| HI | SB67 | Pass | Prohibits commercial vendors from presetting commercial beach equipment on certain beaches under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, unless the customer is physically present. Requires commercial vendors to expeditiously...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 227, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1330). |
| HI | SB1166 | Pass | Allows for the renewal of driver's licenses online in addition to by mail. Effective 7/1/2025. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 243, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346). |
| HI | SB390 | Pass | Repeals the sunset date of section 2 of Act 119, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, making permanent the requirement that the Hawaii Medical Board issue licenses in four levels of emergency response practice in counties with a population of five hundred th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 193, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). |
| HI | SB833 | Pass | Requires the Office of the Governor to negotiate the State's fee simple acquisition of the Wahiawa Irrigation System on the island of Oahu. Authorizes and appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture, Agribusiness Development Corporation, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 218, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1321). |
| HI | SB746 | Pass | Expands the coffee labeling and advertising requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages and the inner packages and inner wrapping labels of roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages. Specifies that the coffee lab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 211, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1314). |
| HI | SB1022 | Pass | Amends the composition and qualifications of the Early Learning Board to consist of individuals from each county, instead of from particular entities or types of providers. Establishes general qualifications for the members of the Early Learning Boar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-03
Act 170, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1273). |
| HI | SB830 | Pass | Establishes within the Department of Education, a one-year Critical Emergency Response Pilot Program to establish a critical emergency response team for each department school located in central Oahu selected by the Department of Education to partici...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 143, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). |
| HI | SB295 | Pass | Establishes within the Office of Wellness and Resilience the Malama Ohana Working Group to seek, design, and recommend transformative changes to the State's existing child welfare system. Allows the Office to contract with an administrative facilitat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Act 086, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1187). |
| HI | SB406 | Pass | Allows the court to award reasonable visitation rights to a petitioning grandparent of a minor child when the child's parent is unable to exercise parental visitation due to death or incarceration and denial of reasonable grandparent visitation right...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Act 077, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1178). |
| HI | SB1267 | Pass | Expands the jurisdiction for where petitions for domestic abuse protective orders and temporary restraining orders may be filed. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Act 081, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1182). |
| HI | SB821 | Pass | Establishes the Illegal Fireworks Task Force within the Department of Law Enforcement to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control laws, and ensure the safety and security o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-07
Act 067, 06/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167). |
| HI | SR56 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Transportation To Create A Second Access Point From Whitmore Village Via Saipan Drive To Kamehameha Highway To Alleviate Traffic On Whitmore Avenue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR96 | Pass | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu's Crisis Outreach Response And Engagement Program To Provide Regular Care And Services To Individuals Experiencing Homelessness In The Central Oahu, North Shore, Leeward, And Windward Regions Of Oahu On A Regula...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR95 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Transportation And The Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Construct Elevated Crosswalks Along Meheula Parkway Near Mililani High School.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SCR106 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Transportation And The Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Construct Elevated Crosswalks Along Meheula Parkway Near Mililani High School.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR115 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Designate Kunia, Leilehua Plateau, And Poamoho As The Central Oahu Agricultural Corridor And To Establish A List Prioritizing Potential Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Projects That Would Provide The Mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR93 | Pass | Urging Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Re-introduce And Support The Passage Of The Hawaiian Home Lands Preservation Act, H.r. Res. 9614, 117th Cong. (2nd Sess. 2022), To Lower The Required Minimum Blood Quantum For Certain Department Of Hawaiian...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SCR104 | Pass | Urging Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Re-introduce And Support The Passage Of The Hawaiian Home Lands Preservation Act, H.r. Res. 9614, 117th Cong. (2nd Sess. 2022), To Lower The Required Minimum Blood Quantum For Certain Department Of Hawaiian...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR116 | Pass | Urging The University Of Hawaii West Oahu To Establish Baccalaureate Degree Programs In Agricultural Technology, Food Science, And Education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SCR107 | Pass | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu's Crisis Outreach Response And Engagement Program To Provide Regular Care And Services To Individuals Experiencing Homelessness In The Central Oahu, North Shore, Leeward, And Windward Regions Of Oahu On A Regula...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR127 | Pass | Urging The Public Works Division Of The Department Of Accounting And General Services In Collaboration With The Stadium Authority To Procure A Developer To Design, Build, Operate, And Maintain The New Aloha Stadium Facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SB516 | Enroll
75% | Requires that the identity statement used for labeling or advertising hemp products identify the percentage of Hawaii-grown and Hawaii-processed hemp and hemp of other origins contained in hemp products. Allows the use of the term "All Hawaiian" for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). |
| HI | SB655 | Enroll
75% | Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to align state hemp production administrative rules with federal exemptions for fiber, fuel, and seed grain hemp crops. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). |
| HI | SB63 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the board of nursing to issue temporary permits for six-month periods to out-of-state licensed practical nurses and registered nurses or who hold a multistate license issued by another state, territory, or foreign country, under certain ci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | SB304 | Engross
50% | Effective 7/1/2025, establishes the visitor impact fee program within the department of land and natural resources, through which the department will collect a fee from visitors for a license to visit a state park, forest, hiking trail, or other stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 5:00PM in conference room 229. |
