| SB110 | Pass | Requires gender-specific terminology used in adoption and annulment, divorce, and separation matters to be construed in a gender-neutral manner. Takes effect 1/1/2024. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 161, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1264). |
| SB210 | Pass | Establishes a Criminal Justice Data Sharing Working Group to make recommendations for a statewide criminal justice data repository. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 157, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260). |
| SB911 | Pass | Clarifies that a prospective juror is disqualified to serve as a juror if they have been convicted of a felony and have not been finally discharged, in addition to not being pardoned. Effective 1/1/2024. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 155, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). |
| SB729 | Pass | Requires the real estate commission to develop a curriculum for leadership training to be made available to board members of a condominium association and submit a progress report to the legislature. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 149, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). |
| SB944 | Pass | Requires the Department of the Attorney General to convene a task force to recommend amendments to update existing parentage laws that reflect outdated concepts of families, parenthood, conception and gestation, and parental rights. Requires an inter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 156, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1259). |
| SB811 | Pass | Establishes a task force to assess demographic data collection, processing, retention, and sharing procedures, needs, and challenges. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 136, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). |
| HB1097 | Pass | Updates the Uniform Controlled Substances Act by adding substances scheduled under federal law. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 162, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1265). |
| HB1205 | Pass | Specifies that exclusive representatives of public employees are not required to provide grievance representation to collective bargaining unit members who do not pay dues or dues equivalents and who decline to pay reasonable costs of the representat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 150, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). |
| SB1232 | Pass | Authorizes the State Librarian, with approval from the Board of Education, to impose and collect rates, rents, fees, fines and charges for the use of state library facilities and revise rates, rents, fees, and charges as necessary without regard to c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 141, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1244). |
| SB1141 | Pass | Transfers the rights, powers, functions, duties, resources, and individual budget of the Hawaii State Public Library System relating to workers' compensation for its employees from the Department of Education to the Department of Human Resources Deve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 146, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1249). |
| HB525 | Pass | Implements the 2022 Uniform Commercial Code Amendments set forth by the Uniform Law Commission. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 132, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1235). |
| HB300 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 164, 06/30/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1267). |
| SB726 | Pass | Repeals the administrative assistant position within the Department of Human Resources Development. Reassigns the responsibilities of the administrative assistant to the Director of Human Resources Development. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 151, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). |
| HB980 | Pass | 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] | 2023-06-30
Act 154, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). |
| HB68 | Pass | Requires that ongoing staff support for the centralized statewide criminal pretrial justice data reporting and collection system be conducted by the Criminal Justice Research Institute's staff and not be contracted to another entity. Requires the Cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 147, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| HB451 | Pass | Amends Act 125, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, to extend the time to expend appropriations for the establishment of a pilot visitation and family resource center at Waiawa Correctional Facility on Oahu and makes conforming amendments related to the est...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 133, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1236). |
| HB478 | Pass | Specifies the membership and qualifications for membership of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 139, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). |
| SB732 | Pass | Designates the second Monday in October of each year as Indigenous Peoples' Day. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 152, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). |
| SB228 | Pass | Establishes the offense of fraud as a class B felony. Establishes the offense of making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim against the State or a county as a class C felony. Establishes the offense of the use of false statements or entries in m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 131, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1234). |
| HB1113 | Pass | Authorizes moneys in the state highway fund to be expended to maintain the drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory. Authorizes moneys in the drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund to be administered and expended by the Dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 148, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). |
| SB1064 | Pass | Establishes the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program for plans, design, construction, and equipment that is used to improve or remove deficient dams and appurtenances as determined by the Department of Land and Natural Resources....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 134, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237). |
| SB830 | Pass | Establishes within the Department of Education, a one-year Critical Emergency Response Pilot Program to establish a critical emergency response team for each department school located in central Oahu selected by the Department of Education to partici...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 143, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). |
| SB193 | Pass | Adds to the membership of the State Fire Council, and to the membership of advisory committees that the Council may appoint, representatives from the Hawaii State Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Unit and the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of the Dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 142, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1245). |
| SB109 | Pass | Replaces gender-specific terminology used in certain parental and marital matters with gender-neutral terminology. Takes effect 1/1/2024. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 160, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1263). |
| HB710 | Pass | Provides that a person commits a class B felony offense of obstruction of justice if the person intentionally influences; obstructs; impedes; or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice by means of force, threat ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 137, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1240). |
| HB24 | Pass | Clarifies that a common water carrier may enter into vessel leases longer than five years or enter into leverage leases for vessels upon prior approval of the Public Utilities Commission. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 138, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1241). |
| SB869 | Pass | Clarifies that a majority of the members appointed to the Youth Commission shall constitute a quorum to do business. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 135, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). |
