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State Representative
Amy Perruso
(D) - Hawaii
Hawaii House District 46
In Office - Started: 11/06/2018
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415 S. Beretania St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
415 S. Beretania St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-586-6700
Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
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HB431 | Relating To Housing. | 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. Appropriates funds for the continued operation of the kauhale initiative. Part II: Establishes the Ohana Zones Program as a permanent program within OHHS. Appropriates funds to DHS for the continued implementation of the Ohana Zones Pilot Program. Part III: Requires OHHS to submit a report every four months to the Legislature detailing the expenditure of funds appropriated toward the kauhale and ohana zones initiatives and conduct a comprehensive needs assessment. Part IV: Changes references to the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness to "Coordinator on Homelessness". Specifies that the Coordinator on Homelessness shall report directly to the Director of Human Services. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB613 | Relating To Homeless Youth. | Makes the Safe Spaces for Youth Pilot Program permanent within the Office of Youth Services. Requires the program to collaborate with certain state and county departments. Authorizes the Office of Youth Services to contract with nonprofit organizations to provide shelters for homeless youth or young adults. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB943 | Relating To Homelessness. | 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 individuals at risk of homelessness with substance abuse issues or mental illness. Requires the Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program to redirect certain homeless persons to the appropriate health care system and services. Authorizes the program to include intensive mobile outreach services. Requires appropriations for the program to be used only for services contracted directly between the Department of Health and the service provider. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB474 | Relating To Fall Prevention. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to fund the current Fall Prevention Campaign. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB126 | Relating To Property Forfeiture. | Increases transparency and accountability surrounding property forfeiture. Clarifies which property is subject to forfeiture. Amends the authorized disposition of forfeited property and the proceeds thereof. Requires the Attorney General to adopt rules necessary to carry out the purpose of the Hawaii Omnibus Criminal Forfeiture Act. Repeals language that requires the Hawaii Omnibus Criminal Forfeiture Act to be construed liberally. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB700 | Relating To Cognitive Assessments. | Establishes, with certain exceptions, standardized cognitive assessments for qualified Medicare beneficiaries. Establishes a two-year Dementia Data Pilot Program within the Executive Office on Aging to collect and analyze cognitive assessment data. Requires the Executive Office on Aging to report de-identified aggregated data to the Legislature. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB705 | Relating To The Executive Office On Aging. | Establishes a Medi-Medi Project within the Executive Office on Aging to assist older adults, Medicare beneficiaries, individuals with disabilities, and other underserved populations who may qualify for various low-income subsidy programs to gain access to their benefits. Requires the Executive Office on Aging to submit reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for staff and operating expenses. Requires and appropriates funds for the Executive Office on Aging to develop a one-year pilot project to provide the Medi-Medi Project to kupuna and families living in a disadvantaged community, specifically the Kalihi Valley catchment areas. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB703 | Relating To Kupuna Housing. | Extends the sunset date for the State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna to 6/30/2028. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB969 | Relating To Waste Or Disposal Facilities. | Prohibits landfill units on land in an agricultural district with class A soils in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand. Beginning 7/1/2025, narrows the prohibition on constructing, modifying, or expanding waste or disposal facilities within a one-half mile buffer zone of residential, school, or hospital property lines to apply specifically to landfill units or components of landfill units. Beginning 7/1/2025, prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of a landfill unit, or any component of a landfill unit, inland of an underground injection control line in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand, with certain exemptions. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB430 | Relating To Internships. | Permits the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to enter into contracts with eligible employers or registered apprenticeship programs in the private sector to provide on-the-job training to eligible interns. Establishes a state internship and workforce development program. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to collaborate with the Department of Human Resources Development for placement of interns in state executive branch departments, agencies, and programs. Provides that the State shall be the responsible employer for purposes of workers' compensation coverage for students or recent graduates in the on-the-job-training work experience program, subject to certain limitations. Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB806 | Relating To Fireworks. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct fireworks sting operations and establish an explosives and firearms laboratory. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB1483 | Relating To Fireworks. | Establishes various criminal offenses and penalties related to fireworks or articles pyrotechnic. Amends multiple definitions and penalties for fireworks offenses, including heightened penalties if another person suffers substantial bodily injury, serious bodily injury, or death as a result of the fireworks offenses. Adds fireworks infractions to the existing adjudication of infractions process for traffic and emergency period infractions. (CD2) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB496 | Relating To Mmaki Tea. | Prohibits the use of certain words and misleading Hawaiian imagery, place names, and motifs on the label of a consumer package that contains or includes tea or dried leaves from the plant Pipturus albidus, unless 100 per cent of the tea or dried leaves were cultivated, harvested, and dried in the State. Appropriates funds for a Measurement Standards Inspector position. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB427 | Relating To Biosecurity. | 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: Authorizes and specifies conditions under which the Department may declare a biosecurity emergency, during which the Department and Governor may take certain actions to prevent the establishment or spread of pests and prohibited or restricted organisms. Broadens the objectives and general actions of the Biosecurity Program. Part IV: Authorizes the Department to establish transitional facilities. Requires the Department to certify and train biosecurity compliance auditors to inspect imported plants and animals. Requires inspection of various items transported interisland. Increases penalties for illegally transporting plants, animals, and microorganisms. Part V: Authorizes the Department to enter into governmentindustry agreements for readiness and response to unwanted organisms in the State. Authorizes biosecurity and pest management plans to address, contain, or eradicate pests. Requires the Department to establish a pest dashboard by 12/1/2025. Part VI: Authorizes the Department to adopt rules to establish and enforce the Plant Care Component Program. Authorizes the Department to assess administrative penalties for the enforcement of the Plant Care Component Program. Part VII: Transfers the Hawaii Invasive Species Council from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department. Part VIII: Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB302 | Relating To Cannabis. | Part I: Authorizes DOH to inspect qualifying patient medical records held by the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or hospice provider who issued a written certification for the qualifying patient. Amends and adds definitions for purposes of the medical use of cannabis law. Clarifies the conditions of use for the medical use of cannabis. For purposes of issuing written certifications, authorizes the establishment of a provider-patient relationship via telehealth and limits the maximum amount of fees that can be assessed by providers. Authorizes the sale of hemp products and accessories for the medical use of cannabis at retail dispensing locations, except in waiting rooms. Clarifies transportation requirements for certain inter-dispensary sales of cannabis and manufactured cannabis products. Part II: Establishes criminal penalties for the unlicensed operation of a medical cannabis dispensary. Part III: Authorizes expenditures from the Medical Cannabis Registry and Regulation Special Fund to fund programs for the mitigation and abatement of nuisances related to illegal cannabis and hemp products and medical cannabis dispensaries and appropriates funds from the Special Fund to the AG's Drug Nuisance Abatement Unit for these purposes, including establishing positions. Part IV: Beginning 1/1/2028, prohibits the cultivation of cannabis without a cannabis cultivator license issued by DOH. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB727 | Relating To The Women's Court. | 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. Sunsets 6/30/2027. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB242 | Relating To Electric Vehicle Batteries. | Establishes a working group within the Hawaii State Energy Office to examine how to maximize the recycling and reuse of electric vehicle batteries and recommend electric vehicle battery management practices. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB277 | Relating To Vehicular Pursuit. | Establishes requirements related to vehicular pursuit by law enforcement agencies. Beginning 1/1/2027, requires law enforcement agencies to provide reports to the Department of the Attorney General on all vehicular pursuits. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB648 | Relating To Guardianship And Conservatorship Services. | 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 or more of the resources and the court has deemed the resource or resources beneficial. Requires the Judiciary to submit reports to the Governor and Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB1231 | Relating To Traffic Safety. | Establish a safe routes to school program vehicle registration surcharge on certain motor vehicle registrations to be imposed and collected no later than 12/31/2025. Prohibits the use of facial recognition software in the operation of any photo red light imaging detector systems or automated speed enforcement systems. Clarifies the citations and summons procedures for the Automated Speed Enforcement Detector Systems Program. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB692 | Relating To The Preschool Open Doors Program. | Expands the Preschool Open Doors Program's eligibility criteria. Repeals the requirement that Preschool Open Doors Program providers be accredited. Effective 1/1/2026. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB934 | Relating To The Hawaii Broadband And Digital Equity Office. | 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 Office. Repeals broadband duties assigned to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Repeals the Broadband Assistance Advisory Council. Transfers the duty of collecting and posting certain broadband infrastructure notices to the Broadband Office. Establishes the Broadband Revolving Fund. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB1259 | Relating To Transportation. | Specifies that an engineering study is not required to be considered when reducing the maximum speed limit within ten miles per hour of the current speed limit for that road. Requires the Department of Transportation or a county, to the extent practicable, to consider National Association of City Transportation Officials guidance when setting a maximum speed limit for sections of highways with residential or commercial areas or schools immediately on a highway. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB736 | Relating To Wastewater Systems. | Establishes and appropriates funds for fiscal year 2025-2026 for a three-year new wastewater system and individual wastewater system technology testing pilot program within the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center. Requires interim and final reports to the Legislature. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB879 | Relating To Cesspool Conversions. | Appropriates funds to establish a position within the Department of Health to assist with the upgrade and conversion of cesspools and perform any other related responsibilities as designated by the Wastewater Branch of the Department of Health. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB860 | Relating To Liability. | Specifies for a county with a population of more than two hundred thousand but less than five hundred thousand, that the State or county may repair or maintain any street of which the ownership or jurisdiction is in dispute between the State and county. Specifies that the State or county that repaired or maintained the street may only be held liable for acts or omissions arising out of the repair or maintenance of that street that the State or county performed at any time. Deems that repair or maintenance of a street shall not confer ownership or jurisdiction over such street if the ownership or jurisdiction over the street is in dispute between the State and the county. Sunsets 7/1/2030. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB713 | Relating To A Rate Study For Home Health Services. | Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to conduct a rate study for Medicaid home health services in Hawaii. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB505 | Relating To Red Hill. | Establishes a WAI Policy Coordinator for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB650 | Relating To Sea Salt Products. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for providing education and support to local businesses regarding the United States Food and Drug Administration's guidance on colored sea salt. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB874 | Relating To Child Performers. | Establishes that for a minor in theatrical employment with a gross income of at least $5,000 on a project or $20,000 in a calendar year: a parent or legal guardian of the minor is required to establish a trust account for the minor with an independent third-party trustee; and the employer of the minor is required to deposit a portion of the minor's earnings into the trust account until the minor becomes an adult. Makes misappropriation or fraudulent use of funds within the trust account a breach of fiduciary duty subject to penalties. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB359 | Relating To Covered Offender Registration. | Amends covered offender registration laws by expanding the definition of "sexual offense" to include additional sexual offenses from the Penal Code. Provides that the exception to covered offender registry public access requirements for a first-time misdemeanor offense does not apply when the covered offense was committed against a minor. Clarifies that a person who is required to report their location of residence in person every year under the covered offender registration requirements shall report during the thirty-day period following the offender's birthday, rather than from the offender's actual date of birth. Specifies how certain covered offenses are to be tiered for purposes of seeking termination of registration requirements. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB103 | Relating To Sentencing. | Prohibits sentencing persons who were under the age of twenty-one at the time of the offense to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB133 | Relating To Surfing. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to support the establishment of surfing as an interscholastic sport. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB862 | Relating To Transportation Services. | Authorizes the use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans for school bus services if certain conditions are met. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB712 | Relating To Health. | Prohibits drug manufacturers from denying, restricting, or prohibiting the acquisition, shipping, or delivery of a 340B drug to pharmacies contracted with 340B covered entities under the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program. Authorizes 340B covered entities and the Attorney General to bring a civil action for enforcement within four years of a violation. Beginning 7/1/2026, requires each 340B covered entity in the State to report certain information annually to the hospital trade association operating in the State and requires the hospital trade association to prepare and publicly post an aggregate report of reports submitted by each 340B covered entity. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB1293 | Relating To Department Of Education Procurement. | Exempts Department of Education purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products less than $250,000 from the electronic procurement system requirement. Requires at least three written quotes for Department of Education purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products of less than $250,000. Sunsets 6/30/2028. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB1291 | Relating To Agriculture. | Expands the offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee to include roasted coffee. Imposes a mandatory minimum fine of $7,500 for each separate offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB718 | Relating To Positions At The John A. Burns School Of Medicine. | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine for faculty positions in the fields of cardiovascular biology, tropical medicine, and quantitative health biostatistics, and an environmental health and safety officer staff position. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB750 | Relating To The Environment. | Requires the Department of Health to conduct a statewide needs assessment to determine what will be needed to reduce waste generation, increase reuse, improve recycling collection services, and expand local processing of materials through an extended producer responsibility program for packaging materials and paper products. Establishes an advisory council to review the draft needs assessment and propose recommendations throughout the assessment process. Requires the Department of Health to hold a public hearing on the draft needs assessment and complete and submit the needs assessment to the Legislature by 12/31/2027. Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB871 | Relating To The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. | Clarifies that Act 130, SLH 2024, which amended the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, takes effect on the earlier of the date of the Secretary of the Interior's notification letter that Act 130 does not require congressional approval, or on the date that the United States Congress approval becomes law. (SD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB345 | Relating To The State Shrimp. | Establishes the pae ula as the state shrimp to protect anchialine pool ecosystems throughout Hawaii. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB951 | Relating To Prescription Drugs. | Allows a patient who has been seen in person by a health care provider who is in the same medical group as the prescribing provider authorized pursuant to section 329-33, HRS, to be prescribed an opiate prescription for a three-day supply or less via telehealth. (SD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB1477 | Relating To Social Services. | Increases the domiciliary care rates for certain providers and clarifies that the needs allowance and domiciliary care rates are included in the state supplemental payment ceiling amounts. Effective 10/1/2025. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR200 | Urging The State Department Of Agriculture And The Department Of Agriculture Of The County Of Maui To Take Further Meaningful Action To Address The Axis Deer Overpopulation. | RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI TO TAKE FURTHER MEANINGFUL ACTION TO ADDRESS THE AXIS DEER OVERPOPULATION. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR25 | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Include A Section On Desecration Laws In The State Of Hawaii Plant And Animal Declaration Form. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO INCLUDE A SECTION ON DESECRATION LAWS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII PLANT AND ANIMAL DECLARATION FORM. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR27 | Requesting Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Petition The United States Department Of Agriculture To Address The Lack Of Parity Between Hawaii And Other States And Territories Pertaining To The Export Of Agricultural Goods. | RESOLUTION Requesting HAWAII'S congressional delegation to petition the united states department of agriculture to address the lack of parity between hawaii and other states AND TERRITORIES pertaining to the export of agricultural goods. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR203 | Urging The County Of Maui To Prioritize The Development And Planning Of The Northern Terminus Of The Kihei North-south Collector Road. | RESOLUTION urging the county of maui TO PRIORITIZE the DEVELOPment and planning OF THE NORTHERN TERMINUS OF THE KIHEI NORTH-SOUTH COllECTOR ROAD. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR174 | Requesting The Department Of Human Services' Office Of Youth Services And Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council To Continue The Use Of Aina-based Learning Programs Offered To Youth In The Juvenile Legal System. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES' OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES AND JUVENILE JUSTICE STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THE USE OF AINA-BASED LEARNING PROGRAMS OFFERED TO YOUTH IN THE JUVENILE LEGAL SYSTEM. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB1320 | Relating To Education. | Requires the University of Hawaii System to collect, analyze, and publicly report certain graduate outcome data. Requires and appropriates funds for the development and maintenance of a graduate outcomes dashboard. Appropriates funds for positions within the University of Hawaii's Office of the Vice President of Academic Strategy. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB606 | Relating To The Department Of Hawaiian Homelands. | Appropriates funds to be used by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for mercantile projects, as well as lump sum repair and maintenance, in fiscal year 2025-2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB620 | Relating To Education. | 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 rules. Establishes the Braille Literacy Resource Center. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB244 | Relating To The Department Of Human Services. | Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to collaborate with contracted community-based organizations to address the need for social services in the State. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB344 | Relating To Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. | Requires the design of all new state building construction where parking is to be included to provide that a number of the parking stalls, as determined by the Department of Accounting and General Services, shall be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office, in consultation with the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Transportation, to conduct a survey and identify certain high-priority state facilities. Establishes a goal of the State to retrofit state facilities to be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
