| HB1296 | Veto | Part I: Repeals the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund and transfers unencumbered balances to the general fund on 6/30/2025. Specifies that Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund moneys shall only be deposited into the university revenu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed on 07/06/2021 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1291). |
| HB338 | Veto | Requires an appellate court to conduct a hearing when a conflict of interest pertaining to a judge or justice is alleged by motion of a party to any suit, action, or proceeding of the appellate court. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Received notice from House that motion to override veto was approved and carried by a 2/3 vote by the members of the House (Hse. Com. No. 2). |
| HB58 | Veto | From 1/1/2022 through 12/31/2023, temporarily suspends certain general excise and use tax exemptions. Increases conveyance taxes for the sale of non-commercial properties valued at $4,000,000 or greater. Effective 1/1/2022. (HB58 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1279). |
| HB663 | Veto | Amends the manner of appointment of members to the game management advisory commission. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1286). |
| HB895 | Veto | Clarifies that defendants may not earn credit on a sentence imposed for a subsequent conviction for time being served on a previous felony conviction. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed on 07/06/2021 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1289). |
| HB313 | Pass | Repeals the requirement that no less than fifty per cent of the physician workforce assessment fees transferred or deposited into the JABSOM special fund be expended for purposes identified by the Hawaii medical education council to support physician...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 151, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). |
| HB1283 | Pass | Permits the employers of first responder personnel to obtain dementia training for first responder personnel. Permits the executive office on aging to coordinate the dementia training schedules and standards with all public and private entities and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 155, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). |
| HB1291 | Pass | Allows applicants to the University of Hawaii who earned a high school diploma from a public high school in the State with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and also provides evidence that they qualified for and received special education servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 156, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). |
| HB541 | Pass | Clarifies that the duties of the working group established by Act 263, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, within the Department of Health include identifying gaps in services; coordinating funding sources; and establishing and identifying outcome measures ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 154, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1256). |
| HB1348 | Pass | Establishes the stadium development special fund. Provides for the abolishment of the stadium special fund. Revises the general development guidance policies for the stadium development district and clarifies the respective roles of the stadium autho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 146, on 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248). |
| HB72 | Pass | Establishes a framework for the regulation of electric foot scooters by the State and counties. Amends definitions of "moped" to exclude electric foot scooters. Retains personal injury protection benefits for any individual sustaining injuries while ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 174, 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276). |
| HB1318 | Pass | Establishes the Environmental Advisory Council. Transfers the rights, powers, employees, appropriations, and other personal property from the Office of Environmental Quality Control to the Office of Planning. Transfers all rules adopted or developed ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 152, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). |
| HB490 | Pass | Lowers the age at which enhanced penalties apply for crimes against seniors from sixty-two years of age to sixty years of age. Makes commission of certain criminal offenses against a senior's person or property applicable if the perpetrator knows or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 147, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1249). |
| HB31 | Pass | Raises the maximum age of minors for which safe storage of firearms is required from sixteen to eighteen years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 148, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| HB1366 | Pass | Amends the class C felony offense of manufacturing, purchasing, or obtaining firearm parts to assemble a firearm having no serial number to also prohibit possession of those firearm parts. Amends Act 74, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, to repeal languag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 149, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). |
| HB1149 | Pass | Reorganizes and integrates the land use commission within a modified office of planning, which is renamed as the office of planning and sustainable development. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 153, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). |
| HB237 | Pass | Appropriates $350,000 for fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of agriculture for the mitigation and control of the two-lined spittlebug and recovery of the rangelands damaged by the invasive pest. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 137, on 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). |
| HB185 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2021 and ending 6/30/2023. Effective 7/1/2021. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 127, on 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1229). |
| HB766 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the photo red light imaging detector systems pilot program. Effective retroactively on 6/30/21. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 133, on 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1235). |
| HB1021 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enter into the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact or similar agreement for mutual assistance in the enforcement of wildlife laws. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 142, 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1244). |
| HB1030 | Pass | Repeals the aquatic life and wildlife advisory committees and makes conforming amendments. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 145, 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). |
| HB1102 | Pass | Prohibits the intentional release of balloons inflated with a gas that is lighter than air. Effective 1/1/2023. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 141, 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). |
| HB601 | Pass | Amends the statewide traffic code to allow for the county chiefs of police to designate county employees to issue citations for traffic violations. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 128, on 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1230). |
| HB1311 | Pass | Removes the construction completion deadline for the Leialii affordable housing project. Specifies that the developer of the Keawe street apartments affordable housing project shall only be responsible for all associated costs of the archaeological i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 140, 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). |
| HB1028 | Pass | Repeals section 171-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, establishing the Kokee State Park Advisory Council. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 143, 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1245). |
| HB469 | Pass | Establishes a working group to: (1) Ascertain the process and status of the transfer of non-agricultural park lands from the department of land and natural resources to the department of agriculture pursuant to Act 90, SLH 2003 (Act 90) and chapter 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 139, 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1241). |
| HB1029 | Pass | Repeals sections of Act 15, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, that authorized the establishment of living park planning councils. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to oversee development and implementation of a master plan fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 144, 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). |
| HB264 | Pass | Extends to 9/1/2023 the insurance requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers established pursuant to Act 236, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 132, on 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1234). |
| HB1297 | Pass | Appropriates funds for statewide collective bargaining costs. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Act 106, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). |
| HB943 | Pass | Establishes provisions concerning nondepository trust companies, including powers and duties, yearly assessment calculations, and paid-in-capital and surplus requirements. Appropriates funds to the division of financial institutions to administer non...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Act 105, on 06/28/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1207). |
| HB1062 | Pass | Clarifies the validity period for a commercial learner's permit. Adds a requirement for certain commercial driver's license applicants to complete an entry-level driver training course before taking other required tests for licensure. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Act 123, on 06/28/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1225). |
| HB1081 | Pass | Requires the department of transportation and each county's transportation department to maintain a priority list of sidewalk installation and pedestrian improvement projects and to publish the priority list on their respective websites. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Act 125, on 06/28/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1227). |
| HB1041 | Pass | Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of 12/31/2020. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
Act 089, on 06/25/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1191). |
| HB1086 | Pass | Provides veterinarians who provide emergency care to an animal immunity from civil liability in the absence of gross negligence. Provides veterinarians who render emergency treatment when there is no veterinarian-client-patient relationship immunity ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
Act 091, on 06/25/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1193). |
| HB1043 | Pass | Amends chapter 237D, HRS, relating to the transient accommodations tax, to repeal the misdemeanor criminal penalty for failing to register under that chapter and replace it with a monetary fine structure; replace certain references to "operator" or "...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
Act 090, on 06/25/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1192). |
| HB1352 | Pass | Requires the Office of Planning to submit a report to the Legislature containing: (1) an inventory of lands within the State that are leased to or controlled by the federal government; (2) any known contaminants or environmental hazards associated wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
Act 093, on 06/25/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). |
| HB1333 | Pass | Requires the Hawaii natural energy institute, in consultation with the department of health, to conduct a comprehensive study to determine best practices for disposal, recycling, or secondary use of clean energy products in the State. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
Act 092, on 06/25/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1194). |
| HB930 | Pass | Exempts the employees' retirement system from disclosing under chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, certain types of alternative investment fund information. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 071, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1173). |
| HB149 | Pass | Clarifies that cards issued by a county for the purposes of paying transit fares and county fees and other uses are not subject to the State's unfair and deceptive practices regulations related to gift certificates. Effective 1/1/2022. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 076, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1178). |
| HB200 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 088, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1190). |
| HB599 | Pass | Clarifies that planned community associations may conduct meetings remotely consistent with the Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act. Authorizes condominium associations to conduct electronic meetings and electronic, machine, or mail voting during a sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 083, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1185). |
| HB471 | Pass | Makes permanent the regulation of behavior analysts. Effective 06/29/21. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 080, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1182). |
| HB941 | Pass | Allows the public utilities commission to use electronic filing processes and similar practices. Requires the public utilities commission to conform its electronic forms and electronic filing processes to comply with the Americans with Disabilities A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 072, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1174). |
| HB286 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Taxation to require real estate investment trusts to notify the department of its presence within the State and to report the assets and revenues generated annually. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2021. (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 078, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1180). |
| HB670 | Pass | Authorizes a court to order the forfeiture of one-half of the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) benefits of an ERS member, former member, or retirant upon conviction of the individual for a felony related to the State or county employment of the ind...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 084, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1186). |
| HB1142 | Pass | Allocates three cents of the barrel tax to fund the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging systems. Establishes a subaccount in the public utilities commission special fund for the EV charging system rebate program. Reallocates a portion of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 075, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1177). |
| HB561 | Pass | Requires the public utilities commission to determine whether analysis of the effect of the State's reliance on fossil fuels is necessary for proceedings involving water, wastewater, or telecommunications providers on an individual basis. Provides th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 082, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1184). |
| HB824 | Pass | Requires any express carrier company, common or contract carrier, except water carriers as defined and regulated by the Surface Transportation Board of the United States, or other person that transports liquor from outside the State for delivery in t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 085, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1187). |
| HB887 | Pass | Creates a separate offense for those who provide anything of value to engage in sexual conduct with another. Specifies that the offense of sex trafficking may be prosecuted at any time. Specifies that sex trafficking includes advancing or profiting f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 068, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1170). |
| HB1298 | Pass | Transfers to the general fund the excess balances of various non-general funds from various state departments and agencies. Requires each department to annually submit to the Legislature program measures, costs elements, and accounting reports for al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 087, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1189). |
