| HI | HB153 | Veto | Adds a minimum penalty of $50 and a maximum penalty of $60,000 per violation of the State Water Code and makes each day that a violation exists or continues to exist a separate offense. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to determin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Vetoed on 07-07-23 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1367). |
| HI | HB388 | Pass | Adopts the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard. Requires the Department of Education to obtain instructional materials in accessible formats for eligible students. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 254, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1357). |
| HI | HB475 | Veto | Establishes the Art in Private Places Pilot Program and Special Account. Clarifies the scope of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts' responsibilities to include administration of the pilot program. Requires annual reports to the Legislature....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Vetoed on 07-07-23 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1368). |
| HI | HB819 | Pass | Designates limu kala (Sargassum echinocarpum) as the official Hawaii state limu. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 230, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1333). |
| HI | HB1200 | Pass | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish an unmanned aircraft systems program. Authorizes Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement officers to use unmanned aircraft systems. Requires the Department of Land and Natu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 237, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1340). |
| HI | HB307 | Pass | Allows the department of agriculture to extend the agricultural park lease of any lessee who holds a lease with a remaining term of fifteen years or less, if the land covered by the lease is twenty-five acres or less and located in a county with a po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 213, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316). |
| HI | HB692 | Pass | Increases the maximum administrative and criminal penalties for violators of the Hawaii pesticides law. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 220, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1323). |
| HI | HB615 | Pass | Clarifies that any provision in a private agreement contained in a conveyance of land recorded on or before 7/8/2003 that have since expired but have not been renewed and recorded in the bureau of conveyances are prohibited from restricting bona fide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 219, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). |
| HI | HB953 | Pass | Requires DLNR to develop and publish a website and mobile application that includes the application processes, including a means of collecting any fees, for a permit, license, or reservation needed to conduct recreational and commercial activities in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 182, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285). |
| HI | HB503 | Pass | Requires the Board of Education to work with the Department of Education to conduct an analysis on the necessary timeline and appropriate process for making computer science a graduation requirement by no later than the 2030-2031 school year. Require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-03
Act 174, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1277). |
| HI | HB961 | Pass | Expands the types of entities from which a Preschool Open Doors service provider may obtain accreditation. Beginning 1/1/2024, expands the Preschool Open Doors Program application process to eligible 3year-old children. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-03
Act 171, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1274). |
| HI | HB960 | Pass | Explicitly includes prekindergarten facilities within the scope of authority of the School Facilities Authority. Transfers $200,000,000 of general funds previously appropriated to the School Facilities Authority of the Department of Education to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-03
Act 175, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). |
| HI | HB68 | Pass | Requires that ongoing staff support for the centralized statewide criminal pretrial justice data reporting and collection system be conducted by the Criminal Justice Research Institute's staff and not be contracted to another entity. Requires the Cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 147, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| HI | HB264 | Pass | Makes intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to a sports official a class C felony. Authorizes a court to enjoin the offender from attending any sports event of the type at which the sports official was engaged in the lawful discharge of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 140, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). |
| HI | HB478 | Pass | Specifies the membership and qualifications for membership of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 139, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). |
| HI | HB954 | Pass | Increases the household and dependent care services tax credit for five years. Increases the refundable earned income tax credit for five years. Increases the income thresholds and credit amounts of the refundable food/excise tax credit for five year...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 163, 06/30/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). |
| HI | HB950 | Pass | Authorizes psychiatrists or advanced practice registered nurses, after examination of a person for assisted community treatment indication, to request assistance from the attorney general to file an assisted community treatment petition. Authorizes t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 153, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1256). |
| HI | HB463 | Pass | Lowers the threshold for disclosure of campaign expenditures for noncandidate committees to $500. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 122, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1223). |
| HI | HB907 | Pass | Temporarily allows for the reimbursement of services provided through telehealth via an interactive telecommunications system and two-way, real-time audio-only communications in certain circumstances. Defines "interactive telecommunications system". ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Act 107, 06/22/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). |
| HI | HB1397 | Pass | Establishes a supportive housing pilot program in the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions. Appropriates funds. Declares that appropriations exceed general fund expenditure ceiling. Effective 7/1/2023. Sunsets 6/30/2025. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
Act 095, 06/21/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1196). |
| HI | HB554 | Pass | Requires that the University of Hawaii ensure that any individual who participates in implementing the University's disciplinary process has training or experience in handling sexual misconduct complaints and the University's disciplinary process. Re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Act 076, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1177). |
| HI | HB948 | Pass | Establishes a two-year child and adolescent crisis mobile outreach team pilot program on Oahu and one neighbor island site to expand existing crisis response services. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 12/31/2025. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Act 089, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1190). |
