| HI | SB65 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, and repair of housing units. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Commission of Water Resource Management to retain independent legal counsel. Repeals the position of First Deputy to the Chairperson of the CWRM and establishes the position of Executive Director of the CWRM. Authorizes entities to cha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 3 @ 1:05 pm]
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | SB114 | Intro
25% | Beginning 6/1/2026, establishes presidential preference primary elections for the 2028 election cycle. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Gabbard, San Buenaventura ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| HI | SB145 | Intro
25% | Amends the conditions, manner, and areas in which the Commission on Water Resource Management can declare and provide notice of water shortages and emergencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | SB253 | Intro
25% | Excludes the good faith defense for associations whose boards adopt a budget that omits a detailed budget summary as required by section 514B-148, HRS. Clarifies a unit owner's standing and the association's burden of proving compliance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 10:00 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB223 | Intro
25% | Requires certain owners and occupants of properties located in hazardous fire areas to maintain effective firebreaks within thirty feet of the property and to practice other fire prevention activities. Establishes the Community Fuels Reduction Projec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 3 @ 1:05 pm]
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | SB312 | Intro
25% | Requires the use of current audible reverse warning systems (back-up beepers) on state and county-owned vehicles purchased on or after 1/1/2028, with more effective broadband reversing alarms by 1/1/2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 4 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | SB337 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to furnish a list of five qualified and experienced interest arbitrators in the event the parties fail to select the neutral third member of the arb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. |
| HI | SB330 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to enforce quarantines issued by the United States Department of Agriculture or another state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 1:03 pm]
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB292 | Intro
25% | Establishes safe harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 9:15 am]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB417 | Intro
25% | Establishes as a class B felony the unlicensed performance of contractor work, during or within 5 years following a national emergency, state of emergency, or disaster proclamation, in an affected political subdivision.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 9:30 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB385 | Intro
25% | Requires that condominium associations make the governing documents available on the association's website and make them accessible to all owners, occupants, and tenants free of charge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 10:00 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB533 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to evaluate school needs to mitigate the impact of the planned public safety power shutoff program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha. |
| 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] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 4 @ 9:30 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB527 | Intro
25% | Establishes, and appropriates funds for, five full-time equivalent (5.0 FTE) positions within the Civil Rights Compliance Branch of the Department of Education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 3 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | SB531 | Intro
25% | Establishes provisions for the storage and maintenance of a stock supply of bronchodilators at schools. Requires the Department of Education to establish a protocol for the storage, usage, and administration of bronchodilators. Establishes provisions...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Education 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] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 9:35 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB664 | Intro
25% | Expands the duties and powers of the Department of Health that relate to water quality and water quality testing to ensure the safety and health of Hawaii's residents. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB675 | Intro
25% | Creates within the Department of Health's Wastewater Branch a Cesspool Conversion Section, which shall be responsible for facilitating the conversion of cesspools within the State. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the Cesspool ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa. |
| HI | SB639 | Intro
25% | Clarifies the level of environmental restoration that owners and operators of underground storage tanks or tank systems must satisfy in the event of a confirmed release of jet fuel. Specifies the restoration condition and quality acceptable by the De...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella. |
| HI | SB674 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Health to conduct a statewide needs assessment to determine what will be needed to reduce waste generation, increase reuse, improve recycling collection services, and expand local processing of materials through an extended...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fevella. |
| HI | SB789 | Intro
25% | Repeals requirement that Department of Education set school cafeteria meal price at no less than half the cost of meal preparation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 3:05 pm]
To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | SB809 | Intro
25% | Prohibits state or county grantees, officers and immediate family members of state or county contractors, and officers and immediate family members of state or county grantees, from contributing to candidate committees and noncandidate committees for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| HI | SB801 | Intro
25% | Requires managing agents for residential condominium properties over seventy-five feet in height to have commercial property management experience.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 10:00 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB802 | Intro
25% | Requires insurers to provide advance written notice to policyholders and the Insurance Commissioner, with reasonable explanations and primary factors, of any policy cancellation, non-renewal, or proposed premium increase, if, upon renewal, premiums a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 10:00 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB805 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Hawaii Condominium Mutual Insurance Company to provide property and casualty insurance to high-rise residential condominium properties and the owners of those units. Establishes a loan fund to assist associations of apartment owners e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 4 @ 9:30 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB804 | Intro
25% | Requires property insurers to offer discounts on a condominium association's annual insurance premium if the association adopts specific risk mitigation upgrades or develops comprehensive disaster response plans. Requires property insurers of condomi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 10:00 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB803 | Intro
25% | Requires insurers to provide automatic, advance written premium change notices to common interest community policyholders and the Insurance Commissioner, with reasonable explanations and primary factors, disclosing the causes of any premium increase ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa. |
| HI | SB786 | Intro
25% | Beginning 1/1/2027, requires all government records required to be open to public inspection under the Uniform Information Practices Act to be made available in a disability-accessible format upon request. Requires the Governor, Chief Justice, and Ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 4 @ 3:05 pm]
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB999 | Intro
25% | Repeals all permissible uses of consumer fireworks and makes conforming amendments to the Fireworks Control Law. Establishes civil penalties for the use and sale of consumer fireworks, including nuisance abatement proceedings and forfeiture of assets...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 9:30 am]
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB951 | Intro
25% | Requires mandatory reports of child abuse or neglect to include the military status of the child's parent or guardian, if known. Requires the Department of Human Services to make efforts to determine the military status of a person implicated in chil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 3:10 pm]
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB1044 | Intro
25% | Expands the powers of the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and reactivates the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to help to stabilize the property insurance market in the State. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to conduct a study. Appropriates mon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa. |
| HI | SB1141 | Intro
25% | Requires insurers offering homeowners insurance policies to comply with certain minimum requirements in cases of losses owner-occupied residences due to wildfire disasters. Appropriates moneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 4 @ 9:30 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1140 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) program, which shall be administered under the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to ensure that residents in highrisk areas can purchase affordable and comprehensive property insu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa. |
| HI | SB1225 | Intro
25% | Proposes to amend article XVII, section 3 of the Hawaii State Constitution regarding the standard for ratification of a constitutional amendment proposed by the legislature, to require that a majority of all the votes tallied upon the question be a "...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Gabbard, San Buenaventura ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| HI | SB1495 | Intro
25% | Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a practitioner licensed to administer drugs to an individual, from the sale of hearing aids. Sunsets 1/1/2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 3 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB1567 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to complete a comprehensive review of the classification and compensation systems for all positions within the State's executive branch. Allows the Department to contract with a third-party, with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. |
| HI | SB1531 | Intro
25% | Offers rights and protections to citizens who bring civil nuisance abatement suits related to illegal gambling. Imposes a mandatory fine of $5,000 for violating nuisance abatement laws related to gambling offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB1648 | Intro
25% | Establishes requirements for compensation to utility customers following a power outage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 9:50 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1632 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, to establish a comprehensive action plan to establish a local housing market in Hawaii. Appropriates moneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 4 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Housing Committee |
| HI | SB95 | Intro
25% | Creates additional fines for any individual found operating a vehicle or moped without a current certificate of inspection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB5 | Intro
25% | Provides that if a state legislative vacancy occurs due to the death or permanent incapacitation of the prior incumbent before a primary election, but after the close of filing for that election, and the prior incumbent was the only person whose name...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. |
| HI | SB227 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Illegal Fireworks Enforcement Division within the Department of Law Enforcement. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 3:15 pm]
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB311 | Intro
25% | Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to provide that freedom of speech protected under the Hawaii State Constitution does not include the expenditure of money to influence elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
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. |
| HI | SB361 | Intro
25% | Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
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. |
| HI | SB382 | Intro
25% | Prohibits a procurement officer from disclosing a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score, except the summary of scores, during a debriefing requested by a non-selected offeror. Authorizes the disclosure of a competing offeror's proposal or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. |
| HI | SB383 | Intro
25% | Increases the minimum amount for purchases constituting small purchase procurements from $25,000 to $50,000. Requires a report to the Legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. |
| HI | 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] | 2025-01-30
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB456 | Intro
25% | Prohibits landlords, including those operating in public housing and educational dorm settings, from renting a dwelling unit that the landlord knows has a current bed bug infestation. Establishes procedures that landlords shall take upon receiving no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
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. |
| HI | SB526 | Intro
25% | Establishes a temporary three-year woman's court pilot program within the second, third, and fifth circuits. Establishes temporary positions. Requires a report. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
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. |
