| HI | HB214 | Engross
50% | Allows a retirant to be employed without reenrollment in the Employees' Retirement System and without loss or interruption of benefits under the System or the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund if the retirant is employed in a position ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 10:01 am]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 10:01AM in conference room 016. |
| HI | HB280 | Engross
50% | 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. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 1:30 pm]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 1:30PM in conference room 329. |
| HI | HB348 | Engross
50% | Beginning 7/1/2026 for lodging establishments with more than fifty sleeping room accommodations, and beginning 1/1/2028 for lodging establishments with fifty or fewer sleeping room accommodations, prohibits the provision of personal care products in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862). |
| HI | HB344 | Engross
50% | Requires the design of all new state building construction where parking is to be included to provide that a number of the parking stalls, as determined by the Department of Accounting and General Services, shall be electric vehicle charger-ready. Re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Kusch, Perruso, Alcos. |
| 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] | 2025-04-22
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 9:31AM; Conference Room 325. |
| 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. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224. |
| HI | HB472 | Engross
50% | Allows digitized identification cards to be accepted as a valid form of identification, under certain conditions. Authorizes state and county law enforcement agencies to accept a digitized identification card as proof of a person's identity beginning...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 3:30 pm]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 3:30PM in conference room 325. |
| HI | HB480 | Engross
50% | Authorizes an attending physician to request a functional capacity examination and refer an injured employee for the examination without first obtaining permission from the employee's employer. Allows licensed occupational and physical therapists to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 10:01 am]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 10:01AM in conference room 016. |
| HI | HB692 | Engross
50% | Expands the Preschool Open Doors Program's eligibility criteria. Repeals the requirement that Preschool Open Doors Program providers be accredited. Effective 7/1/2026. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 1:40 pm]
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-23-25 1:40PM in conference room 329. |
| 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] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 3:30 pm]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 3:30PM in conference room 325. |
| HI | HB622 | Engross
50% | Changes the due date of the Department of Education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 1:30 pm]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 1:30PM in conference room 229. |
| HI | HB648 | Engross
50% | Establishes a two-year pilot program in the Probate Court and Family Court of the First Circuit to fund certain guardianship- and conservatorship-related court resources in situations where the respondent does not have sufficient funds to pay for one...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| HI | HB667 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Transportation or appropriate county department when disposing of a deceased cat or dog from a public roadway to scan the animal for a microchip, record certain information, and report that information to the appropriate co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | HB806 | Engross
50% | Appropriates moneys to the Department of Law Enforcement for various efforts to enforce fireworks law. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 3:00 pm]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 3:00PM in conference room 016. |
| HI | HB735 | Engross
50% | Allows an individual wastewater system to serve up to five bedrooms, regardless of the number of dwellings, dwelling units, or accessory units, whether attached or detached, with certain exclusions. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 4:15PM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | HB713 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to conduct a rate study for Medicaid home health services in Hawaii. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 1:30 pm]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 1:30PM in conference room 329. |
| HI | HB727 | Engross
50% | Makes the Women's Court Pilot Program in the First Circuit permanent. Establishes a temporary 3-year Women's Court Pilot Program within the Kona division of the Third Circuit. Requires reports. Establishes temporary positions. Appropriates funds. Sun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| HI | HB736 | Engross
50% | Establishes and appropriates funds for a three-year new wastewater system and individual wastewater system technology testing pilot program within the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center. Requires interim and final reports to the Leg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 25 @ 3:00 pm]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 3:00PM in conference room 229. |
| HI | HB700 | Engross
50% | Establishes a Dementia Data Pilot Program within the Executive Office on Aging. Authorizes the Executive Office on Aging to collaborate with a health care system for the pilot program; health care providers participating in the pilot program to submi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 4:30 pm]
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-23-25 4:30PM in conference room 329. |
| HI | HB862 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans for school bus services if certain conditions are met. Requires State to upgrade to zero emission school buses by 2045. Requires the state agencies to prioritize zero emission buses in the pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 859). |
| HI | HB830 | Engross
50% | Beginning 7/1/2027 allows the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to contract its review of proposed state projects, projects on privately-owned historic property, and projects affecting historic prope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:45AM; Conference Room 229. |
| HI | HB874 | Engross
50% | Establishes that for a minor in theatrical employment with a gross income of at least $5,000 on a project or $20,000 in a calendar year: a parent or legal guardian of the minor is required to establish a trust account for the minor with an independen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Sayama, Lee, M., Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun. |
| HI | HB939 | Engross
50% | Defines "low alcohol by volume spirits beverage". Establishes a tax on low alcohol by volume spirits beverages at a rate of $0.93 per wine gallon. Increases small craft producer production limits. Sunsets 12/31/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 2:30 pm]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 2:30PM in conference room 224. |
| 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. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862). |
| HI | HB934 | Engross
50% | Transfers the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to the Office of Enterprise Technology Services in the Department of Accounting and General Services. Renames the Hawaii Broad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 10:00 am]
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 10:00AM in conference room 411. |
| 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] | 2025-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 859). |
| HI | HB1259 | Engross