| HI | HB1183 | Pass | Exempts parking lot operations at state parks and the operation of concessions at certain state parks from the bidding requirements for concessions operating on public property. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
Act 072, 06/08/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1172). |
| HI | HB1329 | Pass | Requires the Department of Education to work with certain organizations to develop and implement an active shooter training program in all public and charter schools. Allows public and charter school students to decline to participate in active shoot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
Act 053, 06/02/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1153). |
| HI | HB650 | Pass | Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to practice medical-aid-in-dying. Authorizes licensed advanced practice registered nurses and clinical nurse specialists with psychiatric or mental health training and licensed marriage and family therap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01
Act 043, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1143). |
| HI | HB69 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for the Department of Education's Resources for Enrichment, Athletics/Academics, Culture, and Health program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB193 | Engross
50% | Extends the State's energy-efficiency portfolio standards from 2030 to 2045. Authorizes the public utilities commission to establish interim goals. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB197 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Health to establish a Refrigerant Management Program to reduce emissions of high global warming potential refrigerants and any refrigerant that is an ozone depleting substance from stationary, commercial, and industrial ref...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB308 | Engross
50% | Establishes the sustainable food systems working group within the Department of Agriculture. Requires the working group to submit a plan, any recommendations for implementing the plan, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature. Appropriates fun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB314 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Office of Community Services to fund the purchase, storage, and transportation of food for distribution to the food banks in the State. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB547 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a two-year Infant and Toddler Child Care Worker Subsidy Pilot Program to retain the existing early child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care center settings. Ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 04:30pm in Conference Room 309. |
| HI | HB610 | Engross
50% | Establishes the farm workforce retention tax credit for farm employers or owners of farm employers who employ eligible farm employees. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB609 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for costs for its meat inspection program, including the establishment of 1 full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) inspector program supervisor position and 3 full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) inspector positi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB617 | Engross
50% | Establishes an oral health task force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050 and 7/1/205...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB612 | Engross
50% | Establishes an income tax credit to alleviate the high costs of production for farmers, ranchers, and fishers and incentivize growth in the agricultural sector in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB607 | Engross
50% | Creates an income tax credit for transportation costs incurred by certain taxpayers who ship produce and agricultural goods between counties. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 04:30pm in Conference Room 309. |
| HI | HB690 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Hawaii agricultural investment program within the Agribusiness Development Corporation to support local agricultural producers. Requires annual reports. Appropriates funds for program and positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB872 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging of the Department of Health for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB1148 | Engross
50% | Appropriates moneys to the Office of the Governor to establish 1 temporary full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) mental health technician certificate of competence program coordinator position. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB1248 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the continued administration of the Hawaii healthy food incentive program and to provide matching funds to beneficiaries who participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Effecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB1149 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for positions and activities related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB1442 | Engross
50% | Amends the Criminal Justice Diversion Program including allowing examination of defendants via telehealth. Requires the Judiciary, in consultation with other stakeholders, to submit monthly and annual reports to the Legislature on the effectiveness o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB1430 | Engross
50% | Establishes the institute of indigenous education, science, and outreach within the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 4:30pm in Conference Room 309. |
| HI | HB1408 | Engross
50% | Establishes the digital equity grant program to award grants to applicants to deploy digital equity projects to covered populations in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HCR86 | Pass | Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Report On Systems Of Firearms Insurance And Other Financial Responsibility Requirements Pertaining To Firearms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Received notice of Agreement and Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 891). |
| HI | HB313 | Engross
50% | Establishes and appropriates funds for the Foreign Agriculture Small Equipment Pilot Program at a University of Hawaii community college, to be administered by the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the University of Hawaii. Appropriates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 877). |
| HI | HB426 | Pass | Establishes standards of conduct for firearm industry members. Authorizes any person who has suffered harm because of a firearm industry member's violation of the standards of conduct to bring a civil action. Authorizes the attorney general or any co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Act 028, 04/26/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129). |
| HI | HB522 | Engross
50% | Removes the ability of the governor or a mayor to suspend electronic media transmission during a state of emergency. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-26
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 983). |
| HI | HB1385 | Engross
50% | Part I: Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources shall not unilaterally amend the terms and conditions of any lease of public lands being extended pursuant to Act 149, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, except as otherwise provided therein; a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 863). |
| HI | HB951 | Engross
50% | Deposits funds into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be used to provide grants or loans to mixed-income rental projects or units qualifying individuals and families. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839). |
