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Legislator > Diamond Garcia
State Representative
Diamond Garcia
(R) - Hawaii
Hawaii House District 42
In Office - Started: 11/08/2022
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State Capitol
415 S. Beretania St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
415 S. Beretania St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-586-8500
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB474 | Relating To Fall Prevention. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to fund the current Fall Prevention Campaign. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB280 | Relating To The Community Outreach Court. | Permanently establishes and appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement, Office of the Public Defender, and City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit. (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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB286 | Relating To The Individual Housing Account Program. | For taxable years, beginning 1/1/2026, increases the maximum annual deduction for contributions to, and maximum account levels for, individual housing accounts. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (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 |
| 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 |
| HCR19 | Urging The Governor To Create A Task Force On Military Partnership To Develop And Strengthen The Public-military Relationship In Hawaii. | RESOLUTION urging the governor to create a task force on military partnership to develop and strengthen the public-military relationship in hawaii. | In Committee |
| HR19 | Urging The Governor To Create A Task Force On Military Partnership To Develop And Strengthen The Public-military Relationship In Hawaii. | RESOLUTION urging the governor to create a task force on military partnership to develop and strengthen the public-military relationship in hawaii. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR163 | Requesting That The Office Of The State Fire Marshal And The State Fire Council Clearly Define Stages Of Wildfire Suppression And Related Efforts In The Hawaii State Fire Code. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE office of the state fire marshal and the state fire council CLEARLY DEFINE STAGES OF WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION AND RELATED EFFORTS in the hawaii state fire code. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR168 | Requesting That The Office Of The State Fire Marshal And The State Fire Council Clearly Define Stages Of Wildfire Suppression And Related Efforts In The Hawaii State Fire Code. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL CLEARLY DEFINE STAGES OF WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION AND RELATED EFFORTS IN THE HAWAII STATE FIRE CODE. | In Committee |
| HR156 | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu, The County Of Maui, The County Of Hawaii, And The County Of Kauai To Establish Sister City Relationships With Other Pacific Island Municipalities. | RESOLUTION urging THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, THE COUNTY OF MAUI, THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, AND THE COUNTY OF KAUAI TO ESTABLISH SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PACIFIC ISLAND MUNICIPALITIES. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR161 | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu, The County Of Maui, The County Of Hawaii, And The County Of Kauai To Establish Sister City Relationships With Other Pacific Island Municipalities. | RESOLUTION urging THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, THE COUNTY OF MAUI, THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, AND THE COUNTY OF KAUAI TO ESTABLISH SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PACIFIC ISLAND MUNICIPALITIES. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HR212 | Commending And Honoring The Leaders Of The Kapolei Neighborhood Security Watch Groups For Their Dedication To Community Engagement, Commitment To Public Safety, And Leadership In Expanding Neighborhood Security Watch Programs Across Oahu. | RESOLUTION commending and honoring the leaders of the kapolei neighborhood security watch groups for their dedication to community engagement, commitment to public safety, and leadership in expanding neighborhood security watch programs across oahu. | 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 |
| HCR166 | Urging The Department Of Accounting And General Services And The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Restore Respect And Dignity To The Only Royal Palace In The Nation. | RESOLUTION URGING THE department of accounting and general services AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND Natural resources TO RESTORE RESPECT AND dignity to THE ONLY ROYAL PALACE In the nation. | In Committee |
| HR154 | Urging The Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus To Reintroduce And Advocate For The Passage Of The "engage The Pacific Act. | RESOLUTION URGING THE CONGRESSIONAL PACIFIC islands Caucus to Reintroduce AND ADVOCATE FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE "ENGAGE THE PACIFIC ACT?. | In Committee |
| HR161 | Urging The Department Of Accounting And General Services And The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Restore Respect And Dignity To The Only Royal Palace In The Nation. | RESOLUTION URGING THE department of accounting and general services AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND Natural resources TO RESTORE RESPECT AND dignity to THE ONLY ROYAL PALACE In the nation. | In Committee |
| HCR160 | Urging The Peace Corps To Immediately Establish A Mission In The Marshall Islands. | RESOLUTION urging the Peace Corps to immediately establish a mission in the Marshall Islands. | In Committee |
| HR155 | Urging The Peace Corps To Immediately Establish A Mission In The Marshall Islands. | RESOLUTION urging the Peace Corps to immediately establish a mission in the Marshall Islands. | In Committee |
| HCR172 | Requesting The Federal Housing Finance Agency To Direct Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac To Repeal Or Reduce The Minimum Insurance Requirements In Guide Section 4703.2, Requiring Condominium Master Insurance Policy Coverage For All Perils In An Amount Equal To One Hundred Percent Of The Replacement Cost Value Of The Project's Improvements. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE Federal Housing Finance Agency to direct Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to repeal OR REDUCE THE MINIMUM INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS IN Guide Section 4703.2, REQUIRING CONDOMINIUM MASTER INSURANCE POLICY COVERAGE for ALL PERILS in an amount equal to ONE hundred percent OF THE replacement cost value of the project's improvements. | In Committee |
