| HI | HB1842 | Pass | Increases the maximum fine for violations of the fire protection laws. Specifies that each day a violation exists or continues to exist shall constitute a distinct and separate offense. Raises the criminal penalty for the offense of arson in the four...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 201, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302). |
| HI | HB1902 | Pass | Clarifies that the Governor's and mayors' emergency management powers shall be consistent with the state constitution. Clarifies the scope of the comprehensive emergency management plan. Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or te...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 206, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1307). |
| HI | HB2193 | Pass | Authorizes law enforcement and fire officers to enter and inspect any licensee's or permittee's premises, under certain conditions, to verify compliance with the State's Fireworks Control Law. Establishes procedures for the Department of Law Enforcem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 208, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1309). |
| HI | HB1836 | Pass | Allows registered pharmacists during declared states of emergency to refill prescriptions for persons directly impacted by the emergency for up to a thirty-day supply if the practitioner is unavailable or cannot be contacted to authorize the refill a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Act 100, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1201). |
| HI | HB2790 | Pass | Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to submit a report analyzing the feasibility of continuing to fund the operations of the housing loan and mortgage program. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
Act 029, 05/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129). |
| HI | HB1598 | Pass | Requires boards to make available for public inspection board packets, if created, at the time the board packet is distributed to board members but no later than two business days before the board meeting. Provides that public testimony may be distri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-03
Act 011, 05/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111). |
| HI | HR226 | Pass | Authorizing And Empowering The Speaker To Perform And Carry Out Any Official Legislative Business During The Interim Between The 2024 And 2025 Regular Sessions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-03
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HB1964 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a child care provider subsidy and bonus program to provide subsidies to retain the existing child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care centers, group child care ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:55 PM; CR 329. |
| HI | HB2083 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Education to establish a recognition program to incentivize schools to submit to the Department a plan for the school to reach the local farm to school meal goal of thirty per cent of food served in the school to consist of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 5:30PM in conference room 325. |
| HI | HB2690 | Engross
Sine Die | Part I: Establishes a WAI Policy Coordinator and other positions within the Commission on Water Resource Management for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. Declares that the general fund expenditur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 1:00PM in Conference Room 229. |
| HI | HCR226 | Engross
Sine Die | Recognizing And Commending The National Conference Of State Legislatures On The Upcoming Occasion Of Its Fiftieth Anniversary In 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Filed. |
| HI | HB1838 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the zoning powers of counties. Expands the scope of the transient accommodations tax law to include certain shelters and vehicles with sleeping accommodations. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 780). |
| HI | HR212 | Pass | Recognizing And Commending The National Conference Of State Legislatures On The Upcoming Occasion Of Its Fiftieth Anniversary In 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HCR4 | Pass | Requesting The Current Members Of The Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement To Amend The Agreement To Allow Hawaii To Join As A Member.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HCR5 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging Retail Stores And Pharmacies Doing Business In The State To Adopt A Policy On A National And Local Level Guaranteeing An Individual's Unhindered Access To All United States Food And Drug Administration-approved Contraceptives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | HCR3 | Pass | Urging Each County To Establish An Emergency Zoning Code For Post-disaster Use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HB1899 | Pass | Designates certain snail species as official state snails.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
Act 004, 04/12/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104). |
| HI | HCR15 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Establish A New Satellite City Hall Office In Mililani To Improve Access To Government Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HR1 | Pass | Urging Retail Stores And Pharmacies Doing Business In The State To Adopt A Policy On A National And Local Level Guaranteeing An Individual's Unhindered Access To All United States Food And Drug Administration-approved Contraceptives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HB1903 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands access of early learning programs to other state properties and public lands besides public school campuses. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
The committee on WAM has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 04-04-24 10:15AM; CR 211 & Videoconference. |
| HI | HCR19 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Work With The United States Fish And Wildlife Service To Implement A Native Plant Seeding Project In Mililani Mauka To Restore The Ecological Damage From The November 2023 Wildfires.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | HCR21 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Work With The Department Of Transportation To Plan And Implement Options For Alternative Ingress And Egress In Mililani Mauka.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | HCR59 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging The Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Work With The Honolulu Police Department To Increase Enforcement Efforts Against Illegal Electric Bicycles And Dirt Bike Motorcycles To Make Sidewalks And Public R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | HB1968 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response. Effective 7/1/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | HR9 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Work With The United States Fish And Wildlife Service To Implement A Native Plant Seeding Project In Mililani Mauka To Restore The Ecological Damage From The November 2023 Wildfires.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HR5 | Pass | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Establish A New Satellite City Hall Office In Mililani To Improve Access To Government Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HR12 | Pass | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Work With The Department Of Transportation To Plan And Implement Options For Alternative Ingress And Egress In Mililani Mauka.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HB1263 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals language that gives the director of finance discretion to use moneys in the Hawaii ABLE savings program trust fund if the director elects to accept deposits from contributors instead of sending deposits directly to the ABLE program manager. A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1248 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the continued administration of the Hawaii healthy food incentive program and to provide matching funds to beneficiaries who participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Effecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1300 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes provisional or associate-level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances. Requires psychologist license applican...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1149 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for positions and activities related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1565 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 not more than two units, one in which the developer resides and one for which the initial sale of the oth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1675 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts from the general excise tax amounts received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a medical practitioner for health care related goods and services purchased under Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE. Takes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1839 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for long-term monitoring of air quality for certain communities impacted by the August 2023 Maui wildfire, as well as support for research efforts to better understand the environmental concerns linked t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1837 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Education to create emergency access plans for each Department school. Requires each Department school to have a comprehensive school evacuation communication plan for use during emergencies. Requires the Department of Educ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1844 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the establishment of temporary adjunct faculty positions at the University of Hawaii Maui College. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1946 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a three-year pilot program in the Department of Health for hiring process improvement. Requires a report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 7/1/2491. (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1967 | Engross
Sine Die | Changes the administration of the Human Trafficking Victim Services Fund from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Department of the Attorney General. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2713 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to provide additional support and resources to families receiving benefits through the State's adoption assistance and permanency assistance programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1608 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for four deputy public defender positions within the Office of the Public Defender and requires that one of the positions be assigned to the family court section. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Take...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1652 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a state income tax credit for qualified expenses incurred by certain individuals employed by the Department of Education, a public charter school, the Hawaii State Public Library System, or as part of a head start program in a school. Eff...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1841 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to DLNR for operating expenses, equipment, the establishment of positions, and capital improvement projects to support wildfire emergency response. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | HB1840 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to support long-term water quality monitoring and pollution source detection. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | HB1843 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the State Fire Marshal within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to direct fire protection efforts statewide. Appropriates funds. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2261 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "historic property" used in historic preservation laws to only include property listed on the Hawaii or National Register of Historic Places or built before 8/21/1959. Require historic review for proposed projects on existing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | HB1653 | Engross
Sine Die | Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated for Bargaining Unit (5), provides annual salary step increases for public school teachers and educational officers who have completed a year's satisfactory service and comply with specified req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | HB1662 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a refundable child tax credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | HB2787 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the maximum amount of deductible contributions for individual housing accounts. Requires the Department of Taxation to create and implement a public awareness campaign about individual housing accounts. Appropriates funds. Applies to taxabl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2084 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a vacated homeless encampment clean up task force to identify parcels of land that require intergovernmental coordination to clean up vacated homeless encampments located on lands managed by government agencies, including but not limited ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | HB1674 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes candidates and their candidate committees to donate residual campaign funds to the general fund of the State or to the real property tax general fund of any county of the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
The recommendation was not adopted. |
