| HI | HB485 | Pass | Increases the tax by $0.50 each year from 1/1/2022 to 12/31/2027. Exempts the imposition of the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax for persons whose vehicles have been stolen and are unrecovered or will not be repaired due to total loss. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-08
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 237, 07/06/2021, (Gov. Msg. No. 1365). |
| HI | HB33 | Pass | Amends the terms and composition of members of the information technology steering committee. Requires the chief information officer to present an annual report to the information technology steering committee for public comment prior to submitting t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 186, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1314). |
| HI | HB80 | Pass | Clarifies when and how members or partners of a taxpayer may claim the low-income housing tax credit. Requires a Form 8609 for purposes of claiming the tax credit. Specifies the application of tax provisions with respect to buildings or projects plac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 226, 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1354). |
| HI | HB79 | Pass | Establishes an affordable homeownership revolving fund within HHFDC to provide loans to nonprofit community development financial institutions and nonprofit housing development organizations for the development of affordable homeownership housing pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 227, 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1355). |
| HI | HB243 | Pass | Requires the Office of Planning, in cooperation with each state agency having operational responsibilities over state facilities, to: identify existing and planned facilities that are vulnerable to sea level rise, flooding impacts, and natural hazard...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 178, on 07/02/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1306). |
| HI | HB244 | Pass | Amends the data requirements for land recordation by the bureau of conveyances, on land other than fee simple time share interests deregistered by the land court, to include a map and description prepared by a licensed professional surveyor. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 187, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315). |
| HI | HB776 | Pass | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for a master planned development proposed by Pueo Development, LLC, on Hawaiian Home Lands. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 198, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326). |
| HI | HB834 | Pass | Requires the department of land and natural resources, in collaboration with the county of Hawaii, to conduct site surveys to identify the most suitable locations for black cinder cone quarries on the island of Hawaii. Requires a report to the legisl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 191, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1319). |
| HI | HB817 | Pass | Requires and establishes benchmarks for each state department to ensure that a certain percentage of the produce purchased by that department consists of fresh local agricultural products or local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food product...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Act 176, on 07/02/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304). |
| HI | HB546 | Veto | Requires complex area superintendents to report directly to the superintendent of education. Requires reports. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). |
| HI | HB774 | Veto | Establishes the Pulehunui community development district. Establishes community development district authority boards for each community development district. Amends the membership and reassigns certain duties of the Hawaii Community Development Auth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1287). |
| HI | HB72 | Pass | Establishes a framework for the regulation of electric foot scooters by the State and counties. Amends definitions of "moped" to exclude electric foot scooters. Retains personal injury protection benefits for any individual sustaining injuries while ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 174, 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276). |
| HI | HB31 | Pass | Raises the maximum age of minors for which safe storage of firearms is required from sixteen to eighteen years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 148, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| HI | HB1149 | Pass | Reorganizes and integrates the land use commission within a modified office of planning, which is renamed as the office of planning and sustainable development. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 153, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). |
| HI | HB1291 | Pass | Allows applicants to the University of Hawaii who earned a high school diploma from a public high school in the State with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and also provides evidence that they qualified for and received special education servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-02
Act 156, on 07/01/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). |
| HI | HB601 | Pass | Amends the statewide traffic code to allow for the county chiefs of police to designate county employees to issue citations for traffic violations. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 128, on 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1230). |
| HI | HB1311 | Pass | Removes the construction completion deadline for the Leialii affordable housing project. Specifies that the developer of the Keawe street apartments affordable housing project shall only be responsible for all associated costs of the archaeological i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Act 140, 06/30/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). |
| HI | HB1352 | Pass | Requires the Office of Planning to submit a report to the Legislature containing: (1) an inventory of lands within the State that are leased to or controlled by the federal government; (2) any known contaminants or environmental hazards associated wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
Act 093, on 06/25/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). |
| HI | HB247 | Pass | Amends certain land subdivision and condominium property regime laws related to agricultural land, as recommended pursuant to Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, to ensure certain condominium property regime projects within the agricultural distric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 077, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1179). |
| HI | HB286 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Taxation to require real estate investment trusts to notify the department of its presence within the State and to report the assets and revenues generated annually. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2021. (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 078, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1180). |
| HI | HB552 | Pass | Part I: Establishes clean ground transportation goals for state agencies to achieve a one hundred per cent light-duty motor vehicles zero-emission fleet by December 31, 2035. Part II: Authorizes the department of accounting and general services to ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 074, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1176). |
| HI | HB869 | Pass | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Luana Kai A Life Plan Community with the development and operation of a continuing care retirement community. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Act 086, on 06/24/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1188). |
| HI | HB73 | Pass | Requires the department of human resources development to review the classification and compensation schedules for telephone and emergency dispatchers and similar employees and to submit a report to the legislature recommending modifications to those...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-24
Act 063, 06/23/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1164). |
| HI | HB78 | Pass | Eliminates the requirement for a public utility to seek approval from the public utilities commission for the underground construction of high-voltage electric transmission lines if certain conditions are met. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-24