| HCR13 | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Social And Financial Assessment Of Proposed Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage For Traditional Native Hawaiian Healing And Cultural Practices Offered Through Federally Qualified Health Centers Or Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems. | RESOLUTION requesting the auditor to conduct a social and FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT of PROPOSED mandatory health insurance coverage for traditional native hawaiian healing and cultural practices offered through federally qualified health centers or native hawaiian health care systems. | In Committee |
| HCR84 | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Of The Moneys Appropriated To The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands Pursuant To Act 279, Session Laws Of Hawaii 2022. | RESOLUTION REquesting the Auditor to conduct an audit of the MONEYS appropriated to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Pursuant to Act 279, Session laws of hawaii 2022. | In Committee |
| HR129 | Urging The Department Of Law Enforcement, City And County Of Honolulu, And Honolulu Police Department To Partner With Local Businesses And Organizations To Create Disposal Programs For Illegal Fireworks. | RESOLUTION urging the Department of Law Enforcement, City and County of Honolulu, and Honolulu Police Department to partner with local businesses and organizations to create disposal programs for illegal fireworks. | In Committee |
| HCR135 | Urging The Department Of Law Enforcement, City And County Of Honolulu, And Honolulu Police Department To Partner With Local Businesses And Organizations To Create Disposal Programs For Illegal Fireworks. | RESOLUTION urging the Department of Law Enforcement, City and County of Honolulu, and Honolulu Police Department to partner with local businesses and organizations to create disposal programs for illegal fireworks. | In Committee |
| HCR159 | Urging The Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus To Reintroduce And Advocate For The Passage Of The "engage The Pacific Act. | RESOLUTION URGING THE CONGRESSIONAL PACIFIC islands Caucus to Reintroduce AND ADVOCATE FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE "ENGAGE THE PACIFIC ACT?. | 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 |
| HR76 | Urging The University Of Hawaii To Conduct A Comprehensive Geological Survey And Geotechnical Study Of The Ewa Plain. | RESOLUTION URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND GEOTECHNICAL STUDY OF THE EWA PLAIN. | In Committee |
| HCR82 | Urging The Legislature To Conduct Mandatory Inquiries Into All Fatalities And Serious Injuries That Occurred To Children Involved In Child Welfare Services. | RESOLUTION urging the LEGISLATURE to conduct mandatory inquiries into all fatalities and serious injuries that occurred to children involved in child welfare services. | In Committee |
| HR12 | Urging The United States Environmental Protection Agency To Provide Federal Assistance For The City And County Of Honolulu's Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure Improvements. | RESOLUTION urging the united states environmental protection agency to provide federal assistance for the city and county of honolulu's wastewater treatment infrastructure improvements. | In Committee |
| HCR12 | Urging The United States Environmental Protection Agency To Provide Federal Assistance For The City And County Of Honolulu's Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure Improvements. | RESOLUTION urging the united states environmental protection agency to provide federal assistance for the city and county of honolulu's wastewater treatment infrastructure improvements. | In Committee |
| HR21 | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Revise Real Property Assessment Procedures For Kupuna. | RESOLUTION urging the city and county of honolulu to revise real property assessment procedures for kupuna. | 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 |
| HCR21 | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Revise Real Property Assessment Procedures For Kupuna. | RESOLUTION urging the city and county of honolulu to revise real property assessment procedures for kupuna. | In Committee |
| HCR34 | Urging The United States Congress To Call A Convention For Proposing Amendments Pursuant To Article V Of The United States Constitution Limited To Proposing Amendments That Impose Fiscal Restraints On The Federal Government, Limit The Power And Jurisdiction Of The Federal Government, And Limit The Terms Of Office For Its Officials And Members Of Congress. | RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO CALL A CONVENTION FOR PROPOSING AMENDMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION LIMITED TO PROPOSING AMENDMENTS THAT IMPOSE FISCAL RESTRAINTS ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, LIMIT THE POWER AND JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND LIMIT THE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR ITS OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. | In Committee |
| HR77 | Relating To The Salaries Of Certain State Officials. | RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE SALARIES of CERTAIN STATE OFFICIALS. | In Committee |
| HCR83 | Relating To The Salaries Of Certain State Officials. | RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE SALARIES of CERTAIN STATE OFFICIALS. | In Committee |
| HR74 | Requesting The United States Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy To Initiate A Performance Review Of The Honolulu Rail Transit Project. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING tHE UNITED STATES Transportation secretary Sean P. DUFFY TO INITIATE a PErformance REVIEW OF THE HONOLULU RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT. | In Committee |
| HCR81 | Requesting The United States Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy To Initiate A Performance Review Of The Honolulu Rail Transit Project. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING tHE UNITED STATES Transportation secretary Sean P. DUFFY TO INITIATE a PErformance REVIEW OF THE HONOLULU RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT. | In Committee |
| HR78 | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Of The Moneys Appropriated To The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands Pursuant To Act 279, Session Laws Of Hawaii 2022. | RESOLUTION REquesting the Auditor to conduct an audit of the MONEYS appropriated to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Pursuant to Act 279, Session laws of hawaii 2022. | In Committee |
| HR75 | Urging The Legislature To Conduct Mandatory Inquiries Into All Fatalities And Serious Injuries That Occurred To Children Involved In Child Welfare Services. | RESOLUTION urging the LEGISLATURE to conduct mandatory inquiries into all fatalities and serious injuries that occurred to children involved in child welfare services. | In Committee |
| HB636 | Relating To Capital Improvement. | Establishes a school capital improvement project modernization initiative in the School Facilities Authority to create a planning database for school facilities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB619 | Relating To Education. | Requires the Board of Education to adopt and enact a policy by the 2026-2027 school year directing Department of Education public schools to incorporate financial literacy education in the school's curriculum. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB627 | Relating To School Safety. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for positions to implement and maintain school safety measures. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB1444 | Relating To Motor Vehicles. | Requires motor vehicle safety inspections to be conducted every two years rather than annually. | In Committee |
