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SB3195Engross
50%
Expands the definition of "renewable energy producer" that is used to determine the Board of Land and Natural Resources' disposition of public lands by direct negotiation to renewable energy producers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB2219Engross
50%
Amends the definition of "lobbying" to include communications regarding procurement decisions with certain high-level government officials. Establishes certain presumptions regarding testimony when given by a paid person. Makes certain contracts void...
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2024-03-14
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB2682Engross
50%
Beginning 1/1/2025, requires physicians to perform or order lead screening tests for minor patients at certain intervals as recommended by the Department of Health and make an entry of the lead screening test in the minor patient's record. Requires t...
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2024-03-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB2561Engross
50%
Prohibits intentionally leaving or confining pet animals in a vehicle under conditions that endanger their health, safety, or well-being. Permits law enforcement officers, animal control officers, and firefighters to enter an unattended vehicle to pr...
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2024-03-14
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB3328Engross
50%
Clarifies the Department of Education's authority to oversee public education facilities and real estate development. Establishes the Office of Facilities and Real Estate Development and the Office of School Operations and Services. Repeals the Schoo...
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2024-03-13
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
SB2020Engross
50%
Makes it a deceptive practice to advertise, display, or offer a price for goods or services that does not include all mandatory fees or charges, with certain exceptions. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1)
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2024-03-13
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB2631Engross
50%
Prohibits commercial website operators from publishing mugshots. Establishes exemptions.
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2024-03-13
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB3000Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to provide menstrual products at no cost in specified restrooms in public buildings maintained by the department. (SD2)
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2024-03-13
To House Health Committee
SB2310Engross
50%
Prohibits a person from using a location tracker to harass, stalk, or perpetuate a crime against another person without their knowledge. (SD1)
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2024-03-13
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB2730Engross
50%
Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to disclose records, including but not limited to Supplemental Compensation Exhibits, submitted to the Insurance Commissioner that describe the name, title, or compensation of the directors, trustees, officers, o...
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2024-03-13
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB2397Engross
50%
Excludes from any waiting list maintained by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands any lessee or successor who sells or transfers their lease on a tract of Hawaiian home lands for personal gain. Establishes that the Hawaiian Homes Commission shall ha...
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2024-03-12
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB2759Engross
50%
Prohibits the State from leasing any public lands, or extending the lease of any public lands, to any individual, corporation, or federal agency that is in arrears in the payment of certain moneys to the State, noncompliant with a consent decree or m...
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2024-03-12
To House Water & Land Committee
SB2127Engross
50%
Prohibits a landlord or the landlord's agent from charging an application fee for a criminal background check or credit report if an applicant provides a copy of a criminal background check or credit report that has not been falsely altered or makes ...
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2024-03-12
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB2126Engross
50%
Requires a landlord to accept either rental security insurance or a surety bond in lieu of a traditional security deposit, upon a tenant's request. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1)
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2024-03-12
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB2239Engross
50%
Prohibits any person from advertising, displaying, or offering a price for the rental or letting of a transient accommodation or resort time share vacation unit that does not include all taxes and fees imposed by a government entity that the renter o...
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2024-03-12
To House Tourism Committee
SB2120Engross
50%
Requires retail pet stores to maintain records regarding the source and medical history of animals sold and provide records to pet purchasers, subject to the discretion of the retail pet store. Establishes penalties. Authorizes retail pet stores to s...
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2024-03-08
To House Agriculture Committee
SB2384Engross
50%
Lowers the blood alcohol concentration threshold for driving while under the influence of alcohol from 0.08 to 0.05.
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2024-03-08
To House Transportation Committee
SB2492Engross
50%
Allows the Governor to enter the State into the multistate Nurse Licensure Compact, which will allow a nurse who is licensed by a home state to practice under a multi-state licensure privilege in each party state, effective 1/1/2026. Beginning 1/1/20...
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2024-03-07
To House Health Committee
SB2213Engross
50%
Amends section 11-364, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide that an excess contribution of more than $100 in cash, in the aggregate, from a single person during an election period to a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee shall es...
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB2599Engross
50%
Prohibits a board or commission from authorizing a base salary for a position and prohibits an employee from receiving a base salary, in excess of the amount designated in the budget enacted by the Legislature or other legislative enactment, unless a...
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2024-03-07
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
SB3138Engross
50%
Clarifies that the definition of "manufactured hemp product" in section 328G-1, HRS, includes hemp products specified in rules adopted by the Department of Health pursuant to section 328G-4, HRS. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Agriculture Committee
SB2597Engross
50%
Clarifies that the prohibition against board and commission holdover members from holding office beyond the end of the second regular legislative session following the expiration of the member's term of office takes precedence over any conflicting st...
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2024-03-07
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
SB2227Engross
50%
Authorizes the Governor to suspend the mortgage foreclosure provisions of chapter 667, HRS, for properties having substantial damage resulting from a Governordeclared state of emergency. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD2)
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2024-03-07
To House Water & Land Committee
SB2447Engross
50%
Adds the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to the Board of Agriculture.
