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Legislator > Tim Richards
State Senator
Tim Richards
(D) - Hawaii
Hawaii Senate District 04
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
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| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB330 | Relating To Invasive Species Prevention. | Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to enforce federal quarantines. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB583 | Relating To Naming Rights. | Allows the naming rights of the Stadium Facility and Convention Center Facility to be leased to any public or private entity. Requires any revenues derived from advertising or marketing in or on the Stadium Facility or Convention Center Facility to be deposited into the appropriate special fund of the facility. Authorizes the display of the name of any entity that leased the naming rights to a stadium operated by the Stadium Authority on the exterior of the stadium. (CD1) | Passed |
| SB865 | Relating To Agriculture. | Appropriates funds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation to support the Coffee and Orchard Crops Extension and Applied Research Program and Kona Research Station in the County of Hawaii, and to fund the establishment of one permanent Extension Agent position within the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience's Kona Cooperative Extension. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1146 | Relating To The Ala Wai Canal. | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the development of an action plan and pre-engineering concept plan to help with debris management and water quality control in the Ala Wai watershed and establishment of two graduate assistant positions to assist with the action plan and pre-engineering concept plan. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1220 | Relating To Renewable Gas Tariff. | Requires gas utility companies to submit proposed renewable gas tariffs to the Public Utilities Commission by 8/31/2025. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a renewable gas tariff within nine months of receiving a completed application for a proposed renewable gas tariff. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1567 | Relating To The Classification And Compensation Systems. | Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to complete a comprehensive review of the classification and compensation systems for all civil service positions under its jurisdiction by 10/31/2026. Allows the Department to contract with a third party, in accordance with the Hawaii Public Procurement Code, to assist with the timely completion of the review. Requires reports to the Legislature. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1578 | Relating To International Affairs. | Establishes the official designation of the East-West Center as the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Inc., and exempts state fund appropriations to the East-West Center from chapter 42F, HRS. Renames the Hawaii Sister-State Committee to the Hawaii Sister-State and International Partnerships Commission and amends its functions and membership. Requires the Office of International Affairs to provide support to the Hawaii Sister-State and International Partnerships Commission. Expands the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism's authority to establish out-of-state offices to include out-of-state facilities to support sister-state or province partnerships and other partnerships that promote and enrich the people, cultures, environments, and economies of the State and its international partners, generate revenue for the State, and buy property. Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1536 | Relating To The Hawaii Tourism Authority. | Repeals the exemption of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Tourism Authority from the State's Employees' Retirement System. Requires a retirant returning to service as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Tourism Authority to re-enroll into the Employees' Retirement System. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1298 | Relating To Recycling. | Expands the types of electronic devices subject to the Electronic Device Recycling and Recovery Act to include electronic device peripherals and certain legacy devices. Excludes manufacturers of only electronic device peripherals and no other electronic devices. Allows, rather than requires, the Department of Health to determine additional penalties. Requires manufacturers' recycling plans to describe communication efforts with the State and counties to facilitate consumer education efforts. Repeals the requirement that recycling plans be implemented and fully operational by 1/1/2023 in order for manufacturer collaboration authority to apply. Establishes additional manufacturer recycling goals beginning on 1/1/2026 and 1/1/2027. Requires additional information to be included in manufacturers' reports containing information for calendar years 2025, 2026, and 2027. Requires collectors to report certain information regarding recyclers and refurbishers and allows the Department of Health to require submission of bills of lading and recycler receiving reports. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1048 | Relating To Solicitation Of Funds From The Public. | Amends Act 205, SLH 2024, to clarify standards and safeguards in online crowdfunding, including creating separate registration, reporting, and fee requirements that are specific to platform charities and charitable fundraising platforms. Extends the effective date of Act 205 to July 1, 2026. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB855 | Relating To Hawaii Retirement Savings Act. | Clarifies the definition of "covered employer" under the Hawaii Retirement Savings Act. Requires covered employers to automatically enroll covered employees into the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program unless the employee opts out. Repeals the limit on the total fees and expenses that can be spent for the Program each year. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB752 | Relating To Insurance. | Beginning 1/1/2026, amends the notice period for a property insurer to notify a policyholder of a cancellation, including cancellation due to nonpayment, or nonrenewal of a policy of property insurance. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB951 | Relating To Child Protection. | Requires mandatory written reports of child abuse or neglect to the Department of Human Services to include the military status of the child's parent or other persons responsible for the child's care, if known. Requires the Department of Human Services to inform the appropriate authority for the branch of the United States military when, upon receiving a report of child abuse or neglect, there is sufficient information to determine that the report involves a family where one of the parents, guardians, or alleged perpetrators is a member of an identifiable branch of the United States military. (CD1) | Passed |
| SB1044 | Relating To The Stabilization Of Property Insurance. | Expands the powers of the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and reactivates the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to help stabilize the property insurance market in the State. Establishes the Condominium Loan Program and the Condominium Loan Revolving Fund, to be administered by the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority on behalf of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, for the purpose of providing financing for essential repairs and deferred maintenance to condominium associations. Abolishes the Condominium Loan Revolving Fund on 6/30/2047. Establishes the Condominium Loan Loss Reserves Program to incentivize lenders to provide loans at competitive rates and terms to allow condominium associations to make necessary maintenance and repairs. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to conduct a study to develop long-term solutions to help stabilize the property insurance market in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature. Authorizes the issuance of reimbursable general obligation bonds to facilitate the initial issuance of policies to condominium associations. Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Passed |
| SB1249 | Relating To Agriculture. | Establishes the temporary Agricultural Enforcement Pilot Program within the Department of Law Enforcement. Clarifies, creates, and strengthens laws regarding crimes and violations related to agriculture or agricultural lands. Establishes clear distinctions between administrative and criminal penalties. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Passed |
| SB1252 | Relating To Dementia. | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to establish positions within the University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine's Department of Geriatric Medicine to coordinate and incorporate training on Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia for health care providers into existing University of Hawaii programs; and review, update, and develop a dementia curriculum to be incorporated into existing University of Hawaii programs with the goal of establishing a local, informed dementia workforce. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. (CD1) | Passed |
| SB222 | Relating To Fireworks. | Extends the sunset date of the Illegal Fireworks Task Force from 6/30/2025 to 6/30/2030 and extends the annual reporting requirements to the Legislature. (CD1) | Passed |
| SB223 | Relating To Fire Prevention. | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish an independent program relating to the prevention, control, and extinguishment of wildland fires within forest reserves. Authorizes the Administrator of Forestry and Wildlife to establish and maintain facilities for the performance of fire protection, fire prevention, pest control, and forest and range protection and enhancement activities. Allows the State Fire Council to amend the State Fire Code to require certain owners and occupants of properties and holders of easements located in hazardous fire areas to maintain effective firebreaks and to practice other fire prevention activities. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and implement the Community Fuels Reduction Project. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Passed |
| SB140 | Relating To Invasive Species. | Prohibits the importation of firewood into the State unless the firewood is certified as heat-treated and labeled accordingly or the importation is authorized and permitted by the Department of Agriculture before importation. Requires persons who import firewood into the State to maintain, and make available on request, records of imports for at least two years. (CD1) | Passed |
| SB292 | Relating To Sexual Exploitation. | Establishes safe harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement assistance. (CD1) | Passed |
| SB423 | Relating To The Early Learning Board. | Requires one voting member of the Early Learning Board to have experience as a local provider of early childhood education and development services. Adds the Director of the Hawaii Head Start State Collaboration Office as an ex officio, nonvoting member to the Early Learning Board. Requires the Early Learning Board to invite the President of the Head Start Association of Hawaii, or their designee, to serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Board. (CD1) | Passed |
| SCR60 | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Develop A Plan To Produce Sufficient Housing To Meet The State's Demand. | RESOLUTION urging the hawaii housing finance and development corporation to develop a plan to produce sufficient housing to meet the state's demand. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR115 | Affirming The Importance Of Marine Ecosystem Restoration To Achieve The State's Decarbonization Goals. | RESOLUTION affirming the importance of marine ecosystem restoration to achieve the state's decarbonization goals. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR54 | Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Convene And Provide Administrative Assistance To A Desalination Planning Task Force To Determine Whether The Use Of Desalination For Large-scale Water Consumption In The State Is Feasible. | RESOLUTION Requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to convene and provide administrative assistance to a desalination planning task force TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE USE OF DESALINATION FOR LARGE-SCALE WATER CONSUMPTION IN THE STATE IS FEASIBLE. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR53 | Requesting The Comptroller To Cooperate With The Hawaii State Public Library System, Office Of Planning And Sustainable Development, And Hawaii Broadband And Digital Equity Office To Identify Rural And Underserved Communities In The State With A Need For Better Telecommunication Access For Residents To Participate In The State Legislative Process. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE COMPTROLLER TO COOPERATE WITH THE HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM, OFFICE OF PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND HAWAII BROADBAND AND DIGITAL EQUITY OFFICE TO IDENTIFY RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE WITH A NEED FOR BETTER TELECOMMUNICATION ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR136 | Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Nuclear Energy Working Group To Study The Feasibility Of Using Advanced Nuclear Power Technologies In The State. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE TO CONVENE A NUCLEAR ENERGY WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF USING ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER TECHNOLOGIES IN THE STATE. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB382 | Relating To Procurement. | Prohibits a procurement officer from disclosing a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score, except the summary of scores, during a debriefing requested by a non-selected offeror. Authorizes the disclosure of a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score after any protest is resolved and the contract is executed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB177 | Relating To Aquaculture. | Authorizes the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture to adopt, amend, and repeal rules to develop an assessment and approval process to import and move aquatic livestock in the State. Requires the Aquaculture Program to develop a biological aquatic risk-based framework and biocontainment standards for the aquatic livestock assessment and approval process. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB717 | Relating To Collective Bargaining. | Repeals the prohibition placed on certain employees exempt from Civil Service Law from grieving a suspension or discharge. Allows any employee who is a member of an appropriate bargaining unit to grieve a suspension or discharge. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB1117 | Relating To Transportation. | Prohibits a person from operating a moped or electric motorcycle in certain areas designated for bicycles. Renames the Electric Bicycle and Electric Moped Rebate Program to the Electric Mobility Device Rebate Program. Expands eligibility for the rebate program and amends the maximum rebate amounts. Reduces the deadline to submit an application to six months from the date of purchase. Requires applicants who are enrolled in a school, community college, or university to demonstrate a financial need to be eligible for an additional assistance rebate. Exempts certain class 3 electric bicycles from registration requirements. Establishes a cap for the Electric Mobility Device subaccount and requirements for transferring funds into the subaccount. Amends the age requirement for required helmet use from 16 to 18 years of age. Prohibits a person under the age of fifteen from operating a class 3 electric bicycle. Establishes rules for electric bicycle operation. Allows use of electric bicycles on public sidewalks, subject to certain conditions. Prohibits individuals under 18 years of age from operating an electric motorcycle or motor-driven cycle. Changes the term "motor scooter" to "motor-driven vehicle". Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB1229 | Relating To The Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. | Extends the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund Equity Pilot Program to 6/30/2030. Gives preference to for-sale housing development projects developed under governmental assistance programs approved by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB1120 | Relating To Transportation. | Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a feasibility study on implementing a clean fuel standard for alternative fuels in the State. Requires, no later than 1/1/2028, the Department of Transportation to adopt rules governing a clean fuel standard for alternative fuels in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB952 | Relating To Child Welfare Services. | Requires the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Office of Wellness and Resilience, to design a five-year Child Welfare System Diversion and Intervention Pilot Program to support families and children involved, at risk of involvement, or at risk of reinvolvement with Child Welfare Services. Specifies that the Department of Human Services shall implement and administer the pilot program. Allows the Department to contract with public and private entities to provide necessary services. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB602 | Relating To The Hawaii Public Housing Authority. | Includes any parcels owned by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority as areas that may be closed to the public. Specifies required signage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB989 | Relating To Economic Development. | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to assist small businesses with technology enablement and develop project management software to simplify the facilitated application process for small businesses. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB1202 | Relating To Campaign Finance. | Allows campaign funds to be used for a candidates child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB298 | Relating To Human Services. | Appropriates funds to be expended by the Department of Human Services to increase funding for Medicaid in-home services. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB299 | Relating To Loan Repayment For Healthcare Professionals. | Appropriates funds for the Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SCR20 | Requesting The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation To Comprehensively Reevaluate Its Policies Regarding In-person Contact Visitation At Correctional Facilities Throughout The State To Best Support Incarcerated Persons In Staying Connected With Loved Ones Who Can Help Them On Their Journey Of Rehabilitation. | RESOLUTION requesting THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION TO comprehensively reevaluate its policies regarding in-person contact visitation at correctional facilities throughout the state to best support incarcerated persons in staying connected with loved ones who can help them on their journey of rehabilitation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR31 | Endorsing Taiwan's International Participation, Supporting The Signing Of A United States-taiwan Bilateral Trade Agreement, And Commemorating The Relationships And Exchanges Between The State Of Hawaii And Taiwan. | RESOLUTION ENDORSING TAIWAN'S INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION, SUPPORTING THE SIGNING OF A UNITED STATES-TAIWAN BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT, AND COMMEMORATING THE RELATIONSHIPS AND EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII AND TAIWAN. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR117 | Urging The Safe Routes To School Advisory Committee To Collaborate With The Department Of Education, Department Of Transportation, And The County Of Hawaii To Conduct An Inventory Of Bus Stops On Hawaii Island Utilized By Children To Travel To School And Develop Strategies To Improve Safety At Each Location. | RESOLUTION URGING THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO CONDUCT AN INVENTORY OF BUS STOPS ON HAWAII ISLAND UTILIZED BY CHILDREN TO TRAVEL TO SCHOOL AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT EACH LOCATION. | Crossed Over |
| SCR111 | 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 |
| SCR16 | Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Task Force To Identify And Develop Minimum Professional Standards For Community Health Worker Training Programs. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP MINIMUM PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER TRAINING PROGRAMS. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR69 | Requesting The Administrator Of The State Health Planning And Development Agency To Convene A Pharmacy Benefit Manager Working Group To Determine The Best Policies To Lower Drug Costs For Patient Consumers And Increase Access To Health Care. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO CONVENE A PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER WORKING GROUP TO DETERMINE THE BEST POLICIES TO LOWER DRUG COSTS FOR PATIENT CONSUMERS AND INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. | Crossed Over |
| SCR138 | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Management And Performance Audit Of The Office Of The Vice President For Academic Strategy Of The University Of Hawaii. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC STRATEGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. | Crossed Over |
