Bills Pending Hawaii Senate Ways and Means Committee

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HISB2108Intro
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Allows a condominium association that claims a Renewable Energy Technologies Income Tax Credit under section 235-12.5, HRS, to transfer the credit, or a portion thereof, to another individual or corporate taxpayer that is not related to the condomini...
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2024-02-14
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HISB2483Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to administer a three-year pilot program to authorize community health workers to provide outreach, education, training, and navigation of services to address the social determinants of health in Kau, Hawaii County. ...
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2024-02-14
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HISB2155Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Agriculture to: (1) identify and evaluate each parcel of certain state-owned lands; and (2) contract a third-party entity to compile a report evaluating the agricultural land use potential of each parcel of state-owned land...
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2024-02-14
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HISB2602Intro
25%
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.
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2024-02-14
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HISB2380Intro
25%
Appropriates moneys for collective bargaining cost items for judiciary employees and their excluded counterparts. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.
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2024-02-14
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HISB2797Intro
25%
Creates a refundable water catchment income tax credit for a homeowner who installs, places in service, or maintains a water catchment system meeting certain requirements on residential property in the State owned by the taxpayer. Applies to taxable ...
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2024-02-14
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HISB2495Intro
25%
Requires the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture or their designee to annually notify all irrigation users by mail and conduct in-person visits on procedures to remove unused irrigation system water meters and stop acreage assessments. By an unsp...
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2024-02-14
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HISB2149Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to approve or deny an application related to aquaculture within 90 days from the date that it was submitted. Establishes two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions within the Division of Aquatic...
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2024-02-14
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HISB2460Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to address the mental health and wellness needs of youth in the State.
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2024-02-14
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HISB3218Intro
25%
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Malama Puuloa. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-14
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HISB2889Intro
25%
Allows the Department of Transportation to establish a Noise Traffic Pilot Program. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-14
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HISB3179Intro
25%
Increases the caps for the total contract value for any one capital advancement contract (CAC) and the total aggregate value of CACs in a fiscal year entered into by the Department of Transportation with private parties for harbor improvements and ad...
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2024-02-14
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HISB3158Intro
25%
Requires that lease extensions approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources be drafted on forms that reflect contemporary leasing practices and policies of the Board, and which shall control over conflicting or inconsistent provisions in the l...
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2024-02-14
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HISB2880Intro
25%
Expands the existing state exemption for United States Department of Defense-certified providers to those operating off federal property. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-13
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HISB2395Intro
25%
Requires the Judiciary to establish a Compliance Credits Pilot Program for probationers that comply with their conditions of supervision. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
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2024-02-13
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HISB2719Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to establish full-time equivalent ( .0 FTE) positions within the Employee Classification and Compensation Division of the Department of Human Resources Development to perform employee classification duties. Declares that t...
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2024-02-13
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HISB2449Intro
25%
Requires employers to initiate negotiations on repricing of classes within a bargaining unit within 30 days of its receipt of the exclusive representative's written request to negotiate. Establishes that the employer's failure to initiate the negotia...
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2024-02-13
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HISB3063Intro
25%
Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Units (2), (3), (4), (9), (13), and (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining ...
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2024-02-13
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HISB3299Intro
25%
Allows the public employer and exclusive representative to negotiate benefits of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund. Allows the exclusive representative to fully utilize dispute resolution and impasse provisions under state law when...
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2024-02-13
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HISB3048Intro
25%
Establishes the Digital Equity Grant Program to award grants to applicants to deploy digital equity projects to covered populations in the State. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD1)
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2024-02-13
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HISB2924Intro
25%
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for planning, design, and construction for a warehouse to expand the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency's ability to store and deploy supplies and equipment to all counties wi...
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2024-02-13
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HISB2352Intro
25%
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 DHRD. Takes...
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2024-02-13
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HISB3156Intro
25%
Repeals the sunset provision of Act 222, SLH 2021, to allow the Board of Land and Natural Resources to approve rent credits for demolition and infrastructure costs for public land leases beyond the currently scheduled sunset date of June 30, 2026. Ta...
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2024-02-13
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HISB2162Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to pursue and obtain accreditation for the Conservation and Resources Enforcement Program from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-13
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HISB2781Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to establish the position of a Limited English Proficiency Language Access Coordinator within the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 1/1/2042. (SD1)
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2024-02-13
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HISB2026Intro
25%
Requires the Director of Finance to consider, before the selection of a depository for the state treasury, the beneficial effects to the State of using depositories within the State, including but not limited to lending at favorable terms for the cre...
