Bills Pending Hawaii House Finance Committee

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HISB2288Engross
50%
Requires that travel reports submitted by state employees, officers, or other representatives of state departments or agencies, in connection with out-of-state or intra-state travel for purposes of official state business, be made available for publi...
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2024-03-19
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HISB3070Engross
50%
Lowers the Employees' Retirement System's funding period to amortize the System's total unfunded accrued liability. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-19
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HISB2652Engross
50%
Expands items that may be contained in the state budget to include information related to vacant positions for reclassification or abolishment. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-19
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HISB2601Engross
50%
Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response. Effective 7/1/...
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2024-03-19
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HISB116Engross
50%
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Duke Kahanamoku. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-19
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HISB2731Engross
50%
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to honor veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-19
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HISB2553Engross
50%
Clarifies the definition of "covered employer" under the Hawaii Retirement Savings Act. Requires covered employers to automatically enroll covered employees into the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program unless the employee chooses to opt out. Effective ...
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2024-03-19
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HISB2640Engross
50%
Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act to authorize the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to provide cash awards to beneficiaries on the waiting list in lieu of a lease. Amends the Hawaiian Home Loan Fund to be allow for the use of cash award payme...
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2024-03-18
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HISB2287Engross
50%
Requires the Information Technology Steering Committee to assist the Chief Information Officer to develop a plan to enhance the mobile application developed to enable the public to access the State's website. Requires the Chief Information Officer's ...
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2024-03-18
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HISB3087Engross
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)
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2024-03-15
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HISB2659Engross
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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2024-03-15
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HISB3006Engross
50%
Exempts the Convention Center from certain requirements regarding concessions on public property. Authorizes the Hawaii Tourism Authority to sell or lease naming rights of the Hawaii Convention Center Facility. Facilitates advertising and marketing i...
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2024-03-15
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HISB2683Engross
50%
Protects individuals who make claims of sexual assault, sexual harassment, or sex discrimination from defamation lawsuits unless the claims were made with malice. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-15
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HISB3363Engross
50%
Provides that a living beneficiary's place on the Department of Hawaiian Home Land's waiting list for any residential, agricultural or pastoral tract may be designated for transfer to a successor if the living beneficiary dies before receiving an off...
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2024-03-15
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HISB2885Engross
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 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2024-03-15
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HISB3109Engross
50%
Gives practical effect to the intent of the Legislature that funds appropriated in Act 279, SLH 2022, be available for expenditure until 6/30/2025. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2024-03-15
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HISB3290Engross
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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-15
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HISB3091Engross
50%
Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of Education for its food service operations. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-15
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HISB3092Engross
50%
Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of Education for charter school operations. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-15
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HISB2600Engross
50%
Authorizes the use of electronic mail to deliver certain documents when purchasing a condominium. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-15
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HISB2959Engross
50%
Establishes a refundable income tax credit for medically-related travel expenses not covered or compensated by insurance or otherwise. Effective 12/31/2050. (HD1)
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2024-03-15
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HISB2257Engross
50%
Authorizes the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to consider qualified individuals with at least an associate's degree or high school diploma with comparable education and coursework, industry experience, and content expertise to teach career and techni...
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2024-03-15
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HISB2143Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Wildfire Management Branch of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Forestry and Wildlife to provide nonprofit organizations with grants for wildfire preparedness and mitigation programming. Effective 7/1...
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2024-03-15
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HISB2112Engross
50%
Amends the definition of "installment lender" to clarify that the law is not intended to eliminate the ability of lenders to make low interest rate loans under the interest and usury law. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-15
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HISB2072Engross
50%
Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as ...
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2024-03-15
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HISB3207Engross
50%
Removes the salary cap of Superintendent of Education. Makes permanent the annual performance evaluation requirements for the Superintendent of Education. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-15
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HISB2406Engross
50%
Requires contracts entered into by the Hawaii Tourism Authority for management of the Hawaii Convention Center facility to include marketing for all uses of the facility. Amends the frequency with which the Hawaii Tourism Authority is required to sub...
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2024-03-15
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HISB3176Engross
50%
Provides deadlines for taxpayers under audit to comply with demands to produce documents and evidence. Requires the Tax Appeal Court to preclude documents or evidence not produced pursuant to a demand from being introduced in evidence in a tax appeal...