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2024-03-07
To House Agriculture Committee
SB3303Engross
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Clarifies labeling requirements for macadamia nuts. Requires country of origin to be included on the label of a consumer package of processed macadamia nuts. Allows a private right of action for violations. (SD2)
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2024-03-07
To House Agriculture Committee
SB2764Engross
50%
Transfers the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Requires the Governor to select the Executive Director of the State Foundation on ...
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2024-03-07
To House Culture, Arts, & International Affairs Committee
SB370Engross
50%
Removes the exemption that allowed owners of multiple parking facilities within the State to designate and electrify fewer parking spaces than required in one or more of the properties if the requirement for the total number of aggregate spaces on al...
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2024-03-07
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
SB2617Engross
50%
Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study and report on the forty-one states in the country that have enacted laws limiting the sale of real property to foreign individuals or entities, and how those laws and related constitutional...
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2024-03-07
To House Water & Land Committee
SB2859Engross
50%
Authorizes the use of a master certificate of title for new common interest communities to simplify and streamline the operation of the land court. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB2251Engross
50%
Increases the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent exposure from a petty misdemeanor to a misdemeanor if the person to whom the genitals were exposed is less than 16 years of age. Provides that the state of mind requirement is not applicable ...
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB3084Engross
50%
Exempts Hawaii National Guard service members activated by the Governor or the Governor's designated representative to state active duty from enrollment in the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
SB3381Engross
50%
Establishes the Lele Community District and Board to facilitate rebuilding in Lahaina. Establishes the Lele Community Special Fund. Makes appropriations. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025...
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2024-03-07
To House Water & Land Committee
SB2392Engross
50%
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 can...
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB2514Engross
50%
Requires petitions or motions for a pro hac vice appearance for a court proceeding or arbitration proceeding to be supported by evidence of local counsel's Hawaii business registration, the applicant's Hawaii general excise tax license number, an aff...
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB3085Engross
50%
Authorizes the payment of allowances for TRICARE Reserve Select coverages to junior officers, warrant officers, or enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard ordered to active duty for more than thirty days in service to the State. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
SB3114Engross
50%
Clarifies that a confirmed report of harm or threatened harm, as defined in chapter 587A, HRS, or child abuse and neglect, as defined in chapter 350, HRS, will result in the perpetrator's name being maintained in the central registry. Clarifies when ...
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB2692Engross
50%
Establishes requirements and penalties for owners of dangerous dogs. Allows for impounding of dangerous dogs under certain conditions. Takes effect 1/1/2025. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB2522Engross
50%
Allows persons convicted of certain criminal violations to apply to the court for an expungement order under certain circumstances. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB2092Engross
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Requires the Public Utilities Commission to direct each electric utility company in the State to file proposals for programs to provide certain benefits to residential property owners in fire-prone areas that install electric infrastructure improveme...
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2024-03-07
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
SB2828Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to convert vacant Engineer (Buildings) V positions to Project Manager II positions and requires that the salaries of the converted positions be comparable to Project Manager II class, SR-26.
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2024-03-07
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
SB2091Engross
50%
Requires all telecommunications service providers to communicate relevant information relating to the deenergization of electrical lines to public safety or emergency response offices for the affected areas. Requires all electric utilities to operate...
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2024-03-07
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
SB2911Engross
50%
Designates certain snail species as official state snails.
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2024-03-07
To House Culture, Arts, & International Affairs Committee
SB2762Engross
50%
Prohibits a landlord from renting or leasing, or offering to rent or lease, a dwelling unit in a rent-controlled county at a rate that exceeds the rate established by resolution adopted by the appropriate county council, subject to certain exceptions...
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2024-03-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB2904Engross
50%
Amends emergency management law to protect tenants, mortgagors, consumers, and residents for certain periods of time after the issuance of a gubernatorial or mayoral emergency proclamation. (SD2)
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2024-03-07
To House Water & Land Committee
SB3141Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Health to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Requires the Department of Health to respond to reports about persons having sev...
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2024-03-07
To House Health Committee
SB3135Engross
50%
Authorizes the Examiner of Drivers to suspend the driver's license of a person using a parking permit issued to a deceased person who was deceased when the permit was issued to obtain parking privileges. Provides that fifty per cent of any fine impos...
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2024-03-07
To House Transportation Committee
SB3362Engross
50%
Authorizes the temporary assignment of permanent legislative staff during the interim to executive or judicial branch agencies. Establishes that while on temporary assignment, the temporarily assigned employee is still considered an employee of the L...
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2024-03-07
To House Legislative Management Committee
SB3175Engross
50%
Authorizes the Department of Taxation to serve administrative subpoenas outside the State. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB2280Engross
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Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the State. Requires funding to be through a publicprivate partnership that meets certain requirements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2024-03-07
To House Finance Committee
SB2129Engross
50%
Expands the definition of "historic property" for purposes of the Historic Preservation Program. Takes effect 4/14/2112. (SD2)
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2024-03-07
To House Water & Land Committee
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