| SB572 | Pass | Adds loan funds administered by certified Nonprofit Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) for certain for-sale affordable housing projects to the list of loan priorities for the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund. Expands the use ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-09
Act 312, on 07/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1425). |
| SB933 | Pass | Appropriates moneys to the Office of Community Services of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for the award of grants for fiscal year 2025-2026. Establishes an evaluation and selection committee to oversee the awarding of grants. Author...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-09
Act 310, on 07/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1423). |
| SB79 | Pass | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to determine the effect of any proposed state or county housing projects that may affect a historical property, an aviation artifact, or a burial site within ninety days of a request for determina...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-09
Act 311, on 07/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1424). |
| HB420 | Pass | Clarifies that the statute of repose applies to contract, tort, and statutory claims. Clarifies the required contents of a notice of claim of a construction defect served on a contractor. Clarifies the process and time frame by which a claimant may a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-09
Act 308, on 07/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1421). |
| SB1170 | Pass | Authorizes the director of a county planning department to issue a special management area use permit to redevelop permanent affordable multi-family rental housing that has been substantially destroyed as result of certain natural disasters, with cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-09
Act 313, on 07/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1426). |
| HB431 | Pass | Part I: Establishes requirements for kauhale projects, including reporting requirements by the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions (OHHS). Requires the Auditor to conduct a management and performance audit of the kauhale initiative...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-09
Act 309, on 07/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1422). |
| SB465 | Pass | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a study of the carrying capacity of Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor and its surrounding area in the County of Kauai. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-08
Act 307, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1420). |
| HB794 | Pass | Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by Article VII, Section 13, of the Hawaii State Constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-08
Act 305, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1418). |
| HB1064 | Pass | Effectuates the recommendations of the "Phase 3" Forward-Looking Report by Fire Safety Research Institute on the 2023 Maui wildfires and further clarifies the appointment and role of the State Fire Marshal. Establishes the Office of the State Fire Ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-08
Act 302, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1415). |
| SB223 | Pass | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish an independent program relating to the prevention, control, and extinguishment of wildland fires within forest reserves. Authorizes the Administrator of Forestry and Wildlife to estab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-08
Act 303, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1416). |
| SB1296 | Pass | Exempts reconstruction of any lawfully constructed structure that was damaged or destroyed in a disaster proclaimed by the Governor to constitute a state of emergency or a disaster declared pursuant to federal law from the requirements of a special m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-08
Act 304, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1417). |
| HB1001 | Pass | Establishes the Maui Wildfires Settlement Trust Fund to be administered by the Attorney General. Appropriates funds to fund the settlement of claims related to the 2023 Maui wildfires. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-08
Act 301, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1414). |
| HB830 | Pass | Beginning 7/1/2026, authorizes the State Historic Preservation Division to contract its review of proposed state projects and projects affecting historic properties to third-party consultants under certain circumstances. Establishes requirements for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-08
Act 306, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1419). |
| HB613 | Pass | Makes the Safe Spaces for Youth Pilot Program permanent within the Office of Youth Services. Requires the program to collaborate with certain state and county departments. Authorizes the Office of Youth Services to contract with nonprofit organizatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-07
Act 297, on 07/07/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1408). |
| HB320 | Pass | Allows qualified adults, including adults with a disability, mentally ill adults, and adults sixty-five years of age or older, to enter into supported decision-making agreements with one or more members of a supportive community. Specifies the terms ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-07
Act 284, on 07/07/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1412, Bill title corrected). |
| SB1044 | Pass | Expands the powers of the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and reactivates the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to help stabilize the property insurance market in the State. Establishes the Condominium Loan Program and the Condominium Loan Revolving...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-07
Act 296, on 07/07/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1407). |
| HB1462 | Pass | Expands the Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program to include at least two sites on the island of Oahu, including one program in an area with a disproportionate number of individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental hea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-07
Act 300, on 07/07/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1411). |
| SB1231 | Pass | Repeals the Uniform Parentage Act of 1973 and updates laws relating to parentage, including enacting portions of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-07
Act 298, on 07/07/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1409). |
| HB943 | Pass | Expands existing crisis intervention programs by requiring, and appropriating funds for, the Department of Health to establish a Homeless Triage and Treatment Center Program within its Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division to serve homeless individuals and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-07
Act 299, on 07/07/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1410). |
| HB705 | Pass | Establishes a Medi-Medi Project within the Executive Office on Aging to assist older adults, Medicare beneficiaries, individuals with disabilities, and other underserved populations who may qualify for various low-income subsidy programs to gain acce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 287, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1390). |
| SB935 | Pass | Amends the retirement allowance for a member who first earns credited service as a judge after 6/30/2031 to 1.75 per cent of the judge's average final compensation for each year of credited service as a judge. Requires the Department of Human Resourc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 290, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1393). |
| HB474 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to fund the current Fall Prevention Campaign. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 285, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1388). |
| SB1221 | Pass | Beginning 1/1/2027, requires the counties to adopt ordinances for the regulation of retention and detention ponds. Requires the counties to conduct a survey of existing retention and detention ponds and submit a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 281, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1384). |
| SB15 | Pass | Amends the definition of "historic property" to require that the property is over fifty years old and meets the criteria for inclusion in the Hawaii Register of Historic Places. Excludes proposed projects on existing residential property and proposed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 293, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1396). |
| HB800 | Pass | Provides for the transfer of certain parcels in the Liliha Civic Center area and Iwilei Fire Station area from various state agencies to the City and County of Honolulu. Provides for the transfer of the parcel of land upon which Alii Tower is sited f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 289, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1392). |
| SB38 | Pass | Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide counties with an opportunity to comment on certain housing development projects. Prohibits the legislative body of a county from imposing stricter conditions than the Hawaii H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 294, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1397). |
| HB700 | Pass | Establishes, with certain exceptions, standardized cognitive assessments for qualified Medicare beneficiaries. Establishes a two-year Dementia Data Pilot Program within the Executive Office on Aging to collect and analyze cognitive assessment data. R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 286, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1389). |
| SB1252 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to establish positions within the University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine's Department of Geriatric Medicine to coordinate and incorporate training on Alzheimer's disease and other...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 283, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1386). |
| HB703 | Pass | Extends the sunset date for the State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna to 6/30/2028. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 282, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1385). |
| SB104 | Pass | Beginning 7/1/2026, restricts the use of restrictive housing in state-operated and state-contracted correctional facilities, with certain specified exceptions. Establishes a restrictive housing legislative working group to develop and recommend more ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 292, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1395). |
| SB447 | Pass | Establishes a Hiring Pilot Program within the Department of Health, which includes an amended hiring procedure for delegated position classifications, certain flexibilities regarding minimum qualifications for positions having a salary range at or be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 291, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1394). |
| SB66 | Pass | Establishes procedures and requirements for single-family and multi-family housing project applicants to apply for an expedited permit, including requirements for completeness of expedited permit applications, duties of licensed professionals and the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 295, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1398). |
| HB126 | Pass | Increases transparency and accountability surrounding property forfeiture. Clarifies which property is subject to forfeiture. Amends the authorized disposition of forfeited property and the proceeds thereof. Requires the Attorney General to adopt rul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 288, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1391). |
| SB264 | Pass | Establishes the amount of compensation for private-sector examiners who evaluate a criminal defendant's fitness to proceed or penal responsibility in a legal case. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 274, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1377). |
| SB825 | Pass | Beginning 2/5/2026, extends the period for a notice of termination of a rental agreement from five business days to ten calendar days; requires landlords, or their agents, and tenants to engage in mediation and requires landlords and their agents to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 278, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1381). |
| SB1511 | Pass | Prohibits vessels longer than seventy-five feet from entering Hanalei Bay. Exempts vessels operated by a federal, state, or county agency. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 280, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1383). |
| HB1482 | Pass | Beginning 1/1/2026, requires manufactured hemp product distributors and manufactured hemp product retailers to obtain a certificate of registration from DOH. Establishes the offense of unlawful hemp distribution or retailing. Specifies the authority ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 269, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1372). |
| HB795 | Pass | Appropriates general revenues for deposit into the emergency and budget reserve fund pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 267, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1370). |
| HB422 | Pass | Repeals the construction cost component of school impact fees. Exempts government housing developments, affordable housing units and projects, and Hawaiian home lands housing from school impact fees. Requires the School Facilities Authority to adopt ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 268, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1371). |
| SB850 | Pass | Requires the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to collect data and submit to the Legislature a report focused on the health disparities experienced by individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities in the State prior to the con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 275, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1378). |
| SB1500 | Pass | Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to appoint a receiver to take temporary action necessary to assure continued adequate electric services from failing regulated investor-owned electric utilities. Requires an appointed receiver to recognize a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 277, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1380). |
| HB1051 | Pass | Requires energy-efficiency portfolio standards to be designed to achieve 6,000 gigawatt hours of electricity use reductions statewide by 2045. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish additional interim standards for electricity use redu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 272, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1375). |
| SB739 | Pass | Allows the Governor to negotiate land exchanges, subject to approval by the Board of Land and Natural Resources, to acquire lands that are suitable for long-term diversified agricultural production in exchange for land for private affordable, workfor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 279, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1382). |
| SB589 | Pass | Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish an installation goal for customer-sited distributed energy resources in the State. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish tariffs to achieve the installation goal and for grid servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 266, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1369). |
| HB237 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the Family Health Services Division of the Department of Health to establish and oversee peer-to-peer support programs for children from birth to age five and their families, including the establishment of program specialist po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 271, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1374). |
| SB1373 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and certain licensing boards to automatically revoke and refuse to renew, restore, or reinstate the professional licenses or certification of registered sex offenders. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 273, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1376). |
| HB957 | Pass | Designates the first Friday in May of each year as "Laulau Day" in the State. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 270, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1373). |
| SB1065 | Pass | Prohibits the State or any of its departments, agencies, or political subdivisions from requiring a bachelor's degree as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state or county employment. Establishes exemptions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 276, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1379). |
| HB1007 | Pass | Authorizes the Hawaii Community Development Authority to cooperate with or assist public and private sector entities to engage in projects that improve the State. Amends the membership of the HCDA board of directors. Establishes the Transit-oriented ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-01
Act 252, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1355). |
| SB951 | Pass | Requires mandatory written reports of child abuse or neglect to the Department of Human Services to include the military status of the child's parent or other persons responsible for the child's care, if known. Requires the Department of Human Servic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-01
Act 260, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1363). |
