| HB1299 | Pass | Repeals various non-general funds of the Department of Agriculture; Department of Accounting and General Services; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Education; Department of Health; Department of Labor and Indus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-21
Act 009, Special Session 2021, 07/20/21 (Gov. Msg. No. 3). |
| HB485 | Pass | Increases the tax by $0.50 each year from 1/1/2022 to 12/31/2027. Exempts the imposition of the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax for persons whose vehicles have been stolen and are unrecovered or will not be repaired due to total loss. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-08
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 237, 07/06/2021, (Gov. Msg. No. 1365). |
| HB53 | Pass | Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by Article VII, Section 13, of the Hawaii State Constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-08
Act 007, Special Session 2021, 07/08/21. |
| HB499 | Pass | Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to extend certain leases of public lands for commercial, industrial, resort, mixed-use, or government use upon approval of a proposed development agreement to make substantial improvements to the exi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-08
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 236, 07/06/2021, (Gov. Msg. No. 1364). |
| HB862 | Pass | Abolishes the office of aerospace development, aerospace advisory committee, and Hawaii unmanned aerial systems test site advisory board. Transfers administration of the Pacific international space center for exploration systems from DBEDT to the Uni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-08
Act 001, Special Session 2021, 07/06/21. |
| HB177 | Pass | Amends the offenses of sexual assault in the first and third degree perpetrated against a person who is mentally defective to provide that a perpetrator commits the offense if the perpetrator is negligent in not knowing of the mental defect of the vi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-08
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 239, 07/06/2021, (Gov. Msg. No. 1367). |
| HB566 | Pass | Adds coercive control between family or household members to the pilot program to strengthen state and county responses to domestic violence and increase violator accountability established by Act 19, Regular Session of 2020. Sunsets 6/30/2026. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-08
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 238, 07/06/2021, (Gov. Msg. No. 1366). |
| HB54 | Pass | Effective 6/30/2021, appropriates moneys for deposit into the emergency and budget reserve fund and makes payments for other post-employment benefits. Appropriates moneys for debt service for fiscal biennium 2021-2023. (AD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-08
Act 006, 2021 Special Session, on 07-08-21 (Gov. Msg. No. 1). |
| HB891 | Pass | Regulates the sale and use of electric guns and cartridges. Repeals the prohibition on the possession, sale, offer for sale, give, lend, or delivery of any electric gun. Effective 1/1/2022. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 183, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311). |
| HB741 | Pass | Requires certain Hawaii state ethics commission records to be retained for a period of six years from the date of filing. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 190, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1318). |
| HB671 | Pass | Prohibits certain state officials and employees from representing certain interests before the State for twelve months after termination from their respective positions. Specifies that the prohibition against disclosing certain information applies to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 189, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1317). |
| HB513 | Pass | Dissolves the state capitol management committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 231, 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1359). |
| HB334 | Pass | Establishes a state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund, to be administered by DOH. Allows moneys in the state highway fund to be expended to establish a state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory. Deposits into the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 196, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1324). |
| HB1322 | Pass | Establishes a trauma-informed care task force within the Department of Health to make recommendations of trauma-informed care in the State. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 209, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1337). |
| HB468 | Pass | Suspends the requirement for public employers to make annual required contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund through fiscal year 2022-2023. Repeals on 6/30/2023. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 229, 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1357). |
| HB416 | Pass | Prohibits specified trolleys, trolleys with swivels, pulleys, cables, or running lines designed to attach a dog to two stationary objects in a configuration that endangers the dog, including by depriving the dog of sustenance. Prohibits tethering or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 182, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). |
| HB1004 | Pass | Authorizes the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to prohibit the operation of pressure retaining items, amusement rides, and elevators and kindred equipment if inspection fees or fines are not timely paid. Deletes the statutory boiler and el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 200, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1328). |
| HB1031 | Pass | Reduces the number of members on the Hawaii Historic Places Review Board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 232, 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1360). |
| HB991 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Health to disclose vital statistics records for public health purposes. Updates eligibility requirements for access to confidential vital statistics records. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 199, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1327). |
| HB1253 | Pass | Prohibits employers, with certain exemptions, from requiring employees and prospective employees to download to their personal communication device, a mobile application that enables the employee's location to be tracked or the employee's personal in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 206, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1334). |
| HB1032 | Pass | Updates the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make it consistent with amendments in the federal controlled substances law as required by section 329-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 233, 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1361). |
| HB79 | Pass | Establishes an affordable homeownership revolving fund within HHFDC to provide loans to nonprofit community development financial institutions and nonprofit housing development organizations for the development of affordable homeownership housing pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 227, 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1355). |
| HB1191 | Pass | Establishes the broadband infrastructure grant program to award grants to applicants to extend deployment of infrastructure used to provide broadband service to unserved and underserved areas of the State. Renames the Hawaii technology loan revolving...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 225, 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1353). |
| HB776 | Pass | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for a master planned development proposed by Pueo Development, LLC, on Hawaiian Home Lands. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 198, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326). |
| HB244 | Pass | Amends the data requirements for land recordation by the bureau of conveyances, on land other than fee simple time share interests deregistered by the land court, to include a map and description prepared by a licensed professional surveyor. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 187, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315). |
| HB1276 | Pass | Allows the board of land and natural resources to adopt, amend, or repeal administrative fee schedules for certain activities related to state parks through regular or special board meetings rather than through administrative rulemaking. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 194, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). |
