| HI | SB2052 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the public access room to establish and maintain an outreach and engagement program for primary, secondary, post-secondary, and community education. Requires the department of education and university of Hawaii to assign appropriate staff to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
The recommendation was not adopted. |
| HI | SB1208 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the income thresholds and credit amounts of the income tax credit for low-income household renters by using tax brackets individuals and different categories of households. Annually adjusts the income thresholds and credit amounts for infla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3336 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for the retention of third party professionals with the necessary financial, accounting, and land inventory expertise to evaluate and address the completeness and accuracy of the public land trust ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2639 | Intro
Sine Die | Updates the enforcement mechanisms for the Uniform Information Practices Act and the Sunshine Law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB2071 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to enhance the Department's mobile platforms that provide student mental health and social-emotional health support. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3331 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an alternative process for the termination of the rental agreement that involves mediation. Requires the Governor to notify the Chief Justice, Legislature, and Revisor of Statutes when the final wildfire proclamation will expire. Declares...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB2486 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a silver alert program within the Department of Law Enforcement to help locate and safeguard missing vulnerable adults with developmental disabilities or mental impairments who pose a credible threat to the health and safety to themselves...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB2307 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with various agencies and upon request of the inmates, to assist inmates in obtaining the inmates' civil identification card, birth certificate, social security card, and oth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2049 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a five-year pilot program to allow qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications to patients under the care of the psychologist at a federally qualified health center. Requires a report to the Legislature...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB3221 | Intro
Sine Die | Decreases the gift value amount required for legislators, employees, and their spouses and dependent children to file a gifts disclosure statement with the State Ethics Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB3223 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows vacancies in the Senate and House of Representatives to be filled by an appointee without selection by the Governor from a list of three prospective appointees if the appointee was selected by the political party by unanimous vote using the ra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB3254 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to increase the funding for medicaid in-home services, conditioned on the Department of Human Services obtaining the maximum federal matching funds and pursuing all other funding sources.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB3306 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits state and county contractors from participating in election campaign activities including canvassing, sign holding, and other volunteer support for a candidate or noncandidate committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2980 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Cultural Corridor Authority to develop plans to redevelop areas affected by disaster while maintaining historic and cultural preservation. Establishes an income tax credit to incentivize the voluntary relinquishment of real property l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HI | SB2989 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Judicial Council to nominate persons for appointment to a county ethics commission; provided that the county's charter or ordinance requires members of the commission to be appointed from nominations made by the Judicial Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB2472 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the monthly needs allowance from $50 to $75. Clarifies that the needs allowance is not intended to replace or affect funds received from the federal supplemental security income program. Requires certain long-term care facility operators to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB2611 | Intro
Sine Die | Beginning on 7/1/2024: (1) requires that state supplemental payment for type 1 adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes not exceed a cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB2628 | Intro
Sine Die | Renames the Department of Law Enforcement to the "Department of the State Sheriff". Renames the Director of Law Enforcement to "State Sheriff" and deputy directors to "undersheriffs". Establishes an assistant position to be designated by the State Sh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB2851 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases from $800 to $1,600 the amount of death benefits paid by the Department of Human Services to cover the cremation and disposition costs for a deceased person who was eligible for medical or financial assistance at the time of the person's de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB2662 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts unemployment compensation from state personal income tax beginning in the 2023 tax year. Increases the maximum weekly benefit a person may receive in unemployment compensation beginning on 1/1/2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee |
| HI | SB2760 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifies that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each have one vote if they have employees in a particular bargaining unit for the purposes of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. Repeals staf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee |
| HI | SB2800 | Intro
Sine Die | Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to require the teaching of financial literacy to be included in the existing personal transition plan requirement for each student.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | SB2131 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates World Peace Day as a state holiday in place of Good Friday.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | SB2059 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a retail establishment with an employee toilet facility to allow a customer suffering from an eligible medical condition to use that restroom during normal business hours, under certain conditions. Exempts a retail establishment and employee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB446 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Health to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of implementing a pilot program to integrate prescription digital therapeutic products approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration in outpatient treatment prog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB595 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the executive office on aging to create an Alzheimer's disease public health campaign.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB1130 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes a principal of an activity desk, and all persons with an ownership interest in the activity desk, jointly and severally liable for any financial deficiency when the activity desk's client trust account is insufficient to pay consumers or activi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB755 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025 focused on the health disparities experienced by persons in the State with developmental or intellect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB64 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the insurance commissioner to establish an annual enrollment period for medigap insurance plans. Requires issuers of Medigap insurance in the State to accept an eligible individual's application for coverage during the open enrollment period...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB1452 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a six-year term and the selection process for the Director of the Office of Information Practices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB1451 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits compelled disclosure of sources or unpublished information for journalists, newscasters, and persons participating in collection or dissemination of news or information of substantial public interest. Establishes exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB1126 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the income tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment by increasing the taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses and dollar limit on amounts creditable that constit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB863 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii Residential Developers Loan Corporation and the Hawaii Residential Developers Loan Special Fund for the purpose of enhancing credit and guaranteeing and insuring loans made by private financial institutions to developers of res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB648 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish and administer an aquaculture disease diagnostic laboratory. Appropriates funds for the laboratory. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the Department of Agriculture. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB1093 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes and provides moneys for the composting grant program in the Department of Education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | SB1453 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the definition of "administrative action" in lobbyists law to include granting or denying applications for business or development-related permits, licenses, or approvals and procurement of goods and services under the Hawaii Public Procureme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB1210 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the refundable food/excise tax credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/22.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB853 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Health Committee |
| HI | SB1186 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes write-in voting. Allows voters to vote for declared candidates other than those listed on preprinted ballot through write-in voting procedure. Applies to elections conducted on or after 7/1/2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB1190 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides standards for the selection of county Ethics Commission members to ensure their impartiality and independence. Effective 7/1/2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB1178 | Intro
Sine Die | Modernizes the definition of "personal information" for the purposes of notifying affected persons of data and security breaches. Includes licensees subject to the Insurance Data Security Law pursuant to article 3B, chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB1055 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifies that the practice of election fraud intimidation includes, among other actions (1) The carrying of any firearm or weapon and (2) The act of photographing the face of any voter without permission from both the voter and an appropriate electi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB650 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Agriculture to conduct a feasibility study to identify potential sites in the State for an aquaculture park that promotes commercial aquaculture expansion. Requires a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB302 | Engross
Sine Die | Temporarily reinstates the technology infrastructure renovation tax credit. Expands the definition of "technology-enabled infrastructure" to include data servers. Requires a report from the department of taxation analyzing the tax implications for sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB369 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Department of Public Safety from receiving any commission payment from telephone service providers based on inmate phone calls. Prohibits the Department of Public Safety from entering into or renewing any contract with any privately own...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB1544 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the offense of fraud as a class B felony. Disqualifies a person from holding elective public office for a period of ten years upon conviction of fraud.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB1450 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all public contractors to explicitly agree through a provision in their public contracts to be subject to the prohibition and penalties for any violations of campaign finance laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB668 | Engross
Sine Die | Adopts the physical therapy compact effective 7/1/3025. Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to adopt rules to implement and administer the compact. Requires applicants for physical therapist or physical therapist assistant licens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Health Committee |
| HI | SB673 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a terminally ill qualifying patient medical cannabis use working group to study the feasibility of the medical use of cannabis by terminally ill qualifying patients in health care facilities. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB1556 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates within the Department of Health's wastewater branch a cesspool conversion section, which will be responsible for facilitating the conversion of cesspools within the State. Establishes 2.0 full-time equivalent positions within the cesspool con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
