| HI | HB145 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to transmit all expungement orders to the Judiciary to effectuate the purposes of Act 159, SLH 2023. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1350) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| HI | HB226 | Engross
50% | Prohibits a person from installing, mounting, adhering, affixing, or using any sun screening device in conjunction with the glazing material of a motor vehicle with mirrored, metallic, red, yellow, amber, or blue tint. Requires all drivers and passen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | HB299 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for the Native Resources and Fire Protection Program and Hawaii Invasive Species Council to ensure their long-term viability and continue to control and eradicate invasive species in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB431 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Office of the Governor for the continued implementation of the Kauhale Initiative and Ohana Zones Pilot Program. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for the development of supportive ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB427 | Engross
50% | Renames the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (Department) and the Board of Agriculture to the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity. Establishes a Deputy Chairperson for Biosecurity. Requires the Department to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB441 | Engross
50% | Beginning 1/1/2026, increases the cigarette tax from sixteen cents to eighteen cents and amends the disposition of cigarette tax revenues by allocating the increase in the cigarette tax amount for debt reduction for the Cancer Research Center of Hawa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB550 | Engross
50% | Allows recordings made by law enforcement agencies who are using, controlling, or operating unmanned aerial vehicles to establish probable cause for arrests under the Fireworks Control Law if the unmanned aerial vehicle is recording directly above pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB664 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Office of Gun Violence Prevention to conduct community outreach on gun violence prevention, develop and administer a grant program for gun violence prevention, and develop and administer a gun violence resource bank. Moves the Gun Vio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB549 | Engross
50% | Establishes an Early Learning Apprenticeship Grant Program to be administered by the University of Hawaii to provide financial support for early learning program service providers in the State to participate in state- or federally-approved early lear...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB624 | Engross
50% | Creates a School Psychologists Working Group within the Department of Education to recommend actionable steps or propose legislation for an immediate pathway to licensure for school psychologists that can be acted upon in 2026. Requires a report to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB544 | Engross
50% | Establishes a regulatory framework specifically for pet insurance based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Pet Insurance Model Act. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
[Hearing: Mar 25 @ 10:01 am]
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-25-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. |
| HI | HB505 | Engross
50% | Establishes a WAI Policy Coordinator for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB534 | Engross
50% | Prohibits the sale of any processed food item with raw ahi product as an ingredient by retail establishments without a label that states the country where the ahi was landed. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
[Hearing: Mar 27 @ 9:30 am]
The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 03-27-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. |
| HI | HB531 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to recognize the University of Hawaii Cancer Center. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB806 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct sting operations on Oahu to enforce fireworks ordinances or laws. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB705 | Engross
50% | Establishes a temporary Medi-Medi Project within the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program to be administered by the Executive Office on Aging to assist older adults, Medicare beneficiaries, individuals with disabilities, and other underse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB714 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to support educational training programs to expand the State's health care workforce, including funding to support health care certification programs offered in public high schools and education programs that support certified nurs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB860 | Engross
50% | Specifies that the State or county may undertake limited resurfacing of an existing road surface of any street of which the ownership or jurisdiction is in dispute between the State and county. Limits any additional liability for the State and counti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | HB960 | Engross
50% | Increases the maximum value of capital advancement contracts that may be executed by the Department of Transportation without legislative approval. Increases the minimum value of capital advancement contracts requirement for the Department of Transpo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB969 | Engross
50% | Prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of any waste or disposal facility on land that is above a significant aquifer as determined by the Department of Health. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB952 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Collection Database to be administered by the State Health Planning and Development Agency, to house a collection of data on the incidence of Parkinson's disease in the State. Establishes the Parkinson's D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB951 | Engross
50% | Allows a patient who has been seen in person by a health care provider who is in the same medical group as the prescribing provider authorized pursuant to section 329-33, HRS, to be prescribed an opiate prescription for a three-day supply or less via...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
[Hearing: Mar 27 @ 9:30 am]
The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 03-27-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. |
| HI | HB958 | Engross
50% | Prohibits individuals under 15 years of age from riding a class 3 electric bicycle. Amends the age requirement for helmet use from 16 to 18 years of age. Allows use of electric bicycles on public sidewalks, subject to certain conditions. Establishes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | HB1179 | Engross
