| HI | HB1836 | Engross 50% | Allows registered pharmacists during declared states of emergency to refill prescriptions for up to a thirty-day supply if the practitioner is unavailable or cannot be contacted to authorize the refill and if, in the pharmacist's professional judgmen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. |
| HI | HB1842 | Engross 50% | Increases the maximum fine for violations of the fire protection laws. Specifies that each day a violation exists or continues to exist shall constitute a distinct and separate offense. Raises the criminal penalty for the offense of arson in the four... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB2112 | Engross 50% | Requires that moped operators carry an insurance policy by incorporating mopeds into the insurance laws governing motorcycles and motor scooters, including with respect to provisions concerning required licensure, the relationship with tort law, proo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| HI | HB2298 | Engross 50% | Establishes a timeline by which roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages that use a geographic origin in labeling or advertising are required to contain a certain per cent coffee by weight from that geographic origin. Exemp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 [Hearing: Apr 2 @ 10:05 am]
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-02-24 10:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. |
| HI | HB2278 | Engross 50% | Clarifies labeling requirements for macadamia nuts. Requires country of origin to be included on the label of a consumer package of processed macadamia nuts. Allows a private right of action for violations. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 [Hearing: Apr 2 @ 10:05 am]
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-02-24 10:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. |
| HI | HB2546 | Engross 50% | Allows for the use of fine meshed nets for the protection of plants against invasive species. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a registration program for purchasers of fine meshed nets in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 [Hearing: Apr 4 @ 10:00 am]
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-04-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. |
| HI | HB607 | Engross 50% | Creates an income tax credit for transportation costs incurred by certain taxpayers who ship produce and agricultural goods between counties. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB313 | Engross 50% | Establishes and appropriates funds for the Foreign Agriculture Small Equipment Pilot Program at a University of Hawaii community college, to be administered by the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the University of Hawaii. Appropriates... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB837 | Engross 50% | Establishes green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines for state facility systems, infrastructure, transit projects, and other areas in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. A... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB694 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to support the Aquaculture Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at the Department of Agriculture Animal Industry Division Veterinary Laboratory Services Branch, in partnership with the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB314 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Office of Community Services to fund the purchase, storage, and transportation of food for distribution to the food banks in the State. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1385 | Engross 50% | Part I: 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; a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB547 | Engross 50% | Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a two-year Infant and Toddler Child Care Worker Subsidy Pilot Program to retain the existing early child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care center settings. Ap... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB606 | Engross 50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with other state agencies, to develop and implement a plan by 7/1/2025 to expand the meat processing capacity in the State to allow for meat from axis deer and other wild game to be processed f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1194 | Engross 50% | Establishes the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization. Designates the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization as the district organization for purposes of implementing the United States Economic Development Adm... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1263 | Engross 50% | Repeals language that gives the director of finance discretion to use moneys in the Hawaii ABLE savings program trust fund if the director elects to accept deposits from contributors instead of sending deposits directly to the ABLE program manager. A... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1340 | Engross 50% | Requires the Director of Health to establish a Temporary Breakthrough Therapy Designation Advisory Council within 3 months of certain breakthrough therapy designation approvals by the United States Food and Drug Administration. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB609 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for costs for its meat inspection program, including the establishment of 1 full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) inspector program supervisor position and 3 full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) inspector positi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1300 | Engross 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. Requires psychologist license applican... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB610 | Engross 50% | Establishes the farm workforce retention tax credit for farm employers or owners of farm employers who employ eligible farm employees. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB690 | Engross 50% | Establishes the Hawaii agricultural investment program within the Agribusiness Development Corporation to support local agricultural producers. Requires annual reports. Appropriates funds for program and positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB872 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging of the Department of Health for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB617 | 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. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050 and 7/1/205... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB522 | Engross 50% | Removes the ability of the governor or a mayor to suspend electronic media transmission during a state of emergency. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB612 | Engross 50% | Establishes an income tax credit to alleviate the high costs of production for farmers, ranchers, and fishers and incentivize growth in the agricultural sector in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. (S... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB308 | Engross 50% | Establishes the sustainable food systems working group within the Department of Agriculture. Requires the working group to submit a plan, any recommendations for implementing the plan, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature. Appropriates fun... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB951 | Engross 50% | Deposits funds into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be used to provide grants or loans to mixed-income rental projects or units qualifying individuals and families. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1149 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds for positions and activities related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | HB1838 | Engross 50% | Expands the zoning powers of counties. Expands the scope of the transient accommodations tax law to include certain shelters and vehicles with sleeping accommodations. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 [Hearing: Mar 28 @ 9:45 am]
The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-28-24 9:45AM; CR 211 & Videoconference. |
| HI | HB500 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for various workforce readiness programs and opportunities. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 6/30/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1830 | Engross 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2042 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to address the mental health and wellness needs of youth in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2329 | Engross 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) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2563 | Engross 50% | Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to develop and publish, through a contract with a third party, a mobile application that includes all online application processes, including the collection of any applicable reservation fees, to acquire a reserv... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2758 | Engross 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | HB1831 | Engross 50% | Establishes the Behavioral Health Crisis Center Pilot Program. Authorizes the Department of Health to establish or contract with behavioral health crisis centers in each county. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the pilot pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1827 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Department of Education to support health care workforce development programs, specifically the public high school health care workforce certificate program and glidepath prog... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |