| HI | HB2619 | Pass | Requires the Department of Agriculture to lead and coordinate the State's invasive pest control and eradication biosecurity efforts. Establishes certain reporting requirements. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for programs and posi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09
Act 231, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1336). |
| HI | HB2581 | Pass | Removes the ability of the Governor or a mayor to suspend electronic media transmission during a state of emergency or local state of emergency, respectively. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09
Act 237, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1342). |
| HI | HB1554 | Pass | Expands the Department of Land and Natural Resources' rulemaking authority to include any rule to impose restrictions or requirements deemed necessary to protect certain aquatic life. Expands the Board of Land and Natural Resources' authority to temp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 222, 07/08/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1323). |
| HI | HB1842 | Pass | Increases the maximum fine for violations of the fire protection laws. Specifies that each day a violation exists or continues to exist shall constitute a distinct and separate offense. Raises the criminal penalty for the offense of arson in the four...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 201, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302). |
| HI | HB1922 | Pass | Expands the department of land and natural resources' rulemaking authority to include any rule deemed necessary to protect certain wildlife. Expands the board of land and natural resources' authority to timely adopt, amend, or repeal certain rules if...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 223, 07/08/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1324). |
| HI | HB1902 | Pass | Clarifies that the Governor's and mayors' emergency management powers shall be consistent with the state constitution. Clarifies the scope of the comprehensive emergency management plan. Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or te...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 206, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1307). |
| HI | HB2107 | Pass | Appropriates funds to establish a Limited English Proficiency Language Access Coordinator position and for programming support for LEP community projects within the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 210, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311). |
| HI | HB2193 | Pass | Authorizes law enforcement and fire officers to enter and inspect any licensee's or permittee's premises, under certain conditions, to verify compliance with the State's Fireworks Control Law. Establishes procedures for the Department of Law Enforcem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 208, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1309). |
| HI | HB2743 | Pass | Requires the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center and the Sea Grant College Program to develop an overlay with the Hawaii Cesspool Prioritization Tool to identify specific priority areas in which the county sewer system or other centr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-08
Act 217, 07/08/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1318). |
| HI | HB1832 | Pass | Authorizes a state department, division, or agency, rather than the Department of Human Resources Development, to conduct a minimum qualification review of applicants for vacant positions within the department, division, or agency. Requires the Depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-05
Act 186, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287). |
| HI | HB2192 | Pass | Authorizes the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to appoint an organization as the limited owner of a cemetery, under certain circumstances, for the purposes of filing complaints and engaging in certain security and perpetual care activities ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-05
Act 193, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). |
| HI | HB2298 | Pass | Beginning 7/1/2027, requires roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages that contain Hawaii-grown and Hawaii-processed coffee blended with coffee of another regional origin to contain no less than fifty-one per cent coffee by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-05
Act 198, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). |
| HI | HB1923 | Pass | Authorizes overnight camps in operation prior to January 1, 1961, to be regulated via the special permit process. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-03
Act 182, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). |
| HI | HB470 | Pass | Clarifies the definition of "provider" as it relates to the entities eligible to provide no cost emergency shelter and related services to a consenting minor to include certain organizations who are not considered child placing organizations or child...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02
Act 145, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). |
| HI | HB1529 | Pass | Allows any burial council member whose term has expired to continue in office as a holdover member until the member's reappointment to a second term is confirmed or a successor is nominated and appointed. Prohibits holdover members from holding offic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-01
Act 123, 06/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1224). |
| HI | HB2626 | Pass | Specifies certain findings the Board of Land and Natural Resources must make for a lease of a government-owned Hawaiian fishpond. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-01
Act 124, 06/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1225). |
| HI | HB1836 | Pass | Allows registered pharmacists during declared states of emergency to refill prescriptions for persons directly impacted by the emergency for up to a thirty-day supply if the practitioner is unavailable or cannot be contacted to authorize the refill a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Act 100, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1201). |
| HI | HB1830 | Pass | Beginning 7/1/2026, establishes provisional or associate-level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances; authorizes psychol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Act 093, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1194). |
| HI | HB1827 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Department of Education to support health care workforce development programs, specifically the public high school health care workforce certificate program and glidepath prog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Act 089, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1190). |
| HI | HB1944 | Pass | Authorizes certain types of radiographical coverage and specialist consultations without a treatment plan within the context of workers' compensation coverage for employees with cervical and lumbar spinal injuries, or suspected cervical and lumbar sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Act 094, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). |
| HI | HB2020 | Pass | Expands the definition of "renewable energy producer" that is used to determine the Board of Land and Natural Resources' disposition of public lands to renewable energy producers. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-21
Act 053, 06/20/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1153). |
| HI | HB1925 | Pass | Establishes the Hawaii State Planning Act Phase II Task Force within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development. Makes an appropriation. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
Act 036, 05/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1136). |
| HI | HB2090 | Pass | Beginning 1/1/2025, allows residential uses in areas zoned for commercial use to be considered permitted under certain circumstances. Requires, no later than 1/1/2025, each county to adopt or amend its ordinances to allow for adaptive reuse of existi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
Act 037, 05/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137). |
| HI | HB1974 | Pass | Increases the monthly needs allowance for individuals living in certain long-term care facilities from $50 to $75. Clarifies that the needs allowance is not intended to replace or affect funds received from the federal Supplemental Security Income Pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Act 018, 05/13/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118). |
| HI | HB1950 | Pass | Designates November 22 of each year as "Kimchi Day" in the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Act 008, 04/19/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1108). |
| HI | HB1899 | Pass | Designates certain snail species as official state snails.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
Act 004, 04/12/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104). |
