HI | SB104 | Enroll 75% | Beginning 7/1/2026, restricts the use of restrictive housing in state-operated and state-contracted correctional facilities, with certain specified exceptions. Establishes a restrictive housing legislative working group to develop and recommend more ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1301) |
HI | SB31 | Enroll 75% | Authorizes a person who discovers a recorded discriminatory restrictive covenant to take certain actions, without liability, to invalidate the covenant. Defines discriminatory restrictive covenant. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1301) |
HI | SB66 | Enroll 75% | Establishes procedures and requirements for single-family and multi-family housing project applicants to apply for an expedited permit, including requirements for completeness of expedited permit applications, duties of licensed professionals and the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1301) |
HI | SB88 | Pass | Authorizes the payment of allowances for TRICARE, TRICARE Dental Program, and vision coverage to all officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard ordered to active duty for more than 30 days. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Act 181, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). |
HI | SB65 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, and repair of housing units. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Act 182, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). |
HI | SB38 | Enroll 75% | Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide counties with an opportunity to comment on certain housing development projects. Prohibits the legislative body of a county from imposing stricter conditions than the Hawaii H... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1301) |
HI | SB330 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to enforce federal quarantines. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Act 190, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1290). |
HI | SB693 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the continued implementation of the Food Hub Pilot Program, including the awarding of grant moneys to qualifying food hubs. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Act 185, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285). |
HI | SB589 | Enroll 75% | Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish an installation goal for customer-sited distributed energy resources in the State. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish tariffs to achieve the installation goal and for grid servi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1301) |
HI | SB583 | Enroll 75% | Allows the naming rights of the Stadium Facility and Convention Center Facility to be leased to any public or private entity. Requires any revenues derived from advertising or marketing in or on the Stadium Facility or Convention Center Facility to b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1301) |
HI | SB865 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation to support the Coffee and Orchard Crops Extension and Applied Research Program and Kona Research Station in the County of Hawaii, and to fund the establishment of one permanent Extension ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Act 184, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). |
HI | SB1102 | Enroll 75% | Specifies the appointment processes and terms for the Fire Chief of the Hawaii State Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Unit of the Airports Division of the Department of Transportation. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1301) |
HI | SB1146 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the development of an action plan and pre-engineering concept plan to help with debris management and water quality control in the Ala Wai watershed and establishment of two graduate assistant positi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Act 183, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). |
HI | SB1220 | Pass | Requires gas utility companies to submit proposed renewable gas tariffs to the Public Utilities Commission by 8/31/2025. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a renewable gas tariff within nine months of receiving a completed applicat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Act 192, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1292). |
HI | SB1567 | Pass | Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to complete a comprehensive review of the classification and compensation systems for all civil service positions under its jurisdiction by 10/31/2026. Allows the Department to contract with a th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06 Act 180, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1280). |
HI | SB97 | Pass | Part I: Increases the penalty for a third or subsequent offense within five years of excessive speeding to a misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum jail sentence of thirty days. Part II: Clarifying when a summons or citation is sent under an automated ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03 Act 170, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1270). |
HI | SB385 | Pass | Requires condominium associations to provide electronic copies of their governing documents, as amended or restated, to unit owners or their authorized agents, upon request, at no cost. Repeals the authority of condominium associations to charge a re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03 Act 161, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261). |
HI | SB662 | Pass | Authorizes county police officers to enforce the Statewide Traffic Code on all public streets, roadways, or highways within the State. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03 Act 164, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1264). |
HI | SB576 | Pass | Amends the required contents of legislative reports to be submitted by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and Hawaii Public Housing Authority. Amends the scope of moneys to be deposited into and the allowable uses of moneys expend... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03 Act 155, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). |
HI | SB1030 | Pass | Specifies that the practice of election fraud intimidation includes carrying any unconcealed firearm or dangerous instrument at or within two hundred feet of a voter service center, place of deposit, or polling place. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03 Act 165, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1265). |
HI | SB1263 | Pass | Amends the procedures and required information for the Department of Land and Natural Resources historic preservation review of proposed state projects, privately owned historic property, and other proposed projects that require entitlement for use. ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03 Act 160, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260). |
HI | SB1536 | Pass | Repeals the exemption of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Tourism Authority from the State's Employees' Retirement System. Requires a retirant returning to service as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Tour... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03 Act 168, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1268). |
HI | SB1578 | Pass | Establishes the official designation of the East-West Center as the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Inc., and exempts state fund appropriations to the East-West Center from chapter 42F, HRS. Renames the Hawaii Sis... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03 Act 158, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). |
HI | SB532 | Pass | Authorizes school staff and agents trained by a health care professional to volunteer to administer medication to students at Department of Education public schools under certain conditions. Clarifies who may prescribe medication to be administered t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30 Act 136, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1236). |
HI | SB597 | Pass | Extends the deadline in which the Administrative Driver's License Revocation Office is required to issue a written review decision of a notice of administrative revocation of a person's license to operate a vehicle. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30 Act 146, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). |
