| HI | HB455 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-02-10
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB458 | Intro
25% | Designates April 27 of every year as Brother Joseph Dutton Day. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB702 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to increase the funding for Medicaid in-home services, conditioned on the Department of Human Services obtaining the maximum federal matching funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB22 | Intro
25% | Allows state and county law enforcement agencies to collaborate with the federal government for immigration purposes in only limited, specific circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB454 | Intro
25% | Establishes a public policy framework that addresses state goals related to economic diversification. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Technology and Development Corporation to implement specific programs that address these goals. Requires the Hawaii...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB438 | 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. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran. |
| HI | HB427 | Intro
25% | Part I: Renames the Department of Agriculture to the "Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity". Renames the Board of Agriculture to the "Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity". Part II: Establishes and appropriates funds for a Deputy Director of Bio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB432 | Intro
25% | Establishes the mixed-income subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund that targets workforce rental housing projects for persons and families with incomes at or below one hundred forty per cent of the area median income. Authorizes the Dir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kila. |
| HI | HB450 | Intro
25% | Transfers the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Transfers the authority hel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
[Hearing: Feb 12 @ 10:00 am]
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB428 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Hawaii Farm to Families Program to alleviate food shortages in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature prior to the Regular Sessions of 2026 and 2027. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. |
| HI | HB933 | Intro
25% | Reduces the general excise tax rate on the gross proceeds or gross income from the sale of groceries that are eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Childr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB1407 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish a Chamber of Commerce Grant Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tam. |
| HI | HB1406 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Intergovernmental Task Force for Permit Simplification to identify actions taken, challenges encountered, and legislative measures necessary to facilitate, expedite, and coordinate state and intergovernmental development permit proces...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tam. |
| HI | HB1405 | Intro
25% | Establishes specific deadlines within the facilitated application process and requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish certain resources and processes to help streamline permit applications. Establishes and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tam. |
| HI | HB431 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the Kauhale Initiative. Establishes and appropriates funds into and out of the Supportive Housing Special Fund. Effective 6/29/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
[Hearing: Feb 12 @ 9:00 am]
To House Housing Committee |
| HI | HB430 | Intro
25% | Permits the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to enter into contracts with eligible employers or registered apprenticeship programs in the private sector to provide on-the-job training to eligible interns. Provides that the State shall be ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB703 | Intro
25% | Extends the sunset date for the State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna to 6/30/2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 9:45 am]
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 10:00 am]
To House Human Services & Homelessness Committee |
| HI | HB705 | Intro
25% | Establishes a temporary Medi-Medi Project within the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program administered by the Executive Office on Aging to assist older adults, Medicare beneficiaries, individuals with disabilities, and other underserved p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB1483 | Intro
25% | Establishes an adjudication system and procedures to process fireworks infractions. Amends multiple definitions and penalties for fireworks offenses, including heightened penalties if another person suffers substantial bodily injury, serious bodily i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia. |
| HI | HB437 | Intro
25% | Requires, and appropriates funds for, the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish an out-of-state office in the Philippines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB449 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to assist in the development and promotion of Hawaii-manufactured products through the INNOVATE Hawaii program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB433 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for reentry services to connect offenders with community-based services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Lamosao, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Morikawa, Woodson. |
| HI | HB701 | Intro
25% | Establishes a refundable Family Caregiver Tax Credit for nonpaid family caregivers. Requires the Department of Taxation to report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB935 | Intro
25% | Establishes and appropriates funds for a digital navigator pilot program to offer technical assistance with computers and electronic devices to residents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB934 | Intro
25% | Transfers the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to the Office of Enterprise Technology Services in the Department of Accounting and General Services. Establishes the Hawaii B...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB73 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Board of Land and Natural Resources from disposing of or approving the use or setting aside of public lands for the establishment of any immigration detention facility. Prohibits state and co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB439 | Intro
25% | Requires the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to establish an international teacher license for certain visa holders. Establishes criteria for obtaining an international teacher license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB429 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to hire teachers and teacher assistants and for equipment and services for public preschools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB435 | Intro
25% | Amends the definition of electric bicycles subject to various state laws and classifies electric bicycles by top assisted speed. Establishes additional regulations for the registration and use of electric bicycles. Increases the minimum age to operat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. |
| HI | HB452 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop and implement a grant program to expand the meat processing capacity in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB1362 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Todd. |
| HI | HB453 | 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] | 2025-01-30
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB434 | Intro
25% | Requires any person providing doula services for compensation or representing or advertising themselves as a certified doula to register with the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes certain rights for certified doulas, including be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB440 | Intro
25% | Prohibits certain covered educational entities and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation facilities from collecting information regarding citizenship or immigration status or allowing officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enter certain facil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HB457 | Intro
25% | Requires state and local law enforcement agencies to notify an individual of their rights when in law enforcement agency custody before any interview with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement on certain matters regarding immigration viol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB1256 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fourth representative district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1255 | Intro
25% | Establishes specific deadlines within the facilitated application process and requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish certain resources and processes to help streamline permit applications. Appropriates fun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB1254 | Intro
25% | Amends Act 205, SLH 2024, by: reducing undue burdens on charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities, including requirements related to good standing, reporting complaints, waivers of certain requirements, solicitation campaign records, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB1257 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to establish a two-year Hawaii Office of Naval Research Grant Program to provide fifty per cent matching grants to Hawaii awardees of alternative energy research grants from the United States D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB1493 | Intro
25% | Establishes the State of Hawaii Film Commission within the Creative Industries Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to support the State's film and media industries. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB936 | Intro
25% | Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a statewide financial literacy curricula plan for public high schools. Requires all public high schools to offer instruction in financial literacy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HB937 | Intro
25% | Establishes that any grants received from the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) by an eligible business pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 shall not be subject to state general excise tax. Requires any state general excise ta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB2 | Intro
25% | Provides that the Liquor Commission or other licensing agency of each county shall deny the renewal of certain current liquor licenses upon receipt of sufficient protests.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB20 | Intro
25% | Establishes a Lava Zone Insurance Fund to subsidize the cost of insurance premiums for properties in lava zones 1 and 2. Defines lava zones 1 and 2. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB21 | Intro
25% | Requires the Hawaii Property Insurance Association to include in its plan of operation insurance coverage for commercial properties twice denied by private insurers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB23 | Intro
25% | Changes the position of Insurance Commissioner from an appointed to an elected one, beginning with the 2026 general election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB122 | Intro
25% | Short form bill relating to technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB120 | Intro
25% | Short form bill relating to economic development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB121 | Intro
25% | Short form bill relating to technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB118 | Intro
25% | Short form bill relating to intergovernmental relations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Economic Development Committee |
