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HB2390Engross
50%
Requires the PUC to explicitly consider the effect of the State's reliance on fossil fuels on lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and gives the PUC the discretion to require a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions assessment for energy projects that do n...
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2024-03-27
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards.
HB2351Engross
50%
Clarifies the annual reporting requirement for the Department of the Attorney General concerning concealed carry licenses. (SD1)
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2024-03-27
[Hearing: Apr 2 @ 10:05 am]

The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-02-24 10:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
SB3312Engross
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...
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2024-03-27
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ganaden, Holt.
HB1527Engross
50%
Prohibits animal owners and their employees from performing any surgical procedures on the owner's animal or animals. Provides that a violation of the prohibition is a class C felony. Clarifies that the offense of cruelty to animals in the first degr...
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2024-03-27
[Hearing: Apr 2 @ 10:05 am]

The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-02-24 10:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
HB2446Engross
50%
Authorizes the Examiner of Drivers to suspend the driver's license of a person who violates certain regulations relating to the use of disability parking permits. Authorizes each county to enact ordinances to enforce the design and construction requi...
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2024-03-27
[Hearing: Apr 4 @ 10:00 am]

The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-04-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
HB2475Engross
50%
Provides that advertisements or offers for commercial activity are prima facie evidence that the owner disseminated or directed dissemination of such advertisements or offers and the commercial activity is operated at the location advertised or offer...
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2024-03-27
[Hearing: Apr 4 @ 10:00 am]

The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-04-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
SB1291Engross
50%
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in cooperation with each state agency having operational responsibilities over state facilities to develop a standardized process to conduct vulnerability assessments for facilities at risk...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
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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2024-03-25
To House Finance Committee
HB676Engross
50%
Authorizes the appropriate county land use decision-making authority to determine district boundary amendments involving land areas over fifteen acres but not over one hundred acres, except lands that are designated as important agricultural land or ...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB1340Engross
50%
Requires the Director of Health to establish a Temporary Breakthrough Therapy Designation Advisory Council within 3 months of certain breakthrough therapy designation approvals by the United States Food and Drug Administration. (SD2)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB449Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the governor to plan and coordinate the festival of pacific arts and culture to be held in Honolulu from 6/6/2024 to 6/16/2024. Requires the department of busines...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB1412Engross
50%
Prohibits any contract or license agreement between a publisher and library in the State from precluding, limiting, or otherwise restricting the library from performing customary operational and lending functions; restricting the library from disclos...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB1375Engross
50%
Establishes an Office of Tourism and Destination Management within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism that encompasses regenerative tourism and best practice destination management. Transfers the functions, duties, appropri...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB610Engross
50%
Establishes the farm workforce retention tax credit for farm employers or owners of farm employers who employ eligible farm employees. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB1046Engross
50%
Replaces the term "school health aides" with "school health assistants" to reflect recent changes to the job title. Authorizes the administration of medication to public school students by school health assistants with the approval of a health care p...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB224Engross
50%
Allows for noise control infractions to be processed under the traffic and emergency period infractions adjudication process. Grants the district court concurrent jurisdiction over noise control infractions committed by minors. Effective 6/30/3000. (...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB1246Engross
50%
Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to issue bonds for housing project infrastructure and to finance the development of regional state infrastructure projects. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds with the...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB445Engross
50%
Increases civil penalties for the violation of various pollution provisions. Establishes and appropriates funds for an environmental health specialist position within the clean water branch of the department of health. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB667Engross
50%
Clarifies the application of the general excise tax law with regard to gross income derived from unrelated trade or business activities of nonprofit organizations. Effective 6/30/3000. Sunsets 12/31/2028. (HD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB193Engross
50%
Extends the State's energy-efficiency portfolio standards from 2030 to 2045. Authorizes the public utilities commission to establish interim goals. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB522Engross
50%
Removes the ability of the governor or a mayor to suspend electronic media transmission during a state of emergency. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB617Engross
50%
Establishes an oral health task force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050 and 7/1/205...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB314Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Office of Community Services to fund the purchase, storage, and transportation of food for distribution to the food banks in the State. (SD2)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB516Enroll
75%
Requires that the identity statement used for labeling or advertising hemp products identify the percentage of Hawaii-grown and Hawaii-processed hemp and hemp of other origins contained in hemp products. Allows the use of the term "All Hawaiian" for ...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB86Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, to update the State Agriculture Functional Plan to include other agricultural economic updates that expand the State's priority on food b...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB129Engross
50%
Requires providers of no cost emergency shelter and related services to take steps to ensure pertinent youth obtain and receive services from the juvenile justice or child welfare systems and maintain separation for unrelated adults and minor childre...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
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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2024-03-25
To House Finance Committee
SB1543Engross
50%
Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in the State, to begin with the 2026 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit a progress a...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB1156Engross
50%
Requires the Department of the Attorney General to assist with the preparation and filing of assisted community treatment petitions and related court proceedings for private petitioners, unless the petitioner declines the assistance. Authorizes the F...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB844Engross
50%
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Malama Puuloa. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB201Engross
50%
Expands the definition of "historic property" for purposes of the Historic Preservation Program. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB164Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for the Hawaii State Loan Repayment Program for health care professionals. Requires funds to be expended in coordination with the John A. Burns School of Medicine of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Re...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
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. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB1385Engross
50%
Part I: Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources shall not unilaterally amend the terms and conditions of any lease of public lands being extended pursuant to Act 149, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, except as otherwise provided therein; a...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HB1131Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission to study all programming offered to persons incarcerated at correctional facilities and convene a group of incarcerated women for the purpose of identifying gaps in the program...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB2991Engross
50%
Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to adopt rules establishing criteria for the creation of new bargaining units. Requires certain employees or any employer or exclusive representative proposing a new bargaining unit to submit an application t...
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2024-03-25
To House Finance Committee
HB974Engross
50%
Establishes a program specialist position within the Department of Agriculture and appropriates moneys to fund the position. Requires the grant specialist to prioritize assistance for farmers and ranchers who produce local food, at least some portion...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB744Engross
50%
Requires the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to classify the fungal pathogen that causes coffee leaf rust as an invasive species in its administrative rules and to direct available funding for mitigation efforts, research, and prevention or control a...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB652Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to mitigate and control infestations of the two-lined spittlebug, undertake recovery efforts for lands damaged by the two-lined spittlebug, and establish a five-year pilot program to mitigate and co...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
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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2024-03-25
To House Finance Committee
HB690Engross
50%
Establishes the Hawaii agricultural investment program within the Agribusiness Development Corporation to support local agricultural producers. Requires annual reports. Appropriates funds for program and positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB419Engross
50%
Appropriates funds for the Hawaii carbon smart land management assistance pilot program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1488Engross
50%
Requires the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, in consultation with livestock industry stakeholders, to conduct a study to assess the effects of heat stress on beef cattle during interisland ocean transportatio...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB1027Engross
50%
Establishes the combat sports commission of Hawaii. Provides for regulation of combat sports. Prohibits no rules combat or similar contests. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
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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2024-03-25
To House Finance Committee
HB982Engross
50%
Amends the amount of funding for the tobacco enforcement special fund administered by the Department of the Attorney General by: amending the amount of funds that the tobacco enforcement special fund can carry over at the end of the fiscal year; incr...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
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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2024-03-25
To House Finance Committee
HB2377Engross
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. (HD1)
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2024-03-25
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB1132Engross
50%
Requires members of the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Extends the term of the Oversight Coordinator for the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission. Requires the Commission...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
SB2216Engross
50%
Clarifies and modernizes the way the State Ethics Commission provides advice and conducts investigations. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-25
To House Finance Committee
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