HB86 | Relating To The Department Of Land And Natural Resources. | 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) | Crossed Over |
HB432 | Relating To The Rental Housing Revolving Fund. | Establishes the Mixed-Income Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to prioritize development of workforce rental and for-sale housing projects for qualified residents. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to adopt administrative rules. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
HB348 | Relating To Single-use Plastics. | Beginning 7/1/2026 for lodging establishments with more than fifty sleeping room accommodations, and beginning 1/1/2028 for lodging establishments with fifty or fewer sleeping room accommodations, prohibits the provision of personal care products in small plastic containers within sleeping room accommodations, any space within sleeping room accommodations, or bathrooms used by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB139 | Relating To Insurance. | For policies, contracts, plans, and agreements issued or renewed after 12/31/2025, requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services for persons undergoing medically necessary treatment that may cause iatrogenic infertility. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB127 | Relating To Pretrial Release. | Requires bail to be set in an amount that the defendant can afford based on certain factors. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB782 | Relating To Agriculture. | Establishes within the Department of Agriculture a working group to review and make recommendations on amending or repealing unnecessary or obsolete laws pertaining to agriculture. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB701 | Relating To Taxation. | Establishes a family caregiver tax credit for nonpaid family caregivers. Requires the Department of Taxation to submit annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys to the Executive Office on Aging. The tax credit applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
HB125 | Relating To Firearms. | Requires retail sellers or transferers of firearms to provide purchasers with notice regarding the law on firearms storage. Expands the requirements for the secure storage of firearms. Clarifies the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm. (HD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB428 | Relating To Farm To Families. | Establishes the Hawaii Farm to Families Program to alleviate food shortages in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature before the Regular Sessions of 2026 and 2027. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB773 | Relating To Agriculture. | Appropriates funds to establish grant specialist positions to assist farmers and ranchers in meeting the requirements to receive grants offered by the United States Department of Agriculture, State, counties, or private entities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB714 | Relating To Health Care Workforce Development. | Appropriates funds to support educational training programs to expand the State's health care workforce, including funding to support health care certification programs offered in public high schools and education programs that support certified nurse assistants in becoming licensed practical nurses. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB455 | Relating To Small Business Loans. | 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) | Crossed Over |
HB309 | Relating To Fishponds. | Establishes a fishpond inventory working group within the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to create an inventory and map of all fishponds on state land and conduct a literature review. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB306 | Relating To State Water Code Penalties. | Adds a minimum penalty and maximum penalty per violation of the State Water Code and authorizes the Commission on Water Resource Management to consider each day that a violation exists or continues to exist a separate offense. Establishes factors the CWRM must consider when determining the amount of the penalty. Increases maximum fines every five years from 2030 to 2045. Effective 7/1/2040. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB177 | Relating To Civil Identification Cards. | Makes the issuance or renewal of a civil identification card free of charge. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB1325 | Relating To Housing. | Requires developers developing an affordable housing project under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to assist certain tenants who are subject to displacement or eviction by the proposed project by: granting those tenants the right of first refusal of a comparable unit in the housing project or establishing a fund to provide relocation benefits and offer assistance; providing information, either directly or through a contracted service, on how to obtain assistance and exercise the right of first refusal; and establishing procedures to track and maintain communication with those tenants. Establishes consequences for a developer's noncompliance. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HCR128 | Reaffirming The State's Obligation To Uphold The Constitutional Rights Of Its People By Recognizing The Critical Role Of Freshwater In Maintaining Healthy Nearshore Marine Ecosystems. | RESOLUTION Reaffirming the State's Obligation to Uphold the Constitutional Rights of its People by recognizing the Critical Role of Freshwater in Maintaining Healthy Nearshore Marine Ecosystems. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR199 | Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Conduct A Comprehensive Economic Analysis Of All Military-leased Lands. | RESOLUTION URGING the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a comprehensive economic analysis of all military-leased lands. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB433 | Relating To Public Safety. | Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to submit an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for reentry services to connect offenders with community-based services. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB643 | Relating To The Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Program. | Establishes short-term management initiatives for the coconut rhinoceros beetle response program. Appropriates funds for activities and positions related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB716 | Relating To Health. | Establishes the Health Information Technology Infrastructure Grant Program within the Department of Health, to be administered by the State Health Planning and Development Agency, to support health information technology infrastructure and the implementation of interoperable health information technologies in federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program centers, and Native Hawaiian health centers. Appropriates funds for the grant program. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HCR142 | Urging The Hawaii Tourism Authority And Department Of Transportation To Expand The Khea Airport Greetings Program To Display Keiki Art In All Neighbor Island Airports. | RESOLUTION urging the hawaii tourism authority and department of transportation to expand the kAhea airport greetings program to display keiki art in all neighbor island airports. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR153 | Requesting The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation To Incrementally And Systematically Reduce The Number Of Inmates Incarcerated In Private, Out-of-state Correctional Facilities. | RESOLUTION Requesting the dEPARTMENT of corrections and rehabilitation to incrementally AND SYSTEMATICALLY reduce the number of inmates incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional facilities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR37 | Requesting The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Collaborate With Relevant Agencies To Develop Initiatives And Outreach Programs To Inform Kupuna About Emergency Preparedness. | RESOLUTION requesting the hawaii emergency management agency to collaborate with relevant agencies to develop initiatives and outreach programs to inform kupuna about emergency preparedness. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB1345 | Relating To Teacher Education. | 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 semester or term that the student enrolls in a State-Approved Teacher Education Program under certain conditions. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
HB833 | Relating To Community Land Trusts. | 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 construction of housing for certain households. Requires reports to the Legislature regarding the pilot program. Appropriates funds from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund for establishment of the pilot program. Sunsets the pilot program on 6/30/2030. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB429 | Relating To Early Learning. | Appropriates funds to hire teachers and teacher assistants and for equipment and services for public preschools. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB596 | Relating To Emergency Management. | Clarifies the types of events that constitute disasters and emergencies for the purposes of emergency management. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB132 | Relating To Expungement. | Amends the Department of the Attorney General pilot project for a state-initiated expungement process of arrest records concerning promoting a detrimental drug in the third degree to include the possession of any schedule V substance in any amount. (HD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB145 | Relating To Expungement. | Authorizes the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to transmit all expungement orders to the Judiciary to effectuate the purposes of Act 159, SLH 2023. (HD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR100 | Requesting The State Of Hawaii To Require That Any Individual Or Group That Administers The Mandatory Harassment And Discrimination Training To Employees Demonstrate Adequate Competency In Lgbtq+ (lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, And More Identities) Identity And Culturally Specific Gender Identity Relevant To Hawaii. | RESOLUTION requesting the state of hawaii to require that any individual or group that administers the mandatory harassment and discrimination training to employees demonstrate adequate competency in LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and more identities) identity and culturally specific gender identity relevant to Hawai?i. | In Committee |
HCR190 | Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Demolition Waste Reduction Working Group. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of health to convene a demolition waste reduction working group. | Crossed Over |
HCR208 | Urging The United States Department Of Defense To Make Recreational Facilities On Military Installations In Hawaii Accessible To All Hawaii Residents. | RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO MAKE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN HAWAII ACCESSIBLE TO ALL HAWAII RESIDENTS. | In Committee |
HCR149 | Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Convene A Working Group To Assess Environmental And Conservation Initiatives Needed To Transition Volcano, Hawaii, Into A Biosphere Area That Promotes Environmental Sustainability And Community Well-being And Complements The Neighboring Hawaiian Islands Biosphere Reserve. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of land and natural resources to convene a working group to assess environmental and conservation INITIATIVES needed to transition volcano, Hawaii, into a biosphere area that promotes environmental sustainability and community well-being and complements the NEIGHBORING hawaiian islands biosphere reserve. | In Committee |
HCR173 | Urging The Department Of Health To Undertake Preliminary Education, Outreach, And Vaccination Drive Efforts At Schools In Hawaii With Vaccination Rates Under Thirty Percent, Beginning At The Start Of The 2025-2026 School Year, In Partnership With Community Health Centers And Other Local Healthcare Providers. | RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO UNDERTAKE PRELIMINARY EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND VACCINATION DRIVE EFFORTS AT SCHOOLS IN HAWAII WITH VACCINATION RATES UNDER THIRTY PERCENT, BEGINNING AT THE START OF THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. | In Committee |
HCR186 | Requesting The Department Of Education, In Collaboration With The Department Of Health And State Public Charter School Commission, To Conduct A Study On The Practices Of Managing Heat Exposure In Department And Charter Schools To Protect Students' Health During Outdoor Activities. | RESOLUTION Requesting the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health and State Public Charter School Commission, to conduct a study on the practices of managing heat exposure in department and charter schools to protect students' health during outdoor activities. | In Committee |
HCR129 | Requesting The Department Of Transportation, Department Of Education, And Maui County Department Of Public Works To Collaborate To Propose Viable Solutions To Improve Pedestrian And Traffic Safety And Relieve Traffic Congestion Around Haiku Elementary School. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND MAUI COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO COLLABORATE TO PROPOSE VIABLE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY AND RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AROUND HAIKU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. | In Committee |
HCR199 | Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Prioritize The Restoration And Protection Of Additional Wetlands And Anchialine Pools. | RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO PRIORITIZE THE RESTORATION AND PROTECTION OF ADDITIONAL WETLANDS AND ANCHIALINE POOLS. | In Committee |
HCR145 | Urging The Department Of Education, Department Of Health, And Other Relevant Stakeholders To Collaborate And Develop A Strategic Plan To Prepare For Hawaii's Pursuit Of Funding For And Participation In The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention's Public Health Surveillance For Estimating Autism Prevalence. | RESOLUTION urging the DEPARTMENT of education, department of health, and other relevant stakeholders to collaborate and develop a strategic plan to prepare for Hawaii's pursuit of funding for and participation in the centers for disease control and prevention's public health surveillance for estimating autism prevalence. | In Committee |
HCR188 | Declaring A Public Health Emergency Relating To Climate Change And Requesting Statewide Coordination To Identify, Plan For, And Create Cross-sector Solutions To Strengthen Hawaii's Public Health Response To The Climate Crisis. | RESOLUTION Declaring a public health emergency relating to climate change and requesting statewide coordination to identify, plan for, and create cross-sector solutions to strengthen hawaii's public health response to the climate crisis. | In Committee |
HCR65 | Requesting The Land Use Commission To Coordinate With County Planning Commissions And County Councils To Conduct Concurrent Reviews Of General Plan Amendments, District Boundary Amendments, And Zoning Amendments When Reclassifying Land. | RESOLUTION requesting the land use commission to coordinate with county planning commissions and county councils to conduct concurrent reviews of general plan AMENDMENTS, district boundary amendments, and zoning amendments when reclassifying land. | In Committee |
HCR109 | Supporting Free And Responsible Scholastic Journalism And Actively Supporting And Honoring The First Amendment Of The United States Constitution In Student Publications. | RESOLUTION Supporting free and responsible scholastic journalism and ACTIVELY supporting and honoring the first amendment of the united states constitution in student publications. | In Committee |
HCR104 | Urging The Department Of Education To Strengthen Farm-to-school Initiatives. | RESOLUTION urging the department of education to strengthen farm-to-school initiatives. | Crossed Over |
HCR39 | Requesting The Health Data Advisory Council To Confirm The Number Of Uninsured Children Statewide And Per County In 2025 And The Department Of Human Services Med-quest Division To Estimate Costs And Collaborate With The State Health Planning And Development Agency On Policy Changes Needed To Achieve The Goal Of Universal Health Insurance Coverage For Children. | RESOLUTION Requesting the HEALTH DATA ADVISORY COUNCIL to confirm the number of uninsured children STATEWIDE AND per county in 2025 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES MED-QUEST DIVISION TO ESTIMATE COSTS AND COLLABORATE WITH THE STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ON POLICY CHANGES NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN. | In Committee |
HCR35 | Requesting The Auditor To Assess The Social And Financial Effects Of Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage For Biomarker Testing. | RESOLUTION requesting the auditor to assess the social and financial effects of mandatory health insurance coverage for biomarker testing. | In Committee |
HR34 | Requesting The Health Data Advisory Council To Confirm The Number Of Uninsured Children Statewide And Per County In 2025 And The Department Of Human Services Med-quest Division To Estimate Costs And Collaborate With The State Health Planning And Development Agency On Policy Changes Needed To Achieve The Goal Of Universal Health Insurance Coverage For Children. | RESOLUTION Requesting the HEALTH DATA ADVISORY COUNCIL to confirm the number of uninsured children STATEWIDE AND per county in 2025 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES MED-QUEST DIVISION TO ESTIMATE COSTS AND COLLABORATE WITH THE STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ON POLICY CHANGES NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR59 | Requesting The Land Use Commission To Coordinate With County Planning Commissions And County Councils To Conduct Concurrent Reviews Of General Plan Amendments, District Boundary Amendments, And Zoning Amendments When Reclassifying Land. | RESOLUTION requesting the land use commission to coordinate with county planning commissions and county councils to conduct concurrent reviews of general plan AMENDMENTS, district boundary amendments, and zoning amendments when reclassifying land. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR96 | Requesting The State Of Hawaii To Require That Any Individual Or Group That Administers The Mandatory Harassment And Discrimination Training To Employees Demonstrate Adequate Competency In Lgbtq+ (lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, And More Identities) Identity And Culturally Specific Gender Identity Relevant To Hawaii. | RESOLUTION requesting the state of hawaii to require that any individual or group that administers the mandatory harassment and discrimination training to employees demonstrate adequate competency in LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and more identities) identity and culturally specific gender identity relevant to Hawai?i. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR191 | Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Prioritize The Restoration And Protection Of Additional Wetlands And Anchialine Pools. | RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO PRIORITIZE THE RESTORATION AND PROTECTION OF ADDITIONAL WETLANDS AND ANCHIALINE POOLS. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR105 | Supporting Free And Responsible Scholastic Journalism And Actively Supporting And Honoring The First Amendment Of The United States Constitution In Student Publications. | RESOLUTION Supporting free and responsible scholastic journalism and ACTIVELY supporting and honoring the first amendment of the united states constitution in student publications. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR170 | Requesting The Department Of Human Services' Office Of Youth Services And Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council To Examine The Availability And Utilization Of Aina-based Learning Programs Offered To Youth In The Juvenile Legal System. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of human services' office of youth services and juvenile justice state advisory council to examine the availability and utilization of aina-based learning programs offered to youth in the juvenile legal system. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR136 | Urging The Hawaii Tourism Authority And Department Of Transportation To Expand The Khea Airport Greetings Program To Display Keiki Art In All Neighbor Island Airports. | RESOLUTION urging the hawaii tourism authority and department of transportation to expand the kAhea airport greetings program to display keiki art in all neighbor island airports. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR125 | Requesting The Department Of Transportation, Department Of Education, And Maui County Department Of Public Works To Collaborate To Propose Viable Solutions To Improve Pedestrian And Traffic Safety And Relieve Traffic Congestion Around Haiku Elementary School. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND MAUI COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO COLLABORATE TO PROPOSE VIABLE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY AND RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AROUND HAIKU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR139 | Urging The Department Of Education, Department Of Health, And Other Relevant Stakeholders To Collaborate And Develop A Strategic Plan To Prepare For Hawaii's Pursuit Of Funding For And Participation In The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention's Public Health Surveillance For Estimating Autism Prevalence. | RESOLUTION urging the DEPARTMENT of education, department of health, and other relevant stakeholders to collaborate and develop a strategic plan to prepare for Hawaii's pursuit of funding for and participation in the centers for disease control and prevention's public health surveillance for estimating autism prevalence. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR182 | Declaring A Public Health Emergency Relating To Climate Change And Requesting Statewide Coordination To Identify, Plan For, And Create Cross-sector Solutions To Strengthen Hawaii's Public Health Response To The Climate Crisis. | RESOLUTION Declaring a public health emergency relating to climate change and requesting statewide coordination to identify, plan for, and create cross-sector solutions to strengthen hawaii's public health response to the climate crisis. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR179 | Requesting The Department Of Education, In Collaboration With The Department Of Health And State Public Charter School Commission, To Conduct A Study On The Practices Of Managing Heat Exposure In Department And Charter Schools To Protect Students' Health During Outdoor Activities. | RESOLUTION Requesting the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health and State Public Charter School Commission, to conduct a study on the practices of managing heat exposure in department and charter schools to protect students' health during outdoor activities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR192 | Maui Axis Deer Control And Venison Initiative. | RESOLUTION Maui axis deer control and venison initiative. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR200 | Urging The United States Department Of Defense To Make Recreational Facilities On Military Installations In Hawaii Accessible To All Hawaii Residents. | RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO MAKE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN HAWAII ACCESSIBLE TO ALL HAWAII RESIDENTS. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR143 | Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Convene A Working Group To Assess Environmental And Conservation Initiatives Needed To Transition Volcano, Hawaii, Into A Biosphere Area That Promotes Environmental Sustainability And Community Well-being And Complements The Neighboring Hawaiian Islands Biosphere Reserve. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of land and natural resources to convene a working group to assess environmental and conservation INITIATIVES needed to transition volcano, Hawaii, into a biosphere area that promotes environmental sustainability and community well-being and complements the NEIGHBORING hawaiian islands biosphere reserve. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR148 | Requesting The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation To Incrementally And Systematically Reduce The Number Of Inmates Incarcerated In Private, Out-of-state Correctional Facilities. | RESOLUTION Requesting the dEPARTMENT of corrections and rehabilitation to incrementally AND SYSTEMATICALLY reduce the number of inmates incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional facilities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR169 | Urging The Department Of Health To Undertake Preliminary Education, Outreach, And Vaccination Drive Efforts At Schools In Hawaii With Vaccination Rates Under Thirty Percent, Beginning At The Start Of The 2025-2026 School Year, In Partnership With Community Health Centers And Other Local Healthcare Providers. | RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO UNDERTAKE PRELIMINARY EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND VACCINATION DRIVE EFFORTS AT SCHOOLS IN HAWAII WITH VACCINATION RATES UNDER THIRTY PERCENT, BEGINNING AT THE START OF THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB239 | Relating To Child Abuse. | Amends the definition of "child abuse or neglect" to clarify that the failure to provide certain needs to a child shall not constitute child abuse or neglect if the sole reason the person responsible for the care of the child is unable to adequately provide for the child's care is lack of financial resources; and evidence of parental request for support shall not be deemed as evidence of child abuse and neglect. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HR100 | Urging The Department Of Education To Strengthen Farm-to-school Initiatives. | RESOLUTION urging the department of education to strengthen farm-to-school initiatives. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR86 | Requesting The Department Of Education To Report On The Implementation Of Aloha-based Civic Education Initiatives In Hawaii's Public Schools. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALOHA-BASED CIVIC EDUCATION INITIATIVES IN HAWAII'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS. | Crossed Over |
