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State Representative
Matthias Kusch
(D) - Hawaii
Hawaii House District 01
In Office - Started: 11/27/2024
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Capitol Office
State Capitol
415 S. Beretania St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
415 S. Beretania St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-586-6680
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1220 | Relating To Invasive Species. | Appropriates funds to support the efforts of the Division of Aquatic Resources of the Department of Land and Natural Resources in the removal of the majano anemone from Kaneohe Bay. (CD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1179 | Relating To Rural Emergency Hospitals. | Creates a framework for the licensure of rural emergency hospitals at the state level by the Department of Health. Clarify Medicaid reimbursement policies for hospitals transitioning from a critical access hospital designation to a rural emergency hospital designation. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB943 | Relating To Homelessness. | Expands existing crisis intervention programs by requiring, and appropriating funds for, the Department of Health to establish a Homeless Triage and Treatment Center Program within its Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division to serve homeless individuals and individuals at risk of homelessness with substance abuse issues or mental illness. Requires the Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program to redirect certain homeless persons to the appropriate health care system and services. Authorizes the program to include intensive mobile outreach services. Requires appropriations for the program to be used only for services contracted directly between the Department of Health and the service provider. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB1231 | Relating To Traffic Safety. | Establish a safe routes to school program vehicle registration surcharge on certain motor vehicle registrations to be imposed and collected no later than 12/31/2025. Prohibits the use of facial recognition software in the operation of any photo red light imaging detector systems or automated speed enforcement systems. Clarifies the citations and summons procedures for the Automated Speed Enforcement Detector Systems Program. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB1483 | Relating To Fireworks. | Establishes various criminal offenses and penalties related to fireworks or articles pyrotechnic. Amends multiple definitions and penalties for fireworks offenses, including heightened penalties if another person suffers substantial bodily injury, serious bodily injury, or death as a result of the fireworks offenses. Adds fireworks infractions to the existing adjudication of infractions process for traffic and emergency period infractions. (CD2) | Passed |
| HB1259 | Relating To Transportation. | Specifies that an engineering study is not required to be considered when reducing the maximum speed limit within ten miles per hour of the current speed limit for that road. Requires the Department of Transportation or a county, to the extent practicable, to consider National Association of City Transportation Officials guidance when setting a maximum speed limit for sections of highways with residential or commercial areas or schools immediately on a highway. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB134 | Relating To Elections. | Requires the Chief Election Officer to provide a system for the electronic filing of nomination papers. Requires that the system for the electronic filing of nomination papers be provided at no additional cost to the filer. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2028. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB237 | Relating To Peer Support Programs. | Appropriates funds for the Family Health Services Division of the Department of Health to establish and oversee peer-to-peer support programs for children from birth to age five and their families, including the establishment of program specialist positions. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB420 | Relating To Remedies. | Clarifies that the statute of repose applies to contract, tort, and statutory claims. Clarifies the required contents of a notice of claim of a construction defect served on a contractor. Clarifies the process and time frame by which a claimant may accept or reject a contractor's offer to settle and authorize repairs. Clarifies the mediation process for construction defect claims. Clarifies the statute of limitation or repose for construction defect claims. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB422 | Relating To School Impact Fees. | Repeals the construction cost component of school impact fees. Exempts government housing developments, affordable housing units and projects, and Hawaiian home lands housing from school impact fees. Requires the School Facilities Authority to adopt rules governing fee collection. Increases the minimum number of units in a development to trigger land dedication provisions of the land component impact fee. Requires a report to the Legislature on program efficacy. Sunsets 7/1/2029. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB427 | Relating To Biosecurity. | Part I: Renames the Department of Agriculture as the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (Department) and the Board of Agriculture as the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity. Part II: Establishes a Deputy Chairperson for Biosecurity. Part III: Authorizes and specifies conditions under which the Department may declare a biosecurity emergency, during which the Department and Governor may take certain actions to prevent the establishment or spread of pests and prohibited or restricted organisms. Broadens the objectives and general actions of the Biosecurity Program. Part IV: Authorizes the Department to establish transitional facilities. Requires the Department to certify and train biosecurity compliance auditors to inspect imported plants and animals. Requires inspection of various items transported interisland. Increases penalties for illegally transporting plants, animals, and microorganisms. Part V: Authorizes the Department to enter into governmentindustry agreements for readiness and response to unwanted organisms in the State. Authorizes biosecurity and pest management plans to address, contain, or eradicate pests. Requires the Department to establish a pest dashboard by 12/1/2025. Part VI: Authorizes the Department to adopt rules to establish and enforce the Plant Care Component Program. Authorizes the Department to assess administrative penalties for the enforcement of the Plant Care Component Program. Part VII: Transfers the Hawaii Invasive Species Council from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department. Part VIII: Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB431 | Relating To Housing. | Part I: Establishes requirements for kauhale projects, including reporting requirements by the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions (OHHS). Requires the Auditor to conduct a management and performance audit of the kauhale initiative. Appropriates funds for the continued operation of the kauhale initiative. Part II: Establishes the Ohana Zones Program as a permanent program within OHHS. Appropriates funds to DHS for the continued implementation of the Ohana Zones Pilot Program. Part III: Requires OHHS to submit a report every four months to the Legislature detailing the expenditure of funds appropriated toward the kauhale and ohana zones initiatives and conduct a comprehensive needs assessment. Part IV: Changes references to the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness to "Coordinator on Homelessness". Specifies that the Coordinator on Homelessness shall report directly to the Director of Human Services. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB430 | Relating To Internships. | Permits the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to enter into contracts with eligible employers or registered apprenticeship programs in the private sector to provide on-the-job training to eligible interns. Establishes a state internship and workforce development program. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to collaborate with the Department of Human Resources Development for placement of interns in state executive branch departments, agencies, and programs. Provides that the State shall be the responsible employer for purposes of workers' compensation coverage for students or recent graduates in the on-the-job-training work experience program, subject to certain limitations. Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB474 | Relating To Fall Prevention. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to fund the current Fall Prevention Campaign. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB862 | Relating To Transportation Services. | Authorizes the use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans for school bus services if certain conditions are met. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB879 | Relating To Cesspool Conversions. | Appropriates funds to establish a position within the Department of Health to assist with the upgrade and conversion of cesspools and perform any other related responsibilities as designated by the Wastewater Branch of the Department of Health. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB860 | Relating To Liability. | Specifies for a county with a population of more than two hundred thousand but less than five hundred thousand, that the State or county may repair or maintain any street of which the ownership or jurisdiction is in dispute between the State and county. Specifies that the State or county that repaired or maintained the street may only be held liable for acts or omissions arising out of the repair or maintenance of that street that the State or county performed at any time. Deems that repair or maintenance of a street shall not confer ownership or jurisdiction over such street if the ownership or jurisdiction over the street is in dispute between the State and the county. Sunsets 7/1/2030. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB969 | Relating To Waste Or Disposal Facilities. | Prohibits landfill units on land in an agricultural district with class A soils in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand. Beginning 7/1/2025, narrows the prohibition on constructing, modifying, or expanding waste or disposal facilities within a one-half mile buffer zone of residential, school, or hospital property lines to apply specifically to landfill units or components of landfill units. Beginning 7/1/2025, prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of a landfill unit, or any component of a landfill unit, inland of an underground injection control line in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand, with certain exemptions. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB934 | Relating To The Hawaii Broadband And Digital Equity Office. | Transfers the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to the Department of Accounting and General Services. Renames the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office to Broadband Office. Repeals broadband duties assigned to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Repeals the Broadband Assistance Advisory Council. Transfers the duty of collecting and posting certain broadband infrastructure notices to the Broadband Office. Establishes the Broadband Revolving Fund. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. (CD1) | Passed |
| HB472 | Relating To Digital Identification. | Allows digitized identification cards to be accepted as a valid form of identification, under certain conditions. Authorizes state and county law enforcement agencies to accept a digitized identification card as proof of a person's identity beginning 7/1/2027. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| HB432 | Relating To The Rental Housing Revolving Fund. | Establishes the Mixed-Income Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to prioritize development of workforce rental and for-sale housing projects for qualified residents. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to adopt administrative rules. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| HB212 | Relating To Homelessness. | Requires the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions to establish a permanent Return-to-Home Program to return homeless individuals in the State to families and relatives in their home states. Requires the Office to report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB86 | Relating To The Department Of Land And Natural Resources. | Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the establishment of full-time equivalent permanent Makai Watch Coordinator positions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB110 | Relating To Local Agricultural Products. | Modifies certain benchmark goals and timeline for the Department of Education to provide locally-sourced agricultural and food products. (SD2) | Passed |
| HB784 | Relating To Health. | Makes an appropriation for the operation of an additional ambulance for the island of Hawaii to be based in Makalei. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB48 | Relating To Coffee Labeling. | Clarifies the labeling and advertising requirements for coffee that is grown and processed in the State. Defines "regional origin". Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB428 | Relating To Farm To Families. | Establishes the Hawaii Farm to Families Program to alleviate food shortages in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature before the Regular Sessions of 2026 and 2027. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB433 | Relating To Public Safety. | Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to submit an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for reentry services to connect offenders with community-based services. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| HCR112 | Strongly Urging The Honolulu City Council To Adopt A "pedestrian First" Policy Via Ordinance. | RESOLUTION strongly Urging THE HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT A "PEDESTRIAN FIRST" POLICY VIA ORDINANCE. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB429 | Relating To Early Learning. | Appropriates funds to hire teachers and teacher assistants and for equipment and services for public preschools. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB833 | Relating To Community Land Trusts. | Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to establish a five-year Community Land Trust Equity Pilot Program to provide community land trusts with a line of credit to fund the acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, or construction of housing for certain households. Requires reports to the Legislature regarding the pilot program. Appropriates funds from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund for establishment of the pilot program. Sunsets the pilot program on 6/30/2030. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| 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. | 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 |
| HB1345 | Relating To Teacher Education. | Authorizes the Department of Education to subsidize all tuition and mandatory fees for a resident student enrolled in a 4-year college campus of the University of Hawaii System with an education program or that offers an education degree for the semester or term that the student enrolls in a State-Approved Teacher Education Program under certain conditions. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD2) | Crossed Over |
| HB904 | Relating To Charter Schools. | Requires the State Public Charter School Commission to submit an annual report on public charter schools before the opening day of each Regular Session of the Legislature. Requires the Board of Education to review and approve the annual report before the report is issued to the Governor, Legislature, and the public. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB137 | Relating To Firearms. | Provides that violent felons that are in violation of the prohibition against owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm or ammunition are subject to a mandatory prison term. (HD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB132 | Relating To Expungement. | Amends the Department of the Attorney General pilot project for a state-initiated expungement process of arrest records concerning promoting a detrimental drug in the third degree to include the possession of any schedule V substance in any amount. (HD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB145 | Relating To Expungement. | Authorizes the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to transmit all expungement orders to the Judiciary to effectuate the purposes of Act 159, SLH 2023. (HD1) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR137 | Urging The Department Of Transportation, Department Of Education, And City And County Of Honolulu To Implement Visibility Enhancement Measures On The Kuahelani Avenue Crosswalk At Kipapa Elementary School. | RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO IMPLEMENT VISIBILITY ENHANCEMENT MEASURES ON THE KUAHELANI AVENUE CROSSWALK AT KIPAPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. | In Committee |
| HCR124 | Encouraging The Kawaihuelani Center For Hawaiian Language Of The University Of Hawaii At Manoa To Further Provide Learning Resources And Opportunities That Promote Hawaiian Language And Culture. | RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE KAWAIHUELANI CENTER FOR HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA TO FURTHER PROVIDE LEARNING RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROMOTE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. | In Committee |
| HR120 | Encouraging The Kawaihuelani Center For Hawaiian Language Of The University Of Hawaii At Manoa To Further Provide Learning Resources And Opportunities That Promote Hawaiian Language And Culture. | RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE KAWAIHUELANI CENTER FOR HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA TO FURTHER PROVIDE LEARNING RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROMOTE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR131 | Urging The Department Of Transportation, Department Of Education, And City And County Of Honolulu To Implement Visibility Enhancement Measures On The Kuahelani Avenue Crosswalk At Kipapa Elementary School. | RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO IMPLEMENT VISIBILITY ENHANCEMENT MEASURES ON THE KUAHELANI AVENUE CROSSWALK AT KIPAPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR54 | 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 |
| HR87 | Requesting Health Insurers And Managed Care Providers That Provide Health Insurance In The State To Provide Insurance Coverage For Prosthetic And Orthotic Devices. | RESOLUTION requesting health insurers and managed care providers that provide health insurance in the State to provide insurance coverage for prosthetic and orthotic devices. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR86 | Requesting The Department Of Education To Report On The Implementation Of Aloha-based Civic Education Initiatives In Hawaii's Public Schools. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALOHA-BASED CIVIC EDUCATION INITIATIVES IN HAWAII'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS. | Crossed Over |
| HR80 | Requesting The Department Of Education To Report On The Implementation Of Aloha-based Civic Education Initiatives In Hawaii's Public Schools. | RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALOHA-BASED CIVIC EDUCATION INITIATIVES IN HAWAII'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR87 | Urging The Department Of Education To Establish An Annual Climate Week In All Public Schools Across The State To Spread Climate Awareness, Education, And Participation In Sustainability Initiatives. | RESOLUTION urging the Department of Education to establish an annual climate week in all public schools across the state to spread climate awareness, education, and participation in sustainability initiatives. | Crossed Over |
| HR108 | Strongly Urging The Honolulu City Council To Adopt A "pedestrian First" Policy Via Ordinance. | RESOLUTION strongly Urging THE HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT A "PEDESTRIAN FIRST" POLICY VIA ORDINANCE. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR111 | 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. | Crossed Over |
| HR107 | 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 |
| HCR97 | Urging The University Of Hawaii To Implement A Homeless Student Stability And Housing Resource Program To Address The Issue Of Housing Instability. | RESOLUTION urging the university of hawaii to implement a homeless STUDENT stability and housing resource program to address the issue of housing instability. | In Committee |
| HCR107 | Requesting The Hawaii State Commission On The Status Of Women To Convene A Working Group To Develop Measures To Strengthen Protections Under Title Ix. | RESOLUTION requesting the hawaii state commission on the status of women to convene a working group to develop measures to strengthen Protections under title ix. | In Committee |
| HR93 | Urging The University Of Hawaii To Implement A Homeless Student Stability And Housing Resource Program To Address The Issue Of Housing Instability. | RESOLUTION urging the university of hawaii to implement a homeless STUDENT stability and housing resource program to address the issue of housing instability. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR103 | Requesting The Hawaii State Commission On The Status Of Women To Convene A Working Group To Develop Measures To Strengthen Protections Under Title Ix. | RESOLUTION requesting the hawaii state commission on the status of women to convene a working group to develop measures to strengthen Protections under title ix. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR81 | Urging The Department Of Education To Establish An Annual Climate Week In All Public Schools Across The State To Spread Climate Awareness, Education, And Participation In Sustainability Initiatives. | RESOLUTION urging the Department of Education to establish an annual climate week in all public schools across the state to spread climate awareness, education, and participation in sustainability initiatives. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR110 | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Of The Department Of Education's Capital Improvement Project Finances. | RESOLUTION requesting the auditor to conduct an audit of the department of education's capital improvement project finances. | In Committee |
