HI Legislation | 2022 | Regular Session | House | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB1644	Pass	Bans the manufacture, sale, or distribution for sale or use of wraps and liners, plates, food boats, pizza boxes, and firefighting foams that contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in certain circumstances. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 152, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253).
HB2309	Pass	Appropriates funds to the department of public safety for identification card machines, to the Hawaii paroling authority for community housing for parolees, and to the department of health for a forensic peer specialist program. Requires a report fro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 117, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1218).
HB1974	Pass	Establishes the small business assistance initiative within the state procurement office, to consist of a small business procurement coordinator and small business office. Appropriates funds. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 168, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1269).
HB1600	Enroll Sine Die	Adjusts and requests appropriations for fiscal biennium 2021-2023 funding requirements for operations and capital improvement projects of executive branch agencies and programs. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1216)
HB1436	Pass	Expands the authority of the counties to transfer development rights to address areas at risk of sea level rise, coastal erosion, storm surge, or flooding associated with climate change. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 223, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1324).
HB1672	Pass	Expands the purpose and rationale for which counties may create special improvement districts to include environmental research, restoration, and maintenance; natural resource management; and natural hazard mitigation to improve environmental conditi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 208, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1309).
HB2336	Pass	Clarifies certain provisions in chapter 291J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to better reflect the legislative intent of the photo red light imaging detector systems program. Amends Act 30, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, as amended, to account for the curren... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 124, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1225).
HB2416	Pass	Specifies consent procedures for when 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations operating as noncandidate committees can use donations for electioneering communications, independent expenditures, or contributions and requires these organizations to provide c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 169, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1270).
HB1983	Pass	Establishes the state media industry development liaison to plan, develop, and execute a statewide media industry development strategy for purposes of establishing a collaborative media industry development program. Appropriates funds for the state m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 187, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288).
HB2280	Pass	Prohibits planned community associations from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the use of a unit owner's enclosed yard area for personal agriculture, provided that the use is not in violation of the association's existing master landscape plan... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 133, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1234).
HB1517	Pass	Directs the department of agriculture to conduct an independent study to assess the economic impact on local coffee farmers and the local coffee industry from potential changes to coffee labeling requirements. Appropriates funds for the independent s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 222, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1323).
HB2255	Pass	Requires that public benefits fee administrator and utility rebates be used where available for state buildings and facilities. Prioritizes building and facility appliances that meet the required standards to qualify for public benefits fee administr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 188, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289).
HB1810	Pass	Defines what constitutes a quorum for the environmental advisory council. Specifies the number of votes required to make any action of the council valid. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 186, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287).
HB1758	Pass	Allows for temporary permits to be issued to registered nurses and licensed practical nurses from a territory or foreign country who are seeking a state license by endorsement. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 203, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304).
HB1789	Enroll Sine Die	Requires the representative of labor on the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to be a person whose name has been selected by a simple majority of the exclusive representatives of the collective bargaining units and submitted to the Governor for appointmen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1216)
HB2515	Pass	Requires the Department of Health to establish and operate a laboratory capable of testing for diseases, testing for air and water quality issues, and conducting other high complexity testing. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 121, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222).
HB1568	Pass	Requires the department of education, department of health, department of public safety, department of defense, and University of Hawaii system to ensure that a certain percentage of food purchased for public schools, youth campuses, public hospitals... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 144, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1245).
HB1411	Pass	Requires that the transferee's and transferor's address be provided on the certificate of ownership when the title to a motor vehicle is transferred. Clarifies that the signature of the transferee and signature of the transferor each serve as an atte... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 227, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1328).
HB2141	Pass	Removes outdated reporting requirements for the Department of Human Services, including the Office of Youth Services. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 126, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1227).
HB1883	Pass	Requires the exterior of the envelope containing the ballot package for elections by mail to include instructions on how to obtain language translation services in Hawaiian and certain other non-English languages. Applies to all elections beginning w... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 166, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1267).
HB2491	Pass	Requires all letterhead of the State and counties to include consistent Hawaiian names, words, and spelling. Requires the governor, lieutenant governor, state legislators, and heads of principal departments to prominently display a Hawaiian translati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 170, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1271).
HB1829	Pass	Requires any county or other issuer of private activity bonds to submit semi-annual reports to the Department of Budget and Finance and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation on the status or use of its portion of the allocation of the an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 182, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283).
HB2339	Pass	Makes an emergency appropriation from the state highway fund to the department of health's state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund for fiscal year 2021-2022. Authorizes the department of health to expend funds from the state... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 120, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221).
HB1885	Pass	Establishes a chief data officer and data task force within the office of enterprise technology services to develop, implement, and manage statewide data policies, procedures, and standards and to facilitate data sharing across state agencies. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 167, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1268).
HB1586	Pass	Requires federal disaster relief reimbursement moneys, except federal disaster relief reimbursement moneys for the department of education, to be deposited into a trust account of the Hawaii emergency management agency and reimbursed to the originati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 116, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1217).
