| HI | HB1359 | Pass | Repeals redundant regulations on hemp production to reduce costs for the State and Hawaii farmers. Amends the hemp law in a manner that recognizes the unique constraints of Hawaii farmers, while protecting human health. Allows licensed hemp producers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 263, 07/11/2023, (Gov. Msg. No. 1377). |
| HI | HB306 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii 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 or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 258, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1361). |
| HI | HB388 | Pass | Adopts the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard. Requires the Department of Education to obtain instructional materials in accessible formats for eligible students. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 254, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1357). |
| HI | HB870 | Pass | Requires the department of human services to establish a neighbor islands blind and visually impaired service pilot program that supplements existing statewide services by providing training and other services to neighbor island residents who are bli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 253, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356). |
| HI | HB600 | Pass | Establishes the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee. Requires the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee to develop a comprehensive, statewide Safe Routes to School Plan. Amends the duties of the Department of Transportation's Safe Routes to S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 244, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1347). |
| HI | HB819 | Pass | Designates limu kala (Sargassum echinocarpum) as the official Hawaii state limu. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 230, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1333). |
| HI | HB1134 | Pass | Prohibits commercial ocean use activity in Kaneohe Bay waters without a permit. Prohibits any person from advertising any commercial ocean use activity or equipment for such activity in Kaneohe Bay waters for which the person does not have a permit. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-06
Act 232, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1335). |
| HI | HB192 | Pass | Prohibits the sale of certain fluorescent lamps as a new manufactured product, with certain exemptions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 225, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1328). |
| HI | HB217 | Pass | Updates the cost valuations of work on certain residences for the work to qualify for an exemption from the requirement that plans and specifications for construction projects be prepared by a licensed engineer or architect. Clarifies work that is no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 177, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1280). |
| HI | HB615 | Pass | Clarifies that any provision in a private agreement contained in a conveyance of land recorded on or before 7/8/2003 that have since expired but have not been renewed and recorded in the bureau of conveyances are prohibited from restricting bona fide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 219, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). |
| HI | HB1184 | Pass | Allows agencies to rank fewer than three persons for professional services when fewer than three qualified persons respond to the solicitation or request to use alternative procurement procedures when no qualified person responds to the solicitation....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 188, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1291). |
| HI | HB503 | Pass | Requires the Board of Education to work with the Department of Education to conduct an analysis on the necessary timeline and appropriate process for making computer science a graduation requirement by no later than the 2030-2031 school year. Require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-03
Act 174, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1277). |
| HI | HB68 | Pass | Requires that ongoing staff support for the centralized statewide criminal pretrial justice data reporting and collection system be conducted by the Criminal Justice Research Institute's staff and not be contracted to another entity. Requires the Cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 147, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| HI | HB525 | Pass | Implements the 2022 Uniform Commercial Code Amendments set forth by the Uniform Law Commission. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 132, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1235). |
| HI | HB1205 | Pass | Specifies that exclusive representatives of public employees are not required to provide grievance representation to collective bargaining unit members who do not pay dues or dues equivalents and who decline to pay reasonable costs of the representat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 150, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). |
| HI | HB884 | Pass | Exempts from state physician licensure requirements out-of-state traveling team physicians who accompany a sports team to Hawaii, under certain conditions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Act 106, 06/22/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1207). |
| HI | HB1369 | Pass | Repeals the sunset dates of Act 156, SLH 2012, and Act 124, SLH 2014, to make the nursing facility sustainability program permanent and permanently exempt the nursing sustainability program special fund from the central service and administrative exp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Act 109, 06/22/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1210). |
| HI | HB1397 | Pass | Establishes a supportive housing pilot program in the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions. Appropriates funds. Declares that appropriations exceed general fund expenditure ceiling. Effective 7/1/2023. Sunsets 6/30/2025. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
Act 095, 06/21/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1196). |
| HI | HB1183 | Pass | Exempts parking lot operations at state parks and the operation of concessions at certain state parks from the bidding requirements for concessions operating on public property. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
Act 072, 06/08/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1172). |
| HI | HB968 | Pass | Appropriates funds to establish positions for the University of Hawaii Pamantasan Council. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-07
Act 064, 06/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1164). |
| HI | HB1329 | Pass | Requires the Department of Education to work with certain organizations to develop and implement an active shooter training program in all public and charter schools. Allows public and charter school students to decline to participate in active shoot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
Act 053, 06/02/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1153). |
| HI | HCR41 | Pass | Urging The Public Utilities Commission To Open A New Proceeding Relating To The Removal Of Abandoned Or Double Utility Poles, Lines, And Equipment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
