| HI | SB696 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to: (1) plan and administer income tax credits relating to emergency management or disaster preparedne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
[Hearing: Feb 10 @ 9:30 am]
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB1563 | Intro
25% | Establishes rate transparency requirements for insurance companies operating in the State. Establishes and appropriates moneys for an Office of Insurance Consumer Affairs within the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer affair...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
[Hearing: Feb 10 @ 9:35 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB606 | Intro
25% | Requires the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to make all business registration applications available online. Requires all applications to contain certain contact information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1373 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and certain licensing boards to automatically revoke and refuse to renew, restore, or reinstate the professional licenses of registered sex offenders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. |
| HI | HB1054 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and certain licensing boards to automatically revoke and refuse to renew, restore, or reinstate the professional licenses of registered sex offenders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kong, Lowen. |
| HI | SCR2 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Insurance Commissioner To Conduct A Statewide Study On Title Insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB697 | Intro
25% | Establishes a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses paid to retrofit a residence with wind resistive devices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa. |
| HI | HB353 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to oversee and administer grants to low-income residents, and condominium associations on behalf of lo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Public Safety Committee |
| HI | HB357 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, to strengthen existing hurricane shelters and develop new hurri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Public Safety Committee |
| HI | SB1140 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) program, which shall be administered under the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to ensure that residents in highrisk areas can purchase affordable and comprehensive property insu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa. |
| HI | HB1361 | Intro
25% | Establishes and appropriates funds for a small business fee waiver program within the Business Registration Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to waive certain fees for applicants registering a new small business in the State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | SB1619 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Governor to enter into a Cosmetology Licensure Compact on behalf of the State to provide a streamlined process that allows cosmetologists to obtain a multistate license enabling them to practice cosmetology in another state without obt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 9:50 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1621 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules establishing a license and corresponding licensing requirements specifically for nail technicians separate from a general cosmetologist license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 7 @ 9:50 am]
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB453 | Intro
25% | Requires the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to make all business registration applications available online. Requires all applications to contain certain contact information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB475 | Intro
25% | Creates regulation requirements for managers of homeowners' associations, planned community associations, cooperative housing corporations, and condominium unit owners' associations in the State. Requires licensure of association managers beginning 7...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce 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] | 2025-01-30
To House Health Committee |
| HI | SB318 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules establishing privacy requirements for directtoconsumer genetic testing in the State. Requires the Department's rules to specify whether consumers' genetic information may be used...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB1246 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning 1/1/2026, legalizes the personal adult use of cannabis. Establishes taxes on the retail sa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB274 | Intro
25% | Establishes 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 issu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB370 | Intro
25% | Establishes 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 issu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB1165 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Health to determine standards for safe levels of nicotine in products to ensure the prevention of addiction. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to restrict the sale of any products that contain levels ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB1265 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Ombudsman's Office for Condominium Associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Updates the Condominium Property Act to integrate the role and functions of the ombudsman's office for condominium associations. A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1498 | Intro
25% | Establishes an Ombudsman's Office for homeowner associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes an Ombudsman's Office Special Fund. Requires board members of condominium associations, cooperative housing corporations,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB1315 | Intro
25% | Requires all parliamentarians doing business in the State to be licensed with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and complete mandatory training courses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB1552 | Intro
25% | Adopts the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to regulate the practice of telepsychology and temporary in-person, facetoface practice of psychology by psychologists across state boundaries in the performance of their psychological practice. Requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | HB1266 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Hawaii Community Housing and Rental Oversight Agency within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to establish and oversee a process for receiving and addressing complaints relating to short-term vacation rentals, in coordin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB1312 | Intro
25% | Creates regulation requirements for association managers who oversee the daily operations of a condominium unit owners' association. Beginning 7/1/2027, requires licensure of association managers by the Real Estate Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB1542 | Intro
25% | Beginning 7/1/2027, requires app store providers to determine the age category for each of their users in the State and verify their age; provide a mechanism for parents to block minors from downloading unsuitable apps; and obtain parental consent be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1590 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Insurance Affordability Assistance Pilot Program within the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to assist eligible homeowners with sudden increases in property insurance premiums. Sunsets 6/30/2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB1474 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Insurance Affordability Assistance Pilot Program within the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to assist eligible homeowners with sudden increases in property insurance premiums. Sunsets 6/30/2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB1613 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning 1/1/2026, legalizes the personal adult use of cannabis. Establishes taxes on the retail sa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB1618 | Intro
25% | Establishes a Journalistic Ethics Commission within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes a Journalistic Code of Ethics. Requires news media outlets to provide training in the ethics of journalism to journalists and editors in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB679 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, to strengthen existing hurricane shelters and develop new hurri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB699 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to oversee and administer grants to low-income residents, and condominium associations on behalf of lo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB800 | Intro
25% | Requires professional licensees to report any legal claim, action, or administrative complaint to state licensing boards and requires the boards to review the reported complaint. Requires the Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Depa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB764 | Intro
25% | Establishes a 1-year Physician Licensing Subsidy Pilot Program within the Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to provide subsidized licensing fees for eligible medical school graduates and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | HB837 | Intro
25% | Establishes an ombudsman's office for homeowner associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes an ombudsman's office special fund. Requires board members of condominium associations, cooperative housing corporations,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB890 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Ombudsman's Office for Condominium Associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Updates the Condominium Property Act to integrate the role and functions of the ombudsman's office for condominium associations. A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB317 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Board of Lactation Consultants of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and requires that lactation consultants be licensed by the board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB432 | Intro
25% | Requires publicly held domestic corporations to have gender-diverse boards of directors. Requires the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to publish certain reports on the Department's website. Establishes penalties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB514 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund and Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund Corporation within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to provide compensation for property damage resulting from catastrophic wildfires in the State. Requires re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB355 | Intro
25% | Establishes a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses paid to retrofit a residence with wind resistive devices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Public Safety Committee |
| HI | HB354 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to: (1) plan and administer income tax credits relating to emergency management or disaster preparedne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Public Safety Committee |
| HI | HB407 | Intro
25% | Establishes a licensing scheme for licensed certified midwives and licensed certified professional midwives, to be overseen by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Re-establishes the home birth task force to provide recommendations on iss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB630 | Intro
25% | Provides for the administrative dissolution of any planned community association or condominium association in existence as of 7/1/2027. Provides the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs the powers currently provided to planned community assoc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB32 | Intro
25% | Adopts the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to regulate the practice of telepsychology and temporary in-person, face-to-face practice of psychology by psychologists across state boundaries in the performance of their psychological practice. Req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
