| HI | HB431 | Pass | Part I: Establishes requirements for kauhale projects, including reporting requirements by the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions (OHHS). Requires the Auditor to conduct a management and performance audit of the kauhale initiative...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-09
Act 309, on 07/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1422). |
| HI | HB830 | Pass | Beginning 7/1/2026, authorizes the State Historic Preservation Division to contract its review of proposed state projects and projects affecting historic properties to third-party consultants under certain circumstances. Establishes requirements for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-08
Act 306, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1419). |
| HI | HB943 | Pass | Expands existing crisis intervention programs by requiring, and appropriating funds for, the Department of Health to establish a Homeless Triage and Treatment Center Program within its Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division to serve homeless individuals and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-07
Act 299, on 07/07/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1410). |
| HI | HB126 | Pass | Increases transparency and accountability surrounding property forfeiture. Clarifies which property is subject to forfeiture. Amends the authorized disposition of forfeited property and the proceeds thereof. Requires the Attorney General to adopt rul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 288, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1391). |
| HI | HB703 | Pass | Extends the sunset date for the State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna to 6/30/2028. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 282, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1385). |
| HI | HB705 | Pass | Establishes a Medi-Medi Project within the Executive Office on Aging to assist older adults, Medicare beneficiaries, individuals with disabilities, and other underserved populations who may qualify for various low-income subsidy programs to gain acce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 287, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1390). |
| HI | HB430 | Pass | Permits the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to enter into contracts with eligible employers or registered apprenticeship programs in the private sector to provide on-the-job training to eligible interns. Establishes a state internship an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-01
Act 251, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1354). |
| HI | HB969 | Pass | Prohibits landfill units on land in an agricultural district with class A soils in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand. Beginning 7/1/2025, narrows the prohibition on constructing, modifying, or expanding waste or disposal f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-01
Act 255, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1358). |
| HI | HB806 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct fireworks sting operations and establish an explosives and firearms laboratory. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-30
Act 247, on 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1350). |
| HI | HB1483 | Pass | Establishes various criminal offenses and penalties related to fireworks or articles pyrotechnic. Amends multiple definitions and penalties for fireworks offenses, including heightened penalties if another person suffers substantial bodily injury, se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-30
Act 243, on 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346). |
| HI | HB427 | Pass | Part I: Renames the Department of Agriculture as the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (Department) and the Board of Agriculture as the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity. Part II: Establishes a Deputy Chairperson for Biosecurity. Part III:...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-27
Act 236, on 06/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1338). |
| HI | HB496 | Pass | Prohibits the use of certain words and misleading Hawaiian imagery, place names, and motifs on the label of a consumer package that contains or includes tea or dried leaves from the plant Pipturus albidus, unless 100 per cent of the tea or dried leav...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-27
Act 242, on 06/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1344). |
| HI | HB534 | Pass | Prohibits the sale of any raw processed ahi by retail establishments without a label that states the country where the ahi was landed. Effective 7/1/2026. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-27
Act 238, on 06/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1340). |
| HI | HB280 | Pass | Permanently establishes and appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement, Office of the Public Defender, and City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-26
Act 229, on 06/26/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1331). |
| HI | HB727 | Pass | Permanently establishes the Women's Court Program in the First Circuit. Establishes a temporary two-year Women's Court Pilot Program within the Kona division of the Third Circuit. Requires reports. Establishes a temporary position. Appropriates funds...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-26
Act 228, on 06/26/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1330). |
| HI | HB242 | Pass | Establishes a working group within the Hawaii State Energy Office to examine how to maximize the recycling and reuse of electric vehicle batteries and recommend electric vehicle battery management practices. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-25
Act 209, on 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311). |
| HI | HB1231 | Pass | Establish a safe routes to school program vehicle registration surcharge on certain motor vehicle registrations to be imposed and collected no later than 12/31/2025. Prohibits the use of facial recognition software in the operation of any photo red l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-25
Act 212, on 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1314). |
| HI | HB329 | Pass | Clarifies that the School Facilities Authority is responsible for projects for facilities for prekindergarten, preschool, child care, and early learning programs; workforce housing; and any public school development, planning, and construction assign...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-24
Act 204, on 06/24/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1305). |
| HI | HB692 | Pass | Expands the Preschool Open Doors Program's eligibility criteria. Repeals the requirement that Preschool Open Doors Program providers be accredited. Effective 1/1/2026. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-24
Act 203, on 06/24/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304). |
| HI | HB934 | Pass | Transfers the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to the Department of Accounting and General Services. Renames the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office to Broadband Offi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-09
Act 201, on 06/09/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302). |
| HI | HB505 | Pass | Establishes a WAI Policy Coordinator for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 197, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297). |
| HI | HB736 | Pass | Establishes and appropriates funds for fiscal year 2025-2026 for a three-year new wastewater system and individual wastewater system technology testing pilot program within the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center. Requires interim an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 198, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1298). |
| HI | HB860 | Pass | Specifies for a county with a population of more than two hundred thousand but less than five hundred thousand, that the State or county may repair or maintain any street of which the ownership or jurisdiction is in dispute between the State and coun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 200, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1300). |
| HI | HB1259 | Pass | Specifies that an engineering study is not required to be considered when reducing the maximum speed limit within ten miles per hour of the current speed limit for that road. Requires the Department of Transportation or a county, to the extent practi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 196, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). |
