| HI | HB79 | Engross | 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] | 2021-03-05
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 29). |
| HI | HB243 | Engross | Requires each executive branch department to: identify existing and planned facilities that are vulnerable to sea level rise, flooding impacts, and natural hazards; assess options for mitigation impacts of sea level rise to existing and planned facil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 37). |
| HI | HB282 | Intro | Expands the circumstances where a minor may consent to no cost emergency shelter and related services to include cases where the provider is coordinating with child welfare services. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 826), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB468 | Engross | Removes medicare part B reimbursement for spouses of employeebeneficiaries hired on or after 7/1/2021. Effective 12/25/2040. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 50). |
| HI | HB432 | Intro | Extends the earned income tax credit by five years. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey excused (1). |
| HI | HB443 | Intro | Requires the department of education conduct a comprehensive cost analysis of the department's food services and student meals programs to, in part, increase the use of locally grown agricultural products. Requires a report to the legislature. Effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 794), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB328 | Intro | Allows for the installation of certain energy-efficient technologies on any privately owned single-family residential dwelling or townhouse, with limited restrictions. Requires private entities to review, and if necessary, change rules to allow for t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 786), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB552 | Engross | 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] | 2021-03-05
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 64). |
| HI | HB498 | Engross | Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to use in-lieu fee mitigation to restore, create, enhance, or preserve aquatic habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation. Effective 7/1/3021. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 54). |
| HI | HB702 | Intro | Requires the department of education to establish rules for the procurement of goods and services related to the administration of food programs at public schools that incorporate a geographic preference for unprocessed locally grown and locally rais...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 795), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB718 | Intro | Requires the department of human services to compile information regarding employers having employees who receive public assistance and to submit an annual report to the legislature on the 50 employers with the highest number of employees receiving p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 802), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB722 | Engross | Establishes a statewide program overseen by the department of the attorney general to provide services and assistance to commercially sexually exploited children and victims of human trafficking. Requires the attorney general to submit annual reports...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 74). |
| HI | HB1081 | Intro | Requires the department of transportation and each county's transportation department to create and maintain a priority list of sidewalk installation and improvement projects and to publish the priority list on their respective websites. Effective 7/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 810), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB1130 | Engross | Requires the office of planning to hire a contractor to, among other things, identify and assess alternative financing, project delivery, and cost recovery mechanisms to recapture the State's upfront investment in transit-oriented development infrast...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. |
| HI | HB1131 | Engross | Requires the state building code council to make determinations on the financial impact, including the impact on amortized utility costs, of the adoption of a code or standard on single-family and multi-family homes and include the determinations in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 94). |
| HI | HB1191 | Engross | 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] | 2021-03-05
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 96). |
| HI | HB1105 | Intro | Requires the board of regents of the University of Hawaii candidate advisory council to present candidates for the board regents who reflect the diverse student population, counties, and higher education-related stakeholders. Amends the various appoi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 823), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB1291 | Intro | Allows applicants for the University of Hawaii and students enrolled at a community college campus who graduated from a public high school in the State with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and qualified for and received special education serv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 785), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB1271 | Engross | Dissolves the agribusiness development corporation and transfers all lands and staff, except for the executive director, to the department of agriculture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-05
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 99). |
| 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] | 2021-03-05
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 839), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB72 | Engross | Establishes a framework for the regulation of electric foot scooters by the State and counties. Amends definitions of "moped" to exclude electric foot scooters. Retains personal injury protection benefits for any individual sustaining injuries while ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Takumi excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. |
| HI | HB31 | Intro | Raises the maximum age of minors for which safe storage of firearms is required from sixteen to eighteen years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, D. Kobayashi, McDermott, Tokioka, Ward voting no (6) and Representative(s) Takumi excused (1). |
| HI | HB47 | Engross | Excludes a homeowner-developer from the annual requirement to file a developer's report and pay a fee if the homeowner's development consists of not more than two units, in which the developer resides in one of the units and the initial sale of the o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB247 | Engross | Amends certain land subdivision and condominium property regime laws related to agricultural land, as recommended pursuant to Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, to ensure condominium property regime projects within the agricultural district are us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Takumi excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. |
| HI | HB445 | Engross | Amends the exclusion amount of Hawaii's estate tax. Applicable to decedents dying or taxable transfers occurring after 12/31/2020. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Branco, DeCoite, Gates, Har, Hashimoto, Holt, Ilagan, Kong, McDermott, McKelvey, Okimoto, Quinlan, Todd, Tokioka, Ward voting no (15) and Representative(s) Takumi excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. |
| HI | HB550 | Engross | 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] | 2021-03-04
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Takumi excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. |
| HI | HB784 | Intro | Clarifies that when trespass involves public land, all law enforcement officers shall enforce trespass laws, without regard to whether the land is owned by the State or by a county.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Eli, Kapela, Perruso, Wildberger voting no (4) and Representative(s) Takumi excused (1). |
| HI | HB817 | Engross | Requires each state department to ensure that a certain percentage of the produce purchased by that department is locally-grown and report to the legislature on each department's progress toward meeting locally-grown produce benchmarks. Effective 7/1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | HCR50 | Intro | Requesting The Department Of Human Services, In Coordination With The Department Of Health, To Collect Data On Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Or Questioning, Pansexual, Asexual, Gender Non-conforming, And Intersex Youth Who Are Under The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To House Health, Human Services, & Homelessness Committee |
| HI | HR39 | Intro | Requesting The Department Of Human Services, In Coordination With The Department Of Health, To Collect Data On Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Or Questioning, Pansexual, Asexual, Gender Non-conforming, And Intersex Youth Who Are Under The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To House Health, Human Services, & Homelessness Committee |
| HI | HR43 | Intro | Urging The Department Of Education To Increase Access To Arts And Cultural Instruction In Public Schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HCR54 | Intro | Urging The Department Of Education To Increase Access To Arts And Cultural Instruction In Public Schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HR42 | Intro | Requesting The Department Of Education To Provide A Report To The Legislature On Public School Class Sizes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HCR55 | Intro | Urging The Department Of Education To Request A Federal Waiver From Standardized Testing Requirements For The 2020-2021 School Year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HCR53 | Intro | Requesting The Department Of Education To Provide A Report To The Legislature On Public School Class Sizes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HR44 | Intro | Urging The Department Of Education To Request A Federal Waiver From Standardized Testing Requirements For The 2020-2021 School Year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HR49 | Intro | Urging The Department Of Education To Advance The Quality Of Educational Programming For Hawaii's Students By Minimizing The Use Of External Contracts For Curricula, Instruction, And Testing For Public Schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HCR60 | Intro | Urging The Department Of Education To Advance The Quality Of Educational Programming For Hawaii's Students By Minimizing The Use Of External Contracts For Curricula, Instruction, And Testing For Public Schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HCR67 | Intro | Declaring A Climate Emergency And Requesting Statewide Collaboration Toward An Immediate Just Transition And Emergency Mobilization Effort To Restore A Safe Climate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To be offered. |
| HI | HR55 | Intro | Declaring A Climate Emergency And Requesting Statewide Collaboration Toward An Immediate Just Transition And Emergency Mobilization Effort To Restore A Safe Climate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To be offered. |
| HI | HR56 | Intro | Requesting The Department Of Education To Create A Landscape Management Plan With Goals To Increase Tree Canopies On Public School Grounds, Document Existing Inventory And Talent, And Identify Additional Resources Required To Implement And Sustain Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To be offered. |
| HI | HCR68 | Intro | Requesting The Department Of Education To Create A Landscape Management Plan With Goals To Increase Tree Canopies On Public School Grounds, Document Existing Inventory And Talent, And Identify Additional Resources Required To Implement And Sustain Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To be offered. |
| HI | HB33 | Intro | Amends the terms and composition of members of the information technology steering committee. Requires the chief information officer to present an annual report to the information technology steering committee for public comment prior to submitting t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-03
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 | HB225 | Intro | Requires the board of education to develop a bullying prevention and response action plan. Requires the board of education to report annually to the legislature. Repeals Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011. Effective 7/1/3021. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-03
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Branco, Perruso, Sayama, Tam; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| HI | HB389 | Intro | Requires accredited and non-accredited for-profit post-secondary educational institutions that are authorized in the State to disclose in print and electronic media and signage that they are for-profit businesses. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-03
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 | HB608 | Intro | Requires the board of education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one forum in each county. Requires the board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the legislature on i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-03
The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, Ichiyama, D. Kobayashi, Lowen, McKelvey, Takumi, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Nakamura; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) LoPresti, Tokioka, Ward. |
| HI | HB73 | Intro | Amends the definition of "emergency worker" in the Penal Code to include Hawaii state on-scene coordinators and communications dispatchers. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-02
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Perruso; 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] | 2021-03-02
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 | HB78 | Intro | Eliminates the requirement for a public utility to seek approval from the public utilities commission for the underground construction of high-voltage electric transmission lines if certain conditions are met. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-02
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; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB331 | Intro | Establishes green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines for state facility systems, infrastructure, and transit projects in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. Adds a definit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-02
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; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) McDermott; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
