| HB1359 | Pass | Repeals redundant regulations on hemp production to reduce costs for the State and Hawaii farmers. Amends the hemp law in a manner that recognizes the unique constraints of Hawaii farmers, while protecting human health. Allows licensed hemp producers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 263, 07/11/2023, (Gov. Msg. No. 1377). |
| HB717 | Pass | Prohibits under certain circumstances state employees from appointing, hiring, promoting, or retaining relatives and household members and from making or participating in certain other employment-related decisions and from awarding a contract to or o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 261, 07/11/2023, (Gov. Msg. No. 1375). |
| HB923 | Pass | Requires counties with a private activity bond issuance program to exhaust their allotment before applying to the State for the state allocation. Requires the State, if it receives a county allocation, to award that same amount to project or projects...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 262, 07/11/2023, (Gov. Msg. No. 1376). |
| HB161 | Pass | Establishes that the representative of labor on the Hawaii Labor Relations Board shall be a person selected by a majority of the exclusive representatives of the collective bargaining units. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 260, 07/11/2023, (Gov. Msg. No. 1374). |
| HB1090 | Veto | Specifies the methods by which the Department of Land and Natural Resources can issue new ocean recreation commercial permits and renew existing ocean recreation commercial permits. Specifies that new permits for ocean recreation management areas and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Vetoed on 07-07-23 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1372). |
| HB870 | Pass | Requires the department of human services to establish a neighbor islands blind and visually impaired service pilot program that supplements existing statewide services by providing training and other services to neighbor island residents who are bli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 253, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356). |
| HB1081 | Pass | Clarifies the penalty to be assessed on any person who intentionally operates a care facility without a certificate or license. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 251, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1354). |
| HB218 | Pass | Requires certain pharmacies to provide accessible prescription drug label information to individuals who have difficulty seeing or reading standard printed labels on prescription drug containers and inform the public that prescription drug label info...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 256, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1359). |
| HB388 | Pass | Adopts the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard. Requires the Department of Education to obtain instructional materials in accessible formats for eligible students. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 254, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1357). |
| HB834 | Pass | Recognizes American Sign Language as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 246, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1349). |
| HB999 | Veto | Amends the composition of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation Board of Directors to include the Chairperson of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii, unless the Chairperson, with the approval of the Board of Regents, designates a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Vetoed on 07-07-23 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1370). |
| HB964 | Veto | Establishes a fee of $10 for the issuance of an apostille or non-apostille certification and establishes the apostilles and certifications special fund. Authorizes the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to expend moneys in the fund for operational exp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Vetoed on 07-07-23 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1369). |
| HB794 | Pass | Designates the month of October as "Disability Awareness Month: Employment, Enrichment, and Inclusion" in recognition of the employment challenges and successes of persons with disabilities in the State. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 245, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348). |
| HB1088 | Veto | Amends the conditions, manner, and areas in which the Commission on Water Resource Management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources can declare and provide notice of water shortages and emergencies. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Vetoed on 07-07-23 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1371). |
| HB475 | Veto | Establishes the Art in Private Places Pilot Program and Special Account. Clarifies the scope of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts' responsibilities to include administration of the pilot program. Requires annual reports to the Legislature....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Vetoed on 07-07-23 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1368). |
| HB153 | Veto | Adds a minimum penalty of $50 and a maximum penalty of $60,000 per violation of the State Water Code and makes each day that a violation exists or continues to exist a separate offense. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to determin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Vetoed on 07-07-23 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1367). |
| HB933 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Public Utilities Commission to provide free telecommunications access to certain information for individuals with a print disability. (CD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 247, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1350). |
| HB278 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the executive office on aging to create and implement an Alzheimer's disease and related dementias public health campaign. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 257, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1360). |
| HB306 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for statewide research into ornamental ginger pathogens, prevention of the spread of ornamental ginger pathogens, production and distribution of pathogen-free ornamental ginger plants, and outreach to or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 258, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1361). |
| HB1200 | Pass | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish an unmanned aircraft systems program. Authorizes Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement officers to use unmanned aircraft systems. Requires the Department of Land and Natu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 237, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1340). |
| HB364 | Pass | Clarifies that when trespass involves public land, all state and county law enforcement officers may enforce trespass laws, without regard to whether the land is owned by the State or by a county. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 228, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1331). |
| HB118 | Pass | Clarifies that each county may, by ordinance, designate certain sections of county highways as areas in which stopping, standing, or parking vehicles is prohibited or restricted. Provides that any federal or state agency authorizing a road closure sh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 239, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1342). |
| HB365 | Pass | Expands exclusions from the definition of "development" as it applies to special management areas to reduce the need for special management area permits for certain activities. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 229, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1332). |
| HB600 | Pass | Establishes the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee. Requires the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee to develop a comprehensive, statewide Safe Routes to School Plan. Amends the duties of the Department of Transportation's Safe Routes to S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 244, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1347). |