| HB711 | Related To Driving Under The Influence. | Requires defendants convicted of causing the death of a parent or legal guardian of a minor child by the operation of a vehicle in a negligent manner while under the influence of drugs or alcohol to make restitution in the form of financial support to each surviving child of the victim. | In Committee |
| HB288 | Relating To School Bus Services. | Authorizes the Department of Education to use alternative vehicles for student transportation under certain conditions. Allows the Department of Education to institute a staggered school hours program in public schools. Appropriates funds for the purchase of alternative vehicles and individuals to obtain CDL licensure. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB503 | Relating To The Hawaii First Responders Memorial. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services to hire a consultant to evaluate potential locations and designs for the Hawaii First Responders Memorial. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB657 | Relating To Disabled Veterans. | Exempts disabled veterans from the State's vehicle weight tax and repeals the exemption for disabled veterans from the State's annual vehicle registration fee. 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 |
| HB577 | Relating To Taxation. | Authorizes a tax credit for businesses that pay the public transportation costs of employees. Requires reports to the Legislature. Applies for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025 but not beginning after 12/31/2029. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB1442 | Relating To Office Of Entrepreneurship. | Establishes the Office of Entrepreneurship. Authorizes the use of the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund to fund a program in partnership with the Office that creates opportunities in film, media, electronic sports, and creative industries for new businesses. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | 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 |
| HB331 | Relating To Permits. | Establishes an exemption from applicable county permit requirements for repetitive construction projects for facilities under the control of any state department or agency, under certain conditions. Clarifies that, except for projects in special flood hazard areas, contracts for the construction, renovation, or repair of facilities under the control of the Department of Education, University of Hawaii, or School Facilities Authority shall be exempt from county permitting requirements that related off-site improvements be made by the contracting government agency as a condition to the issuance of any permit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
| HB572 | Relating To General Excise Tax. | Exempts food and groceries from certain healthcare-related goods or services that were not the general excise tax. Expands general excise tax exemptions to include purchased under the Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE 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 |
| 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 |
| HB538 | Relating To Safe Entryways. | Prohibit individuals from residing in a doorway or surrounding area of certain places. Gives county police departments primary authority to enforce the prohibition. | 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 |
| HB295 | Relating To Hawaiian Home Lands. | Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended, to authorize the transfer of a living beneficiary's place on the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' waitlist for any residential, agricultural, or pastoral tract to a qualified application successor who is at least one-fourth Hawaiian, if the beneficiary dies. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB276 | Relating To Condominiums. | Excludes a homeowner-developer from the annual requirement to file a developer's report and pay a fee if the homeowner's development consists of no more than two units, one in which the developer resides and one for which the initial sale of the other unit has been completed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB671 | Relating To Native Hawaiians. | Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to identify all legislative districts in the State in which at least twenty-five per cent of the population consists of Native Hawaiians. Designates these districts as Native Hawaiian notable districts. 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 |
| HB1197 | Relating To Clinical Psychology. | Authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to utilize student education partnerships to increase the amount of mental health care providers in correctional facilities across the State. Appropriates funds. | 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 |
| HB1486 | Relating To Public Order. | Makes it a disorderly conduct offense to remain or loiter within twenty feet of a bus stop with no intent to utilize any bus service. Authorizes law enforcement officers to immediately remove any person committing a disorderly conduct offense of remaining or loitering within twenty feet of a bus stop with no intent to utilize any bus service and confiscate any of their personal property. Authorizes law enforcement officers to determine if the confiscated property is to be saved or discarded. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB157 | Relating To Transportation. | Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to transfer the public roads of the Villages of Kapolei to the City and County of Honolulu by 1/1/2026. Authorizes county police officers to enforce the statewide traffic code on all public streets, roadways, and highways within the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB284 | Relating To Housing. | Requires counties to grant building permits within sixty days if the application is stamped and certified by a licensed engineer and architect and other certain conditions are met. | In Committee |
| HB883 | Relating To Emergency Management. | Requires the Hawaii emergency management agency to inventory all designated emergency shelters and their ability to withstand a category one hurricane or higher. Requires Hawaii emergency management agency to publish a publicly available list of shelters and their respective hurricane ratings. Appropriates funds for a hurricane shelter retrofit program and director. | In Committee |
| HB663 | Relating To Special License Plates. | Authorizes the issuance of special number vehicle license plates commemorating the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. | In Committee |
| HB600 | Relating To The Medical Use Of Cannabis. | Repeals registration requirements relating to qualifying outofstate medical cannabis patients who are validly registered in other states, United States territories, or the District of Columbia. Repeals language requiring an initial inperson consultation before physicians and advanced practice registered nurses may make medical cannabis treatment recommendations via telehealth. Prohibits the Department of Health from imposing fees for patients' medical cannabis registration certificates. | In Committee |
| HB1186 | Relating To Bed Bugs. | Prohibits landlords, including those operating in public housing and educational dorm settings, from renting a dwelling unit that the landlord knows has a current bed bug infestation. Establishes procedures that landlords shall take upon receiving notice of an actual or suspected bed bug infestation. | In Committee |
| HB1224 | Relating To Education. | Requires the department of education to prohibit cell phone use during the instructional day, prohibit student access to social media through the school's internet, and implement a social media education campaign. Creates exemptions for students requiring accommodations, emergency situations, and teacher authorizations. | In Committee |
| HB1201 | Relating To Insurance. | Establishes tax credits for insurers providing full property coverage to owners and associations of condominiums in the amount equal to twenty per cent of the insurance premium. Provides additional ten per cent tax credits to insurers incorporated in the State. | 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 |
| HB1226 | Relating To Transportation. | Categorizes electric bicycles into three classes based on speed and operation. Requires electric bicycle manufacturers and distributors to apply a label to each electric bicycle. Authorizes county police to confiscate bicycles for certain offenses. Increases penalty fee paid upon redemption. Imposes a requirement that counties inform individuals of the applicable traffic code, safety information, and penalties for violations at the time of registering a bicycle. | In Committee |
| HB1242 | Relating To Hawaiian Language Immersion Education. | Requires the Department of Education to implement a plan for a Hawaiian language immersion school in Kapolei that shall be ready to educate students in grades kindergarten through 12 by the 2028-2029 school year. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
| HB1338 | Relating To Homelessness. | Establishes a 2-year homelessness sanctuary pilot program, to be administered by the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness in coordination with the Department of Human Services and the City and County of Honolulu. Directs the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness to designate a specific location on state or county land for the pilot program, which shall serve as a safe location for homeless individuals and families to reside and access services. Requires the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness and the coordinator's partner agencies to provide certain facilities and services at the designated location. Requires reports to the Legislature. Sunsets 12/31/2027. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
| HB1339 | Relating To General Excise Tax. | Exempts food and groceries from the general excise tax. Expands a 2024 session law exempting certain medical and dental services to include all medical and dental services. | In Committee |
| HB1243 | Relating To Capital Improvement Projects For The Benefit Of The Forty-second Representative District. | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriated funds for capital improvement projects in the 42nd representative district. | In Committee |
| HB1397 | Relating To Parental Rights. | Prohibits the State and counties from adopting or ordaining any rules, regulations, or ordinances that infringe upon a parent's right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child, except in certain narrowly tailored circumstances. | In Committee |
| HB1445 | Relating To Education. | Requires the department of education to equip all classroom doors with interior locks, maintain a public address system, feature an emergency access route, and maintain fire alarms. Mandates the establishment of school emergency plans. Requires schools conduct regular testing and emergency preparedness drills. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB1441 | Relating To Theft. | Creates the offense of organized retail theft. Provides penalties for organized retail theft. Creates an organized retail theft task force. | In Committee |
| HB1412 | Relating To Sunshine Laws. | Designates the neighborhood commission as the appropriate oversight authority for application of the sunshine law to neighborhood boards. Authorizes neighborhood boards to discuss official government reports without placing it on the agenda, provided that no decision-making can be made. | In Committee |
| HB1401 | Relating To The Child Protective Act. | Provides that investigative powers of the Department of Human Services under the Child Protective Act include interviews of adults living in the family home and the alleged perpetrator in the; Requires DHS to record and save adult interviews conducted as part of an investigation of a report of harm, threatened harm, or imminent harm to a child and to include recorded adult interviews in any filed petition for removal. | In Committee |
| HB1460 | Relating To The Hawaiian Language. | Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires that each Department of Education public school student earn 2 credits in Hawaiian language as a graduation requirement. Establishes a 2-year pilot program for Hawaiian language instruction at a central Oahu elementary school and Nanakuli High and Intermediate School. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB1402 | Relating To Children. | Ensures the protection and promotion of the health and well-being of all infants born alive in the State. Mandates medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment to all born alive infants. Establishes civil and criminal penalties. | In Committee |
| HB1443 | Relating To Education. | Establishes a high school law enforcement curriculum-to-career pipeline initiative. Appropriates funds to develop and implement the program. | In Committee |
| HB1390 | Relating To The Medical Use Of Cannabis. | Establishes a licensing system for medical cannabis cultivation. Facilitates the transport of medical cannabis. Expands the scope of authorized actions for medical cannabis patients. Provides that qualifying out-of-state patients need not register with the Department of Health. Protects medical cannabis patients and cultivation licensees from undue discrimination. | In Committee |
| HB1400 | Relating To The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. | Authorizes the Department of the Interior of the United States to adopt certain regulations for the purposes of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. Provides that not less than 5 of the members shall be beneficiaries who are native Hawaiian as defined in section 201(a) of the Act, and that not more than 4 of the members shall be descendants of not less than one-fourth part of the blood of the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands previous to 1778. | In Committee |
