| HB1932 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Transportation to acquire, including by condemnation, any real, personal, or mixed property for immediate or future use and own, hold, improve, rehabilitate, sell, assign, exchange, transfer, convey, lease, or dispose of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Tarnas, Kila, Aiu, Evslin; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matsumoto. |
| SB2591 | Engross
50% | Imposes a fine on any private landowner that fails to disclose or record with the Bureau of Conveyances, or in documents used to offer real property for sale, the existence of burial or archaeological sites on their property that the landowner knew o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24. |
| HB2074 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for the establishment of three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) Kaiapuni education curriculum specialist II positions and ten full-time equivalent (10.0 FTE) Kaiapuni classroom teacher positions. Declar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Morikawa, Amato, Kahaloa, Kapela, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB3087 | Engross
50% | Expands access to early learning programs on other state properties and public lands besides Department of Education public school campuses. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Morikawa, La Chica, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB2943 | Engross
50% | Establishes a commercial drivers workforce working group within the Department of Transportation to address the workforce shortage of commercial drivers in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Kila, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matsumoto. |
| SB2659 | Engross
50% | Incorporates a regenerative framework into the Hawaii State Planning Act by expanding objectives and policies for the visitor industry. Requires periodic updates to the Tourism Functional Plan, specifies elements to be included in the Tourism Functio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24. |
| HB2404 | Engross
50% | Increases the amounts for the income tax brackets and standard deduction amounts for tax year 2024. Adjusts annually for tax years beginning after 12/31/2024, the income tax brackets and standard deduction amounts by a cost-of-living adjustment facto...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Chun, Kitagawa, Lamosao, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takenouchi. |
| SB3083 | Engross
50% | Amends various sections of article 11 of the Insurance Code to adopt revisions to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Model No. 440, Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24. |
| SB2443 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program, to be implemented by the State in only those locations where a photo red light imaging detector system has been implemented. Creates a new offense of noncompliance with maximum speed limit ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Kila, Miyake, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tarnas. |
| HB1800 | Engross
50% | Adjusts and requests appropriations for fiscal biennium 20232025 funding requirements for operations and capital improvement projects of Executive Branch agencies and programs. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Deferred one day 05-01-24. |
| SB2536 | Engross
50% | Establishes accounting services procurement preferences for certain Hawaii accounting service businesses. Clarifies that the existing reciprocity procurement preference includes offerors under sections 103D-302 and 103D-303, Hawaii Revised Statutes. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Lamosao, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Nakashima, Kitagawa. |
| HB2248 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to develop a North Shore Beach Management and Climate Adaptation Plan for the North Shore of Oahu from Sunset Point to the Kapo?o (Sharks Cove) area. Declares that the general f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Todd, Poepoe, Ganaden, M. Mizuno; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia. |
| HB2614 | Engross
50% | Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement, by 1/1/2025, SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:20PM in Conference Room 329. |
| SB2520 | Engross
50% | Requires the State to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees from civil actions or proceedings, under certain circumstances. Clarifies that the employee may employ their own attorney at the employee's own expense. Establishes a p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:35 PM; CR 325. |
| SB1258 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop and implement a management system for the Kaena point state park, Makua and Keawaula sections. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24. |
| HB2136 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement a pesticide inspection program to increase compliance with the proper use of restricted use pesticides and ensure the continued prohibition on the use or application of pesticides cont...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 5:30PM in conference room 325. |
| HB2374 | Engross
50% | Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Units (2), (3), (4), (9), (13), and (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Yamashita, Garrett, Kitagawa, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HB1911 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for the Judiciary Supplemental Budget for the 2023-2025 biennium. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Deferred one day 05-01-24. |
| HB2490 | Engross
50% | Increases the caps for the total contract value for any one capital advancement contract (CAC) and the total aggregate value of CACs in a fiscal year entered into by the Department of Transportation with private parties for harbor improvements and ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 791). |
| SB3202 | Engross
50% | Requires the director of the county agency responsible for land use to review and act on any application for subdivision, consolidation, or resubdivision of certain parcels within the urban district, with certain conditions. Amends the calculation of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Tarnas, Kila, Morikawa, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. |
| SB2991 | Engross
50% | Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to adopt rules establishing criteria and procedures for the creation of new bargaining units. Requires certain employees or any employer or exclusive representative proposing a new bargaining unit to submit a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Martinez, Sayama, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB2322 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Health to continue water sampling and analysis of Tier 1 beaches during brown water advisories, with certain exceptions and under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:25 PM; CR 329. |
| SB2974 | Engross
50% | Establishes a Business Revitalization Task Force within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to identify methods to improve Hawaii's general economic competitiveness and business climate, including the mitigation of regulator...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24. |
| SB2133 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to issue bonds for housing project infrastructure and finance the development of regional state infrastructure projects. Exempts bonds issued by HHFDC for improvements by assessments, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24. |
| HB2443 | Engross
