| SB176 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a county with a pre-existing surcharge to continue the surcharge after December 31, 2030 at a lower rate of one-fourth per cent. Authorizes counties that have not adopted a surcharge ordinance on state tax to adopt a surcharge ordinance at...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| SB880 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "dangerous to self" as used in State law governing mental health, mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism. Defines the terms "gravely disabled" and "psychiatric deterioration". Broadens the term of "imminently dangerou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB959 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Pamantasan Council for three full-time equivalent academic and support services specialist positions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| SB922 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a law enforcement officer who observes criminal misconduct by another law enforcement officer to report the criminal misconduct. Requires passage of a psychological screening test battery to qualify for appointment as a law enforcement offic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
| SB375 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis Authority within the Department of Health to adopt rules to regulate responsible, adult-use of cannabis in the State. Establishes that possession of cannabis by an adult in the amount of four ounces or less without a p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| SB486 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits, in certain circumstances, the publication of the personal information of state and federal judges and other judicial staff whose duties put them at risk for acts of violence or threats.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| SB736 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Hawaii Community Development Authority to approve the residential development on the parcels owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in Kakaako. Raises the building height limit and increases the maximum floor area ratio for residential de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
The committee on WAM/JDC has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 03-03-23 10:00AM; CR 211 & Videoconference. |
| SB15 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Director of Transportation to adopt rules that regulate and limit noise from vessels at harbors, ports, roadsteads, docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings of the State. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| SB969 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes that noise generated by helicopters in excess of a certain decibel level constitutes a public nuisance and a source of noise pollution in violation of the State's noise pollution law. Establishes fines and a private right of action for in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
| SB593 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires associations to maintain and operate the property to ensure conformance with all laws, ordinances, and rules.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| SB220 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the use of diacritical marks for Hawaiian words on special number plates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| SB793 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends recycling goals under the Electronic Device Recycling and Recovering Act so that goals are based upon the manufacturer's overall market share in the State. Amends penalties and definitions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB573 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the representative from the University of Hawaii from the board of directors of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Prohibits the University of Hawaii representative from serving on the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation's b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| SB727 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes procedures and eligibility criteria for a privilege to practice public accountancy in this State for public accountants and certified public accountants licensed in another state with comparable education, examination, and experience requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
The recommendation was not adopted. |
| SB1263 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires commercial ocean operators who take customers into state waters to engage in recreational activities to have at least one individual aboard the vessel who is rescue diver or lifeguard certified by a nationally recognized certification organi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB1021 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes agencies to expend moneys from special funds under the agency's control for capital improvement projects, subject to legislative appropriation or authorization. Prohibits the expenditure of amounts that exceed 20% of the special fund's cei...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB773 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a landowner in possession of 10,000 or more acres to be liable for damages and fines arising from runoff originating on the land and entering into state waters or onto state lands. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules as necessar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| SB142 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the mortgage interest deduction for second homes under Hawaii income tax law. Requires the Department of Taxation to calculate the savings and report the revenue gained to the Director of Finance by September 1 of each year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB788 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Department of Health from issuing permits for commercial burning of green waste products in residential areas or within one thousand feet of a residential property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| SB349 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifies that the nominated members of certain boards and commission are subject to the advice and consent of the Senate Standing Committee on Government Operations. Effective 7/1/2112. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-24
The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
| SB341 | Intro
Sine Die | Inserts unspecified amounts for minimum required liability coverage for accidental harm and destruction of property for motor vehicle insurance policies in the State. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB82 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the discretion of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Land Division by requiring the Board of Land and Natural Resources to approve all revoked, limited, condemned, removed, or modified public land leases or revocable permits. Effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
| SB1278 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows notice of a bond or recognizance forfeiture to be sent to either the surety (bond company) or surety insurer (insurance company), by certified mail, to start the thirty-day forfeiture countdown for the surety or surety insurer to locate and su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1284 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds a new section to chapter 710, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to establish the class C felony offense of official misconduct.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB317 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes provisions relating to the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact to facilitate interstate practice of audiology and speech-language pathology. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB1323 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Professional and Vocational Licensing Act to reduce the time frame for which an application is considered abandoned from two years to one year and to specify how this one-year period applies to the process for applications for examination.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| SB484 | Intro
Sine Die | Enacts portions of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017 to replace the Uniform Parentage Act of 1973. Takes effect 1/1/2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB474 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the public utilities commission to issue a decision within six months from the date that a public utility has filed a financial application request to enter into any stock, certificates, bonds, notes, and other indebtedness arrangements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-21
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| SB1178 | Intro
Sine Die | Modernizes the definition of "personal information" for the purposes of notifying affected persons of data and security breaches. Includes licensees subject to the Insurance Data Security Law pursuant to article 3B, chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1328 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the balance that may be retained in the Public Utilities Commission Special Fund at the end of each fiscal year to an unspecified amount. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB451 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a cultivation facility license that allows cultivators to grow cannabis for sale only to licensed medical cannabis dispensaries. Establishes requirements for license applications and qualifications for applicants and licensees. Limits the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| SB1549 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for operating costs and personnel to manage certain trailheads as part of the Na Ala Hele Trail and Access Program. Takes effect 07/01/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1540 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the Criminal Justice Diversion Program. Amends the allowable period of court-ordered assisted community treatment and considerations for extensions. Allows courts to require certain probation violators to undergo mental health evaluation and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB310 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services and the Department of Public Safety for the pilot visitation and family resource center at Waiawa Correctional Facility on Oahu, including a restroom in compliance with the Americans with Disabil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1127 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation, in collaboration with the County of Maui and any other private entities the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation and County of Maui deem necessary, to submit a report to the Legislature regar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB663 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the establishment of an agriculture education coordinator position within the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1253 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines "guidance", "opinion", and "ruling". Requires the Director of the Office of Information Practices to provide either a ruling or guidance in writing on open records responses and open meetings complaints. Effective 7/1/2112. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1144 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to establish a homelessness coordinator position for the island of Maui within the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1497 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Highways Clean Energy Technology Pilot Program within the Department of Transportation. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB648 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish and administer an aquaculture disease diagnostic laboratory. Appropriates funds for the laboratory. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the Department of Agriculture. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB842 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to purchase health care services for certain low-income, uninsured immigrants. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1458 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an Extended Producer Responsibility Program. Requires certain producers of fast-moving consumer goods to register with the Department of Health and pay an annual fee based on the amount of packaging volume the covered producer places on t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1312 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the Employees' Retirement System's eligibility requirement definitions for service-connected disability and accidental death benefits. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1557 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes procedures for the custody, inventory, and care of protocol gifts received by members of either house of the Legislature or state employees. Effective 7/1/2112. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB935 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Gambling Addiction Special Fund within the Department of Human Services for the treatment of gambling addiction for Hawaii residents. Imposes a general excise tax on persons engaged in the arrangement, provision, or sale within the St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1583 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funding contingent upon matching fund availability to support the Village, an agricultural community and learning center that works to improve food security and sustainability on the Island of Hawaii by offering training for interested p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1369 | Intro
Sine Die | By 12/31/2027, requires the transfer of the Oahu Regional Health Care System in its entirety from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB903 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of the Attorney General to establish and support a restorative justice program that, in collaboration with the prosecuting attorney of each county, offers restorative justice opportunities in each county to allow victims and o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB762 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a Business Activity Water Catchment System Working Group within the Department of Health to assess the feasibility of allowing business owners in the State to utilize filtered water collected by water catchment systems for business activi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1441 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the deadline for submitting written protests that are based on the content of a solicitation. Effective 7/1/2112. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