| HB1487 | Relating To The Penal Code. | Increases the category of offense for criminal trespass in the first and second degree and criminal property damage in the second, third, and fourth degree. | In Committee |
| HB1399 | Relating To Opioid Antagonists. | Requires each Department of Education classroom to be equipped with an opioid antagonist. Requires the Department of Education to train employees on opioid-related drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response and opioid antagonist administration. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
| HB1485 | Relating To Prostitution. | Establishes penalties for property managers and owners of real property on or in which massage parlors or similar prostitution establishments are located. Requires workers to be treated as victims and offered resources. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB1227 | Relating To Family Leave. | Establishes a paid family leave program for state and county employees. Authorizes a qualifying employee to take up to twelve weeks of paid leave for the birth or placement of a child or to care for a family member who has a serious health condition. | In Committee |
| HB1251 | Relating To Taxation. | Establishes a refundable income tax credit to offset the increase in real property insurance premiums for certain properties. | In Committee |
| HB1241 | Relating To Public Employment. | Requires state agencies to offer individuals who resigned or were dismissed from employment for not complying with vaccination or testing requirements the option to be reinstated, with back pay, to the position that person held prior to their termination. | In Committee |
| HB1474 | Relating To The Insurance Affordability Assistance Pilot Program. | Establishes the Insurance Affordability Assistance Pilot Program within the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to assist eligible homeowners with sudden increases in property insurance premiums. Sunsets 6/30/2028. | In Committee |
| HB1225 | Relating To Mental Health. | Amends the definition of "dangerous to self". Defines the terms "gravely disabled" and "psychiatric deterioration". Broadens the term of "imminently dangerous to self and others". Increases the maximum period of emergency hospitalization. | 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 |
| HB1253 | Relating To Probation. | Establishes the Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement Program to be administered by the Judiciary. | In Committee |
| HB1249 | Relating To Disaster Preparedness. | Requires each public school to develop a disaster and attack preparedness plan by 1/1/2026 that includes shelter-in-place drills. Requires each school to maintain emergency goods sufficient for at least 48 hours in its facilities. | In Committee |
| HB1419 | Relating To Fire Protection. | Defines stages of wildfire suppression efforts. | In Committee |
| HB851 | Relating To Self Defense. | Clarifies that a person who uses deadly force in self-defense does not have a duty to retreat if they are in their dwelling or on their property unless they are the initial aggressor. Repeals statutory language that permits a person to use deadly force at their place of work. | In Committee |
| HB910 | Relating To Rare Diseases. | Establishes the rare disease advisory council to increase awareness and effective medical intervention for rare diseases. Establishes the rare disease advisory council special fund. Requires DOH and DOE to incorporate the importance of annual physical examinations for children in programs and literature. Amends the insurance code to include coverage for individuals with velocardiofacial syndrome and other genetic disorders. Exempts from cost sharing. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB837 | Relating To Homeowner Associations. | Establishes an ombudsman's office for homeowner associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes an ombudsman's office special fund. Requires board members of condominium associations, cooperative housing corporations, and planned community associations to meet certain educational requirements through classes offered by the ombudsman. Updates statutes relating to condominium associations, cooperative housing corporations, and planned community associations to integrate the role and functions of the ombudsman's office for homeowner associations. Appropriates funds for establishment of the ombudsman's office. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. | In Committee |
| HB865 | Relating To Education. | Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires the Department of Education to include the teaching of financial literacy in kindergarten through grade twelve. Requires students in grades nine through twelve to complete a one-half credit in financial literacy before graduation. Requires the Board of Education to provide professional development to teachers who are teaching financial literacy courses. | In Committee |
| HB911 | Relating To Offender Reentry Programs. | Expands programming and training for the comprehensive offender reentry program under the department of corrections and rehabilitation to reduce the rate of recidivism and increase inmate marketability. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB882 | Relating To Income Tax Credits. | Amends the amount of total income tax credits available. Increases the annual per production and aggregate caps. Provides the State with alternative marketing opportunities in lieu of a shared-card, end-title screen credit. | In Committee |
| HB908 | Relating To Early Learning. | Establishes a three-year pilot program within the early learning system to administer a home-based early learning program. Serves three and four-year-old children. Provides individualized software instruction in reading, mathematics, and science. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB845 | Relating To Agricultural Lands. | Prohibits certain foreign parties from owning, purchasing, or acquiring an interest in agricultural lands. Establishes an Office of Agricultural Intelligence within the Department of Agriculture to investigate claims that land is unlawfully owned by a prohibited foreign party. Requires the Attorney General to undertake enforcement activities. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
| HB844 | Relating To Motor Vehicles. | Amend the State's regulation of sun screening devices on motor vehicles by lowering the allowable amount of light transmittance for vehicle windows from 35%, plus or minus 6%, to 25%, plus or minus 5%. | In Committee |
| HB836 | Relating To Penalties. | Mandates courts to impose an enhanced sentence for theft and burglary offenses over a certain property value threshold. Increases penalties for habitual property crime perpetrators. Targets fencing operations and imposes enhanced sentencing to those who knowingly receive stolen property or resell such property. | In Committee |
| HB899 | Relating To Growth And Development In Sexuality Health Education Curriculum. | Requires that student health and sexuality health education programs include discussion of fetal growth and development. Outlines specific content to be included. | In Committee |