HB1579	Pass	Sets the manner by which the Oahu Regional Health Care System should request operational funding during the transitional period of the Oahu Regional Health Care System from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health. Extends th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 150, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251).
HB1741	Pass	Requires the department of human services to work with the department of public safety, family reunification working group, and other entities serving children and families affected by parental incarceration to establish a pilot visitation and family... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 125, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1226).
HB2006	Pass	Requires, for emergency permits to install sandbags, that the Board of Land and Natural Resources include as a condition on the emergency permit a requirement for the attachment of identifying information, including the permittee's contact informatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 209, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310).
HB1982	Pass	Beginning 1/1/2023, requires every person making payment to a loan-out company and claiming the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit to withhold and remit to DOTAX a portion of all payments to the loan-out company; inc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 217, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1318).
HB2062	Pass	Appropriates funds into and out of the agricultural loan revolving fund to fund class D emergency loans. Provides that the department of agriculture may approve emergency loans of up to $1,500,000 in excess of the $5,000,000 annual ceiling for the ag... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 132, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1233).
HB1179	Pass	Establishes a pilot program within the Aina Mauna legacy program of the department of Hawaiian home lands to remove and harvest gorse from Mauna Kea and develop it as a marketable product to expand economic opportunities for native Hawaiians. Require... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 204, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1305).
HB871	Pass	Authorizes the department of agriculture to plan, design, construct, operate, manage, maintain, repair, demolish, and remove infrastructure on any lands under the jurisdiction of the department, to support and promote agriculture. Establishes the agr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 221, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322).
HB1992	Pass	Permits composting and co-composting operations in agricultural districts, under certain conditions. Establishes and appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent permanent environmental health specialist IV position in the solid and hazardous wast... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 131, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1232).
HB2338	Pass	Makes an appropriation from the state highway fund to the department of health's state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund for fiscal year 2022-2023. Authorizes the department of health to expend funds from the state drug and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 119, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1220).
HB1570	Enroll Sine Die	Bans the sale of flavored tobacco products and mislabeled eliquid products. Establishes fines. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1216)
HB2332	Pass	Allows the granting of easements on undeveloped public lands affecting the transfer of public lands between the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture, pursuant to Chapter 166E, HRS, to be exempted from formal subdi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 211, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312).
HB2329	Pass	Requires the department of land and natural resources to place historical markers throughout the State to indicate sites in the State that were significant in the life of President Barack Obama that have been identified by the department in consultat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 210, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311).
HB1640	Pass	Changes the Electronic Waste and Television Recycling and Recovery Act to the Electronic Device Recycling and Recovery Act. Establishes electronic device manufacturer recycling goals and record keeping and reporting requirements for manufacturers and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 151, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252).
HB1147	Enroll Sine Die	Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 20212023. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1216)
HB1413	Pass	Allows the director of finance of a county to require payment of outstanding charges and fines owed to the county relating to the disposition of an abandoned vehicle within the county by the registered owner of the abandoned vehicle before issuing a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 229, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1330).
HB1980	Enroll Sine Die	Permits, but does not require or prohibit, medicaid, health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to cover telephonic behavioral health services under certain circumstances. Clarifies that telephonic services do not... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1216)
HB1536	Pass	Appropriates supplemental funds for the judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2021 and ending 6/30/2023. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 194, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1295).
HB1475	Pass	Requires state legislators and employees to complete mandatory live or online ethics training courses every four years, subject to certain requirements. Effective 1/1/2023. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 165, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266).
HB1567	Enroll Sine Die	Eliminates the use of monetary bail and requires defendants to be released on their own recognizance for certain nonviolent offenses, subject to certain exclusions. Requires the department of public safety to take steps to provide videoconferencing t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1216)
HB2088	Pass	Creates a commercial property assessed financing program under the administration of the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority. Allows commercial property owners to finance qualifying improvements through a non-ad valorem special property tax assessm... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 183, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284).
HB1412	Pass	Requires the counties to provide a minimum distance a vehicle must be moved within a specified timeframe after a vehicle is initially inspected for abandonment to avoid an official classification of abandonment. Requires that, before a vehicle can be... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 228, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329).
HB2195	Pass	Establishes a cesspool compliance pilot grant project to assist low- and moderate-income property owners, including lessees on Hawaiian home lands, with the costs of upgrading, converting, or connecting certain cesspools. Appropriates funds. Sunsets ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 153, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254).
HB1472	Pass	Amends the information necessary for a voter to withdraw their signature from a petition under election laws. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 164, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1265).
HB2466	Enroll Sine Die	Exempts the gross proceeds or income received from the sale of any product resulting from the cultivation and production of unprocessed taro from the general excise tax. Repeals 6/30/2027. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1216)
HB1798	Pass	Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenues bonds to assist The Queen's Health Systems for the financing of costs related to the construction of, improvement to, and equipping of health care facilities. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2022-06-27 Act 196, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297).