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SB3087Engross
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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)
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2024-04-25
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 817).
SB2693Engross
50%
Establishes the offense of charitable fraud during a state of emergency. Provides that a person commits charitable fraud during a state of emergency if that person, during a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, performs certain deceptive ac...
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
SB3202Engross
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...
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2024-04-25
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-24 11:00AM; CR 224.
SB2133Engross
50%
Authorizes HHFDC 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, and the interest thereon, from state, county, and...
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2024-04-25
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 812).
HB2315Engross
50%
Repeals provisions governing the use of electronic voting devices at condominium association meetings. Clarifies the procedure for electronic meetings, electronic voting, and mail voting. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
SB2841Engross
50%
Designates May 15 of each year as Water Safety Day. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 11:15 am]
To House Culture, Arts, & International Affairs Committee
HB2501Engross
50%
Repeals the reporting requirement to identify the cost impacts to the State of providing workers' compensation coverage for University of Hawaii students. (SD2)
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2024-04-25
Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 811).
SB2216Engross
50%
Clarifies and modernizes the way the State Ethics Commission provides advice and conducts investigations. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
SB3123Engross
50%
Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to access vital records for purposes of verifying Native Hawaiian ancestry for beneficiary programs. Requires the Department of Health and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to enter into a Memorand...
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
SB2556Engross
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)
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2024-04-25
House Conferees Appointed: Takenouchi, Tarnas, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Souza.
HB27Engross
50%
Relating to the state budget. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 25 @ 4:30 pm]

Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 815).
SB3037Engross
50%
Amends the offense of promoting pornography for minors by allowing the prosecution of persons who provide pornographic materials to undercover law enforcement officers who represent themselves as minors for purposes of undercover operations. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
HB2458Engross
50%
Requires the Director of Law Enforcement to investigate alleged violations of the law when directed to do so by the Governor or when the Director determines that an investigation would be in the public interest. Authorizes the Director of Law Enforce...
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2024-04-25
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
HB40Engross
50%
Provides a tax credit to taxpayers and makes deposits to the emergency and budget reserve fund and other post-employment benefits trust fund pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050....
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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 25 @ 4:30 pm]

Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 815).
HB2365Engross
50%
Replaces the Director of Law Enforcement with the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation on the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
HB2070Engross
50%
Requires cash or protest bonds paid or filed by parties initiating an administrative appeal for protests of solicitations or award of contracts under the Hawaii Public Procurement Code to be returned to the initiating parties, minus administrative co...
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2024-04-25
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
SB3033Engross
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Amends the criminal offense statute for tampering with physical evidence to adopt the wording of the Model Penal Code for the same offense. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
SB2333Engross
50%
Allows the Chief Election Officer to use accurate copies of paper ballots, rather than the originals, when conducting a precinct audit of an electronic voting system's tally. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
SB2347Engross
50%
Establishes the offense of habitual violent crime. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to submit a report to the Legislature before the Regular Sessions of 2025 and 2026. Requires the prosecuting attorney of each county to submit data to ...
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
HB1944Engross
50%
Authorizes certain types of radiographical coverage and specialist consultations without a treatment plan within the context of workers' compensation coverage for employees with cervical and lumbar spinal injuries, or suspected cervical and lumbar sp...
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2024-04-25
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
HB2478Engross
50%
Authorizes the Governor to execute a compact on behalf of the State to cooperate in the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Establishes procedures for selection and succession of commissioners from the State of Hawaii. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
SB2193Engross
50%
Amends the offense of use of a computer in the commission of a separate crime to include violation of privacy in the first and second degrees. Repeals on 7/1/2027. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
SB2845Engross
50%
Prohibits a person from selling ammunition to a person under the age of twenty-one. Prohibits a person under the age of twenty-one from owning, possessing, or controlling ammunition, with exceptions. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
HB1922Engross
50%
Expands the department of land and natural resources' rulemaking authority to include any rule deemed necessary to protect certain wildlife. Expands the board of land and natural resources' authority to timely adopt, amend, or repeal certain rules if...
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2024-04-25
Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 811).
SB2197Engross
50%
Amends the definition of "advance gambling activity" to repeal language that included making no effort to prevent the occurrence or continuation of gambling activity. Repeals on 7/1/2029. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
SB2217Engross
50%
Establishes a phased process for adjusting the reporting period for gift disclosures filed with the State Ethics Commission to conform with the fiscal year. Provides for electronic filing of documents required by the State Ethics Commission. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
SB3034Engross
50%
Explicitly categorizes defenses based on intoxication that is not self-induced or is pathological as affirmative defenses. Sunsets 7/1/2034. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
SB2735Engross
50%
Requires the driver's license examination to test the applicant's knowledge of the dangers that larger motor vehicles present to pedestrians and bicyclists. Requires persons who commit the offense of excessively speeding or habitually driving while i...
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2024-04-25
Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 814).
HB2482Engross
50%
Repeals the requirement for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and county clerk's offices to timely post paper or electronic copies of all meeting notices filed by boards in a central location in a public building, and instead, requires the office...
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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 25 @ 9:00 am]

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) McKelvey, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
HB2394Engross
50%
Amends various provisions of the Insurance Code to update and improve existing provisions. Defines "dormant captive insurance company", sets out a procedure to apply for a certificate of dormancy, and exempts certified dormant captive insurance compa...
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2024-04-25
Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 811).
SB3344Engross
50%
Establishes the Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund and Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund Corporation to provide compensation for property damage resulting from catastrophic wildfires in the State. Requires the Corporation's board to report to the Legislature. Mak...
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2024-04-25
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 816).
SB2518Engross
50%
Requires and appropriates funds for the Hawaii State Energy Office to conduct a statewide environmental assessment for, and subsequently administer, a geothermal resources characterization program under the direction of the Hawaii Groundwater and Geo...
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2024-04-24
[Hearing: Apr 25 @ 10:30 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-24 10:30AM in conference room 325.
HB1932Engross
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 ...
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 329.
SB2591Engross
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...
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 2:00PM; Conference Room 325.
HB2074Engross
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...
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
SB2943Engross
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)
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 329.
SB2659Engross
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...
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 325.
SB2687Engross
50%
Prohibits a person from distributing, or entering into an agreement with another person to distribute, materially deceptive media, subject to certain exceptions. Establishes criminal penalties for distributing materially deceptive media. Establishes ...
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 1:45PM; CR 325.
HB2193Engross
50%
Authorizes law enforcement and fire officers to enter and inspect any licensee's or permittee's premises, under certain conditions, to verify compliance with the State's Fireworks Control Law. Establishes procedures for the Department of Law Enforcem...
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2024-04-24
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Rhoads, Kim, Elefante, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
SB3191Engross
50%
Permanently authorizes the University of Hawaii to continue to regulate conflicts of interest and other ethical issues for technology transfer activities sponsored by the University of Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-24
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Perruso, Tarnas, Morikawa, Kapela, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
HB2404Engross
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...
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2024-04-24
[Hearing: Apr 25 @ 4:30 pm]

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-25-24 4:30PM in conference room 309.
HB2619Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for programs and positions in agricultural biosecurity. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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2024-04-24
[Hearing: Apr 25 @ 5:00 pm]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-24 5:00PM in conference room 309.
SB3083Engross
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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-24
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Kitagawa, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Amato.
SB2443Engross
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 ...
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 329.
SB2240Engross
50%
Requires the Office of Elections to file an application with Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. (ERIC), by 6/30/2025, for the State to be admitted as a member of that organization. Requires the Office of Elections to share with each cou...
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2024-04-24
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Nishimoto, Garrett, Holt, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
SB2536Engross
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. ...
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 9:45AM; Conference Room 016.
HB2248Engross
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...
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 3:15PM; Conference Room 229.
HB2369Engross
50%
Increases the maximum interest rate on Community-Based Economic Development loans to ten per cent. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD1)
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2024-04-24
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) DeCoite, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
HB2614Engross
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 ...
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2024-04-24
[Hearing: Apr 25 @ 10:30 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-24 10:30AM in conference room 325.
SB2520Engross
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...
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-24 10:55AM; CR 016.
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