HR124 | Reaffirming The State's Obligation To Uphold The Constitutional Rights Of Its People By Recognizing The Critical Role Of Freshwater In Maintaining Healthy Nearshore Marine Ecosystems. | RESOLUTION Reaffirming the State's Obligation to Uphold the Constitutional Rights of its People by recognizing the Critical Role of Freshwater in Maintaining Healthy Nearshore Marine Ecosystems. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR181 | Requesting The Governor, State Agencies, And Other Relevant Stakeholders To Accelerate Hawaii's Clean Energy Transition And Take Immediate, Decisive Action To Reduce And Eliminate Dependence On Imported Fossil Fuels To Improve Energy Security And Protect Consumers From Rising Energy Costs. | RESOLUTION requesting the governor, state agencies, and other relevant stakeholders to accelerate hawaii's clean energy TRANSITION and take immediate, decisive action to reduce and eliminate dependence on imported fossil fuels to improve energy security and protect consumers from rising energy costs. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR209 | Requesting The State Of Hawaii To Consider Import Substitution As A Key Strategy For Economic Growth And Diversification. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE OF HAWAII TO CONSIDER IMPORT SUBSTITUTION AS A KEY STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DIVERSIFICATION. | Crossed Over |
HR203 | Relating To Economic Development And Technology. | RESOLUTION relating to economic development and technology. | In Committee |
HCR211 | Relating To Economic Development And Technology. | RESOLUTION relating to economic development and technology. | In Committee |
HR201 | Requesting The State Of Hawaii To Consider Import Substitution As A Key Strategy For Economic Growth And Diversification. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE OF HAWAII TO CONSIDER IMPORT SUBSTITUTION AS A KEY STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DIVERSIFICATION. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR184 | Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Demolition Waste Reduction Working Group. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of health to convene a demolition waste reduction working group. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR131 | Urging The Federal Aviation Administration And State Department Of Transportation To Encourage And Facilitate The Expansion Of Alternative Airline Services That Utilize Short Takeoff And Landing-capable Aircrafts And Requesting The State Department Of Transportation To Conduct A Study On The Feasibility And Implementation Of A Rural Air Service Program. | RESOLUTION URGING THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE EXPANSION OF ALTERNATIVE AIRLINE SERVICES THAT UTILIZE SHORT TAKEOFF AND LANDING-CAPABLE AIRCRAFTS AND REQUESTING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A RURAL AIR SERVICE PROGRAM. | In Committee |
HR127 | Urging The Federal Aviation Administration And State Department Of Transportation To Encourage And Facilitate The Expansion Of Alternative Airline Services That Utilize Short Takeoff And Landing-capable Aircrafts And Requesting The State Department Of Transportation To Conduct A Study On The Feasibility And Implementation Of A Rural Air Service Program. | RESOLUTION URGING THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE EXPANSION OF ALTERNATIVE AIRLINE SERVICES THAT UTILIZE SHORT TAKEOFF AND LANDING-CAPABLE AIRCRAFTS AND REQUESTING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A RURAL AIR SERVICE PROGRAM. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR95 | Requesting The Hawaii State Lgbtq+ Commission And Hawaii State Commission On The Status Of Women To Collaborate And Conduct A Comprehensive Review Of The Hawaii Revised Statutes And Recommend Amendments To Incorporate Gender-neutral Terminology. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE LGBTQ+ COMMISSION AND HAWAII STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO COLLABORATE AND CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND RECOMMEND AMENDMENTS TO INCORPORATE GENDER-NEUTRAL TERMINOLOGY. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR99 | Requesting The Hawaii State Lgbtq+ Commission And Hawaii State Commission On The Status Of Women To Collaborate And Conduct A Comprehensive Review Of The Hawaii Revised Statutes And Recommend Amendments To Incorporate Gender-neutral Terminology. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE LGBTQ+ COMMISSION AND HAWAII STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO COLLABORATE AND CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND RECOMMEND AMENDMENTS TO INCORPORATE GENDER-NEUTRAL TERMINOLOGY. | In Committee |
HR80 | Requesting The Department Of Education To Report On The Implementation Of Aloha-based Civic Education Initiatives In Hawaii's Public Schools. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALOHA-BASED CIVIC EDUCATION INITIATIVES IN HAWAII'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR87 | Urging The Department Of Education To Establish An Annual Climate Week In All Public Schools Across The State To Spread Climate Awareness, Education, And Participation In Sustainability Initiatives. | RESOLUTION urging the Department of Education to establish an annual climate week in all public schools across the state to spread climate awareness, education, and participation in sustainability initiatives. | Crossed Over |
HR103 | Requesting The Hawaii State Commission On The Status Of Women To Convene A Working Group To Develop Measures To Strengthen Protections Under Title Ix. | RESOLUTION requesting the hawaii state commission on the status of women to convene a working group to develop measures to strengthen Protections under title ix. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR99 | Urging The Counties To Adopt Local Zoning Ordinances To Require Owners Of Agricultural-zoned Lands To Execute And Record Declarations That Acknowledge State And County Agricultural Land Use Regulations And Requirements And Penalties For Noncompliance. | RESOLUTION urging the counties to adopt local zoning ordinances to require owners of agricultural-zoned lands to execute and record declarations that acknowledge state and county agricultural land use regulations and requirements and penalties for noncompliance. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR81 | Urging The Department Of Education To Establish An Annual Climate Week In All Public Schools Across The State To Spread Climate Awareness, Education, And Participation In Sustainability Initiatives. | RESOLUTION urging the Department of Education to establish an annual climate week in all public schools across the state to spread climate awareness, education, and participation in sustainability initiatives. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR97 | Urging The University Of Hawaii To Implement A Homeless Student Stability And Housing Resource Program To Address The Issue Of Housing Instability. | RESOLUTION urging the university of hawaii to implement a homeless STUDENT stability and housing resource program to address the issue of housing instability. | In Committee |
HR102 | Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Conduct A Study Evaluating The Feasibility Of Establishing A Green Bonds Program In The State. | RESOLUTION requesting the Hawaii State Energy office to conduct a study evaluating the feasibility of establishing a green bonds program in the state. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR107 | Requesting The Hawaii State Commission On The Status Of Women To Convene A Working Group To Develop Measures To Strengthen Protections Under Title Ix. | RESOLUTION requesting the hawaii state commission on the status of women to convene a working group to develop measures to strengthen Protections under title ix. | In Committee |
HCR106 | Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Conduct A Study Evaluating The Feasibility Of Establishing A Green Bonds Program In The State. | RESOLUTION requesting the Hawaii State Energy office to conduct a study evaluating the feasibility of establishing a green bonds program in the state. | In Committee |
HR93 | Urging The University Of Hawaii To Implement A Homeless Student Stability And Housing Resource Program To Address The Issue Of Housing Instability. | RESOLUTION urging the university of hawaii to implement a homeless STUDENT stability and housing resource program to address the issue of housing instability. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR24 | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Include A Statement On Desecration Laws In The Plant And Animal Declaration Form. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of agriculture to include a statement on desecration laws in the plant anD animal declaration form. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR134 | Urging The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism To Evaluate And Develop Recommendations For The Initiation Of A Memorandum Of Understanding Between Hawaii And New Zealand To Foster Stronger Ties In Economic Development, Arts And Cultural Exchange, Education, And Environmental Sustainability. | RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO EVALUATE AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN HAWAII AND NEW ZEALAND TO FOSTER STRONGER TIES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ARTS AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE, EDUCATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR143 | Strongly Urging The Hawaii Tourism Authority To Encourage All Transient Accommodations To Incorporate The Pono Pledge As A Requirement For Guest Check-in. | RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY TO ENCOURAGE ALL TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TO INCORPORATE THE PONO PLEDGE AS A REQUIREMENT FOR GUEST CHECK-IN. | In Committee |
HCR103 | Urging The Counties To Adopt Local Zoning Ordinances To Require Owners Of Agricultural-zoned Lands To Execute And Record Declarations That Acknowledge State And County Agricultural Land Use Regulations And Requirements And Penalties For Noncompliance. | RESOLUTION urging the counties to adopt local zoning ordinances to require owners of agricultural-zoned lands to execute and record declarations that acknowledge state and county agricultural land use regulations and requirements and penalties for noncompliance. | In Committee |
HCR140 | Urging The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism To Evaluate And Develop Recommendations For The Initiation Of A Memorandum Of Understanding Between Hawaii And New Zealand To Foster Stronger Ties In Economic Development, Arts And Cultural Exchange, Education, And Environmental Sustainability. | RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO EVALUATE AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN HAWAII AND NEW ZEALAND TO FOSTER STRONGER TIES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ARTS AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE, EDUCATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. | In Committee |
HR137 | Strongly Urging The Hawaii Tourism Authority To Encourage All Transient Accommodations To Incorporate The Pono Pledge As A Requirement For Guest Check-in. | RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY TO ENCOURAGE ALL TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TO INCORPORATE THE PONO PLEDGE AS A REQUIREMENT FOR GUEST CHECK-IN. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR207 | Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Conduct A Comprehensive Economic Analysis Of All Military-leased Lands. | RESOLUTION URGING the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a comprehensive economic analysis of all military-leased lands. | In Committee |
HCR151 | Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Submit A Detailed Report On Its Lease Enforcement Process And Procedures. | RESOLUTION requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to submit a detailed report on its lease enforcement process and procedures. | In Committee |
HCR141 | Requesting The Establishment Of A Working Group To Study The Feasibility Of Creating A Hawaii Cultural Trust To Preserve And Promote Hawaii's Cultural Resources. | RESOLUTION Requesting the establishment of a WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE feasibility OF creating A hawaii CULTURAL TRUSt to preserve and promote hawaii's cultural resources. | In Committee |
HR135 | Requesting The Establishment Of A Working Group To Study The Feasibility Of Creating A Hawaii Cultural Trust To Preserve And Promote Hawaii's Cultural Resources. | RESOLUTION Requesting the establishment of a WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE feasibility OF creating A hawaii CULTURAL TRUSt to preserve and promote hawaii's cultural resources. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HCR110 | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Of The Department Of Education's Capital Improvement Project Finances. | RESOLUTION requesting the auditor to conduct an audit of the department of education's capital improvement project finances. | In Committee |
HR145 | Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Submit A Detailed Report On Its Lease Enforcement Process And Procedures. | RESOLUTION requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to submit a detailed report on its lease enforcement process and procedures. | In Committee |
HR26 | Requesting Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Petition The United States Department Of Agriculture To Address The Lack Of Parity Between Hawaii And Other States And Territories Pertaining To The Export Of Agricultural Goods. | RESOLUTION Requesting HAWAII'S congressional delegation to petition the united states department of agriculture to address the lack of parity between hawaii and other states AND TERRITORIES pertaining to the export of agricultural goods. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR106 | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Of The Department Of Education's Capital Improvement Project Finances. | RESOLUTION requesting the auditor to conduct an audit of the department of education's capital improvement project finances. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HR195 | Urging The County Of Maui To Prioritize The Development And Planning Of The Northern Terminus Of The Kihei North-south Collector Road. | RESOLUTION urging the county of maui TO PRIORITIZE the DEVELOPment and planning OF THE NORTHERN TERMINUS OF THE KIHEI NORTH-SOUTH COllECTOR ROAD. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB952 | Relating To Parkinson's Disease Research. | Establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Collection Database to be administered by the State Health Planning and Development Agency, to house a collection of data on the incidence of Parkinson's disease in the State. Establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Collection Database Advisory Committee. Requires the Agency to create a Parkinson's disease research collection database webpage by 1/1/2026, and submit annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB624 | Relating To School Psychologists. | Creates a School Psychologists Working Group within the Department of Education to recommend actionable steps or propose legislation for an immediate pathway to licensure for school psychologists that can be acted upon in 2026. Requires a report to the Legislature. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB463 | Relating To Eviction Records. | Requires the Judiciary to conduct a study to determine the ability, best approaches, various issues, and potential impacts of requiring courts to disassociate a residential tenant from an eviction proceeding brought by a landlord in certain circumstances. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB299 | Relating To The Hawaii Invasive Species Council. | Appropriates funds for the Native Resources and Fire Protection Program and Hawaii Invasive Species Council to ensure their long-term viability and continue to control and eradicate invasive species in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB307 | Relating To Special Number Plates. | Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to recognize the island of Kahoolawe. Specifies the decal size for all special number organizational plates. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB1467 | Relating To Housing Resiliency. | Establishes the Strengthen Hawaii Homes Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to administer grants to retrofit residential properties to enhance resilience against disaster impacts and reduce potential insurance liabilities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
HCR210 | Urging The State To Reject Energy Sources Found To Be Harmful Or Destabilizing To Our Climate System And Environment And To Commit To Renewable Energy And The Values Of Hawaii's Residents. | RESOLUTION Urging the State to reject energy sources found to be harmful or destabilizing to our climate system and environment and to commit to renewable energy and the values of Hawaii's residents. | In Committee |
HCR18 | Requesting A Study On The Feasibility Of Establishing An Environmental Protection Agency-certified Laboratory In Hawaii To Test Drinking Water Samples For Toxic Chemicals And Other Contaminants. | RESOLUTION requesting A study on the feasibility of establishing an environmental protection agency-certified laboratory in hawaii to test drinking water samples for toxic chemicals and other contaminants. | In Committee |
HR18 | Requesting A Study On The Feasibility Of Establishing An Environmental Protection Agency-certified Laboratory In Hawaii To Test Drinking Water Samples For Toxic Chemicals And Other Contaminants. | RESOLUTION requesting A study on the feasibility of establishing an environmental protection agency-certified laboratory in hawaii to test drinking water samples for toxic chemicals and other contaminants. | In Committee |
HR39 | Requesting The Department Of Education To Make Available Recreational Facilities To The Public During Non-peak Hours And Non-school Days. | RESOLUTION Requesting the department of education to make available RECREATIONAL FACILITIES to the public during non-peak HOURS and non-school days. | In Committee |
HCR46 | Requesting The Department Of Education To Make Available Recreational Facilities To The Public During Non-peak Hours And Non-school Days. | RESOLUTION Requesting the department of education to make available RECREATIONAL FACILITIES to the public during non-peak HOURS and non-school days. | In Committee |
HR202 | Urging The State To Reject Energy Sources Found To Be Harmful Or Destabilizing To Our Climate System And Environment And To Commit To Renewable Energy And The Values Of Hawaii's Residents. | RESOLUTION Urging the State to reject energy sources found to be harmful or destabilizing to our climate system and environment and to commit to renewable energy and the values of Hawaii's residents. | In Committee |
HR183 | Urging The Department Of Health And University Of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center To Take All Action Necessary To Incentivize Wastewater Treatment Plants To Test Sewage Sludge, Reclaimed Water, And Any Other Residual Material For The Presence Of Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. | RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH and University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center TO TAKE ALL ACTION NECESSARY to incentivize WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTs TO TEST SEWAGE SLUDGE, reclaimed water, AND ANY OTHER RESIDUAL MATERIAL FOR THE PRESENCE OF PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES. | In Committee |
HCR189 | Urging The Department Of Health And University Of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center To Take All Action Necessary To Incentivize Wastewater Treatment Plants To Test Sewage Sludge, Reclaimed Water, And Any Other Residual Material For The Presence Of Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. | RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH and University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center TO TAKE ALL ACTION NECESSARY to incentivize WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTs TO TEST SEWAGE SLUDGE, reclaimed water, AND ANY OTHER RESIDUAL MATERIAL FOR THE PRESENCE OF PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES. | In Committee |
HB966 | Relating To Agricultural Tourism. | Establishes statewide, uniform standards to promote agricultural tourism activities in the State for all counties that have adopted an agricultural tourism ordinance. Requires agricultural tourism activities to be registered by the county planning department. Requires agricultural tourism activities to coexist with an agricultural activity on a farming operation and requires termination of the agricultural tourism activities upon cessation of the agricultural activity, except under certain circumstances. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
HB1237 | Relating To Biosecurity. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for agricultural biosecurity and the prevention, detection, and control of invasive species in Maui County. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB560 | Relating To The Judiciary. | Appropriates funds to the Judiciary to support services contracted with community-based organizations that deliver essential services, streamline judicial processes, and support the judiciary's capacity to effectively meet the needs of vulnerable households. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB213 | Relating To Loan Repayment For Healthcare Professionals. | Appropriates funds for the Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB131 | Relating To Research. | Allows agencies to disclose government records to researchers for certain research purposes. | Crossed Over |
