| HI | SB2239 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits any person from advertising, displaying, or offering a price for the rental or letting of a transient accommodation or resort time share vacation unit that does not include all taxes and fees imposed by a government entity that the renter o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB1519 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the deposit of general obligation bond funding into the convention center enterprise fund. Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority board of directors to approve the use of any general obligation bond proceeds prior to expenditure. Clarifies ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB1517 | Intro
Sine Die | Reestablishes the tourism special fund to be expended by the Hawaii Tourism Authority and allocates revenues from the transient accommodations tax. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB1816 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Tour Guide Licensing Program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Requires tour guides to complete the Professional Standards Tour Certification program by the University of Hawaii or another program approved by the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB2164 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the regenerative tourism program with the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to increase regenerative tourism. Establishes a grant program. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state gene... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB1875 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the maximum tax rate of the county transient accommodations tax. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB1863 | Intro
Sine Die | Applies permissible uses within agricultural districts to counties having specific population levels. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB956 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the natural resource management special fund and authorizes uses for moneys in the fund. Establishes a Natural Resource Management Commission to guide and approve the disbursement of moneys deposited into the fund. Allocates transient acc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB1376 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an Office of Tourism and Destination Management within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism that encompasses regenerative tourism and best practice destination management. Transfers the functions, duties, appropri... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB1240 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a two-year pilot program for a shuttle to operate between Haleiwa and Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's north shore. Appropriates funds. Requires a report to the legislature. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB1381 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the legislative reference bureau to conduct a study that identifies and analyzes alternative tourism governance systems. Requires the study to include a solicitation of input from certain stakeholder groups. Requires a final report to be sub... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB442 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a visitor green fee program that requires that visitors purchase a license which is valid for one year for the use of a state park, beach, state-owned forest, hiking trail on state-owned land, or other state-owned natural area, to be admi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB1051 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources the visitor green fee program to collect a fee from visitors through an environmental license and allocate the revenue to protect, restore, and manage natural and cultural resources. Est... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB1466 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a five-year pilot project for counties with a population of less than 200,000 to regulate the operation of hosting platforms that provide booking services for transient accommodation operators. Requires a report to the Legislature. Repeals on... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB154 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts state residents from the transient accommodations tax. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB1171 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a visitor security surcharge on overseas aircraft passenger tickets arriving and departing the state excluding inter-island for the purpose of recruiting and retaining police offices. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 To House Tourism Committee |