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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | HCR119 | Engrossed | Endorsing Taiwan's International Participation, Supporting The Signing Of A United States-taiwan Bilateral Trade Agreement, And Commemorating The Relationships And Exchanges Between The State Of Hawaii And Taiwan. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-21 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 840) in amended form (SD 1). |
| #2 | HB1055 | Engrossed | Makes an emergency appropriation out of the Public Utilities Commission Special Fund for the Public Utilities Commission to procure services by consultants with technical expertise to assist with the efforts to strengthen the resilience and reliabili... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-23 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Wakai, Aquino, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| #3 | SB1522 | Engrossed | Clarifies that proof that a transferor has filed required notice forms with the county director of finance serves as a complete defense to any action brought against the transferor for an act or omission, civil or criminal, arising from the use, oper... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Tarnas, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| #4 | SB104 | Engrossed | By 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 compreh... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Tarnas, Lamosao, Hashem, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto. |
| #5 | HB705 | Engrossed | Establishes a temporary Medi-Medi Project within the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program to be administered by the Executive Office on Aging to assist older adults, Medicare beneficiaries, individuals with disabilities, and other underse... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 1:35PM in conference room 329. |
| #6 | SB1367 | Engrossed | Replaces the term "consumer loan" with the defined term "installment loan" for consistency throughout the installment loan chapter. Clarifies who is subject to the installment loan chapter. Requires loan maintenance fees to be prorated daily. Allows ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 1:30PM; Conference Room 224. |
| #7 | HB1316 | Engrossed | Beginning 1/1/2026, requires rental vessels to be registered and numbered with the Department of Land and Natural Resources before being rented or leased, or offered for rent or lease, by the public for transiting the navigable waters of a state park... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 9:30AM in conference room 229. |
| #8 | HCR205 | Passed | 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] | 2025-04-21 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 844) in amended form (SD 1). |
| #9 | HCR77 | Engrossed | Requesting The Agribusiness Development Corporation To Designate Kunia, Leilehua Plateau, And Poamoho As The Central Oahu Agricultural Corridor And Establish A List Prioritizing Potential Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Projects Statewide Tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 One (1) day notice, Friday, 04-25-25. |
| #10 | HB401 | Engrossed | Establishes one additional district court judgeship in the Third Circuit. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25 |
| #11 | SB405 | Engrossed | Allows neighborhood boards to discuss and receive information on matters raised by third-party reports from any government official not included in a publicly noticed agenda. Requires neighborhood boards to make decisions on matters raised by third-p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. |
| #12 | HB697 | Engrossed | Allows authorized employees of the Department of Law Enforcement, in addition to county police departments, to perform certain actions in reviewing recorded images produced by automated speed enforcement systems. Appropriates funds from the State Hig... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 329. |
| #13 | HB1345 | Engrossed | Authorizes the Department of Education to subsidize all tuition and mandatory fees for a resident student enrolled in a 4-year college campus of the University of Hawaii System with an education program or that offers an education degree for the seme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
| #14 | SB1669 | Engrossed | Establishes the Transit-Oriented Community Improvement Partnership within the Department of Transportation. Establishes the Community Improvement Special Fund. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds into and out of the special... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 863). |
| #15 | SR8 | Passed | Recognizing International Dark Sky Week. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03 Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). |
| #16 | HCR69 | Engrossed | Requesting The Office Of The State Fire Marshal To Convene A Vegetation Management Working Group To Study, Evaluate, And Make Recommendations For Regulations That Define Property Owner Obligations For Vegetation Management On Public And Private Prope... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-16 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 796) in amended form (SD 1). |
| #17 | SB1202 | Passed | Allows campaign funds to be used for a candidates child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-23 Act 019, on 04/22/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119). |
| #18 | HB1033 | Engrossed | Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (7) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fisc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Elefante, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| #19 | HB228 | Engrossed | Prohibits the use of license plate flipping devices. Prohibits the obstruction of a license plate. Establishes minimum and maximum fines. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25 |
| #20 | HB398 | Engrossed | Increases the rate of compensation and maximum allowable amounts per case for court-appointed counsel and guardians ad litem in family court proceedings. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25 |
| #21 | SB1195 | Engrossed | Prohibits any vehicle from parking within certain distances of crosswalks and intersections, regardless of the presence or absence of official signs or curb markings, with certain exemptions. Deposits fines collected from street parking restrictions ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. |
| #22 | SCR179 | Engrossed | Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Comprehensive Review Of The Hawaii Revised Statutes And Recommend Amendments To Incorporate Gender-neutral Terminology. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-04 |
| #23 | SB1146 | Engrossed | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to establish graduate assistant positions and 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. Eff... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 229. |
| #24 | HB256 | Engrossed | Requires an owner or operator of a waste-to-energy facility to comply with certain United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations for emission limitations as they existed on 12/31/2024, unless emission limitations are made more stringent b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