HI | SB332 | Pass | Prohibits sellers of mortgaged properties in a power of sale foreclosure from bundling properties at a public sale and requires each mortgaged property to be bid on separately. Specifies that the sale of a foreclosed property is not final until the e... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29 Act 105, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1205). |
HI | SB295 | Pass | Increases the penalties imposed on individuals convicted for violations of temporary restraining orders and orders for protection. Clarifies that the court shall not sentence a defendant to pay a fine for violating a domestic abuse protective order i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29 Act 121, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). |
HI | SB336 | Pass | Requires the Attorney General, on behalf of the State, to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees from civil actions or proceedings, under certain circumstances. Clarifies that the employee may employ their own attorney at the emp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29 Act 120, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1220). |
HI | SB544 | Pass | Requires courts to consider certain factors when sentencing a person convicted as an adult for an offense that the person committed when the person was a minor. Allows courts to reduce a mandatory minimum period of incarceration or depart from a mand... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29 Act 122, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). |
HI | SB752 | Pass | Beginning 1/1/2026, amends the notice period for a property insurer to notify a policyholder of a cancellation, including cancellation due to nonpayment, or nonrenewal of a policy of property insurance. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29 Act 110, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1210). |
HI | SB855 | Pass | Clarifies the definition of "covered employer" under the Hawaii Retirement Savings Act. Requires covered employers to automatically enroll covered employees into the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program unless the employee opts out. Repeals the limit on... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29 Act 113, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1213). |
HI | SB1008 | Pass | Authorizes the counties to adopt ordinances to enforce the accessible parking space requirements for parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities and electric vehicles. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29 Act 111, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1211). |
HI | SB1048 | Pass | Amends Act 205, SLH 2024, to clarify standards and safeguards in online crowdfunding, including creating separate registration, reporting, and fee requirements that are specific to platform charities and charitable fundraising platforms. Extends the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29 Act 108, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). |
HI | SB321 | Pass | Provides that in any county with a population of less than 250,000, fee simple absolute title of a privately owned highway, road, alley, street, way, lane, bikeway, bridge, or trail is deemed transferred to adjacent property owners or the community a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27 Act 088, on 05/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1188). |
HI | SB691 | Pass | Establishes a minimum age of twelve for adjudication for any alleged or attempted violation of law. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27 Act 084, on 05/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1184). |
HI | SB849 | Pass | Prohibits and imposes penalties for the intentional taking, harming, or killing of Io (Hawaiian hawk). Increases penalties and fees for taking and killing indigenous species of aquatic life, wildlife, and land plants that are native to the State. (HD... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27 Act 098, on 05/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1198). |
HI | SB946 | Pass | Clarifies that the prohibition against discharging wastewater or raw sewage into state waters after 12/31/2026 includes treatment plants. Repeals the exemption from the prohibition for treatment plants that utilize sewage to produce clean energy. (HD... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-16 Act 060, on 05/16/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1160). |
HI | SB869 | Pass | Defines community outreach board to mean a board established to serve in a community advisory capacity under a county commission or a county department. Includes community outreach boards in existing provisions of the Sunshine Law relating to neighbo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15 Act 053, on 05/15/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1153). |
HI | SB79 | Enroll 75% | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to determine the effect of any proposed state or county housing projects that may affect a historical property, an aviation artifact, or a burial site within ninety days of a request for determina... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. |
HI | SB30 | Enroll 75% | Prohibits persons under the age of sixteen from driving a moped. Requires all persons driving a moped to wear a safety helmet, regardless of age. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. |
HI | SB140 | Enroll 75% | Prohibits the importation of firewood into the State unless the firewood is certified as heat-treated and labeled accordingly or the importation is authorized and permitted by the Department of Agriculture before importation. Requires persons who imp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. |
HI | SB222 | Enroll 75% | Extends the sunset date of the Illegal Fireworks Task Force from 6/30/2025 to 6/30/2030 and extends the annual reporting requirements to the Legislature. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. |
HI | SB223 | Enroll 75% | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish an independent program relating to the prevention, control, and extinguishment of wildland fires within forest reserves. Authorizes the Administrator of Forestry and Wildlife to estab... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. |
HI | SB292 | Enroll 75% | Establishes safe harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement assistance. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. |
HI | SB326 | Enroll 75% | Requires the Legislature, in establishing or reviewing a revolving fund, to ensure the revolving fund is financially self-sustainable by either annual projections that show that the revolving fund will be sustainable without appropriations of general... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. |
HI | SB383 | Enroll 75% | Increases the minimum amount for purchases constituting small purchase procurements that are subject to an electronic system, from $25,000 to $50,000. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. |
HI | SB423 | Enroll 75% | Requires one voting member of the Early Learning Board to have experience as a local provider of early childhood education and development services. Adds the Director of the Hawaii Head Start State Collaboration Office as an ex officio, nonvoting mem... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. |
HI | SB601 | Enroll 75% | Requires law enforcement to post notice that a warranted or warrantless search has been conducted on a property. Requires a law enforcement officer to secure any entrance used by an officer in the search. Requires law enforcement agencies to develop ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. |
HI | SB572 | Enroll 75% | Adds loan funds administered by certified Nonprofit Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) for certain for-sale affordable housing projects to the list of loan priorities for the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund. Expands the use ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. |
HI | SB694 | Enroll 75% | Prohibits minors from being held in jails, lockups, or prisons for adults, except temporarily under certain circumstances. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. |