Bills Pending Hawaii House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee

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HIHB1690Intro
25%
Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries Maui Electric Company and Hawaii Electric Light Company for multi-project capital improvement programs.
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2024-01-24
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2179Intro
25%
Requires publicly held domestic corporations to have gender-diverse boards of directors. Establishes reporting requirements for the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes penalties.
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2024-01-24
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1979Intro
25%
Establishes the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program to be implemented and administered by the Department of Health. Requires the Department of Health to obtain federal approval, make reports, and adopt rules. Appropriates funds.
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2024-01-24
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HIHB2124Intro
25%
Prohibits geotagging on public lands in the State.
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2024-01-24
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2047Intro
25%
Establishes a lava zone insurance fund to subsidize the cost of insurance premiums for properties in lava zones 1 and 2. Defines lava zones 1 and 2. Appropriates funds.
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2024-01-24
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1416Intro
25%
Requires the department of human services to adopt rules, contingent on the approval of the Hawaii state plan amendment by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to remove the $2,000-per-individual asset limit for eligibility for assistance ...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB298Intro
25%
Creates licensure and regulation requirements for managers of homeowners' associations, planned community associations, cooperative housing corporations, and unit owners' associations in the State. Establishes an Association Manager Licensing Board w...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1298Intro
25%
Prohibits the use of proxies in condominium association voting. Requires associations to allow members to vote by mail and attend and cast votes in association meetings through internet, teleconference, or other electronic transmission technology. Re...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB871Intro
25%
Requires that a written disclaimer be provided by sellers or providers of emotional support animals or certificates or identification tags for emotional support animals that the animal is not a service animal or the item does not qualify as an item f...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB23Intro
25%
changes from 35% to 20% the light transmittance requirement for certain motor vehicle sun screening devices.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB87Intro
25%
Effective 1/1/2024, prohibits the retail sale or offer for retail sale of single-use plastic bottles designed to hold less than two liters of bottled water for oral consumption, with certain exceptions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
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HISB385Engross
50%
Establishes registration and driver's licensing requirements for operation of electric rickshaws. Defines electric rickshaw. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
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HIHB924Intro
25%
Amends the exemption from the requirement that plans and specifications for construction projects be prepared and construction observed by a licensed engineer, architect, or landscape architect to be determined by floor area of work rather than estim...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1462Engross
50%
Establishes a limited-profit housing associations working group. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
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HIHB893Intro
25%
Requires condominium associations and planned community associations that have a service agreement with a towing company to maintain and provide to the towing company a "do not tow" list of authorized resident vehicles. Prohibits authorized vehicles ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB54Engross
50%
Prohibits the operation of gasoline-powered leaf blowers in any urban land use districts. Increases the amounts of fines for violations of leaf blower restrictions and provides for the forfeiture of gasoline-powered leaf blowers upon a third violatio...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1287Intro
25%
Requires manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available to owners and independent repair providers, on fair and reasonable terms, the documentation, parts, and tools used to diagnose, maintain, and repair the equipment.
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2023-12-11
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HISB612Engross
50%
Requires that a written disclaimer be provided by sellers or providers of emotional support animals or certificates or identification tags for emotional support animals that the animal is not a service animal or the item does not qualify as an item f...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB320Engross
50%
Establishes a working group to study the feasibility and effects of the State adopting the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
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HIHB587Intro
25%
Requires each county to submit to the Legislature a comprehensive integrated wastewater management plan report that addresses and identifies the county's wastewater management needs, including financial needs. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
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HIHB144Intro
25%
Repeals section 46-19.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the counties to determine the proper requirements for residential fire sprinkler systems.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1084Intro
25%
Increases the per wine gallon tax on alcoholic beverages.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1497Intro
25%
Establishes a framework to regulate controllers and processors with access to personal consumer data. Provides that a violation of the consumer data privacy act constitutes an unfair method of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in ...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB1130Engross
50%
Makes a principal of an activity desk, and all persons with an ownership interest in the activity desk, jointly and severally liable for any financial deficiency when the activity desk's client trust account is insufficient to pay consumers or activi...
