| HI | SB3326 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to create and annually update a wildfire hazard map. Requires private and public property owners to trim grasses within certain proximities of public rights of way and utility lines. Authorizes el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2083 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Agriculture's Aquaculture Development Program to conduct a feasibility study to identify potential sites in the State for restorative aquaculture activities. Requires a report to the Legislature. Declares that the general f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2180 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Human Services' program requirements for chore services to include an assessment of whether the applicant has a family member who is available and capable of providing necessary chore services for the applicant. Requires th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2886 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the State or any of its branches, political subdivisions, or agencies from requiring a bachelor's degree as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment. Establishes exemptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee |
| HI | SB2976 | Intro
25% | Requires each county board of water supply or water board to prioritize the sustainable recharge of aquifers, ensure the health of watersheds, and, when allocating water for new development, prioritize the development of affordable housing over other...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | SB3375 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources to establish a Central Oahu Wildfire Protection Plan, in consultation with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, community stakeholders, and n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2147 | Intro
25% | Beginning 1/1/2026, requires nonpotable water users and developers of real property adjacent to or within reach of existing suitable infrastructure connected to a wastewater recycling facility that treats wastewater to R-1 standards to use R-1 water....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2153 | Intro
25% | Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to utilize the current taxed assessed value for lease extensions. Requires all applications to the Board of Land and Natural Resources for an extension of fixed rental periods or lease terms to be made...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2155 | Intro
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2149 | Intro
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2157 | Intro
25% | Beginning 1/1/2025, requires rental kayaks to be registered and numbered with the Department of Land and Natural Resources and have the identification number affixed to the rental kayak. Requires the Department to establish fees for registration and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | SB2165 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to inventory historic properties and burial sites in the State, collect data on burial site locations, and conduct an archaeological surface survey. Declares that the general fund exp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2167 | Intro
25% | Appropriates additional operational funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to protect, manage, and restore Hawaii's natural resources. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2295 | Intro
25% | Establishes an inter-division program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources consisting of the State Historic Preservation Division, Land Division, Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands, Island Burial Councils, the Office of Hawaiian ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2965 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish a discounted rate by tariff for water carriers that engage in the interisland transport of hydrogen produced from renewable sources. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3338 | Intro
25% | Establishes a WAI policy coordinator and other positions within the Department of Land and Natural Resources for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceili...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2162 | Intro
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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2151 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to obtain approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources before taking any action on a revocable permit. Prohibits tenant eviction in the year of renewal or during the renewed year. Takes e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2184 | Intro
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2141 | Intro
25% | Establishes a Homeland Security and Resiliency Council to assess the resilience of the State's electric grid and other critical infrastructure to natural disasters and other emergencies and make recommendations. Requires the Council to report to Legi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB2145 | Intro
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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2152 | Intro
25% | Limits the discretion of the Land Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources by requiring the Board of Land and Natural Resources to approve all revoked, limited, condemned, removed, or modified public land leases or revocable permits. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2300 | Intro
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2784 | Intro
25% | Repeals the authority of employers to pay tipped employees less than the minimum wage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee |
| HI | SB2973 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a three-year child care pilot grant program to provide grants to employers to assist in offering child care or caregiving support for their employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee |
| HI | SB3014 | Intro
25% | Extends the right to enter private property and remove or stabilize natural hazards that are at risk of harming the public or other properties to the county in which the private property is located and that county's respective mayor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB2150 | Intro
25% | Requires the Department of Health to amend its shellfish sanitation administrative rules based on the United States Department of Agriculture's 2019 National Shellfish Sanitation Program model ordinance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB2297 | Intro
25% | Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources' authority shall supersede the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority for all lands designated under the state conservation district; provided that the Board of Land and Natural Resources ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2175 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the counties to reclassify up to one hundred acres of land areas in certain rural, urban, and agricultural districts; provided that at least seventy-five per cent of the housing units on the land sought to be reclassified are set aside for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | SB2142 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Wildfire Mitigation Working Group. Requires a report to the Legislature. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to provide administrative support to the working group. Makes an appropriation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB2176 | Intro
25% | Clarifies that persons or minors that enter private property with or without charge by a landowner for recreational purposes have no cause of action, unless exempted under law. Requires a court to award attorneys' fees and costs to landowners if plai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
The recommendation was not adopted. |
| HI | SB2635 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for operational expenses, including the hiring of staff. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2756 | Intro
25% | Repeals the prohibition on overnight camps in agricultural districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
The recommendation was not adopted. |
| HI | SB2975 | Intro
25% | Establishes the qualified internship grant program within the Department of Education to provide grants to businesses and organizations that employ qualified interns participating in work-based learning through a qualified internship program. Appropr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | SB2181 | Intro
25% | Requires the Judiciary to increase the hourly fees, mileage reimbursement rate, and commuter-time compensation rate for court interpreters. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2021 | Intro
25% | Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct a study identifying certain state-owned lands located within a one-half mile radius of any rail mass transit station, including lands owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and excluding lands ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Housing Committee |
| HI | SB2148 | Intro
25% | Exempts persons engaging in aquaculture research from the aquarium fish permit requirement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
The recommendation was not adopted. |
| HI | SB2535 | Intro
25% | Removes the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism from membership on the Hawaii Tourism Authority Board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HI | SB3238 | Intro
25% | For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024, provides an aquaculture investment tax credit for investments into a qualified aquaculture business.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB3324 | Intro
25% | Makes an appropriation 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 Agricult...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB3343 | Intro
25% | Requires beekeepers to adhere to certain industry standards and best management practice in the keeping of bees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB3325 | Intro
25% | Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources for the establishment of two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) extension agent positions to support the 4-H Youth Development Program and intergenerat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| HI | SB3323 | Intro
25% | Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Agriculture Aquaculture and Livestock Services Support Branch to host an agrifood and aquaculture summit in Kona in 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB3342 | Intro
25% | Establishes a spay and neuter special fund and an advisory committee for the special fund. Allows funds from an income tax check-off to be deposited into the spay and neuter special fund. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HI | SB3380 | Intro
25% | Requires each motor vehicle insurance policy to cover the replacement cost of a child passenger restraint system damaged during a collision for which liability coverage under the policy is applicable.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HI | SB2484 | Intro
25% | Appropriates funds for the continued implementation of the return-to-home pilot program, established pursuant to Act 94, Session Laws of Hawaii 2023, to provide eligible homeless individuals with assistance in reuniting with family and relatives in t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB2786 | Intro
25% | Beginning on 7/1/2024, requires that the state supplemental payment for type 1 adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes not exceed $1,136...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | SB2724 | Intro
25% | Requires defendants convicted of causing the death of a parent or legal guardian of a minor child by the operation of a vehicle in a negligent manner while under the influence of drugs or alcohol to make restitution in the form of financial support t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2755 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the use of special land and development fund moneys to eradicate or mitigate invasive species and install and maintain safety improvements on improved lands that provide lease revenue to the Department of Land and Natural Resources and tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HI | SB2821 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the Department of Accounting and General Services to directly hire persons exempt from civil service and collective bargaining requirements. Exempts DAGS employees from civil service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee |
