| HI | HB1903 | Engross 50% | Expands access of early learning programs to other state properties and public lands besides public school campuses. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB1604 | Engross 50% | Allows the court to order substance abuse assessment and treatment of a defendant before trial. Prohibits the revocation of parole or arrest of a parolee solely due to the parolee having one positive test for drug use. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 10:01 am] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HI | HB1529 | Engross 50% | Allows any burial council member whose term has expired to continue in office as a holdover member until the member's reappointment to a second term is confirmed or a successor is nominated and appointed. Prohibits holdover members from holding offic... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Judiciary 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] | 2024-03-18 The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Hashimoto, Richards, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB1639 | Engross 50% | Increases the employer base composite monthly contribution effective 1/1/2025 by 5.2 per cent of the 2024 employer base. Provides that effective 1/1/2026, the employer base composite monthly contribution will be based on the change in medicare part B... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Moriwaki, Ihara, Lee, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB1769 | Engross 50% | Establishes a refundable Family Caregiver Tax Credit for nonpaid family caregivers. Requires the Department of Taxation to report to the Legislature before the convening of each Regular Session. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | HB1772 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to support the Department of Health's Senior Fall Prevention Campaign. Effective date 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB1776 | Engross 50% | Amends a taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses that may be claimed for the household and dependent care services tax credit for five years. Sunsets 6/30/2029. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 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 | HB1964 | Engross 50% | Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a child care provider subsidy and bonus program to provide subsidies to retain the existing child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care center, group child care c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB1974 | Engross 50% | Increases the monthly needs allowance from $50 to $75. Clarifies that the needs allowance is not intended to replace or affect funds received from the federal Supplemental Security Income program. Requires certain long-term care facility operators to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HB2509 | Engross 50% | Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the mandatory retirement age for state justices and judges from seventy years to seventy-five years. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HI | HB2552 | Engross 50% | Extends, under certain conditions, the family leave period for up to eight additional weeks for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Require... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Moriwaki, Ihara, Lee; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. |
| 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] | 2024-03-18 The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | HR31 | Intro 25% | Requesting The University Of Hawaii Economic Research Organization To Conduct A Study Of Ways To Increase Access To Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 9:30 am] To House Human Services Committee |
| HI | HCR42 | Intro 25% | Requesting The University Of Hawaii Economic Research Organization To Conduct A Study Of Ways To Increase Access To Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 9:30 am] To House Human Services Committee |
| HI | HR63 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Sunrise Review Of The Potential Impacts Of Licensure And Regulation Of Certain Human Resources Management Personnel. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 10:00 am] To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HR66 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Director Of Labor And Industrial Relations To Amend Title 12, Chapter 15, Hawaii Administrative Rules, To Clarify That Compensation For Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Under The State's Workers' Compensation Law Is Distinct From Co... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 10:00 am] To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HR53 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations To Convene An Interagency Enforcement Task Force To Combat The Underground Economy And Employee Misclassification. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 10:00 am] To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HCR76 | Intro 25% | Urging State Departments And Agencies To Enable Employees To Telework To The Greatest Extent Possible. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 10:00 am] To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HCR68 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations To Convene An Interagency Enforcement Task Force To Combat The Underground Economy And Employee Misclassification. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 10:00 am] To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HR80 | Intro 25% | Supporting A Closer Partnership Between The United States And Taiwan In Values And Common Goals, The Relationships And Exchanges Between The State Of Hawaii And Taiwan, Taiwan's International Participation, And The Signing Of A United States-taiwan B... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 10:30 am] To House Culture, Arts, & International Affairs Committee |
| HI | HCR96 | Intro 25% | Supporting A Closer Partnership Between The United States And Taiwan In Values And Common Goals, The Relationships And Exchanges Between The State Of Hawaii And Taiwan, Taiwan's International Participation, And The Signing Of A United States-taiwan B... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 10:30 am] To House Culture, Arts, & International Affairs Committee |
| HI | HCR144 | Intro 25% | 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] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 10:30 am] To House Health Committee |
| HI | HR106 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Establishment Of A Telehealth Working Group To Examine The Impact Of Widespread Telehealth Adoption During The Covid-19 Pandemic And Identify Public Policy Initiatives At The Federal And State Level To Optimize Telehealth Utilization A... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 10:30 am] To House Health Committee |
| HI | HCR125 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Establishment Of A Telehealth Working Group To Examine The Impact Of Widespread Telehealth Adoption During The Covid-19 Pandemic And Identify Public Policy Initiatives At The Federal And State Level To Optimize Telehealth Utilization A... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 10:30 am] To House Health Committee |
| HI | HCR187 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Health Care Facilities Labor Standards Working Group To Research, Assess, And Make Recommendations On The Best Practices In Labor Standards That Can Be Implemented At Hospitals, Care Homes, And Dialysi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 10:30 am] To House Health Committee |
| HI | HR167 | Intro 25% | Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Health Care Facilities Labor Standards Working Group To Research, Assess, And Make Recommendations On The Best Practices In Labor Standards That Can Be Implemented At Hospitals, Care Homes, And Dialysi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 10:30 am] To House Health Committee |
| HI | HR141 | Intro 25% | Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Establish A Two-year Agricultural Crime Pilot Project To Examine And Assess The Effectiveness Of Prosecuting Agricultural Crime Cases, Including Those Of Agricultural Theft And Agricultural Vandalism, In The Ci... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 10:15 am] To House Agriculture Committee |
| HI | HR191 | Intro 25% | Urging The Department Of Accounting And General Services And The Department Of Human Resources Development To Evaluate Subsidizing Public Transit For Public Employees. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 10:00 am] To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| HI | HCR162 | Intro 25% | Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Establish A Two-year Agricultural Crime Pilot Project To Examine And Assess The Effectiveness Of Prosecuting Agricultural Crime Cases, Including Those Of Agricultural Theft And Agricultural Vandalism, In The Ci... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 10:15 am] To House Agriculture Committee |
| HI | HCR211 | Intro 25% | Urging The Department Of Accounting And General Services And The Department Of Human Resources Development To Evaluate Subsidizing Public Transit For Public Employees. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 10:00 am] To House Labor & Government Operations Committee |
| 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 To Senate Education Committee |
| HI | HB1624 | Engross 50% | For policies, contracts, plans, and agreements issued or renewed after 12/31/2024, requires the insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services for persons unde... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HI | HB1771 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To Senate Health and Human Services 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 | HB1892 | Engross 50% | Part II: Amends the deadlines for required upgrades conversions, or connections for certain priority level 1 and priority level 2 cesspools. Part III: Authorizes and appropriates funds to the Department of Health to retain qualified consultants as ne... [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 | 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 | HB1941 | Engross 50% | Makes an emergency appropriation from the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Special Fund to the Department of Health to implement quality improvement recommendations at the Hawaii State Hospital. 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 | HB1950 | Engross 50% | Designates November 22 of each year as "Kimchi Day" in the State. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 19 @ 3:00 pm] To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | HB1900 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds to improve the State's water resource management and hydrologic data collection. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WTL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, Fevella. |
| HI | HB1902 | Engross 50% | Clarifies that the Governor's and mayors' emergency management powers shall be consistent with the state constitution. Clarifies the scope of the comprehensive emergency management plan. Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or te... [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, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. |