| HI | SB1219 | Intro
25% | Transfers the jurisdiction of the Motor Carrier Law from the Public Utilities Commission to the Department of Transportation. Transfers the jurisdiction of the Water Carrier Act from the Public Utilities Commission to the Department of Transportation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | SB1494 | Intro
25% | Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued on or after 1/1/2026 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole. |
| HI | SB1503 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to develop and implement training programs, public-private partnerships, funding opportunities, and recruitment strategies to develop a local workforce to meet the growing demand in defense-re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03
The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB1571 | Intro
25% | Exempts all positions within the Hawaii Tourism Authority from the state civil service law. Provides that the powers described in section 201B-3, HRS, shall be granted to the Hawaii Tourism Authority except as otherwise provided by law. Amends the de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:10 pm]
To Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee |
| HI | SB1610 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Ohana Zones Program as a permanent program within the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions. Exempts ohana zones projects from general excise taxes. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB75 | Intro
25% | Establishes a working group to revise the State's Qualified Allocation Plan, the prioritization of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund, and the terms of loans made from the RHRF. Requires a report to the Legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB146 | Intro
25% | Amends the conditions and procedures of alternative dispute resolution methods for condominium-related disputes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 10:00 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB140 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the importation of firewood into the State, except for firewood that meets certain standards. Requires firewood that is imported into the State from another state to be certified and labeled as heat-treated. Establishes certain exemptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 1:03 pm]
To Senate Agriculture and Environment 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 | SB137 | Intro
25% | Requires the PUC to impose certain conditions of approval on any order approving, in whole or in part, an application for the proposed acquisition, merger, or consolidation of an electric utility company by an acquiring entity. Establishes a process ...
[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 | 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 | 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 | SB376 | Intro
25% | Establishes a refundable income tax credit for taxpayers who construct or install improvements to their residence that increase the residence's fire safety rating as calculated by the taxpayer's homeowner's insurance policy. Applies to taxable years ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 9:30 am]
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB440 | Intro
25% | Establishes the future career and technical education teacher scholarship program to be administered by the Department of Education to facilitate the recruitment and retention of career and technical teachers in Hawaii public schools. Appropriates fu...
[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 | 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 | 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 | SB586 | Intro
25% | Requires the state and counties to upgrade to zero emission buses by 2045.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 1:01 pm]
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | SB609 | Intro
25% | Appropriates moneys to the Office of Veterans' Services to perform its statutory duties, including maintaining a center that provides information, counsel, aid, and assistance to veterans, their families, and their dependents; and cooperating with fe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 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 | SB839 | Intro
25% | Establishes a criminal penalty and monetary fines for aquarium fishing violations. Clarifies that each fish or aquatic life specimen taken in violation of certain fishing laws regarding aquarium fish and the possession and use of prohibited explosive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | SB816 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Due Process in Immigration Proceedings Program within the Judiciary to provide legal representation to individuals in immigration-related proceedings in immigration court. 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, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Gabbard ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| HI | SB849 | Intro
25% | Increases penalties and fees for taking and killing indigenous species of aquatic life, wildlife, and land plants that are native to the State. Designates penalties for the taking, harming, or killing of an Io.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 1:03 pm]
To Senate Agriculture and Environment 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 | SB1028 | Intro
25% | Allows community service in place of the assessment of any fines, fees, or court costs against a person who was adjudicated for a traffic-related offense committed while the person was a minor under the age of 18 years, or against the person's parent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 9:25 am]
To Senate Judiciary 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 | SB1221 | Intro
25% | Prohibits counties from permitting or allowing retention and detention ponds to be constructed except under certain conditions. Requires the Department of Health to inspect retention and detention ponds statewide. Establishes certain safety requireme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB1300 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for meal subsidies for students whose families is classified as asset limited, income constrained, employed (ALICE) households.
[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 | SB1222 | Intro
25% | Prohibits counties from permitting or allowing retention or detention ponds to be constructed except under certain conditions. Establishes safety requirements for retention and detention ponds statewide. Requires the department of health to conduct a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB1545 | Intro
25% | Repeals language in the State's Code of Ethics that exempts the Legislative Branch from prohibitions against nepotism in public employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 9:25 am]
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 | SCR10 | Intro
25% | Urging The Director Of Health To Establish A Working Group On Health Insurance Reform To Provide Recommendations For Reducing The Impact Of Prior Authorization Requirements On The Timely Delivery Of Healthcare In The State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
Offered. |
| HI | SR11 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Department Of Education To Amend Its Technology Monitoring Policies And Guidelines To Include Monitoring That Blocks Students From Receiving Inappropriate Messages And Accessing Harmful Material.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
Offered. |
| HI | SCR15 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Department Of Education To Amend Its Technology Monitoring Policies And Guidelines To Include Monitoring That Blocks Students From Receiving Inappropriate Messages And Accessing Harmful Material.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
Offered. |
| HI | SR8 | Intro
25% | Recognizing International Dark Sky Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
Offered. |
| HI | SCR12 | Intro
25% | Recognizing International Dark Sky Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
Offered. |
| HI | SR6 | Intro
25% | Urging The Director Of Health To Establish A Working Group On Health Insurance Reform To Provide Recommendations For Reducing The Impact Of Prior Authorization Requirements On The Timely Delivery Of Healthcare In The State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
Offered. |
| 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 | SB133 | Intro
25% | Authorizes state facilities to wheel electricity that is produced by their own facility from renewable energy sources to another state facility pursuant to administrative rules established by the Public Utilities Commission. Requires the Public Utili...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Fevella. |
| HI | SB125 | Intro
25% | Extends the eligibility period of the State business tax credit and general excise tax exemption for qualified businesses within State Enterprise Zones from seven years to nine years. Extends the eligibility period of the State business tax credit an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Awa. |
| HI | SB222 | Intro
25% | Amends Act 67, SLH 2023, to appropriate funds for the illegal fireworks task force for FY 2025-2026 and FY 2026-2027 and to extend the sunset date of the Act from 6/30/2025 to 6/30/2030.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 3:15 pm]
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| 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 | SB412 | Intro
25% | Requires state departments to prepare a report assessing the feasibility of installing distributed energy resource systems at each facility. Requires state departments to implement and install the distributed energy resource systems detailed in the r...
[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 | SB476 | Intro
25% | Increases fines that may be assessed against certain fireworksrelated violations. Effective 7/1/2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 3:15 pm]
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB588 | Intro
25% | Authorizes certain state government entities to establish a self-certification process for behind-the-meter, customer-sited solar distributed energy resource systems and exempt the systems from the Federal Emergency Management Agency No-Rise/No-Impac...
[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 | SB581 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Aerospace and Aeronautics Development Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Awa. |
| HI | SB663 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources to establish eight full-time equivalent (8.0 FTE) agricultural technician positions and four full-time equivalent (4.0 FTE) community coordin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| HI | SB602 | Intro
25% | Includes any parcels owned by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority as areas that may be closed to the public. Specifies required signage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
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. |
| HI | SB870 | Intro
25% | Requires the Comptroller to identify state office buildings that can provide equitable telecommunication access to allow certain residents, including residents with disabilities, to participate remotely in legislative hearings. Requires a report to t...
[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. |
