| HI | HB161 | Pass | Establishes that the representative of labor on the Hawaii Labor Relations Board shall be a person selected by a majority of the exclusive representatives of the collective bargaining units. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 260, 07/11/2023, (Gov. Msg. No. 1374). |
| 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 | HB834 | Pass | Recognizes American Sign Language as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-07
Act 246, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1349). |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB307 | Pass | Allows the department of agriculture to extend the agricultural park lease of any lessee who holds a lease with a remaining term of fifteen years or less, if the land covered by the lease is twenty-five acres or less and located in a county with a po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 213, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316). |
| 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 | HB848 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the establishment of three support staff positions for the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 181, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). |
| HI | HB953 | Pass | Requires DLNR to develop and publish a website and mobile application that includes the application processes, including a means of collecting any fees, for a permit, license, or reservation needed to conduct recreational and commercial activities in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-05
Act 182, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285). |
| 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 | HB264 | Pass | Makes intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to a sports official a class C felony. Authorizes a court to enjoin the offender from attending any sports event of the type at which the sports official was engaged in the lawful discharge of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 140, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). |
| HI | HB541 | Pass | Requires proper head lamp specifications for vehicle safety inspections. Requires the Department of Transportation to amend its administrative rules to allow motor vehicle owners whose motor vehicle registration and safety inspection are both expired...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 144, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). |
| HI | HB954 | Pass | Increases the household and dependent care services tax credit for five years. Increases the refundable earned income tax credit for five years. Increases the income thresholds and credit amounts of the refundable food/excise tax credit for five year...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 163, 06/30/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). |
| HI | HB950 | Pass | Authorizes psychiatrists or advanced practice registered nurses, after examination of a person for assisted community treatment indication, to request assistance from the attorney general to file an assisted community treatment petition. Authorizes t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30
Act 153, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1256). |
| 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 | HB463 | Pass | Lowers the threshold for disclosure of campaign expenditures for noncandidate committees to $500. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Act 122, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1223). |
| HI | HB907 | Pass | Temporarily allows for the reimbursement of services provided through telehealth via an interactive telecommunications system and two-way, real-time audio-only communications in certain circumstances. Defines "interactive telecommunications system". ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Act 107, 06/22/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). |
| 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 | HB948 | Pass | Establishes a two-year child and adolescent crisis mobile outreach team pilot program on Oahu and one neighbor island site to expand existing crisis response services. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 12/31/2025. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Act 089, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1190). |
| 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 | HB650 | Pass | Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to practice medical-aid-in-dying. Authorizes licensed advanced practice registered nurses and clinical nurse specialists with psychiatric or mental health training and licensed marriage and family therap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01
Act 043, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1143). |
| 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 | HCR58 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations To Complete A Comparative Study Of Its Policies On Youth Employment And Federal Requirements For Youth Employment Under The Fair Labor Standards Act And Examine Policies That Will Broaden Wo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
Received notice of Agreement and Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 898). |
| HI | HCR116 | Pass | Urging The Committee On Weights To Recommend, And The Board Of Education To Adopt, A Weighted Student Formula That Gives Equal Consideration To Small And Remote Schools.
[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 | HB67 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to establish an unspecified number of fulltime equivalent positions for the University of Hawaii Windward Community College's Pu`uhonua Program. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)
[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 | HB308 | Engross
50% | Establishes the sustainable food systems working group within the Department of Agriculture. Requires the working group to submit a plan, any recommendations for implementing the plan, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature. Appropriates fun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309 |
| HI | HB547 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a two-year Infant and Toddler Child Care Worker Subsidy Pilot Program to retain the existing early child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care center settings. Ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-28-23 at 04:30pm in Conference Room 309. |
| HI | HB609 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for costs for its meat inspection program, including the establishment of 1 full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) inspector program supervisor position and 3 full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) inspector positi...
[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 | 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 | HB1148 | Engross
50% | Appropriates moneys to the Office of the Governor to establish 1 temporary full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) mental health technician certificate of competence program coordinator position. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | HCR94 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Health To Continue To Prioritize Testing Of Fecal Indicator Bacteria Levels In The Waters Of Pokai Bay And Requesting The City And County Of Honolulu Department Of Parks And Recreation To Prioritize Renovations Of The Restroo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28
Received notice of Agreement and Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 891). |
| 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 | HB1340 | Engross
50% | Requires the Director of Health to establish a Temporary Breakthrough Therapy Designation Advisory Council within 3 months of certain breakthrough therapy designation approvals by the United States Food and Drug Administration. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 2:30PM in conference room 329. |
| HI | HB1439 | Engross
50% | Beginning 11/1/2023, establishes a pre-litigation mediation pilot program that extends the period for a notice of termination of the rental agreement from 5 business days to 10 calendar days, requires landlords to participate in mediation before fili...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 11:00AM in conference room 224. |
| HI | HB163 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to conduct a study to review the repricing processes in section 89-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and submit a report to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2024. Effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Senate Conferees Appointed: Moriwaki Chair; Shimabukuro, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Fevella. |
| 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 | HB951 | Engross
50% | Deposits funds into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be used to provide grants or loans to mixed-income rental projects or units qualifying individuals and families. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839). |
