| 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 | SB223 | Pass | 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] | 2025-07-08
Act 303, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1416). |
| HI | HB1001 | Pass | Establishes the Maui Wildfires Settlement Trust Fund to be administered by the Attorney General. Appropriates funds to fund the settlement of claims related to the 2023 Maui wildfires. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-08
Act 301, on 07/08/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1414). |
| 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 | SB1044 | Pass | Expands the powers of the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and reactivates the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to help stabilize the property insurance market in the State. Establishes the Condominium Loan Program and the Condominium Loan Revolving...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-07
Act 296, on 07/07/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1407). |
| HI | SB1252 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to establish positions within the University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine's Department of Geriatric Medicine to coordinate and incorporate training on Alzheimer's disease and other...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-03
Act 283, on 07/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1386). |
| HI | SB850 | Pass | Requires the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to collect data and submit to the Legislature a report focused on the health disparities experienced by individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities in the State prior to the con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 275, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1378). |
| HI | SB825 | Pass | Beginning 2/5/2026, extends the period for a notice of termination of a rental agreement from five business days to ten calendar days; requires landlords, or their agents, and tenants to engage in mediation and requires landlords and their agents to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 278, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1381). |
| HI | SB264 | Pass | Establishes the amount of compensation for private-sector examiners who evaluate a criminal defendant's fitness to proceed or penal responsibility in a legal case. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-02
Act 274, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1377). |
| HI | SB119 | Pass | Appropriates funds to establish a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program at the University of Hawaii Maui College. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-01
Act 265, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1368). |
| HI | HB1300 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-01
Act 254, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1357). |
| HI | HB1007 | Pass | Authorizes the Hawaii Community Development Authority to cooperate with or assist public and private sector entities to engage in projects that improve the State. Amends the membership of the HCDA board of directors. Establishes the Transit-oriented ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-01
Act 252, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1355). |
| HI | SB960 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to enhance access to and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, including establishing additional positions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-07-01
Act 264, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1367). |
| 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 | 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 | SB1249 | Pass | Establishes the temporary Agricultural Enforcement Pilot Program within the Department of Law Enforcement. Clarifies, creates, and strengthens laws regarding crimes and violations related to agriculture or agricultural lands. Establishes clear distin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-27
Act 235, on 06/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1337). |
| 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 | 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 | SB304 | Pass | Establishes positions and appropriates funds for the Adult Client Services Branch of the First Circuit Court. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-26
Act 233, on 06/26/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1335). |
| HI | HB648 | Pass | Establishes a two-year pilot program in the Probate Court and Family Court of the First Circuit to fund certain guardianship- and conservatorshiprelated court resources in situations where the respondent does not have sufficient funds to pay for one ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-25
Act 208, on 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | SB1502 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the establishment of faculty positions, student internship programs, and other related expenses for the Business Administration Program at the University of Hawaii West Oahu for workforce development in the defense sector of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 176, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276). |
| HI | HB396 | Pass | Increases the rate of compensation and maximum allowable amounts per case for court-appointed counsel in criminal proceedings. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 199, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). |
| HI | SB1602 | Pass | Establishes the Keauhou Aquifer System Monitoring Pilot Project. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to determine whether to continue, expand, or end the Pilot Project. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resour...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 189, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289). |
| 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 | SB1304 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the continued monitoring of pesticide drift in schools statewide. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-06
Act 179, on 06/06/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279). |
| 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 | SB479 | Pass | 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] | 2025-06-03
Act 150, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| 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 | HB1298 | Pass | Establishes a Government Employee Housing Program within HHFDC, to be financed by the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. Appropriates funds for the program. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03
Act 166, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). |
| HI | SB1300 | Pass | Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, expands free school meal coverage to students who currently qualify for reduced-price lunch. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, expands free school meal coverage to students whose family income is not ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Act 139, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). |
| HI | HB961 | Pass | Establishes a two-year Librarian Pilot Program to serve one school complex on Oahu and one school complex on an island other than Oahu. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Act 135, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1235). |
| HI | HB1378 | Pass | Establishes the Performing Arts Grants Program and Performing Arts Grants Special Fund to support performing arts in the State. Clarifies the scope of the SFCA's responsibilities to include the coordination, planning, promotion, marketing, and execut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Act 131, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1231). |
| HI | SB1431 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Health to establish a Hepatitis Prevention Program. Requires the Department of Health to develop and implement a statewide educational program to inform the public on how to identify and prevent hepatitis and aid in its e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Act 114, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1214). |
| HI | HB990 | Pass | Makes appropriations and approves payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
Act 080, on 05/19/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1180). |
| HI | HB1033 | Pass | 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] | 2025-05-13
Act 036, on 05/13/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1136). |
| HI | HB1035 | Pass | Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (9) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fisc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Act 038, on 05/13/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1138). |
| HI | HB1034 | Pass | Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (8) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fisc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Act 037, on 05/13/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137). |
| HI | HB1032 | Pass | Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (6) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fisc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Act 035, on 05/13/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1135). |
| HI | HB1038 | Pass | Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (13) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Act 039, on 05/13/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1139). |
| HI | HB1028 | Pass | Appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (2) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-12
Act 031, on 05/12/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1131). |
| HI | HB1030 | Pass | Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (4) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fisc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-12
Act 033, on 05/12/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1133). |
| HI | HB1029 | Pass | Appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (3) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-12
Act 032, on 05/12/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132). |
| HI | HB1027 | Pass | Appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Units (1) and (10) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-12
Act 030, on 05/12/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1130). |
| HI | HB370 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the amount of partial public campaign financing available for all elective offices. Adjusts the minimum amount of qualifying contributions certain candidates must receive to participate in the program. Increases the matching fund payments f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 325. |
| HI | HB1020 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a Carbon Sequestration, Underground Water, and Geothermal Exploration Resource Characterization Program via slim hole bores and requires a related statewide environmental assessment. Requires a report to the Legislature. Establishes posit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 5:55PM in Conference Room 325. |
| HI | SB1667 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires, when planning and managing state highways, in certain areas to be determined by certain national standards. Establishes requirements for the State Highway Safety and Modernization Council. Authorizes the State Highway Safety and Modernizati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 225. |
| HI | HB620 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes braille literacy as a policy of the State. Requires literacy assessments for eligible low vision and blind students to include braille instruction and the use of braille. Authorizes the Department of Education to adopt administrative rule...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 6:20PM in conference room 229. |
