| HI | SB900 | Pass | Requires the Executive Office on Aging to submit to the Legislature annual progress reports on the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 252, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1355). |
| HI | SB1586 | Veto | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to establish five administrative, professional, and technical full-time equivalent (5.0 APT FTE) positions at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Vetoed on 07-07-23 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1366). |
| HI | SB691 | Pass | Allows the chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office to enforce minimum efficiency standards and adopt or amend efficiency standards. Sets minimum efficiency standards for portable electric spas, residential ventilating fans, toilets, ur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 224, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1327). |
| HI | SB968 | Pass | Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to collaborate with the Department of Transportation to develop, implement, administer, and manage a program to enable parking stall sharing among public employees of the State and a pilot pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 202, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1305). |
| HI | SB1057 | Pass | Requires certain job listings to include an hourly rate or salary range. Prohibits an employer from discriminating between employees because of any protected category established under state law, by paying wages to employees in an establishment at a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 203, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1306). |
| HI | SB1502 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Transportation to regulate the parking of shared cars at state airports. Authorizes the counties to regulate the parking utilized by shared cars. Amends the required coverage for shared cars that are made available throug...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 210, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313). |
| HI | SB1189 | Pass | Requires candidates, or the treasurer of their candidate committee, to file a preliminary campaign finance report on February 28 of the year of a general election. Effective 1/1/2026. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 119, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1220). |
| HI | SB1493 | Pass | Prohibits, during legislative sessions and shortly before and after, lobbyist contributions and expenditures, and promises of contributions or expenditures, to any elected official, candidate, candidate committee, or individual who is required to fil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 128, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1229). |
| HI | SB898 | Pass | Temporarily expands the State Rent Supplement Program specifically for qualified persons who are sixty-two years of age or older and are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to submit annual ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
Act 098, 06/21/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1199). |
| 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 | 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 | SB500 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish additional permanent mental health practitioner positions within the Division of Student Success' Counseling and Student Development Center. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | SB710 | Engross
50% | Appropriates moneys for an education and reentry program for incarcerated women. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | SB1044 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to hire complex-based licensed behavioral health specialists for Hawaii's rural public schools. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | SB1488 | Engross
50% | Requires the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, in consultation with livestock industry stakeholders, to conduct a study to assess the effects of heat stress on beef cattle during interisland ocean transportatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | SB1594 | Engross
50% | Establishes an expanded crisis intervention and diversion activities program within the department of health to expand existing activities to divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care services. Defines "crisis center" and "cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | SB1543 | Engross
50% | Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in the State, to begin with the 2026 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit a progress a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309. |
| HI | SB627 | Engross
50% | Allows an election candidate, treasurer, or candidate committee to use campaign funds for the candidate's child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 1:45PM; Conference Room 325. |
| HI | SB449 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the governor to plan and coordinate the festival of pacific arts and culture to be held in Honolulu from 6/6/2024 to 6/16/2024. Requires the department of busines...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 840). |
| 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 | SB725 | Engross
50% | Requires and appropriates moneys for the department of human resources development to submit an annual report to the legislature on the telework policies of the executive branch. Establishes requirements for a pilot telework monitoring system to asse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 976). |
| HI | SB1513 | Pass | Requires a Public Agency Board to report any discussion or final action taken during an executive meeting; provided that such disclosure is not inconsistent with the purpose of convening the executive meeting, but giving the Board discretion to maint...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-20
Act 019, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119). |
| 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 | 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 | SB388 | Engross
50% | Prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of any waste or disposal facility for hazardous waste or solid waste on land that is near or above a significant aquifer as determined by the Department of Health in consultation with the Commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-29
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB591 | Engross
50% | Establishes the operation of an illegal gambling business as a class C felony. Takes effect 03/22/2075. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB668 | Engross
50% | Adopts the physical therapy compact effective 7/1/3025. Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to adopt rules to implement and administer the compact. Requires applicants for physical therapist or physical therapist assistant licens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-24
To House Health Committee |
| HI | SB965 | Engross
50% | Establishes green infrastructure objectives and policies for transportation systems, infrastructure, and projects. Establishes the green transportation infrastructure task force to examine, evaluate, and develop policies for the design, implementatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-24
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB755 | Engross
50% | Requires the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025 focused on the health disparities experienced by persons in the State with developmental or intellect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB302 | Engross
50% | Temporarily reinstates the technology infrastructure renovation tax credit. Expands the definition of "technology-enabled infrastructure" to include data servers. Requires a report from the department of taxation analyzing the tax implications for sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB420 | 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] | 2023-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB752 | Engross
50% | Requires the comptroller to identify state office buildings that can provide equitable telecommunication access to allow certain residents, including residents with disabilities, to participate remotely in legislative hearings. Requires a report to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB1179 | Engross
50% | Prohibits foreign entities and foreign-influenced business entities from making contributions, expenditures, electioneering communications, or donations for election purposes. Requires every business entity that contributes or expends funds in a stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB1478 | Engross
50% | Establishes an offensive cybersecurity program within the office of enterprise technology services to analyze and evaluate cybersecurity threats and increase cybersecurity awareness and education. Establishes a goal for all state and county agencies ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB340 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, and repair of housing units without regard to civil service law. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB1504 | Engross
50% | Establishes the museum of modern Hawaii history. Establishes a task force to develop plans for the establishment, construction, and operation of the museum of modern Hawaii history. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB64 | Engross
50% | Requires the insurance commissioner to establish an annual enrollment period for medigap insurance plans. Requires issuers of Medigap insurance in the State to accept an eligible individual's application for coverage during the open enrollment period...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB673 | Engross
50% | Establishes a terminally ill qualifying patient medical cannabis use working group to study the feasibility of the medical use of cannabis by terminally ill qualifying patients in health care facilities. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB366 | Engross
50% | Establishes penalties for the failure to comply with a County Director of Finance's request that a vehicle number plate or special number plate be returned. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | SB383 | Engross
50% | Requires that any person who applies for an identification card or driver's license be automatically registered to vote. Requires that the applicant be provided the opportunity to opt-out of voter registration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB442 | Engross
50% | Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical aid in dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, in addition to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| HI | SB767 | Engross
50% | Prohibits the Governor or a Mayor from suspending requests for public records or vital statistics during a declared state of emergency. Allows for a reasonable delay in an agency's response to a request as a result of extenuating circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | SB853 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| HI | SB902 | Engross
50% | Requires the Executive Office on Aging to establish a workforce development and support center. Appropriates funds for the center's establishment. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| HI | SB1056 | Engross
50% | Clarifies that the engineering study required prior to the setting of a maximum speed limit shall not apply to reductions of maximum speed limits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | SB1130 | Engross
50% | Makes a principal of an activity desk, and all persons with an ownership interest in the activity desk, jointly and severally liable for any financial deficiency when the activity desk's client trust account is insufficient to pay consumers or activi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB974 | Engross
50% | Establishes a framework to regulate controllers and processors with access to personal consumer data. Establishes penalties. Establishes a new consumer privacy special fund. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | SB1187 | Engross
50% | Increases the post-employment restriction for former legislators from twelve months to twenty-four months.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB1569 | Engross
50% | Establishes a temporary Telework Working Group. Requires interim and final reports to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB375 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis Authority within the Department of Health to adopt rules to regulate responsible, adult-use of cannabis in the State. Establishes that possession of cannabis by an adult in the amount of four ounces or less without a p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
