| HB822 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that motorcycles receive safety inspections once every 2 years instead of once every 12 months. Requires the director of transportation to adopt rules to increase to $25 the inspection fee for motorcycles. Establishes a 2-year moratorium on ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-24
To House Finance Committee |
| HB820 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a transient accommodations tax rate of twenty-five per cent for furnishing transient vacation units to transient occupants for less than thirty days. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-24
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1440 | Intro
Sine Die | Adopts the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act. Repeals the superseded Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB1325 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth requirements under which a convicted person may seek review for a criminal conviction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB1485 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a date for presidential primaries, as well as signature and fee requirements for a person to be nominated as a presidential primary candidate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB996 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the provision for farm dwelling and farm employee housing on Important Agricultural Lands and adopts a new provision for farm cluster housing as an incentive for the designation of lands as Important Agricultural Lands pursuant to chapter 205...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB730 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the amount of cash contributions a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee can accept in the aggregate in an election period to $100. Requires receipts for each contribution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB731 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a person waives the right to a contested case hearing if the person fails to request a contested case hearing within twenty days of receipt of the commission's preliminary determination. Provides that a final order of the commission may...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB733 | Intro
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] | 2023-02-23
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB729 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the campaign spending commission to publish on its website the names of candidate committees and noncandidate committees who fail to properly file an organizational report.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB946 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to plan, design, construct, and operate a new animal slaughterhouse on the island of Oahu. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To House Finance Committee |
| HB17 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a county liquor commission to allow licensees to sell unopened beer, wine, and prepackaged cocktails with food for pick up, delivery, take out, or other means to be consumed offpremises. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB718 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the campaign spending commission to serve preliminary determinations of probable cause via first-class mail, instead of certified mail. Establishes a presumption of receipt when the preliminary determination is mailed to the address containe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB708 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the information in the statement of expenditures reports that lobbyists and other individuals are required to file with the Hawaii state ethics commission to include the identity, by bill number, resolution number, or other similar identifier,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB715 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits lobbyists from making prohibited gifts to legislators and state employees. Imposes administrative fines for violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB722 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "fundraiser" under the election law relating to the notice of intent for fundraisers and fundraising events.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB709 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a lobbyist training course to be designed and administered by the state ethics commission. Makes the lobbyist training course mandatory for all lobbyists who are required to register and renew their registration with the state ethics commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB705 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires each house of the legislature to post a report of the legislative allowance expenditures for each member of the respective house on the legislature's website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB706 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all members of the legislature to disclose certain relationships with lobbyists or lobbying organizations in their financial disclosures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB721 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the use of campaign funds to purchase up to two tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB1268 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the University of Hawaii sea grant college program to contract with an independent consultant for the development of a statewide strategic five-year plan for aquaculture. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB885 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of health to develop and implement statewide media, education, and training activities for policies related to emergency examination and hospitalization and assisted community treatment for those in need of mental...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1023 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates general funds to various programs due to anticipated operating shortfalls due to the limited ability for departments to transfer funds between programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB594 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that the residential zone restriction on the use of leaf blowers at certain hours includes residential districts, apartment districts, and business mixed use districts. Removes the exemption on leaf blower restrictions for government agenci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB1030 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the balance that may be retained in the Public Utilities Commission Special Fund at the end of each fiscal year from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB876 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the University of Hawaii to develop and implement a two-year native pollinator habitat pilot project to be deployed at the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus and the University of Hawaii at Hilo campus. Appropriates funds for a technician ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB443 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of agriculture to establish a healthy soils program, which includes a healthy soil assessment and education program and health soil grants program. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB461 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals Act 86, SLH 2021, which authorized the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Luana Kai A Life Plan Community in the development of a continuing care retirement community in Hawaii Kai. Effective 7/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB181 | Intro
Sine Die | Implements the recommendation of the cesspool conversion working group to accelerate the dates for required upgrades, conversions, or connections of priority level 1 cesspools and priority level 2 cesspools by requiring priority level 1 cesspools to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB487 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the sunset date of trauma-informed care task force established by Act 209, SLH 2021, to 6/30/2025. Beginning 7/1/2025, transfers the office of wellness and resilience from the office of the governor to the department of human services and for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1295 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to provide grants to qualified chicken and egg farmers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1021 | Intro
Sine Die | Reinstates Governor's authority to transfer funds to cope with the effects of natural disasters, for operating purposes, or to supplement the department of land and natural resources' fire fighter's contingency fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB520 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Access to Local Food Act to allow cottage food operations to sell cottage food products, under certain conditions, upon receiving a permit from the Department of Health. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB657 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the department of agriculture to hire a consultant to work with hemp farmers to identify the infrastructure needs of hemp farmers and the hemp industry in Hawaii. Requires report to the legislature, governor, and chairperson of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB702 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a study of the carrying capacity of Makena State Park in the County of Maui. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB84 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes explicit the counties' authority to enact ordinances to amortize or phase out permitted, nonconforming, or otherwise allowed short-term rentals in any zoning classification. Includes swapping, bartering, or exchange of a residential dwelling, o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB519 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds "community health center" to the list of eligible organizations at which those with a community service license may practice. Allows dental hygiene and dental college graduates who have graduated from educational programs recognized by the Ameri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HB1211 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the conveyance tax rate for certain properties. Exempts conveyances of certain real property from the conveyance tax. Establishes the homeless services fund. Eliminates the cap on the amount of conveyance tax collections allocated to the la...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1034 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that the Governor's and mayors' emergency management powers shall be consistent with the state constitution. Clarifies the scope of the comprehensive emergency management plan. Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or te...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB886 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the home mortgage interest deduction for second homes under Hawaii income tax law. Sunsets on 7/1/2028. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB71 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that a current GET license number for any rental income be filed with the complaint to the court for summary possession proceedings. Requires the judiciary to submit an annual list of certain information regarding summary possession cases to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB284 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from the general excise tax the gross proceeds or income received from the sale of any product resulting from the cultivation and production of unprocessed taro and value-added products whose primary ingredient is taro or taro leaf. Effective...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB611 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that "customary and traditional subsistence farming", which is customary and traditional subsistence farming conducted by a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner in certain situations, is included as a protected activity under the Hawaii ri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB761 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for coral reef restoration and habitat enhancement efforts of the department of land and natural resources. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB268 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it unlawful to sell, offer to sell, or distribute for sale in the State any flushable wipe. Defines flushable wipe. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HB1050 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts all gross proceeds derived from the sale of certain groceries, feminine hygiene products, incontinence products, and over-the-counter drugs from the general excise tax. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1448 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the department of education to stock bronchodilators for emergency use during respiratory distress and authorize department employees to volunteer to administer bronchodilators. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB744 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires school booster clubs who raise more than $50,000 to be audited by the department of attorney general's tax and charities division on a regular basis. Requires the audited school booster club to reimburse the costs of the audit. Effective 6/3...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB243 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes and appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) permanent veterinary medical officer position within the department of health. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1236 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a bank to invest, in aggregate, up to two per cent of the bank's total assets in limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations formed to invest in affordable housing residential properties....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