| HI | HB874 | Pass | Establishes that for a minor in theatrical employment with a gross income of at least $5,000 on a project or $20,000 in a calendar year: a parent or legal guardian of the minor is required to establish a trust account for the minor with an independen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-04
Act 173, on 06/04/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1273). |
| HI | HB250 | Pass | Requires utilization review entities to submit data relating to the prior authorization of health care services to the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Establishes the Health Care Appropriateness and Necessity Working Group within the St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03
Act 151, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). |
| HI | HB359 | Pass | Amends covered offender registration laws by expanding the definition of "sexual offense" to include additional sexual offenses from the Penal Code. Provides that the exception to covered offender registry public access requirements for a first-time ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03
Act 149, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1249). |
| HI | HB1409 | Pass | Establishes the Mixed-Income Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund, and sunsets the Subaccount on 6/30/2030. Requires the Transit-Oriented Development Infrastructure Improvement District Board to consider the infrastructure needs of tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03
Act 159, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1259). |
| HI | HB712 | Pass | Prohibits drug manufacturers from denying, restricting, or prohibiting the acquisition, shipping, or delivery of a 340B drug to pharmacies contracted with 340B covered entities under the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program. Authorizes 340B covered enti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Act 143, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). |
| HI | HB862 | Pass | Authorizes the use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans for school bus services if certain conditions are met. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Act 140, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1240). |
| HI | HB1179 | Pass | Creates a framework for the licensure of rural emergency hospitals at the state level by the Department of Health. Clarify Medicaid reimbursement policies for hospitals transitioning from a critical access hospital designation to a rural emergency ho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Act 144, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1244). |
| HI | HB1293 | Pass | Exempts Department of Education purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products less than $250,000 from the electronic procurement system requirement. Requires at least three written quotes for Department of Education purchases of local ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Act 134, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1234). |
| HI | HB1291 | Pass | Expands the offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee to include roasted coffee. Imposes a mandatory minimum fine of $7,500 for each separate offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Act 126, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1226). |
| HI | HB667 | Pass | Requires the Department of Transportation or appropriate county to scan any cat or dog carcass found on a state or county roadway for a microchip, record certain information, report that information to the appropriate county animal services or animal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
Act 081, on 05/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1181). |
| HI | HB718 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine for faculty positions in the fields of cardiovascular biology, tropical medicine, and quantitative health biostatistics, and an environmental health and safety officer st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
Act 086, on 05/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1186). |
| HI | HB345 | Pass | Establishes the pae ula as the state shrimp to protect anchialine pool ecosystems throughout Hawaii. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
Act 071, on 05/19/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1171). |
| HI | HB622 | Pass | Changes the due date of the Department of Education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
Act 067, on 05/19/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167). |
| HI | HB871 | Pass | Clarifies that Act 130, SLH 2024, which amended the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, takes effect on the earlier of the date of the Secretary of the Interior's notification letter that Act 130 does not require congressional approval, or on the date tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
Act 074, on 05/19/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1174). |
| HI | HB1477 | Pass | Increases the domiciliary care rates for certain providers and clarifies that the needs allowance and domiciliary care rates are included in the state supplemental payment ceiling amounts. Effective 10/1/2025. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
Act 045, on 05/14/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145). |
| HI | HCR200 | Pass | Urging The State Department Of Agriculture And The Department Of Agriculture Of The County Of Maui To Take Further Meaningful Action To Address The Axis Deer Overpopulation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 823). |
| HI | HCR205 | Pass | Urging The County Of Maui And The United States Army Corps Of Engineers To Prioritize And Expedite The Planning, Funding, And Construction Of A Permanent Replacement For The Kulanihakoi Bridge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 823). |
| HI | HCR25 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Include A Section On Desecration Laws In The State Of Hawaii Plant And Animal Declaration Form.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 819). |
| HI | HCR27 | Pass | Requesting Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Petition The United States Department Of Agriculture To Address The Lack Of Parity Between Hawaii And Other States And Territories Pertaining To The Export Of Agricultural Goods.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 819). |
| HI | HCR146 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Human Services To Apply For And Implement The Elderly Simplified Application Project In The State When Capable.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 819). |
| HI | HCR174 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Human Services' Office Of Youth Services And Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council To Continue The Use Of Aina-based Learning Programs Offered To Youth In The Juvenile Legal System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 819). |
| HI | HCR203 | Pass | Urging The County Of Maui To Prioritize The Development And Planning Of The Northern Terminus Of The Kihei North-south Collector Road.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 819). |
| HI | HCR171 | Pass | Requesting The Auditor To Assess The Social And Financial Effects Of Proposed Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage For Continuous Glucose Monitors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 819). |
| HI | HB86 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the establishment of full-time equivalent permanent Makai Watch Coordinator positions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 4:00PM in Conference Room 411. |
| HI | HB432 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Mixed-Income Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to prioritize development of workforce rental and for-sale housing projects for qualified residents. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 880). |
| HI | HB472 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows digitized identification cards to be accepted as a valid form of identification, under certain conditions. Authorizes state and county law enforcement agencies to accept a digitized identification card as proof of a person's identity beginning...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 5:00PM in conference room 325. |
