| HI | SB223 | Pass | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish an independent program relating to the prevention, control, and extinguishment of wildland fires within forest reserves. Authorizes the Administrator of Forestry and Wildlife to estab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-08
Act 303, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1416). |
| HI | SB1044 | Pass | Expands the powers of the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and reactivates the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to help stabilize the property insurance market in the State. Establishes the Condominium Loan Program and the Condominium Loan Revolving...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-07
Act 296, on 07/07/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1407). |
| HI | SB104 | Pass | Beginning 7/1/2026, restricts the use of restrictive housing in state-operated and state-contracted correctional facilities, with certain specified exceptions. Establishes a restrictive housing legislative working group to develop and recommend more ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 292, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1395). |
| HI | SB850 | Pass | Requires the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to collect data and submit to the Legislature a report focused on the health disparities experienced by individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities in the State prior to the con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 275, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1378). |
| HI | SB224 | Pass | Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to assist inmates with obtaining civil identification cards and other identification documents within a certain time. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-01
Act 263, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1366). |
| HI | SB292 | Pass | Establishes safe harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement assistance. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-01
Act 261, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1364). |
| HI | SB383 | Pass | Increases the minimum amount for purchases constituting small purchase procurements that are subject to an electronic system, from $25,000 to $50,000. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-01
Act 262, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1365). |
| HI | SB951 | Pass | Requires mandatory written reports of child abuse or neglect to the Department of Human Services to include the military status of the child's parent or other persons responsible for the child's care, if known. Requires the Department of Human Servic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-01
Act 260, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1363). |
| HI | SB88 | Pass | Authorizes the payment of allowances for TRICARE, TRICARE Dental Program, and vision coverage to all officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard ordered to active duty for more than 30 days. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 181, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). |
| HI | SB65 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, and repair of housing units. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 182, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). |
| HI | SB330 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to enforce federal quarantines. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 190, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1290). |
| HI | SB693 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the continued implementation of the Food Hub Pilot Program, including the awarding of grant moneys to qualifying food hubs. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 185, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285). |
| HI | SB1146 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the development of an action plan and pre-engineering concept plan to help with debris management and water quality control in the Ala Wai watershed and establishment of two graduate assistant positi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 183, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). |
| HI | SB1567 | Pass | Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to complete a comprehensive review of the classification and compensation systems for all civil service positions under its jurisdiction by 10/31/2026. Allows the Department to contract with a th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 180, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1280). |
| HI | SB97 | Pass | Part I: Increases the penalty for a third or subsequent offense within five years of excessive speeding to a misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum jail sentence of thirty days. Part II: Clarifying when a summons or citation is sent under an automated ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03
Act 170, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1270). |
| HI | SB385 | Pass | Requires condominium associations to provide electronic copies of their governing documents, as amended or restated, to unit owners or their authorized agents, upon request, at no cost. Repeals the authority of condominium associations to charge a re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03
Act 161, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261). |
| HI | SB532 | Pass | Authorizes school staff and agents trained by a health care professional to volunteer to administer medication to students at Department of Education public schools under certain conditions. Clarifies who may prescribe medication to be administered t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Act 136, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1236). |
| HI | SB295 | Pass | Increases the penalties imposed on individuals convicted for violations of temporary restraining orders and orders for protection. Clarifies that the court shall not sentence a defendant to pay a fine for violating a domestic abuse protective order i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Act 121, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). |
| HI | SB1008 | Pass | Authorizes the counties to adopt ordinances to enforce the accessible parking space requirements for parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities and electric vehicles. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Act 111, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1211). |
| HI | SB102 | Pass | Prohibits third-party restaurant reservation services from advertising, listing, promoting, facilitating, enabling, or selling restaurant reservations without first obtaining a written agreement from the applicable restaurant authorizing the action. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
Act 077, on 05/19/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1177). |
| HI | SB382 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits a procurement officer from disclosing a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score, except the summary of scores, during a debriefing requested by a non-selected offeror. Authorizes the disclosure of a competing offeror's proposal or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 1:00 PM; Conference Room 016. |
| HI | SB717 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the prohibition placed on certain employees exempt from Civil Service Law from grieving a suspension or discharge. Allows any employee who is a member of an appropriate bargaining unit to grieve a suspension or discharge. Effective 7/1/3000. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:30 PM; Conference Room 016. |