HB751 | Relating To Organic Waste. | Establishes statewide goals for solid waste reduction and organic waste diversion. Requires each county to incorporate into its next integrated solid waste management plan revision a plan to divert certain organic waste generated within the county in alignment with established state benchmarks. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB1408 | Relating To The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands. | Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to utilize the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund as collateral when the Department acts as an eligible borrower for a loan agreement under section 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, as amended. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB977 | Relating To Energy Financing. | Authorizes the Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund to be used to provide financial assistance to underserved ratepayers, in addition to other eligible borrowers. Appropriates funds into and out of the Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HB858 | Relating To Agricultural Statistics. | Requires the Department of Agriculture to revitalize and enhance the Agricultural Statistics Program to collect data on local agricultural interests. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
HR44 | Encouraging Future Legislatures To Pass A Proposed Constitutional Amendment, And The Electorate To Ratify The Proposed Amendment, Guaranteeing All Individuals The Right To A Clean And Healthy Environment And A Stable Climate. | RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING FUTURE LEGISLATURES TO PASS A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, AND THE ELECTORATE TO RATIFY THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, GUARANTEEING ALL INDIVIDUALS THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND A STABLE CLIMATE. | In Committee |
HCR48 | Encouraging Future Legislatures To Pass A Proposed Constitutional Amendment, And The Electorate To Ratify The Proposed Amendment, Guaranteeing All Individuals The Right To A Clean And Healthy Environment And A Stable Climate. | RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING FUTURE LEGISLATURES TO PASS A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, AND THE ELECTORATE TO RATIFY THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, GUARANTEEING ALL INDIVIDUALS THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND A STABLE CLIMATE. | In Committee |
HCR38 | Requesting The Tax Review Commission To Identify Possible Means By Which The Hawaii Long-term Care Financing Program Can Be Implemented. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE TAX REVIEW COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE MEANS BY WHICH THE HAWAII LONG-TERM CARE FINANCING PROGRAM CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. | In Committee |
HR22 | Requesting The Promotion And Expansion Of The City And County Of Honolulu Neighborhood Security Watch Program. | RESOLUTION Requesting the Promotion and Expansion of the City and County of Honolulu Neighborhood Security Watch Program. | In Committee |
HCR22 | Requesting The Promotion And Expansion Of The City And County Of Honolulu Neighborhood Security Watch Program. | RESOLUTION Requesting the Promotion and Expansion of the City and County of Honolulu Neighborhood Security Watch Program. | In Committee |
HR33 | Requesting The Tax Review Commission To Identify Possible Means By Which The Hawaii Long-term Care Financing Program Can Be Implemented. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE TAX REVIEW COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE MEANS BY WHICH THE HAWAII LONG-TERM CARE FINANCING PROGRAM CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. | In Committee |
HR194 | Strongly Supporting And Recommending The Implementation Of The Revised 2025 Hawaii Patient Bill Of Rights. | RESOLUTION strongly supporting and recommending the implementation of the revised 2025 hawaii patient bill of rights. | In Committee |
HCR150 | Requesting The Department Of Taxation To Establish A Vacant Homes Surcharge Task Force To Research And Report On The Impacts And Implementations Of A General Excise Tax Surcharge On Vacant Homes. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of taxation to establish a vacant homes surcharge task force to research and report on the impacts and implementations of a general excise tax surcharge on vacant homes. | In Committee |
HR101 | Urging The United States Government To Develop A National Biodiversity Strategy. | RESOLUTION urging the united states government to develop a national biodiversity strategy. | In Committee |
HCR108 | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Management And Financial Audit Of The State's Medicaid Health Care Insurance Contractors On A Biennial Basis. | RESOLUTION requesting the auditor to conduct A management and financial audit of the State's medicaid health care insurance contractors on a biennial basis. | In Committee |
HCR105 | Urging The United States Government To Develop A National Biodiversity Strategy. | RESOLUTION urging the united states government to develop a national biodiversity strategy. | In Committee |
HR104 | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Management And Financial Audit Of The State's Medicaid Health Care Insurance Contractors On A Biennial Basis. | RESOLUTION requesting the auditor to conduct A management and financial audit of the State's medicaid health care insurance contractors on a biennial basis. | In Committee |
HR172 | Supporting The Reactivation Of, And Urging The Governor To Appoint Members To, The Hawaii Health Authority To Plan For A Transition To A Maximally Cost-effective Single-payer Health Care System For The State, To Be Implemented As Soon As Possible After Waivers Have Been Obtained To Capture All Major Sources Of Federal Funding Flowing To The State Through Medicare, Medicaid, And Tricare. | RESOLUTION supporting the reactivation of, and urging the governor to appoint members to, the Hawaii Health Authority to plan for a transition to a maximally cost-effective single-payer health care system for the State, to be implemented as soon as possible after waivers have been obtained to capture all major sources of federal funding flowing to the State through Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare. | In Committee |
HR138 | Requesting The Attorney General To Investigate Whether Crisis Pregnancy Centers Operating In The State Are Complying With Patient Privacy Regulations. | RESOLUTION requesting the Attorney General to investigate whether crisis pregnancy centers operating in the state are complying with patient privacy regulations. | In Committee |
HR176 | Requesting That The Hawaii State Office Of Elections Convene A Working Group On Automatic Voter Registration. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE HAWAII STATE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS CONVENE A WORKING GROUP ON AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION. | In Committee |
HCR181 | Requesting That The Hawaii State Office Of Elections Convene A Working Group On Automatic Voter Registration. | RESOLUTION requesting THAT THE HAWAII STATE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS CONVENE A WORKING GROUP ON AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION. | In Committee |
HCR144 | Requesting The Attorney General To Investigate Whether Crisis Pregnancy Centers Operating In The State Are Complying With Patient Privacy Regulations. | RESOLUTION requesting the Attorney General to investigate whether crisis pregnancy centers operating in the state are complying with patient privacy regulations. | In Committee |
HR144 | Requesting The Department Of Taxation To Establish A Vacant Homes Surcharge Task Force To Research And Report On The Impacts And Implementations Of A General Excise Tax Surcharge On Vacant Homes. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of taxation to establish a vacant homes surcharge task force to research and report on the impacts and implementations of a general excise tax surcharge on vacant homes. | In Committee |
HR196 | Urging The Maui County Planning Department To Retain The Word "require" In The South Maui Community Plan As It Relates To Infrastructure To Ensure That Development Does Not Occur Without Adequate Supporting Infrastructure. | RESOLUTION urging the maui county planning department to RETAIN the word "require" in the south maui community plan as it relates to infrastructure TO ENSURE THAT DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT OCCUR WITHOUT ADEQUATE SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE. | In Committee |
HCR206 | Condemning The Impact Of Federal Budget Cuts On Hawaii's Programs And Services. | RESOLUTION condemning the impact of federal budget cuts on hawai?i's programs and services. | In Committee |
HCR176 | Supporting The Reactivation Of, And Urging The Governor To Appoint Members To, The Hawaii Health Authority To Plan For A Transition To A Maximally Cost-effective Single-payer Health Care System For The State, To Be Implemented As Soon As Possible After Waivers Have Been Obtained To Capture All Major Sources Of Federal Funding Flowing To The State Through Medicare, Medicaid, And Tricare. | RESOLUTION supporting the reactivation of, and urging the governor to appoint members to, the Hawaii Health Authority to plan for a transition to a maximally cost-effective single-payer health care system for the State, to be implemented as soon as possible after waivers have been obtained to capture all major sources of federal funding flowing to the State through Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare. | In Committee |
HCR204 | Urging The Maui County Planning Department To Retain The Word "require" In The South Maui Community Plan As It Relates To Infrastructure To Ensure That Development Does Not Occur Without Adequate Supporting Infrastructure. | RESOLUTION urging the maui county planning department to RETAIN the word "require" in the south maui community plan as it relates to infrastructure TO ENSURE THAT DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT OCCUR WITHOUT ADEQUATE SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE. | In Committee |
HR198 | Condemning The Impact Of Federal Budget Cuts On Hawaii's Programs And Services. | RESOLUTION condemning the impact of federal budget cuts on hawai?i's programs and services. | In Committee |
HCR202 | Strongly Supporting And Recommending The Implementation Of The Revised 2025 Hawaii Patient Bill Of Rights. | RESOLUTION strongly supporting and recommending the implementation of the revised 2025 hawaii patient bill of rights. | In Committee |
HR205 | Recognizing And Honoring Outstanding Educators Janyce Omura, Jessica Dos Santos, Denise Mazurik, maikalani Winchester, And Richard Ornellas During Civic Learning Week For Their Work In Promoting And Advancing Civic Education In The State. | RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND HONORING OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS JANYCE OMURA, JESSICA DOS SANTOS, DENISE MAZURIK, ?IMAIKALANI WINCHESTER, AND RICHARD ORNELLAS DURING CIVIC LEARNING WEEK FOR THEIR WORK IN PROMOTING AND ADVANCING CIVIC EDUCATION IN the STATE. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
HB754 | Relating To Community Schools. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for community schools and a program manager position. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
HB128 | Relating To Criminal Justice Reform. | Establishes factors under which officers may, without warrant, arrest and detain persons for petty misdemeanors and violations. Requires officers to record the factors that justified the warrantless arrest. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB1185 | Relating To Agriculture. | Establishes a Plant-based Building Materials Working Group to study and report on how best to grow plants and develop plant-based building materials in Hawaii. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
HB1283 | Relating To Family. | Establishes an exemption from mediation in paternity proceedings where there are allegations of domestic abuse. Clarifies the exemption from mediation in divorce proceedings as it relates to domestic abuse. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
HB1343 | Relating To Education. | Requires the Board of Education to adopt a policy that bans the use of phones and related devices by students during school hours. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB1358 | Relating To The Public Land Trust Working Group. | Appropriates moneys to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to facilitate the hiring of necessary staff and the purchase of equipment and professional services on behalf of the public land trust working group. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3) | Crossed Over |
HB194 | Relating To Maritime Day. | Designates May 22 of each year as Maritime Day. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB89 | Relating To Teacher Housing. | Establishes the Teacher Home Assistance Program to provide housing vouchers to certain eligible teachers. Appropriates funds out of the Teachers' Housing Revolving Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3) | Crossed Over |
HB175 | Relating To Property Maintenance. | Requires owners or lessees of real property to maintain their property and establish penalties for failure to do so. Allows for exceptions. Requires DOA to establish rules for the enforcement and collection of fines for violations relating to the proliferation of invasive species. Requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to adopt rules for the enforcement and collection of fines for violations relating to the prevention of wildfires and other public safety hazards. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB640 | Relating To Child Welfare. | Requires the Office of the Ombudsman to publish an annual report on its website that identifies the number and nature of complaints that it receives regarding the Child Welfare Services Branch of the Department of Human Services. Requires the Child Welfare Services Branch to provide notification to certain parties that complaints can also be filed with the Office of the Ombudsman. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3) | Crossed Over |
HB628 | Relating To Education. | Authorizes the Department of Education to establish a program to award high school diplomas to persons who did not receive a diploma as a result of compulsory or voluntary induction into the armed services and persons whose high school education was interrupted due to wartime practices during World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB867 | Relating To Recreational Facilities. | Beginning on 6/30/2030, requires all new playgrounds constructed on Department of Education school grounds to include accessible recreational playground equipment as part of the recreational apparatuses. Establishes the Accessible Recreational Playground Equipment Special Fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
HB864 | Relating To Education. | Allows newly graduated high school students to be eligible for workers' compensation coverage during the summer following their high school graduation while participating in Department of Education-sponsored work-based learning programs. Requires an annual report. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
HB893 | Relating To Firearms. | Establishes prohibitions on assault rifles, assault shotguns, and .50 caliber rifles. Expands the ban on high-capacity detachable magazines. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB729 | Relating To Marriage Of Minors. | Raises the minimum age to enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Repeals the authority of parents and the family court to consent to a minor's marriage. Repeals spousal cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an exception for an annulment based on nonage. Repeals exemptions for sexual assault of a minor if the perpetrator is married to the minor. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
HB683 | Relating To Student Transportation. | Establishes and appropriates funds for student transportation coordinators positions within the Department of Education to strengthen student transportation services across the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
HB637 | Relating To Education. | Requires the Department of Education to implement dyslexia-sensitive universal screenings and evidence-based interventions, offer professional development on structured literacy and evidenced-based interventions, and support pre-teacher programs in training candidates in structured literary instruction. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB702 | Relating To Human Services. | Appropriates funds to increase the funding for Medicaid in-home services, conditioned on the Department of Human Services obtaining the maximum federal matching funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB749 | Relating To Cesspools. | Establishes a Cesspool Conversion Section within the Department of Health's Wastewater Branch, which shall be responsible for facilitating the conversion of cesspools within the State. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the Cesspool Conversion Section. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB756 | Relating To Health. | Prohibits the sale of flavored nicotine products and nicotine product flavor enhancers and the mislabeling of e-liquids as nicotine free. Establishes penalties for violations. Authorizes the Department of Health to appoint, commission, or contract for services of inspectors. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
HB900 | Relating To Child Welfare Services. | Establishes a working group for legal services for youth in the child welfare system within the Judiciary. Appropriates funds for the working group. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
HB763 | Relating To Civic Education. | Establishes the civic education trust fund to support programs benefiting civic education of public school students. Appropriates funds for the expansion of civic education in the public schools and for full-time equivalent permanent civic education resource teacher positions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB88 | Relating To Student Athletes. | Requires the Department of Education to establish and administer a three-year student athlete travel pilot program to provide funding for intra-county travel expenses for student athletes of counties with a population of less than 500,000. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/28. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB1382 | Relating To Child Welfare Services. | Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to contract with a non-profit specializing in domestic violence to provide training and staff to be housed on-site in Child Welfare Services Branch offices to support all aspects of screening for and addressing domestic violence within a case. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
HB211 | Relating To Stream Maintenance. | Requires the counties to remove and dispose of personal property as part of the maintenance of channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways. Clarifies that personal property stored in or near a channel, streambed, streambank, or drainageways for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours shall be deemed abandoned property which may be disposed of by the State or county. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB106 | Relating To Condominiums. | Clarifies the authority of condominium associations to impose fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, house rules, or regulations adopted by the condominium association. Establishes a process for the unit owner or tenant of the unit owner to appeal the imposition of a fine. Clarifies the responsibilities of unit owners to pay common expense assessments. Clarifies the rights and process for unit owners to appeal assessments other than common expense assessments. Specifies that the Small Claims Division has exclusive jurisdiction over cases arising from condominium disputes regarding fines. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB629 | Relating To Therapy Services. | Expands the scopes of practice for occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech pathologists employed by or contracted with the Department of Education to diagnose students with a medical condition in an educational setting and treat the students. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB150 | Relating To Firearms. | Prohibits a person from lending a firearm to a person who does not have a firearm permit or does not have a registered firearm. Requires an adult who is borrowing a firearm to have either a firearm permit or a registered firearm, and not be prohibited to own or possess a firearm. Specifies that an adult who is twenty-one years of age or older may be lent a rifle or shotgun for a period not to exceed twelve hours. Repeals the authorization to use a rifle or shotgun outside of the State for up to seventy-five days. Repeals the authorization to lend a rifle or shotgun without a permit. | In Committee |
HB557 | Relating To Telehealth. | Extends the sunset date of Act 107, SLH 2023, which allows for the reimbursement of services provided through telehealth via an interactive telecommunications system, until 12/31/2026. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB686 | Relating To Community Outreach Boards. | Defines community outreach board to mean a board established to serve in a community advisory capacity under a county department. Includes community outreach boards in existing provisions of the Sunshine Law relating to neighborhood boards. Authorizes neighborhood board and community outreach board members to attend meetings or presentations related to official board business statewide. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB594 | Relating To Hotels. | Requires hotelkeepers to provide adequate notice of service disruptions to guests and third-party vendors under certain conditions. Allows for recovery of damages by injured consumers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB322 | Relating To Voter Registration. | Authorizes state agencies to implement automatic voter registration if designated by the Office of Elections. Requires eligible applicants for instruction permits, provisional licenses, driver's licenses, and identification cards to be automatically registered or preregistered to vote unless the applicant opts out. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB365 | Relating To Aquaculture. | Prohibits certain octopus aquaculture. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB642 | Relating To Administrative Rules. | Requires all state agencies proposing, adopting, amending, or repealing a rule to make the full text of the rules of the agency available on the website of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor in a digitally accessible and searchable format. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB610 | Relating To Cold Case Investigations. | Establishes and appropriates funds for a Cold Case Investigation Unit within the Department of the Attorney General. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB501 | Relating To The Department Of Law Enforcement. | Establishes the Agricultural Enforcement Program within the Department of Law Enforcement. Establishes the Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB677 | Relating To Identification. | Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with various agencies and upon request of the inmates, to assist inmates in obtaining the inmates' civil identification card, birth certificate, social security card, and other relevant identification necessary for successful reentry into society, as soon as practicable. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to initiate the process of obtaining identifying documents for inmates released to work furlough, extended furlough, or community placement programs, by providing the forms necessary for the inmate to obtain civil identification cards and other identifying documents to the inmate as soon as practicable. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB547 | Relating To The Spaying And Neutering Of Animals. | Establishes the Spay and Neuter Special Fund to reduce pet overpopulation and the reproduction of free-roaming cats. Establishes various revenue and fundraising sources for the special fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB783 | Relating To Irrigation. | Authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to finance capital improvement projects for irrigation systems in the State. Converts the means of financing from the Irrigation System Revolving Fund to the general fund for certain positions in the Department of Agriculture. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB755 | Relating To Paid Family Leave. | By 1/1/2028, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2029, requires the Department to start receiving claims and paying benefits under the program. Specifies eligibility requirements and employee protections under the program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB976 | Relating To Renewable Fuel. | Amends the renewable fuels production tax credit by: increasing the tax credit rate; specifying that the credit may be claimed for fuels that meet certain lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and product transportation emissions thresholds; adding credit values for low lifecycle emissions renewable fuels and sustainable aviation fuels produced; allowing a taxpayer who previously claimed a credit to claim another credit for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024; amending the credit period to be for a maximum period of ten consecutive years beginning from the effective date of this Act; and amending the required information in the certified statement. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB1376 | Relating To Correctional Facilities. | Requires the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation to reduce the number of individuals incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional institutions. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective July 1, 3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB1496 | Relating To Education. | Establishes the position of Ka Papahana Kaiapuni Program Complex Area Superintendent. Requires that at least one at-large member of the Board of Education be a proficient Hawaiian speaking educator, practitioner, or scholar of Hawaiian studies or the Hawaiian language, to be selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Clarifies the purpose and objective of the Hawaiian Language Medium Education Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB1247 | Relating To Criminal Proceedings. | Allows a party aggrieved by the judgment of a circuit court on a minimum term order to appeal to the Intermediate Appellate Court. Requires prisoners to continue to be represented by counsel in any petition challenging minimum term proceedings. Requires the Supreme Court to establish rules. Establishes grounds for challenging a minimum term order. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB975 | Relating To Carbon Sequestration Incentives. | Codifies and makes permanent the Hawaii Carbon Smart Land Management Assistance Program under the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1404 | Relating To Cesspool Closure. | Appropriates funds for residential sewer connection and cesspool closure subsidy pilot programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1471 | Relating To Transportation. | Imposes an additional fee for a certificate of registration for motor vehicles, to be deposited into the Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1476 | Relating To Environmental Assessments. | Requires an environmental impact statement and consultation with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for actions that propose any launch of a spacecraft from or reeintry into state waters or the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. | In Committee |
HB903 | Relating To Student Health. | Authorizes a school to maintain a stock supply of bronchodilators to be administered under certain conditions. Authorizes certain employees of a school and department personnel to administer certain medication in emergency situations, under certain conditions. Amends prescription drug labeling requirements to include certain information related to a school, if applicable. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB941 | Relating To Pedestrians. | Authorizes pedestrians to cross roadways in a manner contrary to the statewide traffic code under certain circumstances. | In Committee |
HB868 | Relating To Disabilities. | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to evaluate its facilities for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and compile a list of non-compliant facilities. Requires report to the Legislature. | In Committee |
HB841 | Relating To Retired Teachers. | Amends the break in service requirement for retirants to six months before they can be rehired as teachers or administrators in teacher shortage areas or in hard-to-fill positions. Prohibits rehired retirants from receiving additional employment benefits. Directs the Department of Education to adopt rules to identify teacher shortage areas and hard-to-fill positions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB861 | Relating To Transportation. | Designates student transportation as critical infrastructure and a critical service for Hawaii's public education system. Requires all school bus contracts between the State and the contractor to include certain standards, performance metrics, and accountability requirements to prevent service disruptions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB787 | Relating To Decarbonization. | Requires the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to study the feasibility of implementing a "buy clean" decarbonization policy and program in Hawaii. Requires administrative and substantive support from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB757 | Relating To Education. | Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students enrolled in department schools. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB467 | Relating To Foreclosures. | Prohibits sellers of foreclosed homes from bundling properties at a public sale and requires each foreclosed home to be sold separately. Specifies that the sale of a foreclosed property is not final until either fifteen days after the public sale or forty-five days if an eligible bidder submits a subsequent bid or written notice of intent to submit a subsequent bid. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB346 | Relating To Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. | Provides rebates for the installation of eligible electric vehicle-ready parking stalls for new construction of affordable housing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB243 | Relating To Energy. | Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process. Requires the Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator to report to the Legislature on the streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB245 | Relating To Student Heat Exposure Safety. | Requires the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health and State Public Charter School Commission, to conduct a study on the current practices of managing heat exposure in state public and charter schools to protect students' health during outdoor activities and to develop a plan if the current practices are insufficient in managing heat exposure. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB241 | Relating To Child Care. | Establishes a child care classroom contracts pilot program to require the Department of Human Services to contract directly with child care center providers in licensed infant and toddler child care centers and group child care centers that meet certain criteria. Requires reports to the Legislature. Sunsets the pilot program on 6/30/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB304 | Relating To The Hawaiian Language. | Requires that the Hawaiian version of a law be held binding if the law in question was originally drafted in Hawaiian and then translated into English and the law has not been later amended, codified, recodified, or reenacted in English. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB673 | Relating To Emergency Management. | Amends chapter 127A, HRS, to clarify state and county authority. Prohibits the Governor or a mayor from suspending requests for public records or vital specifics during a state of emergency. Adds definition of the term "severe warning". Allows the Legislature and county councils to terminate a state of emergency, in whole or in part, issued by the Governor or a mayor, respectively. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB595 | Relating To Recordings Of Law Enforcement Activities. | Establishes the right of a person to record law enforcement activities. Establishes a private right of action for any violation of the right to record law enforcement activities. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB129 | Relating To Youth Fees And Fines. | Prohibits the assessment of any fees, fines, or court costs against a person who was adjudicated for an offense committed during the person's minority, or against the person's parent or guardian, and discharges all related debt obligations assessed before the effective date of the Act. Limits court-ordered community service for a minor to no more than seventy-two hours. Repeals certain penalties imposed on parents, guardians, or other persons associated with unaccompanied children in streets and unmarried minors in dance halls. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB85 | Relating To The Land Conservation Fund. | Sets the amount of conveyance tax revenues to be paid into the Land Conservation Fund to a certain per cent or monetary cap, whichever is less, of conveyance taxes collected each fiscal year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB278 | Relating To Policing. | Requires county police departments and police oversight agencies to collect and report certain data regarding police stops, uses of force, and complaints to the Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division of the Department of the Attorney General. Requires the Division to collect and publish incident-level information and an annual report on the data collected. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB730 | Relating To Education. | Establishes, and appropriates funds for, five full-time equivalent (5.0 FTE) positions within the Civil Rights Compliance Branch of the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB674 | Relating To The Hawaii National Guard. | Authorizes the payment of allowances for TRICARE, TRICARE Dental Program, and vision coverage to all officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard ordered to active duty for more than 30 days. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB537 | Relating To Two-wheeled Motorized Vehicles. | Repeals the exception for when a person is not required to wear a safety helmet when operating a moped or motor scooter leased from a rental company. Requires operators and passengers of motorcycles to wear safety helmets with securely fastened chin straps while operating two-wheeled motorized vehicles on highways, streets, roadways, or any other public property in the State. Requires all renters or lessees of an electric foot scooter to wear a safety helmet regardless of their age. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB827 | Relating To Workers' Compensation Medical Benefits. | Expands workers' compensation medical benefits for firefighters to include coverage for adenocarcinoma or mesothelioma of the respiratory system; cancer of the buccal cavity, colon, pharynx, and thyroid; and malignant melanoma. Specifies that an employer may prove that the cancer or disease was not associated with the firefighting duties to deny medical benefits under workers' compensation law. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB866 | Relating To Health Care. | Requires the Department of Health to coordinate the stockpiling of no less than a one-year supply of mifepristone. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB838 | Relating To Teachers. | Increases the bonus for teachers who achieve and maintain a current national board certification from $5,000 to $10,000. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB872 | Relating To Health. | Authorizes health care practitioners to make undesignated prescriptions of single-use epinephrine for the purpose of stocking a supply at various types of businesses and state and county government offices, including public schools. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1262 | Relating To The Emergency And Budget Reserve Fund. | Adds, as an allowable use of the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund, economic payments to certain residents who have incurred losses in a disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency. | In Committee |
HB1314 | Relating To Youth Mental Health. | Requires that all schools develop plans to execute mental health check-ins with their students grades six through twelve. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1319 | Relating To The State Plan. | Establishes green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines for state facility systems, infrastructure, transit projects, and other areas in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. Adds definition of "green infrastructure". Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in partnership with the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force, to submit a report to the Legislature making recommendations for implementing the green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines. Establishes full-time equivalent ( .0 FTE) policy analyst positions within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB967 | Relating To Sustainable Food Systems. | Establishes the Statewide Interagency Food Systems Coordination Team and the Interagency Food Systems Working Group within the Department of Agriculture. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB968 | Relating To Agriculture. | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a Healthy Soils Program. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB843 | Relating To The College Of Tropical Agriculture And Human Resilience. | Appropriates funds for critical repairs, maintenance, demolition, design, and construction for facilities of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the University of Hawaii for the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB781 | Relating To The Waiahole Water System. | Appropriates funds for the Waiahole Water System for bond debt service and tunnel repair. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB621 | Relating To Education. | Requires and appropriates funds to pay salary differentials to English language educators as an incentive to attract and retain these educators. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB553 | Relating To Insurance. | Beginning 1/1/2026, requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, health maintenance organizations, and health plans under the State's Medicaid managed care program to provide coverage for biomarker testing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB753 | Relating To The Household And Dependent Care Services Tax Credit. | Increases a taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses that is used to calculate the household and dependent care services tax credit. Extends the sunset date of the temporary increase in maximum employment-related expenses that are used to calculate the household and dependent care services tax credit, established by Act 163, SLH 2023, to 6/30/2030. Effective 7/1/3000. Sunsets 6/30/3005. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB324 | Relating To Baby Bonds. | Establishes the Wealth Building Working Group to develop a plan for the creation of a baby bonds program for the State to address intergenerational poverty and wealth inequality in Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB184 | Relating To Electric Bicycles. | Prohibits a person under the age of fifteen from operating a class 3 electric bicycle. Prohibits a person sixteen years of age or older from operating a class 3 electric bicycle unless the person satisfies certain requirements. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB98 | Relating To Authentic Assessments. | Authorizes public school complexes to use authentic assessments as part of classroom-based performance assessments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB554 | Relating To State Holidays. | Designates the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice of each year as the Lunar New Year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB497 | Relating To The Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs. | Transfers the Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs Agency from the Department of Education to the Department of Agriculture and codifies its establishment. Establishes a grant program to be administered by the Agency to support the funding of certain initiatives for the State's public schools. Appropriates funds for grants. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
HB328 | Relating To School Meals. | Requires the Department of Education to authorize and facilitate complex areas or individual public schools to form their own farm to school meal programs through partnerships to meet the local farm to school meal goal of thirty per cent of food served in the school to consist of locally sourced products by 2030. Allows the Department of Education to establish a plant-based meal program no later than the 2026-2027 school year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB249 | Relating To Early Learning. | Appropriates funds for the Executive Office on Early Learning to contract with third-party providers of family-child interaction learning programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB146 | Relating To The Judiciary's lelo Hawaii Initiatives. | Appropriates funds to the Judiciary to support the Olelo Hawaii Initiatives. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB646 | Relating To Supplemental Security Income. | Requires the Department of Human Services to automatically enroll, or authorize the Social Security Administration to automatically enroll, in the State's Medicaid program any individual in the State who receives federal Supplemental Security Income benefits. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB972 | Relating To Impact Fees. | Authorizes condominium associations and planned community associations located in a zoning district that allows for transient vacation rentals to impose an impact fee on owners or members who use their units as transient vacation rentals. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1239 | Relating To Independent Legal Counsel. | Authorizes the Hawaiian Homes Commission to retain independent legal counsel, with any legal fees owed to be paid by the State, and also use the services of the Attorney General as needed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1328 | Relating To Midwives. | Continues a licensing scheme for licensed certified midwives and licensed certified professional midwives, to be overseen by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Reestablishes the home birth task force to provide recommendations on issues related to home births. Dissolves the task force on 6/30/2026. Requires reports to the Legislature. | In Committee |
HB1384 | Relating To Artificial Intelligence. | Establishes the Hawaii Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council. Requires an action plan and reports to the Governor and Legislature by certain dates. Establishes positions. Authorizes the hiring of consultants to assist the advisory council. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1492 | Relating To Affordable Housing. | Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, to establish a comprehensive action plan to establish a local housing market in Hawaii. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
HB1459 | Relating To Sustainable Aviation Fuel. | Requires commercial airlines operating intrastate flights in the State to utilize at least ten per cent sustainable aviation fuel in intrastate airline flights beginning 1/1/2030. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1502 | Relating To Insurance. | Establishes requirements for property and casualty insurers and policies for pre- and post-disaster protections. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1263 | Relating To Corrections. | Establishes a Rehabilitation and Re-entry Services Task Force. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1324 | Relating To Landlord-tenant Disputes. | Requires the Judiciary to contract for legal services for residential tenants in actions or proceedings for possession under certain circumstances. Authorizes attorneys, paralegals, and law students to provide legal services to residential tenants. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1200 | Relating To Teacher To Student Ratios. | Codifies the board of education's policy for class sizes to promote quality education and positive student-teacher interactions. Informs parents if changes to class sizes are needed. | In Committee |
HB1202 | Relating To Teacher Compensation. | Recognizes prior teaching experience at an equal salary rating for teachers entering or reentering into the service of the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1184 | Relating To Controlled-environment Agriculture. | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the development of a controlled-environment agriculture research and demonstration facility at the Magoon research and teaching site in Manoa, Oahu. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB932 | Relating To Green Bonds. | Establishes a Green Bonds Working Group within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Effective 07/01/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB708 | Relating To Insurance. | Imposes insurance coverage as a prerequisite for the operation of electric bicycles in a county with a population of five hundred thousand or more. Establishes a regulatory framework for electric bicycle insurance. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB760 | Relating To Taxation. | Reenacts the agricultural development and food security special fund. Establishes and appropriates moneys into the carbon emissions tax and dividend special fund. Establishes a refundable tax credit to mitigate the effect of a carbon emissions tax on taxpayers. Amends the environmental response, energy, and food security tax by taxing fossil fuels based on their emissions. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB719 | Relating To Animal Fur Products. | Prohibits the sale, offer, possession with intent to sell, display, distribution, or trade of fur products in the State, with certain exceptions. Establishes civil penalties for violations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB790 | Relating To Renewable Energy. | Establishes an installation goal for customer-sited distributed energy resources in the State. Ensures that fair compensation is provided to distributed energy resources exports as part of grid service programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB189 | Relating To Agricultural Tourism. | Requires the counties to adopt ordinances setting forth procedures and requirements for the review and permitting of agricultural tourism uses and activities as secondary uses, in addition to accessory uses, on a working farm or farming operation. Requires the counties' ordinances to include requirements that: the principal agricultural use on a working farm or farming operation preexists the issuance of any land use permit or building permit for any accessory and secondary use and agricultural tourism be allowed only on land on which productive agricultural use is occurring. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB279 | Relating To Firearms. | Allows the carrying or possessing of firearm parts only at or between certain locations and in an enclosed container. Defines firearm parts and prohibited persons. Establishes and increases penalties for the carrying or possessing of certain firearms or firearm parts other than at or between specific locations and in an enclosed container. | In Committee |
