| HI | HB280 | Intro
25% | Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25. |
| HI | HB286 | Intro
25% | Increases the maximum annual deduction for contributions to, and maximum account levels for, individual housing accounts. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25. |
| HI | HB455 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Hawaii start-up business loan program. Establishes the Hawaii start-up business loan program special fund. Requires DBEDT to submit an annual report to the Legislature regarding the program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. |
| HI | HB474 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to fund an unspecified number of full-time equivalent fall prevention and early detection coordinator positions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25. |
| HI | HB692 | Engross
50% | Expands the Preschool Open Doors Program's eligibility criteria. Repeals the requirement that Preschool Open Doors Program providers be accredited. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. |
| HI | HB619 | Engross
50% | Requires the Board of Education to adopt and enact a policy by the 2026-2027 school year directing Department of Education public schools to incorporate financial literacy education in the school's curriculum. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Passed First Reading. |
| HI | HB627 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for positions to implement and maintain school safety measures. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Passed First Reading. |
| HI | HB628 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Department of Education to establish a program to award high school diplomas to persons who did not receive a diploma as a result of compulsory or voluntary induction into the armed services and persons whose high school education was ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1102), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB636 | Intro
25% | Establishes a school capital improvement project modernization initiative in the School Facilities Authority to create a planning database for school facilities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25. |
| HI | HB606 | Intro
25% | Extends the Act 279 Special Fund to 6/30/2028. Deposits funds into and appropriates funds out of the Act 279 Special Fund to eliminate its waitlist. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to submit a strategic plan detailing the anticipated u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1127), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB862 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans for school bus services if certain conditions are met. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. |
| HI | HB952 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Collection Database to be administered by the Department of Health, to house a collection of data on the incidence of Parkinson's disease in the State. Establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Collecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. |
| HI | HB1293 | Intro
25% | Exempts Department of Education purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products less than a certain amount from the electronic procurement system requirement. Requires at least three written quotes for Department of Education purchases o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25. |
| HI | HB1343 | Intro
25% | Requires the Board of Education to adopt a policy that bans the use of phones and related devices by students during school hours. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1083), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HCR19 | Intro
25% | Urging The Governor To Create A Task Force On Military Partnership To Develop And Strengthen The Public-military Relationship In Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
Offered |
| HI | HR21 | Intro
25% | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Revise Real Property Assessment Procedures For Kupuna.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
Offered |
| HI | HCR22 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Promotion And Expansion Of The City And County Of Honolulu Neighborhood Security Watch Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
Offered |
| HI | HCR21 | Intro
25% | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Revise Real Property Assessment Procedures For Kupuna.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
Offered |
| HI | HR19 | Intro
25% | Urging The Governor To Create A Task Force On Military Partnership To Develop And Strengthen The Public-military Relationship In Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
Offered |
| HI | HR22 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Promotion And Expansion Of The City And County Of Honolulu Neighborhood Security Watch Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
Offered |
| HI | HB547 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Spay and Neuter Special Fund to reduce pet overpopulation and the reproduction of free-roaming cats. Establishes various revenue and fundraising sources for the special fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1496 | Intro
25% | Establishes the position of Ka Papahana Kaiapuni Program Complex Area Superintendent. Requires that at least one at-large member of the Board of Education be a proficient Hawaiian speaking educator, practitioner, or scholar of Hawaiian studies or the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB288 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Department of Education to use alternative vehicles for student transportation under certain conditions. Allows the Department of Education to institute a staggered school hours program in public schools. Appropriates funds for the pur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB711 | Intro
25% | Requires defendants convicted of causing the death of a parent or legal guardian of a minor child by the operation of a vehicle in a negligent manner while under the influence of drugs or alcohol to make restitution in the form of financial support t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB1444 | Intro
25% | Requires motor vehicle safety inspections to be conducted every two years rather than annually.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | HB657 | Intro
