| HI | HB2074 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for the establishment of three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) Kaiapuni education curriculum specialist II positions and ten full-time equivalent (10.0 FTE) Kaiapuni classroom teacher positions. Declar... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HR56 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Stakeholder Working Group To Make Recommendations To Enhance Meaningful Access To Health Care In The State Through The Provision Of Language Assistance Services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 10:30 am] To House Health Committee |
| HI | HR217 | Intro 25% | Congratulating The 2024 Hawaii State Teacher Of The Year And The 2024 Teachers Of The Year For School Complex Areas In The Honolulu District, Leeward District, And Windward District. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To be offered. |
| HI | HB335 | Engross 50% | Exempts small purchases of career and technical education equipment for the department of education from the electronic procurement system requirements. Adjusts the quotation requirements for the procurement of small purchases of career and technical... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 18 @ 3:00 pm] To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | HB1653 | Engross 50% | Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated for Bargaining Unit (5), provides annual salary step increases for public school teachers and educational officers who have completed a year's satisfactory service and comply with specified req... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 18 @ 3:02 pm] To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | HB1651 | Engross 50% | Requires the Department of Education and public charter schools to take certain steps to report incidents of harassment and implement procedures for handling harassment of educational workers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 18 @ 3:05 pm] To Senate Education Committee |
| 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] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 18 @ 3:05 pm] To Senate Education Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1841 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to DLNR for operating expenses, equipment, the establishment of positions, and capital improvement projects to support wildfire emergency response. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 3:00 pm] To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | HCR3 | Intro 25% | Urging Each County To Establish An Emergency Zoning Code For Post-disaster Use. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 9:00 am] To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB1837 | Engross 50% | Requires the Department of Education to grant public access to emergency action plans that do not pose a security risk to students, staff, or guests of school campuses. Requires each Department school to have a comprehensive school evacuation communi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 3:00 pm] To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | HB1834 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to increase the department of human services' homeless programs office base budget. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| HI | HB1826 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds for temporary positions to support the statewide expansion of the University of Hawaii Windward Community College's mental health-related programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 19 @ 3:00 pm] To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| HI | HB1843 | Engross 50% | Establishes the office of the state fire marshal to direct fire protection efforts statewide. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Elefante, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| HI | HB1838 | Engross 50% | Allows counties to enact a zoning ordinance to amortize or phase out nonconforming single-family transient vacation rental units over a reasonable period of time. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 19 @ 9:40 am] To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection 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. Requires psychologist license applican... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | HCR4 | Intro 25% | Requesting Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Amend The Wildland Fire Protection Agreement To Allow Hawaii To Join As A Member. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 19 @ 9:30 am] To House Water & Land Committee |
| HI | HB1844 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds for temporary adjunct faculty positions at the University of Hawaii Maui College. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 19 @ 3:00 pm] To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| HI | HB1896 | Engross 50% | Beginning 1/1/2027, prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, distribution for sale, and distribution for use of any food packaging, food service ware, cosmetic, or personal care product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and pol... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. |
| HI | HB2107 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to establish Limited English Proficiency Language Access Coordinator positions within the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2042. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2216 | Engross 50% | Increases the cap on state supplemental payments for type l adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, certified adult foster homes, and type II adult residential care home... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 18 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| 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] | 2024-03-15 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| 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. Requi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 9:30 am] To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| 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 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2241 | Engross 50% | Grants Civil Air Patrol the ability to receive grant funding from the State without requiring bylaws or policies that describe the manner in which the activities or services for which a grant is awarded shall be conducted or provided. Appropriates fu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2513 | Engross 50% | Expands expungement eligibility to persons whose convictions for consuming a measurable amount of alcohol while underage or first-time property offenses predated current expungement provisions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 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 ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| 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. Sunsets 6... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | HB2622 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement for the State's gun buyback program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Elefante, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| 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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa. |
| HI | HB2758 | Engross 50% | Facilitates the control and eradication of invasive species and pests. Establishes a plant nursery licensing program. Requires the Board of Agriculture to designate certain species as pests for control or eradication. Imposes certain limits on import... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 18 @ 1:00 pm] [Hearing: Mar 18 @ 1:00 pm] [Hearing: Mar 18 @ 1:45 pm] To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | HB2774 | Engross 50% | Modifies certain benchmark goals and timeline for the department of education to provide locally-sourced agricultural and food products. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 18 @ 3:00 pm]
The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-18-24 3:00PM; CR 229. |
| HI | HR60 | Intro 25% | Requesting The United States Department Of Defense, Including The Navy, Army, And Air Force, To Increase On-base Housing Availability For Active Duty Personnel And Their Dependents Assigned To Military Installations In The State. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 10:00 am] To House Corrections, Military, & Veterans Committee |
| HI | HCR75 | Intro 25% | Requesting The United States Department Of Defense, Including The Navy, Army, And Air Force, To Increase On-base Housing Availability For Active Duty Personnel And Their Dependents Assigned To Military Installations In The State. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 10:00 am] To House Corrections, Military, & Veterans Committee |
| HI | HB1580 | Engross 50% | Amends the criminal penalties for various animal cruelty offenses by increasing the category of offense. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 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 ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| HI | HB1688 | Engross 50% | Requires the Department of Health to conduct a statewide needs assessment and establish an advisory council to determine what would be needed to transition to a more circular system with less waste generation, more reuse, and an extended producer res... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 [Hearing: Mar 19 @ 9:30 am] To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | HB1832 | Engross 50% | Authorizes a state department, division, or agency, rather than the Department of Human Resources Development, to conduct a minimum qualification review of applicants for vacant positions within the department, division, or agency. Requires the Depar... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, San Buenaventura, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |
| HI | HB1840 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to support long-term water quality monitoring and pollution source detection. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:15 pm] To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| 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] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | HB1828 | Engross 50% | Extends the State's energy-efficiency portfolio standards from 2030 to 2045 and updates the standards. Authorizes the public utilities commission to adjust the 2045 and interim standards. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EET were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim. |
| HI | HB1946 | Engross 50% | Establishes and appropriates funds for a three-year pilot program in the office of the governor for an office of process improvement. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 [Hearing: Mar 19 @ 3:00 pm] To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HB2720 | Engross 50% | Exempts graduate assistants from collective bargaining until they petition the Hawaii Labor Relations Board and the Board determines the graduate assistants are ready to be placed in a bargaining unit, at which point a collective bargaining unit for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 [Hearing: Mar 18 @ 3:00 pm] To Senate Labor and Technology Committee |
| HI | HR170 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Board Of Education, In Partnership With The Department Of Education, To Produce A Plan For Adhering To School Counselor Best Practices. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Education Committee |
| HI | HR171 | Intro 25% | Urging The Department Of Education To Develop A Comprehensive Plan For The Reinstatement Of Cancelled School Bus Service Routes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Education Committee |
| HI | HR172 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Of The Department Of Education's Statewide Backlog Of Capital Improvement Repair And Maintenance Projects. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Education Committee |
| HI | HCR190 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Board Of Education, In Partnership With The Department Of Education, To Produce A Plan For Adhering To School Counselor Best Practices. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Education Committee |
| HI | HCR201 | Intro 25% | Establishing A Candidate Advisory Committee For The Nomination Of The Auditor, Ombudsman, And Legislative Reference Bureau Director. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Legislative Management Committee |
| HI | HCR192 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Of The Department Of Education's Statewide Backlog Of Capital Improvement Repair And Maintenance Projects. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Education Committee |
| HI | HCR191 | Intro 25% | Urging The Department Of Education To Develop A Comprehensive Plan For The Reinstatement Of Cancelled School Bus Service Routes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Education Committee |
| HI | HB1839 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds for long-term monitoring of air quality for communities impacted by the Maui wildfires, as well as support for research efforts to better understand the environmental concerns linked to urban fires. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |