| 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 | SB2845 | Engross
50% | Prohibits a person from selling ammunition to a person under the age of twenty-one. Prohibits a person under the age of twenty-one from owning, possessing, or controlling ammunition, with exceptions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24. |
| HI | SB2735 | Engross
50% | Requires the driver's license examination to test the applicant's knowledge of the dangers that larger motor vehicles present to pedestrians and bicyclists. Requires persons who commit the offense of excessively speeding or habitually driving while i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 814). |
| HI | SB2693 | Engross
50% | Establishes the offense of charitable fraud during a state of emergency. Provides that a person commits charitable fraud during a state of emergency if that person, during a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, performs certain deceptive ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24. |
| 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 | SB2079 | Engross
50% | Allows the State of Hawaii Plant and Animal Declaration Form to be distributed, completed, and transmitted electronically. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
[Hearing: Apr 25 @ 9:00 am]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-24 9:00AM in conference room 325. |
| HI | SB2085 | Engross
50% | Establishes the office of the state fire marshal to direct fire protection efforts statewide. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 10:00AM; CR 016. |
| HI | SB2070 | Engross
50% | Exempts career and technical education goods and services purchases by the Department of Education from the State Procurement Code. Requires the Department of Education to acquire three verbal or written quotes for career and technical education purc...
[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, Matayoshi, Morikawa, La Chica, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB2132 | Engross
50% | Amends the deadline related to the repair of conditions that constitute health or safety violations. Increases the amount deducted from a tenant's rent for the tenant's actual expenditures to correct health or safety violations and defective conditio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting will reconsider its previous action on 04-25-24 2:31PM; Conference Room 224. |
| HI | SB2285 | Engross
50% | Amends the functions and duties of the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Clarifies the definition of "health care". Establishes a task force known as the Hui Hoomana. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-24 3:15PM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | SB2337 | 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] | 2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 11:00AM; Conference Room 224. |
| 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 | 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] | 2024-04-24
[Hearing: Apr 25 @ 3:00 pm]
House Conferees Changed: Representative Morikawa added as Co-Chair. Representative Nishimoto discharged as Co-Chair. |
| HI | SB2475 | Engross
50% | Establishes a harm to students registry, for all early learning programs or schools and K-12 educational institutions within the State, that contains information on school employees, contractors, or volunteers for whom, as result of an investigation,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 229. |
| 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 | SB2615 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the counties to require contractors to disclose information regarding its employees' wages, benefits, hours, and employment status and deny, revoke, or suspend a building permit application for violating laws relating to wages, benefits, h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 9:00AM; Conference Room 016. |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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] | 2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 10:02AM; CR 016. |
| HI | SB2819 | Engross
50% | Requires vehicles traveling ten miles per hour or more below the posted speed limit on a two-lane highway, behind which five vehicles are formed in a line, to pull over where possible to let the trailing vehicles pass or overtake. Effective 7/1/3000....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | SB2841 | Engross
50% | Designates May 15 of each year as Water Safety Day. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
House Conferees Added: Representative Kitagawa added as Co-Chair. |
| HI | SB2913 | Engross
50% | Establishes a new regulatory framework for the sale of travel insurance in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 2:05PM; CR 224. |
| 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] | 2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | SB3290 | Engross
50% | Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to convene a working group to study the state of American Sign Language interpretation services in Hawaii. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 3:10PM; Conference Room 329. |
| 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 | SB2119 | Engross
50% | Authorizes out-of-state pharmacists to transfer prescription information for the initial fill of an out-of-state prescription. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Nakashima, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB2066 | Engross
50% | Establishes another means for a housing project to seek an exemption from laws and rules of the State that are developed under various programs of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 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 | SB2245 | Enroll
75% | Adds a definition for "exigent circumstances" and amends the definitions of "harm" and "imminent harm" under the Child Protective Act. Clarifies when the police may take protective custody of a child and when the Department of Human Services may assu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Enrolled to Governor. |
| HI | SB2657 | Engross
50% | Amends the date of Makahiki Commemoration Day. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-24 11:00AM; Conference Room 329. |
| 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 | SB2354 | Pass | Expands the definition of "beer" under the intoxicating liquor law to mean any alcoholic beverage containing not less than 0.5% alcohol by volume obtained by fermentation of any infusion or decoction of malt or any substitute, including alcohol seltz...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Act 009, 04/19/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1109). |
| HI | SB2487 | Engross
50% | Exempts drug paraphernalia for marijuana from certain penalties under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Lowers the penalties for the possession and transfer without remuneration of certain amounts of marijuana, marijuana concentrate, and marijua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Failed to pass Final Reading. Ayes, 9. Noes, 15 (Senator(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Fevella, Fukunaga, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Kidani, Kim, McKelvey, Moriwaki, Richards, Wakai). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Lee). |
| HI | SB2715 | Engross
50% | Makes it unlawful for an employer to discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize or threaten any adverse employment action against an employee because the employee declines to attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting that communicates ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Tarnas, Garrett, Tam, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SB3011 | Engross
50% | Makes it unlawful for any entity or agent thereof to operate a weed whacker in or within one hundred feet of a residential zone, subject to certain exceptions. Extends the time for the use of leaf blowers and weed whackers within or near residential ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
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 | 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 | SCR34 | Pass | Requesting The Hawaii Medical Association And Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association To Convene A Roundtable To Establish Medical Protocols To Ensure That An Individual's Thyroid Function Is Tested Before Psychotropic Medications For Mental Illness A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | SCR97 | Engross
50% | Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Renewable Liquid Fuels Working Group To Study Local Production, Development, And Incentives For Renewable Liquid Fuels.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 759). |
| HI | SCR115 | Pass | Encouraging Developers To Incorporate Net Zero Water Building Strategies When Constructing And Renovating Housing Projects In The State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | SB2401 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to each county as a grant-in-aid, subject to a county match, for the implementation of feral chicken control programs. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for a feeding of feral animals education campaign. Effective 7/1/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774). |
| HI | SB2476 | Engross
50% | Authorizes licensed dental hygienists to perform preventive dental sealant screenings and apply dental sealants on individuals, under certain conditions, in a school-based oral health program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Belatti, Sayama, La Chica, M. Mizuno; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia. |
| 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 | 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] | 2024-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694). |
| HI | SB3002 | Engross
50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation to implement the recommendations of Task Force on Mobility Management, established pursuant to Act 214, SLH 2013, in consultation with the Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Executive Of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694). |