| HR106 | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Of The Department Of Education's Capital Improvement Project Finances. | RESOLUTION requesting the auditor to conduct an audit of the department of education's capital improvement project finances. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1334 | Relating To Meat Donation. | Exempts the donation of wild game meat or meat products, including axis deer, to a charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization for the purpose of feeding needy individuals from certain laws regarding the inspection and transportation of meat. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB299 | Relating To The Hawaii Invasive Species Council. | Appropriates funds for the Native Resources and Fire Protection Program and Hawaii Invasive Species Council to ensure their long-term viability and continue to control and eradicate invasive species in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB1278 | Relating To Hazardous Tree Removal. | Appropriates funds for the assessment and removal of hazardous trees on state lands across Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| HB966 | Relating To Agricultural Tourism. | Establishes statewide, uniform standards to promote agricultural tourism activities in the State for all counties that have adopted an agricultural tourism ordinance. Requires agricultural tourism activities to be registered by the county planning department. Requires agricultural tourism activities to coexist with an agricultural activity on a farming operation and requires termination of the agricultural tourism activities upon cessation of the agricultural activity, except under certain circumstances. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| HB826 | Relating To Housing. | Authorizes a county planning commission, by special permit, to permit land uses exclusively providing residential housing for purposes of agricultural workforce housing, long-term rental, or workforce fee simple ownership in an agricultural district, under certain conditions. Repeals 6/30/2035. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| HB980 | Relating To Animals. | Amends the law authorizing the killing of mongoose by clarifying the circumstances under which mongoose may be killed and authorizing feral chickens to be killed under certain circumstances. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB858 | Relating To Agricultural Statistics. | Requires the Department of Agriculture to revitalize and enhance the Agricultural Statistics Program to collect data on local agricultural interests. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) | Crossed Over |
| HCR50 | Requesting The Department Of Law Enforcement, In Collaboration With The Department Of Health, To Convene A Task Force To Address No-trespassing Policies Along Streams On Oahu And Improve Coordination Between State And County Authorities To Address Environmental And Public Health Concerns. | RESOLUTION requesting the Department of Law Enforcement, in collaboration with the Department of Health, to convene a task force to address no-trespassing policies along streams on Oahu and improve coordination between State and county authorities to address environmental and public health concerns. | In Committee |
| HR46 | Requesting The Department Of Law Enforcement, In Collaboration With The Department Of Health, To Convene A Task Force To Address No-trespassing Policies Along Streams On Oahu And Improve Coordination Between State And County Authorities To Address Environmental And Public Health Concerns. | RESOLUTION requesting the Department of Law Enforcement, in collaboration with the Department of Health, to convene a task force to address no-trespassing policies along streams on Oahu and improve coordination between State and county authorities to address environmental and public health concerns. | In Committee |
| HCR105 | Urging The United States Government To Develop A National Biodiversity Strategy. | RESOLUTION urging the united states government to develop a national biodiversity strategy. | In Committee |
| HCR101 | Requesting The Department Of Taxation To Establish A Tax Amnesty Day To Allow Businesses And Individuals To Pay Unpaid Taxes Without Penalties Or Fines. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of taxation to establish a tax amnesty day to allow businesses and individuals to pay unpaid taxes without PENALTIES or fines. | In Committee |
| HR97 | Requesting The Department Of Taxation To Establish A Tax Amnesty Day To Allow Businesses And Individuals To Pay Unpaid Taxes Without Penalties Or Fines. | RESOLUTION requesting the department of taxation to establish a tax amnesty day to allow businesses and individuals to pay unpaid taxes without PENALTIES or fines. | In Committee |
| HCR175 | Urging The Attorney General To Investigate The Extent To Which Algorithmic Price-setting And Price-fixing Practices Are Being Used In The State's Rental Housing Market. | RESOLUTION urging the attorney general to investigate the extent to which algorithmic price-setting and price-fixing practices are being used in the state's rental housing market. | In Committee |
| HCR126 | Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Review All Reports Required To Be Submitted To The Legislature And Make Recommendations On Which Reports Should Be Discontinued. | RESOLUTION requesting the legislative reference bureau to review all reports required to be submitted to the legislature and make recommendations on which reports should be discontinued. | In Committee |
| HR101 | Urging The United States Government To Develop A National Biodiversity Strategy. | RESOLUTION urging the united states government to develop a national biodiversity strategy. | In Committee |
| HR122 | Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Review All Reports Required To Be Submitted To The Legislature And Make Recommendations On Which Reports Should Be Discontinued. | RESOLUTION requesting the legislative reference bureau to review all reports required to be submitted to the legislature and make recommendations on which reports should be discontinued. | In Committee |
| HR171 | Urging The Attorney General To Investigate The Extent To Which Algorithmic Price-setting And Price-fixing Practices Are Being Used In The State's Rental Housing Market. | RESOLUTION urging the attorney general to investigate the extent to which algorithmic price-setting and price-fixing practices are being used in the state's rental housing market. | In Committee |
| HB1185 | Relating To Agriculture. | Establishes a Plant-based Building Materials Working Group to study and report on how best to grow plants and develop plant-based building materials in Hawaii. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| HB880 | Relating To Early Child Intervention. | Appropriates funds for the establishment of new positions within the Early Childhood Services Unit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3) | Crossed Over |