HB491 | Relating To Land Leases. | Prohibits the State from leasing any public lands, or extending the lease of any public lands, to any individual, corporation, or federal agency that is in arrears in the payment of certain moneys to the State, is noncompliant with a consent decree or memoranda of agreement with the State that requires environmental maintenance or remediation with regard to the subject public lands, or has been found to be in violation of federal or state laws aimed at protecting the environment. Requires certification by the Office of the Governor before the issuance or extension of any federal lease that the individual, corporation, or federal agency is in good standing with the State. Provides that, if any existing lessee of public lands is found not to be in good standing with the State as of the effective date of this Act, the lessee shall have three years, or until the end of the lease term, whichever is sooner, to correct the violation or the lease shall be terminated. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB461 | Relating To Commuting. | Requires the Director of Human Resources Development, in consultation with the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Hawaii State Energy Office, and Department of Accounting and General Services, to develop and implement a comprehensive Commuting Choice Benefit Program for all state employees regardless of mode of transportation. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB466 | Relating To Evictions. | Prohibits landlords from terminating certain tenancies without cause. Establishes criteria under which landlords can undertake a no-fault eviction. Requires landlords, when proceeding with a no-fault eviction, to offer relocation assistance to the tenant or waiver of the final month's rent. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB464 | Relating To Housing. | Requires, for tenancies greater than 90 days, a landlord to notify a tenant of any intent to raise the rent for any subsequent rental agreement or any intent to terminate a rental agreement 60 days before the expiration of the original rental agreement. Requires 90 day's notice for a landlord or tenant to terminate tenancies of three years or more and 60 days' notice to terminate tenancies of less than three years, with certain exceptions. Increases the amount of notice required to terminate tenancies that are less than month-to-month. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB358 | Relating To Disaster Preparedness. | Requires all public buildings, including public school buildings, constructed after January 1, 2026, to be designed to withstand category five hurricanes and be used as shelters in the event of an emergency. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB626 | Relating To Education. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for the Department's Hokea Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB468 | Relating To Transportation. | Requires the Civil Rights Commission to receive and investigate complaints related to acts of discrimination committed by transportation network company drivers against riders with service animals and report the results of its investigation to the Department of Transportation, which shall issue penalties to transportation network companies. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB238 | Relating To Early Child Care. | Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a Child Care Provider Subsidy and Bonus Program to provide subsidies to retain the existing child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care centers, group child care centers, and group child care homes and bonuses to registered family child care homes. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB246 | Relating To State Licensed Care Facilities. | Requires the Department of Health to post on its website an easily understandable, searchable, and sortable list of all state-licensed care facilities including information on their licenses and inspections. Requires that the list be updated within five days of any change in its information. | In Committee |
HB638 | Relating To The Residential Landlord-tenant Code. | Prohibits a landlord or the landlord's agent from charging an application fee for a criminal background check or credit report if an applicant provides a certified copy of a criminal background check or credit report. Prohibits a landlord or the landlord's agent from charging an application fee if a comprehensive reusable tenant screening report is available. Requires a landlord or the landlord's agent to provide, upon request, a certified copy of an applicant's criminal background check or credit report. | In Committee |
HB639 | Relating To Artificial Intelligence. | Requires corporations, organizations, or individuals engaging to commercial transactions or trade practices to clearly and conspicuously notify consumers when the consumer is interacting with an artificial intelligence chatbot or other technology capable of mimicking human behaviors, with certain exemptions. Requires developers that sell, offer for sale, advertise, or make available artificial intelligence chatbots to disclose that their chatbots use artificial intelligence. Authorizes private rights of action. Establishes statutory penalties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB772 | Relating To Campaign Finance. | Disallows the use of campaign funds to purchase up to two tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB625 | Relating To Education. | Establishes a nationally certified school psychologist incentive program. Appropriates funds for the incentive program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB935 | Relating To Digital Equity. | Establishes and appropriates funds for a digital navigator pilot program to offer technical assistance with computers and electronic devices to residents. | In Committee |
HB894 | Relating To Government. | Prohibits state contractors, prospective state contractors, holders of procurement prequalification certificates, or principals of these groups from making contributions to, or soliciting contributions from their employees or from subcontractors or principals of subcontractors on behalf of, certain candidate committees, noncandidate committees, and political party committees. Requires the Procurement Policy Board to adopt rules to issue prequalification certificates to prospective contractors for public buildings or other public works. Amends the contribution limits for certain individuals and noncandidate committees. Prohibits lobbyists and certain persons related to lobbyists from soliciting contributions from client lobbyists. Increases the administrative fines. | In Committee |
HB875 | Relating To Tourism. | Appropriates funds for a State Capitol tour guide position within the Public Access Room. | In Committee |
HB859 | Relating To Agriculture. | Establishes an agricultural crime prevention program within the Department of Agriculture to provide grants, education, administrative enforcement, and other services for the benefit of the State's agricultural industry. Clarifies, creates, and strengthens laws regarding crimes and violations related to agriculture or agricultural lands and hunting on private agricultural lands. Establishes clear distinctions between administrative and criminal penalties. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1244 | Relating To Labor Standards At Health Care Facilities. | Establishes certain minimum registered nurse-to-patient staffing requirements for hospitals. No later than 9/1/2025, requires hospitals to create hospital registered nurse staffing committees. Beginning 7/1/2026, requires hospitals to implement registered nurse staffing plans. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB1346 | Relating To Education. | Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated for Bargaining Unit (5) and subject to the availability of funds, provides annual salary step increases for public school teachers who have completed a year's satisfactory service and comply with specified requirements. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB1451 | Relating To Affordable Housing. | Establishes the Affordable Housing Land Inventory Task Force within the Hawaii Community Development Authority to update the Affordable Rental Housing Report and Ten-Year Plan maps, tier tables, and inventories of state lands suitable and available for affordable housing development. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB786 | Relating To Deposit Beverage Container Recycling. | Allows the Department of Health to use money in the Deposit Beverage Container Deposit Special Fund to deploy reverse vending machines. Repeals certain exemptions for beverage dealers from the requirement to operate redemption centers. Allows for the establishment of regional centers for the redemption of refillable beverage containers but not as substitutes for dealers' means to receive deposit beverage containers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB556 | Relating To Colorectal Cancer. | Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to develop and implement a public assistance program offering state-funded colorectal screenings for certain persons. Requires coverage for all colorectal cancer screenings in the State to be consistent with the Affordable Care Act Implementation Frequently Asked Questions published by the United States Department of Labor, United States Department of Health and Human Services, and United States Department of the Treasury. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB603 | Relating To Native Hawaiian Business Marketing. | Appropriates funds for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to convene a working group regarding program design, implementation, and long-term viability of a Native Hawaiian Marketing Program to promote and support the success of businesses owned by Hawaiians through marketing and technical assistance. Effective 7/1/3000. | In Committee |
HB499 | Relating To Resiliency. | Establishes the Food and Beverage Supply Chain Resiliency Income Tax Credit to be administered by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and Department of Taxation. Requires DBEDT to establish expedited permitting processes for food and beverage supply chain activities. Applicable to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB752 | Relating To Environmental Stewardship Fees. | Effective 7/1/2027, establishes the Environmental Stewardship Fee Program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources, through which the Department will collect a fee from visitors for a license to visit a state park, forest, hiking trail, or other state natural area. Establishes the Environmental Stewardship Fee Special Fund effective 7/1/2025. Allocates a certain amount of transient accommodations tax revenues to the special fund. Requires report to the Legislature on strategic plan and timetable for objectives and implementation of the environmental stewardship fee program. Appropriates funds for the environmental stewardship fee strategic plan and positions for the Environmental Stewardship Fee Program. | In Committee |
HB357 | Relating To Hurricane Shelters. | Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, to strengthen existing hurricane shelters and develop new hurricane shelters to withstand category five hurricanes. | In Committee |
HB446 | Relating To A State Hotel. | Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority and School of Travel Industry Management at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to jointly perform a study regarding the design, construction or purchase, and operations and management of a state hotel. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB353 | Relating To Disaster Preparedness. | Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to oversee and administer grants to low-income residents, and condominium associations on behalf of low-income condominium owners, to fortify residential real property against hurricanes. | In Committee |
HB151 | Relating To Redress For Wrongful Conviction And Imprisonment. | Requires the State to provide written notice to certain persons regarding the ability to file a claim for redress under applicable wrongful conviction law. Requires the liberal construction of that law. Provides for advance compensation for petitioners under certain circumstances. Requires reports to Legislature from the Department of the Attorney General. | In Committee |
HB325 | Relating To Medical Cannabis. | Prohibits an employer from discriminating against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment based on the person's status as a medical cannabis registry card holder, under certain conditions. Authorizes an employer to use a fit-for-duty test for medical cannabis qualifying patients in potentially dangerous occupations. Exempts certain occupations. Effective July 1, 3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
HB471 | Relating To Education. | Requires the Board of Education to establish a Korean language program. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB929 | Relating To Agricultural Land Conveyance Tax. | Establishes a surcharge on the conveyance tax upon the net capital gain from the transfer or conveyance of agricultural land. | In Committee |
HB1329 | Relating To Communities. | Requires any state or county department pursuing any major plan or work effort that is likely to significantly affect members of any community to: (1) Conduct a public hearing on the issue, and post notices on the department's website; and (2) Send direct notices of the public hearing to state and county elected officials who have constituents in the community. | In Committee |
HB305 | Relating To Land Restoration. | Creates the Aloha Aina Land Trust to rehabilitate and manage lands transferred by the United States military to the State after the leases for those lands expires. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB149 | Relating To Corporations. | Requires domestic and foreign corporations to provide their shareholders with reports of independent expenditures and political contributions. | In Committee |
HB193 | Relating To The Right To Farm. | Amends the definition of "farming operation" by including customary and traditional subsistence farming conducted by native Hawaiian cultural practitioners and excluding concentrated animal feeding operations and business entities with unclear or non-transparent ownership or beneficiary structures. Establishes additional criteria for farming operations to meet in order to be protected against nuisance claims. Clarifies the purpose and intent of the Hawaii Right to Farm Act. | In Committee |
HB130 | Relating To Fees For Public Records Under Chapter 92f. | Imposes a cap on charges for searching for, reviewing, and segregating government records under the Uniform Information Practices Act. Provides for a waiver of fees in certain circumstances when the public interest is served by a government record's disclosure. | In Committee |
HB59 | Relating To Disabled Veterans. | Exempts qualifying disabled veterans from county vehicle registration fees, highway beautification fees, and vehicle weight taxes. | In Committee |
HB1357 | Relating To Missing Persons. | Establishes and appropriates moneys for a Missing Indigenous Person Alert program to help locate indigenous persons who are missing and thought to be in danger. | In Committee |
HB1261 | Relating To Taxation. | Establishes a tax credit for landlords who charge below-market rent and assesses an additional privilege tax on landowners who charge above-market rent, under certain conditions. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to determine median market rent for rental units by geographic area for the purposes of the below-market rent tax credit and above-market rent tax. | In Committee |
HB1327 | Relating To Fees. | Provides that any Hawaii-born or Native Hawaiian individual shall qualify for resident fees at state parks, regardless of where the individual currently resides; provided that the individual first presents to the Department of Land and Natural Resources certain documentation. | In Committee |
HB1178 | Relating To Education. | Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to establish a cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training program for public school students in grades six through twelve as part of existing health or physical education curriculum. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the establishment of a cardiac emergency response plan in all public elementary, middle, intermediate, and high schools in the State. | In Committee |
HB1267 | Relating To Taxation. | Requires the Department of Taxation to establish a pilot program that would grant participating landlords a certain general excise tax exemption for each unit they rent to a long-term tenant with a pet. Requires the Department of Taxation to submit reports to the Legislature. | In Committee |
HB1268 | Relating To Family Leave. | Allows family leave to also apply to an employee's domestic partner or the child of an employee's domestic partner. | In Committee |
HB1264 | Relating To Waste Management. | Establishes an Extended Producer Responsibility Program. Requires certain producers of fast-moving consumer goods to register with the Department of Health and pay an annual fee based on the amount of packaging volume the covered producer places on the market each calendar year. Provides for the deposit of fees into an Extended Producer Responsibility Special Fund. Provides for the expenditure of moneys from the Extended Producer Responsibility Special Fund for the creation of a countywide needs assessment of resources needed to reduce the volume of packaging waste sent to landfills or power plants that burn municipal solid waste as a fuel by fifty per cent and eighty per cent by a date to be determined by rule. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 7/1/2032. | In Committee |
HB1265 | Relating To Tax Credits. | Establishes a Recycled or Waste Inputs Tax Credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/25. | In Committee |
HB1272 | Relating To A Hawaii Teacher Registered Apprenticeship Program. | Establishes the Hawaii Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program, to be administered by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB1375 | Relating To Taxation Of Pollution. | Amends the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to address carbon emissions. Incrementally increases the tax rate over time. Establishes a refundable tax credit to mitigate the effect of a carbon emissions tax on taxpayers. Reenacts the agricultural development and food security special fund. Requires reports to the Legislature. | In Committee |
HB1336 | Relating To Campaign Contributions. | Amends the prohibition against contributions to a candidate committee or noncandidate committee by state and county contractors to include state and county grantees and the owners, officers, consultants, and joint account holders of a state or county contractor or state or county grantee. | In Committee |
HB1273 | Relating To Taxation Of Real Estate Investment Trusts. | Disallows the dividends-paid deduction for real estate investment trusts. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. | In Committee |
HB1452 | Relating To Birth Certificates. | Expands the types of health care providers who can submit an affidavit for a new certificate of birth for certain birth registrants. | In Committee |
HB1377 | Relating To Early Learning Cooperatives. | Requires the Executive Office on Early Learning to establish parent-staff early learning collectives to combine professional early-learning services with structured parental involvement. Establishes an Early Learning Cooperative Advisory Council. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB1501 | Relating To Trees. | Establishes base selection criteria for exceptional trees. Establishes the significant tree designation, selection criteria, and related processes. Establishes the State Arborist Advisory Committee within the Department of Land and Natural Resources for administrative purposes. Requires County Arborist Advisory Committees to have at least six members, adopt new exceptional tree selection criteria, and designate significant trees. Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the University of Hawaii to cooperate with State and County Arborist Advisory Committees to carry out the Exceptional Trees Program. | In Committee |
HB1470 | Relating To Housing. | Establishes the Small Housing Provider Grant Program under Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide grants to eligible property owners of multi-family buildings for renovations, repairs, and addressing hazardous and unsafe living conditions. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB1229 | Relating To Foster Care. | Prohibits the Department of Human Services from using any social security income payments, including supplemental income payments it receives on behalf of a child under foster custody of the Department to cover the cost of foster care services. Requires the Department of Human Services to deposit all social security income payments received on behalf of a child under foster custody of the Department into a savings account that shall be made accessible to the child when the child leaves foster care custody. | In Committee |
HB1306 | Relating To Housing. | Establishes the Kupuna Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. | In Committee |
HB1238 | Relating To Manele Small Boat Harbor. | Appropriates moneys for a structural engineering analysis; the planning, design, and construction of repairs and improvements to the water line system; and the reopening of a roadway related to Manele Small Boat Harbor. | In Committee |
HB1274 | Relating To The State Auditor. | Requires the State Auditor to conduct management and financial audits of Medicaid health care insurance contractors at least once every two years, with the first audit report to be submitted no later than twenty days prior to the Regular Session of 2027. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB1289 | Relating To Health. | Requires electronic smoking device and e-liquid manufacturers to submit certifications with the Department of Taxation annually, stating that the manufacturer's products comply with federal regulations. Requires the Department of Taxation to maintain a directory of manufacturers of electronic smoking devices and e-liquids whose certifications the Department approved. Imposes penalties. | In Committee |
HB1230 | Relating To Underground Storage Tanks. | Clarifies the level of environmental restoration that owners and operators of underground storage tanks or tank systems must satisfy in the event of a confirmed release of jet fuel. Specifies the restoration condition and quality acceptable by the Department of Health shall include the complete removal of all jet fuel, including jet fuel additives and all compounds resulting from the degradation of jet fuel or jet fuel additives, or the reaction of jet fuel or jet fuel additives with water or other chemicals. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that any detection of these contaminants in the vicinity of an underground storage tank or a tank system after a confirmed release is a result of the confirmed release. | In Committee |
HB1288 | Relating To Rare Diseases. | Establishes a Rare Disease Advisory Council within the Department of Health to advise the State on the needs of rare disease patients. | In Committee |
HB1190 | Relating To Campaign Finance. | Repeals the authority for campaign funds to carry over to subsequent elections. Requires, at the latest, for campaign funds not expended to escheat to the State after a certain period. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to make reasonable efforts to return escheated funds to contributors with any remaining balance to fund partially publicly financed campaigns. | In Committee |
HB1209 | Relating To Condominium Associations. | Requires that the fees for attorneys retained by a condominium association be paid from an association's funds or reserves, except for collection of delinquent common dues payments from owners. Limits the total and final legal fees to twenty-five per cent of the original debt amount. Requires attorneys retained by a condominium association to confine their communications to the condominium board, except when the attorneys must request and require materials and responses directly from owners for each matter. Prohibits attorneys retained by a condominium association from billing unit owners directly. Specifies the contents of an attorney's billing statement. Requires that a notice of default and intention to foreclose served on a unit owner affords the unit owner the opportunity to respond within thirty days after service of the notice. | In Committee |