50% | Repeals the sunset date of the authorization for primary caregivers to cultivate medical cannabis for qualifying patients. Clarifies that primary caregivers may continue to cultivate medical cannabis for qualifying patients subject to certain restric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 5:45PM in conference room 325. |
| SB2861 | Engross
50% | Makes certain long-term exclusive listing agreements for the sale of residential real property void and unenforceable under the state law that governs unfair and deceptive practices. Prohibits the recording or filing of exclusive listing agreements o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Sayama, Nishimoto, Amato, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HB982 | Engross
50% | Amends the amount of funding for the tobacco enforcement special fund administered by the Department of the Attorney General by: amending the amount of funds that the tobacco enforcement special fund can carry over at the end of the fiscal year; incr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Takenouchi, Tarnas, Kitagawa, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica. |
| SB2159 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, to prepare a report on freshwater and saltwater aquatic organisms regarding their agricultural and economic impact on the State's food se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 5:30PM in conference room 325. |
| SB2841 | Engross
50% | Designates May 15 of each year as Water Safety Day. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Tarnas, Kitagawa; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ganaden, Alcos. |
| HB2377 | Engross
50% | Appropriates general funds to various programs for anticipated operating shortfalls due to the limited ability for departments to transfer funds between programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Received from Governor re: Immediate Passage (Gov. Msg. No. 9). |
| SB2885 | Engross
50% | Establishes a working group to develop a Homeless Triage and Treatment Center Program within the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions in the Department of Human Services. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:55 PM; CR 329. |
| SB2345 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate crisis intervention training for state and county law enforcement agencies. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:45 PM; CR 016. |
| HB2499 | Engross
50% | Designates the Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Hawaii as the University of Hawaii?s chief procurement officer. Sunsets 6/30/2027. Effective 6/29/3000. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Kitagawa, Lamosao, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nakashima. |
| HB1640 | Engross
50% | Requires the employer to initiate negotiations on repricing of classes within a bargaining unit within thirty days of its receipt of the exclusive representative's written request to negotiate. Establishes that the employer's failure to initiate the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Martinez, Tam, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB2285 | Engross
50% | Amends the functions and duties of the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Clarifies the definition of "health care". Establishes a task force known as the Hui Hoomana. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 329. |
| HB2801 | Engross
50% | Allows condominium associations to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing. Delegates all existing administrative responsibilities of the counties under the commercial property assessed financing program to the Hawaii Green Infrastruct...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Kitagawa, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto. |
| HB1836 | Engross
50% | Allows registered pharmacists during declared states of emergency to refill prescriptions for persons directly impacted by the emergency for up to a thirty-day supply if the practitioner is unavailable or cannot be contacted to authorize the refill a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole. |
| HB1830 | Engross
50% | Beginning 7/1/2026, establishes provisional or associate-level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances; authorizes psychol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday 05-01-24. |
| HB2340 | Engross
50% | Makes appropriations and approves payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Yamashita, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB3125 | Enroll
75% | Authorizes minors who are at least fourteen years old to consent to medical care and services for sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, and family planning services, including the prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Requires confiden...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Enrolled to Governor. |
| SB572 | Engross
50% | Authorizes and specifies conditions under which the Department of Agriculture may declare a biosecurity emergency, during which the Department and Governor may take certain actions to prevent the establishment or spread of pests and prohibited or res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Gates, Tarnas, Kahaloa, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Souza. |
| HB2641 | Engross
50% | Reestablishes the Appraisal Management Company Registration Program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to begin September 1, 2024. Appropriates funds from the Compliance Resolution Fund for the Program. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Lee, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| SB2556 | Engross
50% | Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 5:40 PM; CR 325. |
| HB1827 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Department of Education to support health care workforce development programs, specifically the public high school health care workforce certificate program and glidepath prog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Woodson, Garrett, La Chica, Lamosao, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB2913 | Engross
50% | Establishes a new regulatory framework for the sale of travel insurance in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 2:05PM; Conference Room 224. |
| HB2227 | Engross
50% | Expands the existing exemption from state law governing child care for United States Department of Defense-certified child care providers on federal property to those operating off federal property. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24. |
| SB3290 | Engross
50% | Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to convene a working group to study the state of American Sign Language interpretation services in Hawaii. Requires a report to the Legislature, with the assistance of the Department of Health. (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24. |
| HB1763 | Engross
50% | Amends the permitted uses of and priority for which moneys in the Rental Housing Revolving Fund are to be used. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to prioritize the allocation of the rental housing revolving fund moneys t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Aiu, Garrett, Miyake, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB2922 | Engross
50% | Creates a process for electric utilities to develop and submit wildfire protection plans to the Public Utilities Commission for approval and allow the recovery of related costs and expenses through securitization, while avoiding a disproportionate im...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 790). |
| SB3242 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Transportation or county transportation agency having jurisdiction over roads, highways, or similar infrastructure to evaluate high-risk or dangerous corridors or intersections and plan strategies for mitigation. Provides t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Tarnas, Kila, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matsumoto. |
