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HISB2240PassRequires the Office of Elections to file an application with Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. (ERIC), by 6/30/2025, for the State to be admitted as a member of that organization. Requires the Office of Elections to share with each cou...
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2024-07-05
Act 190, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1291).
HISB2401PassRequires the Department of Agriculture to work with each county to implement feral chicken control programs and feeding of feral animals education campaign. Requires each county to match the funds expended by the Department of Agriculture for the imp...
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2024-07-03
Act 185, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286).
HISR53PassUrging The Department Of Health To Convene An Informal Working Group To Assess The Registration And Monitoring Of All Group Living Facilities As Described In Section 46-4(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, Including Clean And Sober Homes.
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2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24
HISCR64PassUrging The State And Counties To Prioritize And Direct All Available Resources To Supporting Coordinated Interagency Collaboration And Public-private Partnerships Aimed At Addressing The Ongoing Fentanyl Epidemic.
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2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24
HISR52PassUrging The State And Counties To Prioritize And Direct All Available Resources To Supporting Coordinated Interagency Collaboration And Public-private Partnerships Aimed At Addressing The Ongoing Fentanyl Epidemic.
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2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24
HISR114PassRequesting The Office Of The Governor To Convene A Working Group To Plan For The Remediation Of Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (pfas) In The State.
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2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24
HISR120PassRequesting A Task Force Be Convened To Develop Options To Reduce Cost And Return Increased Value To Residents From Funds Made Available By The State For Public Mass Transit.
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2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24
HISB1170PassRequires the counties to issue affordable housing credits for affordable housing units that are constructed under the various programs of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Sunsets 7/1/2031. (CD1)
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2024-05-29
Act 031, 05/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1131).
HISB3202PassPart I: Requires the counties, no later than 12/31/2026, to adopt or amend an ordinance to allow at least two accessory dwelling units, subject to certain restrictions, on all residentially zoned lots. Prohibits private covenants for residentially zo...
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2024-05-29
Act 039, 05/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1139).
HISB2615Engross

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Authorizes the counties to require contractors to disclose information regarding its employees' wages, benefits, hours, and employment status and deny, revoke, or suspend a building permit application for violating laws relating to wages, benefits, h...
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2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 5:20 PM; CR 016.
HISB2948Engross

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Beginning 1/1/2025, permits residential uses in certain areas zoned for commercial use under certain circumstances. Requires, no later than 1/1/2026, each county to adopt or amend ordinances to allow for adaptive reuse of existing commercial building...
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2024-04-23
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 803).
HISB2831Engross

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Authorizes the Department of Taxation, under certain circumstances, to assist a county in levying, assessing, collecting, and otherwise administering the county transient accommodations tax, including delinquencies and penalties, for a 6-year period ...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 704).
HISCR132Engross

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Requesting The Office Of The Governor To Convene A Working Group To Plan For The Remediation Of Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (pfas) In The State.
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2024-04-15
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISCR139Engross

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Requesting A Task Force Be Convened To Examine Successful Public Mass Transit Projects In Appropriate Cities And Countries And Develop Options To Reduce Cost And Return Increased Value To Residents From Funds Made Available By The State For Public Ma...
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2024-04-15
To House Finance Committee
HISCR65Engross

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Urging The Department Of Health To Convene An Informal Working Group To Assess The Registration And Monitoring Of All Group Living Facilities As Described In Section 46-4(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, Including Clean And Sober Homes.
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2024-04-05
To House Health Committee
HISB384Engross

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Authorizes each county to adopt ordinances to enforce the design and construction requirements for the provision of accessible parking spaces, including the establishment of penalties for failure to comply with the ordinance. Authorizes officials app...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISCR173Intro

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Urging Each Of The County Councils To Adopt Supplemental Rules Pursuant To Section 514b-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Ensure Conformance Of Condominium Property Regimes To The Purposes And Provisions Of County Zoning And Development Ordinances And C...
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2024-03-25
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISR149Intro

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Urging Each Of The County Councils To Adopt Supplemental Rules Pursuant To Section 514b-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Ensure Conformance Of Condominium Property Regimes To The Purposes And Provisions Of County Zoning And Development Ordinances And C...
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2024-03-25
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISB2832Engross

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Specifies that the counties may issue traffic infractions for violations of any law prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on highways. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB578Engross

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Allows a retirant to be employed without reenrollment in the Employees' Retirement System and without loss or interruption of retirement benefits if the retirant is employed as an investigator in a position identified by the Department of the Attorne...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISCR162Intro

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Requesting That State And County Departments And Agencies Meet Certain Guidelines Before Passing Any Ordinance Or Rule That Restricts Subsistence Fishing.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISR136Intro

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Requesting That State And County Departments And Agencies Meet Certain Guidelines Before Passing Any Ordinance Or Rule That Restricts Subsistence Fishing.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2814Engross

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Directs the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Agribusiness Development Corporation and the counties, to conduct an agricultural water infrastructure study for the State of Hawaii. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-21
To House Finance Committee
HISCR57Intro

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Requesting The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Adopt Administrative Rules That Preempt The Counties From Imposing Residential Income Requirements On Housing Projects Subject To Section 201h-38, Hawaii Revised Statutes, That Are ...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Housing Committee
HISR46Intro