| HI | SB298 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to be expended by the Department of Human Services to increase funding for Medicaid in-home services. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 3:30PM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | SCR32 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation To Collaborate With The Department Of Transportation To Use Inmate Work Furlough Programs For State Roadway And Highway Maintenance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | SB253 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a detailed budget summary to contain all required information without referring the reader to other portions of the budget or reserve study. Excludes the good faith defense for associations whose boards adopt a budget that omits the required...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-21
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754). |
| HI | SB1142 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires mortgage servicers to comply with certain requirements regarding the disbursement of insurance proceeds for residential real estate that has been destroyed or damaged. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-17
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 829). |
| HI | SB414 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Transportation to institute proceedings to condemn certain lands in Lahaina to build a new access road from Keawe Street to the Kilohana and Kalaiola sites developed in the Villages of Leialii. Appropriates funds out of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-16
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809). |
| HI | SB1496 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for places of public accommodation to deny a person with a disability full and equal enjoyment of, or information related to, their goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-15
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). |
| HI | SCR41 | Pass | Encouraging Each County To Establish Its Own Biosecurity Plan That Prioritizes The Needs Of The County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-15
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | SB227 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Illegal Fireworks Enforcement Division within the Department of Law Enforcement. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-10
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). |
| HI | SCR44 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting The Senate Standing Committee And House Of Representatives Standing Committee Whose Purview Includes Consumer Protection To Convene A Legislative Working Group To Provide Recommendations For Family Notice And Standardized Consent Provision...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-04
To House Legislative Management Committee |
| HI | SR18 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation To Collaborate With The Department Of Transportation To Use Inmate Work Furlough Programs For State Roadway And Highway Maintenance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-02
Report and Resolution Adopted. |
| HI | SR25 | Pass | Encouraging Each County To Establish Its Own Biosecurity Plan That Prioritizes The Needs Of The County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-02
Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). |
| HI | SR26 | Intro
Sine Die | Strongly Supporting And Recommending The Implementation Of The Revised 2025 Hawaii Patient Bill Of Rights.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. |
| HI | SCR43 | Intro
Sine Die | Strongly Supporting And Recommending The Implementation Of The Revised 2025 Hawaii Patient Bill Of Rights.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. |
| HI | SB252 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that the importation of any pest or material infested or infected with an insect or other animal, disease, or pest is prohibited. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to administratively inspect any article imported or moved into the St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB338 | Engross
Sine Die | For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025, temporarily reinstates the Technology Infrastructure Renovation Tax Credit and expands the definition of "technology-enabled infrastructure" to include data servers. Requires the Department of Taxation to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB1225 | Enroll
Sine Die | Proposes to amend article XVII, section 3 of the Hawaii State Constitution regarding the standard for ratification of a constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature, to require that a majority of all the votes tallied upon the question be a "...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-21
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB5 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes that if a state legislative vacancy occurs due to the death or permanent incapacitation of the prior incumbent before a primary election, but after the close of filing for that election, and the prior incumbent was the only person whose n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To House Legislative Management Committee |
| HI | SB312 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits a state- or county-owned vehicle purchased on or after 1/1/2028, from using an audible reverse warning system that emits a warning sound other than one using broadband technology. Authorizes the Director of Transportation to grant exemption...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB345 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the amount of partial public campaign financing available for all elective offices. Adjusts the minimum amount of qualifying contributions certain candidates must receive to participate in the program. Increases the matching fund payments f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB311 | Enroll
Sine Die | Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to provide that freedom of speech protected under the Hawaii State Constitution does not include the expenditure of money to influence elections. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB391 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes an End-of-Life Lithium-ion Battery Management Working Group. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 1/1/2026. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HI | SB361 | Engross
Sine Die | Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit. Effective 4/23/2057. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB562 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a Plant Nursery Registry Program to regulate the sale of nursery stock. Requires certain plant nurseries to register with the Department of Agriculture. Establishes penalties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB801 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires managing agents for residential condominium properties with more than one hundred units located in a county with a population greater than 500,000 to possess a community association manager credential from a recognized nationwide community a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB1032 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits foreign entities and foreign-influenced business entities from making contributions, expenditures, electioneering communications, or donations for election purposes. Allows every business entity that contributes or expends funds in a state ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB533 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to support public schools impacted by a local investorowned electric utility's planned public safety power shutoff program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HI | SB639 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires an owner or operator of an underground storage tank or tank system with a confirmed release to meet certain standards for the restoration of the environment. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that any detection of these contaminants in th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | SB419 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires each motor vehicle insurance policy to cover the replacement cost of a child passenger restraint system that was damaged or in use by a child during a motor vehicle accident for which liability coverage under the policy is applicable. Effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