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2024-02-13
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HISB3072Intro
25%
Temporarily lifts various restrictions on the use of funds for Hawaii wildfire response and extends the lapse date of certain funds set aside for this purpose. (SD1)
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2024-02-13
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HISB2638Intro
25%
Requires boards to make available for public inspection board packets, if created, at the time the board packet is distributed to the board members but no later than two business days before the meeting. Carves out an exception by allowing public tes...
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2024-02-13
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HISB3152Intro
25%
Repeals the categorical exclusion of employees who receive a guaranteed compensation totaling $2,000 or more a month from the protections under Hawaii's Wage and Hour Law. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-13
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HISB3062Intro
25%
Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Units (1) and (10) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative fo...
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2024-02-13
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HISB3198Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for civilian auxiliary aviation services performed by the civil air patrol. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. (SD1)
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2024-02-13
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HISB2627Intro
25%
Requires that any new contract entered into by the Office of Elections for equipment or services relating to preparing ballots or counting votes include the capability to randomize the names of candidates appearing on the ballot if technologically po...
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2024-02-13
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HISB3064Intro
25%
Reinstates the Governor's authority to transfer funds to cope with the effects of natural disasters, for operating purposes, or to supplement the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Firefighter's Contingency Fund.
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2024-02-12
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HISB2145Intro
25%
Requires the counties to submit annual reports on fire code enforcement updates and fire mitigation planning to the Legislature. Takes effect 1/1/2042. (SD1)
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2024-02-12
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HISB1587Intro
25%
Establishes the Affordable Housing Land Inventory Task Force within the Hawaii Community Development Authority to update the maps, tier tables, and inventories of State lands suitable and available for affordable housing development in the Affordable...
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2024-02-12
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HISB2184Intro
25%
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...
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2024-02-12
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HISB3300Intro
25%
Requires county planning commissions, county councils, and designated authorities on coastal zone management to seek to minimize, where reasonable, any risk to development from sea level rise and other coastal hazards. Takes effect 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-12
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HISB2065Intro
25%
Establishes the Hawaii Residential Developers Loan Revolving Fund to be administered by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for the purpose of enhancing credit and guaranteeing and insuring loans made by private financial instituti...
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2024-02-12
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HISB3213Intro
25%
Requires one per cent of the transient accommodations tax be allocated to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for the purposes of building affordable housing for individuals on the DHHL waiting list.
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2024-02-12
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HISB2300Intro
25%
Extends the sunset date for the Historic Preservation Tax Credit to December 31, 2030, and incrementally increases the cap on the total tax credits from $1,000,000 in the 2025 taxable year to $4,000,000 in the 2030 taxable year. Takes effect 7/1/2050...
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2024-02-12
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HISB3118Intro
25%
Authorizes the Department of Human Services to provide temporary emergency assistance, case management, and other recovery services following the period covered by an emergency proclamation and establishes an Emergency Management Program within the D...
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2024-02-09
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HISB2946Intro
25%
Requires the University of Hawaii to submit to the Legislature annual reports of all university employees who performed work from a location outside of the State for more than sixty consecutive days during the applicable year no later than December 3...
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2024-02-09
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HISB2523Intro
25%
Requires the Judiciary to conduct a study to determine how to implement a program that provides free child care services to minor children of parties and witnesses who are attending court hearings in the First Circuit Family Court. Requires the Judic...
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2024-02-09
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HISB2870Intro
25%
Establishes a working group within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to identify existing mixed-use developments in Maui County that could be acquired by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
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2024-02-09
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HISB3308Intro
25%
Requires the use of modern Hawaiian orthography, including the kahako and ?okina, on the state seal. Provides that valid representations of the seal created before this Act shall remain valid.
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2024-02-09
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HISB3187Intro
25%
Requires the tuition residency rules for the University of Hawaii to grant the resident tuition fee for enrollment at any University of Hawaii campus to individuals who have graduated from a Hawaii high school and are enrolling in an undergraduate de...
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2024-02-09
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HISB3336Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for the retention of third party professionals with the necessary financial, accounting, and land inventory expertise to evaluate and address the completeness and accuracy of the public land trust ...
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2024-02-09
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HISB2654Intro
25%
Exempts any development of homestead lots or housing for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from general excise and use taxes. (SD1)
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2024-02-09
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HISB2854Intro
25%
Establishes a Vacated Encampment Clean Up Task Force to identify potential entities to enter into intergovernmental agreements to coordinate the clean up of vacated encampments located on lands managed by United States Army Garrison Hawaii. Declares ...
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2024-02-09
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HISB2034Intro
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Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's and Hawaii Public Housing Authority's projects to develop housing exclusively for qualified residents. (SD1)
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2024-02-09
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