| SB1534 | Pass | Creates a mileage-based road usage charge to replace state motor fuel taxes beginning on 7/1/2025, for electric vehicles. Eliminates the $50 annual state vehicle registration surcharge for electric vehicles. Allows electric vehicle owners to pay a re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 222, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1325). |
| 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). |
| SB151 | Pass | Requires any department or agency employing law enforcement officers to maintain publicly available policies on minimum standards on the use of force. Allows use of force policies and training to be introduced as evidence in proceedings. Requires law...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 190, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293). |
| SB390 | Pass | Repeals the sunset date of section 2 of Act 119, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, making permanent the requirement that the Hawaii Medical Board issue licenses in four levels of emergency response practice in counties with a population of five hundred th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 193, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). |
| 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). |
| SB739 | Pass | Expanding the requisite state of mind for the criminal offense of desecration to include "knowingly". Simplifies the definition of "desecrate". (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 196, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). |
| SB1383 | Pass | Creates the Unemployment Insurance Technology Special Fund to be funded by an unemployment insurance technology assessment at a rate of a .01 per cent of taxable wages to support the information technology operating and maintenance expenses for the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 208, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311). |
| SB930 | Pass | Beginning 5/1/2024, allows a landlord or landlord's agent to charge an application screening fee for certain applicants at the time a rental application is processed for a dwelling unit; requires the landlord or landlord's agent to provide a receipt ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 200, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). |
| 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). |
| SB1468 | Pass | Authorizes professional land surveyors, and any assistant under the direct supervision of the professional land surveyor, to enter any private property to perform land surveying, subject to certain provisions regarding notice, objections, and identif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 209, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312). |
| SB746 | Pass | Expands the coffee labeling and advertising requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages and the inner packages and inner wrapping labels of roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages. Specifies that the coffee lab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 211, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1314). |
| 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). |
| SB798 | Pass | Requires a developer's application for registration or annexation to include a list of projects containing out-of-state time share units and a statement that the developer has verified that those units are in compliance or not prohibited under the la...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 197, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1300). |
| 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). |
| SB968 | Pass | Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to collaborate with the Department of Transportation to develop, implement, administer, and manage a program to enable parking stall sharing among public employees of the State and a pilot pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 202, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1305). |
| SB318 | Pass | Requires the Department of Health to establish and administer a three-year pilot program to implement a co-management system of care for the diagnosis and treatment of persons with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Appropriates funds for the pilot pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 192, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1295). |
| SB855 | Pass | Authorizes a condominium association to provide a summary of the required information in its budget. Authorizes a condominium association's reserve study to forecast a loan or special assessment to fund life safety equipment or installations for any ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 199, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302). |
| SB1173 | Pass | Prohibits a person from causing a diesel- or gas-powered vehicle to discharge clearly visible smoke, soot, or other exhaust emissions onto another person or motor vehicle. Establishes a minimum $500 fine for violators. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 223, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326). |
| SB1588 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement a GroupGAP food safety training and certification program. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 212, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315). |
| 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). |
| SB1552 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to support the Hawaii Ant Lab in mitigating the effects of little fire ants in the State. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 217, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1320). |
| 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). |
| SB691 | Pass | Allows the chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office to enforce minimum efficiency standards and adopt or amend efficiency standards. Sets minimum efficiency standards for portable electric spas, residential ventilating fans, toilets, ur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 224, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1327). |
| SB1417 | Pass | Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to consider the impacts of climate change, sea level rise, and climate-resilient development in the design and siting of buildings in the Kakaako and Kalaeloa community development districts. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 221, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1324). |
| 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). |
| SB1024 | Pass | Establishes long-term goals for zero-emissions transportation in Hawaii and abroad to reduce and eliminate transportation emissions. Establishes the clean ground transportation working group and the interisland and clean transportation working group....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 226, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329). |
| SB1327 | Pass | Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to use electronic filing processes, including electronic service of documents, under the statutory chapters regulating public utilities, motor carriers, and water carriers. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 205, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). |
| 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). |
| SB1057 | Pass | Requires certain job listings to include an hourly rate or salary range. Prohibits an employer from discriminating between employees because of any protected category established under state law, by paying wages to employees in an establishment at a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 203, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1306). |
| 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). |
| SB1370 | Pass | Establishes a standard license to solemnize marriages, valid for one year from the date of issuance. Establishes a short-term license to solemnize marriages, valid for sixty days from the date of issuance. Establishes a fee of $100 per year for the i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 206, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1309). |
| SB696 | Pass | Authorizes wages of other employees in comparable employment to be considered when computing the average weekly wages of an injured public board member, reserve police officer, police chaplain, reserve public safety law enforcement officer, sheriffs'...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 195, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1298). |
| SB1381 | Pass | Repeals section 328-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires the Department of Health to regulate business practices between private entities engaged in the selling, billing, and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 207, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). |
| SB1163 | Pass | Appropriates funds for civilian auxiliary aviation services of the type performed by the civil air patrol. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 204, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1307). |
| SB966 | Pass | Subjects to forfeiture any vehicle used in the commission of felony disposal of solid waste or petty misdemeanor disposal of solid waste. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 201, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304). |
| SB833 | Pass | Requires the Office of the Governor to negotiate the State's fee simple acquisition of the Wahiawa Irrigation System on the island of Oahu. Authorizes and appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture, Agribusiness Development Corporation, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 218, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1321). |
| 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). |
| SB214 | Pass | Establishes the offense of interference with the operation of a public transit vehicle. Makes clarifying and conforming amendments to the offense of interference with the operator of a public transit vehicle. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 191, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). |
| 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). |
| HB1027 | Pass | Enables timely, coordinated, and efficient regulation of money transmission companies to achieve financial stability and economic growth, while providing consumer protection. Allows the State to share resources, data, and technology tools with other ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 183, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286). |
| SB799 | Pass | For time share plans that use title holding trusts, requires the developer to submit a title report evidencing that the title is vested in the trustee. For time share plans that use a notice of time share plan, requires the recordation of the notice ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 198, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301). |
| SB478 | Pass | Repeals chapter 440J, HRS, relating to telecommunications and cable industry information reporting requirements for broadband service providers. Makes conforming amendments. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 194, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297). |
| HB1045 | Pass | Requires a minor student's parent or legal guardian, rather than the student, to produce the required student records when transferring schools. Clarifies that emancipated minors may produce the required student records when transferring schools. Cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-03
Act 168, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1271). |
