| HI | SB1518 | Veto | Provides procurement exemptions for the Department of Education for certain goods, services, and construction. Sunsets 6/30/2026. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Vetoed on 07-07-23 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1365). |
| HI | SB390 | Pass | Repeals the sunset date of section 2 of Act 119, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, making permanent the requirement that the Hawaii Medical Board issue licenses in four levels of emergency response practice in counties with a population of five hundred th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 193, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). |
| HI | SB696 | Pass | Authorizes wages of other employees in comparable employment to be considered when computing the average weekly wages of an injured public board member, reserve police officer, police chaplain, reserve public safety law enforcement officer, sheriffs'...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 195, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1298). |
| HI | SB739 | Pass | Expanding the requisite state of mind for the criminal offense of desecration to include "knowingly". Simplifies the definition of "desecrate". (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 196, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). |
| HI | SB743 | Pass | Extends the sunset date for the Coffee Berry Borer and Coffee Leaf Rust Pesticide Subsidy Program to 6/30/2025 and the program manager position, including the position's civil service and collective bargaining laws exemption, to 6/30/2026. Requires t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 216, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1319). |
| HI | SB746 | Pass | Expands the coffee labeling and advertising requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages and the inner packages and inner wrapping labels of roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages. Specifies that the coffee lab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 211, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1314). |
| HI | SB1502 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Transportation to regulate the parking of shared cars at state airports. Authorizes the counties to regulate the parking utilized by shared cars. Amends the required coverage for shared cars that are made available throug...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 210, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313). |
| HI | SB105 | Pass | Changes the Department of Education's quarterly report requirement on autism spectrum disorder to an annual report. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-03
Act 166, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1269). |
| HI | SB239 | Pass | Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Child Care Accreditation Program to assist licensed and registered child care providers obtain accreditation. Authorizes the use of the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund for Child Care Accr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-03
Act 169, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1272). |
| HI | SB941 | Pass | Authorizes the School Facilities Authority to partner with public and private agencies to develop housing on or off campus for teachers, educators, and staff and develop classrooms. Authorizes the School Facilities Authority to request any state or c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-03
Act 172, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1275). |
| HI | SB410 | Pass | Requires the court to automatically seal or remove from the judiciary's publicly accessible databases any information relevant to the arrest or case of a person for whom an expungement order has been entered and transmitted to the court. Effective 7/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 159, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). |
| HI | SB732 | Pass | Designates the second Monday in October of each year as Indigenous Peoples' Day. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 152, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). |
| HI | SB869 | Pass | Clarifies that a majority of the members appointed to the Youth Commission shall constitute a quorum to do business. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 135, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). |
| HI | SB141 | Pass | Updates rules for certification of electors and their votes to be in full compliance with federal law. Provides procedures for the replacement of electors. Requires presidential electors to take a pledge that they will vote for their party's nominee....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 114, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215). |
| HI | SB1493 | Pass | Prohibits, during legislative sessions and shortly before and after, lobbyist contributions and expenditures, and promises of contributions or expenditures, to any elected official, candidate, candidate committee, or individual who is required to fil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 128, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1229). |
| HI | SB865 | Pass | Establishes the Ninety-Nine Year Leasehold Program to develop low-cost residential condominium units on state-owned and county-owned land in urban redevelopment sites to be sold in leasehold by the Hawaii Community Development Authority to qualified ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
Act 097, 06/21/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1198). |
| HI | SB295 | Pass | Establishes within the Office of Wellness and Resilience the Malama Ohana Working Group to seek, design, and recommend transformative changes to the State's existing child welfare system. Allows the Office to contract with an administrative facilitat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Act 086, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1187). |
| HI | SB821 | Pass | Establishes the Illegal Fireworks Task Force within the Department of Law Enforcement to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control laws, and ensure the safety and security o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-07
Act 067, 06/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167). |
| HI | SB975 | Pass | Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Includes electronic smoking devices and e-liquids under the definition of "tobacco products" for purposes of the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Amends the license and permit fees f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-06
Act 062, 06/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1162). |
