| HI | HB776 | Intro | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for a master planned development proposed by Pueo Development, LLC, on Hawaiian Home Lands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
[Hearing: Mar 2 @ 1:00 pm]
Bill scheduled for reconsideration of previous decision by FIN on 03-02-21 1:00PM in conference room 308 Via Videoconference. |
| HI | HB821 | Intro | Authorizes the state historic preservation division, in consultation with the office of Hawaiian affairs, to delegate the responsibility of historic preservation project reviews to the impacted county and establish a program for third-party individua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
[Hearing: Mar 2 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1149 | Intro | Reorganizes and integrates the land use commission within a modified office of planning, which is renamed as the office of planning and sustainable development. Reclassifies the coastal zone management program and statewide sustainability branch as d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
[Hearing: Mar 2 @ 11:00 am]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1246 | Intro | Specifies that certain violations of the Fireworks Control Law shall be considered an activity that causes air pollution under the Hawaii Air Pollution Control Act and a violation of noise control rules under the Hawaii noise pollution laws, and puni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
[Hearing: Mar 2 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB1276 | Intro | Allows the board of land and natural resources to adopt, amend, or repeal administrative fee schedules for certain activities related to state parks through regular or special board meetings rather than through administrative rulemaking. Appropriates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
[Hearing: Mar 2 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1351 | Intro | Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to establish and operate conservation mitigation banks to restore, create, enhance, or preserve conservation habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation. Clarifies the sale of credits invol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
[Hearing: Mar 2 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HR47 | Intro | Urging The United States Congress And President Joseph R. Biden To Enact The Protecting The Right To Organize Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
To be offered. |
| HI | HCR58 | Intro | Urging The United States Congress And President Joseph R. Biden To Enact The Protecting The Right To Organize Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
To be offered. |
| HI | HB79 | Intro | Establishes an affordable homeownership revolving fund within HHFDC to provide loans to nonprofit community development financial institutions and nonprofit housing development organizations for the development of affordable homeownership housing pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Eli. |
| HI | HB485 | Intro | Increases the amount of the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax from $5 to an unspecified amount. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, McDermott. |
| HI | HB552 | Intro | Establishes clean ground transportation goals for state agencies on a staggered basis until achieving a one hundred per cent light-duty motor vehicle clean fleet by 12/31/2035. Requires all agencies purchasing or leasing medium- and heavy-duty motor ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB554 | Intro | Beginning 05/01/2022, requires sellers to disclose whether the real property lies within the sea level rise exposure area designated by the Hawaii climate change mitigation and adaptation commission or its successor. Effective 5/1/2022. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Har, Hashem, Mizuno, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong. |
| HI | HB550 | Intro | Requires and establishes deadlines for state facilities, except smaller facilities and facilities at Aloha Stadium, to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures. Directs the Hawaii state energy office to collect utility bill and energy usag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB593 | Intro | Expands the definition of "beer" to specify an alcohol by volume of no less than 0.5 percent and to include alcoholic seltzer beverages. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Har, Hashem, Mizuno, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong. |
| HI | HB863 | Intro | Authorizes general obligation bonds for the forest stewardship program of the department of land and natural resources to renovate the equipment and facilities of the state tree nurseries. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB1191 | Intro | Establishes the broadband infrastructure grant program to award grants to applicants to extend deployment of infrastructure used to provide broadband service to unserved areas of the State. Amends the Hawaii technology loan revolving fund to change i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Eli. |
| HI | HB1311 | Intro | Removes the construction completion deadline for the Leialii affordable housing project. Allows HHFDC to address historic preservation laws when funding is appropriated for each portion of the Leialii affordable housing project. Effective 7/1/2050. (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Eli. |
| HI | HB1366 | Intro | Amends the class C felony offense of manufacturing, purchasing, or obtaining firearm parts to assemble a firearm having no serial number to also prohibit possession of those firearm parts. Amends Act 74, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, to repeal languag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Eli, McDermott; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HCR52 | Intro | Requesting The Office Of The Governor To Convene A Task Force To Assess Whether State Agencies' Anti-bullying Policies And Records Of Incidences Of Bullying Are Properly Updated And Effectively Utilized.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
To be offered. |
| HI | HR41 | Intro | Requesting The Office Of The Governor To Convene A Task Force To Assess Whether State Agencies' Anti-bullying Policies And Records Of Incidences Of Bullying Are Properly Updated And Effectively Utilized.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
To be offered. |
| HI | HCR51 | Intro | Requesting The Department Of Education To Convene A Working Group To Create A Model Statewide School Policy On Student Suicide Prevention, Intervention, And Postvention In Grades K-12.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
To be offered. |
| HI | HR40 | Intro | Requesting The Department Of Education To Convene A Working Group To Create A Model Statewide School Policy On Student Suicide Prevention, Intervention, And Postvention In Grades K-12.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
To be offered. |
| HI | HB553 | Intro | Establishes an offense of knowingly capturing, entangling, or killing a shark in state marine waters, and provides penalties and fines. Provides certain exemptions. Requires the department of land and natural resources to establish rules to achieve c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-24
The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, D. Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Takumi, Todd, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) McKelvey; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Tokioka. |
| HI | HB546 | Intro | Amends the composition of the early learning board to make a representative from Aha Punana Leo a standing member. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-24
The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, D. Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakamura, Todd, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Takumi; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Tokioka. |
