| HI | SB2159 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, to prepare a report on freshwater and saltwater aquatic organisms regarding their agricultural and economic impact on the State's food se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 5:30PM in conference room 325. |
| HI | SB2322 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Health to continue water sampling and analysis of Tier 1 beaches during brown water advisories, with certain exceptions and under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:25 PM; CR 329. |
| HI | SB2362 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for statewide research into ornamental ginger pathogens, prevention of the spread of ornamental ginger pathogens, production and distribution of pathogen-free ornamental ginger plants, and outreach to ornamental producers. Effectiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 3:30PM in conference room 325. |
| HI | SB2345 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate crisis intervention training for state and county law enforcement agencies. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:45 PM; CR 016. |
| HI | SB2556 | Engross
50% | Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 5:40 PM; CR 325. |
| HI | SB2615 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the counties to require contractors to disclose information regarding its employees' wages, benefits, hours, and employment status and deny, revoke, or suspend a building permit application for violating laws relating to wages, benefits, h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 5:20 PM; CR 016. |
| HI | SB3344 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund and Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund Corporation to provide compensation for property damage resulting from catastrophic wildfires in the State. Requires the Corporation's board to report to the Legislature. Mak...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 816). |
| HI | SB2405 | Engross
50% | Allows campaign funds to be used for a candidate's child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 690). |
| HI | SB2143 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Wildfire Management Branch of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Forestry and Wildlife to provide nonprofit organizations with grants for wildfire preparedness and mitigation programming. Effective 7/1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 684). |
| HI | SB2308 | Engross
50% | Authorizes additional fines and penalties for convictions of speeding in a school zone. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678). |
| HI | SB2553 | Engross
50% | 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 chooses to opt out. Repeals an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678). |
| HI | SB2170 | Engross
50% | Establishes a new regulatory framework for combat sports contests in Hawaii by establishing the Combat Sports Commission of Hawaii and repealing existing law governing mixed martial arts contests in Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 673). |
| HI | SB3194 | Engross
50% | Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable electricity they produce to users of renewable energy under policies and procedures established by the Public Utilities Commission, should the Public Utilities Commission de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB2450 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Transportation to weigh any ocean transport container offloaded at any harbor in the State and fine any company that offloads an ocean transport container having an excessive gross weight. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB3329 | Engross
50% | Requires the disclosure of any little fire ant infestation as part of any sale of residential real property. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB106 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB735 | Engross
50% | Exempts the instream use of water for commercial kalo cultivation conducted in a manner consistent with traditional and customary Native Hawaiian practices and on traditional kalo lands from the existing process for the disposition of water rights. E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB2081 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Aerospace and Aeronautics Development Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Appropriates funds to establish a position within the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to assist the Corporat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2351 | Engross
50% | Amends the Hawaii Workforce Development Council law to be consistent with the General Appropriations Act of 2021. Renames "Hawaii Workforce Development Council" to "Hawaii Workforce Development Board". Requires the Hawaii Workforce Development Board ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2770 | Engross
50% | Allows the counties to establish, by ordinance, an opt-in program that allows an annual payment in lieu of real property taxes on the land or improvements thereon that are actively used to produce or store renewable energy that is sold to an electric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB3237 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture to designate certain species as pests, and periodically update taxa designated as pests, for control or eradication and develop and implement a control or eradication program for each designated pest but, if the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB3335 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Authority and Cannabis and Hemp Control Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning 1/1/2026, legalizes the personal adult use of canna...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2814 | Engross
50% | Directs the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Agribusiness Development Corporation and the counties, to conduct an agricultural water infrastructure study for the State of Hawaii. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2942 | Engross
50% | Allows minors under the age of sixteen to work in theatrical employment provided that the employer procures a valid certificate of employment and the minor is accompanied by a parent, guardian, or a certain responsible adult. Requires a nurse certifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB107 | Engross
50% | Authorizes a majority of the members of the Board of Education to elect a chairperson from among the members of the Board. Allows the members to annually elect a chairperson upon the start of the next confirmed term for members. Removes the requireme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340). |