| HI | SR4 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Human Services Med-quest Division To Expand The Types Of Qualified Providers Allowed To Provide Lactation Consultant Services For The Medicaid Population In The State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR35 | Pass | Designating Hawaii's Coral Reefs As Critical Natural Infrastructure And Strongly Supporting Nature-based Solutions Such As Coral Reef Restoration For Risk Reduction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SCR42 | Pass | Requesting The Blood Bank Of Hawaii To Expedite The Process Of Removing The Deferral For Individuals Previously Considered To Be Exposed To Creutzfeldt-jakob Disease And Variant Creutzfeldt-jakob Disease To Assist With The Urgent Demand For Blood In ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR53 | Pass | Urging The State Of Hawaii, City And County Of Honolulu, Federal Entities, And Private Land Owners To Work Together To Immediately Open The Section Of The Waianae Coast Emergency Access Road Extending Paakea Road Out To Lualualei Naval Road For Publi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SCR56 | Pass | Requesting The Board Of Education To Review Various Programs And Subject Matter Areas For Implementation In Public Schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR79 | Pass | Requesting The Office Of Wellness And Resilience Establish The Malama Ohana Working Group To Identify, Design, And Recommend Transformative Changes To The State's Child Welfare System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR75 | Pass | Requesting That The Chief Information Officer Review Whether All Departments, Agencies, And Offices Of The State Have Up-to-date Technology To Reduce Cyber Threats And Help Protect The State Against Cyberattacks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR76 | Pass | Requesting The Office Of Medical Cannabis Control And Regulation, In Collaboration With The Chairpersons Of The Senate Standing Committee On Health And Human Services And House Of Representatives Standing Committee On Health And Homelessness, To Conv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR95 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Transportation And The Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Construct Elevated Crosswalks Along Meheula Parkway Near Mililani High School.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SCR106 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Transportation And The Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Construct Elevated Crosswalks Along Meheula Parkway Near Mililani High School.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR164 | Pass | Urging The United States Indo-pacific Command To More Proactively Combat Violence Against Civilian Women And Children In Hawaii By Making A Zero-tolerance Commitment, Sharing Genderbased Violence Prevalence Data With The State Government, And Launchi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR119 | Pass | Encouraging The State To Build A Partnership With The Kingdom Of The Netherlands And Collaborate On Similar, Shared Challenges And Goals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR158 | Pass | Urging The County Of Maui To Immediately And Substantially Increase The Fines Assessed Against Predatory Cosmetics Establishments For Violating The Maui County Historic Districts Ordinance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR120 | Pass | Encouraging The State's Collaboration With Sister-states On Global Environmental Leadership.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SCR176 | Pass | Encouraging The State's Collaboration With Sister-states On Global Environmental Leadership.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR219 | Pass | Requesting The University Of Hawaii At Manoa College Of Tropical Agriculture And Human Resources To Convene A Working Group To Evaluate Updating Its Cooperative Extension Sites And To Submit A Report To The Legislature Regarding Its Work.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SR220 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Examine Organic Pesticides For Authorized Use In The State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Certified copies of resolutions sent. |
| HI | SB106 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | SB304 | Engross
50% | Effective 7/1/2025, establishes the visitor impact fee program within the department of land and natural resources, through which the department will collect a fee from visitors for a license to visit a state park, forest, hiking trail, or other stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 5:00PM in conference room 229. |
| HI | SB281 | Engross
50% | Establishes a state income tax deduction for eligible contributions made to a college savings program established under chapter 256, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 6/30/3000. Applies to taxable years beginning after an unspecified date. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 4:30pm in Conference Room 309. |
| HI | SB129 | Engross
50% | Requires providers of no cost emergency shelter and related services to take steps to ensure pertinent youth obtain and receive services from the juvenile justice or child welfare systems and maintain separation for unrelated adults and minor childre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 04:30pm in Conference Room 309. |
| HI | SB430 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Hawaii Farm to Food Bank Program and Hawaii food assistance program special fund to alleviate food shortages in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30pm; Conference Room 309. |
| HI | SB629 | Engross
50% | Requires contracts entered into by the Hawaii Tourism Authority for management of the Hawaii Convention Center facility to include marketing for all uses of the facility. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 at 4:45 PM; Conference Room 225. |
| HI | SB782 | Engross
50% | Establishes and appropriates funds for a grant program in the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to taro farmers in meeting the costs of cultivating taro for consumption. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30pm; Conference Room 309. |
| HI | SB744 | Engross
50% | Requires the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to classify the fungal pathogen that causes coffee leaf rust as an invasive species in its administrative rules and to direct available funding for mitigation efforts, research, and prevention or control a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | SB781 | Engross
50% | Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for solar distribu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | SB1129 | Engross
50% | Amends the procurement threshold for small purchases. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:00PM; Conference Room 225 |
| HI | SB1594 | Engross
50% | Establishes an expanded crisis intervention and diversion activities program within the department of health to expand existing activities to divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care services. Defines "crisis center" and "cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309. |
| HI | SB1543 | Engross
50% | Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in the State, to begin with the 2026 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit a progress a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309. |
| HI | SB735 | Engross
50% | Exempts the instream use of water for commercial kalo cultivation conducted in a manner consistent with traditional and customary Native Hawaiian practices and on traditional kalo lands from the existing process for the disposition of water rights. E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 9:45AM in conference room 229. |
| HI | SB786 | Engross
50% | Requires government entities to seek reimbursement for all or a portion of search or rescue expenses for persons who require rescue after leaving a hiking trail to enter an area closed to the public or hiking on a trail closed to the public, and ther...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-26
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 985). |