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Requesting The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Adopt Administrative Rules That Preempt The Counties From Imposing Residential Income Requirements On Housing Projects Subject To Section 201h-38, Hawaii Revised Statutes, That Are ...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB2018Engross

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Prohibits a county from changing the land use designation or zoning of a parcel or parcels of property to a less intensive use or reducing the intensity of land use within an existing zoning district below what was allowed under the general plan or s...
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2024-03-14
To House Housing Committee
HISB2029Engross

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Prohibits any law, ordinance, or rule from imposing an inclusionary zoning requirement on housing offered exclusively for sale or rent in perpetuity to buyers or renters who are residents of the State, are owner-occupants or renters, and do not own a...
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2024-03-07
To House Water & Land Committee
HISB2565Engross

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Prohibits counties from prohibiting leashed dogs in public parks. Prohibits persons from leaving dog excrement on public or private property. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB2111Intro

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Under certain conditions, limits the payment of any delinquent tax and penalty required by the Director of Finance of a county as a condition precedent to the transfer of ownership of a vehicle to the aggregate amount of delinquent taxes and penaltie...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2566Intro

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Requires lot owners to pay for the repair and maintenance of subdivision roads where the applicable deed does not specify that requirement. Authorizes counties to assess and collect fees for repair and maintenance of subdivision roads if no court-app...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2743Intro

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Authorizes certain counties to use county surcharge on state tax revenues and fuel tax revenues for the repair and maintenance of private roadways that are open to and used by the public. Takes effect 7/1/2112. (SD1)
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2024-02-16
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2772Intro

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Establishes a Uniform Building Permit Working Group to study the feasibility of creating a single statewide building permit application package and uniform review and approval process for building permits that can be used by all counties. Declares th...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2769Intro

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Requires the state and counties to upgrade to zero emission buses by 2045. (SD1)
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2024-02-16
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2335Intro

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Amends the membership, authority, and duties of the State Building Code Council. Gives the counties the sole discretion to amend, adopt, and update the Hawaii state building codes as they apply within each county's respective jurisdiction.
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2024-02-15
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISB2976Intro

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Requires each county board of water supply or water board to prioritize the sustainable recharge of aquifers, ensure the health of watersheds, and, when allocating water for new development, prioritize the development of affordable housing over other...
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2024-02-15
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2324Intro

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Requires the State to share in the cost of county first responder personnel fulfilling state-imposed new mandates or increases in the level of service under existing programs.
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2024-02-13
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2204Intro

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Authorizes a county to initiate a land use boundary amendment to implement the county's general plan. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2952Intro

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Requires each county to develop and maintain a wastewater management plan. Specifies the requirements of the wastewater management plan. Authorizes the Director of Health to exempt a county from creating a wastewater management plan if the county has...
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2024-02-12
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB3014Intro

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Extends the right to enter private property and remove or stabilize natural hazards that are at risk of harming the public or other properties to the county in which the private property is located and that county's respective mayor.
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2024-02-12
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISB2872Intro

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Authorizes the counties to regulate by ordinance the use of vehicles, campers, and mobile homes as alternative residential dwellings.
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2024-02-08
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISB2723Intro

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Authorizes counties, after adoption of an ordinance, to sell private property after all notices, orders, and appeal proceedings are exhausted and to use those revenues to pay unpaid civil fines related to that property.
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2024-02-08
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISB2175Intro

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Authorizes the counties to reclassify up to one hundred acres of land areas in certain rural, urban, and agricultural districts; provided that at least seventy-five per cent of the housing units on the land sought to be reclassified are set aside for...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2042Intro

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Requires counties to grant building permits within sixty days if the application is stamped and certified by a licensed engineer and architect and other certain conditions are met. (SD1)
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2024-02-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2027Intro

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Restricts any county from disapproving or imposing certain conditions on the development of a housing development project or emergency shelter unless the county meets certain requirements. (SD1)
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2024-02-06
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2063Intro

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Prohibits the legislative body of a county from imposing requirements for residential incomes lower than those adopted or established by the State for housing projects. (SD1)
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2024-02-02
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2314Intro

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Requires the Director of Transportation to establish and implement a Digital Identification Pilot Program. In coordination with the counties and various agencies, requires the Director of Transportation to submit a report to the Legislature.
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2024-02-01
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB3333Intro

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Exempts accessory dwelling units, ohana dwelling units, and certain affordable rental housing projects developed pursuant to a county ordinance from school impact fees. Effective 6/30/2024. Sunsets 7/1/2026.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB2733Intro

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Requires transferors and transferees of used motor vehicles, mopeds, and trailers, including motor vehicles whose owners do not intend to drive the vehicle on public highways, to appear together before the county director of finance with governmentis...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB2732Intro

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Limits the payment of any delinquent tax and penalty required by the Director of Finance of a county as a condition precedent to the registration, renewal, or transfer of ownership of a vehicle more than 25 years old to the aggregate amount of delinq...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB3057Intro

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Allows the department of planning for each county to approve a variance for the installation of solar water heater systems. Authorizes the department of planning for each county to impose and collect fees for the administration of the solar water hea...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
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