| HB1277 | Relating To Digital Financial Asset. | Imposes a daily maximum of $1,000 on transactions through a digital financial asset transaction kiosk. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| HB1343 | Relating To Education. | Requires the Board of Education to adopt a policy that bans the use of phones and related devices by students during school hours. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB818 | Relating To The Waiakea Community Development District. | Establishes the Waiakea Peninsula Community Development District and the Waiakea Peninsula Community Development District Special Fund. Specifies the powers and duties of the Hawaii Community Development Authority as it relates to the new development district. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| HB729 | Relating To Marriage Of Minors. | Raises the minimum age to enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Repeals the authority of parents and the family court to consent to a minor's marriage. Repeals spousal cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an exception for an annulment based on nonage. Repeals exemptions for sexual assault of a minor if the perpetrator is married to the minor. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| HB893 | Relating To Firearms. | Establishes prohibitions on assault rifles, assault shotguns, and .50 caliber rifles. Expands the ban on high-capacity detachable magazines. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB979 | Related To Summary Possession. | Requires that a current general excise tax license number for any rental income be filed with the complaint to the court for summary possession proceedings. Requires the Judiciary to submit an annual list of certain information regarding summary possession cases to the Department of Taxation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB1307 | Relating To The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for water well development for geophysical investigation, exploration, and identification of geothermal resources on Hawaiian home lands. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | Crossed Over |
| HB1234 | Relating To Water Safety. | Requires, and appropriates funds for, the Department of Education to establish a standards-based Water Safety Education Pilot Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | Crossed Over |
| HB211 | Relating To Stream Maintenance. | Requires the counties to remove and dispose of personal property as part of the maintenance of channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways. Clarifies that personal property stored in or near a channel, streambed, streambank, or drainageways for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours shall be deemed abandoned property which may be disposed of by the State or county. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB106 | Relating To Condominiums. | Clarifies the authority of condominium associations to impose fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, house rules, or regulations adopted by the condominium association. Establishes a process for the unit owner or tenant of the unit owner to appeal the imposition of a fine. Clarifies the responsibilities of unit owners to pay common expense assessments. Clarifies the rights and process for unit owners to appeal assessments other than common expense assessments. Specifies that the Small Claims Division has exclusive jurisdiction over cases arising from condominium disputes regarding fines. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB976 | Relating To Renewable Fuel. | Amends the renewable fuels production tax credit by: increasing the tax credit rate; specifying that the credit may be claimed for fuels that meet certain lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and product transportation emissions thresholds; adding credit values for low lifecycle emissions renewable fuels and sustainable aviation fuels produced; allowing a taxpayer who previously claimed a credit to claim another credit for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024; amending the credit period to be for a maximum period of ten consecutive years beginning from the effective date of this Act; and amending the required information in the certified statement. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
| HB322 | Relating To Voter Registration. | Authorizes state agencies to implement automatic voter registration if designated by the Office of Elections. Requires eligible applicants for instruction permits, provisional licenses, driver's licenses, and identification cards to be automatically registered or preregistered to vote unless the applicant opts out. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB975 | Relating To Carbon Sequestration Incentives. | Codifies and makes permanent the Hawaii Carbon Smart Land Management Assistance Program under the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB346 | Relating To Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. | Provides rebates for the installation of eligible electric vehicle-ready parking stalls for new construction of affordable housing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB1362 | Relating To The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB1444 | Relating To Motor Vehicles. | Requires motor vehicle safety inspections to be conducted every two years rather than annually. | In Committee |
| HB85 | Relating To The Land Conservation Fund. | Sets the amount of conveyance tax revenues to be paid into the Land Conservation Fund to a certain per cent or monetary cap, whichever is less, of conveyance taxes collected each fiscal year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB467 | Relating To Foreclosures. | Prohibits sellers of foreclosed homes from bundling properties at a public sale and requires each foreclosed home to be sold separately. Specifies that the sale of a foreclosed property is not final until either fifteen days after the public sale or forty-five days if an eligible bidder submits a subsequent bid or written notice of intent to submit a subsequent bid. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB941 | Relating To Pedestrians. | Authorizes pedestrians to cross roadways in a manner contrary to the statewide traffic code under certain circumstances. | In Committee |
| HB902 | Relating To Education. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to conduct a study on methods to support department schools that may be impacted by electric utilities' planned public safety power shutoff program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB872 | Relating To Health. | Authorizes health care practitioners to make undesignated prescriptions of single-use epinephrine for the purpose of stocking a supply at various types of businesses and state and county government offices, including public schools. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB537 | Relating To Two-wheeled Motorized Vehicles. | Repeals the exception for when a person is not required to wear a safety helmet when operating a moped or motor scooter leased from a rental company. Requires operators and passengers of motorcycles to wear safety helmets with securely fastened chin straps while operating two-wheeled motorized vehicles on highways, streets, roadways, or any other public property in the State. Requires all renters or lessees of an electric foot scooter to wear a safety helmet regardless of their age. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB47 | 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 risk-based framework and biocontainment standards for the aquatic livestock assessment and approval process. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | In Committee |