50% | Specifies that an engineering study is not required to be considered when reducing the maximum speed limit within ten miles per hour of the current speed limit for that road. Requires the Department of Transportation to use National Association of Ci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | HB1231 | Engross
50% | Prohibits the use of facial recognition software in the operation of any photo red light imaging detector systems. Increases vehicle weight taxes to be deposited into the Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund. Clarifies the citations and summons...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 10:35AM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | HB1308 | Engross
50% | Allows for the regulation of sports wagering by the Department of Law Enforcement. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators and sports wagering suppliers. Establishes a general excise tax to be levied on sports wagering operat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862). |
| HI | HB1260 | Engross
50% | Requires each county, in collaboration with the Department of Transportation, to establish a Summer Streets Pilot Program that closes vehicular traffic and repurposes roads for pedestrian and cyclist use, outdoor events, and other community-driven ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 10:35AM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | HB1365 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for a Non-Potable Water Wells Pilot Program to prepare an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment to drill non-potable water wells on individual parcels at Panaewa Agricultural Pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862). |
| HI | HB1406 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Intergovernmental Task Force for Permit Simplification to identify actions taken, challenges encountered, and legislative measures necessary to facilitate, expedite, and coordinate state and intergovernmental development permit proces...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 10:01 am]
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 10:01AM in conference room 411. |
| HI | HB212 | Engross
50% | Requires the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions to establish a permanent Return-to-Home Program to return homeless individuals in the State to families and relatives in their home states. Requires the Office to report to the Legis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-21
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 1:30 pm]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 1:30PM in conference room 329. |
| HI | HB306 | Engross
50% | Adds a minimum penalty and maximum penalty per violation of the State Water Code and authorizes the Commission on Water Resource Management to consider each day that a violation exists or continues to exist a separate offense. Establishes factors the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-21
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). |
| HI | HB431 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for the continued implementation of the Kauhale Initiative and Ohana Zones Pilot Program. Requires kauhale to be connected to public utilities. Authorizes monthly rents of no more than 30% of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-21
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 1:30 pm]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 1:30PM in conference room 329. |
| HI | HB428 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Hawaii Farm to Families Program to alleviate food shortages in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature before the Regular Sessions of 2026 and 2027. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-21
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-22-25 9:31AM in conference room 325. |
| HI | HB430 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to enter into contracts with eligible employers or registered apprenticeship programs in the private sector to provide on-the-job training to eligible interns. Establishes a state internship...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-21
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 10:00 am]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 10:00AM in conference room 016. |
| 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. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-21
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 10:00 am]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 10:00AM in conference room 229. |
| 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] | 2025-04-21
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). |
| HI | HB951 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2025-04-21
Transmitted to Governor. |
| HI | HB1220 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to support the efforts of the Division of Aquatic Resources of the Department of Land and Natural Resources in the removal of the majano anemone from Kaneohe Bay. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-21
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 10:00 am]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 10:00AM in conference room 229. |
| HI | HB309 | Engross
50% | Establishes a fishpond inventory working group within the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to create an inventory and map of all fishponds on state land and conduct a literature review. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-17
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 10:00AM in conference room 229. |
| HI | HB303 | Engross
50% | Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors, including removing "primary care" from the criteria to q...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-17
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 826). |
| HI | HB302 | Engross
50% | Amends the definition of "debilitating medical condition" under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Amends the definition of "waiting room" under the Medical Cannabis Dispensary System law. Repeals the requirement that a provider-patient relations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-17
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 826). |
| HI | HB433 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to submit an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for reentry services to connect offenders with community-based services. E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-17
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-21-25 1:30PM; Conference Room 016. |
| HI | HB643 | Engross
50% | Establishes short-term management initiatives for the coconut rhinoceros beetle response program. Appropriates funds for activities and positions related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-17
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 826). |
| HI | HB345 | Engross
50% | Establishes the opae ula as the state shrimp to protect anchialine pool ecosystems throughout Hawaii. Effective 6/6/2944. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-16
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 810). |
| HI | HB474 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to fund the current Fall Prevention Campaign. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-16
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 810). |
| HI | HB784 | Engross
50% | Makes an appropriation for the operation of an additional ambulance for the island of Hawaii to be based in Makalei. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-16
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 810). |
| HI | HB250 | Engross
50% | Requires utilization review entities to submit data relating to the prior authorization of health care services to the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Establishes the Health Care Appropriateness and Necessity Working Group within the St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-15
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
