit to construct, reconstruct, or alter a telecommunications facility on Kaiwa ridge, to maintain emergency backup power for a minimum of eight hours.	HET, CPC
HB2711	RELATING TO CONSERVATION MITIGATION BANKS. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and operate conservation mitigation banks to restore, create, enhance, or preserve conservation habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to contract a third-party administrator for the operation of the mitigation banks. Clarifies the sale of credits involved in conservation mitigation banking. Defines "conservation mitigation bank".	WAL, FIN
HB2712	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.	HUS, FIN
HB2713	RELATING TO ADOPTION ASSISTANCE. Appropriates funds to provide additional support and resources to families receiving benefits through the State's adoption assistance and permanency assistance programs.	HUS, FIN
HB2714	RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVICE. Authorizes the temporary assignment of permanent legislative staff during the interim to executive or judicial branch agencies. Establishes that while on temporary assignment, the temporarily assigned employee is still considered an employee of the Legislature and exempt from civil service.	LMG, FIN
HB2715	RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES. Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Malama Puuloa.	CAI, FIN
HB2716	RELATING TO CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. Establishes the offense of involuntary manslaughter. Renames the existing offense of manslaughter as voluntary manslaughter. Amends various statutory provisions to accommodate the 2 forms of manslaughter.	JHA
HB2717	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
HB2718	RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. Requires all travel and lodging expenses for legislative members to be reimbursed at federally determined rates. Establishes a basic housing allowance for non-Oahu legislative members. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	LMG, FIN
HB2719	RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. Establishes a pilot program to offer tuition waivers for certain community college students starting in fall 2025. Requires the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to submit a report.	HET, FIN
HB2720	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
HB2721	RELATING TO WILDFIRE PROTECTION. Establishes a fireshed partnership program within the department of land and natural resources. Makes appropriations.	WAL, FIN
HB2722	RELATING TO YOUTH FEES AND FINES. Prohibits the assessment of any fines, fees, or court costs against a person who was adjudicated for an offense committed during the person's minority, or against the person's parent or guardian, and discharges all related debt obligations assessed prior to the effective date of the Act. Requires the Office of the Administrative Director of the Courts to submit a report to the Legislature.	HUS, JHA, FIN
HB2723	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
HB2724	RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Creates the Kona community development district to allow for planning, development, and maintenance of public lands in Kona, on the island of Hawaii. Amends the Hawaii community development authority membership to include members of Kona. Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to seek federal grants and loans from the United States Department of Agriculture's Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program for the construction of a correctional project within the new development district.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2725	RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY. Establishes the Correction Facilities Authority to be responsible for all public corrections development, planning, and construction related to capital improvement projects. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to transfer state lands in Kailua-Kona to the Correction Facilities Authority for public corrections development. Requires the Correction Facilities Authority to apply for a loan or grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program.	CMV, JHA, FIN
HB2726	RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Allows tenants who prevail in a lawsuit for a violation of the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code to be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs and threefold damages.	CPC, JHA
HB2727	RELATING TO NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY WATCH PROGRAMS. Requires planned community associations to either develop and adopt program rules for a neighborhood security watch program within the association's planned community or allocate a portion of the association's regular assessments to fund a neighborhood security watch program offered by a qualified third-party organization, no later than one year after the effective date of this Act.	CPC, JHA
HB2728	RELATING TO HEALTHCARE. Establishes the Hui Hoomana task force to identify actionable priorities and financial resources to offer the State's residents universal access to affordable, high-quality healthcare and health insurance. Requires reports to the Legislature. Dissolves the task force on 7/1/2025.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2729	RELATING TO WILDFIRE PREVENTION. Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources to establish a Central Oahu Wildfire Prevention Plan, in consultation with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, community stakeholders, and nonprofit organizations that specialize in wildfire preparedness and mitigation programming. Requires matching funds from United States Department of Agriculture Forestry Service Wildfire Defense grants. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.	WAL/EEP, FIN
