HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

STATE OF HAWAII

THIRTY-THIRD STATE LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION, 2025

 

 

March 20, 2025

 

 

36th Day

 

ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

 

 

 

1.         Roll Call

 

2.         Reading of the Journal

 

3.         Messages from the Governor

 

 

Received message number 7 transmitting the Commission on Salaries Report and Recommendations to the 2025 Legislature.

 

4.         Senate Communications

 

 

Received communications transmitting the following Senate Concurrent Resolutions, both having been Adopted in the Senate:

 

S.C.R. No. 20

S.C.R. No. 21

 

 

ORDER OF THE DAY

 

 

5.         Floor Presentations

 

 

H.R. No. 210

CONGRATULATING THE 2025 HAWAIʻI PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND THE 2025 TEACHERS OF THE YEAR FOR SCHOOL COMPLEX AREAS IN THE LEEWARD DISTRICT, HAWAIʻI DISTRICT, AND MAUI DISTRICT.

 

 

6.         Reports of Standing Committees

 

            CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1381

S.B. No. 177, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.

(DOA; Division of Animal Industry; Aquaculture Program; Import Assessment; Biological Aquatic Risk-Based Framework; Biocontainment Standards; Aquatic Livestock; Appropriation)

 

REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

            CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE/JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1382

S.B. No. 1117, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

(Department of Transportation; Rebate; Electric Mobility Device Subaccount; Electric Mobility Device Rebate Program; Electric Motorcycles; Reports; Appropriations)

 

REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

            TRANSPORTATION

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1383

S.B. No. 106, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS.

(Pedestrians; Safety; Street Crossing; Pilot Program)

 

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

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1384

S.B. No. 1638, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO AIR CARRIERS.

(DOT; Airlines; Air Carriers; Subsidy; Molokai Airport; Appropriations)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

            TRANSPORTATION

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1385

S.B. No. 1195, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

(DOT; Street Parking; Restrictions; Pedestrian Safety; Exemptions; Fines; Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund)

 

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

 

            LABOR

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1386

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

 

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

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

 

REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1387

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)

 

REFER TO CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE                                                                                     

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1388

S.B. No. 447, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO A DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PILOT PROGRAM.

(DOH; Department of Human Resources Development; Hiring Pilot Program; Reports to Legislature)

 

AS AMENDED, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

            LABOR

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1389

S.B. No. 1065, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO SKILLS-BASED HIRING.

(State and County Employees; Hiring Requirements; Skills-Based Hiring; Bachelor's Degree; Prohibition; Exemption)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1390

S.B. No. 442, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

(ERS; Retirants; Employment; Succession Planning)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1391

S.B. No. 340, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

(HLRB; Collective Bargaining in Public Employment; Orders; Enforcement)

 

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

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1392

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

 

RELATING TO TOURISM.

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

 

AS AMENDED, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

            ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1393

S.B. No. 329, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION.

(Water Pollution; Recycled Water; Treatment Works Effluent; Counties; Reports)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1394

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

 

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

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

 

REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1395

S.B. No. 1232, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO WASTEWATER SYSTEMS.

(UH; DOH; DHHL; University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center; New Wastewater Technology Testing Pilot Program; Wastewater Systems; Reports; Appropriation)

 

REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

            ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/WATER & LAND

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1396

S.B. No. 1318

 

RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION.

(Water Pollution Offenses; Enforcement)

 

PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

            ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/WATER & LAND

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1397

S.B. No. 1602, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE KEAUHOU AQUIFER SYSTEM.

(DLNR; Commission on Water Resource Management; Keauhou Aquifer System Monitoring Pilot Project; Keauhou Aquifer System; Reports; Appropriation)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1398

S.B. No. 1074, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS.

(Environmental Assessment; Commercial Activities; Temporary Exemption; Challenge; Permits)

 

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

 

            WATER & LAND

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1399

S.B. No. 1669, S.D. 2, H.D. 2

 

RELATING TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

(DOT; Transit-Oriented Community Improvement Partnership; Community Improvement Special Fund; Exemptions; Reports; Positions; Appropriation)

 

AS AMENDED, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1400

S.B. No. 1083, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO PORT INFRASTRUCTURE.

(DLNR; Maintenance Dredging; Budget Request; Port Infrastructure; State Small Boat Harbors; Appropriation)

 

AS AMENDED, PASS SECOND READING, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

            WATER & LAND

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1401

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

 

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

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

 

REFER TO JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                     

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1402

S.B. No. 1146, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO THE ALA WAI CANAL.

(UH; Ala Wai Canal; Debris Management; Water Quality; Appropriations)

 

REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1403

S.B. No. 1511, S.D. 1, H.D. 1

 

RELATING TO HANALEI BAY.

(Board of Land and Natural Resources; Hanalei Bay; Vessel Restriction)

 

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

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1404

S.B. No. 1002, S.D. 2, H.D. 2

 

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

(DLNR; SHPD; Review and Comment; Affordable Housing; Third-Party Consultants; Rules; Appropriation)

 

AS AMENDED, REFER TO FINANCE                                                                                     

 

 

            Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 1405

S.B. No. 946, S.D. 2, H.D. 2

 

RELATING TO WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT.

(Wastewater; Raw Sewage; Treatment Plants; Discharge; Prohibition)

 

AS AMENDED, REFER TO JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                                                                     

 

 

7.         Announcements

 

 

Floor Presentation for Friday, March 21, 2025:

 

CONGRATULATING THE FIRST AND SECOND PLACE TEAMS AT THE 2025 HAWAIʻI LIFESMARTS STATE COMPETITION AND 2025 UNITED STATES SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM DELEGATE.