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HB1144Intro

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Exempts from general excise tax law amounts received from the interisland transportation and related loading and unloading of agricultural commodities. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD2)
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2021-03-11
To House Finance Committee
HB432Intro

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Extends the earned income tax credit by five years. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2021-03-11
To House Finance Committee
HB1314Intro

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Authorizes each county to levy a county surcharge on transient accommodations tax if the county satisfies certain real property tax requirements and requires those counties to remit certain real property tax revenues to the State to offset the reduct...
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2021-03-11
To House Finance Committee
HB593Intro

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Expands the definition of "beer" to specify an alcohol by volume of no less than 0.5 percent and to include alcoholic seltzer beverages. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2021-03-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB1184Intro

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Exempts the sale of precious metal bullion from the general excise tax. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2021-03-11
To House Finance Committee
HB131Intro

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Increases the amount of the tax credit for individuals and households and the adjusted gross income eligibility cap for the income tax credit for low-income household renters using tax brackets for individuals and different categories of households. ...
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2021-03-11
To House Finance Committee
HB360Intro

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Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes or the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, or deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.
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2021-03-03
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB901Intro

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Amends the environmental impact statement law to delete reference to discretionary permits in allowing infrastructure improvements within a highway or public right-of-way to be exempt from environmental impact assessment requirements. Effective 7/1/2...
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2021-03-03
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB1200Intro

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Prohibits the appointment of state officers and employees to boards and commissions unless otherwise provided.
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2021-03-03
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB1015Intro

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Clarifies the conditions and manner in which the board of land and natural resources may dispose of water by license. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD2)
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2021-03-03
To House Finance Committee
HB785Intro

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Establishes the offense of a loaded firearm while intoxicated as a petty misdemeanor.
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2021-03-02
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB150Intro

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Specifies that interference with an automated public transit operation is unlawful and is a class C felony.
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2021-03-02
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB535Intro

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Specifies that a person commits the offense of manslaughter if the person causes the death of another person by recklessly operating a motor vehicle with .08 or more grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath or .08 or more grams of alcohol per 100 mi...
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2021-03-02
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB174Intro

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Amends Chapter 801K, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide clarification and flexibility in eyewitness identification procedures.
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2021-03-02
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB1194Intro

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Prohibits drivers from operating vehicles with more than four wheels and high-passenger cars in the left lane, or close to the left-hand curb or left-hand edge, of a state or county roadway. Exempts drivers operating public transportation vehicles in...
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2021-03-02
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB1033Intro

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Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the department of public safety to cover the costs of the personnel services shortfall at all correctional institutions statewide.
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2021-02-26
Received from Governor re: Emergency Appropriation (Gov. Msg. No. 4).
HB1002Intro

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Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for supplies, personnel, equipment and related effects to implement the COVID-19 vaccination plan. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2021-02-26
Received from Governor re: Emergency Appropriation (Gov. Msg. No. 4).
HB973Intro

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Makes an emergency appropriation from the general revenues of the State of Hawaii for fiscal year 2020-2021 to address the budget shortfall for the general support for the general assistance program (HMS 204) in the Department of Human Services. Effe...
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2021-02-26
Received from Governor re: Emergency Appropriation (Gov. Msg. No. 4).
HB879Intro

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Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Stadium Authority for payroll, various repair and maintenance costs, contracts for services, and operating equipment. Effective upon approval.
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2021-02-26
Received from Governor re: Emergency Appropriation (Gov. Msg. No. 4).
HB999Intro

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Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the state comprehensive emergency medical system for expenses related to collective bargaining and other current expenses. Effective upon approval.
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2021-02-26
Received from Governor re: Emergency Appropriation (Gov. Msg. No. 4).
HB680Intro

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Allows the use of traditional Hawaiian burial practices in the treatment and disposal of human remains, which includes the use of alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction. Amends procedures for the resolution of disputes regarding the right ...
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2021-02-25
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB782Intro

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Allows a person who: is married to an active duty member in the National Guard, military reserves, or armed forces; accompanies his or her spouse on a permanent change of station to Hawaii; and holds a current, unencumbered license in another jurisdi...
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2021-02-25
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB307Intro

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Authorizes planned community associations and condominium associations to conduct electronic meetings and electronic or machine voting in a state of emergency or local state of emergency, regardless of what a planned community association's documents...
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2021-02-25
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB1003Intro

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Provides emergency appropriations in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of health to continue funding for various COVID19 response related programs and activities. Authorizes the governor to transfer funds appropriated to other executive departm...
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2021-02-25
Received from Governor re: Emergency Appropriation (Gov. Msg. No. 3).
HB239Intro

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Requires, in the case of any multiple-page advertisement, for the required disclosures to be made on the first page of the advertisement or on the cover page of the publication if the advertisement is used as the lead article and displayed on the cov...
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2021-02-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB568Intro

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Authorizes a prosecution for sex trafficking to be commenced at any time. Includes coercion as a means of committing the offense of sex trafficking. Makes the solicitation of a minor for sex a strict liability offense of sex trafficking. Repeals the ...
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2021-02-23
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB534Intro

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Clarifies when force, including deadly force, may be used to protect oneself, one's property, or another person. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2021-02-23
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB1040Intro

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Provides emergency appropriations in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Department of Public Safety to continue funding for various COVID-19 response related programs and activities.
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2021-02-22
Received from Governor Emergency Appropriation (Gov. Msg. No. 2).
HB914Intro

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Provides an emergency appropriation in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Hawaii tourism authority for COVID-19 response related programs and activities. (HD1)
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2021-02-22
Received from Governor Emergency Appropriation (Gov. Msg. No. 2).
HB963Intro

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Provides an emergency appropriation to the Office of the Governor in fiscal year 2020-2021 to continue funding for various COVID-19 response related programs and activities. Requires that should any project or program paid for by state funds become e...
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2021-02-22
Received from Governor Emergency Appropriation (Gov. Msg. No. 2).
HB1274Intro

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Requires the division of aquatic resources of the department of land and natural resources to establish a pilot project to restock the Wahiawa public fishing area with northern largemouth bass, butterfly peacock bass, or both. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB320Intro

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Makes it a civil and administrative violation for any person to engage in certain archaeological activities without obtaining the required permission or approval from the department of land and natural resources. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB681Intro

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Establishes linked investments to provide loan funds for agriculture and authorizes the director of finance to commit no more than $5,000,000 in certain available moneys for the creation of linked investments through agreements with eligible lending ...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB98Intro

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Specifies that any equipment, article, instrument, aircraft, vehicle, vessel, business record, or other asset used in fishing, possession, or sale of aquatic life in violation of the aquatic resources law is subject to forfeiture. Authorizes the impo...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB539Intro

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Establishes a program within the Hawaii state fusion center to train, establish, and operate threat assessment teams, including for educational institutions. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB565Intro

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Grants exclusive original jurisdiction in matters of divorce to the family court of the circuit in which an applicant is domiciled at the time the application is filed. Repeals the requirement that a person be domiciled or physically present in the S...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB1346Intro

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Requires the department of agriculture, in coordination with the office of planning, to prepare and periodically update the agricultural functional plan to include among other agricultural economic updates, seafood sustainability that expands the Sta...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB823Intro

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Repeals the task force on beach and water safety and risk assessment working group. Requires the design and placement of warning signs, devices, and systems on certain areas of the State to be approved by the chairperson of the board of land and natu...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB796Intro

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Updates reporting requirements by the PSD when inmate and employee deaths occur at correctional facilities and community correctional centers. Requires the report to include the race of the decedent. Requires the report to cite to any authority relie...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB450Intro

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Defines and recognizes rights in trust for children within the Child Protective Act. Requires family court to appoint guardian ad litem in custody cases. Provides that when a child is subject to harm or imminent harm, has been harmed, or may suffer p...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB236Intro

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Extends the sunset date for the coffee berry borer pesticide subsidy program and the program manager position, including the position's civil service and collective bargaining laws exemption, to 06/30/2024. Provides that no single coffee grower shall...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB1055Intro

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Provides the director of transportation with authority to acquire real property on behalf of the State for roads and streets without review or approval by the board of land and natural resources and specifies that, upon acquisition, jurisdiction over...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB8Intro

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Amends Act 151, SLH 2019, to make identifying lands for producing food crops that may be grown locally using conventional, sustainable, and regenerative practices to replace imports one of the goals of the Department of Agriculture's strategic plan f...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB654Intro

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Provides that every judgment for child support is enforceable until paid in full. (HD1)
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB245Intro

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Amends the definition of "historic property" under the historic preservation law to include the requirement that buildings, inclusive of privately owned homes, meet the criteria for being entered into the Hawaii register of historic places. (HD1)
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB726Intro

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Requires every person to wear a face covering when in a public setting, subject to certain exceptions. Establishes a civil fine for failure to wear a face covering. Sunsets December 31, 2021, or when the last emergency proclamation related to the COV...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB984Intro

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Increases ceiling of the office of health care assurance special fund to meet expanding program needs and diminish dependence on the general fund. Permits the office of health care assurance to use the special fund to enhance the office of health car...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB944Intro

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Adopts certain provisions of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Producer Licensing Model Act, Public Adjuster Licensing Model Act, Reinsurance Intermediary Model Act, and Independent Adjuster Licensing Model Guidelines to provide co...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
HB672Intro

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Amends certain parts of the conflicts of interests law in the state ethics code to include members of the legislature. Clarifies that the conflicts of interests law does not prohibit legislators from introducing legislation, serving on a committee, m...
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2021-02-19
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB227Intro

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Clarifies the group of professionals who are prohibited from knowingly referring or transferring patients to an uncertified or unlicensed care facility. Repeals the landlord exclusion. Requires the department of health to prioritize complaint allegat...
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2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee
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