| HI | HB1362 | Intro | Establishes the Hawaii early childhood educator stipend program to address shortage of early childhood education educators. Extends certain effective dates for implementation of Act 46, SLH 2020. Requires the application of a uniform assessment for p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-24
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1376 | Intro | Extends the period for a notice of summary possession from five days to fifteen. Requires landlords to enter into mediation and delays when a landlord may seek possession of a dwelling unit if the tenant schedules or attempts to schedule mediation. R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-24
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB1324 | Intro | Establishes a commercial rent relief grant program to be administered by the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Requires that the commercial rent relief grants be given priority for moneys received through federal funding. App...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-24
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HR36 | Intro | Urging The United States Congress To Grant Additional Authority To The Federal Communications Commission To Stop Unwanted And Illegal Robocalls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-24
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HCR45 | Intro | Urging The United States Congress To Grant Additional Authority To The Federal Communications Commission To Stop Unwanted And Illegal Robocalls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-24
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HCR46 | Intro | Requesting The Department Of Human Services To Study 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 Recipients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-24
To House Health, Human Services, & Homelessness Committee |
| HI | HR37 | Intro | Requesting The Department Of Human Services To Study 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 Recipients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-24
To House Health, Human Services, & Homelessness Committee |
| HI | HB490 | Intro | Lowers the age at which enhanced penalties apply for crimes against seniors from sixty-two years of age to sixty years of age. Makes commission of certain criminal offenses against a senior's person or property applicable if the perpetrator knows or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-23
The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, Ichiyama, LoPresti, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakamura, Todd, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) D. Kobayashi, Takumi; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB566 | Intro | Adds coercive control between family or household members to the offense of abuse of family or household members as a petty misdemeanor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-23
The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, Ichiyama, D. Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) McKelvey, Takumi; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB1377 | Intro | Creates an electronic citation program under the judiciary and establishes an electronic citation surcharge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-23
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1326 | Intro | Allows a narrow hearsay exception for statements made by domestic violence victims to certain government officials within 24 hours of an incident of domestic violence and prior to the arrest of the defendant, even if the statement is testimonial in n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-23
The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, Ichiyama, LoPresti, McKelvey, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Lowen, Takumi, Todd, Tokioka; 2 Noes: Representative(s) D. Kobayashi, Nakamura; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB80 | Intro | Clarifies when and how members or partners of a taxpayer may claim the low-income housing tax credit. Requires a Form 8609 for purposes of claiming the tax credit. Specifies the application of tax provisions with respect to buildings or projects plac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB75 | Intro | Allows an organization to qualify for grants under chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, if the organization is registered with the department of commerce and consumer affairs and in possession of a valid certificate of vendor compliance issued by th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB229 | Intro | Designates the fourth day in January of each year as United States Senator Daniel K. Akaka Day. Effective 7/1/2065. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB565 | Intro | Grants exclusive original jurisdiction in matters of divorce to the family court of the circuit in which an applicant is domiciled at the time the application is filed. Repeals the requirement that a person be domiciled or physically present in the S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB592 | Intro | Requires the public utilities commission to explore, through its docket process, solutions to the problems posed by siting of above-ground electrical infrastructure in high-risk areas. Requires the public utilities commission to submit a report to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB865 | Intro | Directs the auditor to perform a comprehensive performance and management audit of the state historic preservation division. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB779 | Intro | Requires the department of agriculture, in consultation with the department of health, to develop and implement a one-time pesticide disposal collection program, for a duration to be determined by the department. Requires the department of agricultur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB823 | Intro | Repeals the task force on beach and water safety and risk assessment working group. Requires the design and placement of warning signs, devices, and systems on certain areas of the State to be approved by the chairperson of the board of land and natu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1144 | Intro | Exempts from general excise tax law amounts received from the interisland transportation and related loading and unloading of agricultural commodities. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1346 | Intro | Requires the department of agriculture, in coordination with the office of planning, to prepare and periodically update the agricultural functional plan to include among other agricultural economic updates, seafood sustainability that expands the Sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1308 | Intro | Establishes June 19 of each year as Juneteenth Day. Effective 7/1/2065. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB545 | Intro | Requires the department of Hawaiian home lands to digitize its applicant, beneficiary, and lessee records and create a usable digital database no later than 7/1/2022. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HCR12 | Intro | Convening A Task Force To Address Implementation Of Hawaii's State Law Corollary To Title Ix In Light Of Recent Changes To Federal Title Ix Regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HR13 | Intro | Convening A Task Force To Address Implementation Of Hawaii's State Law Corollary To Title Ix In Light Of Recent Changes To Federal Title Ix Regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HB521 | Intro | Requires the committee on weights to submit a report to the legislature detailing any changes to the funding formula within thirty days of the board of education approving any changes to the funding formula. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
