| HI | SB2133 | Engross 50% | Authorizes HHFDC to issue bonds for housing project infrastructure and finance the development of regional state infrastructure projects. Exempts bonds issued by HHFDC for improvements by assessments, and the interest thereon, from state, county, and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 812). |
| HI | SB2362 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds for statewide research into ornamental ginger pathogens, prevention of the spread of ornamental ginger pathogens, production and distribution of pathogen-free ornamental ginger plants, and outreach to ornamental producers. Effectiv... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 [Hearing: Apr 25 @ 11:00 am] [Hearing: Apr 26 @ 9:15 am]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 9:15AM in conference room 325. |
| HI | SB2413 | Engross 50% | Requires the Board of Agriculture to submit a report on the percentage of agricultural lands that are suitable for farming and actively farmed and certain dollar amounts relating to lease transfers between lessees. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 [Hearing: Apr 25 @ 9:05 am] [Hearing: Apr 26 @ 9:15 am]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 9:15AM in conference room 325. |
| HI | SB2461 | Engross 50% | Specifically authorizes a medical cannabis dispensary to purchase cannabis and manufactured cannabis products from another dispensary. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules regarding medical cannabis products within a certain time. Effecti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 [Hearing: Apr 25 @ 3:00 pm]
Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 819). |
| HI | SB2556 | Engross 50% | Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 821). |
| HI | SB2497 | Engross 50% | Repeals the provision that made references to the base amount in the Internal Revenue Code inapplicable to the research activities tax credit and allowed credits for all qualified research expenses to be taken without regard to previous years' expens... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 9:35AM; Conference Room 325. |
| HI | SB2725 | Engross 50% | Reduces the pass-through entity level tax rate and allows the tax credit to be carried forward to subsequent years. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kitagawa, Chun, Garrett, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB2782 | Engross 50% | Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to develop multilingual accessibility standards. Appropriates funds to establish an unspecified number of positions to develop multilingual accessibility standards within the Office of Enterprise ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Perruso, Matayoshi, Lamosao, M. Mizuno, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB2841 | Engross 50% | Designates May 15 of each year as Water Safety Day. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 [Hearing: Apr 26 @ 11:15 am] To House Culture, Arts, & International Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB2885 | Engross 50% | Establishes a working group to develop a Homeless Triage and Treatment Center Program within the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions in the Department of Human Services. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 [Hearing: Apr 26 @ 1:55 pm]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 1:55PM in conference room 329. |
| HI | SB2943 | Engross 50% | Establishes a commercial drivers workforce working group within the Department of Transportation to address the workforce shortage of commercial drivers in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 [Hearing: Apr 25 @ 5:00 pm]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-24 5:00PM in conference room 329. |
| HI | SB3344 | Engross 50% | Establishes the Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund and Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund Corporation to provide compensation for property damage resulting from catastrophic wildfires in the State. Requires the Corporation's board to report to the Legislature. Mak... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 816). |
| HI | SB1099 | Engross 50% | Clarifies the authority of the counties to use county surcharge on state tax revenues for housing infrastructure costs for county-supported housing projects. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-24 9:30AM; Conference Room 016. |
| HI | SB1035 | Engross 50% | Exempts medical and dental services provided by health care providers to patients who receive Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE benefits from the general excise tax. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 3:10PM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | SB2182 | Engross 50% | Amends the persons required to collect the Ocean Stewardship User Fee. Extends the sunset date of the Ocean Stewardship Special Fund to January 1, 2031. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Aiu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garrett. |
| HI | SB2305 | Engross 50% | Establishes a Silver Alert Program within the Department of Law Enforcement to help locate and safeguard missing persons who are sixty-five years of age or older, cognitively impaired, or developmentally disabled. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/30... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Tarnas, Chun, Amato, Takayama, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB2526 | Engross 50% | Requires the Technology Services Consolidation Working Group to assist the Office of Enterprise Technology Services in working with certain state agencies to inventory and categorize the business criticality of each major state information technology... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Kitagawa, Chun, Kapela, Morikawa, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB2601 | Engross 50% | Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response. Effective 7/1/... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 1:45PM; CR 325. |
| HI | SB2600 | Engross 50% | Authorizes the use of electronic mail to deliver certain documents when purchasing a condominium. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Kitagawa, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tam. |
| HI | SB2532 | Engross 50% | Clarifies that the definition of "dwelling", as it relates to offenses against property rights, includes multi-unit buildings and connected parking or storage areas that are restricted to residents. Allows the owner of a multi-unit building, an owner... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB2861 | Engross 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 2:05PM; CR 224. |
| HI | SB2787 | Engross 50% | Establishes within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' Office of Community Services the Immigration Services and Access Unit. Appropriates funds for the unit, including for new positions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Lamosao, Garrett, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) M. Mizuno. |
| HI | SB2731 | Engross 50% | Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to honor veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Hashem, Chun, Martinez, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB2837 | Engross 50% | Temporarily authorizes the Oahu regional health care system to oversee the operations and management agreement of the proposed state veterans home on Maui. Establishes a timeline and process for the permanent oversight of the operations and managemen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-24 3:15PM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | SB2726 | Engross 50% | Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on how certain other states approach the following subjects as they relate to condominiums: an ombudsman, licenses for management, alternative dispute resolution, governmental regulation, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 2:21PM; CR 224. |