HB1236 | Relating To Legislative Employees. | Repeals staff of the legislative branch of the State from the list of individuals not included in any appropriate bargaining unit. Specifies that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each have one vote if they have employees in a particular bargaining unit for the purposes of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. | In Committee |
HB1192 | Relating To Missing Persons. | Establishes and appropriates moneys for a Charli Alert program to help locate persons who are 18 to 64 years old, missing, and thought to be in danger. | In Committee |
HB1199 | Relating To Office Of Legislative Analyst. | Requires the office of legislative analyst to produce fiscal notes on all fiscal bills. Prohibits a committee from making a decision on a fiscal bill without a fiscal note. Mandates that fiscal notes be made available to the public. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB1491 | Relating To Education. | Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a climate education, environmental sustainability, and indigenous knowledge into the K-12 curriculum and climate education and environmental sustainability teacher training and professional development programs. Requires the University of Hawaii to develop and implement a series of courses on climate education and environmental sustainability, to be completed by every student prior to the student's graduation, and establish sustainability practices across all university campuses to promote sustainability. Requires the Department of Education and University of Hawaii to conduct annual sustainability audits across their respective campuses to assess the progress of each campus in integrating sustainability into their curriculum and operations. | In Committee |
HB1488 | Relating To Homelessness. | Appropriates funds in addition to the base budget of the Department of Human Services' Homeless Programs Office to address the need for homeless services in the State. | In Committee |
HB1472 | Relating To Broadband Service. | Requires a provider of broadband internet access services to be transparent with network management practices, performance, and commercial terms of its broadband internet access services. Prohibits a provider of broadband internet access services from blocking lawful websites, impairing or degrading lawful internet traffic, engaging in paid prioritization or application-specific differential pricing, or interfering with or disadvantaging users of broadband internet access services. Requires an applicant of a broadband-related permit seeking a state-granted or county-granted right to attach small cell or other broadband wireless communication devices to utility poles to comply with certain practices. | In Committee |
HB1490 | Relating To Health Care. | Requires the Hawaii Health Authority to develop a comprehensive plan for the establishment of a universal, single payer health care system to replace all other health care coverage in the State, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Prepaid Health Care Act. Establishes a universal, single payer health care system to be known as the Hawaii Care program under the Hawaii Health Authority to take effect one hundred eighty days after the approval of waivers from certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the State's Medicaid plan. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB1455 | Relating To The Center For Climate Resilient Development. | Appropriates funds for the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology within the University of Hawaii to establish and operate a Center for Climate Resilient Development. | In Committee |
HB1489 | Relating To Homelessness. | Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to fund and administer core homelessness services. | In Committee |
HB1381 | Relating To Child Welfare Services. | Establishes a working group for legal services for youth in the child welfare system within the judiciary. Appropriates funds for the working group. | In Committee |
HB1313 | Relating To Board Members. | Requires board members of a condominium association to certify the receipt and review of certain documents and complete a board training and education course approved by an accredited third party organization, to be selected by the Real Estate Commission. | In Committee |
HB1446 | Relating To Public Safety. | Requires the Office of the Auditor to perform a comprehensive forensic audit of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Department of Accounting and General Services related to the planning, design, financing, construction, and maintenance of a new jail to replace the Oahu Community Correctional Center. Requires a report. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB1473 | Relating To Housing. | Requires certain landlords to provide a specified notice to a tenant regarding the tenant's potential right to purchase the property, under certain conditions. Allows tenants, families, local governments, affordable housing nonprofits, and community land trusts forty-five days to match or beat the best bona fide offer to buy an eligible affordable housing property. Establishes conveyance tax rates for the sale of eligible affordable housing properties. | In Committee |
HB1468 | Relating To The Right To Garden. | Authorizes the cultivation of vegetable gardens on properties within planned community associations and condominiums. Prohibits planned community associations and condominiums from prohibiting or restricting the cultivation of vegetable gardens via their association documents. | In Committee |
HB1478 | Relating To Campaign Finance. | Establishes new requirements for identifying certain top contributors for election campaign purposes. Prohibits structuring, assisting in structuring, or attempting to structure or assist in structuring any solicitation, contribution, expenditure, disbursement, or other transactions. Establishes additional penalties regarding campaign finance violations. Adds and amends various definitions for purposes of campaign finances. Amends reporting requirements for schedules filed for noncandidate committee reports. Repeals certain required information for noncandidate committees making only independent expenditures for late contribution reports. Expands information required for a noncandidate committee that makes independent expenditures of more than $500. Increases the aggregate amount that triggers when a person is required to file a statement of information. Repeals an authorization for a nonprofit organization operating as a noncandidate committee to use a donation for certain expenditures. Requires certain noncandidate committees to maintain transfer records. Requires certain information to be reported to a noncandidate committee. Repeals the requirement to identify certain top contributors. | In Committee |
HB1456 | Relating To Taxation. | Establishes a tax credit for individual and corporate taxpayers who install and place in service certain projects that support environmental sustainability. | In Committee |
HB946 | Relating To Carbon Displacement. | Establishes a carbon displacement tax credit for taxpayers of locally produced goods. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to certify tax credit amounts. | In Committee |
HB888 | Relating To Care Centers. | Requires that new and newly renovated state buildings with a budget of $5,000,000 or more include dedicated space for a child care center or an adult day care center. | In Committee |
HB971 | Relating To State Construction Projects. | Establishes the Office of the State Architect within the Department of Accounting and General Services to be headed by the State Architect. Authorizes the State Architect to organize, manage, and oversee the design review of all state construction projects and issue design approvals. Establishes the Design Review Special Fund. Requires the State Architect to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature. Authorizes DAGS to provide centralized design review services for state construction projects and issue design approvals through the State Architect. Exempts state construction projects from county building permit, inspection, and certificate of occupancy requirements, subject to certain conditions. Makes appropriations. | In Committee |
HB944 | Relating To Neighborhood Boards. | Authorizes neighborhood boards to solicit suggestions for capital improvement projects and operating budget priorities from residents. Requires each county mayor to consider and respond in writing to the suggestions for capital improvement projects and operating budget priorities submitted by each neighborhood board. Requires each county council to consider the neighborhood boards' recommendations, the mayor's responses, and county fiscal health in determining the final budget. | In Committee |
HB930 | Proposing An Amendment To Article X, Section 1, Of The Constitution Of The State Of Hawaii To Require That The Statewide Public School System Be Thorough And Efficient. | Proposes an amendment to article X, section 1, of the Hawaii State Constitution to require that the statewide public school system be thorough and efficient. | In Committee |
HB947 | Relating To Taxation Of Real Estate Investment Trusts. | Disallows the dividends paid deduction for real estate investment trusts. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. | In Committee |
HB931 | Relating To Private Sector Collective Bargaining Rights. | Expands the types of employees protected by the Hawaii Employment Relations Act to include independent contractors and all individuals subject to the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Act. | In Committee |
HB890 | Relating To Condominium Associations. | Establishes the Ombudsman's Office for Condominium Associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Updates the Condominium Property Act to integrate the role and functions of the ombudsman's office for condominium associations. Appropriates funds for establishment of the Ombudsman's Office for Condominium Associations. | In Committee |
HB945 | Relating To Hotels. | Requires a hotel to provide notification of a service disruption, or that a service disruption may occur, to all third-party vendors and prospective and current guests. Prohibits a hotel from imposing any fee, penalty, or other charge, or retaining any deposit: if before check-in, a guest cancels a reservation due to a service disruption, unless the hotel provided prior notice; or if the service disruption arises after check-in, regardless of whether the hotel provided prior notification. | In Committee |
HB942 | Relating To Health. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for health care services contracted with community-based organizations. | In Committee |
HB906 | Relating To Recycling. | Allows manufacturers to coordinate activities directly related to the recycling of covered electronic devices. Expands the scope of covered electronic devices to include electronic device peripherals and certain legacy devices. Requires manufacturers to provide free collection service locations and collection events. | In Committee |
HB873 | Relating To Pesticide Buffer Zones. | Increases the buffer zone for restricted use pesticides around schools to one-half mile. Allows the use of restricted use pesticides within the buffer zone as part of invasive species control conducted by the Department of Agriculture or invasive species committees organized under the University of Hawaii Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit. | In Committee |
HB835 | Relating To Condominiums. | Imposes a less deferential standard of negligence on officers and directors of condominium associations incorporated under HRS 414D. Ensures that officers and directors of condominium associations are held accountable by imposing a reasonable person standard of negligence. | In Committee |
HB876 | Relating To Healthcare Preceptors. | Adds psychology, physician assistant, marriage and family therapist, mental health counselor, clinical social worker, rehabilitation counselor, and school counselor students to the definition of "eligible student" under the qualifications for the healthcare preceptor tax credit. Amends the definition of "preceptor" by adding psychologists, physician assistants, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, clinical social workers, rehabilitation counselors, and school counselors to the list of preceptors eligible to receive the tax credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. | In Committee |
HB856 | Relating To The College Of Tropical Agriculture And Human Resources. | Appropriates funds for eight full-time agricultural technician, and four full-time coordinator positions at University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. | In Committee |
HB822 | Relating To Employment. | Requires certain employers in the State to offer reproductive loss leave for employees. | In Committee |
HB869 | Relating To Access To Higher Education. | Expands eligibility for scholarships under the Hawaii Community College Promise Program to all qualified students. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB857 | Relating To Health Insurance. | Requires all accident and health or sickness insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations operating in the State to adopt policies, procedures, and criteria for approving or denying requests for prior authorization that are the equivalent to the guidelines for prior authorization established by Medicare. | In Committee |
HB928 | Relating To Income Tax. | Increases the income tax rate on the highest income earners in the State by establishing a new tax bracket for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2029. | In Committee |
HB870 | Relating To Medicaid. | Directs the Department of Human Services to adopt rules to expand Medicaid eligibility to all children in the State from birth to age 5 years without regard to household income. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
HB832 | Relating To Real Property Leases. | Prohibits the resetting of lease rents for long-term commercial leases above a level that is economic for the lessee's actual use of the property. Requires that a lessee whose long-term commercial lease has been terminated be compensated for the value of buildings, infrastructure, and businesses created by the lessee that will be retained by the lessor. Allows a lessee the right to purchase the property at fair market value. | In Committee |
HB831 | Relating To Antitrust. | Prohibits the use of algorithmic price-setting in Hawaii's rental market. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to develop and undertake a public education program regarding the prohibition. | In Committee |
HB724 | Relating To Open Meetings. | Amends the definition of a "board" under the Sunshine Law to include the Legislature. Clarifies notice period requirements. Repeals the Legislature's exemption from the Sunshine Law. Repeals the exemption for permitted interactions between board members. | In Committee |
HB767 | Relating To Elections. | Extends from 5 business days to 13 calendar days the time period for ballot curing after the date of election. | In Committee |
HB780 | Relating To Desalination. | Establishes a Desalination Planning Task Force to examine the feasibility of, and develop a plan and timeline for, the use desalination as a source of potable water in the State. | In Committee |
HB723 | Relating To Procurement. | Mandates state agencies to prioritize purchasing from local vendors whenever feasible. Allows state agencies to split contracts across multiple local vendors to enhance participation and competitiveness. Specifies when contracts may be awarded to multiple vendors. | In Committee |
HB785 | Relating To Energy-efficiency Portfolio Standards. | Extends the State's energy-efficiency portfolio standards from 2030 to 2045 and updates the standards. Authorizes the public utilities commission to adjust the 2045 and interim standards. | In Committee |
HB768 | Relating To The Campaign Spending Commission. | Appropriates funds for the establishment of investigator positions in the Campaign Spending Commission. | In Committee |
HB726 | Relating To A Statewide Data And Artificial Intelligence Governance And Decision Intelligence Center. | Establishes and appropriates funds for a data and artificial intelligence governance and decision intelligence center and necessary positions to improve data quality and data sharing statewide. | In Committee |
HB704 | Relating To Food Security. | Establishes the Hawaii Food Security Special Fund to restore Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit levels to those provided in federal fiscal year 2023. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB728 | Proposing A Constitutional Amendment To The Constitution Of The State Of Hawaii To Protect The Right To Reproductive Freedom. | Amends the Hawaii State Constitution to prohibit the State from denying or interfering with an individual's reproductive freedom, including the right to choose to obtain an abortion and to obtain or use contraceptives. | In Committee |
HB765 | Relating To Campaign Contributions. | Prohibits officers, senior employees, consultants, and immediate family members of state or county contractors from contributing to candidate committees or noncandidate committees for the duration of the contract. Provides that if any unlawful contribution is not returned to the contributor within 30 days, the unlawful contribution shall escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund. | In Committee |
HB769 | Relating To Elections. | Establishes a Democracy Dollars Program to be administered by the Campaign Spending Commission to provide vouchers to eligible residents for the purpose of making contributions to certain candidates, beginning with the 2028 elections. | In Committee |
HB758 | Relating To Sex-based Discrimination. | Clarifies and strengthens the State's protections against sex-based harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation that occur in public schools, public charter schools, or at the University of Hawaii, including discrimination based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, and pregnancy-related conditions. Establishes procedures for investigations and decision-making. Requires mandatory reporting by certain employees. | In Committee |
HB693 | Relating To The Residential Landlord-tenant Code. | Restricts how much and how often a landlord may increase rent over the course of a twelve month period. | In Committee |
HB516 | Relating To Housing. | Repeals the requirement imposed on the counties to allow for the construction of at least two accessory dwelling units on all residentially zoned lots. Establishes the accessory dwelling unit housing development program with the Hawaii Community Development Authority to award subsidies to individuals who build accessory dwelling units. Exempts those accessory dwelling units from general excise tax for the first 3 years of rental. | In Committee |
HB672 | Relating To Public Assistance. | Allows the Department of Human Services to administer and provide public assistance to eligible residents of the State during a Governor-Declared State of Emergency. | In Committee |
HB675 | Relating To Bail. | Requires judges to make certain findings regarding a defendant's ability to afford bail. | In Committee |
HB623 | Relating To Education. | Requires the Board of Education to adopt a policy that bans the use of phones and related devices by students during school hours. | In Committee |
HB608 | Relating To Fireworks. | Establishes the shipping container inspection program and shipping container inspection program special fund. Amends the definitions of "aerial devices" and "fireworks" within state fireworks law. Requires reports to the Legislature on implementation of the shipping container inspection program. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
HB539 | Relating To The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. | Expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to include any individual or household whose monthly income is equal to or less than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB691 | Relating To The Campaign Spending Commission. | Appropriates funds to the campaign spending commission for permanent positions. | In Committee |
HB597 | Proposing An Amendment To Article I Of The Constitution Of The State Of Hawaii To Recognize And Protect The Inherent And Inalienable Right Of The People To Clean Water And Air, A Healthful Environment And Climate, Healthy Native Ecosystems, And Beaches. | Proposes a constitutional amendment to ensure that the inherent and inalienable right of the people, including present and future generations, to clean water and air, a healthful environment and climate, healthy native ecosystems, and beaches shall be protected and shall not be infringed. | In Committee |
HB593 | Relating To Treatment For Mental Illness. | Establishes a pilot program in the Department of Health to provide intensive mobile treatment-type services, e.g., "street psychiatry", to chronically houseless adult individuals suffering from serious brain disorders like schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB676 | Relating To Youth And Adult Correctional Facilities. | Requires the State's youth and adult correctional facilities to provide free and accessible voice communication services for incarcerated persons in state correctional facilities. Prohibits any state agency from deriving revenue or financial benefit from the provision of communication services to persons confined in state correctional facilities. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish service quality standards and rules for the free voice communication services. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB561 | Relating To Pharmacists. | Authorizes a registered pharmacist under contract with a covered entity for purposes of the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to supervise via telehealth the filling or receipt of a prescription in certain circumstances. | In Committee |
HB618 | Relating To Hazard Pay Bonus. | Appropriates funds for a one-time hazard pay bonus to state officers and employees in bargaining units 5, 6, and 7, and their excluded counterparts under certain conditions. | In Committee |
HB695 | Relating To Paid Family Leave. | By 1/1/2027, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2028, requires the Department to start receiving claims and paying benefits under the program. Specifies eligibility requirements and employee protections under the program. | In Committee |
HB641 | Relating To Health. | Beginning 1/1/2026, requires health insurers and mutual benefit societies to provide coverage for traditional native Hawaiian healing and cultural practices offered through a Federally Qualified Health Center or a Native Hawaiian Health Care System. | In Committee |
HB541 | Relating To Urban Development. | Makes certain urban development and land use requirements applicable only to counties with a population of less than five hundred thousand, including: vesting the director of the county land use agency with the administrative authority to act on any application for subdivision, consolidation, or resubdivision; the required adoption or amendment of an ordinance to allow at least two accessory dwelling units, subject to certain conditions, on all residentially zoned lots; the calculation of certain school impact fees; and a prohibition on private covenants that include certain limitations or restrictions for residentially zoned lots within an urban district. | In Committee |
HB605 | Relating To The Hawaii Community Development Authority. | Allows the Hawaii Community Development Authority to approve residential development on certain parcels of land in the Kakaako Makai area. Raises the building height limit on certain parcels in the area. Requires a certain percentage of the residential units developed on certain parcels to be allocated to households at or below a certain income level, with priority given to certain essential workforce in the area. Limits the sale of residential units developed in certain residential developments to prospective owner-occupants. Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to determine a Kakaako Makai Association Fee to be collected from all residential developments on certain parcels to be deposited into a special account in the Hawaii Community Development Revolving Fund to fund various services and projects in the Kakaako Makai area. | In Committee |
