| HI | HB2352 | Pass | Exempts the administrator of the Law Enforcement Standards Board from civil service laws. Clarifies membership and certain powers and duties of the Law Enforcement Standards Board and establishes new deadlines for the completion of board responsibili... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09 Act 247, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1352). |
| HI | HB2227 | Pass | Expands the existing exemption from state law governing child care for United States Department of Defense-certified child care providers on federal property to those operating off federal property. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02 Act 146, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). |
| HI | HB2457 | Pass | Expands the requirement that the Department of Law Enforcement pursue and obtain accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., to all divisions and sections within the Department. Establishes five CALEA coordi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02 Act 131, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1232). |
| HI | SB1035 | Pass | Exempts from the general excise tax those medical and dental services provided by health care providers to patients who receive Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE benefits. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-03 Act 047, 06/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1147). |
| HI | SR47 | Pass | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Adopt Administrative Rules To Create A Process Under Section 201h-38, Hawaii Revised Statutes, For Housing Projects Exclusively For Sale Or Rent To Qualified Residents As Defined In Sec... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31 Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | HB1600 | Pass | Requires boards to schedule a meeting for deliberation and decision-making on a report by an investigative group at least six business days after the board meeting in which the investigative group presented the findings and recommendations of its inv... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-03 Act 013, 05/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113). |
| HI | HCR84 | Pass | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Amend Their Administrative Rules To Establish Another Pathway For Housing Projects Seeking An Exemption From State Laws And Rules. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | SCR58 | Engross 50% | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Adopt Administrative Rules To Create A Process Under Section 201h-38, Hawaii Revised Statutes, For Housing Projects Exclusively For Sale Or Rent To Qualified Residents As Defined In Sec... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To House Housing Committee |
| HI | HR130 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Conduct A Study On The Feasibility Of Exempting All State-related Construction From County Permitting Requirements And Establishing A Permitting Division Within The Department To Be Resp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HCR151 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Conduct A Study On The Feasibility Of Exempting All State-related Construction From County Permitting Requirements And Establishing A Permitting Division Within The Department To Be Resp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HR70 | Pass | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Amend Their Administrative Rules To Establish Another Pathway For Housing Projects Seeking An Exemption From State Laws And Rules. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HB74 | Engross 50% | Establishes a temporary general excise tax exemption for amounts received from the servicing and maintenance of helicopters in an aircraft service and maintenance facility outside any Hawaii airport or from the construction of a facility that service... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB667 | Engross 50% | Clarifies the application of the general excise tax law with regard to gross income derived from unrelated trade or business activities of nonprofit organizations. Effective 6/30/3000. Sunsets 12/31/2028. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1675 | Engross 50% | 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 | HB2358 | Engross 50% | Exempts from environmental impact statement requirements certain affordable housing projects. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB335 | Engross 50% | Exempts from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code educational materials and related training for direct student instruction in career and technical education programs within the Department of Education. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2682 | Engross 50% | Beginning 1/1/2025, requires physicians to perform or order lead screening tests for minor patients at certain intervals as recommended by the Department of Health and make an entry of the lead screening test in the minor patient's record. Requires t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HR88 | Intro 25% | Urging The President Of The United States And United States Congress To Exempt Hawaii From The Jones Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | HCR107 | Intro 25% | Urging The President Of The United States And United States Congress To Exempt Hawaii From The Jones Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | SB2029 | Engross 50% | Prohibits any law, ordinance, or rule from imposing an inclusionary zoning requirement on housing offered exclusively for sale or rent in perpetuity to buyers or renters who are residents of the State, are owner-occupants or renters, and do not own a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB2416 | Engross 50% | Provides a conveyance tax exemption for certain real property furnished as a transient accommodation. Repeals 1/1/2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HI | SB3197 | Intro 25% | Exempts billboards and outdoor advertising devices displayed with authorization of the Stadium Authority within the stadium facility, including outdoor advertising devices for naming the stadium facility under certain conditions. Exempts outdoor adve... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27 The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| HI | SB2109 | Intro 25% | Until 6/30/2025, exempts from the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products the shipments of large cigars and pipe tobacco sold to a consumer in the State through the Internet under certain circumstances. Defines "pipe tobacco". Takes effect 7... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2399 | Intro 25% | Exempts the gross proceeds received after 12/31/2023 by a farmer for the sale of produce from the general excise tax. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3047 | Intro 25% | Codifies the exemption from environmental impact statements for affordable housing projects that meet certain criteria. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2629 | Intro 25% | Establishes the Homeless Services Special Fund. Allows counties to apply for matching funds from the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund for certain housing projects. Increases the conveyance tax rates for certain properties. Establishes conveyan... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB3307 | Intro 25% | Authorizes representatives of the news media to be allowed to attend executive meetings held by a board under section 92-4, HRS. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2886 | Intro 25% | Prohibits the State or any of its branches, political subdivisions, or agencies from requiring a bachelor's degree as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment. Establishes exemptions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15 To Senate Labor and Technology Committee |
