| HI | HB2378 | Intro
Sine Die | Moves the Hurricane Reserve Trust Fund into the state treasury. Repeals the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund's authority to arrange the manner in which funds are held, invested, and reinvested. Makes a housekeeping amendment to the fund. Effective 7/1/30...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2449 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that the definition of "manufactured hemp products" in section 328G-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, includes products intended to be consumed orally in beverage and edible forms and hemp products specified in rules adopted by the Department of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB1857 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Governor to suspend the mortgage foreclosure provisions of chapter 667, HRS, for properties having substantial damage resulting from a disaster under a Governordeclared state of emergency. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB2465 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that failure to comply with approved mitigation commitments, conduct an archaeological inventory survey, or comply with other administrative requirements pertaining to archaeology approved by the Department of Land and Natural Resources sha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB2464 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program Special Fund to receive moneys for the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program. Appropriates funds for the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2375 | Intro
Sine Die | Reinstates the Governor's authority to transfer funds to cope with the effects of natural disasters, for operating purposes, or to supplement the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Firefighter's Contingency Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2432 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the Hawaii Public Housing Authority's powers relating to housing projects. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2346 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the offense of manslaughter to include cases where a person knowingly and unlawfully distributes a dangerous drug in any amount and thereby recklessly causes the death of another person who ingested that drug.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB2350 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to effect arrests under the Hawaii Penal Code in limited circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB2397 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts career and technical education goods and services purchases up to $500,000 per purchase by the Department of Education from the State Procurement Code. Repeals on 7/1/2027. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2798 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the types of proposed power-generating facilities that trigger an environmental assessment to include new combustion electricity-generating facilities operating commercially after 1/1/2024 that were not previously operational and certain expan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB2066 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a cesspool conversion on-bill financing program to be administered by the Hawaii green infrastructure authority to provide low-interest loans to eligible homeowners for the upgrade, conversion, or connection of cesspools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HI | HB2325 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the continued implementation of the Return-to-Home Pilot Program, established pursuant to Act 94, SLH 2023, to provide eligible homeless individuals with assistance in reuniting with family and relatives in their home state. Ef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2431 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the position of Housing Policy and Program Coordinator in the Hawaii Public Housing Authority. Clarifies that the employment of certain positions and the adjustment of salaries are authorized by the Executive Director and not the Board of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2405 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a working group within the Office of Wellness and Resilience to create a statewide framework for peer support specialists. Appropriates funds for hiring an administrative facilitator to provide necessary support for the peer support speci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2434 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to access vital records for purposes of verifying Native Hawaiian ancestry for beneficiary programs. Requires the Department of Health and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to enter into a Memorand...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB2448 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the statutes pertaining to mental health services for children and adolescents provided by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division of the Department of Health to reflect the current mental health systems of care that address intensive ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB2381 | Intro
Sine Die | Lowers the Employees' Retirement System's funding period to amortize the System's total unfunded accrued liability. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2433 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Director of Health to issue public health standing orders for patients to self-refer to certain healthcare screening services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB2436 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes minors who are fourteen years of age or older to consent to medical care and services for sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, and family planning services, including the prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Requires healt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB2472 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to issue temporary threatened species licenses and draft administrative rules for the conservation of threatened species.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB2694 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an income tax credit to incentivize the voluntary relinquishment of private water systems. Directs the Attorney General to commence eminent domain proceedings in certain counties. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB2327 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to partner with the property owner of 1021 Smith Street in Honolulu, Oahu, to create 60 units of affordable rental housing at that site. Requires units to be affordable to households having an income tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Housing Committee |
| HI | HB2422 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chairperson's designee as a nonvoting member to the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB2459 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends chapter 132D, HRS, to strengthen county and state agencies' ability to address the illegal use of fireworks in Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB2349 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends section 663-10.5, HRS, to abolish joint and several liability for government entities in claims and cases relating to the maintenance and design of highways under chapter 663, HRS, so that government entities are only liable in certain cases f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB2521 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals paragraph (3) of section 802-1(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, which entitles the subject of a petition for assisted community treatment to legal representation by a public defender.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB2698 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Health to establish or contract with behavioral health crisis centers in each county to provide care, diagnosis, or treatment for persons experiencing a mental illness or substance use disorder crisis. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB1865 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1866 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the victim witness assistance program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2068 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of health to appoint psychologists to fill staff positions for the state mental health program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HB2487 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides deadlines for taxpayers under audit to comply with demands to produce documents and evidence. Authorizes the tax appeal court to preclude documents or information not produced pursuant to a demand from being introduced in evidence in a tax a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB2495 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends section 103D-307, HRS, to add equipment failures, repairs of public property to protect against further loss of, or damage to, public property, to prevent or minimize serious disruption in continued functioning of government services. Replaces...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HB2385 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends section 76-16(b), Hawaii Revised Statues, to exempt the Deputy Executive Director, Chief Compliance Officer, and branch managers of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii from civil service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HB2413 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the prohibition of qualified persons or firms from receiving direct or indirect financing for construction projects from any governmental contracting agency as a condition of prevailing wage terms. Extends the Hawaii Housing Finance and Devel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2691 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Red Hill remediation authority. Creates the Red Hill remediation special fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB2693 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Cultural Corridor Authority to develop plans to redevelop areas affected by disaster while maintaining historic and cultural preservation. Establishes an income tax credit to incentivize the voluntary relinquishment of real property l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB2519 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the composition of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund board of trustees. Clarifies vacancy procedures. Amends quorum requirements and voting powers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HB2518 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the state and county contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for employees hired after 6/30/2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HB2529 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a 5-year behavioral health exempt employee pilot program, to be administered by the Department of Health, under which the Department may fill employee vacancies in the Department's Behavioral Health Services Administration in a manner tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HB1538 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases certain traffic fines and required motor vehicle insurance minimums.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | HB1883 | Intro
Sine Die | Adjusts the reporting period for gift disclosures filed with the state Ethics Commission to conform with the fiscal year. Provides for electronic filing of documents required by the Ethics Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB1848 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends section 11-364, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide that an excess contribution of more than $100 in cash, in the aggregate, from a single person during an election period to a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee shall es...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB1888 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for use at cultural events.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB2469 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that lease extensions approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources (Board) be drafted on forms that reflect contemporary leasing practices and policies of the Board, and which shall control over conflicting or inconsistent provisions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB2468 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes disposition of public land leases for agricultural, commercial, industrial, hotel, and resort purposes through direct negotiation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB2474 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to issue interim administrative rules to quickly regulate the use of ocean recreation equipment, especially new and emerging ocean recreation technologies, in state ocean waters until long-term admin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB2527 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Board of Education to adopt rules for facility maintenance. Requires that the condition of Department of Education facilities be periodically evaluated.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HB2445 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Health to implement a post-market testing program to verify the labeling on cannabis and manufactured cannabis products and monitor the shelf lives of cannabis and manufactured cannabis products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB1846 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends section 11-381, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to eliminate the use of campaign funds to purchase up to 2 tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
