| HI | HB2352 | Pass | Exempts the administrator of the Law Enforcement Standards Board from civil service laws. Clarifies membership and certain powers and duties of the Law Enforcement Standards Board and establishes new deadlines for the completion of board responsibili...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-09
Act 247, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1352). |
| HI | HB2227 | Pass | Expands the existing exemption from state law governing child care for United States Department of Defense-certified child care providers on federal property to those operating off federal property. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02
Act 146, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). |
| HI | HB2457 | Pass | Expands the requirement that the Department of Law Enforcement pursue and obtain accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., to all divisions and sections within the Department. Establishes five CALEA coordi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-02
Act 131, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1232). |
| HI | HB1600 | Pass | Requires boards to schedule a meeting for deliberation and decision-making on a report by an investigative group at least six business days after the board meeting in which the investigative group presented the findings and recommendations of its inv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-03
Act 013, 05/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113). |
| HI | HCR84 | Pass | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Amend Their Administrative Rules To Establish Another Pathway For Housing Projects Seeking An Exemption From State Laws And Rules.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HR130 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Conduct A Study On The Feasibility Of Exempting All State-related Construction From County Permitting Requirements And Establishing A Permitting Division Within The Department To Be Resp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HCR151 | Intro
25% | Requesting The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Conduct A Study On The Feasibility Of Exempting All State-related Construction From County Permitting Requirements And Establishing A Permitting Division Within The Department To Be Resp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HR70 | Pass | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Amend Their Administrative Rules To Establish Another Pathway For Housing Projects Seeking An Exemption From State Laws And Rules.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HB74 | Engross
50% | Establishes a temporary general excise tax exemption for amounts received from the servicing and maintenance of helicopters in an aircraft service and maintenance facility outside any Hawaii airport or from the construction of a facility that service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1675 | Engross
50% | Exempts from the general excise tax amounts received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a medical practitioner for health care related goods and services purchased under Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE. Takes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2358 | Engross
50% | Exempts from environmental impact statement requirements certain affordable housing projects. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB335 | Engross
50% | Exempts from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code educational materials and related training for direct student instruction in career and technical education programs within the Department of Education. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HR88 | Intro
25% | Urging The President Of The United States And United States Congress To Exempt Hawaii From The Jones Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | HCR107 | Intro
25% | Urging The President Of The United States And United States Congress To Exempt Hawaii From The Jones Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | HB2416 | Engross
50% | Provides a conveyance tax exemption for certain real property furnished as a transient accommodation. Repeals 1/1/2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB2629 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Homeless Services Special Fund. Allows counties to apply for matching funds from the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund for certain housing projects. Increases the conveyance tax rates for certain properties. Establishes conveyan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2195 | Intro
25% | Repeals the discretion for public officials to require work in respect to any structure or improvement, regardless of the cost valuation of the work, to be subject to the requirements of professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape ar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB2385 | Intro
25% | Amends section 76-16(b), Hawaii Revised Statues, to exempt the Deputy Executive Director, Chief Compliance Officer, and branch managers of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii from civil service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HB2413 | Intro
25% | Repeals the prohibition of qualified persons or firms from receiving direct or indirect financing for construction projects from any governmental contracting agency as a condition of prevailing wage terms. Extends the Hawaii Housing Finance and Devel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2308 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the State or any of its branches, political subdivisions, or agencies from requiring a bachelor's degree as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment. Establishes exemptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HB2599 | Intro
25% | Exempts actions involving the operation and management of fisheries in the State from environmental review requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB2627 | Intro
25% | Exempts medical and dental services provided by health care providers to patients who receive Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE benefits from the general excise tax. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB1618 | Intro
25% | Permanently excludes businesses within a federally designated opportunity zone from required unemployment insurance contributions and temporarily excludes those businesses from general excise and income tax for five years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB1699 | Intro
25% | Exempts food and medical services from the general excise tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1790 | Intro