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2023-12-11
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HISB465Engross
50%
Authorizes qualifying patients and qualifying out-of-state patients to transport cannabis between islands of the State for personal medical use; provided that no individual or entity shall be required to violate federal law. Requires the Department o...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1104Engross
50%
Amends the definition of "cannabis" to include cannabis propagules, cuttings, and seeds. Defines "cannabis cutting" and "cannabis propagule". Requires a licensed dispensary's production center to submit to DOH an inventory of cannabis propagules, cut...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1523Engross
50%
Requires the State Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects to, upon its denial of an application for licensure, provide the applicant with a written notice of denial accompanied by a written explanation describ...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1374Intro
25%
Makes explicit the counties' authority to regulate hosting platforms providing booking services for short-term rentals. Includes swapping, bartering, or exchange of a residential dwelling, or portion thereof, in the definition of "short-term rental"....
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1146Intro
25%
Establishes a carbon emissions tax credit. Expands the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to include carbon emissions. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB664Intro
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Authorizes physician assistants to sign orders for respiratory therapy and plans of care. Expands the class of health care providers under whom respiratory therapists may practice respiratory care to include physician assistants and advanced practice...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1259Intro
25%
Allows direct shipment of all forms of liquor, rather than just wine, by certain licensees. Requires the county liquor commissions to adopt rules. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
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HISB158Engross
50%
Establishes that charging shipping and delivery charges that exceed the actual cost charged to the seller to ship or deliver a consumer commodity or consumer package to a consumer in Hawaii constitutes an unfair and deceptive practice. Effective 7/1/...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB242Intro
25%
Prohibits the interception or use of certain communications unless both parties consent.
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB631Intro
25%
A bill establishing a task force to examine the state policy for the regulation and licensing of occupations. Preliminary report to the 2024 legislature, final report and proposed legislation to the 2025 legislature.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB575Intro
25%
Prohibits the operation of gasoline-powered leaf blowers in any urban land use district. Applies the existing time-of-use restrictions on leaf blowers to non-gasoline-powered leaf blowers. Increases the fines for offenses of leaf blower restrictions ...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB64Engross
50%
Requires the insurance commissioner to establish an annual enrollment period for medigap insurance plans. Requires issuers of Medigap insurance in the State to accept an eligible individual's application for coverage during the open enrollment period...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB13Intro
25%
For time share plans that use title-holding trusts, requires the developer to submit a title report evidencing that the title vested in the trustee. For time share plans that use a notice of time share plan, requires the recordation of the notice and...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB687Engross
50%
Increases the amount of malt beverages, wine, and alcohol that a small craft producer pub licensee may produce during the license year. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB113Engross
50%
Clarifies that calculations to determine whether a non-perishable good labeled "Hawaii Made" has met the requirement that at least 51% of the wholesale value of the product is added by production within the State include operating and overhead expens...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB301Intro
25%
Requires the court to automatically seal or remove from the Judiciary's publicly accessible database any information relevant to the arrest or case of a person for whom an expungement order has been entered. Requires the Judiciary and the Examiner of...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB681Intro
25%
Exempts any code with an official publication date within four years of the prior code publication date from certain adoption requirements. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB666Intro
25%
Adopts the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact to create a comprehensive process that complements the existing licensing and regulatory authority of state medical boards and provides a streamlined process that allows physicians to become licensed in...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB530Intro
25%
Short form bill relating to utilities.
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB973Engross
50%
Requires rental vehicle companies using state facilities to pay or reimburse the State to construct new or use existing state electric vehicle charging infrastructure at those facilities, beginning January 1, 2028. Establishes a task force to develop...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1219Intro
25%
Defines "cannabis cutting" and "cannabis propagule". Amends the definition of "cannabis" to include cannabis propagules and cannabis cuttings. Allows qualifying patients and primary caregivers who are authorized to cultivate cannabis for medical use ...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB1201Engross
50%
Requires condominium associations to register on an annual basis, rather than on a biennial basis. Adds an additional annual condominium education trust fund fee to be used to support the annual registration with attached documents of the association...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB327Intro
25%
Beginning 1/1/2024, prohibits the issuance of building permits for new single-family dwellings that are part of a development of ten or more dwellings and do not include a rooftop photovoltaic energy generating system, under certain circumstances. Au...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB527Intro
25%
Short form bill relating to consumer protection.
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB663Intro
25%
Increases the categories of women required to be covered for mammogram screenings. Requires the existing health insurance mandate for coverage of low-dose mammography to include digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis. Defines "digital b...
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2023-12-11
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HISB910Engross
50%
Restricts the sale of liquor under temporary liquor licenses to confined and demarcated spaces not located on public streets, roads, sidewalks, or pedestrian walkways. Applies restrictions to temporary liquor licenses granted to nonprofit organizatio...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
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