| HB847 | 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 chooses to opt out. Repeals the limit on the total fees and expenses that can be spent for the Program each year. Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for the development and operation of the Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB967 | Relating To Sustainable Food Systems. | Establishes the Statewide Interagency Food Systems Coordination Team and the Interagency Food Systems Working Group within the Department of Agriculture. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB1301 | Relating To Transportation. | Applies the existing framework regulating motor carriers onto transportation network companies. Repeals the chapter regulating transportation network companies. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB968 | Relating To Agriculture. | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a Healthy Soils Program. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB102 | Relating To Transportation. | Prohibits the issuance of a certificate of inspection for a moped or motor vehicle that has been altered, installed, or otherwise modified in any way which will noticeably increase the noise emitted by the motor vehicle or moped above that emitted by the motor vehicle or moped as equipped from the factory, except for motorcycles and mopeds that do not exceed certain federal regulations. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB843 | Relating To The College Of Tropical Agriculture And Human Resilience. | Appropriates funds for critical repairs, maintenance, demolition, design, and construction for facilities of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the University of Hawaii for the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB840 | Relating To The University Of Hawaii Athletics. | Appropriates funds to athletics departments of the University of Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB972 | Relating To Impact Fees. | Authorizes condominium associations and planned community associations located in a zoning district that allows for transient vacation rentals to impose an impact fee on owners or members who use their units as transient vacation rentals. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB347 | 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 |
| HB461 | Relating To Commuting. | Requires the Director of Human Resources Development, in consultation with the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Hawaii State Energy Office, and Department of Accounting and General Services, to develop and implement a comprehensive Commuting Choice Benefit Program for all state employees regardless of mode of transportation. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB1503 | Relating To Disaster Recovery. | Excludes from the definition of "development" for purposes of coastal zone management restrictions, the reconstruction, under certain circumstances, of structures destroyed in the August 8, 2023, wildfires in Lahaina, Maui. | In Committee |
| HB1246 | Relating To Cannabis. | Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning 1/1/2026, legalizes the personal adult use of cannabis. Establishes taxes on the retail sale of adult-use cannabis and the sale of medical cannabis. Adds new traffic offenses relating to the consumption or possession of marijuana or marijuana concentrate. Makes conforming amendments related to the legalization of personal adult use of cannabis. Beginning 1/1/2026, decriminalizes certain drug offenses related to marijuana and marijuana concentrate. Transfers the personnel and assets of the Department of Health and assets of the Department of Agriculture relating to cannabis to the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office. Establishes various positions within state entities to regulate the personal adult use of cannabis. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB940 | Relating To The University Of Hawaii At Hilo. | Appropriates funds for the rat lungworm lab at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB1184 | Relating To Controlled-environment Agriculture. | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the development of a controlled-environment agriculture research and demonstration facility at the Magoon research and teaching site in Manoa, Oahu. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB1202 | Relating To Teacher Compensation. | Recognizes prior teaching experience at an equal salary rating for teachers entering or reentering into the service of the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB1346 | Relating To Education. | Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated for Bargaining Unit (5) and subject to the availability of funds, provides annual salary step increases for public school teachers who have completed a year's satisfactory service and comply with specified requirements. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB1279 | Relating To Health. | Establish a medical education liaison position within the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine to support programs that utilize a team of medical specialists to support primary care providers and other health care professionals through mentorship and guidance. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB935 | Relating To Digital Equity. | Establishes and appropriates funds for a digital navigator pilot program to offer technical assistance with computers and electronic devices to residents. | In Committee |
| HB859 | Relating To Agriculture. | Establishes an agricultural crime prevention program within the Department of Agriculture to provide grants, education, administrative enforcement, and other services for the benefit of the State's agricultural industry. Clarifies, creates, and strengthens laws regarding crimes and violations related to agriculture or agricultural lands and hunting on private agricultural lands. Establishes clear distinctions between administrative and criminal penalties. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB894 | Relating To Government. | Prohibits state contractors, prospective state contractors, holders of procurement prequalification certificates, or principals of these groups from making contributions to, or soliciting contributions from their employees or from subcontractors or principals of subcontractors on behalf of, certain candidate committees, noncandidate committees, and political party committees. Requires the Procurement Policy Board to adopt rules to issue prequalification certificates to prospective contractors for public buildings or other public works. Amends the contribution limits for certain individuals and noncandidate committees. Prohibits lobbyists and certain persons related to lobbyists from soliciting contributions from client lobbyists. Increases the administrative fines. | In Committee |
| HB877 | Relating To Encampments. | Prohibits the erection, placement, construction, or maintenance of an encampment within one hundred feet from the property line of a pre-K-12 public or private school or school facility on public or private property. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB973 | Relating To Transient Accommodations. | Requires transient accommodations brokers and any other persons or entities to offer, list, advertise, or display a transient accommodations rental rate that includes all resort fees required for the furnishing of transient accommodations. Requires transient accommodations brokers and any other persons or entities to include all applicable taxes and fees imposed by a government on the stay in the total price to be paid before the consumer reserves the furnishing of transient accommodations. Establishes penalties. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB1302 | Relating To Transportation Demand Management. | Requires the Department of Human Resources Development, in collaboration with various state and county agencies, to establish a Transportation Demand Management Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | In Committee |
| HB1229 | Relating To Foster Care. | Prohibits the Department of Human Services from using any social security income payments, including supplemental income payments it receives on behalf of a child under foster custody of the Department to cover the cost of foster care services. Requires the Department of Human Services to deposit all social security income payments received on behalf of a child under foster custody of the Department into a savings account that shall be made accessible to the child when the child leaves foster care custody. | In Committee |
| HB1306 | Relating To Housing. | Establishes the Kupuna Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. | In Committee |
| HB1311 | Relating To Condominium Proxy Voting. | Removes from the standard condominium proxy form the option of giving a proxy vote to the board of directors of a condominium association as a whole or to those directors present at an association meeting. | In Committee |
| HB1272 | Relating To A Hawaii Teacher Registered Apprenticeship Program. | Establishes the Hawaii Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program, to be administered by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB1238 | Relating To Manele Small Boat Harbor. | Appropriates moneys for a structural engineering analysis; the planning, design, and construction of repairs and improvements to the water line system; and the reopening of a roadway related to Manele Small Boat Harbor. | In Committee |
| HB1355 | Relating To Capital Improvement Projects For The Benefit Of The Island Of Hawaii. | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the Island of Hawaii. | In Committee |
| HB1380 | Relating To Arborists. | Requires the State to ensure and enforce that all certified arborists in its employ, including contractors, adhere to best management practices. | In Committee |
| HB1177 | Relating To Transportation. | Requires the Department of Transportation to establish and implement a five-year Interisland Transportation Fee Reimbursement Pilot Program, to be funded by revenues received from the rental motor vehicle surcharge. Extends the increase of the rental motor vehicle surcharge by $0.50 each year from 12/31/2027 to 12/31/2031. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB1269 | 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 |
| HB1224 | Relating To Education. | Requires the department of education to prohibit cell phone use during the instructional day, prohibit student access to social media through the school's internet, and implement a social media education campaign. Creates exemptions for students requiring accommodations, emergency situations, and teacher authorizations. | In Committee |
| HB1180 | Relating To The Landlord Tenant Code. | Authorizes a landlord to petition a district court for a temporary restraining order, permanent restraining order, or injunction to compel a tenant's compliance with section 521-51, Hawaii Revised Statutes. | In Committee |
| HB1474 | Relating To The Insurance Affordability Assistance Pilot Program. | Establishes the Insurance Affordability Assistance Pilot Program within the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to assist eligible homeowners with sudden increases in property insurance premiums. Sunsets 6/30/2028. | In Committee |
| HB1398 | Relating To Property. | Establishes an expedited procedure to remove persons from a property who are not tenants or former tenants. Establishes criminal offenses for persons who illegally occupy and damage property, for making a false statement to detain real property, and for fraudulent sale or lease of residential real property. | In Committee |
| HB1340 | Relating To Crimes Against Elders. | Establishes strict liability for crimes against elders with respect to the attendant circumstance that the victim was sixty years of age or older. | In Committee |
| HB1335 | Relating To Taxation. | Establishes a general excise tax exemption for the gross proceeds or income from the manufacture, production, packaging, and sale of diapers. Establishes a surcharge on the general excise tax and use tax for the sale or use of luxury cars. | In Committee |
| HB1342 | Relating To Offender Reentry Programs. | Expands programming and training for the comprehensive offender re-entry program under the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to reduce the rate of recidivism and increase inmate marketability and workforce readiness. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB1501 | Relating To Trees. | Establishes base selection criteria for exceptional trees. Establishes the significant tree designation, selection criteria, and related processes. Establishes the State Arborist Advisory Committee within the Department of Land and Natural Resources for administrative purposes. Requires County Arborist Advisory Committees to have at least six members, adopt new exceptional tree selection criteria, and designate significant trees. Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the University of Hawaii to cooperate with State and County Arborist Advisory Committees to carry out the Exceptional Trees Program. | In Committee |
| HB1412 | Relating To Sunshine Laws. | Designates the neighborhood commission as the appropriate oversight authority for application of the sunshine law to neighborhood boards. Authorizes neighborhood boards to discuss official government reports without placing it on the agenda, provided that no decision-making can be made. | In Committee |
| HB1445 | Relating To Education. | Requires the department of education to equip all classroom doors with interior locks, maintain a public address system, feature an emergency access route, and maintain fire alarms. Mandates the establishment of school emergency plans. Requires schools conduct regular testing and emergency preparedness drills. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB1441 | Relating To Theft. | Creates the offense of organized retail theft. Provides penalties for organized retail theft. Creates an organized retail theft task force. | In Committee |
| HB856 | Relating To The College Of Tropical Agriculture And Human Resources. | Appropriates funds for eight full-time agricultural technician, and four full-time coordinator positions at University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. | In Committee |
| HB906 | Relating To Recycling. | Allows manufacturers to coordinate activities directly related to the recycling of covered electronic devices. Expands the scope of covered electronic devices to include electronic device peripherals and certain legacy devices. Requires manufacturers to provide free collection service locations and collection events. | In Committee |
| HB971 | Relating To State Construction Projects. | Establishes the Office of the State Architect within the Department of Accounting and General Services to be headed by the State Architect. Authorizes the State Architect to organize, manage, and oversee the design review of all state construction projects and issue design approvals. Establishes the Design Review Special Fund. Requires the State Architect to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature. Authorizes DAGS to provide centralized design review services for state construction projects and issue design approvals through the State Architect. Exempts state construction projects from county building permit, inspection, and certificate of occupancy requirements, subject to certain conditions. Makes appropriations. | In Committee |
| HB890 | Relating To Condominium Associations. | Establishes the Ombudsman's Office for Condominium Associations within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Updates the Condominium Property Act to integrate the role and functions of the ombudsman's office for condominium associations. Appropriates funds for establishment of the Ombudsman's Office for Condominium Associations. | In Committee |
| HB839 | Relating To The Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. | Adopts the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to allow a person authorized to practice psychology in a compact state in which the person is not licensed. | In Committee |
| HB928 | Relating To Income Tax. | Increases the income tax rate on the highest income earners in the State by establishing a new tax bracket for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2029. | In Committee |
| HB853 | Relating To Taxation. | Establishes a refundable Family Caregiver Tax Credit for nonpaid family caregivers. Requires the department of taxation to report to the legislature before the convening of each regular session. | In Committee |
| HB817 | Relating To Health Care. | Authorizes physicians to practice at organized ambulatory health care facilities even if the physician does not have hospital privileges at a licensed hospital in the same geographic location as the ambulatory facility. Provides that a written transfer agreement is not required to transfer a patient from an organized ambulatory health care facility to a licensed hospital. | In Committee |
| HB857 | Relating To Health Insurance. | Requires all accident and health or sickness insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations operating in the State to adopt policies, procedures, and criteria for approving or denying requests for prior authorization that are the equivalent to the guidelines for prior authorization established by Medicare. | In Committee |
| HB728 | Proposing A Constitutional Amendment To The Constitution Of The State Of Hawaii To Protect The Right To Reproductive Freedom. | Amends the Hawaii State Constitution to prohibit the State from denying or interfering with an individual's reproductive freedom, including the right to choose to obtain an abortion and to obtain or use contraceptives. | In Committee |
| HB473 | Relating To Voter Registration. | Establishes a process, beginning on January 1, 2026, for automatically preregistering or registering public, charter, and private school-enrolled students who are at least 16 years old to vote. | In Committee |
| HB721 | Relating To Public Banking. | Establishes a state-owned bank implementation board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to determine the need for, potential costs and benefits of, and prerequisites to establishing a state-owned bank. Requires a report to the legislature. | In Committee |
| HB536 | Relating To Freshwater Waterways. | Prohibits residing in, on, or within fifty feet of a freshwater waterway. Authorizes state and local law enforcement agencies, including the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Conservation and Resources Enforcement Program and county police, to enforce the prohibition. | In Committee |
| HB136 | Relating To Firearms. | Requires a trigger lock for all firearms purchases from a licensed dealer. Requires licensed firearms dealers to provide purchasers with notice regarding the law on firearms storage. Amends the requirements for the secure storage of firearms and establishes fines for violations. Amends the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm. | In Committee |
| HB209 | Relating To Workforce Development. | Establishes the Hawaii State Fellows Program within the Department of Human Resources Development to match talented applicants with full-time, paid fellowship roles in various state agencies for a period of ten to eleven months. Establishes minimum qualifications and procedures for eligible applicants to apply to the program. Gives preference to eligible program applicants who have pre-existing ties to the State or a demonstrated commitment to long-term leadership in the State. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, to coordinate with state agencies to implement and promote the program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB352 | Relating To Renewable Energy. | Authorizes certain state government entities to establish a self-certification process for behind-the-meter, customer-sited solar distributed energy resource systems and exempt the systems from the Federal Emergency Management Agency No-Rise/No-Impact declaration requirements under certain circumstances. | In Committee |
| HB236 | Relating To Low-speed Electric Bicycles. | Increases the minimum age to operate a low-speed electric bicycle from fifteen to sixteen years of age. | In Committee |
| HB156 | Relating To Tobacco Products. | Repeals existing law that preempted local ordinances or regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices and nullified and voided any conflicting local laws and regulations. Allows counties to adopt ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices that do not conflict with and are more stringent than the state law that govern smoking. | In Committee |
| HB87 | Relating To School Meals. | Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires public schools to provide free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students. Appropriates funds. | In Committee |
| HB138 | Relating To Firearms. | Clarifies the requirements for the secure storage of firearms. Amends the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm to establish felony penalties for when a minor obtains an unsecured firearm and it results in injury or death. | In Committee |
| HB204 | Relating To Tobacco Products. | Repeals existing law that preempted local ordinances or regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices and nullified and voided any conflicting local laws and regulations. Allows counties to adopt ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices that do not conflict with and are more stringent than the state law that govern smoking. | In Committee |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB496 | Relating To Mmaki Tea. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB534 | Relating To Labeling Requirements. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB774 | Relating To Value-added Products. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB860 | Relating To Liability. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB1249 | Relating To Agriculture. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB1501 | Relating To Energy. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB321 | Relating To Transportation. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB1186 | Relating To Sustainable Food Systems. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB1304 | Relating To Pesticide Drift Monitoring. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB693 | Relating To The Food Hub Pilot Program. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB984 | Relating To Agricultural Loans. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1291 | Relating To Agriculture. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB140 | Relating To Invasive Species. | House Conference: Passed, With Amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HI | Hawaii House District 01 | House | Democrat | In Office | 11/27/2024 | |
| HI | Hawaii House District 01 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 09/12/2024 | 11/15/2024 |