| HI | SB281 | Engross
50% | Establishes a state income tax deduction for eligible contributions made to a college savings program established under chapter 256, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 6/30/3000. Applies to taxable years beginning after an unspecified date. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 4:30pm in Conference Room 309. |
| HI | SB156 | Engross
50% | Requires the Board of Education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one community forum in each county. Requires the Board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the Legisl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | SB629 | Engross
50% | Requires contracts entered into by the Hawaii Tourism Authority for management of the Hawaii Convention Center facility to include marketing for all uses of the facility. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 at 4:45 PM; Conference Room 225. |
| HI | SB744 | Engross
50% | Requires the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to classify the fungal pathogen that causes coffee leaf rust as an invasive species in its administrative rules and to direct available funding for mitigation efforts, research, and prevention or control a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | SB1520 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to work with the University of Hawaii on workforce development activities that support the development of the Hawaii Pacific Hydrogen Hub and other related aspects of the State's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | SB86 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, to update the State Agriculture Functional Plan to include other agricultural economic updates that expand the State's priority on food b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 2:30PM; Conference Room 016. |
| HI | SB717 | Engross
50% | Expands the definition of "beer" under the liquor tax laws and liquor laws to mean any alcoholic beverage containing no less than 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume obtained by fermentation of any infusion or decoction of malt or any substitute, includin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 888). |
| HI | SB786 | Engross
50% | Requires government entities to seek reimbursement for all or a portion of search or rescue expenses for persons who require rescue after leaving a hiking trail to enter an area closed to the public or hiking on a trail closed to the public, and ther...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-26
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 985). |
| HI | SB587 | Engross
50% | Increases the fines for violating provisions relating to the installation of noisy exhaust pipes and mufflers. Authorizes police officers to conduct examinations and inspections if the officer has probable cause to believe that a vehicle's excessivel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 976). |
| HI | SB586 | Engross
50% | Conditions the issuance of a certificate of inspection upon a vehicle not being equipped with a noisy muffler or exhaust system. Requires rules regarding safety check inspections to ensure that a motorcycle, moped, or motor vehicle is not equipped wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 976). |
| HI | SB297 | Engross
50% | Requires organizations to obtain legislative approval prior to the disposition of land that was acquired using state grants, but only if the land was acquired after the enactment of this Act. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 915). |
| HI | SB422 | Pass | Makes a housekeeping amendment to section 341-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to delete a reference to a repealed section. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-20
Act 024, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). |
| HI | SB1522 | Engross
50% | Establishes an Office of Destination Management within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Requires the Office of Destination Management to implement certain county destination management action plans. Repeals the Hawaii To...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 915). |
| HI | SB299 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the legislature, upon the agreement of form by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, to specify the form in which the proposed budgets of the executive branch, judicial branch, and office of Hawaiian ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 904). |
| HI | SB291 | Engross
50% | Requires the Governor to ensure that the Governor's program memoranda and variance reports accurately reflect the current responsibilities of certain state programs, address the current and future needs of the State, and align with budget-related sub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 904). |
| HI | SB306 | Engross
50% | Requires that prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of an administrative rule, electronic notice of the proposed rulemaking be provided to all persons who have made a timely written request to, and provided a valid working email address to, the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 904). |
| HI | SB296 | Engross
50% | Requires the Governor and state agencies to recommend a date by which statutorily required reports must be submitted to the Legislature, and to identify any reports that should not be subject to that uniform date and the reasons therefor. Requires th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 904). |
| HI | SB393 | Engross
50% | Establishes and appropriates funds for a pre-litigation mediation pilot program. Requires landlords to participate in mediation before filing an action for summary possession. Creates and appropriates funds for an emergency rent relief program to be ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 904). |
| HI | SB818 | Engross
50% | Transfers the business, processing, distribution, and marketing functions of the Aquaculture Program from the Department of Agriculture to the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Appropriates moneys. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 904). |
| HI | SB1196 | Engross
50% | Clarifies that the authorization for board and commission holdover members to continue in office until a successor is nominated and appointed, but not beyond the end of the second regular legislative session following the expiration of the member's t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Senate Conferees Appointed: McKelvey Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Awa. |
| HI | SB303 | Engross
50% | Appropriates operating and capital improvement grants for fiscal year 2023-2024. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-17
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 891). |
| HI | SCR4 | Engross
50% | Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct An Analysis Of The Regulation And Licensure Of Associate Physicians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SCR62 | Engross
50% | Requesting The Department Of Transportation To Create A Second Access Point From Whitmore Village Via Saipan Drive To Kamehameha Highway To Alleviate Traffic On Whitmore Avenue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SCR110 | Engross
50% | Urging The University Of Hawaii West Oahu To Establish Baccalaureate Degree Programs In Agricultural Technology, Food Science, And Education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SCR109 | Engross
50% | Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Designate Kunia, Leilehua Plateau, And Poamoho As The Central Oahu Agricultural Corridor And To Establish A List Prioritizing Potential Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Projects That Would Provide The Mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-17
To House Finance Committee |
