| HI | SB1261 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires state facilities to prepare a report assessing the feasibility of installing distributed energy resource systems at each facility. Requires state facilities to implement and install the distributed energy resource systems detailed in the rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB1579 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that any revenue derived from an access organization that receives public, education, and government access funds shall be deposited into the state general fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB519 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Aquaculture Advisory Committee. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB126 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the operation of a vehicle sound amplification system that can be heard outside the vehicle from a distance of thirty feet or more while the vehicle is on a public roadway, street, or highway, or within any residential zone or district. Est...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | SB366 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes penalties for the failure to comply with a County Director of Finance's request that a vehicle number plate or special number plate be returned. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | SB1482 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Aerospace and Aeronautics Development Program within the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Higher Education & Technology Committee |
| HI | SB368 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a zero-emission vehicle fleet purchasing assistance program within the Hawaii state energy office to support the transition of private fleets to zero-emission vehicles. Designates the Hawaii state energy office as the agency responsible f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HI | SB752 | Engross
Sine Die | 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] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB1606 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a surcharge on the conveyance tax upon the transfer or conveyance of prolonged vacant property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Housing Committee |
| HI | SB112 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the position of the Tourism Liaison Officer within the Office of the Governor. Makes an appropriation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HI | SB1418 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes that a person's conduct that produces, or causes to be produced, noise exceeding a certain decibel level during night time hours in any area zoned as residential or mixed-use residential is an unreasonable noise that constitutes the offen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB803 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes and appropriates moneys for a two-year pilot project to grow biodiesel crops on the island of Molokai. Requires a report to the Legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1034 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the maintenance of at least three hundred parking stalls at Ala Wai Boat Harbor at no cost for recreational ocean access and for the practice of traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB1480 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes within the Department of the Attorney General, an Environmental Crimes Unit, which shall be a cooperative effort between the Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Health to investigate and prosecute crimes that pose sub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB455 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the term of the Oversight Coordinator for the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission and requires the Oversight Coordinator be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Specifies that the Commission shall take measures as nece...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Corrections, Military, & Veterans Committee |
| HI | SB590 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of health to adopt rules by 6/30/2026 for amplified sound on public and private property where decibel weighted levels exceed current standards for zoning districts and residential properties where noise is excessive during ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB922 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a law enforcement officer who observes criminal misconduct by another law enforcement officer to report the criminal misconduct. Requires passage of a psychological screening test battery to qualify for appointment as a law enforcement offic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. |
| HI | SB1142 | Intro
Sine Die | Places certain requirements and speed restrictions on the operation of water vessels in proximity to humpback whales.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB767 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the Governor or a Mayor from suspending requests for public records or vital statistics during a declared state of emergency. Allows for a reasonable delay in an agency's response to a request as a result of extenuating circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | SB1144 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to establish a homelessness coordinator position for the island of Maui within the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB780 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Office of the Auditor to conduct a comprehensive management and financial audit of the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, specifically relating to the Request for Proposals regardi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HI | SB789 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the construction of new farm dwellings on agricultural park lots beginning 1/1/2024. Prohibits residence within an unpermitted farm dwelling. Authorizes inspections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HI | SB280 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Department of Education to create temporary positions under certain conditions. Amends the requirement that the Department of Education report the creation of temporary positions to the Department of Budget and Finance by requiring that th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | SB1098 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the State or a county that repairs or maintains a street of which the ownership or jurisdiction is in dispute between the State and the county shall be immune from liability for personal injuries or property damage arising out of the re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB724 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the enhancement of technology resources for the Department of Human Resources Development and for positions in the Department. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB521 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a Surplus Military Land Task Force within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to plan for the remediation and restoration of lands currently under federal control that are anticipated to be returned to the State, consider p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Corrections, Military, & Veterans Committee |
| HI | SB300 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires generally that the expenditure of public moneys for any improvement to land not owned or leased by the State must be appropriated by the legislature for that specific purpose and include a declaration in the same act of the public purpose re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB144 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the compacts of Free Association Census Task Force within the Department of Human Services to conduct a census of COFA residents in Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB698 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a task force to create a master plan for agricultural facilities at ports of transportation for the purpose of moving commodities to market.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB707 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires water carriers to keep records of persons who retrieve fireworks from a terminal facility. Requires water carriers to provide an annual compilation of persons who retrieve fireworks from a terminal facility to the appropriate county police d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB1234 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a tax credit for certain owners of a condominium whose association is increasing maintenance fees to comply with a county ordinance requiring an automatic fire sprinkler system or alternative fire prevention and fire safety system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1576 | Intro
Sine Die | Gradually reduces the general excise tax rate imposed on the retail sale of groceries and nonprescription medication over a period of four years until eliminated in calendar year 2027. Preserves the county surcharge on tax and the general excise tax ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB1028 | Intro
Sine Die | Beginning 1/1/2024, requires rental kayaks to be registered and numbered with the Department of Land and Natural Resources and have the identification number affixed to the rental kayak. Requires the Department to establish fees for registration and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB412 | Intro
Sine Die | Converts the human trafficking victim services fund to a human trafficking reparations fund. Revises the purposes for the monies in the fund to provide direct financial assistance to victims of trafficking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB78 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Division.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | SB10 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of State Parks for the management of feral roosters and chickens on state lands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | SB117 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Carissa Kainani Moore.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB1554 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds to finance capital improvements to various irrigation systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB842 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to purchase health care services for certain low-income, uninsured immigrants. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB1015 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the expansion of the certified nurse aide to practical nurse bridge program at the University of Hawaii Maui college, including funding for instructional costs and student aid. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Higher Education & Technology Committee |
| HI | SB1485 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to engage in capital improvement project work at state small boat harbors and state parks without prior approval from the Legislature and Governor for existing facilities. Effective 7/1/2112. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB413 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the fines for violating motor vehicle insurance requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | SB158 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes that charging shipping and delivery charges that exceed the actual cost charged to the seller to ship or deliver a consumer commodity or consumer package to a consumer in Hawaii constitutes an unfair and deceptive practice. Effective 7/1/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB102 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts services provided by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or licensed medical practitioner from the general excise tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB118 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate the Honolulu Museum of Art.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | SB965 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes green infrastructure objectives and policies for transportation systems, infrastructure, and projects. Establishes the green transportation infrastructure task force to examine, evaluate, and develop policies for the design, implementatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB716 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys for the Department of Education to contract with a qualified nonprofit organization to establish an aquatic safety education program for elementary school students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | SB99 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish, implement, and administer a meat and poultry inspection program. Appropriates funds for the establishment, implementation, and administration of the program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB695 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the department of agriculture to extend the agricultural park lease of any lessee who holds a lease with a remaining term of 15 years or less; provided that the land covered by the lease is 25 acres or less, located in a county with a populati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB1179 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits foreign entities and foreign-influenced business entities from making contributions, expenditures, electioneering communications, or donations for election purposes. Requires every business entity that contributes or expends funds in a stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
