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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | HB1376 | Passed | Extends the required period for a notice of termination of the rental agreement from five days to fifteen days. Requires landlords to provide notice with specified terms and enter into mediation. Delays when a landlord may seek possession of a dwelli... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-21 Act 057, 06/16/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1157). |
| #2 | SB314 | Introduced | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance plans for a state archives master plan. Appropriates funds. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-25 |
| #3 | SB597 | Engrossed | Allows candidates seeking election to use campaign funds for child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions. Effective 5/1/2029. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-19 |
| #4 | HCR111 | Engrossed | Asserting That Racism Is A Public Health Crisis And Urging The State To Commit To Recognizing And Addressing The Resulting Inequities. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01 |
| #5 | SB185 | Introduced | Amends the statewide traffic code to allow for the chairperson of the BLNR and county chiefs of police to designate state or county employees or contractors to issue citations for traffic violations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-25 |
| #6 | HB125 | Passed | Establishes the Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act that protects from employers and educational institutions, online accounts maintained by employees, unpaid interns, independent contractors, prospective employees, students, p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-10 Act 039, 06/07/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1139). |
| #7 | HB384 | Introduced | Prohibits health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage of a service solely because the service is provided through telehealth and not through face-to-face contact. Requires parity between tel... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-09 |
| #8 | HB607 | Introduced | Establishes the ALOHA homes program to develop low-cost homes on state-owned and county-owned land in urban redevelopment sites to be sold in leasehold by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) to qualified residents. Exempts ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-27 |
| #9 | SB47 | Introduced | Decriminalizes without penalty possession of up to one ounce of marijuana or one-eighth ounce of marijuana concentrate outside of a personal residence and up to ten ounces of marijuana or one ounce of marijuana concentrate inside a personal residence... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-22 |
| #10 | HB238 | Introduced | Authorizes persons 21 years of age or older to possess or use limited amounts of cannabis for recreational purposes. Authorizes the licensing, regulation, and taxation of cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, testing, and retail sales facilities. Spec... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-02 |
| #11 | SB705 | Introduced | Removes marijuana from schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reclassifies it as a schedule V drug. Increases the amount that qualifies as a violation of promoting a detrimental drug in the third degree from three grams to ten grams. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-27 |
| #12 | SB758 | Engrossed | Increases from three grams to thirty grams: (1) the minimum amount of marijuana that a defendant must possess to be charged with a petty misdemeanor; and (2) the maximum amount of marijuana that a defendant convicted of possessing marijuana could hav... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-11 |
| #13 | SB1010 | Introduced | Extends the time for the marijuana evaluation task force to submit its report to the legislature. Extends the marijuana evaluation task force dissolution date. Requires the marijuana evaluation task force to also examine potential economic benefits o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-29 |
| #14 | HB7 | Introduced | Legalizes the personal use, possession, and sale of marijuana in a specified quantity. Requires licensing to operate marijuana establishments. Subjects marijuana establishments to excise taxes and income taxes. Amends certain provisions of the crimin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-02 |
| #15 | SB65 | Engrossed | Allows direct shipment of beer and distilled spirits by certain licensees. Requires the county liquor commissions to adopt rules and regulations. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-11 |
| #16 | SB323 | Introduced | Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical aid in dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, in addition to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-25 |
| #17 | SB526 | Introduced | Establishes The Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act that adopts uniform laws on protecting the online accounts of employees, prospective employees, unpaid interns, applicants, students, and prospective students from employers a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-27 |
| #18 | SB560 | Engrossed | Establishes ranked-choice voting for special federal elections and special elections of vacant county council seats. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| #19 | HB1316 | Introduced | Part I: Requires and appropriates funds for the department of health to conduct a study on the benefits and costs to implement extended producer responsibility in the State. Part II: Beginning January 1, 2022, prohibits full-service restaurants from ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-12 |
| #20 | SB132 | Engrossed | Beginning January 1, 2023, bans the sale, offer for sale, or distribution in the State of any sunscreen that contains avobenzone or octocrylene, or both, without a prescription issued by a licensed healthcare provider. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18 |
| #21 | SB704 | Introduced | Legalizes the personal use, possession, and sale of marijuana in a specified quantity. Requires licensing to operate marijuana establishments. Subjects marijuana establishments to State general excise taxes and income taxes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-27 |
| #22 | SR2 | Introduced | Adopting The Rules Of The Senate Of The Thirty-first Legislature. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-20 Adopted. |
| #23 | SR1 | Introduced | Electing Officers Of The Thirty-first Legislature. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-20 Adopted. |
