| SB356 | Intro
25% | Requires defendants convicted of causing the death or disability of a parent or legal guardian of a minor child by the operation of a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant to make restitution in the form of financial support to each chil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB227 | Intro
25% | Creates additional fines for any individual found operating a vehicle or moped without a current certificate of inspection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. |
| HB470 | Intro
25% | Increases fines for violations of leaf blower, string trimmer, and weed whacker restrictions. Repeals the exemptions for government entities and their agents from these restrictions. Beginning 7/1/2028, prohibits the sale of any leaf blower, string t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. |
| HB982 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Wildfire Recovery Fund. Allows securitization for electric utilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Feb 4 @ 9:00 am]
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HB110 | Intro
25% | Modifies certain benchmark goals and timeline for the Department of Education to provide locally-sourced agricultural and food products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HB1334 | Intro
25% | Exempts the donation of wild game meat, including axis deer, to a charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization to needy persons from certain laws regarding the inspection and transportation of meat.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 10:00 am]
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB74 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Office of the State Architect within the Department of Accounting and General Services to be headed by the State Architect. Authorizes the State Architect to organize, manage, and oversee the design review of all state construction pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB124 | Intro
25% | Proposes a constitutional amendment to specify that reapportionment shall be based on the resident population, as counted in the most recent decennial United States census for the respective reapportionment year, rather than the permanent resident po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Awa; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HB251 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, to develop and establish a social work training program to assist nonviolent incarcerated individuals in the area of social work. Requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 10:00 am]
To House Public Safety Committee |
| SB686 | Intro
25% | Establishes short-term management initiatives for the coconut rhinoceros beetle response program. Appropriates funds for activities and positions related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 1:50 pm]
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| HB1323 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Agriculture to accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 10:00 am]
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB549 | Intro
25% | Establishes an Early Learning Apprenticeship Grant Program to be administered by the University of Hawaii to provide financial support for early learning program service providers in the State to participate in state- or federally-approved early lear...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 2:00 pm]
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 2:15 pm]
To House Higher Education Committee |
| HB329 | Intro
25% | Clarifies that the School Facilities Authority is responsible for certain development, planning, and construction projects for prekindergarten, preschool, and child care facilities, as well as workforce housing. Allows the School Facilities Authority...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HB1301 | Intro
25% | Part I: Repeals the Public Utilities Commission's authority to regulate ratemaking for motor carriers. Part II: Applies the existing framework regulating motor carriers onto transportation network companies. Part III: Repeals the chapter regulating t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 10:00 am]
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB378 | Intro
25% | Establishes a working group within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to identify existing mixed-use developments in Maui County that could be acquired by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for use as affordabl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Aquino, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. |
| HB330 | Intro
25% | Places oversight of the School Impact Fee Program under the School Facilities Authority Board. Allows the School Facilities Authority Board to dissolve a school impact district without a public hearing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Education Committee |
| SB2 | Intro
25% | Requires the State, to the extent practicable, to plant fruit trees in new or renovated landscaping that includes trees. Authorizes persons to harvest fruit from those fruit trees. Provides that the State is not liable for any injuries or illnesses r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 3:01 pm]
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HB932 | Intro
25% | Establishes a Green Bonds Working Group within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Feb 4 @ 9:00 am]
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HB453 | Intro
25% | Requires the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to make all business registration applications available online. Requires all applications to contain certain contact information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB1071 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund to be used to provide financial assistance to underserved ratepayers, in addition to other eligible borrowers. Appropriates funds into and out of the Clean Energy and Energy Effici...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Richards, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, DeCoite. |
| HB466 | Intro
25% | Prohibits landlords from terminating certain tenancies without cause. Establishes criteria under which landlords can undertake a no-fault eviction. Requires landlords, when proceeding with a no-fault eviction, to offer relocation assistance to the te...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 9:15 am]
To House Housing Committee |
| HB737 | Intro
25% | Redefines "historic property" with respect to the State Historic Preservation Program. Requires historic review for proposed projects on existing privately-owned single-family detached dwelling units or townhouses only if the unit or townhouse is his...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 9:15 am]
To House Housing Committee |
| SB405 | Intro
25% | Allows neighborhood boards to discuss and receive information from third-party reports by any government official not included in a publicly noticed agenda. Requires boards to make decisions on matters raised by third-party reports from any governmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 3:01 pm]
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HB309 | Intro
25% | Establishes a fishpond inventory working group within the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to create an inventory and map of all state-owned fishponds and conduct a literature review. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson. |
| HB149 | Intro
25% | Requires domestic and foreign corporations to provide their shareholders with reports of independent expenditures and political contributions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB755 | Intro
