| HI | SB1142 | Intro
25% | Requires mortgage services to comply with certain requirements regarding the disbursement of insurance proceeds for residential real estate that has been destroyed or damaged.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 9:34 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB890 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, display, or marketing for sale of any product labeled as "poi" unless the product is wholly derived from taro (kalo) that is grown within the State. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
[Hearing: Feb 26 @ 9:30 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB419 | Intro
25% | Requires each motor vehicle insurance policy to cover the replacement cost of a child passenger restraint system damaged during a collision for which liability coverage under the policy is applicable.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 9:34 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB942 | Intro
25% | Prohibits a landlord from rejecting a rental application solely due to an applicant's inability to provide a recent paycheck; provided that the applicant can provide evidence of sufficient liquid assets or unearned income to cover the rental costs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 9:34 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB573 | Intro
25% | Requires condominium associations to repair defective conditions of common elements that constitute health or safety violations. Allows unit owners to make the repairs at the association's expense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1046 | Intro
25% | Requires any managing agent to notify each unit owner and the Real Estate Commission when a condominium association that the agent manages fails to meet budget and replacement reserves reporting requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
[Hearing: Feb 21 @ 9:45 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | 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] | 2025-02-14
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1613 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning 1/1/2026, legalizes the personal adult use of cannabis. Establishes taxes on the retail sa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1565 | Intro
25% | Recognizes individuals practicing acupuncture as essential health care providers who are subject to regulation and control.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1124 | Intro
25% | Establishes the retail delivery safety fee of 50 cents to be imposed on a retailer for each transaction involving a non-food item retail delivery in the State. Allows the retailer to transfer the fee to the purchaser. Creates certain exemptions. Requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB293 | Intro
25% | Requires a seller or its agent in a residential real property transaction to disclose that the United States Postal Service cannot deliver mail or packages to the residential real property being offered for sale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1050 | Intro
25% | Allows captive insurance companies that are not risk retention captive insurance companies to apply to the Insurance Commissioner for certificates of exemption from examination after meeting certain requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
[Hearing: Feb 21 @ 9:45 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB757 | Intro
25% | Requires reasonable terms in license agreements for digital literary materials between libraries and publishers. Defines prohibited terms for license agreements between libraries and publishers. Declares offer of a license agreement with a prohibited...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB683 | Intro
25% | Beginning 1/1/2028, prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, distribution for sale, and distribution for use of any food packaging, food service ware, cosmetic, or personal care product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and pol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB612 | Intro
25% | Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to conduct a study on rent-to-build equity for existing and future state-financed housing. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1525 | Intro
25% | Requires electronic smoking device and e-liquid manufacturers to submit certifications with the Department of Taxation annually, stating that the manufacturer's products comply with federal regulations. Requires the Department of Taxation to maintain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1015 | Intro
25% | Requires self-service stations to put Public Utilities Commission-approved labels on gas dispensing equipment to advise consumers on the effects of fossil fuel consumption to human health and the environment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB463 | Intro
25% | Beginning 1/1/2026, requires kratom products to be registered with the Department of Health and imposes labeling requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB500 | Intro
25% | Clarifies the labeling and advertising requirements for coffee that is grown and processed in the State. Defines regional origin. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1034 | Intro
25% | Requires employers in the food service industry to allow their employees an unpaid rest period of 30 consecutive minutes for a certain number of consecutive hours of working time. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB202 | Intro
25% | Requires electric utilities to compensate customer-generators for excess electricity credits. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB108 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Transportation to work with relevant stakeholders to conduct a study of noise regulations and best practices as they apply to other ports in similar locations. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB586 | Intro
25% | Requires the counties to upgrade to zero emission buses by 2045. Requires the state agencies to prioritize zero emission buses in the procurement policy for purchasing or leasing motor vehicles. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB215 | Intro
25% | Changes the fees that a towing company may charge to tow vehicles left unattended on private and public property. Prohibits a towing company or parking management company from installing immobilization devices on motor vehicles. Effective 7/1/2050. (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB398 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the charging of a fee for a lessee's spouse by a lessor under certain conditions. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB50 | Intro
25% | Establishes as a deceptive practice advertising, displaying, or offering a price for goods or services that does not include all mandatory fees or charges, subject to certain exceptions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1123 | Intro
25% | Requires the State Highway Modernization and Safety Council to conduct a thorough evaluation of vehicle characteristics and develop a set of standards to identify high-risk vehicles. Requires a report to the Legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1070 | Intro
25% | Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors, including removing "primary care" from the criteria to q...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1213 | Intro
25% | Allows businesses in the State to designate an email address to accept service of process in lieu of continuously maintaining a registered agent in the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB724 | Intro
25% | Repeals the exemptions for certain dealers of deposit beverage containers and related provisions. Requires all dealers of deposit beverage containers to operate as redemption centers. Effective 7/1/2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB456 | Intro
25% | Requires landlords to ensure that the dwelling unit premises is free of bed bugs at all times during the tenancy. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB189 | Intro
25% | Expands mandatory health insurance coverage for low-dose mammography for occult breast cancer to include any supplemental imaging deemed medically necessary for a patient of any age having an above-average risk for breast cancer as determined by the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1243 | Intro
25% | Allows foreign medical school graduates applying for a license to practice medicine and surgery to substitute one year of required medical training or experience in a hospital with one year of fellowship training where the parent program or hospital ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB149 | Intro
25% | Establishes that it is an unlawful discriminatory practice for public accommodations to deny a person with a disability full and equal enjoyment of information related to their services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations using inf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1372 | Intro
25% | Permits condominium associations to borrow from or reallocate their reserve funds provided the loan is repaid within one year. Effective upon approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB49 | Intro
25% | Authorizes manufacturers of investigational drugs or biological products that are pending approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration to make the drugs or products available to terminally ill patients under certain conditions. Effectiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB608 | Intro
25% | Regulates persons receiving compensation for providing advice or assistance regarding veterans benefits. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB640 | Intro
25% | Requires corporations, organizations, or individuals engaging to commercial transactions or trade practices to clearly and conspicuously notify consumers when the consumer is interacting with an artificial intelligence chatbot or other technology cap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB474 | Intro
25% | Requires clinical psychologists employed by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to obtain licensure within five years from the date of employment. Sunsets on 7/1/2030. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB259 | Intro
25% | Establishes recordkeeping requirements for secondhand dealers, requiring records to be retained for two years from the date of sale. Amends and standardizes recordkeeping requirements for pawnbrokers, requiring records to be retained for two years fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB603 | Intro
25% | Establishes provisions governing any person who receives compensation for advising, assisting, or consulting another person with veterans benefits. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1136 | Intro
25% | Establishes ratemaking regulations for insurers who base their rates on a policyholder or applicant's wildfire risk. Amends the definition of "prospective loss costs" to incorporate catastrophe modeling instead of historical aggregate losses. Prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB251 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and carry out an Invasive Species Placard Program for plant nurseries. Allows a county to adopt an Invasive Species Placard Program if the Department does not adopt the Program within a certain nu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB351 | Intro
25% | Requires quarterly rather than annual reporting of all use of restricted use pesticides. Amends the contents of reports to include specific geospatial data and information and increased detail on the amount of restricted use pesticides used. Requires...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB606 | 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] | 2025-02-04
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1037 | Intro
25% | Establishes a framework to regulate controllers and processors with access to personal consumer data. Establishes penalties. Establishes the Consumer Privacy Special Fund to be administered by the Department of the Attorney General. Appropriates fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB525 | Intro
25% | Beginning 10/1/2025, requires mortuaries, cemeteries, and pre-need funeral authorities that contract to provide cremation services to provide written notice if precious metals are recovered after cremation and to obtain written consent before the sal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB996 | Intro
25% | Clarifies that adjustments linked to premium interest rates for high yield credit are just and reasonable. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to include these incremental adjustments to the rate for electricity generated from nonfossil fuels....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SCR2 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Insurance Commissioner To Conduct A Statewide Study On Title Insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB158 | Intro
25% | Establishes a state-owned bank implementation board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to determine the need for, potential costs and benefits of, and prerequisites to establishing a state-owned bank. Requires a report to the legi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