| #24 | HR4 | Passed | Acknowledging And Recognizing The Majority Caucus Leaders And Naming The Chairs, Vice Chairs, And Members Of The Standing Committees Of The House Of Representatives Of The Thirty-first Legislature. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-20 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #25 | HR5 | Passed | Communicating That The House Of Representatives Of The Thirty-first Legislature Has Assembled And Is Ready To Transact Business. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 3). |
| #26 | HR2 | Passed | Electing The Speaker And Vice Speaker Of The House Of Representatives Of The Thirty-first Legislature. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-20 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #27 | HR1 | Passed | Electing The Temporary Chair Of The House Of Representatives Of The Thirty-first Legislature. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-20 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #28 | HCR2 | Passed | Requesting The Governor To Address The Legislature Concerning The Affairs Of The State. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #29 | HR3 | Passed | Electing The Officers Of The House Of Representatives Of The Thirty-first Legislature. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-20 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #30 | HCR1 | Passed | Relating To Recess Days For The Regular Session Of 2021. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #31 | HB26 | Introduced | Requires DOTAX to retroactively exempt and refund state income tax amounts received or withheld from unemployment compensation benefits for the period March 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-27 |
| #32 | SB67 | Introduced | Relating To The Environment. Short form bill. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-22 |
| #33 | HB10 | Introduced | Requires the board of education to invite the exclusive representative for bargaining unit (5) (teachers and other personnel of the department of education) to appoint a nonvoting public school teacher representative to the board and the exclusive re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11 |
| #34 | HB103 | Enrolled | Clarifies that the powers granted for emergency purposes shall not be inconsistent with the state constitution. Provides parameters for the duration of suspension of laws and requires justification for the suspension. Specifies parameters for when a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-27 Recommitted to Conference committee as amended in CD 1 with none voting no and Representative(s) LoPresti excused. |
| #35 | HB23 | Introduced | Temporarily halts nonjudicial foreclosures by condominium associations until 6/30/23. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-27 |
| #36 | HB43 | Introduced | Short form bill relating to state highways. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-27 |
| #37 | HB87 | Introduced | Short form bill relating to the department of labor and industrial relations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-27 |
| #38 | SB134 | Engrossed | Prohibits the governor or the mayor from suspending requests for public records or vital statistics during a declared state of emergency. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 559). |
| #39 | SB82 | Engrossed | Requires each new member of a board or commission to participate in an orientation and training session with the head of the department with jurisdiction of that member's board or commission or their designee. Requires each department and agency to t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25 |
| #40 | SB91 | Introduced | Relating To The University Of Hawaii. Short form bill. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-22 |
| #41 | SB39 | Engrossed | Clarifies that the eligibility for the general excise tax exemption includes the nonreceipt of financing from the Hawaii Finance and Development Corporation. Allows certain affordable rental housing projects to receive a waiver of various development... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 630). |
| #42 | HB6 | Introduced | Establishes an environmental surcharge on visitor accommodations. Establishes the green tourism special fund to invest in the State's transition to a clean energy economy, conservation of natural resources, and sustainability and resiliency. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-27 |
| #43 | SB54 | Introduced | Establishes the offense of theft of catalytic converter as a class C felony. Defines "catalytic converter." Requires scrap dealers to follow the same requirements regarding a written statement for the purchase of palladium, platinum, rhodium, and a s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-22 |
| #44 | SB37 | Introduced | Eliminates the mortgage interest deduction for second homes under Hawaii income tax law. Requires the department of taxation to calculate the savings and transfer an equivalent amount of income taxes to the director of finance for deposit into the re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-22 |
| #45 | HB73 | Passed | Requires the department of human resources development to review the classification and compensation schedules for telephone and emergency dispatchers and similar employees and to submit a report to the legislature recommending modifications to those... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-24 Act 063, 06/23/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1164). |
| #46 | HB100 | Introduced | Beginning 7/1/2022, establishes an air cargo pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fee, to be assessed on each air carrier delivering air cargo into the State. Establishes the air cargo pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund, to be ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18 |
| #47 | HB24 | Introduced | Establishes business practice and transparency reporting requirements for pharmacy benefit managers. Replaces the registration requirement for pharmacy benefit managers with a licensing requirement. Increases penalties for violations of the pharmacy ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-27 |
| #48 | SB145 | Introduced | Authorizes the sale and distribution of cannabis propagules, cuttings, cannabis seeds and cannabis clones by medical cannabis dispensary licensees, subject to quantity limits and quality requirements. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11 |
| #49 | SB113 | Introduced | Relating To Transportation. Short form bill. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-22 |
| #50 | SB155 | Introduced | Authorizes peer-to-peer car-sharing. Establishes the peer-to-peer car sharing surcharge tax. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19 |
