HI Legislation | 2024 | Regular Session | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB2478	Engross 50%	Authorizes the Governor to execute a compact on behalf of the State to cooperate in the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Establishes procedures for selection and succession of commissioners. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 10:30AM; Conference Room 229.
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]	2024-04-23 [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 9:05 am] Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 9:05AM in conference room 016.
SB3068	Engross 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) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 2:00PM; Conference Room 309.
SB2066	Engross 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) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
HB1633	Engross 50%	Repeals the leasing restriction on owner-builders who obtain an owner-builder exemption to act as their own contractor and who build or improve residential or farm buildings or structures on their own property and do not offer the buildings or struct... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino.
SB2070	Engross 50%	Exempts career and technical education goods and services purchases by the Department of Education from the State Procurement Code. Requires the Department of Education to acquire three verbal or written quotes for career and technical education purc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
SB3103	Engross 50%	Requires an attestation or declaration regarding project labor standards, including adherence to state-approved apprenticeship programs and prevailing wage requirements, for large-scale renewable energy generation covered projects. Effective 7/1/3000... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-24 10:32AM; Conference Room 325.
SB2257	Engross 50%	Authorizes the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to consider qualified individuals with at least an associate's degree or high school diploma with comparable education and coursework, industry experience, and content expertise to teach career and techni... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
SB2475	Engross 50%	Establishes a harm to students registry, for all early learning programs or schools and K-12 educational institutions within the State, that contains information on school employees, contractors, or volunteers for whom, as result of an investigation,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
SB2532	Engross 50%	Clarifies that the definition of "dwelling", as it relates to offenses against property rights, includes multi-unit buildings and connected parking or storage areas that are restricted to residents. Allows the owner of a multi-unit building, an owner... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-24 2:05PM; Conference Room 224.
HB2183	Engross 50%	Establishes safe harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement assistance. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 806).
SB63	Engross 50%	Authorizes the board of nursing to issue temporary permits for six-month periods to out-of-state licensed practical nurses and registered nurses or who hold a multistate license issued by another state, territory, or foreign country, under certain ci... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 3:30 pm] Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-24-24 3:30PM in conference room 329.
HB2241	Engross 50%	Appropriates funds for civilian auxiliary aviation services performed by the Civil Air Patrol. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/2042. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-24 4:00PM; Conference Room 016.
SB3157	Engross 50%	Authorizes disposition of public land leases by direct negotiation for commercial or industrial use on parcels of up to five acres. Repeals 6/30/2029. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 10:15AM; CR 229.
SB2502	Engross 50%	Requires the University of Hawaii to establish and implement a two-year program to develop web-GIS wildfire susceptibility and vulnerability maps for the State to determine which communities, landscapes, buildings, and infrastructure are most vulnera... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 803).
HB2184	Engross 50%	Prohibits contributions from persons convicted of various campaign finance, ethical, or lobbying offenses. Requires unlawful contributions to escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund. Authorizes the Campaign Spending Commission and State Ethics C... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 806).
HB2553	Engross 50%	Authorizes pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons three years of age or older. Authorizes pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians under the direct supervision of a pharmacist to administer vaccinations to persons three years of age or older,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 3:05 pm] Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-24-24 3:05PM in conference room 329.
SB2305	Engross 50%	Establishes a Silver Alert Program within the Department of Law Enforcement to help locate and safeguard missing persons who are sixty-five years of age or older, cognitively impaired, or developmentally disabled. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/30... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 2:30PM; Conference Room 016.
SB2284	Engross 50%	Establishes a two-year program at the University of Hawaii to develop a wildfire forecast system for the State using artificial intelligence. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 803).
HB2563	Engross 50%	Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to study the feasibility of, and create a plan for, developing and publishing, through a contract with a third party, a mobile application that includes all online application processes, including the collection ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 10:02 am] Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-24-24 10:02AM in conference room 325.
SB2537	Engross 50%	Clarifies that the Chief Energy Officer is responsible for supporting the renewable portfolio standards and reporting on certain energy matters. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-24 10:30AM; CR 325.
SB2937	Engross 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
SB2245	Engross 50%	Adds a definition for "exigent circumstances" and amends the definitions of "harm" and "imminent harm" under the Child Protective Act. Clarifies when the police may take protective custody of a child and when the Department of Human Services may assu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 3 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Fukunaga, Lee.
SB2557	Engross 50%	Allows a court to appoint an attorney for the subject of a petition for assisted community treatment if the interests of justice require one be appointed. Repeals language that entitles the subject of a petition for assisted community treatment to le... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 1:35PM; Conference Room 325.
SB2413	Engross 50%	Requires the Board of Agriculture to submit a report on the percentage of agricultural lands that are suitable for farming and actively farmed and certain dollar amounts relating to lease transfers between lessees. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 9:05 am] [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 11:07 am] Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-24-24 11:07AM in conference room 325.
HB2216	Enroll 75%	Increases the state supplemental payment ceilings for type I adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, certified adult foster homes, and type II adult residential care hom... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 802).
HB1922	Engross 50%	Expands the department of land and natural resources' rulemaking authority to include any rule deemed necessary to protect certain wildlife. Expands the board of land and natural resources' authority to timely adopt, amend, or repeal certain rules if... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
SB3207	Engross 50%	Removes the salary cap of Superintendent of Education. Makes permanent the annual performance evaluation requirements for the Superintendent of Education. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
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]	2024-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 769).
HB2090	Engross 50%	Beginning 1/1/2025, allows residential uses in areas zoned for commercial use to be considered permitted under certain circumstances. Requires, no later than 1/1/2025, each county to adopt or amend its ordinances to allow for adaptive reuse of existi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 769).
SB2504	Engross 50%	Repeals Part II of Act 66, SLH 2023, which requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to work with the University of Hawaii on workforce development activities that support the development of the Hawaii Pacific Hydrogen Hu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-24 10:30AM; CR 325.
HB2430	Engross 50%	Establishes the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Program. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 20242025. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 2:15 pm] Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 2:15PM in conference room 329.
SB2079	Engross 50%	Allows the State of Hawaii Plant and Animal Declaration Form to be distributed, completed, and transmitted electronically. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 11:05 am] Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 11:05AM in conference room 325.
HB2496	Engross 50%	Adds alternative procurement methods to the types of methods of source selection. Allows an alternative procurement method when the federal government provides for or approves the alternative procurement method and the head of the purchasing agency m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 9:05 am] Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 9:05AM in conference room 016.
HB1828	Engross 50%	Extends the State's deadline to achieve its energy-efficiency portfolio standards target from 2030 to 2045 and updates the standards. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish interim goals for electricity use reduction to be achieved by ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 10:34 am] Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 10:34AM in conference room 325.
HB1964	Engross 50%	Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a child care provider subsidy and bonus program to provide subsidies to retain the existing child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care centers, group child care ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 772).
HB2394	Engross 50%	Amends various provisions of the Insurance Code to update and improve existing provisions. Defines "dormant captive insurance company", sets out a procedure to apply for a certificate of dormancy, and exempts certified dormant captive insurance compa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
HB2390	Engross 50%	Requires the Public Utilities Commission to explicitly consider the effect of the State's reliance on fossil fuels on lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and gives the Public Utilities Commission the discretion to waive a lifecycle greenhouse gas emis... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-24 9:00AM; Conference Room 325.
SB3312	Engross 50%	Adopts, establishes, and designates the shaka as the official gesture of the State. Authorizes the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to develop a public work of art related to the shaka and its history to be displayed in a prominent location i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-24 11:00AM; Conference Room 329.
HB2083	Engross 50%	Requires the Department of Education to establish a recognition program to incentivize schools to submit to the Department a plan for the school to reach the local farm to school meal goal of thirty per cent of food served in the school to consist of... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 9:05 am] [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 11:07 am] Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-24-24 11:07AM in conference room 325.
SB2182	Engross 50%	Amends the persons required to collect the Ocean Stewardship User Fee. Extends the sunset date of the Ocean Stewardship Special Fund to January 1, 2031. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 10:15AM; CR 229.
SB3116	Engross 50%	Specifies that the priority of selection for preschool open doors program participation applies only during the priority application period between February 1 and the start of each program year. Specifies that applications received after the priority... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 2:45PM; Conference Room 329.
SB2591	Engross 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 760).
HB2426	Enroll 75%	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]	2024-04-22 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782).
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]	2024-04-22 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-23-24 3:30PM in conference room 325.
HB2493	Enroll 75%	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]	2024-04-22 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782).
SB3083	Engross 50%	Amends various sections of article 11 of the Insurance Code to adopt revisions to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Model No. 440, Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-24 2:31PM; Conference Room CR224.
HB2485	Enroll 75%	Repeals an obsolete fee for a certified copy of a tax clearance. Adds a penalty for failure to comply with reporting requirements under the general excise tax law and transient accommodations tax law for collection of rent by a third party. Raises th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782).
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]	2024-04-22 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-23-24 5:00PM in conference room 309.
HB2435	Engross 50%	Authorizes the Director of Health to permit synchronous online access to apply for marriage and civil union licenses in lieu of in-person applications, as specified in rules adopted by the Department of Health pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.