| HI | SB1112 | Engross
50% | Prohibits bans on dwelling unit rentals having a term between one and five months for inter-island relocations and temporary workers. Authorizes county councils to adopt any ordinances necessary to implement the prohibition by 6/30/2024.
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| HI | HB684 | Intro
25% | Amends chapter 127A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to clarify State and local authority, ensure effective and adaptable emergency response, and further the goals of transparency and democratic accountability. Clarifies that powers granted for emerge...
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| HI | HB270 | Intro
25% | Allows the Hawaii Community Development Authority to approve the residential development on the nine parcels conveyed to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs pursuant to Act 15, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012. Raises the building height limit and increases th...
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| HI | HB589 | Intro
25% | Includes in the State's policies for the physical environment under the Hawaii State Planning Act, the development of a statewide beach assessment study and a beach and shoreline restoration and conservation plan. Appropriates funds.
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| HI | HB1388 | Intro
25% | Establishes the natural resource management commission and special fund. Repeals the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the special land and development fund. Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues to the natural resource...
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| HI | HB116 | Intro
25% | Expands exclusions to the definition of "development" for purposes of special management areas to reduce the need for special management area permits for certain activities.
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| HI | HB458 | Intro
25% | Establishes a Desalination Planning Task Force to examine the feasibility of, and develop a plan and timeline for, the use desalination as a source of potable water in the State. Appropriates moneys.
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| HI | SB74 | Engross
50% | Establishes additional exclusions from the definition of "development" as it applies to special management areas to reduce the need for special management area permits for certain activities. Repeals the 7,500 square foot threshold for single-family ...
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| HI | HB488 | Intro
25% | Establishes the aquacultural area lease program within the department of agriculture to identify state facilities, state lands, and state marine waters that are suitable for use and lease as commercial aquacultural areas. Allows agencies having contr...
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| HI | HB60 | Intro
25% | Short form bill relating to natural resources.
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| HI | SB1377 | Engross
50% | Revises chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add definitions that are consistent with federal Clean Water Act regulations. Clarifies the Director of Health's role as a certifying agency including enforcement of water quality certifications, and ...
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| HI | SB432 | Engross
50% | Designates Hawaii coral reefs as critical natural infrastructure.
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| HI | HB1092 | Intro
25% | Expands the authority of the State and the counties and develops funding to begin utilizing managed retreat as an option for voluntarily moving residential development and associated infrastructure away from critically vulnerable areas to locations o...
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| HI | HB1482 | Intro
25% | Prohibits purposeful harassment with the intent to prevent the taking of fish from persons who are fishing in state waters.
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| HI | HB61 | Intro
25% | Short form bill relating to land use.
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| HI | HB152 | Intro
25% | Short form bill relating to the department of land and natural resources.
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| HI | HB1228 | Intro
25% | Authorizes raising the building height limit to 400 feet for 2 of the 6 parcels owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in the Kakaako Makai area. Lifts the current restriction against residential development in Kakaako Makai to authorize residential...
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| HI | HB901 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the display of aquatic mammals in the State.
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| HI | SB1386 | Engross
50% | Clarifies the conditions, manner, and areas in which the Commission on Water Resource Management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources can declare water shortages and emergencies. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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| HI | HB63 | Intro
25% | Short form bill relating to disasters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB14 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to: (1) Amend and extend existing pasture leases for up to sixty-five years; (2) Issue new pasture leases by negotiation, if the lands are already under pastoral use; and (3) Develop agricultural and...
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| HI | SB89 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to comply with Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, when designating marine management areas. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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| HI | HB1318 | Intro
25% | Transfers from the Department of Natural Resources certain wharfs, launching ramps, and small boat harbors on Maui to the County of Maui with the corresponding revenue from those harbors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB169 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for a grant-in-aid to the County of Hawaii to hire an engineering firm to study, plan, assist, and conduct preliminary design and concept work for a two-phase project to restore the Kahaluu Beach Park in the County of Hawaii. Condi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB763 | Intro
25% | Requires the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Division.
