| HI | HB2610 | Engross
50% | Establishes a Disaster Relief Match Special Fund to support the local match requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Maui Wildfires Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for projects that implement mitigation measures to prevent and minimize...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
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| HI | HB2239 | Engross
50% | Reclassifies or abolishes certain non-general funds of the Department of Budget and Finance, pursuant to the recommendations made by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 2401. Transfers to the general fund the excess balances of various non-general fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01
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| HI | HB1946 | Engross
50% | Establishes a three-year pilot program in the Department of Health for hiring process improvement. Requires a report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 7/1/2491. (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1900 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to improve the State's water resource management and hydrologic data collection. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1675 | Engross
50% | Exempts from the general excise tax amounts received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a medical practitioner for health care related goods and services purchased under Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE. Takes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1643 | Engross
50% | Establishes the time within which a disbursing officer must notify an employee of indebtedness to the government resulting from salary or wage overpayment after making a determination of the amount of indebtness. Amends the amount a disbursing office...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2388 | Engross
50% | Continues the alignment of Hawaii's money transmitters law with the provisions of the Model Money Transmitters Modernization Act, thereby enabling Hawaii to work within a network of states to license, supervise, and examine transglobal money transmis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2702 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for equipment and positions within the Department of Transportation to conduct improvements to Hana Highway. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2263 | Engross
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. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2401 | Engross
50% | Allows newly graduated high school students to be eligible for workers' compensation coverage during the summer following their high school graduation while participating in Department of Education-sponsored work-based learning programs. Takes effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1949 | 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 of Hawaii to determine which communities, landscapes, buildings, and infrastructure are mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1839 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2611 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2015 | Engross
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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2175 | Engross
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. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1542 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2238 | Engross
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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2270 | Engross
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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2309 | Engross
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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2500 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2048 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2658 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2673 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1844 | Engross
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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2650 | Engross
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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1940 | Engross
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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1837 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2535 | Engross
50% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1826 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for the establishment of temporary positions to support the statewide expansion of the University of Hawaii Windward Community College's mental health-related programs. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1976 | Engross
50% | Requires the Office of Elections to annually request funding for the Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee. Appropriates funds to the Office of Elections Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee to gather inform...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1565 | Engross
50% | Excludes a homeowner-developer from the annual requirement to file a developer's report and pay a fee if the homeowner's development consists of not more than two units, one in which the developer resides and one for which the initial sale of the oth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2029 | Engross
50% | Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume historic preservation review of any proposed project for lands under its jurisdiction except for projects affecting properties listed or nominated for inclusion in the Hawaii register of historic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1906 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to enhance its Panorama platform and Trust Circle mobile application or create a new platform. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2713 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to provide additional support and resources to families receiving benefits through the State's adoption assistance and permanency assistance programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1939 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to provide greater access to the arts for children and communities in need, with a focus on those affected by the August 2023 Maui wildfires. Authorizes the State Foundation on Cultur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2056 | Engross
50% | Establishes within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs the State Reinsurance Exploratory Working Group to gather information to assist the Legislature in generating innovative solutions that address increasing insurance costs to consumers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1688 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Health to conduct a statewide needs assessment and establish an advisory council to determine what would be needed to transition to a more circular system with less waste generation, more reuse, and an extended producer res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2556 | Engross
50% | Clarifies the sources of funding for the Hawaii ABLE Saving Program Trust Fund. Authorizes the Director of Finance to expend all moneys in the trust fund to fulfill the purposes of the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program, including providing incentive paymen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2313 | Engross
50% | Repeals the cutoff date of Act 196, SLH 2018, that allowed the use of funds in the Condominium Education Trust Fund initially dedicated to support voluntary binding arbitration to be used for other educational purposes. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2544 | Engross
50% | Establishes within the Department of Health a 2-year pilot project to charter flights from rural islands to an urban island to provide rural island residents with reliable transportation to medical care on urban islands. Appropriates funds. Declares ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1546 | Engross
50% | Amends the definition of "beach restoration" used in laws governing the Board of Land and Natural Resources' powers to engage in beach restoration to include activities undertaken to maintain and improve beaches and dune systems through management of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2065 | Engross
50% | Amends the appropriation for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the Noise Traffic Pilot Program of the Department of Transportation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1814 | Engross
50% | Requires and appropriates funds for the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on how certain other states approach certain subjects as they relate to condominiums. Extends the final report deadline and dissolution date of the Condominium Pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1934 | Engross
50% | Requires the Director of Transportation to convene an intoxicated driving reduction working group, under the leadership of Hawaii's strategic highway safety plan, to make recommendations for amendments to existing laws to reduce incidents of intoxica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1829 | Engross
50% | Requires the design of all new state building construction where parking is to be included to provide that at least twenty-five per cent of parking stalls be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office, in consultation wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1967 | Engross
50% | Changes the administration of the Human Trafficking Victim Services Fund from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Department of the Attorney General. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1581 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to develop a native plant nurseries and seed bank initiative program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1545 | Engross
50% | Expands the authority of the State and counties to develop adaptation pathways plans to modify and relocate infrastructure away from critically threatened areas to locations outside sea level rise and coastal flooding exposure areas. Declares that th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB1803 | Engross
50% | For pass-through entities electing to pay Hawaii taxes at the entity level, reduces the pass-through entity level tax rate and allows the tax credit to be carried forward to subsequent years. Takes effect 7/1/2040. Applies to taxable years beginning ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
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| HI | HB2552 | Engross
50% | Extends, under certain conditions, the family leave period under state law, for up to eight additional weeks for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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