| HI | HB1892 | Engross
Sine Die | Part II: Amends the deadlines for required upgrades conversions, or connections for certain priority level 1 and priority level 2 cesspools. Part III: Authorizes and appropriates funds to the Department of Health to retain qualified consultants as ne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:15PM in Conference Room 329. |
| 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 | SB3234 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the laws relating to the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund and Hawaii Property Insurance Association by: imposing a different transient accommodation tax rate for transient vacation rentals, a property insurance surcharge on conveyance tax, and a t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791). |
| HI | HB500 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for various workforce readiness programs and opportunities. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 6/30/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 699). |
| HI | SB2836 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism the Interagency Council for Maui Housing Recovery to coordinate and facilitate Maui's permanent housing recovery and facilitate consultation and collaboration between st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678). |
| HI | HB2700 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund and Corporation to provide compensation for property damage resulting from catastrophic wildfires in the State. Creates a process for electric utilities to develop and submit wildfire protection plans to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). |
| HI | HB2655 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes appropriations for the public employment cost items and cost adjustments for employees of the Senate, House of Representatives, and various legislative agencies who are excluded from collective bargaining. Declares that the general fund expendi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
The committee on WAM has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 04-03-24 10:30AM; CR 211 & Videoconference. |
| HI | HB1976 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Office of Elections to annually request funding for the Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee. Appropriates funds to the Office of Elections Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee to gather inform...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1949 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the University of Hawaii to establish and implement a two-year program to develop web-GIS wildfire susceptibility and vulnerability maps for the State of Hawaii to determine which communities, landscapes, buildings, and infrastructure are mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2175 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for and requires the involvement of community members and organizations in the development of a community-based, long-range transportation plan for the Kaaawa, Punaluu, and Hauula communities. Requires a report to the Legislature. ...
[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 | 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 | SB2081 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Aerospace and Aeronautics Development Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Appropriates funds to establish a position within the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to assist the Corporat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1814 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires and appropriates funds for the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on how certain other states approach certain subjects as they relate to condominiums. Extends the final report deadline and dissolution date of the Condominium Pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1829 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the design of all new state building construction where parking is to be included to provide that at least twenty-five per cent of parking stalls be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office, in consultation wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1688 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Health to conduct a statewide needs assessment and establish an advisory council to determine what would be needed to transition to a more circular system with less waste generation, more reuse, and an extended producer res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2056 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs the State Reinsurance Exploratory Working Group to gather information to assist the Legislature in generating innovative solutions that address increasing insurance costs to consumers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2309 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a Homeless Triage Center Program within the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Department of Health. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1826 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the establishment of temporary positions to support the statewide expansion of the University of Hawaii Windward Community College's mental health-related programs. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded...
[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 | HB2556 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the sources of funding for the Hawaii ABLE Saving Program Trust Fund. Authorizes the Director of Finance to expend all moneys in the trust fund to fulfill the purposes of the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program, including providing incentive paymen...
[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 | HB1906 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to enhance its Panorama platform and Trust Circle mobile application or create a new platform. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1545 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the authority of the State and counties to develop adaptation pathways plans to modify and relocate infrastructure away from critically threatened areas to locations outside sea level rise and coastal flooding exposure areas. Declares that th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3099 | Engross
Sine Die | Reduces the minimum number of years of credited service qualified Tier 2 Employees' Retirement System members must have to be eligible for vested benefit status for service retirement allowance purposes from ten years to five years. Appropriates fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2215 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to increase the funding of certain Medicaid home and community-based services, including adult day programs and residential services offered in community care foster family homes and expanded adult residential care homes. Requires ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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 | HB1834 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to increase the base budget of the Department of Human Services' Homeless Programs Office. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2771 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds 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. Declares that the general fund expenditu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1645 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to include information and data on the vacancies of the executive branch in its annual report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2622 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement for the State's Gun Buyback Program. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2042. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2356 | Engross
Sine Die | Changes the cap for awards to assist businesses applying for the Small Business Innovation Research Grant Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Program of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Adds purchasing of renewable ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1807 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that the works of art special fund's one per cent transfer requirement shall apply only to capital improvement appropriations for the original construction of state buildings. Appropriates funds for performing arts initiatives and expanded ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | SB2288 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that travel reports submitted by state employees, officers, or other representatives of state departments or agencies, in connection with out-of-state or intra-state travel for purposes of official state business, be made available for publi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1771 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership. 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 | HB2292 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for the establishment and hiring of project manager III positions to aid in the development of affordable housing options in the State. Declares that the general fund expend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1833 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds into and out of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to provide loans or grants for mixed-income rental projects or units in mixed-income rental projects for qualifying individuals and families. Appropriates funds for an unspecified n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3328 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the Department of Education's authority to oversee public education facilities and real estate development. Establishes the Office of Facilities and Real Estate Development and the Office of School Operations and Services. Repeals the Schoo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HB1977 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes state policy to promote braille literacy for blind students. Requires the individualized education programs of eligible blind students to include the instruction of Braille and provision of Braille instructional materials under certain ci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | HB1767 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans for school bus services if certain conditions are met. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | SB3060 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to develop and publish a statewide climate adaptation and resilience implementation plan. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | SB2617 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study and report on the forty-one states in the country that have enacted laws limiting the sale of real property to foreign individuals or entities, and how those laws and related constitutional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Water & Land Committee |
