| HI | SB1170 | Pass | Authorizes the director of a county planning department to issue a special management area use permit to redevelop permanent affordable multi-family rental housing that has been substantially destroyed as result of certain natural disasters, with cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-09
Act 313, on 07/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1426). |
| 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 | SB1102 | Veto | Specifies the appointment processes and terms for the Fire Chief of the Hawaii State Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Unit of the Airports Division of the Department of Transportation. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-07
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1413, Correction to Statement of Objections). |
| 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 | SB66 | Pass | Establishes procedures and requirements for single-family and multi-family housing project applicants to apply for an expedited permit, including requirements for completeness of expedited permit applications, duties of licensed professionals and the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 295, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1398). |
| HI | SB583 | Veto | Allows the naming rights of the Stadium Facility and Convention Center Facility to be leased to any public or private entity. Requires any revenues derived from advertising or marketing in or on the Stadium Facility or Convention Center Facility to b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1405). |
| HI | SB1221 | Pass | Beginning 1/1/2027, requires the counties to adopt ordinances for the regulation of retention and detention ponds. Requires the counties to conduct a survey of existing retention and detention ponds and submit a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 281, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1384). |
| HI | SB1252 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to establish positions within the University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine's Department of Geriatric Medicine to coordinate and incorporate training on Alzheimer's disease and other...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 283, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1386). |
| HI | SB589 | Pass | Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish an installation goal for customer-sited distributed energy resources in the State. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish tariffs to achieve the installation goal and for grid servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 266, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1369). |
| HI | SB1500 | Pass | Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to appoint a receiver to take temporary action necessary to assure continued adequate electric services from failing regulated investor-owned electric utilities. Requires an appointed receiver to recognize a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 277, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1380). |
| 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 | 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 | SB222 | Pass | Extends the sunset date of the Illegal Fireworks Task Force from 6/30/2025 to 6/30/2030 and extends the annual reporting requirements to the Legislature. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-30
Act 246, on 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1349). |
| HI | SB601 | Pass | Requires law enforcement to post notice that a warranted or warrantless search has been conducted on a property. Requires a law enforcement officer to secure any entrance used by an officer in the search. Requires law enforcement agencies to develop ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-30
Act 245, on 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348). |
| HI | SB140 | Pass | Prohibits the importation of firewood into the State unless the firewood is certified as heat-treated and labeled accordingly or the importation is authorized and permitted by the Department of Agriculture before importation. Requires persons who imp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-27
Act 240, on 06/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1342). |
| HI | SB1249 | Pass | Establishes the temporary Agricultural Enforcement Pilot Program within the Department of Law Enforcement. Clarifies, creates, and strengthens laws regarding crimes and violations related to agriculture or agricultural lands. Establishes clear distin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-27
Act 235, on 06/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1337). |
| HI | SB326 | Pass | Requires the Legislature, in establishing or reviewing a revolving fund, to ensure the revolving fund is financially self-sustainable by either annual projections that show that the revolving fund will be sustainable without appropriations of general...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-25
Act 223, on 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1325). |
| 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 | SB1220 | Pass | Requires gas utility companies to submit proposed renewable gas tariffs to the Public Utilities Commission by 8/31/2025. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a renewable gas tariff within nine months of receiving a completed applicat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 192, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1292). |
| HI | SB1501 | Pass | Requires the Department of Budget and Finance to enter into step-in agreements for payment obligations arising under certain power purchase agreements. Establishes the Power Purchase Costs Trust Fund. Establishes that revenues from on-bill charges fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 191, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1291). |
| HI | SB1502 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the establishment of faculty positions, student internship programs, and other related expenses for the Business Administration Program at the University of Hawaii West Oahu for workforce development in the defense sector of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 176, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276). |
| 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 | SB1030 | Pass | Specifies that the practice of election fraud intimidation includes carrying any unconcealed firearm or dangerous instrument at or within two hundred feet of a voter service center, place of deposit, or polling place. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03
Act 165, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1265). |
| HI | SB1298 | Pass | Expands the types of electronic devices subject to the Electronic Device Recycling and Recovery Act to include electronic device peripherals and certain legacy devices. Excludes manufacturers of only electronic device peripherals and no other electro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03
Act 162, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). |
| HI | SB1300 | Pass | Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, expands free school meal coverage to students who currently qualify for reduced-price lunch. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, expands free school meal coverage to students whose family income is not ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Act 139, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). |
| 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 | SB855 | Pass | Clarifies the definition of "covered employer" under the Hawaii Retirement Savings Act. Requires covered employers to automatically enroll covered employees into the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program unless the employee opts out. Repeals the limit on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Act 113, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1213). |
| 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 | SB1571 | Pass | Exempts all positions filled by the Hawaii Tourism Authority within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism from the state civil service law. Amends the definition of "convention center facility" for purposes of chapter 201B, HR...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Act 132, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1232). |
| HI | SB849 | Pass | Prohibits and imposes penalties for the intentional taking, harming, or killing of Io (Hawaiian hawk). Increases penalties and fees for taking and killing indigenous species of aquatic life, wildlife, and land plants that are native to the State. (HD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
Act 098, on 05/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1198). |
| 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 | SCR12 | Pass | Recognizing International Dark Sky Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02
Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 890). |
| HI | SCR60 | Pass | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Develop A Plan To Produce Sufficient Housing To Meet The State's Demand.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02
Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 890). |
| HI | SB401 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes prohibitions on assault rifles, assault shotguns, and .50 caliber firearms. Expands the ban on high-capacity detachable magazines. Allows possession of an assault rifle, assault shotgun, or detachable magazine with a capacity greater than...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
Recommitted to Conference committee as amended in CD 1 with none voting no and Representative(s) Cochran excused. |
| HI | SB26 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Affordable Housing Land Inventory Task Force to conduct a study, subject to legislative appropriation, to assess the viability of housing development in transit-oriented development zones or other areas on state or county lands. Requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 880). |
| HI | SB177 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture to adopt, amend, and repeal rules to develop an assessment and approval process to import and move aquatic livestock in the State. Requires the Aquaculture Program to develop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 2:40 PM; Conference Room 411. |
| HI | SCR54 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Convene And Provide Administrative Assistance To A Desalination Planning Task Force To Determine Whether The Use Of Desalination For Large-scale Water Consumption In The State Is Feasible.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 877). |
| HI | SCR53 | Pass | Requesting The Comptroller To Cooperate With The Hawaii State Public Library System, Office Of Planning And Sustainable Development, And Hawaii Broadband And Digital Equity Office To Identify Rural And Underserved Communities In The State With A Need...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 877). |
| HI | SCR136 | Pass | Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Nuclear Energy Working Group To Study The Feasibility Of Using Advanced Nuclear Power Technologies In The State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 877). |
| HI | SB602 | Pass | Includes any parcels owned by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority as areas that may be closed to the public. Specifies required signage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24
Act 027, on 04/23/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1127). |
| HI | SB989 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to assist small businesses with technology enablement and develop project management software to simplify the facilitated application process for small businesses. Requires a report ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-23
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 874). |
| HI | SB125 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "eligible business activity" for State Enterprise Zone Program purposes to include retail sales of tangible personal property manufactured and sold in the enterprise zone to the final consumer, the processing of value-added a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 863). |
| HI | SB1589 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires gifts or grants from a private source deposited into the Stadium Development Special Fund to be used only for infrastructure related to the stadium and costs associated with the development of the stadium. Requires any unexpended and unencum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 863). |
| HI | SCR31 | Pass | Endorsing Taiwan's International Participation, Supporting The Signing Of A United States-taiwan Bilateral Trade Agreement, And Commemorating The Relationships And Exchanges Between The State Of Hawaii And Taiwan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | SCR20 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation To Comprehensively Reevaluate Its Policies Regarding In-person Contact Visitation At Correctional Facilities Throughout The State To Best Support Incarcerated Persons In Staying Connected Wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Resolution adopted in final form. |
