| 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] | 2024-03-27 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Alcos. |
| HI | SB2159 | Engross 50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, to prepare a report on freshwater and saltwater aquatic organisms regarding their agricultural and economic impact on the State's food se... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Alcos. |
| HI | SB2782 | Engross 50% | Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to develop multilingual accessibility standards. Appropriates funds to establish one full-time position (1.0 FTE) to develop multilingual accessibility standards within the Office of Enterprise Te... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Alcos. |
| HI | SB116 | Engross 50% | Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Duke Kahanamoku. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB86 | Engross 50% | Requires the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, to update the State Agriculture Functional Plan to include other agricultural economic updates that expand the State's priority on food b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB1488 | Engross 50% | Requires the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, in consultation with livestock industry stakeholders, to conduct a study to assess the effects of heat stress on beef cattle during interisland ocean transportatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB1027 | Engross 50% | Establishes the combat sports commission of Hawaii. Provides for regulation of combat sports. Prohibits no rules combat or similar contests. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB281 | Engross 50% | Establishes a state income tax deduction for eligible contributions made to a college savings program established under chapter 256, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 6/30/3000. Applies to taxable years beginning after an unspecified date. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB652 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to mitigate and control infestations of the two-lined spittlebug, undertake recovery efforts for lands damaged by the two-lined spittlebug, and establish a five-year pilot program to mitigate and co... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB735 | Engross 50% | Exempts the instream use of water for commercial kalo cultivation conducted in a manner consistent with traditional and customary Native Hawaiian practices and on traditional kalo lands from the existing process for the disposition of water rights. E... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB129 | Engross 50% | Requires providers of no cost emergency shelter and related services to take steps to ensure pertinent youth obtain and receive services from the juvenile justice or child welfare systems and maintain separation for unrelated adults and minor childre... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB75 | Engross 50% | 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. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). |
| HI | SB2143 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Wildfire Management Branch of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Forestry and Wildlife to provide nonprofit organizations with grants for wildfire preparedness and mitigation programming. Effective 7/1... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 [Hearing: Mar 28 @ 3:30 pm] To House Finance Committee |
| 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] | 2024-03-25 [Hearing: Mar 28 @ 3:30 pm] To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2170 | Engross 50% | Establishes a new regulatory framework for combat sports contests in Hawaii by establishing the Combat Sports Commission of Hawaii and repealing existing law governing mixed martial arts contests in Hawaii. Effective 7/1/2040. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 To House Finance Committee |
| 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] | 2024-03-25 To House Finance Committee |
| 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] | 2024-03-25 [Hearing: Mar 28 @ 3:30 pm] To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2753 | Engross 50% | Clarifies that no state or county building code shall prohibit the use of a substitute refrigerant allowed by the Environmental Protection Agency if the applicable equipment is listed and installed in compliance with the latest safety standards. Requ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 [Hearing: Mar 28 @ 2:00 pm] To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB3329 | Engross 50% | Requires the disclosure of any little fire ant infestation as part of any sale of residential real property. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25 [Hearing: Mar 28 @ 2:00 pm] To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| 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] | 2024-03-22 To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB3194 | Engross 50% | Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable electricity they produce to users of renewable energy under policies and procedures established by the Public Utilities Commission, should the Public Utilities Commission de... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| 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] | 2024-03-22 To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB775 | Engross 50% | Requires hunting guides who take their clients to hunt on private lands to first obtain written permission from the owner, occupier, holder, or duly appointed agent of the private land, where appropriate. Requires hunting guides to provide copies of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340). |
| HI | SB306 | Engross 50% | Requires that prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of an administrative rule, electronic notice of the proposed rulemaking be provided to all persons who have made a timely written request to, and provided a valid working email address to, the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340). |
| HI | SB299 | Engross 50% | Authorizes the legislature, upon the agreement of form by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, to specify the form in which the proposed budgets of the executive branch, judicial branch, and office of Hawaiian ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340). |
| HI | SB784 | Engross 50% | Requires the department of transportation to establish and implement a two-year airline subsidy pilot program at Molokai airport to assist airlines in offsetting the costs of operation. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 7/1/2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340). |
| HI | SB291 | Engross 50% | Requires the Governor to ensure that the Governor's program memoranda and variance reports accurately reflect the current responsibilities of certain state programs, address the current and future needs of the State, and align with budget-related sub... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340). |
| HI | SB296 | Engross 50% | Requires the Governor and state agencies to recommend a date by which statutorily required reports must be submitted to the Legislature, and to identify any reports that should not be subject to that uniform date and the reasons therefor. Requires th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340). |
| HI | SB2156 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct maintenance dredging at state small boat harbors, boat launch ramp facilities, and waterways. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB2172 | Engross 50% | Prohibits staff members from assuming the authority and duties of the chairperson of a board or commission. Takes effect 7/1/2112. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | SB2652 | Engross 50% | Expands items that may be contained in the state budget to include information related to vacant positions for reclassification or abolishment. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB3009 | Engross 50% | Specifies the responsibilities of the Department of Law Enforcement's Sheriff Division regarding judicial and legislative security. Requires the Sheriff Division to pursue, obtain, and maintain accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for L... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Finance Committee |
| HI | SB73 | Engross 50% | Allows the Department of Agriculture to extend the agricultural park lease of any lessee who holds a lease with a remaining term of 15 years or less; provided that the land covered by the lease is 25 acres or less and located in a county with a popul... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To House Agriculture Committee |
| HI | SB3327 | Engross 50% | Defines the public trust purposes of the commission on water resource management and requires the commission, in acting upon water use permit applications, to prioritize applications for public trust purposes. Allows the commission to retain independ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HI | SB3195 | Engross 50% | Expands the definition of "renewable energy producer" that is used to determine the Board of Land and Natural Resources' disposition of public lands by direct negotiation to renewable energy producers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HI | SB3197 | Intro 25% | Exempts billboards and outdoor advertising devices displayed with authorization of the Stadium Authority within the stadium facility, including outdoor advertising devices for naming the stadium facility under certain conditions. Exempts outdoor adve... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27 The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| HI | SB2684 | Intro 25% | Creates penalties relating to the fighting of birds. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | SB2174 | Intro 25% | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish, implement, and administer a Meat and Poultry Inspection Program and annually report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the establishment, implementation, and administration of the Meat and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2178 | Intro 25% | Allows for a percentage of general excise and fuel taxes generated by the counties to be used for the maintenance of private roadways that are open to the public. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2183 | Intro 25% | Amends the definition of "beach restoration" used in laws governing the Board of Land and Natural Resources' powers to engage in beach restoration to include activities undertaken to improve eroded beaches and degraded dune systems and to remove aban... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2296 | Intro 25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to restore and restock fishponds by procuring fingerlings and limu and establishing one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) Aquaculture Coordinator Biologist VI position. Declares that the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2783 | Intro 25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for Medicaid coverage under the Children's Health Insurance Program for income-qualified pregnant persons and children, regardless of immigration status. Declares that the general fund expenditur... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3015 | Intro 25% | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries Maui Electric Company, Limited, and Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc., for multiproject capital improvement programs. Takes effect 7/1... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3013 | Intro 25% | Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation for the coordinated removal of albizia and other invasive trees. Requires matching funds from public utilities. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2979 | Intro 25% | Establishes the Lahaina Recovery Oversight Commission within the Department of Accounting and General Services to oversee and guide the recovery of Lahaina from the 2023 wildfires. Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to assist in es... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB2964 | Intro 25% | Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable energy transmitted and used to produce hydrogen, subject to certain conditions determined by the Public Utilities Commission. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3258 | Intro 25% | Establishes additional requirements for the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Board of Land and Natural Resources regarding the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3261 | Intro 25% | Establishes a Local Agriculture Transportation Cost Reimbursement Program to reimburse eligible ranchers and farmers a portion of their costs to transport livestock, livestock products, agricultural commodities, and certain supplies under certain cir... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | SB3340 | Intro 25% | Requires the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, in consultation with livestock industry stakeholders, to conduct a study to assess the effects of heat stress on beef cattle during interisland ocean transportatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 |