| HI | SB2323 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the assessment of any fines, fees, or court costs against a person who was adjudicated for an offense committed while the person was a minor under the age of eighteen years, or against the person's parent or guardian. Discharges all related...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB3041 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies membership and certain powers and duties of the Law Enforcement Standards Board and establishes new deadlines for the completion of Board responsibilities. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB3155 | Intro
Sine Die | Abolishes the Task Force on Beach and Water Safety and the Risk Assessment Working Group. Requires the design and placement of warning signs, devices, and systems to be approved by the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources for state ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2843 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that the Governor's and mayors' emergency management powers shall be consistent with the Hawaii State Constitution. Clarifies the scope of the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to exten...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2204 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a county to initiate a land use boundary amendment to implement the county's general plan. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB238 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a working group to examine reparations for victims of child sexual abuse and the fiscal impact for childcare insurance providers, including increased premiums. Requires a report to the Legislature. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
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| HI | SB2152 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the discretion of the Land Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources by requiring the Board of Land and Natural Resources to approve all revoked, limited, condemned, removed, or modified public land leases or revocable permits. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
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| HI | SB2331 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that the Governor may waive historic preservation requirements in an emergency proclamation only when there is an imminent or presently occurring emergency which threatens health and safety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
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| HI | SB2151 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to obtain approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources before taking any action on a revocable permit. Prohibits tenant eviction in the year of renewal or during the renewed year. Takes e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
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| HI | SB2297 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources' authority shall supersede the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority for all lands designated under the state conservation district; provided that the Board of Land and Natural Resources ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2386 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes presidential preference primary elections for the 2028 election cycle. Takes effect 6/1/2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2396 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the distribution of electioneering communications before an election that a person knows or should have known are deceptive and fraudulent deepfakes of a candidate or party.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
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| HI | SB2903 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits public entry into wildfire-affected areas for the purpose of habitation until the Department of Health provides notice that the wildfire-affected area is safe to enter for this purpose.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
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| HI | SB2543 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires government entities to seek reimbursement for search and rescue expenses from persons who require rescue after ignoring warning signs, leaving a hiking trail to enter a prohibited area, or hiking on a trail closed to the public. Takes effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
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| HI | SB3112 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the loan limit for direct loans provided by DHHL to seventy-five percent of the maximum single residence loan amount allowed in Hawaii by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration, instea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
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| HI | SB3113 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the allowable loan term for direct loans provided by DHHL to be forty years, instead of thirty years, as currently outlined in section 215 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
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| HI | SB2042 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires counties to grant building permits within sixty days if the application is stamped and certified by a licensed engineer and architect and other certain conditions are met. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
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| HI | SB2655 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Hawaiian Homes Commission to retain independent legal counsel. Authorizes the Hawaiian Homes Commission to use the services of the Attorney General as needed. Provides that funds owed to independent legal counsel shall be paid by the Hawai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
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| HI | SB2647 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the allowable loan term for direct loans provided by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to forty years, instead of thirty years, as currently outlined in section 215 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended. Takes effect on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
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| HI | SB2646 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the loan limit for direct loans provided by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to 75% of the maximum single residence loan amount allowed in Hawaii by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Admini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
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| HI | SB2435 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to administer an undivided interest Lease Award Program for beneficiaries on the homestead lease waiting list who are sixty years old or older or terminally ill, under certain conditions. Requires the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
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| HI | SB462 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the amount of interest in real property that is exempt from attachment and execution. Amends the value of personal property that is exempt from attachment and execution, including increasing the exemption amount for a motor vehicle. Exempts...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
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| HI | SB471 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits camping in public areas that are not designated as camping locations by the State or a county with certain exceptions. Allows the court to order violators to participate in homeless services in lieu of prosecution or sentencing. Requires th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
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| HI | SB2307 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with various agencies and upon request of the inmates, to assist inmates in obtaining the inmates' civil identification card, birth certificate, social security card, and oth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