| HB1091 | Pass | Requires disclosure of all existing permitted and unpermitted erosion control structures on the parcel in real estate transactions when residential real property lies adjacent to the shoreline. Effective 11/1/2023. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 231, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1334). |
| HB1079 | Pass | Revises chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add definitions that are consistent with federal Clean Water Act regulations. Clarifies the Director of Health's role as a certifying agency, including enforcement of water quality certifications, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 233, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1336). |
| HB819 | Pass | Designates limu kala (Sargassum echinocarpum) as the official Hawaii state limu. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 230, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1333). |
| HB1101 | Pass | Establishes a fee cap amount for county stormwater user fees that may be charged against or collected from the Department of Transportation of $1,500,000 in the aggregate per year. Prohibits any county from denying services to the Department of Trans...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 234, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1337). |
| HB1134 | Pass | Prohibits commercial ocean use activity in Kaneohe Bay waters without a permit. Prohibits any person from advertising any commercial ocean use activity or equipment for such activity in Kaneohe Bay waters for which the person does not have a permit. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 232, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1335). |
| HB1108 | Pass | Amends the law relating to vehicle weight violations by replacing the fine schedule and increasing the potential fines based on multitude and magnitude of vehicle weight violations. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 241, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1344). |
| HB1104 | Pass | Repeals exemption relating to the issuance of citations for violations of section 291-35, HRS, relating to vehicle gross weight, axle, and wheel loads. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 240, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1343). |
| HB1058 | Pass | Requires an adopted individual to be considered a child of both the adopted and natural parents for the sole purpose of determining familial relationships for purposes of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 187, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1290). |
| HB848 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the establishment of three support staff positions for the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 181, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). |
| HB695 | Pass | Allows the use of battery-charged security fences used for non-agricultural purposes, under certain circumstances. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 214, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1317). |
| HB1036 | Pass | Formally establishes the Hawaii State Fusion Center as a program under the Office of Homeland Security to be transferred to the Department of Law Enforcement on 1/1/2024, and delineates its roles and responsibilities. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 185, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288). |
| HB781 | Pass | Requires that when an officer has custody of a child under the age of eighteen for an alleged violation of law, the child shall have contact with legal counsel and, to the extent practicable, a parent, guardian, or legal custodian before the child wa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 180, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). |
| HB692 | Pass | Increases the maximum administrative and criminal penalties for violators of the Hawaii pesticides law. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 220, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1323). |
| HB217 | Pass | Updates the cost valuations of work on certain residences for the work to qualify for an exemption from the requirement that plans and specifications for construction projects be prepared by a licensed engineer or architect. Clarifies work that is no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 177, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1280). |
| HB485 | Pass | Provides for the replacement of certificates of marriage for individuals who have changed their gender, sex, and, if applicable, name. Effective 1/1/2024. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 179, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). |
| HB1037 | Pass | Amends provisions related to the Statewide Interoperable Communications Executive Committee to reflect the migration of the Office of Homeland Security from the Department of Defense to the Department of Law Enforcement on 1/1/2024. Effective 1/1/202...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 186, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289). |
| HB1184 | Pass | Allows agencies to rank fewer than three persons for professional services when fewer than three qualified persons respond to the solicitation or request to use alternative procurement procedures when no qualified person responds to the solicitation....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 188, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1291). |
| HB953 | Pass | Requires DLNR to develop and publish a website and mobile application that includes the application processes, including a means of collecting any fees, for a permit, license, or reservation needed to conduct recreational and commercial activities in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 182, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285). |
| HB307 | Pass | Allows the department of agriculture to extend the agricultural park lease of any lessee who holds a lease with a remaining term of fifteen years or less, if the land covered by the lease is twenty-five acres or less and located in a county with a po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 213, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316). |
| HB615 | Pass | Clarifies that any provision in a private agreement contained in a conveyance of land recorded on or before 7/8/2003 that have since expired but have not been renewed and recorded in the bureau of conveyances are prohibited from restricting bona fide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 219, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). |
| HB11 | Pass | Clarifies when the disclosure of pertinent provisions of condominium project instruments must occur. Specifies that primary plan documents be listed in the public disclosure statement of a time share plan. Clarifies the manner in which the required d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 176, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279). |
| HB192 | Pass | Prohibits the sale of certain fluorescent lamps as a new manufactured product, with certain exemptions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 225, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1328). |
| HB1033 | Pass | Adds to the state building code council a voting member representing the Hawaii emergency management agency. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 184, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287). |
| HB972 | Pass | Adds revenue generated by the State Veterinary Laboratory and Animal Disease Control Branch as sources for the Animal Industry Special Fund and clarifies that the funds from the special fund may be expended to make laboratory improvements. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 215, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1318). |
| HB1509 | Pass | Establishes a Planned Community Association Oversight Task Force to examine the rights afforded to owners in condominium property regimes and determine the feasibility of extending any of those rights to members of planned community associations. Est...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 189, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1292). |
| HB369 | Pass | Exempts a public utility and water carrier from obtaining the required public utilities commission authorization when: disposing of a fully depreciated asset or property with a zero net book value, if the disposal is made to an unaffiliated entity an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 178, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). |