| HB921 | Relating To The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation. | Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, or the Chairperson's designee, to the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. | In Committee |
| HB919 | Relating To The Commission On Water Resource Management. | Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chairperson's designee to the Commission on Water Resource Management. Clarifies that only the five, non-ex-officio members appointed by the Governor are required to have substantial experience in water resource management. | In Committee |
| HB920 | Relating To The Hawaii Community Development Authority. | Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chairperson's designee to the Hawaii Community Development Authority. Considers the Chairperson in determining quorum and majority and makes the Chairperson eligible to vote on matters affecting the Kalaeloa Community Development District. | In Committee |
| HB917 | Relating To Sentencing. | Establishes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for persons convicted of offenses based on the possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl. | In Committee |
| HB886 | Relating To Traffic. | Provides that if a law enforcement officer lawfully stops a motor vehicle and the operator is cited for driving without a valid license, the officer shall not permit the operator to resume the use of the motor vehicle. Requires the motor vehicle to be moved by a licensed driver or towed at the owner's expense. Provides that the cited operator is responsible for arranging the operator's transportation from the scene of the stop. | In Committee |
| HB907 | Relating To Housing. | Appropriates moneys to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, and repair of housing units. | In Committee |
| HB825 | Relating To Nuisance Abatement. | Offers rights and protections to citizens who bring civil nuisance abatement suits related to illegal gambling. Imposes a mandatory fine of $5,0000 for violating nuisance abatement laws related to gambling offenses. | In Committee |
| HB884 | Relating To Agricultural Lands. | Prohibits certain foreign parties or their agents, trustees, and fiduciaries from owning, purchasing, or acquiring an interest in agricultural lands. Establishes an Office of Agricultural Intelligence within the Department of Agriculture to investigate claims that land is unlawfully owned by a prohibited foreign party. Requires the Attorney General to undertake enforcement activities. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
| HB846 | Relating To Contractors. | Raises the threshold exemption under the contractor licensing law's handyman exemption from $1,500 to $2,500. | 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 |
| HB881 | Relating To Public Utilities. | Establishes and implements the Catastrophic Wildfire Securitization Act, to allow public utilities to securitize rates in order to raise capital that can be used to pay for costs and expenses arising out of catastrophic wildfires. | In Committee |
| HB524 | Relating To Wages. | Caps the minimum wage at $15 per hour. Adjusts the schedule for the tip credit increase. | In Committee |
| HB270 | Relating To Public Safety. | Creates the offense of urinating or defecating in public. Provides penalties for public urination or defecation. Requires mental health evaluation and supportive services for a person experiencing homelessness who is arrested for urinating or defecating in public places. | 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 |
| HB273 | Relating To School Choice Scholarship Program. | Establishes a School Choice Scholarship program which allows parents to exercise more financial freedom to send their children to nonpublic schools with the assistance of a $10,000 grant for eligible students. | In Committee |
| HB513 | Relating To Taxation. | Expands the existing renewable energy technologies tax credit to cover claims made after 2025 for solar energy systems integrating battery storage or existing systems that are retrofitted to include battery storage. | 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 |
| HB581 | Relating To Hawaiian Home Lands. | Appropriates moneys to the department of Hawaiian home lands for new construction of housing units for native Hawaiians. | In Committee |
| HB521 | Relating To Office Of Entrepreneurship. | Establishes the Office of Entrepreneurship. Creates a program in partnership with the Hawaii film and creative industries development special fund. Appropriates moneys to establish the Office of Entrepreneurship. | In Committee |
| HB456 | Relating To Raw Milk. | Authorizes and decriminalizes the sale of raw milk, raw milk products, and raw milk dairy products directly from producers to consumers for human consumption, subject to certain restrictions. Authorizes the direct sale of raw goat milk for pet consumption. Establishes labeling requirements. Requires the Board of Agriculture and Department of Health to adopt rules no later than 7/1/2026. | In Committee |
| HB267 | Relating To School Safety. | Mandates that each school sporting event of 25 or more participants have an AED trained faculty member or athletic trainer in attendance and all schools be equipped with AED devices, Narcan, EpiPens, and inhalers. Mandates CPR training for coaches and athletic trainers. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB483 | Relating To Hawaii Covert Operations. | Establishes the Hawaii Covert Operations Against Smuggling and Transnational Threats program with the Department of Law Enforcement to combat smuggling of drugs and weapons and human trafficking. | 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 |
| HB540 | Related To Safe Water. | Prohibits the addition of fluoride to a public water system. Preempts and voids conflicting laws, executive orders, ordinances, regulations, or rules. | In Committee |
| HB312 | Relating To The Department Of Human Services. | Requires the department of human services to provide written notice to a parent of the parent's rights when conducting an investigation regarding a child who is or may be subject to imminent harm. | In Committee |
| HB523 | Relating To Theft. | Provides that a person who commits theft of property or services the value of which does not exceed $750, commits theft in the second degree if the person was convicted two or more times for any theft offenses in the five years prior to the current offense. | In Committee |
| HB571 | Relating To Condominiums. | Limits condominium board members to serving no more than two consecutive terms. Allows such members to resume their positions after one term has passed since their departure. | In Committee |
| HB258 | Relating To School Sports. | Requires the Department of Education to implement a supplemental sports program for high school students in West Oahu. | In Committee |
| HB599 | Relating To School Safety. | Requires the Department of Education to assign school resource officers to department public schools and charter schools. Encourages the employment of qualified retirees from the local police departments and department of law enforcement. Appropriates funds for these positions. | In Committee |
