HI Legislation | 2021 | Regular Session

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HB1092Engross

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Establishes procedures for the department of transportation, in consultation with the office of planning, to assist and enable a person to voluntarily purchase a verified carbon offset for carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the person's air trav...
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2021-03-11
To Senate Transportation Committee
SB414Engross

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Appropriates funds to the department of the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu as a grant-in-aid for the career criminal prosecution unit. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2021-03-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB863Engross

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Requires the department of education to conduct an electrical assessment on all public and conversion charter schools in the State to determine whether its electrical capacity will allow for the installation of air conditioning units and other air pu...
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2021-03-11
To House Education Committee
HB1008Engross

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Clarifies conditions that must be met by applicants to receive funds under the forest stewardship program. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
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2021-03-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee
SB262Engross

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Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2051. (SD1)
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2021-03-11
To House Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Committee
HB1388Engross

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Eliminates the home mortgage interest deduction for second homes under Hawaii income tax law. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2021-03-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
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
SB810Engross

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Eliminates the superintendent of education as a voting member constituting the public employer for the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with personnel of the department of education. (SD1)
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2021-03-11
To House Education Committee
SB809Engross

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Appropriates funds for public school positions and the Hawaii teacher standards board. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2021-03-11
To House Education Committee
SB172Engross

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Allows an organization to qualify for grants under chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, if the organization is incorporated under the laws of the State or spends at least ninety per cent of its operating budget in the State and is registered with th...
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2021-03-11
To House Finance Committee
SB1116Engross

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Provides emergency appropriations in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Department of Defense to continue funding for various COVID-19 response programs and activities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2021-03-11
To House Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Committee
SB56Engross

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Increases the personal income tax rate for high earners for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. Increases the tax on capital gains. Increases the corporate income tax and establishes a single corporate income tax rate. From 7/1/2021 through 6/3...
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2021-03-11
To House Economic Development Committee
SB1008Engross

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Establishes a permanent autonomous transportation task force to be placed in the department of transportation. (SD2)
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2021-03-11
To House Transportation Committee
SB962Engross

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Transfers operational authority of the Makai Research Pier to the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority. Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds for the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority to repair and ...
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2021-03-11
To House Water & Land Committee
SB257Engross

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Requires the board of land and natural resources to establish a public lands lease extension pilot project to extend certain leases of public lands for commercial, industrial, resort, mixed-use, or government use upon approval of a proposed developme...
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2021-03-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HB662Engross

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Provide an extensive process for limited firearm ownership for hunting or sport only for certain misdemeanor offenders who are currently not allowed to possess a firearm in the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2021-03-11
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
SB950Engross

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Requires that the 3.5% cap on spending from the tourism special fund include all governance and employment expenses and organization-wide costs as administrative expenses. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2021-03-11
To House Labor & Tourism Committee
HB305Engross

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Removes the publication requirement and permits the board of directors of a condominium association to proceed directly to the sale, storage, donation, or disposal of personalty that has been abandoned in or on the common elements of a condominium wh...
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2021-03-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
SB369Engross

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Establishes the time of transfer wastewater system inspection program in the Department of Health to oversee the inspection and repair of any individual wastewater system at the time of sale or transfer of residential real property attached to the wa...
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2021-03-11
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
SB666Engross

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Establishes a green fee surcharge of $20 on transient accommodations for the purposes of funding workforce programs and services that promote certain environmental goals. Establishes a conservation workforce special fund. Repeals on 12/31/2031. (SD2)
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2021-03-11
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
SB337Engross

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Establishes a cover crop reimbursement pilot program to provide up to 75% cost reimbursement to farming operations in the State for acquiring cover crop seeds, green manure, or compost. Requires the convening of a review panel to screen and rate appl...
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2021-03-11
To House Agriculture Committee
SB255Engross

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Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to establish rules and fees for the issuance of a commercial marine vessel license. Provides that a single valid commercial marine vessel license satisfies the licensure requirement for all pers...
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2021-03-11
To House Water & Land Committee
SB226Engross

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Allows the governor to negotiate land exchanges to acquire lands suitable for long-term diversified agricultural production in return for state lands to be developed for affordable, workforce, and other housing. Requires legislative approval for the ...
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2021-03-11
To House Agriculture Committee
SB1097Engross

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Establishes provisions concerning nondepository trust companies. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2021-03-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB757Engross

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Authorizes the issuance of up to $25,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Le Jardin Academy. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2021-03-11
To House Education Committee
HB554Engross

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Requires sellers to disclose whether the real property lies within the sea level rise exposure area designated by the Hawaii climate change mitigation and adaptation commission or its successor. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD2)
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2021-03-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee
SB463Engross

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Authorizes the Department of Education to develop programs to encourage the development of gardens on school property. Authorizes the Hawaii Community Development Authority to develop programs that provide incentives to establish gardens in housing p...
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2021-03-11
To House Education Committee
HB327Engross

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Convenes a sustainable aviation fuel task force within the Hawaii state energy office to develop a state action plan to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of international air transportation from Hawaii. Requires reports to the legislature. Effectiv...
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2021-03-11
To Senate Transportation Committee
HB144Engross

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Increases the monetary threshold that triggers disclosure of electioneering communications. Requires that disclosures of electioneering communications occur on the date the electioneering communications are publicly distributed. Classifies election a...
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2021-03-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB1368Engross

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Creates the Kawaihapai Airfield Revitalization Task Force to keep Kawaihapai Airfield open, provided that necessary issues are addressed. Requires the task force to report to the legislature. Effective 5/6/2137. Sunsets on June 30, 2022. (SD2)
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2021-03-11
To House Transportation Committee
SB798Engross

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Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to purchase only zero-emission vehicles for its motor pool fleet beginning on 1/1/22. Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services, in coordination with other state agencies, to...
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2021-03-11
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
SB1320Engross

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Incorporates a regenerative framework into the State Planning Act by establishing objectives and policies for the visitor industry. (SD1)
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2021-03-11
To House Labor & Tourism Committee
SB1334Engross

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Allows the raising of the building height limit for two of the six parcels owned by the office of Hawaiian affairs in the Kakaako Makai area to four hundred feet. Lifts the current restriction against residential development in Kakaako Makai to allow...
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2021-03-11
To House Water & Land Committee
SB613Engross

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Repeals the requirement that no less than fifty per cent of the physician workforce assessment fees deposited into the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund be used for purposes identified by the Hawaii medical education council. Repeals the ...
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2021-03-11
To House Health, Human Services, & Homelessness Committee
SB1234Engross

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Authorizes use of funds appropriated from the emergency and budget reserve fund, from the amounts received by the State from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act, for the purchase and distribution of personal protective ...
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2021-03-11
To House Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Committee
SB1231Engross

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Authorizes either the State Health Planning and Development Agency or the Department of Health to deploy statewide health planning and resource development programs and resources. Provides that any money in the state health planning and development s...
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2021-03-11
To House Health, Human Services, & Homelessness Committee
SB1165Engross

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Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to issue new ocean recreation commercial permits at public auction. (SD1)
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2021-03-11
To House Water & Land Committee
SB1087Engross

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Suspends the requirement for public employers to make annual required contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund through fiscal year 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2021-03-11
To House Labor & Tourism Committee
SB1132Engross

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Establishes the Medicaid Sustainability Program for 2 years. Appropriates funds out of the Medicaid Sustainability Program Special Fund for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. Sunsets on 12/31/2023. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2021-03-11
To House Health, Human Services, & Homelessness Committee
HB248Engross

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Authorizes members of secular or non-religious organizations to solemnize marriages and civil unions. Requires every person or society licensed to solemnize marriages or civil unions to pay a fee for each marriage ceremony or civil union solemnizatio...
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2021-03-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB141Engross

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Transfers the State Building Code Council from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Hawaii State Energy Office. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2021-03-11
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
SB220Engross

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Requires the Department of Education to implement a service-learning curriculum to develop student character, values, self-esteem, civic responsibility, financial literacy, and knowledge of local community issues and concerns though community service...
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2021-03-11
To House Education Committee
SB645Engross

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Extends the period in which a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions. Authorizes the use of county surcharge revenues for affordable and workforce housing infrastructure. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2021-03-11
To House Economic Development 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
SB321Engross

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Requires agencies that collect receipts for any disposition of the public land trust shall each fiscal quarter transfer to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs twenty per cent of each receipt from the disposition. Returns to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ...
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2021-03-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HB290Engross

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Repeals the military exemption for vehicle weight taxes on 6/30/2023. Effective 7/1/3050. (HD2)
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2021-03-11
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
SB479Engross

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Requires the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with agricultural growers and researchers to develop and implement a program to safely distribute disease- and insect-free tropical plant materials to Hawaii farmers. Requires the Department of Ag...
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2021-03-11
To House Agriculture Committee
SB1157Engross

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Provides emergency appropriations in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Department of Health to continue funding for various COVID-19 response related programs and activities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2021-03-11
To House Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Committee
SB1250Engross

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Establishes the Hawaii emergency food assistance program and Hawaii emergency food assistance program special fund to be administered by the department of agriculture and appropriates moneys into the fund to provide food to certain residents during g...
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2021-03-11
To House Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Committee
SB1207Engross

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Allows the head of a purchasing agency to obtain emergency procurements in certain situations that create a threat to life, public health, welfare, public property, or serous disruption to government services, including situations caused by equipment...
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2021-03-11
To House Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Committee
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