HB2730	RELATING TO BULLYING. Requires the department of education to create and implement anti-bullying policies. Outlines the requirements for each institution's policy and specifies reporting, investigation, and appeals procedures involving incidents of bullying. Appropriates funds for anti-bullying and suicide prevention efforts in the public schools.	EDN, FIN
HB2731	RELATING TO SEX-BASED ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS IN SCHOOLS. Requires the department of education to designate athletic sports teams based on the biological sex assigned to players at birth. Prevents males from participating in female sports.	EDN, JHA
HB2732	RELATING TO TAXATION. Eliminates state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel for motor vehicles.	EEP, JHA, FIN
HB2733	RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Reduces the tax rate by fifty per cent for all tax brackets except the highest four.	FIN
HB2734	RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases the capital gains tax for nonresident and foreign taxpayers. Increases the alternative capital gains tax for corporations for nonresident and foreign corporations.	FIN
HB2735	RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Changes the board of directors of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, including their powers, to a steering committee to assist the chief tourism officer. Renames the president and chief executive officer as the chief tourism officer and makes the chief tourism officer head of the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Repeals certain powers of the former board and the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Transfers certain functions relating to cultural grants from the Hawaii Tourism Authority to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.	TOU, CAI, FIN
HB2736	RELATING TO STATE GESTURE. Adopts, establishes, and designates the shaka as the official gesture of the State.	CAI, JHA
HB2737	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Amends the authorized activities and uses in agricultural districts to prohibit roadside stands from displaying and selling value-added products and establish a minimum percentage of agricultural products that must be produced on the property in order to be offered for sale at certain retail agricultural-based commercial operations.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2738	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. Assigns priority for the required energy efficiency measures to first responder facilities.	EEP/WAL, FIN
HB2739	RELATING TO ENERGY ASSISTANCE. Establishes the Hawaii home energy assistance program within the Department of Human Services to assist households in paying their energy bills. Establishes the Hawaii home energy assistance special fund. Appropriates funds.	HUS/EEP, FIN
HB2740	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Establishes the Hawaii zero waste initiative to manage the State's transition to a zero solid waste economy.	EEP, FIN
HB2741	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a definition for "premium cigar" that is distinct from a "large cigar" and adds a definition for "characterizing flavor" in the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law. Excludes premium cigars from percentage excise tax. Establishes an excise tax at a rate of 50 cents per premium cigar.	CPC, FIN
HB2742	RELATING TO THE LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Establishes an alternative process for the termination of the rental agreement that involves mediation. Requires the Governor to notify the Chief Justice, Legislature, and Revisor of Statutes when the final wildfire proclamation will expire. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Appropriates funds.	CPC, FIN
HB2743	RELATING TO WASTEWATER. Requires each county to develop and maintain a wastewater management plan. Specifies the requirements of the wastewater management plan. Authorizes the Director of Health to exempt a county from creating a wastewater management plan if the county has an existing plan that substantially meets certain requirements. Requires the counties to identify specific priority areas in which the county sewerage system or other centralized treatment system will be expanded or constructed to reduce or eliminate cesspools before 1/1/2050. Provides for the designation of these priority areas as sewer improvement districts. Authorizes each county to assess a monthly cesspool pollution fee beginning in 7/1/2025 on real properties containing a cesspool. Authorizes the counties to use fee revenues for certain activities that eliminate, reduce, or mitigate the impacts of cesspools, including the expansion of county sewerage systems and the issuance of grants and low-interest loans to property owners. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Makes appropriations.	EEP/WAL, FIN
HB2744	RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH. Establishes an oral health task force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriations exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	HLT, FIN
HB2745	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT. Short form bill relating to legislative management.	LMG
HB2746	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires and appropriate moneys for the provision of free voice communication services in the State's youth and adult correctional facilities. Amends sources of funding for and imposes a limit on moneys retained in the victim information and notification system special fund. Appropriates moneys into and out of the automated victim information and notification system special fund. Declares that the appropriations exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025.	HUS, JHA, FIN
HB2747	RELATING TO CREATIVE MEDIA. Establishes the Filmmakers Special Fund. Requires the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to award grants for film, media, and creative industries intellectual property development projects in Hawaii. Requires consultation with the Creative Industries Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Repeals 6/30/2029. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	CAI, FIN