| HB33 | Pass | Amends the terms and composition of members of the information technology steering committee. Requires the chief information officer to present an annual report to the information technology steering committee for public comment prior to submitting t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 186, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1314). |
| HB1362 | Pass | Authorizes the department of education to directly accept private funding for the purpose of establishing public prekindergarten programs under certain circumstances. Establishes the Hawaii early childhood educator stipend program to address shortage...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 210, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1338). |
| HB526 | Pass | Defines past performance. Requires the state procurement office to establish and administer a past performance database and adopt rules regarding information and procedures associated with the past performance database, by 12/31/2023. Requires procur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 188, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316). |
| HB243 | Pass | Requires the Office of Planning, in cooperation with each state agency having operational responsibilities over state facilities, to: identify existing and planned facilities that are vulnerable to sea level rise, flooding impacts, and natural hazard...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 178, on 07/02/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1306). |
| HB753 | Pass | Excludes housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from school impact fees for 3 years. Allows construction cost component impact fees to be used to improve or renovate existing structures for school use. Repeals the prohibition agai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 197, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1325). |
| HB80 | Pass | Clarifies when and how members or partners of a taxpayer may claim the low-income housing tax credit. Requires a Form 8609 for purposes of claiming the tax credit. Specifies the application of tax provisions with respect to buildings or projects plac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 226, 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1354). |
| HB1096 | Pass | Requires the department of health to convene a task force to recommend amendments to the Hawaii Revised Statutes to update existing parentage laws that reflect outdated, cisheteronormative concepts of families, parenthood, and parental rights. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 201, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329). |
| HB834 | Pass | Requires the department of land and natural resources, in collaboration with the county of Hawaii, to conduct site surveys to identify the most suitable locations for black cinder cone quarries on the island of Hawaii. Requires a report to the legisl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 191, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1319). |
| HB683 | Pass | Establishes the sustainable aviation fuel program to provide matching grants to any small business in Hawaii that is developing products related to sustainable aviation fuel or greenhouse gas reduction from commercial aviation operations. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 180, on 07/02/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). |
| HB1107 | Pass | Adds aggravated harassment by stalking to the list of offenses upon which the offense of use of a computer in the commission of a separate crime may be based. Provides the court with the discretion to require the forfeiture of property used in comput...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 184, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312). |
| HB1281 | Pass | Establishes a three-year transfer of certain duties, functions, and powers relating to emergency medical services for the city and county of Honolulu from the department of health to the city and county of Honolulu. Begins transition on 7/1/2021. App...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 208, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1336). |
| HB863 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the forest stewardship program of the department of land and natural resources to build and expand facilities of the state tree nurseries. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 192, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1320). |
| HB817 | Pass | Requires and establishes benchmarks for each state department to ensure that a certain percentage of the produce purchased by that department consists of fresh local agricultural products or local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food product...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 176, on 07/02/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304). |
| HB119 | Pass | Replaces E Ola Mau Na Leo O Kekaha with Kaunalewa as the entity authorized to receive special purpose revenue bonds issued to assist with the acquisition, remediation, and development of the old Kekaha Sugar Mill in Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 228, 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356). |
| HB1176 | Pass | Allows the governor to designate the department of land and natural resources to administer or enter into agreements for the administration of a green job youth corps program that provides temporary work and training opportunities to help address the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 181, on 07/02/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1309). |
| HB1009 | Pass | Amends the additional fines and costs for destroying or harvesting trees or tree products, including koa, on state forest reserves lands. Establishes penalties for any person who violates vehicular parking or traffic movement rules adopted by the DLN...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 193, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1321). |
| HB767 | Pass | Moves the Hawaii farm to school program from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Education. Establishes a programmatic goal for the Department of Education that at least 30% of food served in public schools shall consist of locally sou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 175, on 07/02/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). |
| HB465 | Veto | Requires the representative of labor on the Hawaii labor relations board to be a person whose name has been chosen by the exclusive representatives of the collective bargaining units through a process determined by a simple majority of exclusive repr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). |
| HB546 | Veto | Requires complex area superintendents to report directly to the superintendent of education. Requires reports. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). |
| HB613 | Veto | Makes an appropriation from the coronavirus response and relief supplemental appropriations elementary and secondary schools emergency relief fund appropriation for the department of education. Makes an appropriation from the American rescue plan ele...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1285). |
| HB1284 | Veto | Establishes the all-claims, all-payer data center steering committee within the department of human services to oversee the all-claims, all-payer database and data center. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed on 07/06/2021 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1290). |
| HB774 | Veto | Establishes the Pulehunui community development district. Establishes community development district authority boards for each community development district. Amends the membership and reassigns certain duties of the Hawaii Community Development Auth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1287). |
| HB515 | Veto | Part I - Requires the auditor to audit the department of education's school food services branch to determine the amount of local produce that is being purchased and served to students. Part II - Requires that the board of education prioritize for th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). |
| HB572 | Veto | Specifies that the Hawaii emergency management agency is established within the Department of Defense for administrative purposes only. Makes the administrator of emergency management the director of the Hawaii emergency management agency and require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). |
