| HI | SB1511 | Veto | Clarifies the purpose of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii and that its undertakings shall be limited to acts that are reasonably necessary to carry out its purpose. Repeals the requirement that the University of Hawaii contract wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-24 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1361). |
| HI | SB2512 | Veto | Establishes notice and reporting requirements for the expenditure or use of public resources by the Governor, pursuant to the Governor's emergency powers. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-24 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1362). |
| HI | SB2601 | Pass | Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09
Act 250, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1355). |
| HI | SB2845 | Pass | Prohibits a person from selling ammunition to a person under the age of twenty-one. Prohibits a person under the age of twenty-one from owning, possessing, or controlling ammunition, with exceptions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09
Act 248, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1353). |
| HI | SB2085 | Pass | Establishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to be headed by a State Fire Marshal. Exempts the State Fire Marshal from Civil Service Law. Requires the State Fire Council to establish the ter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 209, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). |
| HI | SB2284 | Pass | Establishes a two-year program at the University of Hawaii to develop a wildfire forecast system for the State using artificial intelligence. Makes an appropriation. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 200, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301). |
| HI | SB2347 | Pass | Establishes the offense of habitual violent crime. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to submit a report to the Legislature before the Regular Sessions of 2025 and 2026. Requires the prosecuting attorney of each county to submit data to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 213, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1314). |
| HI | SB2787 | Pass | Establishes within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' Office of Community Services the Immigration Services and Access Unit. Makes appropriations for the unit, including funding for new positions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 207, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). |
| HI | SB2782 | Pass | Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to develop multilingual accessibility standards. Appropriates funds to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position to develop multilingual accessibility standards within the Office of En...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 203, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304). |
| HI | SB2693 | Pass | Establishes the offense of charitable fraud during a state of emergency. Provides that a person commits charitable fraud during a state of emergency if that person, during a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, performs certain deceptive ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 211, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312). |
| HI | SB2983 | Pass | Beginning 1/1/2026, authorizes the Department of the Attorney General to regulate charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities. Includes provisions relating to the misuse of funds. Imposes vicarious liability upon a platform charity for a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 205, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1306). |
| HI | SB3364 | Pass | Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to develop destination management action plans for each county and to perform specific actions in each plan. Expands the powers and duties of the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Repeals the exemption of the Hawaii Tour...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 225, 07/08/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326). |
| HI | SB2079 | Pass | Allows the State of Hawaii Plant and Animal Declaration Form to be distributed, completed, and transmitted electronically. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-05
Act 196, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297). |
| HI | SB2350 | Pass | Establishes a separate prohibition on driving motor vehicles with noisy mufflers on public highways in high density population areas. Establishes separate fines for violations of motor scooter and motor vehicle muffler laws. Defines "high density pop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-03
Act 171, 07/02/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1272). |
| HI | SB2526 | Pass | Requires the Technology Services Consolidation Working Group to assist the Office of Enterprise Technology Services in working with certain state agencies to inventory and categorize the business criticality of each major state information technology...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-03
Act 173, 07/02/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1274). |
| HI | SB2943 | Pass | Establishes a commercial drivers workforce working group within the Department of Transportation to address the workforce shortage of commercial drivers in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-03
Act 177, 07/02/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). |
| HI | SB2070 | Pass | Exempts career and technical education goods and services purchases by the Department of Education from the State Procurement Code. Requires the Department of Education to acquire three written quotes for career and technical education purchases that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02
Act 150, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). |
| HI | SB2305 | Pass | Establishes a Silver Alert Program within the Department of Law Enforcement to help locate and safeguard missing persons who are sixty-five years of age or older, cognitively impaired, or developmentally disabled. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02
Act 158, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1259). |
| HI | SB2475 | Pass | Establishes a harm to students registry, for all early learning programs or schools and K-12 educational institutions within the State, that contains information on school employees, contractors, or volunteers for whom, as result of an investigation,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02
Act 156, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). |
| HI | SB2497 | Pass | Repeals the provision that made references to the base amount in the Internal Revenue Code inapplicable to the research activities tax credit and allowed credits for all qualified research expenses to be taken without regard to previous years' expens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02
Act 139, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1240). |
| HI | SB2974 | Pass | Establishes a Business Revitalization Task Force within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to identify methods to improve Hawaii's general economic competitiveness and business climate, including the mitigation of regulator...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02
Act 142, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). |
| HI | SB3207 | Pass | Removes the salary cap of the Superintendent of Education. Makes permanent the annual performance evaluation requirements for the Superintendent of Education. Takes effect 6/29/2024. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02
Act 149, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| HI | SB3305 | Pass | Requires all public charter schools that exclusively offer prekindergarten programs to adhere to the public charter school law, with certain exceptions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02