50% | Creates a framework for the licensure of rural emergency hospitals at the state level by the Department of Health. Provides for the continuation of Medicaid policy protections for hospitals transitioning to a rural emergency hospital designation. Eff...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB1300 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1483 | Engross
50% | Amends multiple definitions and penalties for fireworks offenses, including heightened penalties if another person suffers substantial bodily injury, serious bodily injury, or death as a result of the fireworks offenses. Establishes various criminal ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HCR27 | Intro
25% | Requesting Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Petition The United States Department Of Agriculture To Address The Lack Of Parity Between Hawaii And Other States And Territories Pertaining To The Export Of Agricultural Goods.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Ward. |
| HI | HR26 | Intro
25% | Requesting Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Petition The United States Department Of Agriculture To Address The Lack Of Parity Between Hawaii And Other States And Territories Pertaining To The Export Of Agricultural Goods.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Ward. |
| HI | HCR36 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Auditor To Assess The Social And Financial Effects Of Proposed Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage For Colorectal Cancer Screenings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HCR35 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Auditor To Assess The Social And Financial Effects Of Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage For Biomarker Testing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HCR37 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Collaborate With Relevant Agencies To Develop Initiatives And Outreach Programs To Inform Kupuna About Emergency Preparedness.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Morikawa, Woodson. |
| HI | HCR69 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Office Of The State Fire Marshal To Convene A Vegetation Management Working Group To Study, Evaluate, And Make Recommendations For Regulations That Define Property Owner Obligations For Vegetation Management On Public And Private Prope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Morikawa, Woodson. |
| HI | HR62 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Office Of The State Fire Marshal To Convene A Vegetation Management Working Group To Study, Evaluate, And Make Recommendations For Regulations That Define Property Owner Obligations For Vegetation Management On Public And Private Prope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Morikawa, Woodson. |
| HI | HR134 | Intro
25% | Urging The Hawaii Sister-state Committee To Evaluate And Develop Recommendations For The Initiation Of A Sister-state Relationship Between Hawaii And New Zealand To Foster Stronger Ties In Economic Development, Arts And Cultural Exchange, Education, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kong, Lee, M., Sayama, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela, Garrett. |
| HI | HCR140 | Intro
25% | Urging The Hawaii Sister-state Committee To Evaluate And Develop Recommendations For The Initiation Of A Sister-state Relationship Between Hawaii And New Zealand To Foster Stronger Ties In Economic Development, Arts And Cultural Exchange, Education, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kong, Lee, M., Sayama, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela, Garrett. |
| HI | HR169 | Intro
25% | Urging The Department Of Health To Undertake Preliminary Education, Outreach, And Vaccination Drive Efforts At Schools In Hawaii With Vaccination Rates Under Fifty Percent, Prioritizing Schools With Vaccination Rates Under Thirty Percent, Beginning A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Olds; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HCR173 | Intro
25% | Urging The Department Of Health To Undertake Preliminary Education, Outreach, And Vaccination Drive Efforts At Schools In Hawaii With Vaccination Rates Under Fifty Percent, Prioritizing Schools With Vaccination Rates Under Thirty Percent, Beginning A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Olds; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB110 | Engross
50% | Modifies certain benchmark goals and timeline for the Department of Education to provide locally-sourced agricultural and food products. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB432 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Mixed-Income Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to prioritize development of workforce rental and for-sale housing projects for qualified residents as defined in section 201H-32, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB437 | Engross
50% | Requires, and appropriates funds for, the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish an out-of-state office in the Republic of the Philippines. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB546 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Aloha Intelligence Institute within the University of Hawaii to develop, support, and advance artificial intelligence initiatives statewide. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB718 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine for faculty positions in the fields of cardiovascular biology, tropical medicine, and quantitative health biostatistics, and an environmental health and safety officer st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB703 | Engross
50% | Extends the sunset date for the State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna to 6/30/2028. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB701 | Engross
50% | Establishes a Family Caregiver Tax Credit for nonpaid family caregivers. Requires the Department of Taxation to submit annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1293 | Engross
50% | Exempts Department of Education purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products less than a certain amount from the electronic procurement system requirement. Requires at least three written quotes for Department of Education purchases o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HR184 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Demolition Waste Reduction Working Group.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward. |
| HI | HR180 | Intro
25% | Urging The Governor To Determine A Course Of Action For The State, Should The Federal Government Cut Funding For Medicaid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takenouchi. |
| HI | HCR190 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Demolition Waste Reduction Working Group.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward. |
| HI | HCR187 | Intro
25% | Urging The Governor To Determine A Course Of Action For The State, Should The Federal Government Cut Funding For Medicaid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takenouchi. |
| HI | HB429 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to hire teachers and teacher assistants and for equipment and services for public preschools. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