Act 065, 06/23/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1166). |
| HI | HB77 | Pass | Exempts the sale of the leased fee interest in certain affordable leasehold developments by the HHFDC from legislative approval. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-24
Act 064, 06/23/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165). |
| HI | HB1376 | Pass | Extends the required period for a notice of termination of the rental agreement from five days to fifteen days. Requires landlords to provide notice with specified terms and enter into mediation. Delays when a landlord may seek possession of a dwelli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-21
Act 057, 06/16/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1157). |
| HI | HB553 | Pass | Establishes an offense of intentionally or knowingly capturing, entangling, or killing a shark in state marine waters, and provides penalties and fines. Provides certain exemptions. Allows the department of land and natural resources to establish rul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-10
Act 051, 06/08/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1151). |
| HI | HB1377 | Enroll
Sine Die | Creates an electronic citation program under the judiciary and establishes a temporary electronic citation surcharge. Effective 1/1/2022. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 634). |
| HI | HCR11 | Pass | Requesting The Hawaii State Commission On The Status Of Women To Convene A Task Force To Study Missing And Murdered Native Hawaiian Women And Girls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HCR163 | Pass | Requesting The Board Of Land And Natural Resources To Enter Into A Long-term Water Lease With The Waioli Valley Taro Hui For The Hui's Existing Use Of Water From Waioli Stream Via Direct Negotiation, Upon Its Completion Of Requirements Pursuant To Ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HCR154 | Pass | Condemning All Forms Of Anti-asian Sentiment As Related To Covid-19; Urging Greater Investment In Federal, State, And Local Resources To Develop And Support Communitywide Solutions; And Requesting The Civil Rights Division Of The United States Depart...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HB608 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the board of education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one forum in each county. Requires the board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the legislature on i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-22
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday, 04-22-21 at 5:00 PM in CR 309. |
| HI | HB550 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires and establishes deadlines for state facilities, except smaller facilities and facilities within the stadium development district, to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures. Allows the department of accounting and general service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-22
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-23-21 10:00AM in conference room CR 325. |
| HI | HB502 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the counties to adopt ordinances that allow up to one dwelling per quarter-acre in rural districts. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-22-21 3:50PM in conference room CR 329. |
| HI | HB570 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse may be initiated. Extends the period during which a victim of childhood sexual abuse may bring an otherwise time-barred action against the victim's abuser or a legal entity ha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-22-21 2:45PM in conference room CR 329. |
| HI | HB1324 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a commercial rent relief grant program to be administered by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Requires that the commercial rent relief grants be given priority for moneys received through federal funding. App...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-23-21 9:50AM in conference room CR 229. |
| HI | HB835 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to support the ongoing operations of the Hawaii national guard youth challenge program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-20
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-21 10:15AM; CR 229. |
| HI | HB1130 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Office of Planning to hire a contractor to, among other things, identify and assess alternative financing, project delivery, and cost recovery mechanisms to recapture the State's upfront investment in transit-oriented development infrast...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 842). |
| HI | HB95 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for recognition and protection of the State's natural resources. Effective 7/1/2051. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 560). |
| HI | HB606 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds with the funds to be deposited into the dwelling unit revolving fund and the rental housing revolving fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-20-21 3:31PM in conference room CR 329. |
| HI | HB775 | Engross
Sine Die | Renames Kahului Airport Access Road on Maui as the Mayor Elmer F. Cravalho Way. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 560). |
| HI | HB1088 | Engross
Sine Die | Bans the import for profit, sale, and offer for sale of any cosmetic in the State if the final product or any component of the final product was developed or manufactured using animal testing performed on or after 1/1/2024. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 560). |
| HI | HB1132 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to be appropriated into and out of the rental housing revolving fund for construction of phase I of a senior affordable housing project on Hawaii public housing authority property on School street, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-20-21 3:31PM in conference room CR 329. |
| HI | HB1326 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows a narrow hearsay exception for statements made by domestic violence victims during the course of the first interaction with the responding law enforcement officers and before the arrest of the defendant, as long as the statement bears sufficie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 560). |
| HI | HCR169 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations To Convene A Working Group To Improve Access To Government Services For Immigrants And Increase Immigrant Opportunities To Make Civic And Economic Contributions To The Community.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-16
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HCR119 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging The Department Of Agriculture, Department Of Health, Department Of Land And Natural Resources, And University Of Hawaii To Develop And Implement A Mosquito Control Program That Uses Wolbachia Bacteria To Reduce Mosquito Population Levels Throu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HCR180 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging The Department Of Transportation, Mayor Of The City And County Of Honolulu, And Honolulu City Council To Reroute Farrington Highway In Accordance With The 1998 Makaha Beach Park Master Plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB46 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires all habitat conservation plans to include an agreement for plan participants to enter into and maintain an annual service contract with a stand-by and response facility available to provide emergency medical and rehabilitation services to na...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-06
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| HI | HCR32 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging The Department Of Education To Develop And Implement A Program To Recruit And Employ Qualified Blind Persons To Serve As Orientation And Mobility Instructors And In Other Positions As Teachers Of Visually Impaired Students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | HCR121 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting The Governor To Convene A Working Group To Develop Recommendations For Effective Communications With Limited English Proficient Persons And Persons With Disabilities Before, During, And After Emergencies And Natural Disasters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To Senate Human Services Committee |