HB2748	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Establishes statewide vehicular pursuit policies.	TRN, JHA
HB2749	RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION. Amends the definition of "imminent harm" in the Child Protective Act. Clarifies the due process required for child removals, including removals by a police officer without a court order.	HUS, JHA
HB2750	RELATING TO CLEAN AND SOBER HOMES. Requires mandatory registration for all clean and sober homes. Requires the Department of Health to ensure there is equitable distribution of clean and sober homes throughout a county. Requires an applicant to obtain written approval from the appropriate county showing compliance with all land use and zoning ordinances and rules. Prohibits the Department of Health from issuing a certificate of registration: unless, in certain counties, a public informational meeting is first held before a neighborhood board in the affected community; and if there are more than a certain number of registered clean and sober homes within a certain mile radius in the affected community.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2751	RELATING TO LITTERING. Establishes the misdemeanor offense of criminal littering in the first degree for the improper disposal of household hazardous waste on public or private property or in public or private waters. Amends existing criminal littering offense to be the offense of criminal littering in the second degree.	JHA, FIN
HB2752	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
HB2753	RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS. Before the transfer of non-agricultural park lands, authorizes the Department of Agriculture to request information from the Department of Land and Natural Resources related to the establishment of necessary and reasonable easements upon the lands. Amends legislative findings regarding non-agricultural park lands. Requires the Department of Agriculture to accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands. Requires the Department of Agriculture, prior to offering a lease, to inquire with the Department of Land and Natural Resources regarding any easements required for access to landlocked forest reserves or other assets on the lands subject to the lease. Continue to require the lessee to maintain a conservation plan. 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
HB2754	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes a Plant-Based Building Materials Working Group to report on how best to grow plants and develop plant-based building materials in Hawaii and provide economic development and green jobs while sequestering greenhouse gases to help achieve the State's climate target.	AGR, FIN
HB2755	RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. Increases the penalty for the desecration of Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian burial sites from a misdemeanor to a felony.	WAL, JHA
HB2756	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Recategorizes City and County of Honolulu Emergency Medical Services Department employees from bargaining unit (10) into a new bargaining unit (16).	LGO, FIN
HB2757	RELATING TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE. By 1/1/2026, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2027, requires the Department to start receiving claims and paying benefits under the program. Specifies eligibility requirements and employee protections under the program.	LGO, CPC, FIN
HB2758	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Facilitates the control and eradication of invasive species and pests. Establishes a plant nursery licensing program. Requires the Department of Agriculture to designate certain species as pests for control or eradication. Imposes certain limits on imports and transportation. Updates the method by which the Department's noxious weed list is updated.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2759	RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES. Appropriates funds to maintain seventy-five health technician positions within the Department of Education for the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.	EDN, FIN
HB2760	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
HB2761	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the second representative district.	FIN
HB2762	RELATING TO GAMING. Grants forty-year gaming license for a single integrated resort property on lands under the control of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs designated for commercial use on the island of Oahu excluding lands west of Ko Olina. Establishes the Hawaii Gaming Commission. Imposes wagering tax on gross gaming revenue. Creates the State Gaming Fund. Appropriates funds.	ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN
HB2763	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION. Allows the Hawaiian Homes Commission to retain independent legal counsel. Authorizes the Hawaiian Homes Commission to use the services of the Attorney General as needed. Provides that funds owed to independent legal counsel shall be paid by the Hawaiian Homes Commission with general funds appropriated by the legislature. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Appropriates moneys.	JHA, FIN
HB2764	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 laws. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	JHA, FIN
HB2765	RELATING TO SPORTS WAGERING. Allows for the regulation of sports wagering by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators and sports wagering suppliers. Specifies that sports wagering shall not be considered games of chance or gambling.	ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN
HB2766	RELATING TO VEGETATION MANAGEMENT NEAR UTILITY LINES. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to create and annually update a wildfire hazard map. Requires private and public property owners to trim grasses within certain proximities of public rights of way and utility lines. Authorizes electric utility companies to enter private or public property to trim or remove hazardous vegetation. Protects electric utility companies from liability for certain damages to other vegetation and property caused during the removal of hazardous vegetation. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	WAL/CPC, JHA, FIN
HB2767	RELATING TO RENEWABLE FUEL. Updates the Renewable Fuels Production Tax Credit to incentivize locally grown, produced, generated, or collected renewable fuel. Extends the credit period from ten to twenty consecutive years. Increases the total amount of tax credits allowed to $80,000,000 in any calendar year.	EEP, FIN
HB2768	RELATING TO RENEWABLE FUEL. Includes oilseed cover crops into the Cover Crop Reimbursement Pilot Program established by Act 312, SLH 2022.	AGR, FIN
HB2769	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
HB2770	RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish reliability standards and interconnection requirements for the Hawaii electric system. Establishes system resilience as a metric that is monitored and considered by the Commission. Requires the Commission to collect the Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge and provides that the surcharge may be transferred to the Commission for the purpose of its duties. Requires the Commission to contract for the performance of certain of its functions with a Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator.	CPC, FIN
HB2771	RELATING TO FOOD SECURITY. Appropriates funds 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
HB2772	RELATING TO THE STATE SEAL. Requires the use of modern Hawaiian orthography, including the kahakō and ʻokina, on the state seal. Provides that valid representations of the seal created before this Act shall remain valid.	CAI, JHA
HB2773	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT LABELING. Establishes certain standards for agricultural products labeled as being Hawaiian or from Hawaii.	AGR, CPC
HB2774	RELATING TO LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. Resolves some of the discrepancies between the locally sourced food benchmarks for the department of education and those of other state entities.	EDN, AGR, FIN
HB2775	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Establishes a candor process through which patients and their families, health care providers, and health care facilities can engage in open communication about how an adverse care health incident occurred, how it will be prevented in the future, and what compensation, if any, will be offered to the patient or their family. Establishes notice and confidentiality requirements for open discussions.	HLT, JHA
HB2776	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects in the 1st Representative District.	FIN
HB2777	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources for the establishment of two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) extension agent positions to support the 4-H Youth Development Program and intergenerational programming in Kona, Hawaii County, and Lihue, Kauai County. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.	HET, FIN
HB2778	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a surcharge on the state transient accommodations tax for transient vacation rental units located outside a zoned resort area.	TOU, FIN
HB2779	RELATING TO TAXATION. Incrementally increases the amount of the income tax standard deduction from 2024 to 2031.	FIN
HB2780	RELATING TO TAXATION. Incrementally amends income tax rates for every other taxable year beginning after 12/31/2024.	FIN
HB2781	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a surcharge on general excise and use taxes. Effective 1/1/2031.	FIN
HB2782	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Requires that the presence of little fire ants be disclosed as part of the mandatory seller disclosures in real estate transactions.	AGR, CPC
HB2783	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Establishes the PFAS Testing Grant Program within the Department of Health to provide funding to assist communities, businesses, and residents throughout the State in obtaining testing services and biological sampling to identify and detect perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2784	RELATING TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS LABORATORY. Requires the Department of Health to construct, establish, and operate an environmental toxins testing laboratory to test samples submitted by the public for diseases; water, air, and soil quality; and complex testing. Allows the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds.	EEP, WAL, FIN
HB2785	RELATING TO WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT. Requires a wastewater treatment plant to test sewage sludge and any other residual material for the presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Requires the Department of Health to adopt administrative rules for the safe disposal and sequestration of sewage sludge and other residual material that contain any amount of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Prohibits the issuance or renewal of permits if testing yields perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in sewage sludge or other residual material on land used for agronomic purposes, on land where drainage tiles have been installed, on land that drains into waters of the State, or land in a five hundred-year floodplain.	EEP/WAL, FIN
HB2786	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Eliminates biomass from the renewable portfolio standard definition of "renewable energy".	EEP, CPC
HB2787	RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSING ACCOUNT PROGRAM. Updates the Individual Housing Account statute to more accurately reflect the current cost of housing down-payments. Requires department of taxation to create and implement a public awareness campaign about Individual Housing Accounts. Appropriates funds exceeding the expenditure ceiling.	HSG, FIN
