| SB1081 | Intro
25% | Establishes the legislative budget office to produce fiscal analyses and reports on bills impacting state or county finances. Repeals the joint legislative budget committee and the office of the legislative analyst. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella. |
| HB933 | Intro
25% | Reduces the general excise tax rate on the gross proceeds or gross income from the sale of groceries that are eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Childr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 10:15 am]
To House Economic Development Committee |
| SB1553 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to purchase a parcel of land identified as tax map key: (1) 9-1-013-025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
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, Ihara, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HB103 | Intro
25% | Changes the age for which individuals are eligible for life without parole sentences from eighteen years of age or older to twenty-one years of age or older.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 2:05 pm]
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB277 | Intro
25% | Establishes a vehicular pursuit policy for law enforcement agencies. Effective 7/1/2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 10:00 am]
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB1076 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Climate Mitigation and Resiliency Special Fund. Mandates the allocation of all earned interest from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund to the newly established special fund. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
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; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. |
| HB646 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Human Services to automatically enroll, or authorize the Social Security Administration to automatically enroll, in the State's Medicaid program any individual in the State who receives federal Supplemental Security Income ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| SB897 | Intro
25% | Relating To Energy. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS and be recommitted. The votes in EIG were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite, Richards, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB1204 | Intro
25% | Reestablishes the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii as an organized research unit within the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) that is administered by a director appointed by the University of Hawaii's board of regents wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 3:05 pm]
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB324 | Intro
25% | Mandates reimbursement for services provided by participating registered pharmacists practicing within their scope of practice by private and public health plans in the State beginning January 1, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 10 @ 1:20 pm]
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB1669 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Transit Oriented Community Improvement Partnership within the Department of Transportation. Establishes the Community Improvement Revolving Fund. Authorizes the Hawaii Community Development Authority to assist the mission of the Partn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
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, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino. |
| HB806 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct sting operations on Oahu to enforce fireworks ordinances or laws. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 2:05 pm]
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB1336 | Intro
25% | Repeals the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EIG were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite, Richards, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HB808 | Intro
25% | Requires public contractors to obtain insurance to cover at least half of a project's construction costs to the State to provide funds for curing construction defects discovered within ten years after the completion of the contract. Authorizes the St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB1543 | Intro
25% | Requires each purchasing agency to provide justification for hiring external consultants. Caps the amount each agency can spend on external consultants. Requires each agency to seek approval from the Legislature for consulting contracts exceeding a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB1526 | Intro
25% | Extends the lapse date for funds appropriated out of the Drug and Alcohol Toxicology Testing Laboratory Special Fund for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 for the establishment and maintenance of a drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 1:15 pm]
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HB376 | Intro
25% | Accelerates the deadlines for the required upgrades, conversions, or connections of priority level 1 and priority level 2 cesspools to 2035 and 2040, respectively. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB1316 | Intro
25% | Beginning 1/1/2026, requires rental vessels to be registered and numbered with the Department of Land and Natural Resources before being provided or offered to be used by the public for transiting the navigable waters of a state park. Effective 7/1/3...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB1617 | Intro
25% | Prohibits boards from beginning or continuing meetings after 9:00 p.m., excluding county council meetings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB100 | Intro
25% | Provides that leaders of nonprofit organizations shall be exempt from county liquor commission criminal history check requirements for license applicants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite, Richards, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB387 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Agriculture to be responsible for all neighbor island inspection permit fees for service animals that are located in the State and are being transported for release at Kona, Kahului, or Lihue airports. Appropriates funds. E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB800 | Intro
25% | Provides for the transfer of certain parcels in the Liliha Civic Center area and Iwilei Fire Station area from various state agencies to the City and County of Honolulu. Provides for the transfer of the parcel of land on which Alii Place is sited fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB1337 | Intro
25% | Clarifies requirements to establish a quorum to do business and validate acts of the Stadium Authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB490 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Kamaaina Homes Program to provide funding to the counties to purchase voluntary deed restrictions from eligible homeowners or homebuyers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To Senate Housing Committee |
| SB1389 | Intro
25% | Expands the scopes of practice for occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech pathologists to allow those professionals working for or contracted by the Department of Education to diagnose medical conditions that can be treated with the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 3:08 pm]
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB1433 | Intro