| SB146 | Relating To Condominiums. | Amends the conditions and procedures of alternative dispute resolution methods for condominium-related disputes, including the use of evaluative mediation or binding arbitration. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB1074 | Relating To Environmental Impact Statements. | Allows an activity or operation that is permitted or authorized under the ocean recreation and coastal areas program chapter and renewed within twelve months preceding the initiation of proceedings to determine whether the activity or operation is subject to environmental review, to continue operation for one year while the appropriate agency makes the determination and conducts any necessary environmental review. Allows a person with oversight of the activity or operation to renew the appropriate permits while under the environmental review process. Sunsets 6/30/2027. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB71 | Relating To The Rental Housing Revolving Fund. | Establishes the Mixed-Income Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund that targets workforce rental housing projects for persons and families with incomes at or below one hundred forty per cent of the area median income. Authorizes the Director of Finance to transfer funds from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund into the Mixed-Income Subaccount. Appropriates funds into and out of the Mixed-Income Subaccount of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SCR135 | Urging All State Departments To Partner With The Office Of Wellness And Resilience For Secure And Appropriate Data Sharing Agreements. | RESOLUTION URGING ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS TO PARTNER WITH the OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE FOR secure and appropriate DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR65 | Urging The Stadium Authority To Finalize A Contract For The Construction Of The New Aloha Stadium And To Continue Its Efforts In Earnest To Create The New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District. | RESOLUTION URGING THE STADIUM AUTHORITY TO FINALIZE A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW ALOHA STADIUM AND TO CONTINUE ITS efforts IN EARNEST TO CREATE THE new aloha stadium entertainment district. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR24 | Strongly Urging The United States Department Of Defense To Maintain All References To The 100th Infantry Battalion And 442nd Regimental Combat Team On Its Websites For The Public. | RESOLUTION strongly urging the united states department of defense to maintain all references to the 100th infantry battalion and 442nd regimental combat team on its websites for the public. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR143 | Urging All Boards And Commissions To Conduct Annual Performance Reviews Of Their Executive Directors Or Persons Holding Equivalent Positions Exempt From Civil Service Law. | RESOLUTION URGING ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO CONDUCT ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS OF their EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OR PERSONS HOLDING EQUIVALENT POSITIONS exempt from civil service law. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR112 | Requesting The City And County Of Honolulu To Light Up City Hall With Purple Lights On August 7, 2025, In Honor Of National Purple Heart Day. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO LIGHT UP CITY HALL WITH PURPLE LIGHTS ON AUGUST 7, 2025, IN HONOR OF NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY. | Crossed Over |
| SCR164 | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Adopt Rules Authorizing Rodeos On Lands Zoned For Agricultural Use. | RESOLUTION requesting the Department of agriculture to adopt rules authorizing rodeos on lands zoned for agricultural use. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR134 | Urging The Department Of Education To Provide A Detailed Report To The Legislature On The True Cost Of Producing School Meals To Ensure Transparency And Avoid Unnecessary Price Increases. | RESOLUTION urging the department of education to provide a detailed report to the legislature on the true cost of producing SCHOOL meals to ensure transparency and avoid UNNECESSARY price increases. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR141 | Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Collaborate With The Agribusiness Development Corporation Regarding Grant Funding Opportunities With The United States Department Of Agriculture. | RESOLUTION Urging the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with the Agribusiness Development Corporation REGARDING Grant Funding Opportunities WITH THE United States Department of Agriculture. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR41 | Encouraging Each County To Establish Its Own Biosecurity Plan That Prioritizes The Needs Of The County. | RESOLUTION encouraging each county to establish its own biosecurity plan that prioritizes the needs of the county. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR56 | Urging The United States Government To Develop A National Biodiversity Strategy. | RESOLUTION urging the united states government to develop a national biodiversity strategy. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR94 | Urging The Hawaii Department Of Agriculture And Department Of Agriculture Of The County Of Maui To Take Further Meaningful Action To Address The Axis Deer Overpopulation. | RESOLUTION urging the HAWAII Department of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture of the County of Maui to take further meaningful action to address the axis deer overpopulation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR88 | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Establish And Administer A Microbial Algae Soil Products Pilot Program. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING the department of agriculture to establish AND ADMINISTER a microbial algae soil products pilot program. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR93 | Urging The Governor, Mayors Of Each County, And The State To Work Towards A Just Climate Future By Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Into Policy And Decision-making Processes Related To Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, And Climate Resiliency. | RESOLUTION urging the Governor, MAYORS of each county, and the State to work towards a just climate future by integrating indigenous knowledge into policy and decision-making processes related to climate adaptation, climate mitigation, and climate resiliency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB328 | Relating To Taxation. | Establishes an income tax credit for capital infrastructure costs incurred in the conversion of a dairy farm to a hog farm. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB763 | 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. (HD3) | Crossed Over |
| SB747 | Relating To The Board Of Education. | Establishes an Audit Office within the Board of Education to audit operations and expenditures of the Department of Education. Exempts positions within the Audit Office from civil service law. Requires annual reports to the Governor and Director of Finance. Authorizes the Legislature to request a copy of the annual reports. Establishes positions within the Audit Office. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB1496 | Relating To Civil Rights. | Makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for places of public accommodation to deny a person with a disability full and equal enjoyment of, or information related to, their goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations using information and communication technology intended for use by the general public as applicants, participants, customers, clients, or visitors. Establishes exceptions. Clarifies that a facility is considered a place of public accommodation regardless of whether its presence in the State is physical or digital. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| SCR73 | Requesting The Office Of Wellness And Resilience To Develop A Report To Address The Developmental Needs Of Children Born During The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. | RESOLUTION requesting the office of wellness and resilience to DEVELOP a report to address the developmental needs of children born during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR90 | Requesting The Agribusiness Development Corporation To Assume Responsibility For The Routine Maintenance And Repair Of The Kohala Ditch. | RESOLUTION Requesting the agribusiness development corporation to assume responsibility for the routine maintenance and repair of the kohala ditch. | Crossed Over |
| SCR139 | Requesting The Agribusiness Development Corporation To Designate Kunia, Leilehua Plateau, And Poamoho As The Central Oahu Agricultural Corridor And To Establish A List Prioritizing Potential Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Projects That Would Provide The Most Value To The State. | RESOLUTION requestING THE Agribusiness Development Corporation TO DESIGNATE KUNIA, LEILEHUA PLATEAU, AND POAMOHO AS THE CENTRAL OAHU AGRICULTURAL CORRIDOR AND TO ESTABLISH A LIST PRIORITIZING POTENTIAL AGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE MOST VALUE TO THE STATE. | Crossed Over |
| SCR203 | Requesting The University Of Hawaii To Explore The Feasibility Of Establishing An Alzheimer's Disease Research Center And Identify The Requirements For Receiving Federal Funding From The National Institute On Aging For Alzheimer's Disease Research. | RESOLUTION requesting the university of hawaii to explore the feasibility of establishing an alzheimer's disease research center and identify the requirements for receiving federal funding from the national institute on aging for alzheimer's disease research. | Crossed Over |
| SCR23 | Requesting The Department Of Transportation And Department Of Law Enforcement To Study The Possibility Of A Highway Patrol And Speed Cameras Along Major Freeways And Highways In Primary Areas Of Speeding. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of transportation and department of law enforcement to study the possibility of a highway patrol and speed cameras along major freeways and HIGHWAYS in primary areas OF speeding. | Crossed Over |
| SB1035 | Relating To Consumer Protection. | Makes it an unfair or deceptive act or practice for businesses to: offer, display, or advertise the price of live-ticket events or short-term lodging without clearly and conspicuously disclosing the total price; and misrepresent any fees or charges in any offer, display, or advertisement for the sale of live-event tickets or short-term lodging. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| SCR137 | Requesting The Office Of The Auditor To Conduct A Performance Audit Of The University Of Hawaii Foundation. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION. | Crossed Over |
| SCR75 | Requesting The County Of Maui To Employ An Archaeologist For The Purpose Of Historic Preservation In Rebuilding Lahaina. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE COUNTY OF MAUI TO EMPLOY AN ARCHAEOLOGIST FOR THE PURPOSE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN REBUILDING LAHAINA. | Crossed Over |
| SCR92 | Requesting The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs To Establish And Provide Legislative Engagement Forums To Educate And Empower The Native Hawaiian Community Regarding The Legislative Process. | RESOLUTION requesting the office of hawaiian affairs to establish and provide legislative engagement forums to educate and empower the native hawaiian community regarding the legislative process. | Crossed Over |
| SCR61 | Requesting The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism To Review And Evaluate The Cost-benefit And Return On Investment Of A Possible Sponsorship Of A Michelin Guide For Restaurants Across The State. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of business, economic development, and tourism to review and evaluate the COST-BENEFIT AND return on investment of a possible sponsorship of a michelin guide for restaurants across the state. | Crossed Over |
| SCR168 | Requesting The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands To Develop And Implement A Water Access Pilot Project Demonstrating The Kohala Region's Capacity For A Potable Water System. | RESOLUTION requesting the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to develop and implement a Water Access Pilot Project demonstrating the kohala region's capacity for a potable water system. | Crossed Over |
| SR156 | Urging All Boards And Commissions To Conduct Annual Performance Reviews Of Their Executive Directors Or Persons Holding Equivalent Positions Exempt From Civil Service Law. | RESOLUTION URGING ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO CONDUCT ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS OF their EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OR PERSONS HOLDING EQUIVALENT POSITIONS exempt from civil service law. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR159 | Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Collaborate With The Agribusiness Development Corporation Regarding Grant Funding Opportunities With The United States Department Of Agriculture. | RESOLUTION Urging the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with the Agribusiness Development Corporation REGARDING Grant Funding Opportunities WITH THE United States Department of Agriculture. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR115 | Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Geothermal Energy Working Group To Evaluate The Regulatory And Policy Landscape Surrounding Geothermal Energy In Hawaii. | RESOLUTION requesting the Hawaii State Energy Office to convene a geothermal energy working group to evaluate the regulatory and policy landscape surrounding geothermal energy in hawaii. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR35 | Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Cooperate With The Hawaii State Public Library System To Identify Rural And Underserved Communities In The State With A Need For Better Telecommunication Access For Residents To Participate In The State Legislative Process. | RESOLUTION requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to cooperate with the hawaii state public library system to identify rural and underserved communities IN THE STATE with a need for better telecommunication access for RESIDENTS TO participatE in the state legislative process. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR17 | Endorsing Taiwan's International Participation, Supporting The Signing Of A United States-taiwan Bilateral Trade Agreement, And Commemorating The Relationships And Exchanges Between The State Of Hawaii And Taiwan. | RESOLUTION ENDORSING TAIWAN'S INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION, SUPPORTING THE SIGNING OF A UNITED STATES-TAIWAN BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT, AND COMMEMORATING THE RELATIONSHIPS AND EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII AND TAIWAN. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR71 | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Establish And Administer A Microbial Algae Soil Products Pilot Program. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING the department of agriculture to establish AND ADMINISTER a microbial algae soil products pilot program. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR77 | Urging The Hawaii Department Of Agriculture And Department Of Agriculture Of The County Of Maui To Take Further Meaningful Action To Address The Axis Deer Overpopulation. | RESOLUTION urging the HAWAII Department of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture of the County of Maui to take further meaningful action to address the axis deer overpopulation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR53 | Requesting The Administrator Of The State Health Planning And Development Agency To Convene A Pharmacy Benefit Manager Working Group To Determine The Best Policies To Reform Pharmacy Benefit Manager Practices In The State To Ensure Transparency And Fairness For Consumers And In The Pharmaceutical Sector, Lower Drug Costs For Patient Consumers, And Increase Access To Health Care. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING the administrator of the state health planning and development agency to convene a Pharmacy Benefit Manager Working Group to determine the best policies to reform Pharmacy Benefit Manager practices in the State to ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS FOR CONSUMERS AND IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR, lower drug costs for patient consumers, and increase access to health care. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR56 | Requesting The Office Of Wellness And Resilience To Develop A Report To Address The Developmental Needs Of Children Born During The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. | RESOLUTION requesting the office of wellness and resilience to DEVELOP a report to address the developmental needs of children born during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR75 | Requesting The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs To Establish And Provide Legislative Engagement Forums To Educate And Empower The Native Hawaiian Community Regarding The Legislative Process. | RESOLUTION requesting the office of hawaiian affairs to establish and provide legislative engagement forums to educate and empower the native hawaiian community regarding the legislative process. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR114 | Urging All State Departments To Partner With The Office Of Wellness And Resilience For Secure And Appropriate Data Sharing Agreements. | RESOLUTION URGING ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS TO PARTNER WITH the OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE FOR secure and appropriate DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR113 | Urging The Department Of Education To Provide A Detailed Report To The Legislature On The True Cost Of Producing School Meals To Ensure Transparency And Avoid Unnecessary Price Increases. | RESOLUTION urging the department of education to provide a detailed report to the legislature on the true cost of producing SCHOOL meals to ensure transparency and avoid UNNECESSARY price increases. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR137 | Requesting The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands To Develop And Implement A Water Access Pilot Project Demonstrating The Kohala Region's Capacity For A Potable Water System. | RESOLUTION requesting the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to develop and implement a Water Access Pilot Project demonstrating the kohala region's capacity for a potable water system. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR98 | Urging The Department Of Education To Collaborate With The Department Of Transportation, Safe Routes To School Advisory Committee, And The County Of Hawaii To Conduct An Inventory Of Bus Stops On Hawaii Island Utilized By Children To Travel To School And Develop Strategies To Improve Safety At Each Location. | RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Safe routes to school advisory committee, and THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO CONDUCT AN INVENTORY OF BUS STOPS ON HAWAiI ISLAND UTILIZED BY CHILDREN TO TRAVEL TO SCHOOL AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT EACH LOCATION. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR12 | Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Task Force To Identify And Develop Minimum Professional Standards For Community Health Worker Training Programs. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP MINIMUM PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER TRAINING PROGRAMS. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1046 | Relating To Condominiums. | Requires certain managing agents to notify each unit owner and the Real Estate Commission when a condominium association that the agent manages fails to meet budget and replacement reserves reporting requirements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| SR58 | Requesting The County Of Maui To Employ An Archaeologist For The Purpose Of Historic Preservation In Rebuilding Lahaina. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE COUNTY OF MAUI TO EMPLOY AN ARCHAEOLOGIST FOR THE PURPOSE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN REBUILDING LAHAINA. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR73 | Requesting The Agribusiness Development Corporation To Assume Responsibility For The Routine Maintenance And Repair Of The Kohala Ditch. | RESOLUTION Requesting the agribusiness development corporation to assume responsibility for the routine maintenance and repair of the kohala ditch. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR46 | Requesting The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism To Review And Evaluate The Cost-benefit And Return On Investment Of A Possible Sponsorship Of A Michelin Guide For Restaurants Across The State. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of business, economic development, and tourism to review and evaluate the COST-BENEFIT AND return on investment of a possible sponsorship of a michelin guide for restaurants across the state. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR45 | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Develop A Plan To Produce Sufficient Housing To Meet The State's Demand. | RESOLUTION urging the hawaii housing finance and development corporation to develop a plan to produce sufficient housing to meet the state's demand. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR25 | Encouraging Each County To Establish Its Own Biosecurity Plan That Prioritizes The Needs Of The County. | RESOLUTION encouraging each county to establish its own biosecurity plan that prioritizes the needs of the county. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR50 | Urging The Stadium Authority To Finalize A Contract For The Construction Of The New Aloha Stadium And To Continue Its Efforts In Earnest To Create The New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District. | RESOLUTION URGING THE STADIUM AUTHORITY TO FINALIZE A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW ALOHA STADIUM AND TO CONTINUE ITS efforts IN EARNEST TO CREATE THE new aloha stadium entertainment district. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR36 | Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Convene And Provide Administrative Assistance To A Desalination Planning Task Force To Determine Whether The Use Of Desalination For Large-scale Water Consumption In The State Is Feasible. | RESOLUTION Requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to convene and provide administrative assistance to a desalination planning task force TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE USE OF DESALINATION FOR LARGE-SCALE WATER CONSUMPTION IN THE STATE IS FEASIBLE. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR40 | Urging The United States Government To Develop A National Biodiversity Strategy. | RESOLUTION urging the united states government to develop a national biodiversity strategy. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR163 | Requesting The University Of Hawaii To Explore The Feasibility Of Establishing An Alzheimer's Disease Research Center And Identify The Requirements For Receiving Federal Funding From The National Institute On Aging For Alzheimer's Disease Research. | RESOLUTION requesting the university of hawaii to explore the feasibility of establishing an alzheimer's disease research center and identify the requirements for receiving federal funding from the national institute on aging for alzheimer's disease research. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR136 | Requesting The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs To Assess Its Readiness And Ability To Assume Stewardship Of The Sacred Hawaiian Grounds Of Mauna Ala. | RESOLUTION requesting the office of hawaiian affairs to assess its readiness and ability to assume stewardship of the sacred hawaiian grounds of mauna ala. | In Committee |
