HI Legislation | 2024 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB744	Engross 50%	Requires the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to classify the fungal pathogen that causes coffee leaf rust as an invasive species in its administrative rules and to direct available funding for mitigation efforts, research, and prevention or control a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB652	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to mitigate and control infestations of the two-lined spittlebug, undertake recovery efforts for lands damaged by the two-lined spittlebug, and establish a five-year pilot program to mitigate and co... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB419	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds for the Hawaii carbon smart land management assistance pilot program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1488	Engross 50%	Requires the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, in consultation with livestock industry stakeholders, to conduct a study to assess the effects of heat stress on beef cattle during interisland ocean transportatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1027	Engross 50%	Establishes the combat sports commission of Hawaii. Provides for regulation of combat sports. Prohibits no rules combat or similar contests. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1442	Engross 50%	Establishes positions within the Office of the Governor to be responsible for the deployment of the capital improvement funds appropriated by this Act. Appropriates funds for the ohana zones pilot program for expenses relating to operations, upkeep o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB971	Engross 50%	Requires the department of education and state public charter school commission to collect certain data on county bus pass usage for public high school and charter high school students. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB384	Engross 50%	Authorizes each county to adopt ordinances to enforce the design and construction requirements for the provision of accessible parking spaces, including the establishment of penalties for failure to comply with the ordinance. Authorizes officials app... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB587	Engross 50%	Increases the fines for violating provisions relating to the installation of noisy exhaust pipes and mufflers. Authorizes police officers to conduct examinations and inspections if the officer has probable cause to believe that a vehicle's excessivel... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB735	Engross 50%	Exempts the instream use of water for commercial kalo cultivation conducted in a manner consistent with traditional and customary Native Hawaiian practices and on traditional kalo lands from the existing process for the disposition of water rights. E... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB637	Enroll 75%	Requires persons applying to register as hemp processors to include with their application form documentation that the processing does not include heat or volatile compounds or gases under pressure, such as cold-water extraction and is exempt from ce... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1005	Engross 50%	Establishes presidential preference primary elections. Makes an appropriation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB627	Engross 50%	Allows an election candidate, treasurer, or candidate committee to use campaign funds for the candidate's child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1286	Engross 50%	Increases options to build affordable housing by allowing the Hawaii community development authority to conduct a pilot program to lease real property for one project in the Kakaako community development district for a term of ninety-nine years. Requ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB281	Engross 50%	Establishes a state income tax deduction for eligible contributions made to a college savings program established under chapter 256, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 6/30/3000. Applies to taxable years beginning after an unspecified date. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1351	Engross 50%	Establishes the infant and early childhood mental health program within the department of health to provide and coordinate mental health services for children from birth up to age five. Appropriates funds for the establishment of the program, includi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB304	Engross 50%	Effective 7/1/2025, establishes the visitor impact fee program within the department of land and natural resources, through which the department will collect a fee from visitors for a license to visit a state park, forest, hiking trail, or other stat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB782	Engross 50%	Establishes and appropriates funds for a grant program in the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to taro farmers in meeting the costs of cultivating taro for consumption. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB797	Engross 50%	Specifies that primary plan documents be listed in the public disclosure statement of a time share plan. Specifies when supplementary plan documents are to be considered primary plan documents subject to disclosure. Clarifies the manner in which the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB44	Engross 50%	Creates a minimum penalty and raises the maximum penalty for every violation of the State Water Code. Clarifies that each day a violation exists or continues is a separate offense. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to determine the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB504	Engross 50%	Prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, distribution for sale, and distribution for use of any food packaging, food service ware, cosmetic, or personal care product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substan... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1317	Engross 50%	Transfers the Hawaii broadband and digital equity office from the department of business, economic development, and tourism to the office of the lieutenant governor on a temporary, four-year basis. Appropriates general funds to provide required match... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB586	Engross 50%	Conditions the issuance of a certificate of inspection upon a vehicle not being equipped with a noisy muffler or exhaust system. Requires rules regarding safety check inspections to ensure that a motorcycle, moped, or motor vehicle is not equipped wi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB75	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to inventory historic properties and burial sites in the State, collect data on burial site locations, and conduct an archaeological surface survey. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1016	Engross 50%	Expands the definition of "private entity" to include business organizations that are authorized to transact business in the State, including nonprofit management entities that have a certificate of need or license to operate one or more community ho... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1332	Engross 50%	Clarifies that emergency management powers must be consistent with the state constitution. Clarifies the scope of the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or terminate a state of emergency... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB57	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds to the judiciary to support the Olelo Hawaii Initiatives. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB710	Engross 50%	Appropriates moneys for an education and reentry program for incarcerated women. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB155	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Maui college's office of international and regional partnerships for students to participate in study abroad programs. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1296	Engross 50%	Establishes the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization and governing board within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Designates the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to organize the Hawaii ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB477	Engross 50%	Requires the public utilities commission to make every effort to complete its review for a merger, consolidation, acquisition, or other change of control and issue a decision within nine months or twelve months from the date of a completed applicatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1492	Engross 50%	Requires the department of health to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Requires the department of health to respond to reports about persons having sev... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB655	Enroll 75%	Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to align state hemp production administrative rules with federal exemptions for fiber, fuel, and seed grain hemp crops. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB398	Engross 50%	Requires the Department of Human Services to collect and analyze data to determine the impact of expanding post-permanency services to families receiving benefits from the adoption assistance program and report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1135	Engross 50%	Requires cash or protest bonds to be returned to the initiating party, less twice the amount of the administrative costs, except in cases where the appeal was frivolous or made in bad faith. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1520	Engross 50%	Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to work with the University of Hawaii on workforce development activities that support the development of the Hawaii Pacific Hydrogen Hub and other related aspects of the State's ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1044	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds to hire complex-based licensed behavioral health specialists for Hawaii's rural public schools. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB397	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds to increase medicaid payments to eligible health care providers in the State up to one hundred per cent of the current medicare fee schedule rates. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1129	Engross 50%	Amends the procurement threshold for small purchases. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1413	Engross 50%	Requires the University of Hawaii to grant resident tuition fees for enrollment at any University of Hawaii campus to individuals who have graduated from a Hawaii high school and are enrolling in an undergraduate degree program, under certain conditi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1490	Engross 50%	Requires the attorney general to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees from civil actions or proceedings, subject to certain circumstances. Establishes certain filing and hearing requirements for when the attorney general refuse... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB156	Engross 50%	Requires the Board of Education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one community forum in each county. Requires the Board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the Legisl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB781	Engross 50%	Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for solar distribu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB430	Engross 50%	Establishes the Hawaii Farm to Food Bank Program and Hawaii food assistance program special fund to alleviate food shortages in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB693	Engross 50%	Requires the auditor to conduct an assessment on the social and financial impacts of mandating health insurance coverage for care provided by a participating registered pharmacist practicing within the scope of the pharmacist's license. Requires a re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1068	Engross 50%	Includes in the State's policies for the physical environment under the Hawaii State Planning Act, the promotion of statewide beach assessments and beach and shoreline adaptation, restoration, and conservation and the pursuit of compatible relationsh... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB500	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish additional permanent mental health practitioner positions within the Division of Student Success' Counseling and Student Development Center. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1136	Engross 50%	Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to conduct a study of the carrying capacity of Makena State Park in Maui County. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB62	Engross 50%	Reestablishes the Hawaii medical education special fund. Appropriates funds into and out of the Hawaii medical education special fund to the John A. Burns School of Medicine for graduate medical education and training programs, to create more residen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1384	Engross 50%	Amends chapter 202, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be consistent with the General Appropriations Act of 2021, Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021. Renames "Hawaii workforce development council" to "Hawaii workforce development board". Requires the Hawai... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).