Act 154, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). |
| HI | SB2289 | Pass | Requires the Department of Health to include in its annual report regarding Kalaupapa Settlement details and updated information, as available, regarding the permanent transfer to other governmental or qualified non-governmental entities of the power...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-01
Act 118, 06/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1219). |
| HI | SB2443 | Pass | Establishes the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program, to be implemented by the State in only those locations where a photo red light imaging detector system has been implemented. Creates a new offense of noncompliance with maximum speed limit ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Act 112, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1213). |
| HI | SB2287 | Pass | Requires the Information Technology Steering Committee to assist the Chief Information Officer to develop a plan to enhance the mobile application developed to enable the public to access the State's website. Requires the Chief Information Officer's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-24
Act 082, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1183). |
| HI | SB2731 | Pass | Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to honor veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-24
Act 083, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1184). |
| HI | SB3312 | Pass | Adopts, establishes, and designates the shaka as the official gesture of the State. Authorizes the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to develop a public work of art related to the shaka and its history to be displayed in a prominent location i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-24
Act 085, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1186). |
| HI | SB2537 | Pass | Clarifies that the Chief Energy Officer is responsible for supporting the renewable portfolio standards and reporting on certain energy matters. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-21
Act 055, 06/20/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1155). |
| HI | SB2504 | Pass | Repeals Part II of Act 66, SLH 2023, which 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 Hu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-21
Act 056, 06/20/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1156). |
| HI | SB1035 | Pass | Exempts from the general excise tax those medical and dental services provided by health care providers to patients who receive Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE benefits. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-03
Act 047, 06/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1147). |
| HI | SB2337 | Pass | Expands the counties' authorization to exercise the same powers as the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for purposes of developing, constructing, financing, refinancing, or providing mixed-use developments. Applies to bond proceeds ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Act 045, 05/30/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145). |
| HI | SCR29 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Support Efforts To Improve The Aquaculture Development Program Strategic Plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR19 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Support Efforts To Improve The Aquaculture Development Program Strategic Plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR20 | Pass | Requesting The Women's Corrections Implementation Commission To Develop A Strategy And Make Recommendations To Reduce The Number Of Women Incarcerated At The Women's Community Correctional Center By Twenty-five Percent Over The Next Five Years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SCR34 | Pass | Requesting The Hawaii Medical Association And Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association To Convene A Roundtable To Establish Medical Protocols To Ensure That An Individual's Thyroid Function Is Tested Before Psychotropic Medications For Mental Illness A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR37 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Stakeholder Working Group To Make Recommendations To Enhance Meaningful Access To Health Care In The State Through The Provision Of Language Assistance Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR33 | Pass | Urging The Director Of Finance To Adopt Administrative Rules To Define "beneficial Effects To The State" In Section 38-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Include The Financing Of Housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR39 | Pass | Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study Of A Continuous Legislative Session, Extending The Legislative Session, And Adding Additional Recess Days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SCR45 | Pass | Urging The Director Of Finance To Adopt Administrative Rules To Define "beneficial Effects To The State" In Section 38-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Include The Financing Of Housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR31 | Pass | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Amend The Priority For Which Low-income Housing Tax Credits Are Allocated And Moneys In The Rental Housing Revolving Fund Are Used And To Adopt Certain Administrative Rules That Incenti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SCR43 | Pass | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Amend The Priority For Which Low-income Housing Tax Credits Are Allocated And Monies In The Rental Housing Revolving Fund Are Used And Adopt Certain Administrative Rules That Incentiviz...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR34 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Establish A Working Group To Plan And Construct A Hawaii First Responders Memorial.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR44 | Pass | Urging The Hawaii Community Development Authority To Establish A Multiagency Working Group To Update The Maps, Tier Tables, And Inventories Of State Lands Suitable And Available For Affordable Housing Development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR69 | Pass | Urging The Office Of Enterprise Technology Services To Improve The State Of Hawaii's Open Data Portal By Increasing And Expanding The Data Sets Available On The Open Data Portal, Centralizing All Open Data Sets Of All State Departments Onto The Open ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR70 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Law Enforcement To Convene A Search And Rescue Working Group To Develop And Make Recommendations To Deter Hikers From Entering Illegal Hiking Trails And To Address Rising Search And Rescue Costs Facing The State And Count...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR67 | Pass | Urging The Governor To Ensure That Relevant State Agencies, Including The Department Of Health And Department Of Human Services, Collaborate To Explore Avenues To Ensure Continued Access To Affordable Medications For The State's Underserved Populatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR58 | Pass | Requesting The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Install A New Emergency Siren Near The Intersection Of Aumakua Street And Auhuhu Street In Upper Pacific Palisades.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR40 | Pass | Requesting The Board Of Agriculture To Conduct A Study On The Percentages Of Agricultural Lands Being Leased By The State That Are Suitable For Farming And Actively Being Used For Farming Purposes And Certain Dollar Amounts Relating To Lease Transfer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
| HI | SR49 | Pass | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Develop A Plan To Build One Hundred Thousand Homes Over The Next Ten Years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24 |
