| HI | HB1611 | Pass | Requires law enforcement agencies and the Law Enforcement Standards Board to consult the National Decertification Index and report certain information related to a law enforcement officer's certification status to the Index. Takes effect 7/1/2026. (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09
Act 246, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1351). |
| HI | HB1953 | Pass | Requires the Judicial Council to conduct a comprehensive review of the Hawaii Penal Code and to recommend proposed changes. Requires the Judicial Council to appoint an advisory committee to assist in the review, and allows the Judicial Council to als...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09
Act 245, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1350). |
| HI | HB2231 | Pass | Establishes as a goal of the State the increased representation of female law enforcement officers in the State by 2030 and nonbinary law enforcement officers in the State. Requires each law enforcement agency to recruit law enforcement officers from...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09
Act 251, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356). |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | HB2546 | Pass | Allows for the use of fine meshed nets for the protection of plants against invasive species, under certain conditions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-03
Act 184, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285). |
| 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 | HB2224 | Pass | Requires the Executive Office on Aging, in coordination with the State Health Planning and Development Agency, to create a comprehensive long-term care plan to accomplish certain long-term care policy goals that ensure the availability of a full cont...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02
Act 159, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260). |
| 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 | HB2074 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for Kaiapuni programs and the establishment of three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) Kaiapuni education curriculum specialist II positions and ten full-time equivalent (10.0 FTE) Kaiapuni classroom tea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-01
Act 126, 06/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1227). |
| HI | HB2218 | Pass | Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended, to increase the loan limit for direct loans provided by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from fifty percent to seventy-five percent of the maximum single residence loan amount allowed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-01
Act 130, 06/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1231). |
| 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 | HB1148 | Pass | Appropriates funds for temporary positions to support the expansion of the University of Hawaii Windward Community College's mental health-related programs. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Act 107, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). |
| 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 | HB2042 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the Department of Health to contract for the provision of youth mental health and wellness services to address the mental health and wellness needs of youth in the State. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Act 102, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1203). |
| HI | HB2159 | Pass | Part I: requires the Department of the Attorney General to assist with the preparation and filing of petitions for assisted community treatment and with the presentation of the case, unless declined by the petitioner. Part II: repeals language entitl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Act 087, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1188). |
| HI | HB2553 | Pass | Authorizes pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons three years of age or older. Authorizes pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians under the direct supervision of a pharmacist to administer vaccinations to persons three years of age or older,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Act 104, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1205). |
| HI | HB2577 | Pass | 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] | 2024-06-28
Act 105, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1206). |
| HI | HB1595 | Pass | Creates a pilot project, to be administered by the Department of the Attorney General, for a state-initiated expungement process of arrest records concerning certain marijuana offenses under section 712-1249, HRS. Requires the Hawai?i Criminal Justic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-24
Act 062, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163). |
| 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 | HB2216 | Pass | Increases the state supplemental payment ceilings for type I adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, certified adult foster homes, and type II adult residential care hom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Act 020, 05/13/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1120). |
| HI | HB1598 | Pass | Requires boards to make available for public inspection board packets, if created, at the time the board packet is distributed to board members but no later than two business days before the board meeting. Provides that public testimony may be distri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-03
Act 011, 05/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111). |
| HI | HB1599 | Pass | Requires public meeting notices to inform members of the public how to provide remote oral testimony in a manner that allows the testifier, upon request, to be visible to board members and other meeting participants. Recognizes a board's authority to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-03
Act 012, 05/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112). |
| HI | HB1896 | Engross
Sine Die | Beginning 1/1/2027, prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, distribution for sale, and distribution for use of any food packaging, food service ware, cosmetic, or personal care product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and pol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-03
Deferred one day. |
| HI | HCR125 | Pass | Requesting The Establishment Of A Telehealth Working Group To Examine The Impact Of Widespread Telehealth Adoption During The Covid-19 Pandemic And Identify Public Policy Initiatives At The Federal And State Level To Optimize Telehealth Utilization A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-03
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HB2563 | Enroll
Sine Die | Exempts the Hawaii Convention Center from certain requirements regarding concessions on public property. Authorizes the Hawaii Tourism Authority to sell or lease naming rights for the Hawaii Convention Center facility. Facilitates advertising and mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). |
| HI | HCR94 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Human Services To Conduct A Study On The Feasibility Of Increasing The Medicaid Reimbursement Payment Rate For Hawaii's Community Care Foster Family Homes And Expanded Adult Residential Care Homes For Medicaid Clients In ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826). |
| HI | HCR91 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Human Services To Establish A Working Group To Address Issues Relating To Reimbursements And Payments To Home- And Community-based Services Providers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826). |
| HI | HCR187 | Pass | Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study On Best Practices For Nurse Staffing In Health Care Facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826). |
| HI | HCR198 | Pass | Requesting The State's Congressional Delegation To Advocate For The Enforcement Of Existing International Laws To Reduce Ghost Nets Entering The State From International Waters And Take Other Actions To Reduce Marine Debris From Fishing Gear.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826). |
| HI | HB1831 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Behavioral Health Crisis Center Pilot Program. Authorizes the Department of Health to establish or contract with behavioral health crisis centers in each county. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the pilot pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 329. |
| HI | HB1828 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the State's deadline to achieve its energy-efficiency portfolio standards target from 2030 to 2045 and updates the standards. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish interim goals for electricity use reduction to be achieved by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:20PM in Conference Room 329. |
| HI | HB1892 | Engross
Sine Die | Part II: Amends the deadlines for required upgrades conversions, or connections for certain priority level 1 and priority level 2 cesspools. Part III: Authorizes and appropriates funds to the Department of Health to retain qualified consultants as ne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:15PM in Conference Room 329. |
| HI | HB1964 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a child care provider subsidy and bonus program to provide subsidies to retain the existing child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care centers, group child care ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:55 PM; CR 329. |
| HI | HB2083 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Education to establish a recognition program to incentivize schools to submit to the Department a plan for the school to reach the local farm to school meal goal of thirty per cent of food served in the school to consist of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 5:30PM in conference room 325. |
| HI | HB2136 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement a pesticide inspection program to increase compliance with the proper use of restricted use pesticides and ensure the continued prohibition on the use or application of pesticides cont...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 5:30PM in conference room 325. |
| HI | HB2690 | Engross
Sine Die | Part I: Establishes a WAI Policy Coordinator and other positions within the Commission on Water Resource Management for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. Declares that the general fund expenditur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 1:00PM in Conference Room 229. |
| HI | HB2131 | Engross
Sine Die | Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture to mitigate and control the spread of the 2-lined spittlebug and to fund recovery efforts for areas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 9:15AM in conference room 325. |
| HI | HB2644 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii Ant Lab in mitigating the effects of little fire ants in the State. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 9:15AM in conference room 325. |
| HI | HB2712 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to increase the funding for applied behavioral analysis services for persons with autism. Requires the Department of Human Services to obtain maximum federal matching funds and pursue all other funding sources. Declares that the ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-26-24 1:50PM in conference room 329. |