| HI | SB2123 | Intro 25% | Exempts psychiatric services and chronic renal dialysis services from certificate of need requirements. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2880 | Intro 25% | Expands the existing state exemption for United States Department of Defense-certified providers to those operating off federal property. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB1461 | Intro 25% | Amends the exemption from the requirement that plans and specifications for construction projects be prepared and construction observed by a licensed engineer, architect, or landscape architect to be determined by floor area of work rather than estim... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB2195 | Intro 25% | Repeals the discretion for public officials to require work in respect to any structure or improvement, regardless of the cost valuation of the work, to be subject to the requirements of professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape ar... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB2385 | Intro 25% | Amends section 76-16(b), Hawaii Revised Statues, to exempt the Deputy Executive Director, Chief Compliance Officer, and branch managers of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii from civil service. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HB2413 | Intro 25% | Repeals the prohibition of qualified persons or firms from receiving direct or indirect financing for construction projects from any governmental contracting agency as a condition of prevailing wage terms. Extends the Hawaii Housing Finance and Devel... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2105 | Intro 25% | Authorizes students who are individuals from a COFA nation, refugees, or special immigrant visa holders to qualify for the resident tuition fee within the University of Hawaii system, under certain conditions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01 To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| HI | SB3216 | Intro 25% | Exempts cultural practitioners of martial arts from the prohibition of and penalty against butterfly knives; provided that evidence of instructor certification is provided. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29 To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB3245 | Intro 25% | Exempts qualified disabled veterans from various annual motor vehicle fees and taxes, including vehicle weight taxes and beautification fees. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29 To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | SB3369 | Intro 25% | Allows the Director of Health to grant an exemption from the requirement to upgrade, convert, or connect a cesspool if the State is unable to present evidence that the cesspool is affecting the State's drinking water supply or recreational waters. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB3333 | Intro 25% | Exempts accessory dwelling units, ohana dwelling units, and certain affordable rental housing projects developed pursuant to a county ordinance from school impact fees. Effective 6/30/2024. Sunsets 7/1/2026. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29 To Senate Housing Committee |
| HI | HB2308 | Intro 25% | Prohibits the State or any of its branches, political subdivisions, or agencies from requiring a bachelor's degree as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment. Establishes exemptions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB3005 | Intro 25% | Establishes the Homeless Services Fund. Amends the conveyance tax rates based on property values. Repeals the conveyance tax rates set separately for conveyances for which the purchasers are ineligible for a county homeowner's exemption on property t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB3146 | Intro 25% | Expands the requirements of section 353C-9, HRS, to require the Department of Law Enforcement to pursue and obtain accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. for all divisions and sections within the Departm... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB3102 | Intro 25% | Extends the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation approval and certification period in which construction or rehabilitation of certain projects under section 201H-36(a)(5), HRS, can qualify for general excise tax (GET) exemption and repe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 To Senate Housing Committee |
| HI | SB3074 | Intro 25% | Amends section 76-16(b), Hawaii Revised Statues, to exempt the Deputy Executive Director, Chief Compliance Officer, and branch managers of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii from civil service. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 To Senate Labor and Technology Committee |
| HI | HB2599 | Intro 25% | Exempts actions involving the operation and management of fisheries in the State from environmental review requirements. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB2627 | Intro 25% | Exempts medical and dental services provided by health care providers to patients who receive Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE benefits from the general excise tax. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB1618 | Intro 25% | Permanently excludes businesses within a federally designated opportunity zone from required unemployment insurance contributions and temporarily excludes those businesses from general excise and income tax for five years. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB1699 | Intro 25% | Exempts food and medical services from the general excise tax. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1790 | Intro 25% | Exempts qualified disabled veterans from various annual motor vehicle fees and taxes, including vehicle weight taxes and beautification fees. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | SB2625 | Intro 25% | Permanently excludes businesses within a federally designated opportunity zone from required unemployment insurance contributions and temporarily excludes those businesses from general excise and income tax for five years. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |