HI Legislation | 2024 | Regular Session | House | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB2526	Enroll 75%	Increases the penalty for a third or subsequent offense involving the unauthorized driving or operation of motor vehicles to a class C felony. Authorizes the court, as part of the person's sentencing for the third or subsequent offense, to order that... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 772).
HB2743	Engross 50%	Requires the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center and the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to develop an overlay with the Hawaii Cesspool Prioritization Tool to identify specific priority areas in which the county sewer ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 776).
HB1611	Enroll 75%	Requires law enforcement agencies and the Law Enforcement Standards Board to consult the National Decertification Index and report certain information related to a law enforcement officer's certification status to the Index. Takes effect 7/1/2026. (S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 772).
HB470	Engross 50%	Clarifies the definition of "provider" as it relates to the entities eligible to provide no cost emergency shelter and related services to a consenting minor to include certain organizations who are not considered child placing organizations or child... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 768).
HB2352	Enroll 75%	Exempts the administrator of the Law Enforcement Standards Board from civil service laws. Clarifies membership and certain powers and duties of the Law Enforcement Standards Board and establishes new deadlines for the completion of board responsibili... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 772).
HB2513	Enroll 75%	Expands expungement eligibility to persons whose convictions for consuming a measurable amount of alcohol while under the age of twenty-one or first-time property offenses predated current expungement provisions. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 772).
HB1923	Engross 50%	Authorizes overnight camps in operation prior to January 1, 1961, to be regulated via the special permit process. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 771).
HB1642	Engross 50%	Allows an employee or the exclusive representative, if applicable, to file a complaint with the Hawaii Labor Relations Board if the employer fails to comply with section 78-64, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to general employee orientation. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 771).
HB2486	Engross 50%	Authorizes the Department of Taxation to serve administrative subpoenas outside the State. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 771).
HB2444	Enroll 75%	Authorizes the Department of Health to conduct criminal history record checks of applicants for permits to operate as a hemp processor. Sunsets 7/1/2027. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 772).
HB1936	Engross 50%	Mandates that the Department of Transportation require the securing of mooring lines from vessels to commercial docks, wharves, piers, quays, and landings to be performed by labor subject to collective bargaining. Sunsets 7/1/2028. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 771).
HB2480	Engross 50%	Requires the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to set a fee for the issuance of an apostille or a non-apostille certification by administrative rules. Establishes the Apostilles and Certifications Special Fund. Appropriates funds into and out of the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 777).
HB1595	Enroll 75%	Creates a pilot project, to be administered by the Department of the Attorney General, for a state-initiated expungement process of arrest records concerning certain marijuana offenses under section 712-1249, HRS. Requires the Hawai?i Criminal Justic... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 772).
HB2343	Engross 50%	Expedites the enforcement of orders of wage payment violations by allowing the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to file certified copies of the final orders in any court of competent jurisdiction. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 771).
HB1892	Engross 50%	Part II: Amends the deadlines for required upgrades conversions, or connections for certain priority level 1 and priority level 2 cesspools. Part III: Authorizes and appropriates funds to the Department of Health to retain qualified consultants as ne... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 776).
HB2488	Engross 50%	Amends the minimum qualifications for the Chairperson of the Taxation Board of Review. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 771).
HB1842	Enroll 75%	Increases the maximum fine for violations of the fire protection laws. Specifies that each day a violation exists or continues to exist shall constitute a distinct and separate offense. Raises the criminal penalty for the offense of arson in the four... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 772).
HB2482	Engross 50%	Repeals the requirement for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and county clerk's offices to timely post paper or electronic copies of all meeting notices filed by boards in a central location in a public building, and instead, requires the office... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 777).
HB159	Engross 50%	Exempts the notarization requirement for renewals of liquor licenses. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 769).
HB2395	Engross 50%	Makes Hawaii National Guard service members activated by the Governor or the Governor's designated representative to state active duty ineligible for enrollment in the Employees' Retirement System based solely on the active duty service. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-19 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 771).
HB1598	Enroll 75%	Requires boards to make available for public inspection board packets, if created, at the time the board packet is distributed to board members but no later than two business days before the board meeting. Provides that public testimony may be distri... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 764).
HB1932	Engross 50%	Authorizes the Department of Transportation to acquire, including by condemnation, any real, personal, or mixed property for immediate or future use and own, hold, improve, rehabilitate, sell, assign, exchange, transfer, convey, lease, or dispose of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 19 @ 10:00 am] Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 760).
HB1600	Enroll 75%	Requires boards to schedule a meeting for deliberation and decision-making on a report by an investigative group at least six business days after the board meeting in which the investigative group presented the findings and recommendations of its inv... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 764).
HB2074	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for the establishment of three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) Kaiapuni education curriculum specialist II positions and ten full-time equivalent (10.0 FTE) Kaiapuni classroom teacher positions. Declar... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 2:09PM; Conference Room 229.
HB2426	Engross 50%	Clarifies when a relative seeking to be a resource caregiver for a child is entitled to an administrative appeal for the Department of Human Services' denial of a foster home license. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
HB2193	Engross 50%	Authorizes law enforcement and fire officers to enter and inspect any licensee's or permittee's premises, under certain conditions, to verify compliance with the State's Fireworks Control Law. Establishes procedures for the Department of Law Enforcem... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 760).
HB1599	Enroll 75%	Requires public meeting notices to inform members of the public how to provide remote oral testimony in a manner that allows the testifier, upon request, to be visible to board members and other meeting participants. Recognizes a board's authority to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 764).
HB2404	Engross 50%	Increases the amounts for the income tax brackets and standard deduction amounts for tax year 2024. Adjusts annually for tax years beginning after 12/31/2024, the income tax brackets and standard deduction amounts by a cost-of-living adjustment facto... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 697).
HB2619	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for programs and positions in agricultural biosecurity. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 22 @ 11:00 am] Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-22-24 11:00AM in conference room 325.
HB2493	Engross 50%	Creates two new commercial driver's license restrictions relating to operating a commercial motor vehicle in excess of eighteen thousand pounds gross vehicle weight rating and operating a commercial motor vehicle on Lanai and Molokai only. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
HB1879	Enroll 75%	Provides that certain information to be included in any digital voter information guide shall not be released to any requestor in whole or in part before the public release of the entire guide. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 764).
HB2582	Engross 50%	Excludes critical infrastructure information from disclosure requirements under the Uniform Information Practices Act. Takes effect 4/14/2112. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 760).
HB1800	Engross 50%	Adjusts and requests appropriations for fiscal biennium 2023-2025 funding requirements for operations and capital improvement projects of Executive Branch agencies and programs. Effective 7/1/2024. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 19 @ 3:00 pm] Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-19-24 3:00PM in conference room 309.
HB2248	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to develop a North Shore Beach Management and Climate Adaptation Plan for the North Shore of Oahu from Sunset Point to the Kapo?o (Sharks Cove) area. Declares that the general f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 760).
HB2369	Engross 50%	Increases the maximum interest rate on Community-Based Economic Development loans to ten per cent. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 760).
HB2374	Engross 50%	Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Units (2), (3), (4), (9), (13), and (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 760).
HB1911	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds for the Judiciary Supplemental Budget for the 2023-2025 biennium. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 19 @ 1:30 pm] Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-19-24 1:30PM in conference room 325.
HB1953	Engross 50%	Requires the Judicial Council to conduct a comprehensive review of the Hawaii Penal Code and to recommend proposed changes. Requires the Judicial Council to appoint an advisory committee to assist in the review, and allows the Council to also appoint... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 760).
HB2489	Engross 50%	Exempts senior software developers in the Department of Taxation from civil service. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
HB1597	Enroll 75%	Clarifies that members of the public may sue a board or alleged board after receiving an adverse Office of Information Practices decision, and that the decision will be reviewed de novo. Establishes a two-year statute of limitations to bring the laws... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 764).
HB2342	Enroll 75%	Prohibits carrying or using a firearm in the commission of a separate misdemeanor offense. Amends and clarifies prohibitions regarding deadly or dangerous weapons, switchblade knives, and butterfly knives. Clarifies hunter education certificates and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Transmitted to Governor.
HB2443	Engross 50%	Repeals the sunset date of the authorization for primary caregivers to cultivate medical cannabis for qualifying patients. Clarifies that primary caregivers may continue to cultivate medical cannabis for qualifying patients subject to certain restric... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 760).
HB1529	Engross 50%	Allows any burial council member whose term has expired to continue in office as a holdover member until the member's reappointment to a second term is confirmed or a successor is nominated and appointed. Prohibits holdover members from holding offic... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
HB2315	Engross 50%	Specifies the procedure for condominium association meetings conducted in person and electronically. Clarifies the procedure for electronic meetings, electronic voting, and mail voting. Takes effect 4/14/2112. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 761).
HB1869	Engross 50%	Establishes the felony offenses of misuse of uncrewed aircraft in the first, second, and third degrees. Requires uncrewed aircraft to be operated by a human operator at all times. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 763).
HB2377	Engross 50%	Appropriates general funds to various programs for anticipated operating shortfalls due to the limited ability for departments to transfer funds between programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Moriwaki Chair; Wakai, Fevella.
HB2657	Engross 50%	Establishes judicial procedures to prevent and remedy abusive litigation. Takes effect 1/1/2025. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-09-24.
HB2467	Engross 50%	Repeals the sunset provision of Act 222, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to permanently allow the Board of Land and Natural Resources to approve rent credits for demolition and infrastructure costs for public land leases. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 10:30AM; CR 229.
HB1838	Engross 50%	Expands the zoning powers of counties. Expands the scope of the transient accommodations tax law to include certain shelters and vehicles with sleeping accommodations. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Tarnas, Aiu Co-Chairs; Kitagawa, Miyake, Takayama, Matsumoto.
HB2329	Engross 50%	Establishes a 1-year pilot program to reduce the population of rose-ringed parakeets on Kauai and Oahu using past research and on-the-ground experience to guide future strategies. Appropriates funds. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 22 @ 11:00 am] Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-22-24 11:00AM in conference room 325.