| SR157 | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Designate Kunia, Leilehua Plateau, And Poamoho As The Central Oahu Agricultural Corridor And To Establish A List Prioritizing Potential Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Projects That Would Provide The Most Value To The State. | RESOLUTION requestING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO DESIGNATE KUNIA, LEILEHUA PLATEAU, AND POAMOHO AS THE CENTRAL OAHU AGRICULTURAL CORRIDOR AND TO ESTABLISH A LIST PRIORITIZING POTENTIAL AGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE MOST VALUE TO THE STATE. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR133 | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Adopt Rules Authorizing Rodeos On Lands Zoned For Agricultural Use. | RESOLUTION requesting the Department of agriculture to adopt rules authorizing rodeos on lands zoned for agricultural use. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR167 | Requesting The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs To Assess Its Readiness And Ability To Assume Stewardship Of The Sacred Hawaiian Grounds Of Mauna Ala. | RESOLUTION requesting the office of hawaiian affairs to assess its readiness and ability to assume stewardship of the sacred hawaiian grounds of mauna ala. | In Committee |
| SR96 | Affirming The Importance Of Marine Ecosystem Restoration To Achieve The State's Decarbonization Goals. | RESOLUTION affirming the importance of marine ecosystem restoration to achieve the state's decarbonization goals. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR92 | 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 |
| SR38 | Supporting The Native Hawaiian Intellectual Property Working Group's Request For Resources And Timeline Extension For Fiscal Year 2025-2026. | RESOLUTION sUPPORTING the native hawaiian intellectual property working group's request for resources and timeline extension for fiscal year 2025-2026. | In Committee |
| SR93 | Requesting The City And County Of Honolulu To Light Up City Hall With Purple Lights On August 7 Of Each Year In Honor Of National Purple Heart Day. | RESOLUTION requesting the city and county of honolulu to light up city hall with purple lights on august 7 OF EACH YEAR in honor of national purple heart day. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR76 | Urging The Governor, Mayors Of Each County, And The State To Work Towards A Just Climate Future By Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Into Policy And Decision-making Processes Related To Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, And Climate Resiliency. | RESOLUTION urging the Governor, MAYORS of each county, and the State to work towards a just climate future by integrating indigenous knowledge into policy and decision-making processes related to climate adaptation, climate mitigation, and climate resiliency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR89 | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Convene A Working Group To Develop A Plan To Create An Educational Pathway In The University Of Hawaii Community College System To Equip Interested Students With The Necessary Entry Level Knowledge, Skill Set, Expertise, And Advancement Potential In The Field Of Meat Processing. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING the Department of Agriculture to convene a working group to develop a plan to create an educational pathway in the university of Hawaii community college system to equip interested students with the necessary entry level knowledge, skill set, expertise, and advancement potential in the field of meat processing. | In Committee |
| SR155 | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Management And Performance Audit Of The Office Of The Vice President For Academic Strategy Of The University Of Hawaii. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC STRATEGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR72 | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Convene A Working Group To Develop A Plan To Create An Educational Pathway In The University Of Hawaii Community College System To Equip Interested Students With The Necessary Entry Level Knowledge, Skill Set, Expertise, And Advancement Potential In The Field Of Meat Processing. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING the Department of Agriculture to convene a working group to develop a plan to create an educational pathway in the university of Hawaii community college system to equip interested students with the necessary entry level knowledge, skill set, expertise, and advancement potential in the field of meat processing. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR154 | Requesting The Office Of The Auditor To Conduct A Performance Audit Of The University Of Hawaii Foundation. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR68 | Requesting The Counties To Authorize A Percentage Of Taxes Generated By The General Excise And Fuel Taxes Collected By The Counties To Be Used For The Maintenance Of Privatelyowned Roadways That Are Open To The Public. | RESOLUTION requesting the counties to authorize a percentage of taxes generated by the general excise and fuel taxes collected by the counties to be used for the maintenance of privately-owned roadways that are open to the public. | In Committee |
| SR52 | Requesting The Counties To Authorize A Percentage Of Taxes Generated By The General Excise And Fuel Taxes Collected By The Counties To Be Used For The Maintenance Of Privatelyowned Roadways That Are Open To The Public. | RESOLUTION requesting the counties to authorize a percentage of taxes generated by the general excise and fuel taxes collected by the counties to be used for the maintenance of privately-owned roadways that are open to the public. | In Committee |
| SCR113 | Requesting The Governor To Issue A Proclamation Designating Hawaii As A Purple Heart State On August 7, 2025. | RESOLUTION requesting the governor to issue a proclamation designating hawaii as a purple heart state on august 7, 2025. | In Committee |
| SR94 | Requesting The Governor To Issue A Proclamation Designating Hawaii As A Purple Heart State On August 7, 2025. | RESOLUTION requesting the governor to issue a proclamation designating hawaii as a purple heart state on august 7, 2025. | In Committee |
| SB1657 | Relating To The Agribusiness Development Corporation. | Authorizes the Agribusiness Development Corporation to acquire by condemnation any real property or interest in real property, under certain conditions. Prohibits any real property acquired by the Corporation by condemnation from subsequently being transferred or taken for any other public use without the Corporation's consent. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB1541 | 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) | Crossed Over |
| SB1545 | Relating To Nepotism. | Repeals language in the State's Code of Ethics that exempts the legislative and judicial branches from prohibitions against nepotism in public employment. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB1250 | Relating To Farm To Families. | Establishes the Hawaii Farm to Families Program to alleviate food shortages in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature prior to the Regular Sessions of 2026 and 2027. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB1100 | Relating To Biosecurity. | Part I: Renames the Department of Agriculture to the "Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity". Renames the Board of Agriculture to the "Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity" and amends the composition of the Board. Part II: Establishes and appropriates funds for a Deputy Director of Biosecurity. Part III: Changes references to the plant and animal declaration form to the "biosecurity form". Part IV: 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. Authorizes the Chairperson of the Board to quarantine an area under certain conditions. Broadens the objectives and general actions of the Biosecurity Program. Part V: Requires the Department to establish and regularly update an invasive species dashboard. Authorizes pest management plans to address, contain, or eradicate pests. Part VI: Appropriates funds for positions for the Department. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB327 | 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. 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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB371 | Relating To Property Damage Of Critical Infrastructure Facilities. | Establishes the offense of criminal property damage to critical infrastructure facilities in the first and second degree. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB422 | Relating To Education. | Authorizes the Department of Education to award a high school diploma to qualified persons who did not receive a high school diploma as a result of compulsory or voluntary induction into the armed services of the United States or 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 |
| SB148 | Relating To Combat Sports. | Renames the State Boxing Commission of Hawaii as the Boxing and Combat Sports Commission of Hawaii. Amends the jurisdiction of the Commission to include combat sports contests. Prohibits no rules combat or similar combat sports contests. Repeals the existing Mixed Martial Arts Contests Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| SR74 | Urging The Legislature To Advance Legislation And Support Policies That Safeguard Individuals In The Agricultural Community, Their Families, Their Livestock And Other Property, And Other Individuals Under Their Employment Or Care By Amending The State's Selfdefense Laws To Deprioritize The Duty To Retreat In Certain Circumstances. | RESOLUTION urging the legislature to advance legislation and support policies that safeguard individuals in the agricultural community, their families, their livestock and other property, and other individuals under their employment or care by amending the State's self-defense laws to deprioritize the duty to retreat in certain circumstances. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR91 | Urging The Legislature To Advance Legislation And Support Policies That Safeguard Individuals In The Agricultural Community, Their Families, Their Livestock And Other Property, And Other Individuals Under Their Employment Or Care By Amending The State's Selfdefense Laws To Deprioritize The Duty To Retreat In Certain Circumstances. | RESOLUTION urging the legislature to advance legislation and support policies that safeguard individuals in the agricultural community, their families, their livestock and other property, and other individuals under their employment or care by amending the State's self-defense laws to deprioritize the duty to retreat in certain circumstances. | In Committee |
| SB301 | Relating To Dogs. | Establishes an additional penalty for a dog owner whose dog destroys property while on land zoned for agricultural use. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB137 | Relating To Electric Utilities. | Requires the Public Utilities Commission to consider whether approving a proposed merger or acquisition would or would not further the State's renewable energy goals. Prohibits the acquiring entity of an electric utility company from terminating or attempting to renegotiate any existing and valid power purchase agreements and requires the acquiring entity to assume and be bound by existing collective bargaining agreements and retain all covered employees. Establishes a process to ensure that when an electric utility is subject to an application for a proposed acquisition, merger, or consolidation by a potential acquiring entity that is an investor-owned utility and seeks approval of the application from the Public Utilities Commission, the electric utility shall demonstrate that it solicited bids from potential acquiring entities that operate under a non-investor-owned utility ownership model. Requires the electric utility to submit acceptable bids from a potential acquiring entity operating under a non-investor-owned utility ownership model concurrently with an application by a potential acquiring entity that is an investor-owned utility and the Public Utilities Commission to review those applications concurrently. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB841 | Relating To Marine Life Conservation Districts. | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and conduct a Marine Life Conservation District Carrying Capacity Program. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to submit a report to the Legislature and adopt administrative rules. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB1022 | Relating To Animal Endangerment. | Allows animal control officers, law enforcement officers, and firefighters to enter an unattended vehicle to protect the health, safety, or well-being of a pet animal that is endangered by being left or confined in an unattended vehicle. Allows private citizens to retrieve a pet animal that has been left in an unattended vehicle, under certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB311 | Proposing An Amendment To The Hawaii State Constitution Regarding The Freedom Of Speech. | Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to provide that freedom of speech protected under the Hawaii State Constitution does not include the expenditure of money to influence elections. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB716 | Relating To Hawaii Employment Security Law. | Expands the circumstances where the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations may waive the requirements for individuals to register to work and report to an employment office to be eligible for unemployment benefits. Authorize the Department to allow individuals to report to a location other than an employment office or other location approved pursuant to its rules. Beginning 4/1/2027, requires notices of determinations and documentation relating to appeals to be sent electronically, unless the election for mail is made. Allows an individual to change an elected withholding status more than once during a benefit year. Amends the statutory definition of "registered for work" or "registration for work". Repeals the requirement for individuals to post their work availability online to be eligible for unemployment benefits. Repeals the statutory provision for joint experience rating. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB391 | Relating To Recycling. | Establishes an End-of-Life Lithium-ion Battery Management Working Group. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 1/1/2026. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB1610 | Relating To Ohana Zones. | Establishes the Ohana Zones Program as a program within the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to exempt ohana zones projects from general excise taxes. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB984 | Relating To Water Pollution. | Requires a landowner in possession of ten thousand or more acres in the State to be liable for damages and fines arising from runoff originating on the land and entering into state waters. Requires the Department of Health to prioritize enforcement of water pollution control regulations in rural areas where there are existing reports of runoff and other terms of water pollution. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB741 | Relating To The University Of Hawaii. | Establishes an External Audit Committee within the University of Hawaii to audit the University of Hawaii System and the Board of Regents. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. | Crossed Over |
| SB789 | Relating To School Cafeteria Meal Costs. | Reduces the amount the Department of Education is authorized to charge for school meals to all students enrolled in department schools to no more than one-quarter of the cost of preparing the meals. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB780 | Relating To Elections. | Specifies that election ballots issued by the Chief Election Officer or county clerk shall exclude any candidate who is disqualified by a constitutional or statutory provision. Provides for a process for challenging an inclusion or exclusion of a candidate from a ballot. Includes a candidate's disqualification as grounds for an election contest complaint. Specifies that electors of presidential and vice presidential candidates shall not be individuals who are disqualified by a constitutional or statutory provision. | Crossed Over |
| SB838 | Relating To Health Insurance. | Beginning 1/1/2026, requires all health insurers in the State, excluding Medicaid managed care programs, to cover the cost of continuous glucose monitors and related supplies under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB1494 | Relating To Hearing Aids. | Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued on or after 1/1/2026 to provide optional coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| SCR166 | Requesting The Director Of Finance To Issue General Obligation Bonds For The Purpose Of Financing The Agribusiness Development Corporation's Purchase Of The Fee Simple Interest In The North Kohala Kynnersly East Site Land Parcel For Agricultural Development. | RESOLUTION requesting the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds for the purpose of financing the agribusiness development corporation's purchase of the fee simple interest in the north kohala kynnersly east site land parcel FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. | In Committee |
| SR135 | Requesting The Director Of Finance To Issue General Obligation Bonds For The Purpose Of Financing The Agribusiness Development Corporation's Purchase Of The Fee Simple Interest In The North Kohala Kynnersly East Site Land Parcel For Agricultural Development. | RESOLUTION requesting the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds for the purpose of financing the agribusiness development corporation's purchase of the fee simple interest in the north kohala kynnersly east site land parcel FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. | In Committee |
| SR190 | Requesting The Department Of Education To Implement A Veterinary Technician Pilot Program At James Campbell High School, Focusing On Animal-assisted Therapy For Troubled Youth. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT A VETERINARY TECHNICIAN PILOT PROGRAM AT JAMES CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL, FOCUSING ON ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY FOR TROUBLED YOUTH. | In Committee |
| SCR228 | Requesting The Department Of Education To Establish A Pilot Program In Public Schools And Charter Schools To Have Available Staff Trained In Epinephrine Administration. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of education to establish a pilot program in public SCHOOLS and charter schools to HAVE AVAILABLE staff TRAINED in epinephrine administration. | In Committee |
| SCR216 | Urging The Department Of Human Services To Increase Reimbursement Rates To Primary Care Physicians For Services To Med-quest Recipients. | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the department of human services to increase reimbursement rates to primary care physicians FOR services to med-quest recipients. | In Committee |
| SR134 | Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Adopt Rules Lifting The Moratorium On Fishing In The Lapakahi Marine Life Conservation District. | RESOLUTION requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules lifting the moratorium on fishing in the Lapakahi Marine Life Conservation District. | In Committee |
| SCR129 | Urging The Department Of Health To Undertake Preliminary Education, Outreach, And Vaccination Drive Efforts At Schools In Hawaii With Vaccination Rates Under Fifty Percent, Prioritizing Schools With Vaccination Rates Under Thirty Percent, Beginning At The Start Of The 2025-2026 School Year. | RESOLUTION urging the department of health to undertake preliminary education, outreach, and vaccination drive efforts at schools in hawaii with vaccination rates under fifty percent, prioritizing schools with vaccination rates under thirty percent, beginning at the start of the 2025-2026 school year. | In Committee |
| SR191 | Urging The Department Of Human Services To Increase Reimbursement Rates To Primary Care Physicians For Services To Med-quest Recipients. | RESOLUTION urging the department of human services to increase reimbursement rates to primary care physicians FOR services to med-quest recipients. | In Committee |
| SCR215 | Requesting The Department Of Education To Implement A Veterinary Technician Pilot Program At James Campbell High School, Focusing On Animal-assisted Therapy For Troubled Youth. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT A VETERINARY TECHNICIAN PILOT PROGRAM AT JAMES CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL, FOCUSING ON ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY FOR TROUBLED YOUTH. | In Committee |
| SR204 | Requesting The Department Of Education To Establish A Pilot Program In Public Schools And Charter Schools To Have Available Staff Trained In Epinephrine Administration. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of education to establish a pilot program in public SCHOOLS and charter schools to HAVE AVAILABLE staff TRAINED in epinephrine administration. | In Committee |
| SCR165 | Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Adopt Rules Lifting The Moratorium On Fishing In The Lapakahi Marine Life Conservation District. | RESOLUTION requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules lifting the moratorium on fishing in the Lapakahi Marine Life Conservation District. | In Committee |
| SR108 | Urging The Department Of Health To Undertake Preliminary Education, Outreach, And Vaccination Drive Efforts At Schools In Hawaii With Vaccination Rates Under Fifty Percent, Prioritizing Schools With Vaccination Rates Under Thirty Percent, Beginning At The Start Of The 2025-2026 School Year. | RESOLUTION urging the department of health to undertake preliminary education, outreach, and vaccination drive efforts at schools in hawaii with vaccination rates under fifty percent, prioritizing schools with vaccination rates under thirty percent, beginning at the start of the 2025-2026 school year. | In Committee |
| SCR102 | 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 |
| SR83 | 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 |
| SR57 | Requesting The Department Of Human Services And Department Of Health To Establish A Program To Incentivize Community Care Foster Family Homes In The State To Accept Individuals Who Are Eligible For Assistance Pursuant To The State's Medicaid I/dd Waiver Program. | RESOLUTION requesting The Department of human services and department of health to establish a program to incentivize Community Care Foster Family Homes in the State to accept individuals who are eligible for assistance pursuant to the State's Medicaid I/DD waiver program. | In Committee |
| SR34 | Urging The Department Of Education And Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Adopt A Curriculum For High School Students To Participate In The Youth Civil Defense Corps. | RESOLUTION Urging the department of education and hawai?i emergency management agency to adopt a curriculum for high school students to participate in the youth civil defense corps. | In Committee |
| SCR52 | Urging The Department Of Education And Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Adopt A Curriculum For High School Students To Participate In The Youth Civil Defense Corps. | RESOLUTION Urging the department of education and hawai?i emergency management agency to adopt a curriculum for high school students to participate in the youth civil defense corps. | In Committee |
| SCR74 | Requesting The Department Of Human Services And Department Of Health To Establish A Program To Incentivize Community Care Foster Family Homes In The State To Accept Individuals Who Are Eligible For Assistance Pursuant To The State's Medicaid I/dd Waiver Program. | RESOLUTION requesting The Department of human services and department of health to establish a program to incentivize Community Care Foster Family Homes in the State to accept individuals who are eligible for assistance pursuant to the State's Medicaid I/DD waiver program. | In Committee |
| SR55 | Requesting The Department Of Education And Department Of Health To Update Vaccination Forms And Recordkeeping For Public School And Charter School Students. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of education and department of health to update vaccination FORMS AND recordkeeping for public school and charter school students. | In Committee |
| SCR72 | Requesting The Department Of Education And Department Of Health To Update Vaccination Forms And Recordkeeping For Public School And Charter School Students. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of education and department of health to update vaccination FORMS AND recordkeeping for public school and charter school students. | In Committee |
| SB867 | Relating To Affordable Housing. | Establishes a working group within the Office of the Governor for administrative purposes to ascertain the State's available water resources and water system source capacity and to streamline well permit approval processes to further plan for the development of affordable housing. Requires the working group to inventory all available water resources statewide and identify sources of aquifer replenishment in relation to affordable housing development. Requires an interim and final report to the Legislature. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB494 | Relating To Charter Schools. | Requires the Auditor to conduct a financial audit of each charter school under the State Public Charter School Commission. Requires a report to the Legislature. Requires the State Public Charter School Commission to take action based on the Auditor's recommendations. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB552 | 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) | Crossed Over |
| SB350 | Proposing An Amendment To The Hawaii Constitution To Protect The Right To Contraception. | Proposes an amendment to article I of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to protect a person's right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB144 | Relating To Chiropractic. | Beginning 7/1/2027, allows chiropractic students enrolled in a qualified chiropractic college to engage in clinical practice as part of their college instruction if directly supervised by a qualified licensed chiropractor. Requires the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic to adopt rules. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB142 | Relating To Insurance. | Allows an insured to authorize the insurer to electronically remit claim proceeds to the insured's mortgagee when a homeowners insurance policy that covers a mortgaged property allows for the payment of proceeds by issuing a check. Requires a mortgagee in receipt of electronic delivery of claim proceeds to deliver the proceeds of the claim to the insured in accordance with the mortgage agreement and the insurance policy. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB871 | Relating To Arson. | Authorizes periods of imprisonment for individuals with previous arson convictions. Authorizes additional penalties for arson crimes that endanger vulnerable areas. Requires restitution for victims of arson who experienced property damage. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB971 | 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. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB802 | Relating To Insurance. | Requires insurers to provide advance written notice to policyholders and the Insurance Commissioner, with reasonable explanations and primary factors, of any policy cancellation, non-renewal, or proposed premium increase, if, upon renewal, premiums are scheduled to increase more than 10 per cent. Requires insurers that provide property insurance to file rate schedules and underlying criteria with the Insurance Commissioner. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to conduct periodic reviews of insurance rates and submit annual reports to the Legislature. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to establish a Public Reporting and Dispute Resolution Program to handle complaints and appeals regarding premium increases. Requires insurers to provide premium discounts or credits to policyholders that implement disaster risk mitigation measures. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB804 | Relating To Insurance For Hawaii Condominium Properties. | Requires property insurers to offer discounts on a condominium association's annual insurance premium if the association adopts specific risk mitigation upgrades or develops comprehensive disaster response plans. Requires property insurers of condominiums to base premium increases on actuarial justifications that reflect actual risk reduction resulting from upgraded fire safety improvements installed in conjunction with a building fire and life safety evaluation. Requires property insurers of condominiums to justify premium increases above ten per cent. Requires property insurers of condominiums to publicly report premium increases each year. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB964 | Relating To Waste-to-energy. | Authorizes the Hawaii State Energy Office to establish a publicprivate partnership to develop a waste-to-energy generating facility in each county having a population below 800,000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB1543 | Relating To Government Accountability. | Requires each purchasing agency to provide justification for hiring external consultants. Caps the amount each agency can spend on external consultants. Requires each agency to seek approval from the Legislature for consulting contracts exceeding a certain dollar amount. Requires each agency to disclose new contracts with external consultants. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Requires the Compliance Audit Unit to conduct regular audits of agency consultant contracts to assess cost-effectiveness and compliance. Requires each chief procurement officer to ensure that inherent government functions are not delegated to a contractor. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB1575 | Relating To Insurance. | Allows authorized insurers in the State to offer building and hurricane damage insurance for condominium buildings at a lesser rate than the building's prior surplus lines insurance policy for the same coverage. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB1622 | Relating To Artificial Intelligence. | Establishes and appropriates funds to establish the Aloha Intelligence Institute within the University of Hawaii to develop, support, and advance artificial intelligence initiatives statewide. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| SCR27 | 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 |
| SB1619 | Relating To The Cosmetology Licensure Compact. | Authorizes the Governor to enter into a Cosmetology Licensure Compact on behalf of the State to provide a streamlined process that allows cosmetologists to obtain a multistate license enabling them to practice cosmetology in another state without obtaining a separate license under the laws of that state. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules to implement and administer the Compact. Authorizes the Governor to enter into the Compact. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| SB1559 | Relating To Dune Restoration. | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program for dune restoration at Hanakaoo Beach Park. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB1493 | Relating To Service Animals. | Requires sellers or providers of emotional support animals, as well as those issuing verifications of a disability related need for an emotional support animal, to provide written notice to the buyer or recipient containing certain information. Requires persons or businesses that sell or provide certificates, vests, or identification tags that identify an animal as an emotional support animal to provide written notice to the buyer or recipient containing certain information. Establishes penalties. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| SB1050 | Relating To Insurance. | Allows captive insurance companies that are not risk retention captive insurance companies to apply to the Insurance Commissioner for certificates of exemption from examination after meeting certain requirements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| SCR19 | 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 |
| SCR28 | Requesting The Auditor To Assess The Social And Financial Effects Of Proposed Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage For Colorectal Cancer Screenings. | RESOLUTION requesting the auditor to assess the social and financial effects of proposed mandatory health insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screenings. | In Committee |
| SCR29 | 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 |
| SB534 | Relating To The Hawaii Community Development Authority. | Clarifies the process by which the Hawaii Community Development Authority may approve residential development on certain parcels of Kakaako Makai. Raises the building height limit and the maximum floor area ratio 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 in perpetuity, 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 Office of Hawaiian Affairs to determine a Kakaako Makai association fee to be collected from residents, tenants, and lessees of certain parcels to be deposited into a special account in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Special Fund to fund various services and projects in the Kakaako Makai area. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1569 | Relating To Sports Wagering. | Allows for the regulation of sports wagering by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators and sports wagering suppliers. Specifies that sports wagering shall not be considered games of chance or gambling. Establishes the Problem Gambling Prevention and Treatment Special Fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB573 | Relating To Condominiums. | Requires condominium associations to repair defective conditions of common elements that constitute health or safety violations. Allows unit owners to make the repairs at the association's expense. | In Committee |
| SB565 | Relating To Pololu Valley Management Efforts On Hawaii Island. | Appropriates moneys for Pololu Valley management, including for the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop the trailhead; develop the infrastructure necessary to accommodate parking; install appropriate informational, historical, and educational signage; design and construct restroom facilities; and establish positions to manage the trail area. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB582 | Relating To The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism. | Transfers the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Transfers the authority held by the Comptroller over the Works of Art Special Fund to the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Establishes the Performing Arts Grants Program to support performing arts in the State. Clarifies the scope of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts' responsibilities to include the coordination, planning, promotion, marketing, and execution of performing arts events. Amends the authority for funds from the works of art special fund to be used only for costs related to the acquisition of works of art and the planning, design, construction of works of art and related appurtenances. Requires reports to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB513 | Relating To Water. | Authorizes the Department of Health to allow any county to implement a Gray Water Recycling Program that permits certain small farms of less than ten square acres in size the ability to use gray water for the purposes of irrigation. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB547 | Relating To Water Conservation. | Incentivizes the installation and use of gray water recycling systems and atmospheric water generators in the State by establishing an income tax credit to be administered by the Department of Taxation. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish a rebate program. Requires the State Building Code Council to adopt certain standards on gray water recycling systems and atmospheric water generators in the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB520 | Relating To Wastewater Systems. | Requires the Department of Health to amend its administrative rules to: (1) Authorize not more than five dwellings and dwelling units connected to a single individual wastewater system; and (2) Provide that not more than five bedrooms may be connected to a single individual wastewater system. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB492 | Relating To General Excise Tax. | Authorizes each county that has established a surcharge on state tax before 7/1/2015 to extend the surcharge until 12/31/2045, at the same rates, if the county does so before 1/1/2028. Provides that no county surcharge on state tax authorized for a county that has not established a surcharge on state tax before 7/1/2015, shall be levied before 1/1/2019, or after 12/31/2045. Repeals certain conditions on the use of surcharges for housing infrastructure costs. Effective 5/13/2040. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB297 | 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 |
| SB293 | Relating To Real Property Transactions. | Requires a seller or its agent in a residential real property transaction to disclose that the United States Postal Service cannot deliver mail or packages to the residential real property being offered for sale. | In Committee |
| SB451 | Relating To Persons With Disabilities. | Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Medicaid buy-in program for workers with disabilities. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB450 | Relating To Autism. | Appropriates funds to increase the funding for the Med-QUEST Division's reimbursement for applied behavioral analysis services for persons with autism. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB548 | 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 1/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1633 | Relating To Hemp. | Establishes a Green Building Tax Credit for costs related to the construction of a primary structure made with at least thirty per cent Hawaii-grown hemp material. Allows any hemp processor with a permit from the Department of Health to sell an edible or beverage cannabinoid product that contains a tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 2.5 milligrams per serving and not more than twenty-five servings per package. Prohibits the sale of an edible or beverage cannabinoid product to any person less than twenty-one years of age. Establishes child-resistant packaging requirements for edible cannabinoid products. Clarifies the tetrahydrocannabinol concentration limit for a non-edible legacy cannabinoid product or manufactured hemp product shall be subject only to federal restrictions. Amends the definition of "hemp biomass" to include stalks and foliage material. Requires the Department of Health to establish a dedicated hemp program to regulate hemp that is separate from the regulatory process for cannabinoid products with a high concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1266 | Relating To Burial Sites. | Establishes an inter-division program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources consisting of certain agencies to address the location, movement, and restoration of Hawaiian burial sites or iwi, exposed or likely to be exposed by coastal erosion. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB738 | Relating To Wastewater Management. | Requires a wastewater treatment works to test sewage sludge and any other residual material for the presence of PFAS. Requires the Department of Health to adopt administrative rules for the safe disposal and sequestration of sewage sludge and other residual material that contain specific amounts of PFAS. Prohibits the issuance or renewal of permits if testing yields PFAS in sewage sludge or other residual material on land used for agronomic purposes, on land where drainage tiles have been installed, on land that drains into waters of the State, or land in a five hundred-year floodplain. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB836 | Relating To Water Catchment Systems. | Establishes a Business Activity Water Catchment System Working Group within the Department of Health to assess the feasibility of allowing business owners in the State to utilize filtered water collected by water catchment systems for business activities. Requires the Business Activity Water Catchment System Working Group to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2027 and dissolve on 6/30/2027. Appropriates funds. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1088 | Relating To Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. | Provides rebates for the installation of eligible electric vehicle-ready parking stalls for new construction of affordable housing. | In Committee |
| SB1201 | Relating To Wildfires. | Establishes the Wildfire Recovery Fund. Allows securitization for electric utilities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB958 | Relating To Cesspools. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for the Cesspool Compliance Pilot Grant Project. Establishes three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) positions. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB757 | Relating To Libraries. | Requires reasonable terms in license agreements for digital literary materials between libraries and publishers. Defines prohibited terms for license agreements between libraries and publishers. Declares offer of a license agreement with a prohibited term an unfair or deceptive act. Makes a license agreement with a prohibited term void and unconscionable. Creates a right of action by libraries, library officers and borrowers. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB805 | Relating To Condominium Insurance. | Establishes the Hawaii Condominium Mutual Insurance Company to provide property and casualty insurance to high-rise residential condominium associations and the owners of those units. Requires reports to the Governor. Establishes the Condominium Loan Fund to assist associations of apartment owners experiencing increased insurance costs. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB762 | Relating To Agricultural Crimes. | Establishes the Hawaii Agricultural Crimes Council. Expands the duties of the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with and support the Council. Requires all moneys, revenues, and fines received and processed by the Council to be deposited into the Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund. Allows moneys in the Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund to be expended to cover the costs of the Council. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB781 | Relating To The Judiciary's olelo Hawaii Initiatives. | Appropriates funds to support the Olelo Hawaii Initiatives. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB759 | Relating To The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation. | Adds the Chairperson of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or the Chairperson's designee, to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation Board of Directors. Amends quorum requirements for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation Board of Directors. | In Committee |
| SB1248 | Relating To The Cranston Duke Pia Act. | Establishes that, in certain circumstances, an actor rightfully present on agricultural lands may exercise deadly force with a right to stand the actor's ground and not retreat. | In Committee |
| SB1109 | Relating To The Environmental Review Process. | Repeals the definition of "finding of no significant impact". Defines "finding of completion of environmental disclosure process". Makes conforming amendments. | In Committee |
| SB1653 | Relating To The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, As Amended. | Increases the limit of the State's liability from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000 for moneys borrowed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or loans made to lessees that are guaranteed by the Department. | In Committee |
| SB1539 | Relating To The Agribusiness Development Corporation. | Appropriates funds to offset the debt for the Waiahole Water System. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1570 | Relating To Emergency Management. | Requires the Department of Transportation to plan and design an expansion of the runway at Molokai Airport to accommodate larger aircraft. Requires the Department of Transportation to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB493 | Relating To Veterinarians. | Establishes the Veterinarian Workforce Development Special Fund. Establishes the Veterinarian Workforce Development Fee to support recruitment and retention of veterinarians in the State. Establishes the Veterinarian Workforce Development Loan Repayment and Scholarship Program to support qualified veterinarians committed to or currently working in veterinary medicine in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB141 | Relating To Emergency Management. | Establishes the eighth day of August of each year as "Hawaii Disaster Drill Day". Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with all state departments and agencies, to conduct drills and perform other activities for that day. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB152 | Relating To The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands. | Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to utilize funds in the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund as collateral when DHHL is an eligible borrower of a loan guaranteed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the Housing and Community Development Act, as amended, subject to approval of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Appropriates funds. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB522 | Relating To The Halaula Agricultural Parcel. | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for the purchase of the Halaula Agricultural Parcel for agricultural development. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB635 | Relating To Energy Efficiency. | Requires each state agency to expeditiously use energy efficient lighting. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to provide technical assistance and survey state agencies for compliance, prioritizing first responder facilities. Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to assist the Hawaii State Energy Office in conducting the survey. Requires a report of the survey to the Legislature. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1656 | Relating To Pumped Storage Hydropower. | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to finance the planning, designing, and construction of a water pump storage hydroelectric facility in the Kohala Mountains on Hawaii Island. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to conduct a feasibility study and report the results to the Legislature. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to conduct an Environmental Impact Statement and submit an annual progress report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB501 | Relating To Cesspools. | Requires the Department of Health, to the extent allowable under federal law, to prioritize the use of Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund moneys for projects by homeowners to upgrade cesspools to director-approved wastewater systems or connect homeowners' properties to sewerage systems, including projects for the installation of cluster systems or community package plants. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB500 | Relating To Coffee Labeling. | Clarifies the labeling and advertising requirements for coffee that is grown and processed in the State. Defines regional origin. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB511 | Relating To Housing. | Clarifies that projects seeking exemptions from planning and development laws and rules may be modified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation under certain conditions. Authorizes HHFDC to make recommendations to appropriate Legislative bodies. Requires HHFDC or a county to accept an application seeking certain exemptions within thirty days, and to process the application within one hundred twenty days before final approval by a county legislative body for certain housing projects. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB523 | Relating To Agricultural Biosecurity. | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish and administer a Biosecurity Fencing Cost-Sharing Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB315 | Relating To Feral Pigs. | Creates an expedited permitting process to authorize the destruction or control of feral pigs on privately owned land, if the feral pigs have caused or are likely to cause substantial damage to agricultural or aquacultural crops, indigenous plants or wildlife, or pose a threat to human health and safety. | In Committee |
| SB421 | Relating To Literacy. | Requires the Department of Education to administer a general dyslexia screening to all students in kindergarten through grade three. Requires the Department of Education to continue to administer the general English language arts universal screening for students in kindergarten through grade nine. Requires the Department of Education to collaborate with teacher training programs to ensure prospective candidates are trained on literacy instruction, including evidence-based intervention, to support all students. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB420 | 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. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1523 | 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 of 1935. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB953 | Relating To Hospitals. | Establishes the State's Hospital Price Transparency Act. Prohibits hospitals from taking certain debt collection actions against a patient if the hospital is not in compliance with hospital price transparency laws. Allows patients and patient guarantors to file suit against hospitals in violation. Requires hospitals to make public and post their Medicare reimbursement rates no later than 10/1/25 and deems violations as an unfair and deceptive act or practice. Requires the Department of Health to conduct performance assessments of hospitals for adherence to federal transparency rules annually and make a list of hospitals with poor performance available on its website no later than 2/1/2026. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules. | In Committee |
| SB1003 | Relating To Agricultural Development. | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for the purchase of a land parcel in Kau for agricultural development. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1141 | Relating To Insurance Protections. | Requires insurers offering homeowners insurance policies to comply with certain minimum requirements in cases of losses of owner-occupied residences due to a catastrophic disaster. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1175 | Relating To Procurement. | Adds state contractor's performance assessment to information required to be included in the past performance database maintained by the State Procurement Office. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1226 | Relating To Fireworks. | Establishes the Shipping Container Inspection Program. Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to submit reports to the Legislature on implementation of the Shipping Container Inspection Program. Exempts employees of the Department of Transportation and DLE from personal liability under certain conditions. Requires any damages to container goods be borne by the State. Requires DLE and DOT to designate a site outside of the immediate port area to conduct inspections. Require the DLE to secure all illegal goods. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1254 | Relating To The Board Of Regents. | Prohibits active employees of the University of Hawaii and the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii from serving on the Board of Regents. | In Committee |
| SB1577 | Relating To The State Foundation On Culture And The Arts. | Establishes the Performing Arts Grants Program to support performing arts in the State. Clarifies the scope of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts' responsibilities to include the coordination, planning, promotion, marketing, and execution of performing arts events. Allows the use of moneys from the Works of Art Special Fund for performing arts. Appropriates funds to provide grants under the Performing Arts Grants Program. | In Committee |
| SB161 | Relating To County Permitting And Inspection. | Allows state projects to be exempt from county building permit requirements under certain conditions. Requires all exempted state projects to be included in a report that is regularly made available to the public. Allows state agencies that undertake projects to be dedicated to a county to prepare programmatic or project-specific agreements that establish requirements and standards for review and acceptance if the agency wants the project to be exempted. Allows state agencies that want to be exempted from county permitting processes to establish a cooperative working group. Requires cooperative working groups to submit an interim report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2026. Effective 5/13/2040. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB502 | Relating To Vehicles. | Allows all-terrain vehicle to drive on streets with posted speed limits of not more than forty-five miles per hour. Allows all-terrain vehicles to drive in the evening and night if they are equipped with headlights, tail lights, and while displaying a slow moving vehicle emblem. Allows drivers of all-terrain vehicles to wear a safety helmet with a securely fastened chin strap. Includes in the definition of "utility-terrain vehicle" a motor vehicle that accommodates one driver and one passenger sitting side-by-side, and up to six people in seat belts. | In Committee |
| SB215 | Relating To Towing Companies. | Changes the fees that a towing company may charge to tow vehicles left unattended on private and public property. Prohibits a towing company or parking management company from installing immobilization devices on motor vehicles. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB527 | Relating To Education. | Appropriates funds for the establishment of five full-time equivalent (5.0 FTE) positions within the Civil Rights Compliance Branch of the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB586 | Relating To Climate Change. | Requires the counties to upgrade to zero emission buses by 2045. Requires the state agencies to prioritize zero emission buses in the procurement policy for purchasing or leasing motor vehicles. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB799 | Relating To The Freedom To Read. | Requires the Department of Education to select materials for inclusion, circulation, and exclusion in school library collections according to certain criteria. Requires the Department of Education to uphold the freedom to read. Prohibits the Department of Education from excluding books based on certain criteria. Requires the State Librarian to select materials for inclusion, circulation, and exclusion in school library collections according to certain criteria. Requires the State Librarian to uphold the freedom to read. Prohibits the State Librarian from excluding books based on certain criteria. | In Committee |
| SB563 | Relating To Water Infrastructure. | Directs the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Agribusiness Development Corporation and the counties, to conduct a statewide agricultural water infrastructure study. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB581 | Relating To Economic Development. | Establishes the Aerospace and Aeronautics Development Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB504 | Relating To Agriculture. | Establishes a Local Agriculture Transportation Cost Reimbursement Program within the Department of Agriculture to reimburse eligible ranchers and farmers a portion of their costs to transport livestock, livestock products, agricultural commodities, and certain supplies, under certain conditions. Establishes a position to administer the Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB496 | Relating To Agriculture. | Requires the Board of Agriculture to define the terms "bona fide farmer" and "bona fide agricultural activity". Requires a report to the Legislature. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB136 | Relating To Ironworkers. | Prohibits any person from disassembling, dismantling, or demolishing iron projects unless the person has completed an apprenticeship program for ironworkers approved and registered with the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations. Establishes penalties. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to adopt rules. | In Committee |
| SB324 | Relating To Pharmacists. | Mandates reimbursement for services provided by participating registered pharmacists practicing within their scope of practice by private and public health plans in the State beginning January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| SB165 | Relating To Housing. | Clarifies the definition of "qualified nonprofit housing trust" to specify organizations that exclusively serve qualified residents as defined in section 201H-32, HRS. | In Committee |
| SB462 | Relating To Procurement Contracts. | Requires all performance incentive contracts to specify a pricing basis, performance goals, and a formula in calculating the contractor's profit, fees, or price decrease if the specified performance goals are exceeded or not met. Effective 1/1/2525. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1540 | Relating To Building Codes. | Beginning 1/1/2028, makes the most recent Hawaii state building codes adopted by the state building code council supersede all existing county building codes and thereafter allows counties to remove requirements of the state building codes or add requirements to the state building codes only with prior council approval. Repeals the counties' authority to adopt, amend, and update the Hawaii state building codes for their respective county building codes. | In Committee |
| SB1070 | Relating To Healthcare Preceptors. | Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors, including removing "primary care" from the criteria to qualify as a preceptor. Adds dieticians, physician assistants, and social workers to the list of preceptors and eligible students. Expands eligibility for the tax credit to include accredited residency programs that require preceptor support. Adds the Director of Health and residency programs with eligible students to the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1111 | Relating To Agricultural Statistics. | Establishes the Agricultural Statistics Program in statute. Appropriates funds for the Program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1140 | Relating To Insurance Of Last Resort. | Establishes the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Program, which shall be established in and administered by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to ensure that residents in high-risk areas can purchase affordable and comprehensive property insurance coverage for their residential properties. Authorizes the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to issue revenue bonds in amounts authorized by the Legislature, in which case the Premium Stabilization Fund shall be established by the Director. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB956 | Relating To Prescription Drugs. | Allows a patient seen in-person by another health care provider in the same medical group as the prescribing physician to be prescribed an opiate prescription for a three-day supply or less via telehealth. | In Committee |
| SB870 | Relating To Telecommunication. | Requires the Comptroller and State Librarian to identify state office buildings, including state libraries, that can provide equitable telecommunication access to allow certain residents, including residents with disabilities, to participate remotely in legislative hearings and estimate the costs and resources, including additional staffing, to effectuate this purpose. Allows the Comptroller and State Librarian to partner with the University of Hawaii in performing these tasks. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 1/1/2525. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB981 | Relating To The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism. | Requires the Research and Economic Analysis Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to study the impacts of the incremental minimum wage increases pursuant to Act 114, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, on businesses and other employers. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB809 | Relating To Campaign Contributions. | Prohibits state or county grantees, officers and immediate family members of state or county contractors, and officers and immediate family members of state or county grantees, from contributing to candidate committees and noncandidate committees for the duration of the contract. Prohibits state or county grantees from knowingly soliciting any contributions. Requires candidates, candidate committees, and noncandidate committees to return any unlawful contribution to the contributor within thirty calendar days of receipt. Provides that an unlawful contribution shall escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund if it is not returned to the contributor within thirty calendar days. Requires disclosures of the names of any owners, officers and immediate family members of a state or county contractor or grantee for contracts exceeding a certain amount. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB296 | Relating To Minors. | Authorizes a physician, upon consultation with a minor patient who indicates that the minor was the victim of a sexual offense, with the consent of the minor patient, to perform customary and necessary examinations to obtain evidence of the sexual offense and may prescribe for and treat the patient for any immediate condition caused by the sexual offense. Provides that the consent of the parent, parents, or legal guardian of a minor offender who has been committed to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities is not necessary in order to authorize hospital, medical, mental health, dental, emergency health, or emergency surgical care. | In Committee |
| SB149 | Relating To Accessibility. | Establishes that it is an unlawful discriminatory practice for public accommodations to deny a person with a disability full and equal enjoyment of information related to their services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations using information and communication technology intended for use by the general public as applicants, participants, customers, clients, or visitors. | In Committee |
| SB608 | Relating To Veterans Rights And Benefits. | Regulates persons receiving compensation for providing advice or assistance regarding veterans benefits. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB587 | Relating To Renewable Energy. | Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a streamlined grid-ready homes interconnection process, including vehicle-to-grid compliance requirements, by 1/1/2026. Authorizes the use of the Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge for cost recovery of certain expenses of the Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator associated with the grid-ready homes interconnection process. Requires a report to the PUC on the grid-ready homes interconnection process. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB609 | 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. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB585 | Relating To The Issuance Of Special Purpose Revenue Bonds To Assist Bana Pacific Inc. | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Bana Pacific Inc. in constructing a biogas production facility. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB130 | Relating To Search And Rescue. | Requires government entities to seek reimbursement for all or a portion of search or rescue expenses for persons who require rescue after leaving a hiking trail to enter an area closed to the public or hiking on a trail closed to the public, and there is a sign giving notice of the closure. | In Committee |
| SB1025 | Relating To Transportation. | Allows service and non-service pet animals on mass transit vehicles under certain conditions. | In Committee |
| SB1204 | Relating To The University Of Hawaii. | Reestablishes the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii as an organized research unit within the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) that is administered by a director appointed by the University of Hawaii's board of regents with direct lines of reporting to the chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, provost of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and dean of JABSOM. Requires funds expended from the Research and Training Revolving Fund for JABSOM and the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii to be used for research and research-related purposes only. Repeals provisions that required the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii to be administratively affiliated with JABSOM. | In Committee |
| SB765 | Relating To Beekeeping. | Clarifies the registration process for beekeepers with the Department of Agriculture. Requires the Department of Agriculture to provide guidance and support to registered beekeepers to help beekeepers adhere to certain industry standards and best management practices. Establishes a limitation on liability for any registered beekeeper who follows industry standards and best practices. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB1018 | Relating To Real Estate Transactions. | Requires a seller of real property adjacent to the shoreline, and the seller's agent, to disclose and include in all advertisements shoreline erosion certain issues related to the parcel. | In Committee |
| SB127 | Relating To Agricultural Grants. | Establishes the Conventional Farming Grant Program to be administered by the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to small and midsized farmers who practice conventional farming. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB457 | Relating To State Lands. | Establishes penalties for failure to comply with certain submerged land reclamation regulations. Adds requirements for presently reclaimed land to be disposed of by the Board of Land and Natural Resources, without recourse to public auction, to an abutting owner, by sale, or by lease. Provides requirements for the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease state submerged lands and lands beneath tidal waters. | In Committee |
| SB839 | Relating To The Department Of Land And Natural Resources. | Establishes a criminal penalty and monetary fines for aquarium fishing violations. Clarifies that each fish or aquatic life specimen taken in violation of certain fishing laws regarding aquarium fish and the possession and use of prohibited explosives, electrofishing devices, and poisonous substances constitutes a separate offense. | In Committee |
| SB476 | Relating To Fireworks. | Increases fines that may be assessed against certain fireworksrelated violations. Effective 7/1/2025. | In Committee |
| SB498 | Relating To Agricultural Workforce Housing. | Establishes an Agricultural Workforce Housing Working Group within the Department of Agriculture to address the shortage and challenges of agricultural workforce housing in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB506 | Relating To Agriculture. | Requires the Department of Agriculture to conduct a study on agricultural markets for Hawaii farmers. Appropriates funds for the one-year study on agricultural markets for Hawaii farmers. Establishes and funds two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions to collect agricultural data and conduct data analysis for public consumption. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB606 | Relating To The Department Of Commerce And Consumer Affairs. | Requires the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to make all business registration applications available online. Requires all applications to contain certain contact information. | In Committee |
| SB854 | Relating To Immigration. | Establishes a Universal Representation in Immigration Proceedings Program within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Office of Community Services to provide access to legal representation, under certain conditions. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB868 | Relating To The School Bus Driver Certification Subsidy Pilot Program. | Establishes a one-year School Bus Driver Certification Subsidy Pilot Program within the Department of Education for the 20252026 school year. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates fund. | In Committee |
| SB846 | Relating To Emergency Powers. | Prohibits the Governor or a Mayor from suspending requests for public records or vital statistics during a declared state of emergency. Allows for a reasonable delay in an agency's response to a request as a result of extenuating circumstances. | In Committee |
| SB131 | Relating To Procurement. | Requires the Procurement Policy Board to adopt rules requiring contracts to impose mandatory fines or provide for termination of a contract for default if a contractor fails to perform the contractor's duties or if there is a major delay in a deliverable. Requires each contract to establish a schedule of deliverables and to specify what constitutes a "major delay". | In Committee |
| SB167 | 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 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. | In Committee |
| SB35 | Relating To The Rental Housing Revolving Fund. | Establishes the Housing Efficiency and Innovation Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund. Specifies permissible uses of funding and priorities. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to transfer moneys between the Housing Efficiency and Innovation Subaccount and the RHRF without legislative approval. (SD1) | In Committee |
| SB163 | Relating To The Rental Housing Revolving Fund. | Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to maximize the amount of housing built that utilizes loans from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund by prioritizing projects with the shortest projected loan repayment terms that produce the highest number of units, per dollar, per year. Repeals all other priorities and preferences for projects utilizing the RHRF. | In Committee |
| SB755 | Relating To Special Management Areas. | Designates each county as the special management area authority within the county's respective jurisdiction. Makes conforming amendments. | In Committee |
| SB1189 | Relating To Agriculture. | Increases the percentages of local agricultural products that certain departments are required to purchase by certain deadlines. Expands annual reporting requirements to include the total spending by certain market channels. Requires certain departments and the University of Hawaii System to include a corrective action plan in their respective reports to the Legislature, should they not meet their benchmarks. Repeals the separate benchmark for the Department of Education that requires thirty per cent of food served in public schools to consist of locally sourced products by 2030. Appropriates funds for the establishment of a farm-to-state liaison position within the Office of the Governor. | In Committee |
| SB1163 | Relating To Privacy. | Prohibits the sale of geolocation information and internet browser information without consent. Prohibits the sale of data collected through eavesdropping or through an application operating in the background of a device that uses the device's microphone. | In Committee |
| SB1247 | Relating To Agricultural Land. | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Agricultural Development Corporation for the purchase of an agricultural parcel for agricultural development. Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) Hawaii Island Property Manager position within the ADC. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB1251 | Relating To Agricultural Tourism. | Establishes statewide, uniform standards to promote agricultural tourism activities in the State by establishing state agricultural tourism activity requirements that are applicable to all counties that have adopted an agricultural tourism ordinance. Requires agricultural tourism activities to be registered by the county planning commission. 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. Makes conforming amendments. | In Committee |
| SB1190 | Relating To The Hawaii Invasive Species Council. | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to support its initiatives to control and eradicate invasive species in the State. | In Committee |
| SB1274 | Relating To Teacher Workforce Housing. | Establishes a Teacher Workforce Housing Stipend Program to support teacher retention at public and charter schools classified as rural and underserved. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB1223 | Relating To Water Safety. | Requires, and appropriates funds for, the Department of Education to establish a standards-based Water Safety Education Pilot Program. | In Committee |
| SB1521 | Relating To Transportation. | Requires the Department of Transportation or appropriate county department when disposing of a deceased cat or dog from a public roadway to scan the animal for a microchip, record certain information, and report that information to the appropriate county animal services or animal service contractors. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB1538 | Relating To Native Hawaiians. | Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to identify all legislative districts in the State in which a majority of the population consists of Native Hawaiians. Designates these districts as Native Hawaiian majority districts. | In Committee |
| SB1579 | Relating To Pharmacists. | Mandates reimbursement for services provided by participating registered pharmacists practicing within their scope of practice by private and public health plans in the State after 7/1/2026. | In Committee |
| SB1518 | Relating To Energy. | Authorizes the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to establish a two-year Hawaii Office of Naval Research Grant Program to provide 50 per cent matching grants to Hawaii awardees of alternative energy research grants from the United States Department of Defense Office of Naval Research. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to adopt administrative rules to implement the Hawaii Office of Naval Research Grant Program. Establishes the Alternative Energy Research and Development Revolving Fund. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB1546 | Relating To Retired Teachers. | Requires retirants rehired as teachers or administrators in teacher shortage areas or in difficult-to-fill positions to be paid at least the minimum salary for their experience and qualifications. Prohibits rehired retirants from receiving additional employment benefits. Directs the Department of Education to adopt rules to identify teacher shortage areas and difficult-to-fill positions. | In Committee |
| SB1537 | Relating To Wildlife Conservation. | Prohibits the feeding of feral non-native animals on state land within one-half mile of the ocean or a stream. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enforce certain penalties for violations. Requires the counties to adopt or amend ordinances to prohibit the feeding of feral non-native animals on county land within one-half mile of the ocean or a stream and impose certain penalties for violations. Establishes an annual reporting requirement to the Legislature. | In Committee |
| SB1654 | Relating To Land Transfers. | Authorizes the transfer of certain lands under the jurisdiction of certain state agencies to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. | In Committee |
| SB1618 | Relating To Journalism. | Establishes a Journalistic Ethics Commission within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes a Journalistic Code of Ethics. Requires news media outlets to provide training in the ethics of journalism to journalists and editors in their employ. Establishes a Journalistic Ethics Review Board to be administratively attached to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Requires the Journalistic Ethics Review Board to handle complaints and appeals regarding violations of the Journalistic Code of Ethics. Requires the Journalistic Ethics Commission to submit annual reports to the Legislature. Establishes penalties for violations. Requires the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to conduct an analysis of the journalism program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Social Sciences. Requires the Board of Regents to report to the Legislature. | In Committee |
| SB1544 | Relating To Wireless Communication Devices In Schools. | Requires each public school to implement a policy to prohibit students from using cellular phones and other wireless communication devices during school hours, subject to exceptions for education, health, and emergencies. | In Committee |
| SB1560 | 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 located in historically vulnerable areas to enhance resilience against disaster impacts and reduce potential insurance liabilities. Establishes the strengthen Hawaii homes program special fund. Appropriates moneys from the special fund. | In Committee |
| SB1655 | Relating To Manufactured Hemp Products. | Allows any hemp processor with a permit from the Department of Health to: (1) Sell, hold, offer or distribute for sale edible manufactured hemp products in the form of a gummy or beverage; and (2) manufacture, hold, and sell a manufactured hemp product that exceeds the established tetrahydrocannabinol concentration limit with another state or country that allows the manufactured hemp product. Establishes child-proof and child-resistant packaging requirements for manufactured hemp products. Establishes penalties for certain manufactured hemp products and authorizes the Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation to enforce compliance. Effective 1/1/2026. | In Committee |
| SB143 | Relating To Special Number Plates. | Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate the island of Kahoolawe. | In Committee |
| SB521 | Relating To Access To Water On Hawaiian Home Lands. | Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to work with the appropriate county board or department of water supply to provide access to potable and agricultural water on Hawaiian home lands; provided that any agreement between DHHL and that county board or department of water supply is made available to the public. | In Committee |
| SB550 | Relating To Water. | Establishes the Landfill Advisory Committee within the Department of Health. Requires the DOH, in consultation with the Department of Land and Natural Resources and each county's department of board or water supply to create maps of the State's drinking water aquifers. Prohibits the siting, construction, modification, or expansion of any waste or disposal facility for hazardous or solid waste on land that is near or above an aquifer as determined by the DOH in consultation with the affected county's department or board of water supply. Expands buffer zones from one-half mile to one mile around a waste or disposal facility. Establishes penalties. Expands the definition of buffer zone to include aquifers, hotel or tourist accommodations, and businesses. | In Committee |
| SB618 | Relating To Taxation. | Amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit by requiring the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to publish on its website the names of the qualified productions and the amount of the tax credits certified per qualified production per filing year. | In Committee |
| SB605 | 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 |
| SB633 | Relating To Taxation. | 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 lower-income taxpayers. Establishes and appropriates moneys into the carbon emissions tax and dividend special fund. Reenacts the agricultural development and food security special fund. Requires reports to the Legislature. | In Committee |
| SB607 | 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. | In Committee |
| SB575 | Relating To Historic Preservation Reviews. | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to contract its review of proposed state projects, projects on privately owned historic property, and projects affecting historic properties to third-party consultants if the Department is unable to complete its review within sixty days. | In Committee |
| SB770 | Relating To Mauna Kea. | Authorizes 2 or more members of the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority to meet during its transition period regarding any matter relating to the Authority's business; provided that no commitment to vote is made or sought and no decision-making action is taken. | In Committee |
| SB756 | Relating To The Department Of Land And Natural Resources. | Establishes the DLNRTip application as the official electronic platform for persons to report natural resource violations to the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement. Creates statutory requirements regarding the design and maintenance of the DLNRTip application. Require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to ensure that all information submitted through the DLNRTip application is continuously monitored to facilitate timely enforcement responses. Requires annual reports. Authorizes 1.0 full-time equivalent position. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
| SB761 | Relating To The North Kohala Kynnersly East Site Land Parcel. | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Agricultural Development Corporation for the purchase of the North Kohala Kynnersly East Site Land Parcel for agricultural development. | In Committee |
| SB613 | Relating To The Hawaiian Language. | Requires that each Department of Education public school student earn 2 credits in Hawaiian language for a high school diploma. Establishes a 2-year pilot program for Hawaiian language instruction at Noelani Elementary School and Nanakuli High and Intermediate School. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
| SB584 | Relating To The Natural Energy Laboratory Of Hawaii Authority. | Clarifies that the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority's duties include supporting aquaculture. | In Committee |
| SB1114 | Relating To Housing. | Authorizes large landowners to petition the Land Use Commission to allow the development of elderly housing on portions of agricultural lands. | In Committee |
| SB1089 | Relating To Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. | Requires the design of all new state building construction where parking is to be included to provide that at least twenty-five per cent of parking stalls 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. | In Committee |
| SB1110 | Relating To Emergency Management. | Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to: (1) Adopt the National Incident Management System as the standard for all incident management and emergency response operations; (2) Complete an after-action review for all significant emergency incidents or exercises; (3) Develop and manage position task books; (4) require the use of standardized Incident Command System forms; (5) Maintain accreditation through the Emergency Management Accreditation Program; and (6) Define specific roles and responsibilities for all Incident Command System and emergency operations center positions. Expands training and education qualifications and responsibilities for the Administrator of Emergency Management and county-level administrators or directors of emergency management. Amends the contents of the state comprehensive emergency management plan. | In Committee |
| SB1053 | Relating To A Child Tax Credit. | Establishes a refundable child tax credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025. | In Committee |
| SB1112 | Relating To The Hawaii Community Development Authority. | Amends the membership of the Hawaii Community Development Authority to include the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chairperson's designee. | In Committee |
| SB835 | Relating To Pupil Transportation. | Authorizes individuals who possess a commercial driver's license with a passenger "P" endorsement to provide pupil transportation student services without also possessing a school bus "S" endorsement in certain circumstances. | In Committee |
| SB760 | Relating To Land Use. | Authorizes rodeos on lands that are zoned for agricultural use. | In Committee |
| SB764 | Relating To Physician Shortage. | Establishes a 1-year Physician Licensing Subsidy Pilot Program within the Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to provide subsidized licensing fees for eligible medical school graduates and out-of-state physicians applying for initial licensure in the State. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to collaborate with the Department of Health, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, and other stakeholders to promote the pilot program; adopt rules; and submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2026. | In Committee |
| SB735 | Relating To Health. | Requires waste combustion facility owners to implement continuous monitoring and sampling technologies for the purposes of collecting data regarding emissions. Establishes a publicly available website hosted by the Department of Health that will track and display data collected on emissions. Requires the DOH to adjust permit limits for air contaminants based on emissions data collected. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB768 | Relating To Taxation. | Creates an alternative water source income tax credit for taxpayers who install, place in service, or repair a water catchment system or who purchase water delivery services. | In Committee |
| SB766 | Relating To Public Lands. | Provides that a survey of the land to be set aside shall not be a condition precedent to the setting aside of public lands to any department or agency of the State. | In Committee |
| SB840 | Relating To Environmental Protection. | Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to contract or form a partnership with private parties to assist with the maintenance and management of sunscreen dispensers at all state beaches, as well as publicize that the mineral-based sunscreen in these dispensers is more protective of the coral reefs of the State. Appropriates funds for the installation, maintenance, management, and operation of non-chemical sunscreen dispensers on all state beaches. | In Committee |
| SB837 | Relating To Pupil Transportation Safety. | Authorizes the use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans for student transportation services if certain conditions are met. | In Committee |
| SB737 | Related To Toxic Chemicals. | Establishes a temporary working group in the Office of the Governor to investigate the existence and environmental dangers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and related chemicals. Requires reports to the Legislature. | In Committee |
| SB769 | Relating To Mauna Kea. | Amends the conservation district use permit application, approval, and oversight responsibilities of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority, and lessees. Provides that certain conservation district use permits that are in effect as of 7/1/2028, to which the University of Hawaii is a permittee or other named party, shall not be transferred to the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority. | In Committee |
| SB1036 | Relating To Consumer Protection. | Codifies net neutrality principles by prohibiting fixed and mobile internet service providers that provide broadband internet access service from engaging in certain practices concerning the treatment of internet traffic. Among other things, prohibits internet service providers from blocking internet traffic on the basis of internet content, application, or service, engaging in paid prioritization or zero-rating internet traffic in exchange for consideration, monetary or otherwise. | In Committee |
| SB754 | Relating To Taxation. | Provides that a tax credit for low-income housing that exceeds the taxpayer's income tax liability for a taxable year may be used as a credit against the taxpayer's income tax liability in subsequent taxable years, but not after the tenth subsequent taxable year. | In Committee |
| SB767 | Relating To The University Of Hawaii's Space Science And Engineering Initiative. | Appropriates funds for salaries and fringe benefits of positions for the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy's Space Science and Engineering Initiative Workforce Development Program, Maunakea Scholars Program, and Internship Program. Appropriates funds for office equipment and supplies, operational costs, and stipends for the Maunakea Scholars Program and Internship Program. | In Committee |
| SB772 | 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 |
| SB1072 | Relating To Invasive Species. | Appropriates funds to support the efforts of the Division of Aquatic Resources in the removal of the majano anemone from Kaneohe Bay. | In Committee |
| SB1138 | Relating To Insurer Prior Authorization. | Requires health plan insurers to align their prior authorization processes with Medicare policies. | In Committee |
| SB1014 | Relating To The Hawaii State Energy Office. | Authorizes the Hawaii State Energy Office to adopt certain federal regulations as they existed on 1/1/2025, that it deems to be in the public interest. | In Committee |
| SB1047 | Relating To Corrections. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for purchasing body cameras for adult correctional officers to wear while on duty at state correctional facilities. | In Committee |
| SB1069 | Relating To Cannabis. | Repeals the requirement that a provider-patient relationship be established in person. Allows applicants or primary caregivers to temporarily purchase medical cannabis after the submission of the applicant's certification form. | In Committee |
| SB1113 | Relating To The Kohala Ditch. | Makes the Agribusiness Development Corporation responsible for the maintenance of the Kohala Ditch. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB1054 | 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 |
| SB872 | 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. | In Committee |
| SB982 | Relating To A State Hotel. | Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority and School of Travel Industry Management at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to collaborate to actively plan for the design, construction, and operations and management of a state hotel. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB1045 | Relating To Broadband Service Infrastructure. | 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. Transfers the broadband duties of the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office. Creates a Hawaii Broadband Infrastructure Special Fund. Disbands the Hawaii Broadband Assistance Advisory Council. Requires the Information Technology Steering Committee to oversee and manage public advanced communications technology infrastructure. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
| SB859 | Relating To Public Employment. | Establishes a paid family leave program for state and county employees. Authorizes a qualifying employee to take up to 12 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. Requires the employee to agree to subsequently work for the employer for at least 12 weeks upon return to service except under certain conditions. | In Committee |
| SB847 | Relating To Psychologists. | Allows qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications to patients under the care of the psychologist in certain circumstances. | In Committee |
| SB866 | Relating To Emergency Medical Services. | Requires the Department of Health to establish and implement a program to improve and increase support for emergency medical services in the State. Requires the Department of Health to submit reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB569 | Relating To Health. | Makes an appropriation for the operation of an additional ambulance for the island of Hawaii to be based in Makalei. | In Committee |
| SB568 | Relating To Feral Animals. | Designates the Department of Land and Natural Resources as the primary agency for the trapping of feral goats, sheep, and pigs. Requires the Department to establish a program to humanely manage populations of feral goats, sheep, and pigs in the State by trapping. | In Committee |
| SB564 | Relating To Infrastructure. | Establishes a working group within the Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive study to assess the State's port and harbor system and the potential viability of each location in that system to support current and future agricultural product transportation methods and needs. Requires a report. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
| SB570 | Relating To Goats. | Prohibits the Department of Land and Natural Resources from establishing or implementing bag limits for goats in public hunting areas. | In Committee |
| SB566 | Relating To The Spaying And Neutering Of Animals. | Establishes a spay and neuter special fund. Establishes a spay and neuter special fund advisory committee to develop eligibility criteria for and manage the disbursement of the special fund. Authorizes, and requires the Director of Taxation to amend the individual state income tax form to facilitate, the designation of tax refund moneys to be paid to the spay and neuter special fund. Appropriates moneys into and out of the special fund. | In Committee |
| SB528 | 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. Makes conforming amendments. | In Committee |
| SB560 | Relating To Marriage Of Minors. | Raises the minimum age requirement to enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Removes the parental consent and written approval by the family court requirements for a minor to marry. Removes spousal cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an exception for an annulment based on nonage. Makes conforming amendments. | In Committee |
| SB499 | Relating To Agriculture. | Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to develop a succession planning education program to educate and assist farmers and ranchers in the process of transitioning agricultural businesses to new owners. Requires the program to connect individuals interested in entering farming or ranching, or existing farmers or ranchers interested in expanding their business, with farmers and ranchers who have not yet identified a successor owner. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB495 | Relating To Meat Processing. | Appropriates funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop, construct, and support facilities that can accommodate shock aging processes for meat products. Appropriates funds into and out of the Hawaii Agricultural Development Revolving Fund for programmatic funding relating to facilities using shock aging processes for meat products. Authorizes the Agribusiness Development Corporation to contract with existing and future slaughterhouses in the State. | In Committee |
| SB519 | Relating To Aquatic Life. | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to amend the definition of "aquarium purposes", in Hawaii Administrative Rules, to allow a bona fide aquaculture entity or scientific research entity to collect aquatic life without a permit so long as the aquatic life remains in the county in which it was collected while it is alive. | In Committee |
| SB512 | Relating To Firefighting. | Requires the State Fire Marshal to establish a Statewide Firefighting Helicopter Program. Appropriates funds for the State Fire Marshal to obtain helicopters, facilities equipment, drones, and supplies; hire and train staff; and do other things necessary to ensure that the Program is ready to begin providing aerial firefighting services on 7/1/2026. | In Committee |
| SB509 | Relating To Food Supply. | Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to identify sites throughout the State that are suitable for the development of slaughterhouses. Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to plan, design, construct, and operate certain animal slaughterhouses throughout the State. Makes appropriations. | In Committee |
| SB549 | Relating To School Meals. | Requires the Department of Education to establish a recognition program to incentivize schools to submit to the Department a plan for the school to reach 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. Requires all department high schools to provide a plant-based meal option for school meals, under certain conditions. | In Committee |
| SB497 | Relating To Education. | Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires the Department of Education to require the teaching of financial literacy to be included in the existing personal transition plan requirement for each student. | In Committee |
| SB518 | Relating To Commercial Activity Permits. | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to update the online Wiki Permits service to include locations for which a right-of-entry permit for commercial activity is available via the service. Requires public input prior to the removal of any location from the list of available locations. Requires the Department to refund fees for right-of-entry permits if the permitted location is removed from the list of available locations before the commercial activity occurs. | In Committee |
| SB567 | Relating To Taxation. | Establishes an income tax credit for medically-related travel expenses not covered by insurance. | In Committee |
| SB510 | Relating To The Lapakahi Marine Life Conservation District. | Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules lifting the moratorium on fishing in the Lapakahi Marine Life Conservation District. | In Committee |
| SB543 | Relating To Water. | Part I: Establishes a WAI Policy Coordinator and other positions within the Commission on Water Resource Management for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. Requires reports to the Legislature, Governor, and Mayor and City Council of the City and County of Honolulu. Appropriates funds. Part II: Allows the Commission of Water Resource Management to retain independent legal counsel. Repeals the position of Deputy to the Chairperson of the Commission and establishes the position of Executive Director of the Commission. Amends the composition of the Commission and administratively attaches it to DLNR. Authorizes entities to challenge an emergency order of the Commission under certain conditions. Establishes fines for certain water use offenses. Amends the Commission's authority to declare water emergencies and issue orders to address them and declare water shortages and related notice requirements. Specifies that the nominating committee of the Commission shall include one person appointed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. | In Committee |
| SB514 | Relating To Wildfires. | Establishes the Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund and Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund Corporation within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to provide compensation for property damage resulting from catastrophic wildfires in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature and Governor. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB503 | Relating To Dam And Reservoir Safety. | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to incorporate into their assessment process the possession of dam insurance or the active seeking of dam insurance by private dam owners, as part of their valid mitigation strategies, in conjunction with approved modifications or repairs. Authorizes the DLNR to relax any restrictions and stringent standards on a dam or appurtenance upon verification of certain insurance coverage. Authorizes the DLNR to consider a dam, reservoir, or appurtenance is safe absent certain documents. Shifts the burden of proof to the DLNR to find that a dam is categorized as high-risk. Establishes additional requirements for the DLNR and Board of Land and Natural Resources regarding the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program. | In Committee |
| SB537 | 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 reduce all organic waste produced within the county by facilities generating more than a specified amount of organic waste per year in alignment with established state benchmarks. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB545 | Relating To School Meals. | Prohibits the usage of synthetic substances in school meals at Department of Education and public charter schools. Defines "synthetic substances". | In Committee |
| SB517 | Relating To Agriculture. | Establishes a Microbial Algae Soil Products Pilot Program within the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and other relevant stakeholders. Establishes the Microbial Algae Soil Products Pilot Program Special Fund. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to adopt administrative rules. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB507 | Relating To Meat Processing. | Establishes a working group within the Department of Agriculture to develop a plan that creates an educational pathway in the University of Hawaii community college system to equip interested students with the necessary entry level knowledge, skill set, expertise, and advancement potential in the field of meat processing. Require reports to the Legislature. | In Committee |
| SB536 | Relating To An Environmental Toxins Laboratory. | Requires the Department of Health to construct, establish, and operate an environmental toxins testing laboratory to test samples submitted by the public for diseases; water, air, and soil quality; and complex testing. Requires a report to the Legislature. Authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB505 | Relating To The Minimum Wage. | Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism's Research and Economic Analysis Division to conduct a comprehensive study to assess the impacts of minimum wage increases on small businesses and the overall economic health of the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. | In Committee |
| SB515 | Relating To The Sugar-sweetened Beverages Fee Program. | Establishes a Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Fee Program to be administered by the Department of Agriculture that, beginning 1/1/2026, imposes a fee on the distribution and sale of sugar-sweetened beverages in the State. Establishes the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Fee Special Fund. Requires moneys in the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Fee Special Fund to be expended for the Hawaii Healthy Food Incentive Program and administration of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Fee Program. Allows the Department to contract with a third-party to administer the program. Requires the Auditor to conduct a management and financial audit of the program. Requires the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture to adopt rules by 12/31/2025. Establishes criminal and civil penalties. Requires reports to the Legislature and the Governor. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB516 | Relating To Land Use. | Permits film production on lands that are zoned for agricultural use in counties with a population of less than five hundred thousand and that meet other conditions. Establishes the Agricultural Film Production Land Use Oversight Committee to monitor and enforce compliance with regulations on film permit activities on agricultural zoned lands. | In Committee |
| SB508 | Relating To Search And Rescue. | Establishes the hike safe card program and search and rescue special fund to be administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Requires government entities to seek reimbursement for all or a portion of search or rescue expenses when the person or entity knowingly enters state, county, or private property, knowingly enters a hiking trail that is closed to the public, or violates applicable laws, provided that the closure is posted by sign, barricade, or other device that gives reasonable notice of the closure. Exempts persons who possess a hike safe card from search and rescue cost reimbursement, under certain conditions. Requires counties and the State Fire Council to adopt ordinances or rules as necessary to pursue reimbursements. Raises the penalty for criminal trespass from a petty misdemeanor to a misdemeanor. Makes appropriations. | In Committee |
| SB434 | 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 |
| SB541 | Relating To Water Quality. | Clarifies the level of environmental restoration owners and operators of underground storage tanks or tank systems that had a confirmed release must satisfy by requiring the removal of all jet fuel, including 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 the 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 |
| SB393 | 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 |
| SB316 | Relating To Infrastructure Maintenance In Housing Subdivisions. | Requires lot owners in subdivisions that are not planned communities to pay for the repair and maintenance of subdivision roads. Authorizes counties to assess and collect fees for repair and maintenance of subdivision roads if no courtappointed or deeddesignated entity is authorized to do so. Requires counties to provide certain services to associations. Restricts provisions to counties having a population greater than 200,000 but less than 500,000. Extends the reporting date and sunset date for the working group established pursuant to Act 200, SLH 2022. Appropriates moneys. | In Committee |
| SB354 | Relating To Consumer Protection. | Prohibits any person from charging any fees on a transient accommodation or resort time share vacation interest, plan, or unit that were not disclosed before the time of purchase. Requires a person to clearly and conspicuously display a rate or price that includes all fees to be charged at the time of purchase in each advertisement for a transient accommodation or resort time share vacation interest, plan, or unit. Requires any taxes and fees that are displayed as a percentage of the cost on a booking transaction also be displayed as a dollar amount at the time of purchase. | In Committee |
| SB399 | Relating To An Atmospheric Carbon Capture Plant. | Directs the Hawaii State Energy Office, in conjunction with the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of an atmospheric carbon capture plant in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. | In Committee |
| SB415 | Relating To Trail Accessibility. | Establishes the Accessible Wilderness and State Parks Trails Program within the Division of State Parks of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Establishes the Accessible Wilderness and State Parks Trails Program Special Fund. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB392 | Relating To Electric Bicycles. | Amends the definition of electric bicycles subject to various state laws and classifies electric bicycles by top assisted speed. Establishes additional regulations for the registration and use of electric bicycles. Increases the minimum age to operate an electric bicycle. | In Committee |
| SB348 | Relating To The Uniform Antitrust Pre-merger Notification Act. | Establishes the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act. | In Committee |
| SB310 | Relating To Taxation. | Authorizes a county with a pre-existing surcharge to continue the surcharge after December 31, 2030, at a lower rate of one-fourth per cent. Authorizes counties that have not adopted a surcharge ordinance on state tax to adopt a surcharge ordinance at the current rate of one-half of one per cent through December 31, 2030, and at a rate of one-fourth of one per cent after December 31, 2030. Expands the authorized use of surcharge revenues to more than capital costs of a locally preferred alternative for a mass transit project for counties with a population greater than five hundred thousand. | In Committee |
| SB294 | Relating To Health Care Workforce Development. | Appropriates funds to support educational training programs to expand the State's health care workforce. Allocates funds to the Department of Education for health care certificate programs and classroom renovations for health care training in public high schools. Allocates funds to the University of Hawaii for education programs that support certified nurse assistants in becoming licensed practical nurses. | In Committee |
| SB178 | Relating To Surfing. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to support the establishment of surfing as an interscholastic sport. | In Committee |
| SB225 | 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 |
| SB220 | Relating To Transportation Financing. | Authorizes a county that has adopted a surcharge to state tax to extend the surcharge to 12/31/2056. Extends the end date of the one percent Transient Accommodation Tax increase to 12/31/2056. Requires the State Auditor to conduct an audit and annual review of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation until 12/31/2056. Requires the Comptroller to certify the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation's invoices for capital costs until 12/31/2056. | In Committee |
| SB221 | Relating To School Meals. | Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free breakfast and lunch to students enrolled in a public school who meet certain requirements. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| SB139 | Relating To Invasive Species. | Authorizes any department of the Invasive Species Council, county, or any agent of a department of the Invasive Species Council or a county, including the Hawaii Ant Lab or an island-based invasive species committee to use community action programs for the control or eradication of certain invasive pests. Defines community action program. Exempts individuals participating in a community action program from pest control operator requirements and regulations. | In Committee |
| SB208 | Relating To The Department Of Human Services. | Requires the Department of Human Services to assess the feasibility of offering a 20% discount on certain goods and services for the State's low- to moderate-income elders. | In Committee |
| SB211 | Relating To The Hawaii Community Development Authority. | Allows the raising of the building height limit for 2 of the 5 parcels owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in the Kakaako Makai area to 400 feet. Lifts the current restriction against residential development on the 5 OHA-owned parcels in Kakaako Makai to allow residential development by OHA or by third parties to which OHA conveys the parcels. Requires OHA and any developer to provide written notice to any tenant or resident of potential aircraft related nuisances before entering into a lease, and to assess and propose mitigation efforts to address aircraft related nuisances in development plans and proposals. | In Committee |
| SB205 | 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. | In Committee |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB496 | Relating To Mmaki Tea. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Absent |
| HB534 | Relating To Labeling Requirements. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB1220 | Relating To Renewable Gas Tariff. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB1249 | Relating To Agriculture. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB1367 | Relating To Installment Loans. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB1500 | Relating To Electric Utilities. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB1298 | Relating To Recycling. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1091 | Relating To Sewer Transmission Lines. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1365 | Relating To The Department Of Agriculture. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB332 | Relating To Foreclosures. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB693 | Relating To The Food Hub Pilot Program. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB420 | Relating To Remedies. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB544 | Relating To Pet Insurance. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1055 | Making An Emergency Appropriation To The Public Utilities Commission. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB984 | Relating To Agricultural Loans. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1291 | Relating To Agriculture. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB79 | Relating To Historic Preservation Reviews. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB140 | Relating To Invasive Species. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB330 | Relating To Invasive Species Prevention. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB410 | Relating To The Budget Of The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs. | Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HCR205 | Urging The County Of Maui And The United States Army Corps Of Engineers To Prioritize And Expedite The Planning, Funding, And Construction Of A Permanent Replacement For The Kulanihakoi Bridge. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/17/2025 | Absent |
| HCR192 | Requesting The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism To Establish A Native Hawaiian Economic Development Working Group. | Senate Hawaiian Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/15/2025 | Yea |
| HCR130 | Urging Congress, The Counties Of The State, And Other Relevant Agencies To Provide Increased And Sustained Funding To The Invasive Species Committees And Hawaii Ant Lab Within The Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit Of The University Of Hawaii At Mnoa. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments | 04/14/2025 | Yea |
| HCR25 | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Include A Section On Desecration Laws In The State Of Hawaii Plant And Animal Declaration Form. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HCR28 | Requesting The Reconvening Of The Working Group Established Pursuant To House Resolution No. 18, H.d. 1 (regular Session Of 2024) To Continue The Efforts To Address Issues Related To Water And Air Contamination And Remediation Arising From The Operation Of The Puuloa Range Training Facility. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, Unamended | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HCR42 | Encouraging Each County To Establish Its Own Biosecurity Plan That Prioritizes The Needs Of The County. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HCR42 | Encouraging Each County To Establish Its Own Biosecurity Plan That Prioritizes The Needs Of The County. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, Unamended | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HCR67 | Requesting The Governor, State Building Code Council, Planning Departments Of Each County, Mayors Of Each County, And Chairs Of The Senate And House Of Representatives Standing Committees On Housing To Develop A Comprehensive Strategy For Adopting Updated Building Codes. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HCR164 | Urging The City And County Of Honolulu, County Of Maui, County Of Hawaii, And County Of Kauai To Create And Maintain A Comprehensive List Of Hurricane Refuges And Shelters Electronically Accessible To The Public. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HCR180 | Requesting The Statewide Office On Homelessness And Housing Solutions, Department Of Law Enforcement, Homeless Coordinators Of Each County, County Law Enforcement, And Social Services Providers To Work Collaboratively And Effectively To Address Homelessness In Hawaii. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HCR57 | Urging The Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Conduct A Traffic Mitigation And Calming Study To Evaluate The Effectiveness Of Certain Traffic Mitigation And Calming Devices In And Around Paiwa Street In Waipahu, Oahu. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| HCR58 | Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Geothermal Energy Working Group To Evaluate The Regulatory And Policy Landscape Surrounding Geothermal Energy In Hawaii. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| HCR68 | Requesting The Mayor Of The City And County Of Honolulu, Honolulu City Council, And Department Of Parks And Recreation Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Create A Dedicated Animal Education And Training Complex Within Kalaeloa Parklands. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| HCR70 | Requesting The Department Of Transportation To Facilitate And Accelerate The Adoption Of Sustainable Aviation Fuels To Decarbonize Hawaii's Transportation Sector And Support The State's Climate Goals. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| HCR72 | Urging The Ethics Commission Of Each County To Adopt Standards Similar To That Applicable To State Elected Officials And Officers As Adopted And Enforced By The State Ethics Commission. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| HCR123 | Requesting The Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Implement A Restricted Parking Zone Pilot Program In The Ko olina, Honokai Hale, Nanakuli, And Maili Neighborhoods. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| HCR112 | Strongly Urging The Honolulu City Council To Adopt A "pedestrian First" Policy Via Ordinance. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| HCR177 | Encouraging The City And County Of Honolulu To Initiate A Summer Streets Pilot Program. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| HCR203 | Urging The County Of Maui To Prioritize The Development And Planning Of The Northern Terminus Of The Kihei North-south Collector Road. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| HCR33 | Requesting The Postmaster General Of The United States Postal Service To Relocate The Pearl City Post Office To The United States Navy Property On The Pearl City Peninsula. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/03/2025 | Yea |
| HCR157 | Establishing The Task Force For Speed (simplifying Permitting For Enhanced Economic Development) To Identify Actions Needed To Expedite, Facilitate, And Coordinate State And Intergovernmental Permit Processes. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/03/2025 | Yea |
| HB139 | Relating To Insurance. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, Unamended | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB303 | Relating To Healthcare Preceptors. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB345 | Relating To The State Shrimp. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB250 | Relating To Health. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB496 | Relating To Mmaki Tea. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB480 | Relating To Workers' Compensation. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, Unamended | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB700 | Relating To Cognitive Assessments. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB918 | Relating To Labeling. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, Unamended | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1179 | Relating To Rural Emergency Hospitals. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1316 | Relating To The Department Of Land And Natural Resources. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, Unamended | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB125 | Relating To Firearms. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, Unamended | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| HB228 | Relating To License Plates. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| HB348 | Relating To Single-use Plastics. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, Unamended | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| HB256 | Relating To Environmental Protection. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, Unamended | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| HB799 | Relating To Health Care. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| HB874 | Relating To Child Performers. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| HB1051 | Relating To Energy-efficiency Portfolio Standards. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| HB1194 | Relating To Midwives. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| HB1379 | Relating To Health. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, Unamended | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR10 | Urging The Administrator Of The State Health Planning And Development Agency To Establish A Working Group On Health Insurance Reform To Provide Recommendations For Reducing The Impact Of Prior Authorization Requirements On The Timely Delivery Of Health Care In The State. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR6 | Urging The Administrator Of The State Health Planning And Development Agency To Establish A Working Group On Health Insurance Reform To Provide Recommendations For Reducing The Impact Of Prior Authorization Requirements On The Timely Delivery Of Health Care In The State. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR44 | Requesting The Senate Standing Committee And House Of Representatives Standing Committee Whose Purview Includes Consumer Protection To Convene A Legislative Working Group To Provide Recommendations For Family Notice And Standardized Consent Provisions For Pre-need Contracts Governing Cremation. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR58 | Urging The Counties Of The State To Install A Minimum Set Of Accessible Recreational Playground Equipment In Each Playground Located In A County Park And To Establish Comprehensive Maintenance Plans That Ensure The Long-term Safety, Cleanliness, And Functionality Of Each Playground. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR42 | Urging The Counties Of The State To Install A Minimum Set Of Accessible Recreational Playground Equipment In Each Playground Located In A County Park And To Establish Comprehensive Maintenance Plans That Ensure The Long-term Safety, Cleanliness, And Functionality Of Each Playground. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR41 | Urging The Congress Of The United States To Enact A National Reinsurance Program To Address The Multi-state Insurance Crisis Resulting From Catastrophic Natural Disasters. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR57 | Urging The Congress Of The United States To Enact A National Reinsurance Program To Address The Multi-state Insurance Crisis Resulting From Catastrophic Natural Disasters. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR92 | Requesting The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs To Establish And Provide Legislative Engagement Forums To Educate And Empower The Native Hawaiian Community Regarding The Legislative Process. | Senate Hawaiian Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR70 | Requesting The Director Of Commerce And Consumer Affairs To Establish And Convene A Pharmacy Reimbursement Working Group To Explore And Propose Legislation For The 2026 Legislative Session. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR54 | Requesting The Director Of Commerce And Consumer Affairs To Establish And Convene A Pharmacy Reimbursement Working Group To Explore And Propose Legislation For The 2026 Legislative Session. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR75 | Requesting The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs To Establish And Provide Legislative Engagement Forums To Educate And Empower The Native Hawaiian Community Regarding The Legislative Process. | Senate Hawaiian Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR178 | Encouraging Hawaii Insurers And The Hawaii Property Insurance Association To Reduce Insurance Costs On Local Residents By Pursuing Subrogation Claims Against Polluters Who Knowingly Engaged In Misleading And Deceptive Practices Regarding The Connection Between Their Products And Climate Change. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR178 | Encouraging Hawaii Insurers And The Hawaii Property Insurance Association To Reduce Insurance Costs On Local Residents By Pursuing Subrogation Claims Against Polluters Who Knowingly Engaged In Misleading And Deceptive Practices Regarding The Connection Between Their Products And Climate Change. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR197 | Requesting The Office Of Consumer Protection Of The Department Of Commerce And Consumer Affairs To Convene A Task Force To Assess Issues Related To The Availability Of Payment Options From Tow Companies. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR132 | Requesting The Counties To Adopt Flexible Setback Requirements Or Establish Variance Procedures For State Buildings And Facilities To Enhance Land Use Efficiency And Public Service Delivery. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR198 | Encouraging Hawaii Insurers And The Hawaii Property Insurance Association To Reduce Insurance Costs On Local Residents By Pursuing Subrogation Claims Against Polluters Who Knowingly Engaged In Misleading And Deceptive Practices Regarding The Connection Between Their Products And Climate Change. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR198 | Encouraging Hawaii Insurers And The Hawaii Property Insurance Association To Reduce Insurance Costs On Local Residents By Pursuing Subrogation Claims Against Polluters Who Knowingly Engaged In Misleading And Deceptive Practices Regarding The Connection Between Their Products And Climate Change. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR137 | Requesting The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands To Develop And Implement A Water Access Pilot Project Demonstrating The Kohala Region's Capacity For A Potable Water System. | Senate Hawaiian Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR163 | Requesting The Counties To Adopt Flexible Setback Requirements Or Establish Variance Procedures For State Buildings And Facilities To Enhance Land Use Efficiency And Public Service Delivery. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR103 | Requesting The Judiciary To Convene A Working Group To Research Landlord-tenant Issues Specific To Increasing The Supply Of Rental Housing And Improving Landlord-tenant Interactions. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR168 | Requesting The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands To Develop And Implement A Water Access Pilot Project Demonstrating The Kohala Region's Capacity For A Potable Water System. | Senate Hawaiian Affairs: Passed, Unamended | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR161 | Requesting The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs To Convene A Working Group To Examine And Consider The Transfer Of Native Hawaiian Burial Site Management Under Chapter 6e, Hawaii Revised Statutes, From The State Historic Preservation Division To The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs. | Senate Hawaiian Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR155 | Requesting The Insurance Commissioner To Produce A Detailed Report Regarding The State Of The Private Property Insurance Industry In Hawaii. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, Unamended | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR123 | Requesting The Judiciary To Convene A Working Group To Review The Residential Landlord-tenant Code To Determine If Any Amendments Or Updates Are Necessary To Improve Landlord-tenant Interactions And Address Other Housing Issues. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR130 | Requesting The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs To Convene A Working Group To Examine And Consider The Transfer Of Native Hawaiian Burial Site Management Under Chapter 6e, Hawaii Revised Statutes, From The State Historic Preservation Division To The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs. | Senate Hawaiian Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SR125 | Requesting The Insurance Commissioner To Produce A Detailed Report Regarding The State Of The Private Property Insurance Industry In Hawaii. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, Unamended | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| SCR222 | Requesting The Office Of Consumer Protection Of The Department Of Commerce And Consumer Affairs To Convene A Task Force To Assess Issues Related To The Availability Of Payment Options From Tow Companies. | Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| HB345 | Relating To The State Shrimp. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, Unamended | 03/31/2025 | Yea |
| SR72 | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Convene A Working Group To Develop A Plan To Create An Educational Pathway In The University Of Hawaii Community College System To Equip Interested Students With The Necessary Entry Level Knowledge, Skill Set, Expertise, And Advancement Potential In The Field Of Meat Processing. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, Unamended | 03/31/2025 | Yea |
| SCR89 | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Convene A Working Group To Develop A Plan To Create An Educational Pathway In The University Of Hawaii Community College System To Equip Interested Students With The Necessary Entry Level Knowledge, Skill Set, Expertise, And Advancement Potential In The Field Of Meat Processing. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, Unamended | 03/31/2025 | Yea |
| SR85 | Requesting The Governor, Or The Governor's Designee, To Convene A Working Group On Solid Waste Management. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments | 03/31/2025 | Yea |
| SCR157 | Urging The State To Adopt The Agreement Under The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea On The Conservation And Sustainable Use Of Marine Biological Diversity Of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction And Support Legislative, Administrative, And Policy Measures To Implement The Agreement At The State And County Levels. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, Unamended | 03/31/2025 | Yea |
| SR111 | Encouraging The Adoption Of Recommendations From The United Nations Global Plastics Treaty And Rapa Nui Summit Declaration To Address Climate Justice And Sustainable Development. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments | 03/31/2025 | Yea |
| SR127 | Urging The State To Adopt The Agreement Under The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea On The Conservation And Sustainable Use Of Marine Biological Diversity Of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction And Support Legislative, Administrative, And Policy Measures To Implement The Agreement At The State And County Levels. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, Unamended | 03/31/2025 | Yea |
| SCR132 | Encouraging The Adoption Of Recommendations From The United Nations Global Plastics Treaty And Rapa Nui Summit Declaration To Address Climate Justice And Sustainable Development. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments | 03/31/2025 | Yea |
| SCR104 | Requesting The Governor, Or The Governor's Designee, To Convene A Working Group On Solid Waste Management. | Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments | 03/31/2025 | Yea |
| SCR24 | Strongly Urging The United States Department Of Defense To Maintain All References To The 100th Infantry Battalion And 442nd Regimental Combat Team On Its Websites For The Public. | Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, With Amendments | 03/28/2025 | Absent |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HI | Hawaii Senate District 04 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 11/08/2022 |