25% | Exempts disabled veterans from the State's vehicle weight tax and repeals the exemption for disabled veterans from the State's annual vehicle registration fee. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB503 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services to hire a consultant to evaluate potential locations and designs for the Hawaii First Responders Memorial. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB674 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the payment of allowances for TRICARE, TRICARE Dental Program, and vision coverage to all officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard ordered to active duty for more than 30 days. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB577 | Intro
25% | Authorizes a tax credit for businesses that pay the public transportation costs of employees. Requires reports to the Legislature. Applies for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025 but not beginning after 12/31/2029. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB827 | Intro
25% | Expands workers' compensation medical benefits for firefighters to include coverage for adenocarcinoma or mesothelioma of the respiratory system; cancer of the buccal cavity, colon, pharynx, and thyroid; and malignant melanoma. Specifies that an empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB838 | Intro
25% | Increases the bonus for teachers who achieve and maintain a current national board certification from $5,000 to $10,000. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HCR13 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Social And Financial Assessment Of Proposed Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage For Traditional Native Hawaiian Healing And Cultural Practices Offered Through Federally Qualified Health Centers Or Native Hawaiian H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
Offered |
| HI | HB328 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Education to authorize and facilitate complex areas or individual public schools to form their own farm to school meal programs through partnerships to meet the local farm to school meal goal of thirty per cent of food serv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB331 | Intro
25% | Establishes an exemption from applicable county permit requirements for repetitive construction projects for facilities under the control of any state department or agency, under certain conditions. Clarifies that, except for projects in special floo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB572 | Intro
25% | Exempts food and groceries from certain healthcare-related goods or services that were not the general excise tax. Expands general excise tax exemptions to include purchased under the Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1442 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Office of Entrepreneurship. Authorizes the use of the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund to fund a program in partnership with the Office that creates opportunities in film, media, electronic sports, and crea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB146 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Judiciary to support the Olelo Hawaii Initiatives. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | 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] | 2025-02-10
To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB538 | Intro
25% | Prohibit individuals from residing in a doorway or surrounding area of certain places. Gives county police departments primary authority to enforce the prohibition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HR12 | Intro
25% | Urging The United States Environmental Protection Agency To Provide Federal Assistance For The City And County Of Honolulu's Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure Improvements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
Offered |
| HI | HCR12 | Intro
25% | Urging The United States Environmental Protection Agency To Provide Federal Assistance For The City And County Of Honolulu's Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure Improvements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
Offered |
| HI | HB295 | Intro
25% | Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended, to authorize the transfer of a living beneficiary's place on the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' waitlist for any residential, agricultural, or pastoral tract to a qualified application...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB276 | Intro
25% | Excludes a homeowner-developer from the annual requirement to file a developer's report and pay a fee if the homeowner's development consists of no more than two units, one in which the developer resides and one for which the initial sale of the othe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB1202 | Intro
25% | Recognizes prior teaching experience at an equal salary rating for teachers entering or reentering into the service of the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HI | HB626 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for the Department's Hokea Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB671 | Intro
25% | Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to identify all legislative districts in the State in which at least twenty-five per cent of the population consists of Native Hawaiians. Designates these districts as Native Hawaiian notable districts. Effecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB1197 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to utilize student education partnerships to increase the amount of mental health care providers in correctional facilities across the State. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Public Safety Committee |
| HI | HB1244 | Intro
25% | Establishes certain minimum registered nurse-to-patient staffing requirements for hospitals. No later than 9/1/2025, requires hospitals to create hospital registered nurse staffing committees. Beginning 7/1/2026, requires hospitals to implement regis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB157 | Intro
25% | Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to transfer the public roads of the Villages of Kapolei to the City and County of Honolulu by 1/1/2026. Authorizes county police officers to enforce the statewide traffic code on all pub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB1486 | Intro
25% | Makes it a disorderly conduct offense to remain or loiter within twenty feet of a bus stop with no intent to utilize any bus service. Authorizes law enforcement officers to immediately remove any person committing a disorderly conduct offense of rema...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
