| HI | SB552 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a Healthy Soils Program. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HI | SB741 | Intro
25% | Establishes an External Audit Committee within the University of Hawaii to audit the University of Hawaii System and the Board of Regents. Requires annual reports to the Legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
One Day Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB747 | Intro
25% | Establishes an Audit Office within the Board of Education to audit operations and expenditures of the Department of Education. Exempts positions within the Audit Office from civil service law. Requires annual reports to the Governor and Director of F...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
One Day Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB802 | Intro
25% | Requires insurers to provide advance written notice to policyholders and the Insurance Commissioner, with reasonable explanations and primary factors, of any policy cancellation, non-renewal, or proposed premium increase, if, upon renewal, premiums a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | HB428 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Hawaii Farm to Families Program to alleviate food shortages in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature prior to the Regular Sessions of 2026 and 2027. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Passed First Reading. |
| HI | HB549 | Intro
25% | Establishes an Early Learning Apprenticeship Grant Program to be administered by the University of Hawaii to provide financial support for early learning program service providers in the State to participate in state- or federally-approved early lear...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25. |
| HI | HB648 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-02-28
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1140), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB606 | Intro
25% | Extends the Act 279 Special Fund to 6/30/2028. Deposits funds into and appropriates funds out of the Act 279 Special Fund to eliminate its waitlist. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to submit a strategic plan detailing the anticipated u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1127), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | SB867 | Intro
25% | Establishes a working group within the Office of the Governor for administrative purposes to ascertain the State's available water resources and water system source capacity and to streamline well permit approval processes to further plan for the dev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1042 | Engross
50% | Establishes and appropriates moneys for a Mental Health Emerging Therapies Special Fund, to be administered by the Department of Health. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 50) in amended form (SD 1). |
| HI | HB705 | Engross
50% | Establishes a temporary Medi-Medi Project within the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program administered by the Executive Office on Aging to assist older adults, Medicare beneficiaries, individuals with disabilities, and other underserved p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. |
| HI | HB778 | Intro
25% | Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to conduct an integrated land use study for the use of lands within the agricultural districts and submit interim and final reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1186 | Engross
50% | 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. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Pass First Reading |
| HI | HB833 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to establish a five-year community land trust equity pilot program to provide community land trusts with a line of credit to fund the acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, or constr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1121), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB960 | Intro
25% | Increases the maximum value of capital advancement contracts that may be executed by the Department of Transportation without legislative approval. Repeals the requirement for the Department of Transportation to obtain legislative approval through co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1099), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | HB952 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Collection Database to be administered by the Department of Health, to house a collection of data on the incidence of Parkinson's disease in the State. Establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Collecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. |
| HI | SB1250 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Hawaii Farm to Families Program to alleviate food shortages in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature prior to the Regular Sessions of 2026 and 2027. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
One Day Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1530 | Engross
50% | Requires the Board of Regents or the President of the University of Hawaii to allocate general funds appropriated to the University of Hawaii to University of Hawaii program IDs in accordance with performance-based outcomes relating to student achiev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 58). |
| HI | SB1588 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Nuclear Energy Task Force within the Hawaii State Energy Office. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 5/13/2040. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HI | SB1601 | Intro
25% | Establishes within the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority the Condominium Loan Program to provide qualified condominium associations with low-cost financing or refinancing on previously obtained loans for maintenance or repair projects. Limits loa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1612 | Intro
25% | Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with the Department of Health, to establish and implement a 5-year Fitness to Proceed Pilot Program. Requires an interim report and final report to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | HB1431 | Intro
25% | Establishes an Oral Health Task Force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Establishes temporary full-time equivalent program specialist V positions. Appropriates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1641 | Intro
25% | Establishes the State of Hawaii Film Commission within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to support the State's film industries. Establishes the State of Hawaii Film Commission Board within the State of Hawaii Film Commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1669 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Transit Oriented Community Improvement Partnership within the Department of Transportation. Establishes the Community Improvement Revolving Fund. Allows for transfers of land development rights to the Partnership. Requires annual repo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Pass First Reading |
| HI | SB1624 | Intro
25% | Requires the Board of Regents to expend funds appropriated to renew, improve, or modernize existing University of Hawaii facilities for only those purposes and not for current, ongoing, or anticipated capital improvement projects. Requires annual rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
One Day Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1610 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Ohana Zones Program as a program within the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to exempt ohana zones projects from general excise taxes. Requires a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | HB1450 | Intro
25% | Establishes a three-year climate-resilient food systems grant pilot program, to be administered by the Department of Agriculture. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1567 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to complete a comprehensive review of the classification and compensation systems for all positions within the State's executive branch. Allows the Department to contract with a third-party, in a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HI | SB1117 | Engross
50% | Renames the Electric Bicycle and Electric Moped Rebate Program to the Electric Mobility Rebate Program. Expands eligibility and amends the maximum rebate amounts. Prohibits individuals under 15 years of age from riding electric bicycles. Amends the a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Pass First Reading |
| HI | SB744 | Engross
50% | Establishes within the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority the Condominium Loan Program to provide qualified condominium associations with low-cost financing or refinancing on previously obtained loans for maintenance and essential repairs. Establi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 45) in amended form (SD 1). |
| HI | SB816 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Due Process in Immigration Proceedings Program to provide legal representation to individuals in immigration-related proceedings in immigration court. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1503 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to develop and implement training programs, public-private partnerships, funding opportunities, and recruitment strategies to develop a local workforce to meet the growing demand in defense-re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
One Day Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1033 | Intro
25% | Establishes an excise tax on certain taxpayers who own excess single-family residences for failure to sell those residences. Establishes and allocates excise tax revenues to the Housing Downpayment Trust Fund. Requires annual reports to the Legislatu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | HB727 | Intro
25% | Establishes a temporary three-year women's court pilot program within the Second and Fifth Circuits. Requires the Third Circuit of the Judiciary and Big Island Drug Court to conduct an interim study to establish a blueprint for a women's court pilot ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1142), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| HI | SB938 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Taxation to submit an annual report to the Legislature detailing an organizational chart and staffing plan and requirements for the Information Technology Services Office. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 48) in amended form (SD 1). |
| HI | SB1285 | Intro
25% | Establishes the offense of operating a vehicle while impaired and penalties. Establishes process to automatically suspend the license of a person arrested for driving under the influence. Allows a person whose license is automatically suspended for d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB411 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to engage in certain capital improvement project projects at state small boat harbors and state parks without prior approval from the Legislature and Governor for existing facilities. Requires q...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB576 | Intro
25% | Amends the requirements of legislative reports to be submitted by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Amends the scope of moneys to be deposited into and the purposes of the public housing speci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1040 | Intro
25% | Requires the Office of Wellness and Resilience to develop, implement, and administer a Medical Debt Acquisition and Forgiveness Program to acquire and forgive medical debt owed by certain households in the State. Requires annual reports to the Legisl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1232 | Intro
25% | Establishes a 3-year New Wastewater Technology Testing Pilot Program within the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center to test and evaluate new wastewater technology systems in coordination with University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1543 | Intro
25% | Requires each purchasing agency to provide justification for hiring external consultants. Caps the amount each agency can spend on external consultants. Requires each agency to seek approval from the Legislature for consulting contracts exceeding a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1602 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to install two monitoring wells in the Keauhou Aquifer System. Establishes the Keauhou Aquifer System Monitoring Program. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB742 | Intro
25% | Establishes a Data Sharing and Governance Working Group within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB1044 | Intro
25% | Expands the powers of the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and reactivates the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to help to stabilize the property insurance market in the State. Requires the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and the Hawaii Hurric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB558 | Intro
25% | Establishes a Food and Product Innovation Network within the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Appropriates funds for food and product development or innovation facilities in the County of Maui and on the islands of Oahu and Hawaii. Requires annu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. |
| HI | SB983 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Hawaii Start-Up Business Loan Program within the Business Development and Support Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Establishes the Hawaii Start-Up Business Loan Program Special Fund. Requires ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
The committee on WAM. deferred the measure. |
| HI | SB426 | Intro
25% | Establishes an Early Learning Apprenticeship Grant Program to be administered by the University of Hawaii to provide financial support for early learning program service providers in the State to participate in state- or federally-approved early lear...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB970 | Intro
25% | Authorizes a tax credit for businesses that pay the public transportation costs of employees. Applies to counties having populations of 700,000 or more. Applies for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024 but not beginning after 12/31/2029. Requires...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB1076 | Intro
25% | Increases the caps for the total contract value for any one Capital Advancement Contract (CAC) and the total aggregate value of CACs in a fiscal year entered into by the Department of Transportation with private parties for harbor improvements. Requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1188 | Intro
25% | Establishes a Teacher Workforce Housing Stipend Program to support teacher retention at public and charter schools classified as hard-to-staff. Requires reports to the Legislature. Amends the purpose and uses of the Teachers' Housing Revolving Fund. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
