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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | HB2653 | Engrossed | Conforms Hawaii estate tax laws to the operative provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to decrease the burden on taxpayers and increase efficiencies in the Department of Taxation's monitoring and auditing of estate tax returns. Establishes an estat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 683). |
| #2 | HB2404 | Passed | Incrementally increases standard deduction amounts and widens income tax brackets for specific taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-03 Act 046, 06/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146). |
| #3 | SB940 | Introduced | Establishes an additional minimum Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit of $250 per month per person for SNAP-eligible households whose income is below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, as established by the United... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #4 | HB1630 | Engrossed | Part II: Prohibits county zoning ordinances from not allowing two or more additional dwelling units per residential lot within an urban district. Prohibits private covenants for residential lots within a state urban land use district from including c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 |
| #5 | SB2085 | Passed | Establishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to be headed by a State Fire Marshal. Exempts the State Fire Marshal from Civil Service Law. Requires the State Fire Council to establish the ter... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08 Act 209, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). |
| #6 | SB3018 | Introduced | Establishes a framework to regulate controllers and processors with access to personal consumer data. Establishes penalties. Establishes a new consumer privacy special fund. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an app... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 |
| #7 | SB230 | Introduced | Authorizes each county to establish a higher minimum wage than the state minimum wage. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #8 | SB2475 | Passed | Establishes a harm to students registry, for all early learning programs or schools and K-12 educational institutions within the State, that contains information on school employees, contractors, or volunteers for whom, as result of an investigation,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02 Act 156, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). |
| #9 | SB690 | Engrossed | Prohibits the sale of certain fluorescent lamps as a new manufactured product, with certain exemptions. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #10 | HB517 | Introduced | Establishes the Hawaii health data exchange framework. Establishes a working group to assist the department of health on legislation developing and implementing the framework. Requires certain health care organizations to execute a health data sharin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #11 | HB1893 | Introduced | Amends Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, to increase the cesspool compliance pilot grant project grant amount and update a reference. Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2024-2025 and to establish positions to implement the pilot grant project. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 |
| #12 | SB3203 | Introduced | Enables boards to operate more effectively by amending sections of the Sunshine Law pertaining to the declaration of policy and intent, permitted interactions of members, limited meetings, executive meetings, exceptions, board packets, and minutes. A... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29 |
| #13 | HB2652 | Engrossed | Amends the definition of Hawaii taxable estate to provide that the marital deduction under section 2056 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to the passage of any interest in property to any immediate family member. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 |
| #14 | SB3289 | Engrossed | Amends the definition of Hawaii taxable estate to provide that the marital deduction under section 2056 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to the passage of any interest in property to any immediate family member. Amends the state generation-sk... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 |
| #15 | HB2092 | Introduced | Requires the department of education to develop and implement a Holocaust and genocide curricula. Appropriates funds. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 |
| #16 | SB2839 | Introduced | Requires the department of education to develop and implement a Holocaust and genocide curricula. Appropriates funds. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 |
| #17 | HB2641 | Passed | Reestablishes the Appraisal Management Company Registration Program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to begin September 1, 2024. Appropriates funds from the Compliance Resolution Fund for the Program. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-24 Act 080, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1181). |
| #18 | SB54 | Engrossed | Prohibits the operation of gasoline-powered leaf blowers in any urban land use districts. Increases the amounts of fines for violations of leaf blower restrictions and provides for the forfeiture of gasoline-powered leaf blowers upon a third violatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #19 | HB508 | Introduced | Creates the requirement of school sports to designate sex-specific teams for the purpose of gender equality. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #20 | SB3385 | Introduced | Requires electronic smoking device of e-liquid manufacturers to submit certifications with the Department of Taxation annually, stating that products comply with federal regulations. Requires the Department of Taxation to maintain a directory. Impose... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29 |
| #21 | HB2794 | Introduced | Requires electronic smoking device of e-liquid manufacturers to submit certifications with the Department of Taxation annually, stating that products comply with federal regulations. Requires the Department of Taxation to maintain a directory. Impose... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 |
| #22 | SB315 | Introduced | Classifies certain former military vehicles as special interest vehicles. Enables owners of former military vehicles to apply for registration. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #23 | SB2119 | Passed | Authorizes out-of-state pharmacies to transfer prescription information for the initial fill of an out-of-state prescription in the State. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28 Act 096, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1197). |
| #24 | SB1105 | Introduced | Requires original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make documentation, parts, and tools available to independent repair providers and owners for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance, and repair on fair and reasonable terms... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #25 | HB1534 | Engrossed | Establishes the Hawaii Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program, to be administered by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 |
| #26 | SB895 | Introduced | Establishes the Hawaii health data exchange framework. Establishes the stakeholder advisory group to assist the department of health in the development of the framework. Requires certain health care organizations to execute a health data sharing agre... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #27 | SB2132 | Passed | Amends the deadline related to the repair of conditions that constitute health or safety violations. Increases the amount deducted from a tenant's rent for the tenant's actual expenditures to correct health or safety violations and defective conditio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29 Act 032, 05/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132). |
