| HI | HB134 | Intro
25% | Requires the Chief Election Officer to provide a system for the electronic filing of nomination papers. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB286 | Intro
25% | Increases the maximum annual deduction for contributions to, and maximum account levels for, individual housing accounts. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 10:00 am]
To House Housing Committee |
| 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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 24 @ 10:00 am]
To House Finance Committee |
| 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] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB505 | Intro
25% | Establishes a WAI Policy Coordinator for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 24 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| 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] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 10:00 am]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB703 | Intro
25% | Extends the sunset date for the State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna to 6/30/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 24 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB727 | Intro
25% | Establishes a temporary three-year women's court pilot program within the Second and Fifth Circuits. Requires the Third Circuit of the Judiciary and Big Island Drug Court to conduct an interim study to establish a blueprint for a women's court pilot ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB701 | Intro
25% | Establishes a Family Caregiver Tax Credit for nonpaid family caregivers. Requires the Department of Taxation to report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging to certify claims for the credit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 24 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB880 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the establishment of new positions within the Early Childhood Services Unit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 24 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB862 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 24 @ 10:00 am]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB943 | Intro
25% | Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Health to expand existing crisis intervention programs by establishing a homeless triage and treatment center program to serve homeless individuals and individuals at risk of homelessness with sub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 24 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1345 | Intro
25% | Requires the Board of Regents to grant a waiver on all tuition and mandatory fees to a resident student enrolled in a four-year college campus of the University of Hawaii System with an education program or that offers an education degree for the sem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M., Morikawa, Alcos, Ward. |
| HI | HB329 | Intro
25% | Clarifies that the School Facilities Authority is responsible for projects for facilities for prekindergarten, preschool, child care, and early learning programs; workforce housing; and any public school development, planning, and construction assign...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward. |
| HI | HB439 | Intro
25% | Requires the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to establish an international teacher license for certain visa holders and the requirements to obtain the international teacher license. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB643 | Intro
25% | Establishes short-term management initiatives for the coconut rhinoceros beetle response program. Appropriates funds for activities and positions related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward. |
| HI | HB763 | Intro
25% | Establishes the civic education trust fund to support programs benefiting civic education of public school students. Appropriates funds for the expansion of civic education in the public schools and for full-time equivalent permanent civic education ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward. |
| HI | HB860 | Intro
25% | Specifies 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 county, shall be immune from liability for personal injuries or property damage arising out of the repa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso, Garcia; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Belatti; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. |
| HI | HB879 | Intro
25% | Increases the maximum grant amount for the Cesspool Compliance Pilot Grant Project. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward. |
| HI | HR21 | Intro
25% | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Revise Real Property Assessment Procedures For Kupuna.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
To be offered. |
| HI | HCR21 | Intro
25% | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Revise Real Property Assessment Procedures For Kupuna.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
To be offered. |
| HI | HB729 | Intro
25% | Raises the minimum age to enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Repeals the authority of parents and the family court to consent to a minor's marriage. Repeals spousal cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an excepti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. |
| HI | HCR15 | Intro
25% | Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources And City And County Of Honolulu To Implement Green Fire Breaks In West Oahu To Mitigate The Risk Of Wildfires.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
Offered |
| HI | HR16 | Intro
25% | Urging The Department Of Education And Honolulu Police Department To Establish Junior Police Officer Programs Through School-police Partnerships In Schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
Offered |
| HI | HR15 | Intro
25% | Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources And City And County Of Honolulu To Implement Green Fire Breaks In West Oahu To Mitigate The Risk Of Wildfires.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
Offered |
| HI | HCR16 | Intro
25% | Urging The Department Of Education And Honolulu Police Department To Establish Junior Police Officer Programs Through School-police Partnerships In Schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
Offered |
| HI | HCR17 | Intro
25% | Designating The State As A Purple Heart State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
To be offered. |
| HI | HR17 | Intro
25% | Designating The State As A Purple Heart State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
To be 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 | HB743 | Intro
25% | Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to develop a model that assesses the fiscal impacts of land use development projects and regional infrastructure investments. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1417 | Intro
25% | Creates an exclusion from income tax for the first $50,000 of gross income earned by farmers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[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 | HB841 | Intro
25% | Amends the break in service requirement for retirants to six months before they can be rehired as teachers or administrators in teacher shortage areas or in hard-to-fill positions. Prohibits rehired retirants from receiving additional employment bene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB861 | Intro
25% | Designates student transportation as critical infrastructure and a critical service for Hawaii's public education system. Requires all school bus contracts between the State and the contractor to include certain standards, performance metrics, and ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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 | HB730 | 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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[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 | HB902 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to conduct a study on methods to support department schools that may be impacted by electric utilities' planned public safety power shutoff program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB435 | Intro
25% | Establishes additional regulations for the registration and use of electric bicycles. Amends the definition of electric bicycles subject to various state laws and classifies electric bicycles by top assisted speed. Defines "electric micro mobility de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB621 | Intro
25% | Requires and appropriates funds to pay salary differentials to English language educators as an incentive to attract and retain these educators. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB863 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for teacher-requested classroom supplies. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[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 | 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 | 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 | HB1200 | Intro
25% | Codifies the board of education's policy for class sizes to promote quality education and positive student-teacher interactions. Informs parents if changes to class sizes are needed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HB1344 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Education's existing Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) working group to create a state plan to make completion of the FAFSA or an opt-out waiver a statewide graduation requirement by the 2027-2028 school year...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HB1503 | Intro
25% | Excludes from the definition of "development" for purposes of coastal zone management restrictions, the reconstruction, under certain circumstances, of structures destroyed in the August 8, 2023, wildfires in Lahaina, Maui.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB486 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the removal of a manufacturer- or factory-installed speed limiting device from an electric bicycle. Requires the Department of Transportation to develop a traffic safety education program and a public awareness campaign. Appropriate funds. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB772 | Intro
25% | Disallows the use of campaign funds to purchase up to two tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Finance Committee |
