| HI | HB1776 | Engross
50% | Amends income tax brackets. Temporarily amends the applicable percentage of the employment-related expenses for which the child and dependent care income tax credit may be claimed and permanently provides for a disallowance period when there is a fin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB1652 | Engross
50% | Establishes a state income tax credit for qualified expenses incurred by certain individuals employed by the Department of Education, a public charter school, the Hawaii State Public Library System, or as part of a head start program in a school. Eff...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB1805 | Engross
50% | Allows for the interest earned on payments under protest in the litigated claims fund to be paid in nontaxation cases if the claimant prevails. Establishes a procedure for the disposition of moneys and refiling of actions when a payment under protest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB408 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Health to, in its discretion, certify community care foster family homes for a fourth adult who is a Medicaid recipient and has documented housing instability, if certain conditions are met. Requires the Department of Hea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB2454 | Engross
50% | Makes an emergency appropriation for asbestos remediation; the temporarily relocation of Department of Health offices if necessary; and preliminary planning for the redevelopment of the Kinau Hale site. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB1806 | Engross
50% | Removes language specifying that an appeal from the Tax Appeal Court be filed with the Tax Appeal Court. Allows an appeal from the Tax Appeal Court to be filed within thirty days of entry of a final judgment. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB2738 | Engross
50% | Requires state agencies to assess the potential and feasibility of installing distributed energy resource systems at each state facility and submit a report to the Legislature detailing their findings; implement and install the distributed energy res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB2358 | Engross
50% | Exempts from environmental impact statement requirements certain affordable housing projects. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB2744 | Engross
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. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB2215 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to increase the funding of certain Medicaid home and community-based services, including adult day programs and residential services offered in community care foster family homes and expanded adult residential care homes. Requires ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB1834 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to increase the base budget of the Department of Human Services' Homeless Programs Office. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB335 | Engross
50% | Exempts from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code educational materials and related training for direct student instruction in career and technical education programs within the Department of Education. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB1972 | Engross
50% | Establishes a working group within the Hawaii State Energy Office to make recommendations for the reuse and recycling of electric vehicle batteries and report to the Legislature. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB1608 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for four deputy public defender positions within the Office of the Public Defender and requires that one of the positions be assigned to the family court section. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Take...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB1941 | Engross
50% | Makes an emergency appropriation from the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Special Fund to the Department of Health to implement quality improvement measures recommended in the 2024 consultant report for the Hawaii State Hospital. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB2235 | Engross
50% | Reclassifies or repeals certain non-general funds of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, pursuant to the recommendations made by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 2306. Exempts the boiler and elevator special fund from central service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB2696 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Lahaina Recovery Oversight Commission within the Department of Accounting and General Services to oversee and guide the recovery of Lahaina from the 2023 wildfires. Requires the Commission, with the assistance of the Office of Enterpr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
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| HI | HB2356 | Engross
50% | Changes the cap for awards to assist businesses applying for the Small Business Innovation Research Grant Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Program of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Adds purchasing of renewable ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB2771 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for the continued administration of the Hawaii Healthy Food Incentive Program and to provide matching funds to beneficiaries who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Declares that the general fund expenditu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB2236 | Engross
50% | Reclassifies, repeals, or abolishes certain non-general funds of the Department of Agriculture, pursuant to the recommendations made by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 23-13. Transfers any unencumbered balance of any repealed or abolished fund to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB1556 | Engross
50% | Establishes and appropriates funds for permanent positions within the Employee Staffing Division of the Department of Human Resources Development for the recruitment and retention of state employees. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB2103 | Engross
50% | Amends the Hawaii renewable hydrogen program and hydrogen investment capital special fund to include a broader focus on long duration clean energy storage. Transfers responsibility for the program to the Hawaii State Energy Office. Declares that the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB1815 | Engross
50% | Includes agritourism in the definition of "enterprise" to authorize the Agribusiness Development Corporation to financially support businesses engaged in agritourism. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB1645 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to include information and data on the vacancies of the executive branch in its annual report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB2622 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement for the State's Gun Buyback Program. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2042. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB2548 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Accessory Dwelling Unit Loan Program under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide loans for the development of accessory dwelling units. Appropriates funds. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB1530 | Engross
50% | Notwithstanding a collective bargaining agreement or executive policy in effect on and after 7/1/2028, requires that an employer of firefighters maintains its fire staffing service at a level of not less than four on-duty firefighters in each company...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB2461 | Engross
50% | Makes the Hawaii Cybersecurity, Economic, Education, and Infrastructure Security Coordinator exempt from civil service. Effective 7/1/2042. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB1784 | Engross
50% | For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024, temporarily reinstates the Technology Infrastructure Renovation Tax Credit and expands the definition of "technology-enabled infrastructure" to include data servers. Sunsets the tax credit for taxable yea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB1959 | Engross
50% | Establishes the Aerospace and Aeronautics Development Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB1691 | Engross
50% | Requires newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline, or likely to pollute groundwater, to include denitrification capacity. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| HI | HB1843 | Engross
50% | Establishes the State Fire Marshal within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to direct fire protection efforts statewide. Appropriates funds. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2620 | Engross
50% | Exempts Department of Education purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products less than a certain amount from the electronic procurement system requirement. Requires at least three written quotes for Department of Education purchases o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
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| HI | HB2772 | Engross
50% | Requires a translation and explanation of how to pronounce the state motto using modern Hawaiian orthography as displayed on the state seal on the official state website. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
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| HI | HB2787 | Engross
50% | Increases the maximum amount of deductible contributions for individual housing accounts. Requires the Department of Taxation to create and implement a public awareness campaign about individual housing accounts. Appropriates funds. Applies to taxabl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
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| HI | HB2230 | Engross
50% | Requires the Law Enforcement Standards Board to develop, and each department employing law enforcement officers to implement, a structured health intervention program to support law enforcement officers' physical and mental health. Takes effect 7/1/2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
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| HI | HB1808 | Engross
50% | Expands the counties' authorization to exercise the same powers as the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for purposes of developing, constructing, financing, refinancing, or providing mixed-use developments. Applies to bond proceeds ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
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| HI | HB1833 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds into and out of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to provide loans or grants for mixed-income rental projects or units in mixed-income rental projects for qualifying individuals and families. Appropriates funds for an unspecified n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
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| HI | HB2292 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for the establishment and hiring of project manager III positions to aid in the development of affordable housing options in the State. Declares that the general fund expend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
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| HI | HB2016 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for the installation of a new outdoor emergency siren in the Pacific Palisades area of Oahu. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2042. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
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| HI | HB2590 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds for food bank purchases from local farmers, to be expended by the Department of Agriculture via requests for proposals. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2139 | Engross
50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement an invasive species inspection placard program to enhance the control, removal, and eradication of invasive species on the premises of an agricultural producer and inform the public of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
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| HI | HB2104 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to ensure its long-term viability and prevent future problems. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
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| HI | HB2133 | Engross
50% | Establishes an invasive species grant pilot program to provide grants through DOA to individuals, businesses, and organizations for the eradication of invasive species on property located in Hawaii that is owned by the individual, business, or organi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
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| HI | HB2134 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to establish grant specialist positions within the Department of Agriculture. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2652 | Engross
50% | Amends the definition of Hawaii taxable estate to provide that the marital deduction under section 2056 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to the passage of any interest in property to any immediate family member. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
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| HI | HB2779 | Engross
50% | Incrementally increases the amount of the income tax standard deduction for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, through taxable years beginning after December 31, 2033. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
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| HI | HB1660 | Engross
50% | Taxes capital gains income at the same rate as ordinary income. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2780 | Engross
50% | Incrementally amends income tax rates for every other taxable year beginning after 12/31/2026. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2222 | Intro
25% | Appropriates moneys as a grant-in-aid to the Emergency Services Department of the City and County of Honolulu. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