HB2788	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Amends the definition of "dangerous to self". Defines the terms "gravely disabled" and "psychiatric deterioration". Broadens the term of "imminently dangerous to self and others". Increases the maximum period of emergency hospitalization.	HLT, JHA
HB2789	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education equip all classroom doors with interior locks, maintain a public address system, feature an emergency access route, employ a student resource officer, and maintain fire alarms. Mandates the establishment of school emergency management plans. Requires schools conduct regular testing and emergency preparedness drills. Appropriates funds exceeding the ceiling.	EDN, FIN
HB2790	RELATING TO HOUSING. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to reactivate the Hula Mae Single Family Program in order to assist homeowners in obtaining mortgage loans.	HSG, FIN
HB2791	RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, and repair of housing units without regard to civil service law.	HSG, LGO, FIN
HB2792	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Requires seller or seller's agent to provide buyer with disclosure of any little fire ant infestations on residential real property and agricultural land prior to sale.	AGR, CPC
HB2793	RELATING TO THE MAUI VETERANS HOME. Requires the transfer of the Maui State Veterans Home to the Oahu Regional Health Care System and then to the Department of Health, as part of the Oahu Regional Health Care System transfer pursuant to Act 212, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2794	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires electronic smoking device of e-liquid manufacturers to submit certifications with the Department of Taxation annually, stating that products comply with federal regulations. Requires the Department of Taxation to maintain a directory. Imposes penalties.	CPC, FIN
HB2795	RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Requires the safe disposal of toxic and incinerator ash. Prohibits the reuse of toxic and incinerator ash for any purpose.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2796	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires waste combustion facility owners to implement continuous monitoring and sampling technologies for the purposes of collecting data regarding emissions. Establishes a publicly available website hosted by the Department of Health that will track and display data collected on emissions. Requires the DOH to adjust permit limits for air contaminants based on emissions data collected. Requires reports to the legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2797	RELATED TO TOXIC CHEMICALS. Establishes a working group to investigate the existence and environmental dangers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and related chemicals. Requires a report to the Legislature.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2798	RELATING TO ENERGY. Clarifies the definition of "power-generating facility" for the purposes of environmental impact assessments to include new combustion electricity-generating facilities operating beginning January 1, 2024, that were not previously operational. Includes power-generating facilities that are converting from one source of energy to another source, where the new source requires combustion and the electrical output rating of the converted facility exceeds 5.0 megawatts.	EEP, CPC
HB2799	RELATED TO TOXIC CHEMICALS. Requires state agencies that monitor environmental toxins and pollutants to establish environmental action levels (EALs) to ensure the preservation of a safe environment. Prohibits modifications to EALs unless certain procedural requirements are met. Allows any State resident to petition for modifications to an established EAL.	EEP, JHA, FIN
HB2800	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Beginning 7/1/2025, and occurring every ten years thereafter, requires the Department of Health to convene an Advisory Committee on Mental Health Code Review.	HLT, CPC
HB2801	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ASSESSED FINANCING. Allows condominiums to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing.	CPC, FIN
HB2802	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 1, SECTION 23, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO MARRIAGE. Proposes a constitutional amendment to remove the legislature's authority to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples.	JHA
HB2803	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education.	HET
HB2804	RELATING TO NOISE. Increases penalty fines for violations of leaf blower restrictions. Removes the exemption for government entities and their agents from leaf blower restrictions. Beginning July 1, 2027, prohibits the sale of any leaf blower or string trimmer that is rated by its manufacturer at greater than 70 decibels when measured at a distance of 50 feet.	JHA
HB2805	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates moneys for the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization to conduct a multiethnic cohort study regarding the 2023 Maui wildfires. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	WAL/HET, FIN
HB2806	RELATING TO OPIOID LITIGATION PROCEEDS. Establishes the Hawaii opioid litigation proceeds special fund. Establishes the Hawaii opioid litigation proceeds council to administer the special fund. Establishes standards for expenditure of opioid litigation proceeds received by the State. Establishes and appropriates funds for three full-time equivalent positions.	HLT, JHA, FIN
HB2807	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. Establishes a working group within the Department of Health to comprehensively and systematically map the array of child and adolescent mental health programs and services statewide. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	HLT, CPC, FIN