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| HI | SB3250 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to provide that if a United States census shows that the state Native Hawaiian population decreased by no less than 5% since the prior United States census, all state legislators in office at ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
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| HI | SB3295 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires defendants convicted of causing the death of a parent or legal guardian of a minor child by the operation of a vehicle in a negligent manner while under the influence of drugs or alcohol to make restitution in the form of financial support t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
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| HI | SB3221 | Intro
Sine Die | Decreases the gift value amount required for legislators, employees, and their spouses and dependent children to file a gifts disclosure statement with the State Ethics Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
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| HI | SB3228 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Office of the Attorney General to identify all administrative rules, statutory provisions, accounts, special funds, and other legal provisions that require amendment to redesignate the Department of Health as the Department of Environmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
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| HI | SB3306 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits state and county contractors from participating in election campaign activities including canvassing, sign holding, and other volunteer support for a candidate or noncandidate committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
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| HI | SB3223 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows vacancies in the Senate and House of Representatives to be filled by an appointee without selection by the Governor from a list of three prospective appointees if the appointee was selected by the political party by unanimous vote using the ra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
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| HI | SB3353 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a person established a new residence in a place if that person has been absent for a prolonged period of time during which the person has only been in one place.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
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| HI | SB3051 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as counties, to issue tax increment bonds and to exclude tax increment bonds in calculating the debt l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
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| HI | SB2995 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires petitions or motions for a pro hac vice appearance for a court proceeding or arbitration proceeding to be supported by evidence of the applicant's and local counsel's Hawaii business registrations, the applicant's and local counsel's Hawaii ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
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| HI | SB3038 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends section 663-10.5, HRS, to abolish joint and several liability for government entities in claims and cases relating to the maintenance and design of highways under chapter 663, HRS, so that government entities are only liable in certain cases f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
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| HI | SB2971 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent exposure from a petty misdemeanor to a misdemeanor if the victim is less than sixteen years of age. Provides that the state of mind requirement is not applicable to the fact that the victim is l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
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| HI | SB3035 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the offense of manslaughter to include cases where a person knowingly and unlawfully distributes a dangerous drug in any amount and thereby recklessly causes the death of another person who ingested that drug.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
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| HI | SB2689 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a state-initiated process to expunge records of arrests and convictions pursuant to section 712-1249, Hawaii Revised Statutes, at no cost to the record holder. Requires the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to submit biannual reports to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
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| HI | SB2138 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that each vote cast for a question on a ballot for the ratification of a constitutional amendment be counted in the negative only if the ballot properly indicates that the vote is in the negative.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
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| HI | SB2724 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires defendants convicted of causing the death of a parent or legal guardian of a minor child by the operation of a vehicle in a negligent manner while under the influence of drugs or alcohol to make restitution in the form of financial support t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
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| HI | SB2868 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an online fantasy sports contests registration and monitoring program under the Department of the Attorney General. Imposes an online fantasy sports contests tax on the gross revenues of registrants. Establishes the Online Fantasy Sports ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
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| HI | SB2704 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits civil asset forfeiture unless the covered offense is a felony for which the property owner has been convicted. Excludes the forfeiture proceedings for an animal pending criminal charges. Requires the Attorney General to deposit the net proc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2612 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the offense of habitual runaway.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2884 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes a constitutional amendment to ensure that the basis to marriage shall not be denied or abridged on the basis of race or sex.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
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| HI | SB2929 | Intro
Sine Die | Lowers the blood alcohol concentration threshold for driving while under the influence of alcohol from 0.08 to 0.05.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2953 | Intro
Sine Die | Abolishes the boards of registration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2705 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits civil asset forfeiture unless the covered offense is a felony for which the property owner has been convicted. Excludes the forfeiture proceedings for an animal pending criminal charges. Requires the Attorney General to deposit the net proc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2604 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a court's authority to issue an order restricting abusive litigation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2190 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 20242025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
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| HI | SB2378 | Intro
Sine Die | Updates the Uniform Probate Code by reducing the number of required publications of a notice to creditors by a trustee to once a week for two successive weeks, consistent with amendments made by Act 158, SLH 2023, to publication requirements applicab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
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| HI | SB2393 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes to amend article XVI, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to more closely reflect the language of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. (ConAm)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
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