| 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] | 2024-04-22 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 779). |
| HI | SB2727 | Engross 50% | Allows condominiums to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791). |
| HI | SB2991 | Engross 50% | Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to adopt rules establishing criteria and procedures for the creation of new bargaining units. Requires certain employees or any employer or exclusive representative proposing a new bargaining unit to submit a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791). |
| 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 | 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] | 2024-04-19 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-24 11:00AM; CR 224. |
| HI | SB1035 | Engross 50% | Exempts medical and dental services provided by health care providers to patients who receive Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE benefits from the general excise tax. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 722). |
| HI | SB458 | Engross 50% | Establishes the geothermal energy resources development special fund. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Redistributes geothermal royalties to the counties for specific purposes, geothermal energy resources development special fund, departme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 702). |
| 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] | 2024-04-19 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-24 2:30PM; Conference Room 016. |
| HI | SB2345 | Engross 50% | Authorizes the Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate crisis intervention training for state and county law enforcement agencies. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-24 1:40PM; Conference Room 016. |
| HI | SB2443 | Engross 50% | Establishes the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program, to be implemented by the State in only those locations where a photo red light imaging detector system has been implemented. Creates a new offense of noncompliance with maximum speed limit ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 10:00 am]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 10:00AM in conference room 329. |
| 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 | 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] | 2024-04-19 Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 705). |
| HI | SB2536 | Engross 50% | Establishes accounting services procurement preferences for certain Hawaii accounting service businesses. Clarifies that the existing reciprocity procurement preference includes offerors under sections 103D-302 and 103D-303, Hawaii Revised Statutes. ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 775). |
| 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] | 2024-04-19 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774). |
| 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 | SB2601 | Engross 50% | Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response. Effective 7/1/... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, Awa. |
| HI | SB2721 | Engross 50% | Clarifies the penalties for violations of ocean recreation laws. 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: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Tarnas, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 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] | 2024-04-19 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774). |
| 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] | 2024-04-19 [Hearing: Apr 24 @ 10:00 am]
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 10:00AM in conference room 329. |
| HI | SB2937 | Engross 50% | Repeals the sunset date for the exemption of laboratory school programs of the Hawaiian language college at the University of Hawaii at Hilo from state English-medium standards, assessments, performance ratings, staff qualifications, and staff traini... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774). |
| 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] | 2024-04-19 [Hearing: Apr 22 @ 2:45 pm]
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-22-24 2:45PM in conference room 325. |
| HI | SB3236 | Engross 50% | Clarifies that if no personal property designation appears in a recorded instrument, the interests of the beneficiaries shall be real property. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [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) Tarnas, Nishimoto, Holt, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HI | SCR23 | Engross 50% | 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] | 2024-04-19 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1929-24), recommending adoption. |
| 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] | 2024-04-19 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1927-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption. |
| HI | SCR34 | Engross 50% | 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] | 2024-04-19 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1930-24), recommending adoption. |
| 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] | 2024-04-19 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1931-24), recommending adoption. |
| HI | SCR115 | Engross 50% | Encouraging Developers To Incorporate Net Zero Water Building Strategies When Constructing And Renovating Housing Projects In The State. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1932-24), recommending adoption. |
| 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] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694). |
| 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] | 2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 22 @ 11:00 am]
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-22-24 11:00AM in conference room 325. |
| 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] | 2024-04-18 House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Matayoshi, Morikawa Co-Chairs; La Chica, Garcia. |
| HI | SB2122 | Engross 50% | Extends the State's energy efficiency portfolio standards from 2030 to 2045. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish interim goals, and clarifies procedures. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| 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] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| 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] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| HI | SB2245 | Engross 50% | 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] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694). |
| HI | SB2329 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds for mullet production for fishponds and stock enhancement, including for new positions, equipment, maintenance, and operating costs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| HI | SB2362 | Engross 50% | Appropriates funds for statewide research into ornamental ginger pathogens, prevention of the spread of ornamental ginger pathogens, production and distribution of pathogen-free ornamental ginger plants, and outreach to ornamental producers. Effectiv... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| HI | SB2350 | Engross 50% | Establishes a separate prohibition on driving motor vehicles with noisy mufflers on public highways in high density population areas. Establishes separate fines for violations of motor scooter and motor vehicle muffler laws. Defines "high density pop... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 10:01AM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | SB2413 | Engross 50% | Requires the Board of Agriculture to submit a report on the percentage of agricultural lands that are suitable for farming and actively farmed and certain dollar amounts relating to lease transfers between lessees. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| 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] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| 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] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694). |
| 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 | SB2497 | Engross 50% | Repeals the provision that made references to the base amount in the Internal Revenue Code inapplicable to the research activities tax credit and allowed credits for all qualified research expenses to be taken without regard to previous years' expens... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| 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] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| 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] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| HI | SB2591 | Engross 50% | Imposes a fine on any private landowner that fails to disclose or record with the Bureau of Conveyances, or in documents used to offer real property for sale, the existence of burial or archaeological sites on their property that the landowner knew o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| HI | SB2731 | Engross 50% | Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to honor veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| 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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 3:30PM; Conference Room 016. |
| 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] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |
| 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] | 2024-04-18 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 10:01AM; Conference Room 329. |
| HI | SB2834 | Engross 50% | Amends the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code to provide for a process to dispose of the tenant's personal property and surrender the dwelling unit to a landlord when there is a death of a tenant. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). |