| HI | SB2687 | Engross 50% | Prohibits a person from distributing, or entering into an agreement with another person to distribute, materially deceptive media, subject to certain exceptions. Establishes criminal penalties for distributing materially deceptive media. Establishes ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 1:45PM; CR 325. |
| HI | SB2834 | Engross 50% | Amends the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code to provide for a process to dispose of the tenant's personal property and surrender the dwelling unit to a landlord when there is a death of a tenant. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Tarnas, Aiu, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tam. |
| HI | SB2937 | Engross 50% | Repeals the sunset date for the exemption of laboratory school programs of the Hawaiian language college at the University of Hawaii at Hilo from state English-medium standards, assessments, performance ratings, staff qualifications, and staff traini... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Morikawa, Kahaloa, Kila, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tarnas. |
| HI | SB2974 | Engross 50% | Establishes a Business Revitalization Task Force within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to identify methods to improve Hawaii's general economic competitiveness and business climate, including the mitigation of regulator... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 9:35AM; Conference Room 325. |
| HI | SB2983 | Engross 50% | Beginning 1/1/2026, authorizes the Department of the Attorney General to regulate charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities. Includes provisions relating to the misuse of funds. Imposes vicarious liability upon a platform charity for a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Nishimoto, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB3305 | Engross 50% | Requires all public charter schools that exclusively offer prekindergarten programs to adhere to the public charter school law, with certain exceptions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Morikawa, Martinez, M. Mizuno, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama. |
| HI | SB1590 | Engross 50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture to assess the steps necessary for the State to supplement federal authority to perform meat inspections within the State. Requires the Department of Agriculture to assess the steps necessary to transfer full aut... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23 Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 768). |
| HI | SB3312 | Engross 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-24 11:00AM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | SCR45 | Engross 50% | Urging The Director Of Finance To Adopt Administrative Rules To Define "beneficial Effects To The State" In Section 38-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Include The Financing Of Housing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23 One Day Notice 04-25-24. |
| HI | SCR81 | Engross 50% | Urging The Governor To Ensure That Relevant State Agencies, Including The Department Of Health And Department Of Human Services, Collaborate To Explore Avenues To Ensure Continued Access To Affordable Medications For The State's Underserved Populatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23 Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| HI | SB2727 | Engross 50% | Allows condominiums to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791). |
| HI | SB3234 | Engross 50% | 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, a property insurance surcharge on conveyance tax, and a t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791). |
| HI | SCR23 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Health To Amend The Hawaii Administrative Rules To Authorize Licensed Dietitians To Prescribe Modified Diets And Plan Therapeutic Diets. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | SCR27 | Engross 50% | Encouraging The United States Navy To Eradicate Octocoral And Other Invasive Species From The Waters Of Pearl Harbor. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 759). |
| HI | SCR43 | Pass | Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Amend The Priority For Which Low-income Housing Tax Credits Are Allocated And Monies In The Rental Housing Revolving Fund Are Used And Adopt Certain Administrative Rules That Incentiviz... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 730). |
| HI | SCR213 | Pass | Requesting The Office Of The Administrative Director Of The Courts To Collect, Compile, And Share Data On The Assessment Of Fees, Court Costs, Fines, And Restitution In Cases Against Minors. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | SB2605 | Engross 50% | Beginning 1/1/2026, requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide health insurance coverage for various sexual and reproductive health care services. Applies this coverage to health benefits plans... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 722). |
| HI | SB2831 | Engross 50% | Authorizes the Department of Taxation, under certain circumstances, to assist a county in levying, assessing, collecting, and otherwise administering the county transient accommodations tax, including delinquencies and penalties, for a 6-year period ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 704). |
| HI | SB2908 | Engross 50% | Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or terminate a state of emergency. Clarifies when proclamations take effect. Prohibits residential rent increases in areas subject to emergency declarations or severe weather warnings. Shorten... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| HI | SB1594 | Engross 50% | Establishes an expanded crisis intervention and diversion activities program within the department of health to expand existing activities to divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care services. Defines "crisis center" and "cri... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Takenouchi, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Garrett, Lamosao, Garcia. |
| HI | SCR186 | Engross 50% | Requesting The Insurance Commissioner To Conduct A Comprehensive Study On Wildfire Risk And Insurance, Including Market-based Approaches. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17 To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB1596 | Engross 50% | Establishes and appropriates funds for a Maui campus housing pilot program. Requires the School Facilities Authority and Department of Education to submit reports to the Legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 737). |
| HI | SCR29 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Support Efforts To Improve The Aquaculture Development Program Strategic Plan. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | SCR116 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Transportation To Work With The City And County Of Honolulu To Plan And Implement Options For Alternative Ingress And Egress Routes In Pacific Palisades. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | SCR220 | Pass | Urging The Hawaii Construction Industry To Increase The Recycling Of Construction And Demolition Debris And To Expand The Usage Of Recycled Construction Materials To The Greatest Extent Possible. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 Resolution adopted in final form. |