| #28 | SB314 | Engrossed | Makes permanent and amends the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program. Makes certain assessment exemptions permanent as to the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program Special Fund. Repeals chapter 346E, HRS, relating to the Nursing Facility Tax. App... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #29 | HB2024 | Introduced | Beginning on January 1, 2025, permits manufacturers of investigational drugs or biological products to make these drugs and products available to terminally ill patients under certain conditions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 |
| #30 | SB2668 | Introduced | Adopts the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules to implement and administer the Compact. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 |
| #31 | SB3022 | Engrossed | Establishes a transportation network company, taxicab, and limousine fee. Provides for the deposit of the transportation network company, taxicab, and limousine fees collected into the Safe Routes to School Program special fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 |
| #32 | HB2485 | Passed | Repeals an obsolete fee for a certified copy of a tax clearance. Adds a penalty for failure to comply with reporting requirements under the general excise tax law and transient accommodations tax law for collection of rent by a third party. Raises th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-24 Act 076, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1177). |
| #33 | SB3129 | Engrossed | Establishes the Hui Hoomana Task Force within the State Health Planning and Development Agency to develop a comprehensive plan to provide universal access to equitable and affordable high-quality health care for state residents, including defining ac... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 |
| #34 | SB3211 | Introduced | Requires landlords to change or rekey all locks to a residential property before the tenant's date of initial occupancy for any lease period of six months or longer. Provides a grace period of thirty days after the tenant's date of initial occupancy. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20 The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| #35 | HR53 | Passed | Requesting The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations To Convene An Underground Economy Interagency Task Force To Combat The Underground Economy And Employee Misclassification In The Construction Industry. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #36 | HB571 | Introduced | Appropriates funds for the Kahoolawe island reserve commission. Appropriates funds for three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) permanent positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #37 | HB2089 | Engrossed | Requires the State Building Code Council to adopt, amend, or update the International Building Code and International Residential Code within two years of every other official publication date of the applicable code or standard. Provides that if a co... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 |
| #38 | HB2090 | Passed | Beginning 1/1/2025, allows residential uses in areas zoned for commercial use to be considered permitted under certain circumstances. Requires, no later than 1/1/2025, each county to adopt or amend its ordinances to allow for adaptive reuse of existi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29 Act 037, 05/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137). |
| #39 | HB2553 | Passed | Authorizes pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons three years of age or older. Authorizes pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians under the direct supervision of a pharmacist to administer vaccinations to persons three years of age or older,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28 Act 104, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1205). |
| #40 | HB197 | Engrossed | Requires the Department of Health to establish a Refrigerant Management Program to reduce emissions of high global warming potential refrigerants and any refrigerant that is an ozone depleting substance from stationary, commercial, and industrial ref... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| #41 | SB2960 | Passed | Requires that lessees and purchasers of farm lots and ranch lots use that land for farming and producing food, under certain conditions. Authorizes certain agricultural cooperative associations to apply for farm lots. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-05 Act 194, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1295). |
| #42 | SB572 | Vetoed | Authorizes and specifies conditions under which the Department of Agriculture may declare a biosecurity emergency, during which the Department and Governor may take certain actions to prevent the establishment or spread of pests and prohibited or res... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09 Vetoed on 07-09-24 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1360). |
| #43 | HB1830 | Passed | Beginning 7/1/2026, establishes provisional or associate-level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances; authorizes psychol... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28 Act 093, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1194). |
| #44 | HB1763 | Passed | Prohibits the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation from forgiving any loan made from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund unless the Corporation forecloses on the project. Amends the permitted uses of and priority for which moneys in the R... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09 Act 235, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1340). |
| #45 | HB2440 | Introduced | Establishes the Hui Ho`omana task force within the State Health Planning and Development Agency to develop a comprehensive plan to provide universal access to equitable and affordable high-quality healthcare for state residents, including defining ac... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 |
| #46 | SB3290 | Passed | Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to convene a working group to study the state of American Sign Language interpretation services in Hawaii. Requires a report to the Legislature, with the assistance of the Department of Health. (... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08 Act 204, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1305). |
| #47 | HB509 | Introduced | Bans instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools. Establishes new parental rights regarding health services and records. Establishes the parental right to sue and receive damages if schools fail to adhere to new pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #48 | HB1580 | Engrossed | Amends the criminal penalties for various animal cruelty offenses by increasing the category of offense. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Failed to pass Third Reading. Ayes, 11; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey, Shimabukuro, Wakai . Noes, 14 (Senator(s) Aquino, Awa, Chang, DeCoite, Fevella, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Kidani, Kim, Kouchi, Richards, San Buenaventura). Excused, 0 (none). |
| #49 | SB651 | Introduced | Amends the definition of "hemp product" to exclude delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol. Prohibits the sale of food products and hemp products that contain delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol. Allows the sale of food products infused with cannabinoid, hemp extract,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11 |
| #50 | SB1418 | Engrossed | 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 |