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2024-03-15
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HISB2504Engross
50%
Repeals Part II of Act 66, SLH 2023, which 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 Hu...
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2024-03-15
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HISB3094Engross
50%
Establishes a working group within the Office of Wellness and Resilience to create a statewide framework for peer support specialists. Appropriates funds for hiring an administrative facilitator to provide necessary support for the working group. Eff...
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2024-03-14
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HISB3383Engross
50%
Requires the Executive Office on Aging to contract for a statewide needs assessment of the needs of the long-term care workforce for providers of home- and community-based services. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2024-03-14
To House Finance Committee
HIHCR143Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Human Services, Department Of Health, And Judiciary To Prioritize Ensuring That Contracts For Government Services Are Adequately Resourced To Cover The Costs Of Providing Those Services.
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2024-03-14
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HIHR125Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Human Services, Department Of Health, And Judiciary To Prioritize Ensuring That Contracts For Government Services Are Adequately Resourced To Cover The Costs Of Providing Those Services.
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2024-03-14
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HISB3116Engross
50%
Specifies that the priority of selection for preschool open doors program participation applies only during the priority application period between February 1 and the start of each program year. Specifies that applications received after the priority...
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2024-03-14
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HIHCR123Intro
25%
Urging Each County To Stop Levying Minimum Real Property Taxes Upon Property That Would Be Greater Than The Real Property Tax Levied Under The County's Standard Tax Rate For The Property.
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2024-03-13
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HIHR103Intro
25%
Urging Each County To Stop Levying Minimum Real Property Taxes Upon Property That Would Be Greater Than The Real Property Tax Levied Under The County's Standard Tax Rate For The Property.
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2024-03-13
To House Finance Committee
HIHCR110Intro
25%
Urging The President Of The United States And United States Congress To Return The United States Monetary System To The Gold Standard.
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2024-03-13
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HIHR91Intro
25%
Urging The President Of The United States And United States Congress To Return The United States Monetary System To The Gold Standard.
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2024-03-13
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HISB2831Engross
50%
Authorizes the Department of Taxation, under certain circumstances, to assist a county in levying, assessing, collecting, and otherwise administering the county transient accommodations tax, including delinquencies and penalties, for a 6-year period ...
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2024-03-07
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HISB2280Engross
50%
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the State. Requires funding to be through a publicprivate partnership that meets certain requirements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2024-03-07
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HISB3068Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to support the State's continued response to the August 2023 wildfires that affected the counties of Hawaii and Maui. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
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HISB2725Engross
50%
For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023, adds a definition for "qualified member" and repeals the definitions for "direct member" and "indirect member" as used in the State's pass-through entity taxation election law. For pass-through entities e...
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2024-03-07
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HISB3289Engross
50%
Amends the definition of Hawaii taxable estate to provide that the marital deduction under section 2056 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to the passage of any interest in property to any immediate family member. Amends the state generation-sk...
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2024-03-07
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HISB2890Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to develop or license cloud-based software for use by each state department or agency to track the status of its capital improvement projects and provide training for the software. Requires e...
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2024-03-07
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HISB3173Engross
50%
Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2023.
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2024-03-07
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HIHB2806Intro
25%
Establishes the Hawaii opioid litigation proceeds special fund. Establishes the Hawaii opioid litigation proceeds council to oversee the Hawaii opioid settlement advisory committee's expenditure of opioid litigation proceeds. Establishes standards fo...
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2024-02-28
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HIHB2781Intro
25%
Establishes a surcharge on general excise and use taxes. Effective 1/1/2031.
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2024-02-27
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HIHB2778Intro
25%
Establishes a surcharge on the transient accommodations tax for transient vacation rental located outside a zoned resort area. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-23
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HIHB2682Intro
25%
Provides that the Hawaiian language college revolving fund may include moneys from any revenue source. Provides that the fund and the Hawaiian early learning trust fund shall support the Imiloa astronomy center. Establishes a cap on individual deposi...
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2024-02-23
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HISB1511Engross
50%
Clarifies the purpose of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii and that its undertakings shall be limited to acts that are reasonably necessary to carry out its purpose. Repeals the requirement that the University of Hawaii contract wi...
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2024-02-21
To House Finance Committee
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