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| HI | HB988 | Intro
25% | Increases options to build affordable housing in Hawaii Community Development Authority districts by increasing the permissible lease term to ninety-nine years. Prohibits the Hawaii Community Development Authority from encumbering lands that were cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB766 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to inventory historic properties and burial sites in the State, collect data on burial site locations, and conduct an archaeological surface survey.
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| HI | HB890 | Intro
25% | Amends the taxes withheld on the amount realized by nonresidents from the disposition of Hawaii residential real property from 7.25% to 75%. Applies to real estate dispositions that occur on or after 9/15/2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB62 | Intro
25% | Short form bill relating to government.
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| HI | HB928 | Intro
25% | Requires that all moneys in the pro rata portion of the Public Land Trust be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
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| HI | HB534 | Intro
25% | Repeals the requirement for Board of Land and Natural Resources approval for lease extensions in the Hilo Community Economic District. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use the current tax assessed value when offering lease ext...
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| HI | HB457 | Intro
25% | Phases out parking of motor vehicles on the grounds of Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS to remove the blacktop, parking area, and parking meters adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DLNR to develop and maintain a pedestrian area adjacent to Iolani Palace....
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| HI | HB354 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission and to fund three full-time equivalent (3.00 FTE) permanent positions for the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB380 | Intro
25% | Short form bill relating to cesspools.
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| HI | HB765 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to support the Department of Land and Natural Resources in restoring and restocking fishponds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB762 | Intro
25% | Repeals section 171-58, Hawaii Revised Statutes to eliminate the Board of Land and Natural Resources' power to issue water use permits. Establishes positions within the Commission on Water Resource Management. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB1407 | Intro
25% | Appropriates moneys to the department of science of the University of Hawaii Maui college to support water testing on the island of Maui, including supplies and the creation of 2.0 FTE positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB632 | Intro
25% | Requires leases used in the conveyance of available lands as defined by section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, as amended, to conform to the requirements for securitization by federally insured lending programs.
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| HI | HB1351 | Intro
25% | Amends the conveyance tax by adding a fee schedule for properties that are sold by foreign entities or non-resident foreign nationals.
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| HI | SB1235 | Engross
50% | Establishes a temporary public land trust working group within the Office of the Governor for administrative purposes only. Provides that the working group's sole purpose shall be to compile a definitive inventory of public land trust lands. Authoriz...
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| HI | HB591 | Intro
25% | Provides that where public access is required as a condition of a subdivision, either the county must accept dedication of and maintain the access or identify an entity to own and maintain the access. Authorizes a county to require the subdivider or ...
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| HI | HB894 | Intro
25% | Places certain requirements and speed restrictions on the operation of water vessels in proximity to humpback whales.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB273 | Intro
25% | 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 th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB1189 | Intro
25% | Requires the maintenance of at least three hundred parking stalls at Ala Wai boat harbor at no cost for recreational ocean access and for the practice of traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights.
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| HI | SB77 | Engross
50% | 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. A...
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| HI | HB757 | Intro
25% | Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources a Water Security Working Group to study and recommend priority capital improvement projects for legislative consideration and approval that leverage public-private investment to increase...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB1510 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to be expended by the city and county of Honolulu for the Honolulu board of water supply to construct a new exploratory well and groundwater monitoring wells.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB768 | Intro
25% | Requires nonpotable water users and developers within a certain distance of wastewater treatment plants to use R-1 water. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | SB867 | Engross
50% | Prohibits any law, ordinance, or rule from imposing an inclusionary zoning requirement on housing offered exclusively for sale in perpetuity to buyers who are residents of the State, are owner-occupants, and do not own any other real property. Requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
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| HI | HB319 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Red Hill water contamination health impacts program within the Department of Health to track the long-term impacts of the 2021 petroleum release from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Appropriates moneys.
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