| SB726 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires officers serving a warrant to declare the officer's office and business and wait thirty seconds before entry into a house, store, or other building, subject to certain circumstances. Requires officers serving a warrant issued by a district c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-27
Recommitted to Conference Committee with Senators Acasio, Chang, Rhoads and San Buenaventura voting "No". |
| SB142 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts from school impact fee requirements, certain affordable housing units, additions to existing dwelling units, accessory dwelling units, ohana dwelling units, affordable housing units in projects or property developed by the Hawaii public housi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 630). |
| SB246 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a state government realignment commission to periodically review the state executive branch's departments, divisions, and agencies, including functions and services, and submit its findings and recommendations to the legislature. Appropri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 627). |
| SB350 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the clean water branch to perform water quality testing during brown water advisories as practicable and inform the public of health risks associated with water runoff during brown water advisories. Requires the department of health to consi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-21 5:16 PM; CR 325. |
| SB39 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that the eligibility for the general excise tax exemption includes the nonreceipt of financing from the Hawaii Finance and Development Corporation. Allows certain affordable rental housing projects to receive a waiver of various development...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 630). |
| SB659 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the low-income housing tax credit to be allocated among the partners or members of the partnership or limited liability company earning the credit in any manner agreed to by the partners or members. Requires Internal Revenue Service Form 8609 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 630). |
| SB167 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines for state facility systems, infrastructure, and transit projects in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. Adds definitio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 629). |
| SB179 | Engross
Sine Die | Transfers operational authority over portions of the east Kauai irrigation system operated and maintained by the east Kauai water users' cooperative before 12/15/20 to the Department of Agriculture. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-21 5:15PM; CR 325. |
| SB1401 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of transportation to report on the complete streets policy and principles. Requires the department of transportation to establish standards relating to safe travel along state roadways and a complete streets checklist. Require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-23-21 at 2:30PM in Conference Room CR 329. |
| SB1004 | Engross
Sine Die | Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, requires the department of education to include the teaching of financial literacy in the personal/transition plan requirement for each student. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-23-21 at 5:00 PM in CR 309. |
| SB1353 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the duties of the Hawaii State Energy Office. Transfers certain duties relating to energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy resilience, and clean transportation related incentives, programs, and goals from the Chief Energy Officer to the H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-22
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-23-21 10:00AM in conference room CR 325. |
| SB768 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the rental car modernization task force to develop a plan to determine the feasibility of installing electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support a one hundred per cent zeroemission rental motor vehicle fleet by 2035. Requires the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-22
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-21 11:30 AM; CR 329. |
| SB1021 | Engross
Sine Die | Includes the use of traditional Native Hawaiian burial practices in the treatment and disposal of human remains, including the use of alkaline hydrolysis. Requires the department of health to adopt rules. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD3)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-21 3:00PM; CR 329. |
| SB1342 | Engross
Sine Die | Includes under the offense of promoting gambling in the first degree the act of engaging in activities in which a persons receives or entertains other persons as guests with the intent of advancing gambling activity on real property. Effective 1/1/20...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-21 3:46PM; CR 325. |
| SB838 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the executive office of aging to relax the thirty-hour employment requirement for qualified caregivers under the kupuna caregivers program during a governor-declared state of emergency. Allows the kupuna caregivers program to be delivered thro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-21 2:30PM; CR 329. |
| SB1101 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the safe home program to provide matching and nonmatching grants for installation of wind resistive devices to single-family, owner-occupied, residential properties in certain circumstances. Allocates a portion of the moneys earned throug...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-21 1:30PM; CR 229. |
| SB421 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires vacancies in the offices of United States Senator, United States Representative, State Senator, and State Representative to be filled by special election. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-21 3:00PM; CR 325. |
| SB513 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes an expeditious adjudication system for the processing of fireworks infractions. Increases the fireworks display permit fee and the fine for certain fireworks violations. Clarifies what constitutes a separate violation. Increases the penal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-21 10:00AM; CR 229. |
| SB496 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of agriculture, in cooperation with the office of the governor, to identify the top ten fruit and vegetable imports to the State that may be commercially grown by farmers in Hawaii and recommend ways to increase their producti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 849). |
| SB280 | Engross
Sine Die | Codifies the administrative rule definition of "assistance animal". Clarifies the type of verification an individual may provide to substantiate a reasonable accommodation request for a specific assistance animal. Specifies that possession of a vest ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-21 2:30PM; CR 329. |
| SB1137 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the spouse and child abuse special fund to allow up to an unspecified amount of federal reimbursements received from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, in the year following the fiscal y...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-21 3:25PM; CR 329. |
| SB375 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the department of transportation to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of repairing or renovating the Kalaeloa airport air traffic control tower. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-21 10:00AM; CR 329. |
| SB1260 | Engross
Sine Die | Eliminates the use of monetary bail and requires defendants to be released on their own recognizance for traffic offenses; violations; and nonviolent petty misdemeanor, misdemeanor, and class C felony offenses, with certain exceptions. Effective 7/1/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-20
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-21-21 3:00PM; CR 325. |
| SB560 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes ranked-choice voting for special federal elections and special elections of vacant county council seats. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| SB403 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that candidates do not need to file preliminary general reports if they are either unsuccessful in the primary election and do not intend to remain politically active until after the general election or are elected to office in the primary ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| SB935 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Office of Aerospace Development in the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation instead of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Repeals references to the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Sy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| SB219 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes extended terms of imprisonment for certain offenses against property rights committed when on agricultural land. Appropriates funds to the department of the attorney general to establish a statewide agricultural theft task force. Effective 5/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-21 8:45AM; CR 325. |
| SB294 | Engross
Sine Die | Restricts civil asset forfeiture to cases involving the commission of a felony offense where the property owner has been convicted of the underlying felony offense, subject to certain circumstances. Directs any forfeiture proceeds to the general fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-20-21 3:10PM; CR 325. |
| SB406 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that the campaign spending commission may employ or contract with persons for the performance of day-to-day functions of the commission. Clarifies that persons employed or contracted by the campaign spending commission shall have the author...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| SB1018 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of health to establish a two-year reorganization pilot project to reorganize the department of health's behavioral health services administration; environmental health administration; general administration, including the offi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| SB134 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the governor or the mayor from suspending requests for public records or vital statistics during a declared state of emergency. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| SB347 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the intentional release of balloons inflated with a gas that is lighter than air. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| SB1333 | Engross
Sine Die | Updates the Uniform Controlled Substances Act to be consistent with amendments in the federal controlled substances law. Exempts hemp from the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Removes cannabidiol drugs that have been approved by the United States F...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-21 1:30PM; CR 329. |
| SB579 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist the House of Aloha Enterprises LLC, with planning, designing, constructing, and equipping facilities in Hawaii for the manufacturing and processing of certain products. Effective 7/1/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| SB401 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the amount of the fine for campaign spending law violations that may be assessed against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures and that has received at least one contribution of more than $10,000, or spent more than ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| SB1104 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the monetary amount an injured homeowner may recover from the contractors recovery fund. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-21 1:30PM; CR 229. |
| SB76 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that the board of education prioritize for the superintendent of education position candidates that have minimum of ten years of employment in the department of education, with at least five of those years serving in the capacity as a teache...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| SB969 | Engross
Sine Die | Beginning January 1, 2022, prohibits the manufacture or importation for sale of certain animal fur products in the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| SB2 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that lands set aside by the governor to the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation or leased to the corporation by other state departments or agencies are exempt from the definition of "public lands". Clarifies that lands set as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-13
To House Finance Committee |
| SB827 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands coverage of breast cancer screening and imaging to include an annual mammogram for a woman of any age with an above average risk for breast cancer, risk factor screening for women ages thirty or older, and additional supplemental imaging for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-07
To House Finance Committee |
| SB866 | Engross
Sine Die | Temporarily exempts affordable housing projects by HHFDC from certain state and county fees and exactions related to discretionary approval or ministerial permitting when the projects are exclusively for certain qualified residents. Effective 5/6/213...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-07
To House Finance Committee |
| SB266 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys. Exempts any person from the post-arrival mandatory selfquarantine if the person receives a negative test result prior to arrival. Allows the governor to establish statewide conditions for exemption. Requires certain COVID-19 test...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-07
To House Finance Committee |
| SB428 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that interference with an automated public transit operation is unlawful and is a class C felony. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-06
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB1035 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes and appropriates moneys from the state procurement automation system special fund to fund the project management of the procurement automation system. Allows the state procurement administrator to set procedures for final decisions on inv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1156 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes emergency appropriations to the department of health provide funds for supplies, personnel, equipment, and related efforts to implement the State's COVID-19 vaccination plan and other COVID-19 related expenses. Requires that should any project ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To House Finance Committee |
| SB788 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows selection committees for procurement of professional services to weigh the selection criteria in the order of importance relevant to their agency and project. Beginning 12/31/2022, requires the state procurement office to develop a vendor past...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1138 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that the annual expenditure ceiling of the office of healthcare assurance special fund shall be established through the state budget process. Authorizes emergency spending beyond the established budget ceiling. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1144 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the marriage license application fee to support the Hawaii birth defects program and operating costs of marriage license agents. Amends remittances of the increased fee to various special funds and accounts in unspecified amounts. Effective...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1198 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the department of taxation to mandate the electronic filing of certain partnership, S-corporation, and individual tax returns. Requires certain tax return preparers to file returns electronically. Amends the rules for filing and payment of tax...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To House Finance Committee |
| SB668 | Engross
Sine Die | Part I: Requires the State to regulate all agricultural imports and inspections. Establishes the air cargo pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund. Part II: Renames the agricultural development and food security special fund as the land-, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
To House Finance Committee |