| #25 | HB1296 | Engrossed | Establishes timely notice and reporting requirements to the Legislature by the Governor regarding the transfer of appropriations to the Major Disaster Fund. Sunsets 6/30/2027. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Hashimoto, Wakai, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| #26 | HCR55 | Engrossed | Requesting The Judiciary To Convene A Working Group To Study How Effective Existing Laws On Domestic Violence Temporary Restraining Orders, Protective Orders, And Harassment By Stalking Are In Preventing Continued Abuse And Harassment. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 One (1) day notice, Friday, 04-25-25. |
| #27 | HR151 | Passed | Requesting The Hawaii Technology Development Corporation To Increase Its Focus On Advanced Manufacturing And Cybersecurity To Build A Stronger, Diversified Economy, Create High-wage Job Opportunities, And Position Hawaii As A Leader In Innovation And... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-27 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #28 | HCR182 | Passed | Requesting That The Tax Review Commission Consider Certain Goals For An Equitable, Efficient, And Adequate Tax Policy Structure In Its Deliberations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #29 | SCR112 | Engrossed | Requesting The City And County Of Honolulu To Light Up City Hall With Purple Lights On August 7, 2025, In Honor Of National Purple Heart Day. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-16 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 808). |
| #30 | SB479 | Engrossed | Repeals language that gives the Director of Finance discretion to use moneys in the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program Trust Fund if the Director elects to accept deposits from contributors instead of sending deposits directly to the ABLE Program Manager. A... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:30PM; Conference Room 329. |
| #31 | HB410 | Engrossed | Appropriates moneys to fund the operating expenses of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for the fiscal biennium beginning on 7/1/2025, and ending on 6/30/2027. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25 |
| #32 | HB1164 | Engrossed | Restores the revenue bond authorization for the Department of Transportation to issue Highway Revenue Bonds for highway capital improvement projects authorized in Act 164, SLH 2023, as amended by Act 230, SLH 2024. Takes effect 1/1/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 329. |
| #33 | HB879 | Engrossed | Increases the maximum grant amount for the Cesspool Compliance Pilot Grant Project. Appropriates funds. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 11:00AM in conference room 325. |
| #34 | HB455 | Engrossed | Appropriates moneys to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the contracting of services for start-up business financing and support. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755). |
| #35 | HB1099 | Engrossed | Provides an emergency appropriation for fifty per cent of the penalty assessed by the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to be reinvested in the continued development of a new eligibility system that will assist in red... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25 |
| #36 | HB667 | Engrossed | Requires the Department of Transportation or appropriate county department when disposing of a deceased cat or dog from a public roadway to scan the animal for a microchip, record certain information, and report that information to the appropriate co... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 329. |
| #37 | HB988 | Engrossed | Prohibits a procurement officer from disclosing a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation scores, except the summary of scores, during a debriefing requested by a non-selected offeror. Authorizes the disclosure of a competing offeror's proposal or... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). |
| #38 | SB662 | Engrossed | Authorizes county police officers to enforce the Statewide Traffic Code on all public streets, roadways, or highways within the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224. |
| #39 | HCR59 | Passed | Requesting The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Study The Feasibility Of Limiting The Costs Of Project And Construction Management In Each State Construction Project To Ten Percent Of The Total Cost Of The Project. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-21 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #40 | SB382 | Engrossed | Prohibits a procurement officer from disclosing a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score, except the summary of scores, during a debriefing requested by a non-selected offeror. Authorizes the disclosure of a competing offeror's proposal or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 016. |
| #41 | HB86 | Engrossed | 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] | 2025-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 9:45AM in conference room 229. |
| #42 | SB1318 | Engrossed | Repeals duplicative and potentially confusing penalties for water pollution offenses in section 200-14, HRS, and thereby clarifies that enforcement of criminal water pollution offenses remains under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health, rathe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-23 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-25-25. |
| #43 | SB332 | Engrossed | 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] | 2025-04-24 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. |
| #44 | SB1186 | Engrossed | Establishes the Statewide Interagency Food Systems Coordination Team and the Interagency Food Systems Working Group within the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Ilagan, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matsumoto. |
| #45 | HB280 | Engrossed | Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 1:45PM in conference room 329. |
| #46 | SB1452 | Engrossed | Updates chapter 329, HRS, to make it consistent with amendments in the Federal Controlled Substances Act as required under section 329-11, HRS. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. |
| #47 | SB106 | Engrossed | Establishes a three-year Pedestrian Safety Pilot Program in a county with population of two hundred fifty thousand or less, under certain conditions. Authorizes the Governor to revoke and abolish the Pilot Program and overturn a county's request to o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-10 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). |
| #48 | HB1156 | Engrossed | Increases the total principal amount of special facility revenue bonds that may be issued by the Department of Transportation for harbor improvements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 329. |
| #49 | HR27 | Passed | Requesting The Reconvening Of The Working Group Established Pursuant To House Resolution No. 18, H.d. 1 (regular Session Of 2024) To Continue The Efforts To Address Issues Related To Water And Air Contamination And Remediation Arising From The Operat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #50 | SR85 | Passed | Requesting The Governor, Or The Governor's Designee, To Convene A Working Group On Solid Waste Management. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03 Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). |