| SB410 | Pass | Requires the court to automatically seal or remove from the judiciary's publicly accessible databases any information relevant to the arrest or case of a person for whom an expungement order has been entered and transmitted to the court. Effective 7/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 159, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). |
| HB541 | Pass | Requires proper head lamp specifications for vehicle safety inspections. Requires the Department of Transportation to amend its administrative rules to allow motor vehicle owners whose motor vehicle registration and safety inspection are both expired...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 144, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). |
| HB264 | Pass | Makes intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to a sports official a class C felony. Authorizes a court to enjoin the offender from attending any sports event of the type at which the sports official was engaged in the lawful discharge of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 140, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). |
| SB483 | Pass | Updates articles I through IV of the Uniform Probate Code to adjust for inflation, provide additional clarity, resolve issues that have arisen in probate practice, and address societal changes in familial relations. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 158, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261). |
| HB704 | Pass | Provides an exemption for flatbed trucks from registration renewals and initial registrations of motor carrier vehicles when used as marine terminal equipment temporarily moving in or between certain terminals. Adds new terminal locales and roadways ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 145, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248). |
| HB954 | Pass | Increases the household and dependent care services tax credit for five years. Increases the refundable earned income tax credit for five years. Increases the income thresholds and credit amounts of the refundable food/excise tax credit for five year...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 163, 06/30/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). |
| HB712 | Pass | Encourages boards to maintain recordings of board meetings on the board's website regardless of whether the written minutes of the meeting have been posted. Requires boards to provide the State Archives with a copy of any recording of a board meeting...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 125, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1226). |
| SB182 | Pass | Amends the filing deadline for disclosures of financial interests by certain candidates. Amends the penalty for the unauthorized release of confidential financial disclosure information. Amends the fines imposed and procedures relating to disclosures...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 129, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1230). |
| HB1502 | Pass | Limits compelled disclosure of sources or unpublished information for journalists, newscasters, and persons participating in collection or dissemination of news or information of substantial public interest. Establishes exceptions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 126, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1227). |
| HB986 | Pass | Establishes the class C felony offense of official misconduct to prohibit a person, in the person's official capacity, from acting or refraining from performing an official duty with the intent to obtain a benefit other than the person's lawful compe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 130, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1231). |
| SB1076 | Pass | Requires the Office of Elections to prepare a digital voter information guide; post the guide on its website in compliance with certain accessibility standards; and mail each ballot with a notice that states a voter information guide may be found on ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 115, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1216). |
| SB1493 | Pass | Prohibits, during legislative sessions and shortly before and after, lobbyist contributions and expenditures, and promises of contributions or expenditures, to any elected official, candidate, candidate committee, or individual who is required to fil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 128, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1229). |
| HB463 | Pass | Lowers the threshold for disclosure of campaign expenditures for noncandidate committees to $500. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 122, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1223). |
| HB91 | Pass | Deems the right to a contested case hearing waived if a person fails to request the hearing within thirty days after receipt of the Campaign Spending Commission's preliminary determination. Allows the Commission to file its order in the First Circuit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 120, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). |
| HB983 | Pass | Defines the term "public servant" in section 701-108, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify the scope and applicability of provisions related to the time limitations to bring prosecution based on misconduct in office. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 124, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1225). |
| HB1294 | Pass | Requires the office of elections and campaign spending commission to include a candidate's legal name wherever the name requested to be printed on the ballot is used, except on the ballot. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 117, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1218). |
| SB141 | Pass | Updates rules for certification of electors and their votes to be in full compliance with federal law. Provides procedures for the replacement of electors. Requires presidential electors to take a pledge that they will vote for their party's nominee....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 114, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215). |
| HB92 | Pass | Increases the amount of fine from $1,000 to $5,000 that may be assessed against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures that has received at least 1 contribution of more than $10,000, or spent more than $10,000 in an election pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 121, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). |
| SB51 | Pass | Increases the amount of fines that may be assessed against noncandidate committees for violations of organizational report and advertisement disclosure requirements. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 127, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1228). |
| SB203 | Pass | Allows the Campaign Spending Commission to treat a respondent's failure to explain or otherwise respond to a complaint alleging a violation of campaign spending laws as a rebuttable presumption that a violation has occurred. Provides the respondent w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 118, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1219). |
| HB141 | Pass | Beginning 1/1/2025, requires each state legislator to include within the legislator's disclosure of financial interests the names of certain lobbyists with whom the legislator has a relationship. Effective 1/1/2025. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 123, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1224). |
| SB19 | Pass | Guarantees the vote of eligible voters who cast their ballot and then subsequently die or otherwise become ineligible before election day. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 113, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1214). |
| SB1189 | Pass | Requires candidates, or the treasurer of their candidate committee, to file a preliminary campaign finance report on February 28 of the year of a general election. Effective 1/1/2026. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 119, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1220). |