25% | Designates each county as the special management area authority within the county's respective jurisdiction. Makes conforming amendments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB267 | Intro
25% | Establishes 1 additional district court judgeship in the Third Circuit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HB830 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to contract its review of proposed state projects, projects on privately owned historic property, and projects affecting historic properties to third-party consultants if the Department is unable ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 9:15 am]
To House Housing Committee |
| SB71 | Intro
25% | Amends the preference criteria and eligibility requirements for applicant developers seeking assistance from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Aquino, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Hashimoto ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. |
| SB268 | Intro
25% | Decreases the size of the Island Burial Councils from 9 to 7 members. Removes the requirement for the councils to include members having development and large property owner interests.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HWN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, San Buenaventura, Keohokalole, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara. |
| HB175 | Intro
25% | Requires owners, lessees, or managers of real property to maintain their property and establish penalties for failure to do so. Allows for exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson. |
| SB163 | Intro
25% | Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to maximize the amount of housing built that utilizes loans from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund by prioritizing projects with the shortest projected loan repayment terms that produce ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
To Senate Housing Committee |
| SB711 | Intro
25% | Requires a person appointed to serve in the executive branch to obtain the advice and consent of the Senate if that person's salary is greater than or equal to: (1) The Governor's salary, if the person is appointed to serve in the Office of the Gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 3:01 pm]
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB70 | Intro
25% | Requires eligible applicants of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be either governmental agencies or organizations that are required to use all financial surplus to develop additional housing in the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Aquino, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Hashimoto ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. |
| SB372 | Intro
25% | Establishes an Advisory Commission in the Department of Accounting and General Services to propose names or a change of names for state buildings, parks, facilities, and events.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 3:01 pm]
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HB464 | Intro
25% | Requires, for tenancies greater than 90 days, a landlord to notify a tenant of any intent to raise the rent for any subsequent rental agreement or any intent to terminate a rental agreement 60 days before the expiration of the original rental agreeme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 9:15 am]
To House Housing Committee |
| SB1067 | Intro
25% | Repeals certain exemptions for beverage dealers from the requirement to operate redemption centers and amends the types of containers they must accept for redemption. Allows the establishment of regional centers for the redemption of refillable bever...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB173 | Intro
25% | Requires the Judiciary to establish a three-year pilot program to provide free child care services to minor children of parties and witnesses who are attending court hearings in the first circuit. Requires the Judiciary to submit reports to the Legis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HB431 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the Kauhale Initiative. Establishes and appropriates funds into and out of the Supportive Housing Special Fund. Establishes the Kauhale Initiative Special Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos. |
| HB624 | Intro
25% | Creates a School Psychologists Working Group to recommend actionable steps or propose legislation for an immediate pathway to licensure for school psychologists that can be acted upon in 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Education Committee |
| HB1181 | Intro
25% | Narrows the scope of the definition of the term "development" in coastal zone management law by excluding reconstruction of certain lawfully constructed structures impacted by certain events.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB1351 | Intro
25% | Increases the limit of the State's liability from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000 for moneys borrowed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or loans made to lessees that are guaranteed by the Department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Jan 31 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB130 | Intro
25% | Imposes a cap on charges for searching for, reviewing, and segregating government records under the Uniform Information Practices Act. Provides for a waiver of fees in certain circumstances when the public interest is served by a government record's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB1431 | Intro
25% | Establishes and appropriates moneys for a hepatitis prevention program within the Department of Health. Repeals section 325-91, HRS.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB144 | Intro
25% | Allows chiropractic students to engage in clinical practice as part of their college instruction if directly supervised by a licensed chiropractor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB1462 | Intro
25% | Reenacts the Historic Preservation Income Tax Credit, establishes a cap of the tax credit at $1,000,000, for taxable year 2025 to taxable year 2030, respectively, and repeals the tax credit on December 31, 2030.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HB1007 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Hawaii Community Development Authority to cooperate with or assist public and private sector entities to engage in projects that improve the State. Establishes the transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement program. Repeal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 9:00 am]
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB1328 | Intro
25% | Continues a licensing scheme for licensed certified midwives and licensed certified professional midwives, to be overseen by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Reestablishes the home birth task force to provide recommendations on issues...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB1377 | Intro
25% | Requires the Executive Office on Early Learning to establish parent-staff early learning collectives to combine professional early-learning services with structured parental involvement. Establishes an Early Learning Cooperative Advisory Council. App...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Education Committee |
| SB572 | Intro
25% | Adds loan funds administered by Nonprofit Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)for certain for-sale affordable housing projects to list of loan priorities for the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund. Expands use of moneys in the re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 1:10 pm]
To Senate Housing Committee |
