HI Legislation | 2024 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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SB3234Engross
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Amends the laws relating to the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund and Hawaii Property Insurance Association by: imposing a different transient accommodation tax rate for transient vacation rentals and a property insurance surcharge on conveyance tax to ca...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
SB2948Engross
50%
Authorizes residential uses in areas zoned for commercial to be considered permitted as long as the residential use is limited by ordinance to floors above the ground floor of a building or structure and development standards are met. Exempts areas z...
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2024-03-22
[Hearing: Apr 1 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Housing Committee
HB2467Engross
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)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2579Engross
50%
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; and if th...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HB1949Engross
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 of Hawaii to determine which communities, landscapes, buildings, and infrastructure are mo...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB1839Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for long-term monitoring of air quality for certain communities impacted by the August 2023 Maui wildfire, as well as support for research efforts to better understand the environmental concerns linked t...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2329Engross
50%
Establishes a one-year pilot program to reduce the population of rose-ringed parakeets on Kauai using past research and on-the-ground experience to guide future strategies. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2025. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2611Engross
50%
Statutorily establishes a Department of Land and Natural Resources transaction fee for each recording in the Bureau of Conveyances and Land Court. Amends the authorized uses of moneys in the Bureau of Conveyances Special Fund. Repeals language that r...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2499Engross
50%
Designates the Chief Financial Officer of the University of Hawaii to act as the University of Hawaii?s chief procurement officer. Sunsets 6/30/2027. Effective 6/29/3000. (SD1)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2015Engross
50%
Requires DOT to identify an emergency egress route other than Komo Mai drive from Pacific Palisades or, if no other route can be found, determine the feasibility of constructing an alternate emergency egress route. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB2285Engross
50%
Amends the functions and duties of the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Clarifies the definition of "health care". Establishes a task force known as the Hui Hoomana. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HB2801Engross
50%
Allows condominium associations to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing. Delegates all existing administrative responsibilities of the counties under the commercial property assessed financing program to the Hawaii Green Infrastruct...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2175Engross
50%
Appropriates funds for and requires the involvement of community members and organizations in the development of a community-based, long-range transportation plan for the Kaaawa, Punaluu, and Hauula communities. Requires a report to the Legislature. ...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB1542Engross
50%
Between 7/1/2024 and 12/31/2026, authorizes each county planning commission to petition for the redistricting of lands from agricultural districts to rural districts through the Land Use Commission's declaratory ruling process. Sunsets 12/31/2027. Ef...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB1830Engross
50%
Establishes provisional or associate-level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances. Authorizes psychologist license applic...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2238Engross
50%
Reclassifies certain non-general funds of the Department of Accounting and General Services, pursuant to the recommendations made by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 23-17. Takes effect 7/1/2491. (SD1)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB3125Engross
50%
Authorizes minors who are fourteen years of age or older to consent to medical care and services for sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, and family planning services, including the prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Requires confi...
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2024-03-22
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
SB572Engross
50%
Authorizes and specifies conditions under which the Department of Agriculture may declare a biosecurity emergency, during which the Department and Governor may take certain actions to prevent the establishment or spread of pests and prohibited or res...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HB2361Engross
50%
Authorizes the Hawaii Community Development Authority to render services to and assist state and county agencies upon request. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2641Engross
50%
Reestablishes the Appraisal Management Company Registration Program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to begin September 1, 2024. Appropriates funds from the Compliance Resolution Fund for the Program. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2270Engross
50%
Establishes a task force to develop and explore alternate routes into and out of the Waianae Coast, including through Kolekole pass and opening Waianae Coast emergency access road. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2309Engross
50%
Establishes a Homeless Triage Center Program within the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Department of Health. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB1624Engross
50%
For policies, contracts, plans, and agreements issued or renewed after 12/31/2024, requires the insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services for persons unde...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2500Engross
50%
Establishes the University of Hawaii Conference Center Revolving Fund and authorizes the University of Hawaii to establish accounts under the fund to facilitate the administration of the revolving fund for conference center programs among various cam...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB578Engross
50%
Allows a retirant to be employed without reenrollment in the Employees' Retirement System and without loss or interruption of retirement benefits if the retirant is employed as an investigator in a position identified by the Department of the Attorne...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
SB2922Engross
50%
Creates a process for electric utilities to develop and submit wildfire protection plans to the Public Utilities Commission for approval and allow the recovery of related costs and expenses through securitization, while avoiding a disproportionate im...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HB2048Engross
50%
Increases the number of public members on the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Property Insurance Association from three to an unspecified number. Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senate President, rather than the Insurance Co...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB2289Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Health to include in its annual report regarding Kalaupapa Settlement details and updated information, as available, regarding the permanent transfer to other qualified governmental or qualified nongovernmental entities of ...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HB2658Engross
50%
Repeals the requirement that the Director of Human Resources Development must submit a report to the Legislature before reclassifying and abolishing vacant positions within state departments and agencies that are under the jurisdiction of the Departm...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB3194Engross
50%
Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable electricity they produce to users of renewable energy under policies and procedures established by the Public Utilities Commission, should the Public Utilities Commission de...
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2024-03-22
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB2673Engross
50%
Allows counties with a population of less than five hundred thousand to use county surcharge revenues for maintenance of public roadways. Allows the counties to use county surcharge revenues for maintenance of private roadways that are open to the pu...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
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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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HB2626Engross
50%
Specifies certain findings the Board of Land and Natural Resources must make for a lease of a government-owned Hawaiian fishpond. (SD1)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2415Engross
50%
Authorizes 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 multistate licensure privilege in each party state. Beginning 7/1/2026, authorizes th...
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2024-03-22
[Hearing: Apr 2 @ 9:30 am]

The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-02-24 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
SB2081Engross
50%
Establishes the Aerospace and Aeronautics Development Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Appropriates funds to establish a position within the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to assist the Corporat...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HB1577Engross
50%
Authorizes tow operators to charge an additional amount for overturned vehicles identified for removal pursuant to section 291C-165.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Changes the fees that a towing company may charge to tow vehicles left unattended on priva...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HB1997Engross
50%
Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish a discounted rate by tariff for water carriers that engage in the interisland transport of renewable hydrogen. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB1844Engross
50%
Appropriates funds for the establishment of temporary adjunct faculty positions at the University of Hawaii Maui College. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB2710Engross
50%
Establishes the Hawaii Leadership Awards Program to honor individuals who have made considerable and outstanding contributions to Hawaii and serve as inspirations to others. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HB2758Engross
50%
Facilitates the control and eradication of invasive species and pests. Establishes a plant nursery registration program. Requires the Board of Agriculture to designate certain species as pests for control or eradication. Imposes certain limits on imp...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HB2650Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation for the coordinated removal of albizia and other invasive trees. Requires matching funds from public utilities. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2742Engross
50%
Extends the notice period for summary possession proceedings from five days to fifteen days for failure to pay rent. Requires landlords to provide the notice to mediation centers. Requires landlords to enter into mediation if scheduled by a tenant, w...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB1861Engross
50%
Requires license plates issued on or after 1/1/2025 to include ?okina in the word "Hawai?i". Authorizes the use of all uppercase letters, all lowercase letters, or initial capital letters for the words "Hawai?i" and "Aloha State" in motor vehicle lic...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2365Engross
50%
Replaces the Director of Law Enforcement with the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation on the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB3139Engross
50%
Establishes a Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program within the Department of Health to expand existing services to divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care services. Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to ...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HB1940Engross
50%
Appropriates funds out of the Works of Art Special Fund to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts for the integration of works of art projects into several major capital improvement projects. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB3335Engross
50%
Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Authority and Cannabis and Hemp Control Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning 1/1/2026, legalizes the personal adult use of canna...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HB2715Engross
50%
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Malama Puuloa. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB1837Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Education to create emergency access plans for each Department school. Requires each Department school to have a comprehensive school evacuation communication plan for use during emergencies. Requires the Department of Educ...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB2535Engross
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Establishes a child care classroom contracts pilot program to require the Department of Human Services to contract directly with child care center providers in licensed infant and toddler child care centers and group child care centers that meet cert...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
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