25% | Beginning 2/5/2026, extends the period for a notice of termination of a rental agreement; requires landlords to engage in mediation and delay filing an action for summary possession if a tenant schedules or attempts to schedule mediation; and require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB417 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Housing Efficiency and Innovation Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund. Specifies permissible uses of funding and priorities. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to transfer funds between t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 9:00 am]
To House Housing Committee |
| HB1503 | Intro
25% | Excludes from the definition of "development" for purposes of coastal zone management restrictions, the reconstruction, under certain circumstances, of structures destroyed in the August 8, 2023, wildfires in Lahaina, Maui.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 9:00 am]
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB416 | Intro
25% | Exempts state-financed housing developments from the requirement to obtain approval from the applicable county council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 9:00 am]
To House Housing Committee |
| SB1662 | Intro
25% | Prohibits a landlord or the landlord's agent from charging an application fee for a criminal background check or credit report if an applicant provides a certified copy of a criminal background check or credit report. Prohibits a landlord or the land...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. |
| SB834 | Intro
25% | Exempts transfers of Hawaiian home lands from transfer restrictions for real property under Chapter 201H housing development programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm]
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:01 pm]
To Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB1283 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Emergency Home Loan Assistance Revolving Fund to be administered by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Establishes terms for loans issued from the Revolving Fund. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Approp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
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, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino. |
| HB1027 | Intro
25% | Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (1) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kong, Reyes Oda. |
| HB1462 | Intro
25% | Expands the Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program to include at least two sites on the island of Oahu, including one program in west Oahu.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 8:30 am]
To House Health Committee |
| HB1055 | Intro
25% | Makes an emergency appropriation out of the Public Utilities Commission Special Fund for the Public Utilities Commission to procure services by consultants with technical expertise in the efforts to strengthen the resilience and reliability of electr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kong, Lowen. |
| SB1094 | Intro
25% | Requires that any new motor vehicle permitted by law to be equipped with a siren, whether purchased or contracted in the State to be equipped with dual frequency sirens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 3:01 pm]
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HB1040 | Intro
25% | Effective 1/1/2026, increases the employer base composite monthly contribution to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund by 5.2 percent of the 2025 employer base composite monthly contribution. Effective 1/1/2027, requires that the empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kong, Reyes Oda. |
| HB243 | Intro
25% | Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process. Requires a report to the Legislature on the streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Housing Committee |
| SB1195 | Intro
25% | Establishes buffer zones that ban street parking within certain distances of crosswalks under certain posted speed limits. Designates exemptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HB1172 | Intro
25% | Adds the Department of Taxation to the list of state agencies sharing data through the statewide longitudinal data system. Allows the Department of Taxation to provide the University of Hawaii and other state agencies certain wage data. Effective 7/1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB1464 | Intro
25% | Requires a manufacturer of model year 2022 or later motor vehicles that utilize telematics systems to equip the vehicles with an inter-operable, standardized, and open-access platform across all of the manufacturer's makes and models. Requires the De...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB483 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funding for the Department of Human Services to conduct a rate study for Medicaid home health services in Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 10 @ 1:20 pm]
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HB916 | Intro
25% | Allows tax credits claimed under the State Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program to be used to offset taxes imposed by the state transient accommodations tax law. Specifies that tax credit amounts applied to state transient accommodations taxes be li...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Tourism Committee |
| HB1262 | Intro
25% | Adds, as an allowable use of the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund, economic payments to certain residents who have incurred losses in a disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 9:30 am]
To House Public Safety Committee |
| HB706 | Intro
25% | Requires all skateboard users under the age of sixteen to wear a helmet while operating a skateboard.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 10:00 am]
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB1633 | Intro
25% | Establishes a green building tax credit for costs related to the construction of a primary structure made with at least thirty per cent Hawaii-grown hemp material. Allows any hemp processor with a permit from the Department of Health to sell an edibl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 2:00 pm]
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HB700 | Intro
25% | Requires all health care providers who accept Medicare to provide a cognitive assessment as part of the Medicare Part B annual wellness visit for Medicare beneficiaries sixty-five years of age or older, with certain exceptions. Requires health care p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 8:30 am]
To House Health Committee |
| SB1131 | Intro
25% | Imposes an excise tax on certain hedge funds failing to dispose of excess single-family residences, escalating over a ten-year period. Imposes a tax on any newly acquired single-family residences by a hedge fund. Makes certain exemptions. Requires th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To Senate Housing Committee |
| HB241 | Intro
25% | Establishes a child care classroom contracts pilot program to require the Department of Human Services to contract directly with child care center providers in licensed infant and toddler child care centers and group child care centers that meet cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Education Committee |
| HB668 | Intro
25% | Makes mandatory the suspension of the driver's license of a driver or registered owner of a vehicle for operating a motor vehicle without a motor vehicle insurance policy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 10:00 am]
To House Transportation Committee |