Received notice of Agreement and Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 898). |
| HI | HB69 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for the Department of Education's Resources for Enrichment, Athletics/Academics, Culture, and Health program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB193 | Engross
50% | Extends the State's energy-efficiency portfolio standards from 2030 to 2045. Authorizes the public utilities commission to establish interim goals. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB314 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Office of Community Services to fund the purchase, storage, and transportation of food for distribution to the food banks in the State. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB610 | Engross
50% | Establishes the farm workforce retention tax credit for farm employers or owners of farm employers who employ eligible farm employees. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB606 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with other state agencies, to develop and implement a plan by 7/1/2025 to expand the meat processing capacity in the State to allow for meat from axis deer and other wild game to be processed f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB617 | Engross
50% | Establishes an oral health task force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050 and 7/1/205...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB612 | Engross
50% | Establishes an income tax credit to alleviate the high costs of production for farmers, ranchers, and fishers and incentivize growth in the agricultural sector in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB607 | Engross
50% | Creates an income tax credit for transportation costs incurred by certain taxpayers who ship produce and agricultural goods between counties. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 04:30pm in Conference Room 309. |
| HI | HB872 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging of the Department of Health for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB1248 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the continued administration of the Hawaii healthy food incentive program and to provide matching funds to beneficiaries who participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Effecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB1149 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for positions and activities related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB1263 | Engross
50% | Repeals language that gives the director of finance discretion to use moneys in the Hawaii ABLE savings program trust fund if the director elects to accept deposits from contributors instead of sending deposits directly to the ABLE program manager. A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB1301 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 4:30pm in Conference Room 309. |
| HI | HB1300 | Engross
50% | Establishes provisional or associate-level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances. Requires psychologist license applican...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB1442 | Engross
50% | Amends the Criminal Justice Diversion Program including allowing examination of defendants via telehealth. Requires the Judiciary, in consultation with other stakeholders, to submit monthly and annual reports to the Legislature on the effectiveness o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HB1430 | Engross
50% | Establishes the institute of indigenous education, science, and outreach within the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 4:30pm in Conference Room 309. |
| HI | HB1408 | Engross
50% | Establishes the digital equity grant program to award grants to applicants to deploy digital equity projects to covered populations in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | HCR86 | Pass | Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Report On Systems Of Firearms Insurance And Other Financial Responsibility Requirements Pertaining To Firearms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Received notice of Agreement and Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 891). |
| HI | HB313 | Engross
50% | Establishes and appropriates funds for the Foreign Agriculture Small Equipment Pilot Program at a University of Hawaii community college, to be administered by the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the University of Hawaii. Appropriates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 877). |
| HI | HB426 | Pass | Establishes standards of conduct for firearm industry members. Authorizes any person who has suffered harm because of a firearm industry member's violation of the standards of conduct to bring a civil action. Authorizes the attorney general or any co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Act 028, 04/26/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129). |
| HI | HB1194 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization. Designates the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization as the district organization for purposes of implementing the United States Economic Development Adm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 883). |
| HI | HB522 | Engross
50% | Removes the ability of the governor or a mayor to suspend electronic media transmission during a state of emergency. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-26
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 983). |
| HI | HB1385 | Engross
50% | Part I: Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources shall not unilaterally amend the terms and conditions of any lease of public lands being extended pursuant to Act 149, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, except as otherwise provided therein; a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 863). |
| HI | HB259 | Engross
50% | Prohibits using geographic origins of coffee in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee that contains less than a certain percentage of coffee by weight from that geographic origin, phased in to a minimum of fifty-one per cent on or aft...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975). |
| HI | HB647 | Engross
50% | Establishes a definition of "low alcohol by volume spirits beverage". Establishes a tax on low alcohol by volume sprits beverages at a rate of $1.98 per wine gallon. Expands the definition of "beer" under the State's liquor tax and liquor regulatory ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975). |
| HI | HB947 | Engross
50% | Establishes a food manufacturer tax credit. Defines "qualified taxpayer" as a manufacturer that produces value-added processed, agricultural, or food products. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975). |
| HI | HB1373 | Engross
50% | Beginning 1/1/2024, requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to administer a Workforce Development Incentive Rebate Program that incentivizes local independent film and television productions. Establishes a new Film Stud...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Dela Cruz Co-Chair; Kim, Fevella. |
| HI | HB1409 | Engross
50% | Extends under certain conditions, the family leave period for up to eight weeks for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Requires the Civil ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Senate Conferees Appointed: Moriwaki Chair; Aquino, Kim Co-Chairs; Fevella. |
