HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

STATE OF HAWAII

THIRTY-THIRD STATE LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION, 2025

 

 

March 13, 2025

 

 

31st Day

 

ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

 

 

 

1.         Roll Call

 

2.         Reading of the Journal

 

3.         Messages from the Governor

 

 

Received message number 1101 informing the House that H.B. No. 1440, H.D. 1 was signed into law on March 12, 2025, as Act 001.

 

4.         Senate Communications

 

 

 

ORDER OF THE DAY

 

 

5.         Reports of Standing Committees

 

            LABOR

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1178

S.B. No. 717, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

(Collective Bargaining; Grievance; Suspension; Discharge; Exempt Employees)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                    

 

            LABOR

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1179

S.B. No. 183, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

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

(EUTF; Collective Bargaining; Contributions; Disputes; Impasses; Arbitration)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1180

S.B. No. 1359, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND BASE COMPOSITE MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION.

(EUTF; Employer Base Composite Monthly Contribution)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1181

S.B. No. 855, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO HAWAII RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACT.

(DLIR; Hawaii Retirement Savings Act; Hawaii Retirement Savings Program; Covered Employer; Definition; Automatic Enrollment; Opt-Out Option; Appropriations)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1182

S.B. No. 828, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL BENEFITS.

(Firefighters; Workers' Compensation Medical Benefits; Cancer)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                    

 

            LABOR

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1183

S.B. No. 1360, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

(Employees' Retirement System; Required Beginning Dates; Automatic Payments)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1184

S.B. No. 1361, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S EMPLOYER REPORTING REVIEW.

(Employees' Retirement System; Employer Reporting)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1185

S.B. No. 1491, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO DEPARTMENTAL DATA SHARING.

(DOTAX; DBEDT; Data Sharing; Statewide Longitudinal Data Sharing)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                    

 

            TOURISM

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1186

S.B. No. 1571, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO TOURISM.

(Tourism; Hawaii Tourism Authority; Positions; Convention Center Facility; Administration)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO LABOR                                                                                    

 

            TOURISM

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1187

S.B. No. 1536, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.

(HTA; President and Chief Executive Officer; ERS Exemption; Repeal)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO LABOR                                                                                    

 

            EDUCATION

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1188

S.B. No. 422, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

(DOE; Veterans; High School Diploma)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO PUBLIC SAFETY                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1189

S.B. No. 532, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

(DOE; Medication Administration; Staff; Agents; Health Care Professionals; Physician Assistants; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Prescriptive Authority)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO HEALTH                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1190

S.B. No. 659, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

(DOE; Procurement; Locally Sourced Products; Fresh Local Agricultural Products; Local Value-Added Processed, Agricultural, or Food Products; Exemption; Geographic Preference)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO AGRICULTURE & FOOD SYSTEMS                                                                                    

 

            EDUCATION

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1191

S.B. No. 747, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

(BOE; DOE; Audit Office; Established; Reports; Positions; Appropriations)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO LABOR                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1192

S.B. No. 423, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE EARLY LEARNING BOARD.

(Early Learning Board; Composition; Membership; Hawaii Head Start State Collaboration Office; Head Start Association of Hawaii)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1193

S.B. No. 789, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO SCHOOL CAFETERIA MEAL COSTS.

(DOE; School Cafeteria Meals; Costs)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                    

 

            CULTURE & ARTS

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1194

S.B. No. 1051, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HISTORY MONTH.

(Hawaiian History Month; Month of Observance)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                    

 

            CULTURE & ARTS

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1195

S.B. No. 614, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.

(La Kuokoa; Hawaiian Independence Day; State Holiday)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                    

 

            TRANSPORTATION

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1196

S.B. No. 1402, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO VESSELS IN STATE COMMERCIAL HARBORS.

(Mooring Lines; Harbor Safety; Exempt Vessels; Commercial Harbors)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO LABOR                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1197

S.B. No. 321, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

(Private Streets; Highways; Roads; Subdivider; Title; Fee Simple; Ownership; Community Association)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO WATER & LAND                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1198

S.B. No. 419, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

(Insurance; Motor Vehicles; Child Passenger Restraint Systems; Replacement)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE                                                                                    

 

            TRANSPORTATION

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1199

S.B. No. 1009, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO PARKING.

(State Reserved Parking Space Enforcement Fine; Parking; Persons with Disabilities; Electric Vehicles)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1200

S.B. No. 21, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO WATER CARRIERS.

(PUC; Water Carriers; Tariffs; Water Carrier Inflationary Cost Index; Automatic Adjustment; Mechanism; Rate Adjustments)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1201

S.B. No. 1120, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

(DOT; Clean Fuel Standard; Greenhouse Gases; Alternative Fuels; Feasibility Study; Rules)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                                                                    

 

            PUBLIC SAFETY

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1202

S.B. No. 224, S.D. 1

 

RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION.

(DCR; Offender Reentry; Identification Documents; Departmental Assistance)

 

PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                    

 

            PUBLIC SAFETY

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1203

S.B. No. 104, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

(DCR; Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission; Correctional Facilities; Committed Persons; Restrictive Housing; Restrictions; Report)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                    

 

            ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1204

S.B. No. 533, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

(Planned Public Safety Power Shutoff; Response; Department of Education; Appropriation)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO EDUCATION                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1205

S.B. No. 589, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

(PUC; Tariffs; Renewable Energy; Retail Wheeling; Customer-sited Distributed Energy Resources; Installation Goal)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE                                                                                    

 

            ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/LABOR

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1206

S.B. No. 1500, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES.

(PUC; Regulated Investor-Owned Electric Utilities; Electric Services; Appointment of Receiver)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE                                                                                    

 

            ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/LABOR

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1207

S.B. No. 997, S.D. 3, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO ENERGY.

(Renewable Energy; Large-Scale Renewable Energy Generation Projects; Labor Standards; Attestation; Declaration)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE                                                                                    

 

            HUMAN SERVICES & HOMELESSNESS

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1208

S.B. No. 281, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO TORTURE.

(Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Penal Code; Torture; Prohibition)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1209

S.B. No. 292, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.

(Sexual Exploitation; Safe Harbor Protections; Medical or Law Enforcement Assistance)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1210

S.B. No. 295, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

(Domestic Abuse Protective Orders; Temporary Restraining Order; Order for Protection; Penalties)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                    

 

            HUMAN SERVICES & HOMELESSNESS

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1211

S.B. No. 952, S.D. 2

 

RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.

(DHS; OWR; Child Welfare System; Diversion and Intervention; Pilot Program; Report; Appropriations)

 

PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1212

S.B. No. 1312, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS.

(Penal Code; Offenses Against Public Health and Morals; Sex Trafficking; Promoting Prostitution)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                    

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1213

S.B. No. 1609, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO CHILD CARE.

(DHS; Early Learning Services Contracts Program; Child Care Providers; Infant and Toddler Child Care Centers; Group Child Care Centers)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                    

 

 

 

6.         Announcements

 

 

Floor Presentation for Friday, March 14, 2025:

 

HONORING AND COMMENDING HERB LEE, JR., FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION, CULTURAL PRESERVATION, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI.