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SB2518Engross
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Requires and appropriates funds for the Hawaii State Energy Office to conduct a statewide environmental assessment for, and subsequently administer, a geothermal resources characterization program under the direction of the Hawaii Groundwater and Geo...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774).
SB2943Engross
50%
Establishes a commercial drivers workforce working group within the Department of Transportation to address the workforce shortage of commercial drivers in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 10:00 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 10:00AM in conference room 329.
SCR27Engross
50%
Encouraging The United States Navy To Eradicate Octocoral And Other Invasive Species From The Waters Of Pearl Harbor.
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2024-04-19
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1927-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption.
SB3191Engross
50%
Permanently authorizes the University of Hawaii to continue to regulate conflicts of interest and other ethical issues for technology transfer activities sponsored by the University of Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774).
SB3122Engross
50%
Authorizes the Director of Health to issue public health standing orders for patients to self-refer to certain health care screening services. Establishes requirements for the provision of items or services pursuant to a public health standing order....
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2024-04-19
Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
SCR97Engross
50%
Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Renewable Liquid Fuels Working Group To Study Local Production, Development, And Incentives For Renewable Liquid Fuels.
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2024-04-19
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1931-24), recommending adoption.
SB2536Engross
50%
Establishes accounting services procurement preferences for certain Hawaii accounting service businesses. Clarifies that the existing reciprocity procurement preference includes offerors under sections 103D-302 and 103D-303, Hawaii Revised Statutes. ...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 775).
SB2706Engross
50%
Establishes the Clean Slate Expungement Task Force to develop a state-initiated record clearing program. Requires the Task Force to submit reports to the Legislature. (HD1)
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 775).
SCR115Engross
50%
Encouraging Developers To Incorporate Net Zero Water Building Strategies When Constructing And Renovating Housing Projects In The State.
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2024-04-19
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1932-24), recommending adoption.
SB3011Engross
50%
Makes it unlawful for any entity or agent thereof to operate a weed whacker in or within one hundred feet of a residential zone, subject to certain exceptions. Extends the time for the use of leaf blowers and weed whackers within or near residential ...
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 22 @ 2:45 pm]

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-22-24 2:45PM in conference room 325.
SCR213Engross
50%
Requesting The Office Of The Administrative Director Of The Courts To Collect, Compile, And Share Data On The Assessment Of Fees, Court Costs, Fines, And Restitution In Cases Against Minors.
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2024-04-19
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1928-24), recommending adoption.
SB3279Engross
50%
Establishes within the Office of Wellness and Resilience the State of Well-Being Project to assess and enhance tier 1 and tier 2 mental health support services for all key stakeholder communities across the State. Appropriates funds to establish full...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 775).
SB2401Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to each county as a grant-in-aid, subject to a county match, for the implementation of feral chicken control programs. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for a feeding of feral animals education campaign. Effective 7/1/...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774).
SB3192Engross
50%
Makes permanent the Innovation and Commercialization Initiative Program established within the University of Hawaii. Takes effect 6/29/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774).
SB2526Engross
50%
Requires the Technology Services Consolidation Working Group to assist the Office of Enterprise Technology Services in working with certain state agencies to inventory and categorize the business criticality of each major state information technology...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774).
SB3021Engross
50%
Renames the Electric Bicycle and Electric Moped Rebate Program to the Electric Mobility Rebate Program. Expands eligibility and amends the maximum rebate amounts. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-19
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 702).
SCR13Engross
50%
Urging The President Of The United States And Members Of Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Support An Immediate And Permanent Ceasefire In Gaza.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 19 @ 10:00 am]

The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Martinez, Garrett, Kapela, Matayoshi, Sayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and Excused: none.
SB2560Engross
50%
Provides that each lease that the Department of Agriculture enters into, renews, or extends shall authorize DOA to enter the leased premises with prior notification to survey for, identify, investigate, control, or eradicate pests; work cooperatively...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774).
SB2513Engross
50%
Establishes a 3-year new wastewater system and individual wastewater system technology demonstration and implementation pilot program within the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center to examine and demonstrate new wastewater and cesspo...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774).
SB3068Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to support the State's continued response to the August 2023 wildfires that affected the counties of Hawaii and Maui. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-19
Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Dela Cruz Co-Chair; Elefante.
SB2066Engross
50%
Establishes another means for a housing project to seek an exemption from laws and rules of the State that are developed under various programs of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-19
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-24 11:00AM; CR 224.
SB2287Engross
50%
Requires the Information Technology Steering Committee to assist the Chief Information Officer to develop a plan to enhance the mobile application developed to enable the public to access the State's website. Requires the Chief Information Officer's ...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774).
SCR183Engross
50%
Urging The Department Of The Attorney General To Investigate And Enforce Applicable Laws Against Landlords Who Are Ending Rental Agreements To House Femaeligible Households Through The Direct Lease Program Or The Department Of Human Services Rental A...
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2024-04-19
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1933-24), recommending adoption.
SCR23Engross
50%
Urging The Department Of Health To Amend The Hawaii Administrative Rules To Authorize Licensed Dietitians To Prescribe Modified Diets And Plan Therapeutic Diets.
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2024-04-19
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1929-24), recommending adoption.
SB2937Engross
50%
Repeals the sunset date for the exemption of laboratory school programs of the Hawaiian language college at the University of Hawaii at Hilo from state English-medium standards, assessments, performance ratings, staff qualifications, and staff traini...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774).
SCR34Engross
50%
Requesting The Hawaii Medical Association And Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association To Convene A Roundtable To Establish Medical Protocols To Ensure That An Individual's Thyroid Function Is Tested Before Psychotropic Medications For Mental Illness A...
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2024-04-19
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1930-24), recommending adoption.
SB2487Engross
50%
Exempts drug paraphernalia for marijuana from certain penalties under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Lowers the penalties for the possession and transfer without remuneration of certain amounts of marijuana, marijuana concentrate, and marijua...
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2024-04-19
One Day Notice 04-22-24.
SCR128Engross
50%
Requesting The Department Of Health To Establish A Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Testing Grant Program In Collaboration With The University Of Hawaii.
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2024-04-19
Reported from HET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1926-24), recommending adoption.
SB2782Engross
50%
Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to develop multilingual accessibility standards. Appropriates funds to establish an unspecified number of positions to develop multilingual accessibility standards within the Office of Enterprise ...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774).
SCR45Engross
50%
Urging The Director Of Finance To Adopt Administrative Rules To Define "beneficial Effects To The State" In Section 38-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Include The Financing Of Housing.
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2024-04-18
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Kila, Kobayashi, Nishimoto, Alcos, Ward.
SB2119Engross
50%
Authorizes out-of-state pharmacists to transfer prescription information for the initial fill of an out-of-state prescription. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694).
SB1590Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Agriculture to assess the steps necessary for the State to supplement federal authority to perform meat inspections within the State. Requires the Department of Agriculture to assess the steps necessary to transfer full aut...
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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.
SB2591Engross
50%
Imposes a fine on any private landowner that fails to disclose or record with the Bureau of Conveyances, or in documents used to offer real property for sale, the existence of burial or archaeological sites on their property that the landowner knew o...
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2024-04-18
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759).
SB2687Engross
50%
Prohibits a person from distributing, or entering into an agreement with another person to distribute, materially deceptive media, subject to certain exceptions. Establishes criminal penalties for distributing materially deceptive media. Establishes ...
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2024-04-18
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 1:35PM; Conference Room 325.
SB2693Engross
50%
Establishes the offense of charitable fraud during a state of emergency. Provides that a person commits charitable fraud during a state of emergency if that person, during a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, performs certain deceptive ac...
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2024-04-18
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 3:30PM; Conference Room 016.
SCR184Engross
50%
Requesting The Department Of Human Resources Development To Conduct A Sample Survey Of Organizations In The State Within The For-profit, Nonprofit, And Government Sectors That Have Successfully Implemented Remote Work, Hybrid Work, Or Telework Arrang...
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2024-04-18
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Kila, Kobayashi, Nishimoto, Alcos, Ward.
SB2443Engross
50%
Establishes the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program, to be implemented by the State in only those locations where a photo red light imaging detector system has been implemented. Creates a new offense of noncompliance with maximum speed limit ...
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2024-04-18
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 10:01AM; Conference Room 329.
SB2240Engross
50%
Requires the Office of Elections to file an application with Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. (ERIC), by 6/30/2025, for the State to be admitted as a member of that organization. Requires the Office of Elections to share with each cou...
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2024-04-18
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 1:35PM; Conference Room 325.
SB1258Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop and implement a management system for the Kaena point state park, Makua and Keawaula sections. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 700).
SB3365Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Agriculture to certify treatments performed on wood chips, compost, and filter socks. Places certain restrictions on the distribution or transportation of plant care components without prior treatment certification from the...
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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.
SCR81Engross
50%
Urging The Governor To Ensure That Relevant State Agencies, Including The Department Of Health And Department Of Human Services, Collaborate To Explore Avenues To Ensure Continued Access To Affordable Medications For The State's Underserved Populatio...
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2024-04-18
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Kila, Kobayashi, Nishimoto, Alcos, Ward.
SB3094Engross
50%
Establishes a working group within the Office of Wellness and Resilience to create a statewide framework for peer support specialists. Appropriates funds for hiring an administrative facilitator to provide necessary support for the working group. Eff...
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2024-04-18
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 329.
SB2834Engross
50%
Amends the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code to provide for a process to dispose of the tenant's personal property and surrender the dwelling unit to a landlord when there is a death of a tenant. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-18
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759).
SB582Engross
50%
Makes emergency appropriations for certain FEMA-ineligible and FEMA-eligible costs related to the State's response to the August 2023 wildfires and to fund the One Ohana Bank Trust Account to compensate victims of the Maui wildfires. Repeals general ...
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2024-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 698).
SB2951Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation to establish positions to maintain and improve the East Kauai irrigation system and for maintenance of and improvements to the system. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-18
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759).
SB2132Engross
50%
Amends the deadline related to the repair of conditions that constitute health or safety violations. Increases the amount deducted from a tenant's rent for the tenant's actual expenditures to correct health or safety violations and defective conditio...
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2024-04-18
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759).
SB2861Engross
50%
Makes certain long-term exclusive listing agreements for the sale of residential real property void and unenforceable under the state law that governs unfair and deceptive practices. Prohibits the recording or filing of exclusive listing agreements o...
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2024-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694).
SB2159Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, to prepare a report on freshwater and saltwater aquatic organisms regarding their agricultural and economic impact on the State's food se...
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2024-04-18
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759).
SB2758Engross
50%
Authorizes civil claims to be made against a business, owner of a business, or operator of a business that profits from sexual exploitation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-18
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759).
SB2960Engross
50%
Requires that lessees and purchasers of farm lots and ranch lots use that land for farming and producing food, under certain conditions. Authorizes certain agricultural cooperative associations to apply for farm lots. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 19 @ 11:00 am]

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-19-24 11:00AM in conference room 325.
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