HB766 | Relating To Public Financing Of Elections. | Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in Hawaii, to begin with the 2026 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB770 | Proposing Amendments To The Hawaii State Constitution To Establish A Continuous Legislative Session. | Establishes a continuous Legislature. Requires the Legislature to convene at least once each month. Repeals language regarding special sessions, adjournment, and recesses. Creates a 2-year deadline for a bill to be submitted for gubernatorial consideration. Standardizes the number of days that the Governor must approve or veto a bill submitted for consideration. Requires the passage of the legislative budget within 45 days before the end of each fiscal year. Prohibits members of the legislature from holding any position of employment in the private sector during their term. Authorizes members to serve in the United States military reserves, National Guard, or hold any lawful position of government employment, subject to certain current ethical limitations. Establishes salaries of the members of the Legislature pursuant to recommendations by the Commission on Salaries submitted during the 2028 regular session, unless those recommendations are amended by law. | In Committee |
HB721 | Relating To Public Banking. | Establishes a state-owned bank implementation board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to determine the need for, potential costs and benefits of, and prerequisites to establishing a state-owned bank. Requires a report to the legislature. | In Committee |
HB644 | Relating To Single-use Plastics. | After 1/1/2026, prohibits businesses where food or beverages are packaged and sold on the business' premises for individual consumption from using, selling, or distributing certain disposable or single-use food ware and beverage service items, including items containing PFAS. | In Committee |
HB725 | Relating To Medicaid. | Appropriates funds to increase the funding of certain Medicaid home and community-based services, including adult day programs and residential services offered in community care foster family homes and expanded adult residential care homes. | In Committee |
HB771 | Relating To Super Pacs. | Establishes a fee based on the total expenditures or disbursements made by noncandidate committees within a calendar year. Establishes a process for verification and review of proposed electioneering communications. Establishes a minimum font size for certain information that must be included on campaign advertisements. | In Committee |
HB788 | Relating To Electric Vehicle Batteries. | Establishes a working group within the Hawaii State Energy Office to make recommendations for the reuse and recycling of electric vehicle batteries and requires a report to the Legislature. | In Committee |
HB789 | Relating To Energy Assistance. | Establishes the Hawaii Home Energy Assistance Program within the Department of Human Services to assist households in paying their energy bills. Requires the Public Utilities Commission's Public Benefits Fee Administrator to provide information and technical assistance about available energy efficiency programs to recipients of the program. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB748 | Relating To Waste Or Disposal Facilities. | Prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of any waste or disposal facility on land that is near or above a significant aquifer as determined by the Department of Health. Reduces the required buffer zone around waste or disposal facilities. | In Committee |
HB764 | Proposing An Amendment To Article Iii, Section 4, Of The Constitution Of The State Of Hawaii To Establish Term Limits For Legislators. | Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of members of the Legislature, as provided by law, for terms beginning after the general election of 2028. | In Committee |
HB759 | Relating To Tax Haven Abuse. | Part I: Effective 1/1/2026, requires corporations to include in their income the income of all foreign subsidiaries to the State; applies the State's apportionment formula to determine the share of reported profits subject to the appropriate tax, which shall be deposited into the state general fund; and requires corporations to report all profits, losses, revenues, and inter-company transactions made and all taxes paid in other states. Part II: Establishes within DOTAX a Corporate Tax Law Task Force to annually review the State's corporate tax laws and recommend updates to close tax loopholes. | In Committee |
HB722 | Relating To Unemployment Benefits. | Allows striking workers to be eligible for unemployment benefits. | In Committee |
HB60 | Relating To Juvenile Justice. | Requires and appropriates moneys for the Department of Human Services' Office of Youth Services to develop and implement a program offering individualized service and support teams to assist at-risk and court-involved youth. | In Committee |
HB62 | Relating To Healthcare Facility Nurse Staffing. | Implements various nurse-to-patient ratios at hospitals and care homes. Requires the Department of Health to audit healthcare facility compliance. | In Committee |
HB64 | Relating To Electric Bicycles. | Increases the minimum age for use of low-speed electric bicycles. Prohibits the selling or offering for sale of bicycles equipped with motors except low-speed electric bicycles. Requires sellers of low-speed electric bicycles to provide purchasers with educational materials. | In Committee |
HB56 | Relating To Injurious Materials. | Prohibits placing, dropping, or leaving injurious materials on highways, lanes, roads, streets, and alleys. | In Committee |
HB91 | Relating To Higher Education. | Establishes a homeless student stability program and homeless student housing resource program within the University of Hawaii. Establishes a minimum of one benefits navigator position at each University of Hawaii System campus and a position within the University of Hawaii System to coordinate campus positions and initiatives. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB57 | Relating To The Department Of Transportation. | Requires the Department of Transportation to identify any roadways other than Makakilo Drive that may be used as emergency egress routes in Makakilo. Requires the Department of Transportation to plan for, design, and construct an emergency egress route in Makakilo under certain circumstances. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
HB87 | Relating To School Meals. | Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires public schools to provide free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB63 | Relating To Education. | Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, requires each public, private, and charter school in the State to establish a program within the health education curriculum for high school students to provide instruction in CPR. Specifies instruction requirements. Waives liability for instruction under certain circumstances. | In Committee |
HB61 | Relating To Coroners. | Requires the mayor of each county to appoint, and the county council or city council to confirm, a county medical examiner. Provides that the medical examiner for each county shall serve as the county's coroner. Makes conforming amendments. Appropriates moneys to the counties of Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai, for the establishment of county medical examiner positions. | In Committee |
HB99 | Relating To Climate Education. | Requires the Department of Education to establish a climate literacy certificate program to provide students with an advanced understanding of climate change through academic coursework and hands-on learning. | In Committee |
HB104 | Relating To Candidates. | Requires objections made by an officer of a political party to candidate nomination papers to be filed with and determined by the Office of Elections. | In Committee |
HB100 | Relating To Media Literacy. | Authorizes school complexes to incorporate media literacy in their standards-based curriculum, including content that prevents negative impacts of misinformation, disinformation, digital discrimination, and online hate speech. | In Committee |
HB191 | Relating To Department Of Education Farm To School Procurement. | Requires the Department of Education to establish rules for the procurement of goods and services related to the administration of food programs at public schools that incorporate a geographic preference for unprocessed locally grown and locally raised food products. | In Committee |
HB185 | Relating To Care Homes. | Prohibits the licensing of an adult residential care home, expanded adult residential care home, or developmental disabilities domiciliary home that is financed, managed, operated, supervised, directed, or owned in whole or in part by a person convicted of a gambling offense. | In Committee |
HB176 | Relating To Domestic Abuse Protective Orders. | Increases the penalties imposed on individuals convicted for violation of a temporary restraining order and order for protection. Clarifies that the court shall not sentence a defendant to pay a fine for violating a temporary restraining order or order for protection if, after conducting a financial review, the court determines the defendant is or will be unable to pay the fine. Specifies that the court may suspend certain jail sentence for violation of a temporary restraining order or order for protection upon condition that the defendant remain alcohol- and drug-free, conviction-free, and complete court-ordered assessments or intervention. | In Committee |
HB196 | Relating To Port Workers. | Establishes the Port Worker Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Department of Transportation regarding management of state-owned and state-managed ports. Requires the Department to conduct meetings to solicit input from port workers on methods to improve ports and problems faced by port workers. | In Committee |
HB148 | Relating To Defamation. | Protects individuals who make claims of sexual misconduct from defamation lawsuits unless the claims were proven to be made with malice. | In Committee |
HB209 | Relating To Workforce Development. | Establishes the Hawaii State Fellows Program within the Department of Human Resources Development to match talented applicants with full-time, paid fellowship roles in various state agencies for a period of ten to eleven months. Establishes minimum qualifications and procedures for eligible applicants to apply to the program. Gives preference to eligible program applicants who have pre-existing ties to the State or a demonstrated commitment to long-term leadership in the State. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, to coordinate with state agencies to implement and promote the program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB355 | Relating To An Income Tax Credit. | Establishes a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses paid to retrofit a residence with wind resistive devices. | In Committee |
HB206 | Relating To The Hawaiian Language. | Requires each public high school in the State to require students to complete and pass 2 full years of Hawaiian language courses as a condition of graduation. | In Committee |
HB240 | Relating To Overdose Prevention. | Establishes and provides criteria for overdose prevention centers, including standards for the Department of Health to designate certain facilities as overdose prevention centers. Establishes an Overdose Prevention Center Oversight Committee. Provides immunity from state criminal prosecution for certain offenses for persons using a designated overdose prevention center and persons operating a designated overdose prevention center. | In Committee |
HB247 | Relating To The Hawaii Able Savings Program. | Repeals the requirement to use 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. Authorizes the Director of Finance to expend moneys in the trust fund to provide incentive payments to Hawaii public school ABLE account owners. Appropriates funds for incentive payments to Hawaii public school ABLE account owners and to fund a position to provide statewide outreach, advocacy, and relationship management for the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program. | In Committee |
HB354 | Relating To Emergency Management. | Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to: (1) plan and administer income tax credits relating to emergency management or disaster preparedness and grants for low-income taxpayers to fortify their residential real property; (2) oversee the development of emergency shelters; and (3) hire necessary personnel. | In Committee |
HB356 | Relating To The State Building Codes. | Requires all newly constructed single-family residences and apartment buildings located within specified geographic areas to be built to withstand certain categories of hurricanes and to contain residential safe rooms with attached bathrooms. Effective 1/1/2026. | In Committee |
HB308 | Relating To Partial Public Financing Of Elections. | Increases the matching fund payments to candidates in the partial public financing program for excess qualifying contributions. | In Committee |
HB351 | Relating To Long Duration Clean Energy Storage. | Amends the Hawaii renewable hydrogen program and hydrogen investment capital special fund to include a broader focus on long duration clean energy storage. Transfers responsibility for the program to the Hawaii State Energy Office. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB218 | Relating To Hospitals. | Requires any hospital with an operating room licensed by the Department of Health to adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke. | In Committee |
HB180 | Relating To General Excise Tax Exemptions. | 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 purchase and the program eligibility of the purchaser. | In Committee |
HB182 | Relating To The Earned Income Tax Credit. | Permanently increases the state earned income tax credit to fifty per cent of the federal earned income tax credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024. | In Committee |
HB195 | Relating To Historic Preservation. | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to identify and preserve historically significant areas within state harbors and place educational displays at the areas for public awareness. | In Committee |
HB179 | Relating To Income Tax. | Makes permanent the amendments made by Act 163, SLH 2023, to the state earned income tax credit and refundable food/excise tax credit. Amends the income thresholds and credit amounts for the low-income household renters tax credit and refundable food/excise tax credit. Amends the state earned income tax credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024. | In Committee |
HB192 | Relating To Foreign Ownership Of Agricultural Land. | Prohibits foreign entities from owning, leasing, or holding a controlling interest in more than an unspecified number of acres of agricultural land. Limits the lease term for agricultural land by foreign entities. Requires foreign entities that own or lease interest in agricultural lands to file an annual report with the Department of Agriculture. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB178 | Relating To Agriculture. | Appropriates funds to establish a state tea agent at UH Manoa CTAHR. | In Committee |
HB190 | Relating To Decentralization Of Department Of Education Farm To School. | Provides that complex area superintendents have the authority to implement the farm to school and farm to school meals programs. Requires certain school cafeteria supervisors to report directly to complex area superintendents. Establishes school cafeteria supervisor positions. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to conduct a compensation review of school cafeteria supervisor positions. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB183 | Relating To The Earned Income Tax Credit. | Authorizes each qualifying individual taxpayer to claim an additional credit if the taxpayer claims any dependent under the age of eighteen. | In Committee |
HB352 | Relating To Renewable Energy. | Authorizes certain state government entities to establish a self-certification process for behind-the-meter, customer-sited solar distributed energy resource systems and exempt the systems from the Federal Emergency Management Agency No-Rise/No-Impact declaration requirements under certain circumstances. | In Committee |
HB326 | Relating To The Household And Dependent Care Services Tax Credit. | Increases a taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses that may be claimed for the household and dependent care services tax credit for five years. Repeals 6/30/2030. | In Committee |
HB236 | Relating To Low-speed Electric Bicycles. | Increases the minimum age to operate a low-speed electric bicycle from fifteen to sixteen years of age. | In Committee |
HB447 | Related To Tourism. | Amends the types of occurrences for which the Hawaii Tourism Authority Board of Directors may request the Governor to declare a tourism emergency. Reduces the minimum balance to be maintained in the Tourism Emergency Special Fund through an allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues. | In Committee |
HB465 | Relating To Dynamic Pricing. | Prohibits retailers from using dynamic pricing in the sale of food that is sold, or qualifies to be sold, as part of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Special Supplemental Foods Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Establishes fines. | In Committee |
HB495 | Proposing An Amendment To Article Iii, Section 4, Of The Hawaii State Constitution To Establish Legislative Term Limits. | Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the number of years members may serve in the Legislature to a maximum of sixteen years. | In Committee |
HB363 | Relating To Animals. | Establishes cat owner liability for harm to property or native birds. Prohibits the care of predators on state lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Establishes administrative fines. | In Committee |
HB493 | Relating To Ethics. | For purposes of the state ethics laws, subjects legislators to all ethics laws applicable to employees by including legislators within the definition of "employees". Repeals references to legislators under the state ethics laws made redundant by the inclusion. | In Committee |
HB492 | Relating To Property Forfeiture. | Prohibits civil asset forfeiture unless the covered offense is a felony for which the property owner has been convicted. Excludes the forfeiture proceedings for an animal pending criminal charges. Requires the Attorney General to deposit the net proceeds of the forfeited property to the credit of the state general fund. | In Committee |
HB459 | Relating To County Permits. | Requires county permitting agencies to establish and fill positions exclusively to process permit applications submitted for state projects. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
HB462 | Relating To An Interstate Compact To Phase Out Corporate Welfare. | Adopts the Interstate Compact to Phase Out Corporate Welfare. | In Committee |
HB489 | Relating To Vacant Homes. | Establishes a Vacant Homes Special Fund under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for rental assistance programs. Establishes a general excise tax surcharge on an owner that allows a residential real property to remain vacant for 180 days or more a year. Requires persons who own residential real property, but do not live there, to obtain a general excise tax license. Requires the counties to disclose to the Department of Taxation a list of properties classified as not being occupied by an owner of that property. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to calculate average annual rental value for the basis for the surcharge amount. | In Committee |
HB469 | Relating To Parking For Disabled Persons. | Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to issue a disability travel placard to an applicant who has a valid removeable windshield placard and provides proof of travel. Effective 7/1/2027. | In Committee |
HB684 | Relating To Income. | Implements a phased elimination of the tip credit. | In Committee |
HB460 | Relating To The Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. | Establishes the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Program. Repeals the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Pilot Program. Clarifies that the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation may utilize funds in the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund for the purchase of equity in for-sale housing development projects and interim primary or secondary financing. | In Committee |
HB645 | Relating To Homeless Youth. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to provide emergency shelter and services to unaccompanied homeless youth. | In Committee |
HB507 | Relating To Cesspools. | Appropriates funds for the cesspool compliance pilot grant project. | In Committee |
HB562 | Relating To Consumer Protection. | Prohibits covered entities in the State from entering into contracts with drug manufacturers that limit the covered entities' use of contract pharmacies. Voids contract provisions for certain drugs if the provisions are based on the maximum allowable cost payment model. Authorizes the attorney general to bring a civil action for violations. | In Committee |
HB635 | Relating To The Residential Landlord-tenant Code. | Allows tenants who prevail in a lawsuit for a violation of the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code to be awarded damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs of the suit. | In Committee |
HB609 | Relating To Sex Trafficking. | Requires the posting of informational placards on sex trafficking and resources available to victims, in public buildings and at other specified locations. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop and make available a model placard. Requires the Department of Education to train teachers, school administrators, and other school personnel on the dynamics of sex trafficking and strategies for prevention and response. Requires and appropriates moneys for the Department of the Attorney General to develop and implement public education and outreach events on the dynamics of sex trafficking and the importance of community involvement in prevention and response efforts. | In Committee |
Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
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HB242 | Relating To Electric Vehicle Batteries. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
SB589 | Relating To Renewable Energy. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
HB422 | Relating To School Impact Fees. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
HB879 | Relating To Cesspool Conversions. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
SB1220 | Relating To Renewable Gas Tariff. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
HB969 | Relating To Waste Or Disposal Facilities. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
SB1501 | Relating To Energy. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
SB405 | Relating To Neighborhood Board Meetings. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
SB423 | Relating To The Early Learning Board. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
SB1454 | Relating To The Wage And Hour Law. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
SB1304 | Relating To Pesticide Drift Monitoring. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
SB1651 | Relating To Public Meetings. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
SB1373 | Relating To Administrative Licensure Actions Against Sex Offenders. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
HB984 | Relating To Agricultural Loans. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
HB1051 | Relating To Energy-efficiency Portfolio Standards. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
SB1318 | Relating To Water Pollution. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
SB601 | Related To Law Enforcement. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
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HI | Hawaii House District 46 | House | Democrat | In Office | 11/06/2018 |