| HI | SB2527 | Engross
50% | For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, temporarily reinstates the Technology Infrastructure Renovation Tax Credit and expands the definition of "technology-enabled infrastructure" to include data servers. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2842 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Wildfire Mitigation Working Group to develop a state wildfire mitigation plan and advise and make recommendations to state agencies concerning the State's wildfire safety and prevention efforts. Requires report to Legislature. Makes a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2094 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) to establish a one-year pilot program to allow inmates incarcerated at the Women's Community Correctional Center to foster pets while incarcerated. Requires DCR to submit a report to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2172 | Engross
50% | Prohibits staff members from assuming the authority and duties of the chairperson of a board or commission. Takes effect 7/1/2112. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB2977 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the imposition of a penalty for unlicensed individuals performing certain work that requires a contractor license, including the offering or performing of repairs or improvements to existing structures and property and tearing down or rebu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2044 | Engross
50% | Establishes that the transfer or acquisition of a controlling interest in an entity that owns real property in the State shall be subject to the conveyance tax. Eliminates the dollar cap amounts of conveyance tax collections paid into the Land Conser...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB2112 | Engross
50% | Amends the definition of "installment lender" to clarify that the law is not intended to eliminate the ability of lenders to make low interest rate loans under the interest and usury law. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2072 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2406 | 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. Amends the frequency with which the Hawaii Tourism Authority is required to sub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2404 | Engross
50% | Repeals the requirement that a standard proxy form authorized by the unit owners' association contain a box wherein an owner may indicate that the proxy is given to the board as a whole and that the vote is to be made on the basis of the preference o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB279 | Engross
50% | Requires Medicaid and private insurance coverage for ketamine therapy to treat depression. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2040. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB2381 | Engross
50% | Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in the State of Hawaii, to begin with the 2028 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB2474 | Engross
50% | By 1/1/2027, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2028, requires the Department to start ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB2569 | Engross
50% | Allows a person who employs or contracts with a health care worker who suffers an act of violence at the health care facility to report the event to law enforcement and petition for a temporary restraining order and injunction under certain circumsta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB2945 | Engross
50% | Establishes a Task Force to conduct a statewide study on the accessibility of ignition interlock devices and any national best practices. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | SB3195 | Engross
50% | Expands the definition of "renewable energy producer" that is used to determine the Board of Land and Natural Resources' disposition of public lands by direct negotiation to renewable energy producers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB2020 | Engross
50% | Makes it a deceptive practice to advertise, display, or offer a price for goods or services that does not include all mandatory fees or charges, with certain exceptions. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB2310 | Engross
50% | Prohibits a person from using a location tracker to harass, stalk, or perpetuate a crime against another person without their knowledge. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB3328 | Engross
50% | Clarifies the Department of Education's authority to oversee public education facilities and real estate development. Establishes the Office of Facilities and Real Estate Development and the Office of School Operations and Services. Repeals the Schoo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB2120 | Engross
50% | Requires retail pet stores to maintain records regarding the source and medical history of animals sold and provide records to pet purchasers, subject to the discretion of the retail pet store. Establishes penalties. Authorizes retail pet stores to s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HI | SB2091 | Engross
50% | Requires all telecommunications service providers to communicate relevant information relating to the deenergization of electrical lines to public safety or emergency response offices for the affected areas. Requires all electric utilities to operate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HI | SB2092 | Engross
50% | Requires the Public Utilities Commission to direct each electric utility company in the State to file proposals for programs to provide certain benefits to residential property owners in fire-prone areas that install electric infrastructure improveme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HI | SB2011 | Engross
50% | Allows the construction of multi-family dwelling units on any lot within certain designated county zoning districts, subject to reasonable standards adopted by each county. Takes effect 4/14/2112. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Housing Committee |
| HI | SB2029 | Engross
50% | Prohibits any law, ordinance, or rule from imposing an inclusionary zoning requirement on housing offered exclusively for sale or rent in perpetuity to buyers or renters who are residents of the State, are owner-occupants or renters, and do not own a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | SB2107 | Engross
50% | Allows the Attorney General to appoint a special counsel to assume the Attorney General's powers and responsibilities over an investigation of a person or matter when the investigation or prosecution of, or any other legal or administrative action ag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