| HB656 | Relating To The Office Of Veterans' Services. | Appropriates moneys to the Office of Veterans' Services to perform its statutory duties, including maintaining a center that provides information, counsel, aid, and assistance to veterans, their families, and their dependents; and cooperating with federal agencies responsible for the administration of rights and benefits granted to veterans, their families, and their dependents. | In Committee |
| HB520 | Relating To Taxation. | Excludes from state income taxes the gross income, adjusted gross income, and taxable income derived from tips received by employees. | In Committee |
| HB598 | Relating To Health. | Prohibits the imposition of cost-sharing requirements for certain diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations. | In Committee |
| HB257 | Relating To Certificates Of Birth. | Provides that a new certificate of birth issued by the State shall include a designation of the sex of the person born, based on the genitalia of the person. Authorizes amendments of designations of sex on certificates of birth, provided that the birth registrant is an adult, and a new designation is based on the genitalia of the birth registrant, as confirmed by a physician or physician's assistant. Requires certain original certificates to be unsealed and new certificates to be marked as amended with regard to sex designation. | In Committee |
| HB580 | Relating To Dangerous Drugs. | Establishes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree if the conviction is predicated on the possession of methamphetamine or fentanyl, and progressive mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment if the person has prior convictions predicated on the trafficking of methamphetamine or the possession of methamphetamine or fentanyl. | In Committee |
| HB265 | Relating To Teacher Retention. | Establishes the Onipaa Teacher Bonus Program to address teacher retention and award teachers for outstanding and extended service in the department of education. Ensures that general education teachers assigned to special education inclusion classes receive the same additional benefits as special education teachers. | In Committee |
| HB602 | Relating To The Medical Use Of Cannabis. | Establishes a licensing system for medical cannabis cultivation. Facilitates the transport of medical cannabis. Expands the scope of authorized actions for medical cannabis patients. Provides that qualifying out-of-state patients need not register with the Department of Health. Protects medical cannabis patients and cultivation licenses from undue discrimination. | In Committee |
| HB271 | Relating To Schools. | Requires educational institutions with elementary students to allow faculty and staff to provide time and space for students to engage in student-led group prayer or individual student prayer. Prohibits discipline or admonishment based on participation or non-participation in prayer. | In Committee |
| HB155 | Relating To Crime. | Specifies that the penalty for sex trafficking shall be payment of a fine of no less than $200,000 but no more than $500,000, and a definite term of imprisonment of up to 20 years without the possibility of a suspended sentence, probation, or parole. Provides that consent to sexual conduct is not a defense. Defines "sexual conduct". Specifies that a minor who commits an offense under section 712-1207(1)(a), HRS, shall be guilty of a violation instead of a petty misdemeanor. Provides that a person who reports that the person is a victim of sex trafficking shall not be subject to criminal liability for an offense involving sex trafficking or prostitution. Increases the penalties for commercial sexual exploitation of a minor. Requires DHS to implement services and programs for survivors and training for law enforcement. Appropriates funds. Requires annual report. | In Committee |
| HB207 | Relating To Sex-specific Student Athletic Teams. | Creates the requirement of school sports to designate sex-specific teams for the purpose of gender equality. | In Committee |
| HB291 | Relating To Use Of Force In Self-protection. | Clarifies when the use of deadly force is not justified. Removes the requirement to retreat or surrender possessions prior to using deadly force. | In Committee |
| HB264 | Relating To Family Court. | Amends provisions relating to criteria in family court determinations regarding custody and visitation rights. Clarifies that no court shall consider a parent's affirmation of their child's gender identity or expression in a custody determination. | In Committee |
| HB289 | Relating To Education. | Requires the department of education to prohibit cell phone use during the instructional day, prohibit student access to social media through the school's internet, and implement a social media education campaign. Creates exemptions for students requiring accommodations, emergency situations, and teacher authorizations. | In Committee |
| HB287 | Proposing Amendments To Article X, Section 2 And Article Xviii, Section 12, Of The Constitution Of The State Of Hawaii To Establish Local Elected School Boards. | Proposes a constitutional amendment that would establish local school boards throughout the State to be elected by the voters and to serve no more than twelve years as a member. | In Committee |
| HB282 | Relating To Taxation. | Provides an income tax deduction for tips received by tipped employees. | In Committee |
| HB290 | Relating To Crimes Against Elders. | Establishes strict liability for crimes against elders with respect to the attendant circumstance that the victim was sixty years of age or older. | In Committee |
| HB313 | Relating To Hawaiian Home Lands. | Allows designation of eligible homestead lots as enterprise zones for a period of twenty years. Provides state and local incentives to qualified businesses on homestead lots. | In Committee |
| HB281 | Relating To General Excise Tax. | Exempts food and groceries from the general excise tax. Expands a 2024 session law exempting certain medical and dental services to include all medical and dental services. | In Committee |
| HB283 | Relating To Income Tax. | Eliminates the state individual income tax. | In Committee |
| HB294 | Relating To Department Of Hawaiian Homelands Leases. | Requires leases used in the conveyance of available lands as defined by section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, as amended, to conform to the requirements for securitization by federally insured lending programs. | In Committee |
| HB292 | Relating To Transportation. | Categorizes electric bicycles into three classes based on speed and operation. Requires electric bicycle manufacturers and distributors to apply a label to each electric bicycle. Authorizes county police to confiscate bicycles for certain offenses. Increases penalty fee paid upon redemption. Imposes a requirement that counties inform individuals of the applicable traffic code, safety information, and penalties for violations at the time of registering a bicycle. | In Committee |
| HB436 | Relating To Enterprise Zones. | Amends the definition of "eligible business activity" for enterprise zone program purposes to include retail sales of tangible personal property manufactured and sold in the enterprise zone that is to be used or consumed by the purchaser and not for resale, the processing of value-added agricultural products grown within an enterprise zone, and the provision of professional services by health care professionals in health care related sectors. | In Committee |
| HB297 | Relating To Elections. | Requires that each county council district feature at least one voter service center for elections. Provides further, that each county council district must have one voter service center open on election day. | In Committee |
| HB298 | 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 to a maximum of twelve years in the house of representatives or senate, or both, for terms beginning on or after the general election of 2026. | In Committee |
| HB296 | 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 |
| HB311 | Relating To General Excise Tax Exemption. | Establishes general excise tax exemptions for various medical services, including dental services. | In Committee |
| HB285 | Relating To Insurance. | Establishes tax credits for insurers providing full property coverage to owners and associations of condominiums in the amount equal to twenty per cent of the insurance premium. Provides additional ten per cent tax credits to insurers incorporated in the State. | In Committee |
| HB293 | Relating To Public Land Trust Revenues. | Requires that all moneys in the pro rata portion of the Public Land Trust be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. | In Committee |
| HB268 | Relating To Sex-based Athletic Competitions In Sports. | Requires the department of education to designate athletic sports teams based on the biological sex assigned to players at birth. Prevents males from participating in female sports. | In Committee |
| HB269 | Relating To Taxation. | Increases the capital gains tax for nonresident and foreign taxpayers. Increases the alternative capital gains tax for corporations for nonresident and foreign corporations. | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB579 | Relating To Liquor. | Requires Liquor Commissions or Boards to deny any renewal for a liquor license if the applicant for renewal has violated any provision of the Intoxicating Liquor Law under chapter 281, Hawaii Revised Statutes, on three separate occasions during the twelve-month period preceding the renewal application date. | 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 |
| HB517 | Relating To Restoring Respect And Dignity To America's Only Royal Palace In The Nation. | Prohibits parking of motor vehicles on the grounds of Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS to remove the blacktop, parking area, and paid parking adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DLNR to develop and maintain a pedestrian area adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS and DLNR to report on cost analysis. | In Committee |
| HB575 | Relating To Taxation. | Provides an income tax deduction for tips received by tipped employees. | In Committee |
| HB601 | Relating To Elections. | Increases the number of voter service centers in the State. Requiring all voter services centers to operate during the same days and hours statewide. Clarifies that during each day of operation, during all hours of operation, each voter service center is to provide in-person voter registration, receive absentee and election-by-mail ballots, allow voters to vote in person, and provide voting machine services for persons with disabilities. Appropriates moneys to the counties for the administrative costs of voter service centers. | In Committee |
| HB720 | Relating To Motor Vehicles. | Amend the State's regulation of sun screening devices on motor vehicles by lowering the allowable amount of light transmittance for vehicle windows from 35%, plus or minus 6%, to 25%, plus or minus 5%. | In Committee |
| HB574 | Relating To Taxation. | Establishes an income tax credit of $3,000 for retired service members of the Hawaii National Guard. | In Committee |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB479 | Relating To The Hawaii Able Savings Program. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB280 | Relating To The Community Outreach Court. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB700 | Relating To Cognitive Assessments. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB712 | Relating To Health. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Absent |
| HB713 | Relating To A Rate Study For Home Health Services. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB969 | Relating To Waste Or Disposal Facilities. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Nay |
| HB943 | Relating To Homelessness. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB1477 | Relating To Social Services. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB1462 | Relating To Crisis Services. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Absent |
| SB401 | Relating To Firearms. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| SB694 | Relating To The Detention Of Minors. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| SB1245 | Relating To Pharmacists. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB1322 | Relating To Mental Health. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB1323 | Relating To Health Care. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB1422 | Relating To Non-general Funds Of The Department Of Health. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB281 | Relating To Torture. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB396 | Relating To Compensation For Court-appointed Counsel. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB398 | Relating To Compensation For Court-appointed Representation. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB799 | Relating To Health Care. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB1431 | Relating To Viral Hepatitis. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB991 | Relating To Criminal History Record Checks. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Nay |
| SB1433 | Relating To Harm Reduction. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Nay |
| SB292 | Relating To Sexual Exploitation. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB399 | Relating To District Court Judges. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB401 | Relating To District Court Judges. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB874 | Relating To Child Performers. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1001 | Relating To Settlement Of Claims Related To The Maui Wildfires. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB410 | Relating To The Budget Of The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB400 | Relating To The Judiciary. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| SB1030 | Relating To Elections. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/21/2025 | Nay |
| SB601 | Related To Law Enforcement. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HI | Hawaii House District 42 | House | Republican | In Office | 11/08/2022 |