25% | Exempts qualified disabled veterans from various annual motor vehicle fees and taxes, including vehicle weight taxes and beautification fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | HB2030 | Intro
25% | Makes permanent the exemption from school impact fees of housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Education Committee |
| HI | HB2156 | Intro
25% | Beginning 1/1/2025, requires physicians to perform or order test for lead poisoning in minor patients at certain intervals, and if the physician performs the test, the results to be included in the minor patient's record of immunization. Requires the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB1429 | Intro
25% | Gradually reduces the general excise tax rate imposed on the retail sale of groceries and nonprescription medication over a period of four years until eliminated in calendar year 2027. Preserves the county surcharge on tax and the general excise tax ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB284 | Intro
25% | Exempts from the general excise tax the gross proceeds or income received from the sale of any product resulting from the cultivation and production of unprocessed taro and value-added products whose primary ingredient is taro or taro leaf. Effective...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB681 | Intro
25% | Exempts any code with an official publication date within four years of the prior code publication date from certain adoption requirements. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB699 | Intro
25% | Exempts the proposed drilling, construction, or use of a well and well appurtenances on lands leased from the Department of Agriculture from the requirements of the environmental impact statements law, provided that the land is being used to support ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HI | HB326 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the distribution, sale, and provision of plastic straws, except for those who request single-use plastic straws for medical reasons. Establishes a fine for violators. Takes effect 1/1/2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB945 | Intro
25% | Reduces, then later exempts, the tax collected on the sale of groceries that are eligible under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, regardless of the means of purch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB1188 | Intro
25% | Requires the department of human services to establish a state corollary to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for certain higher education students. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB240 | Intro
25% | Exempts gross proceeds from medical services provided by physicians and advanced practice registered nurses acting in the capacity of a primary care provider from the general excise tax. Effective 1/1/2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Health Committee |
| HI | HB151 | Intro
25% | Amends the exclusion amount of Hawaii's estate tax. Repeals exemption for tax imposed on transfer of taxable estate located in Hawaii for nonresidents and nonresidents who are not citizens. Applicable to decedents dying or taxable transfers occurring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB245 | Intro
25% | Prohibits a vessel from being fumigated on ocean waters. Allows an owner whose vessel is required to be fumigated on ocean waters to apply for an exemption from the division of boating and ocean recreation. Requires any vessel granted an exemption to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB1121 | Engross
50% | Excludes from taxation one hundred per cent of the gain realized by a fee simple owner from the sale of a leased fee interest in units within a condominium project, cooperative project, or planned unit development to the association of apartment owne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB147 | Intro
25% | Amends the vehicle weight tax exemption for noncommercial vehicles by removing the exemption for military reserves and other active duty military personnel and adding an exemption for certain veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | HB662 | Intro
25% | Exempts medical and dental services provided by health care providers to patients who receive Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE benefits from the general excise tax. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB594 | Intro
25% | Clarifies that the residential zone restriction on the use of leaf blowers at certain hours includes residential districts, apartment districts, and business mixed use districts. Removes the exemption on leaf blower restrictions for government agenci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | HB924 | Intro
25% | Amends the exemption from the requirement that plans and specifications for construction projects be prepared and construction observed by a licensed engineer, architect, or landscape architect to be determined by floor area of work rather than estim...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB1135 | Intro
25% | Reduces, then later exempts, the tax collected on the sale of groceries that are eligible under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, regardless of the means of purch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee |
| HI | HB798 | Intro
25% | Clarifies the GET exemption for unrelated trade or business activities of nonprofit organizations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB423 | Intro
25% | Exempts commercial measuring devices utilized in taxicabs from the requirement that the HDOA measurement standards branch inspect and test all measurement standards and measuring devices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Transportation Committee |
| HI | HB419 | Engross
50% | Requires the counties to exempt from county permitting requirements the installation of off-grid residential photovoltaic energy generating systems on the rooftops of residential properties, under certain circumstances. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HB154 | Intro
25% | Exempts state residents from the transient accommodations tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Tourism Committee |
| HI | HB646 | Intro
25% | Repeals the exemption granted to churches by Act 22, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, relating to bonding requirements and fee requirements for licenses, renewals, and reinstatements of licenses applicable to cemeteries and funeral trusts. Clarifies that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | HB935 | Intro
25% | Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received from the sale of hearing aids.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-12-11
To House Health Committee |
