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SB1 SD2
Abortion; Physician Assistants; Consent by Minors; Reproductive Health Care Services; Disclosures; Subpoenas; Licensing Authorities; Disciplinary Action; Investigations; Proceedings
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.
Allows licensed physician assistants to perform certain abortions. Repeals the requirement that abortions be performed at certain locations. Clarifies that the State shall not deny or interfere with a pregnant person's right to choose to (1) obtain an abortion or (2) if necessary to protect the life or health of the patient terminate the pregnancy. Defines "abortion" and "nonviable fetus". Prohibits a covered entity from disclosing information relating to reproductive health care services. Prohibits the issuance of a subpoena in connection with an out-of-state or interstate proceeding relating to reproductive health care services legally performed in the State. Prohibits agencies from providing information or expending resources in the furtherance of out-of-state or interstate investigations or proceedings relating to reproductive health care services. Prohibits the State from taking adverse action based on pregnancy outcomes or for aiding or assisting a pregnant individual with accessing reproductive health care services. Requires the Governor to deny any demand for surrender of a person charged with a crime involving reproductive health care services unless the conduct constitutes a crime in the State or is made under Article IV, section 2, of the U.S. Constitution. Enumerates laws contrary to public policy and prohibits their application. Prohibits the issuance of a summons for persons to testify in another state with regard to lawful reproductive health care services. Clarifies under various licensing statutes that the provision or assistance in receipt or provision of certain services related to the human reproductive system cannot form a basis for disciplinary action. Prohibits the enforcement of a judgment or order arising from a foreign penal civil action or other penal law with respect to reproductive health care services. Amends the definition of "medical care and services" so that a minor may...(see document for full description) (SD2) |
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3/22/2023- Act 002, on 03/22/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1102). |
KEITH-AGARAN, KEOHOKALOLE, MCKELVEY, RHOADS, Kidani, Shimabukuro, Wakai |
HLT/JHA |
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SB7 HD1 CD1
School Facilities Authority; References; Clarification
RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AUTHORITY.
Makes necessary amendments to clarify certain references to the School Facilities Authority used in section 302A-1151.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RHOADS |
EDN, FIN |
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SB9 SD1
Elections; Boards of Registration; Political Parties
RELATING TO BOARDS OF REGISTRATION.
Requires members of each board of registration be a registered voter in the respective county of the board to which the member is appointed and remain a registered voter in that county for their term of office. Establishes methods for determining and verifying a board member's political party membership. Takes effect 1/1/2024. (SD1) |
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4/20/2023- Act 013, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113). |
RHOADS |
JHA |
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SB19 HD1 CD1
Cast Ballots; Elections; Ineligible Voters
RELATING TO CAST BALLOTS.
Guarantees the vote of eligible voters who cast their ballot and then subsequently die or otherwise become ineligible before election day. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RHOADS |
JHA |
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SB36
Criminal Procedure; Prosecution; Felonies; Complaint; Information; Preliminary Hearing; Grand Jury
RELATING TO THE INITIATION OF FELONY PROSECUTIONS.
Specifies that a person may be tried and sentenced for certain alleged felony offenses through the complaint and preliminary hearing process, indictment by grand jury, or by written information. Specifies that multiple attempts to initiate a felony prosecution for the same offense, either through the same initial charging method or an alternative method, or in different forums, shall not be permitted, except in certain circumstances. |
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3/22/2023- Act 001, on 03/22/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1101). |
RHOADS, CHANG, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, Kidani, Kim, Shimabukuro |
JHA |
HB810 |
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SB45 SD1 HD2
Domestic Abuse; Protective Orders; Petition; Minors; Emancipated Minors
RELATING TO MINORS.
Allows minors sixteen years of age or older and emancipated minors to petition for domestic abuse protective orders. (HD2) |
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4/18/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RHOADS |
HUS, JHA |
HB205 |
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SB51 SD1 HD1 CD1
Campaign Finance; Advertisements; Noncandidate Committees; Violations; Fines
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
Increases the amount of fines that may be assessed against noncandidate committees for violations of organizational report and advertisement disclosure requirements. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RHOADS, KEITH-AGARAN |
JHA, FIN |
HB65 |
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SB67 SD1 HD2 CD1
DLNR; Beaches; Commercial Beach Equipment; Presetting; Removal; Commercial Vendors
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON BEACHES.
Prohibits commercial vendors from presetting commercial beach equipment on certain beaches under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, unless the customer is physically present. Requires commercial vendors to expeditiously remove commercial beach equipment after the customer has finished using it. Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to grant exemptions through rules. Establishes administrative fines for violations. (CD1) |
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5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
INOUYE, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, Dela Cruz, Wakai |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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SB105 HD1 CD1
Department of Education; Report; Autism Spectrum Disorder
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Changes the Department of Education's quarterly report requirement on autism spectrum disorder to an annual report. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KIDANI, KANUHA, Fevella, Kim, Richards |
EDN, JHA |
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SB109 SD1 HD1 CD1
Gender-Neutral Terminology; Statutory Interpretation; Parents; Spouses
RELATING TO GENDER-NEUTRAL TERMINOLOGY.
Replaces gender-specific terminology used in certain parental and marital matters with gender-neutral terminology. Takes effect 1/1/2024. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SAN BUENAVENTURA |
JHA |
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SB110 SD1 HD1 CD1
Gender-Neutral Terminology; Statutory Interpretation; Adoption; Annulment, Divorce, and Separation
RELATING TO GENDER-NEUTRAL TERMINOLOGY.
Requires gender-specific terminology used in adoption and annulment, divorce, and separation matters to be construed in a gender-neutral manner. Takes effect 1/1/2024. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SAN BUENAVENTURA |
JHA |
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SB141 SD1 HD1 CD1
Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act; Pledge; Certification; Voting; Replacement; Faithless Electors
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Updates rules for certification of electors and their votes to be in full compliance with federal law. Provides procedures for the replacement of electors. Requires presidential electors to take a pledge that they will vote for their party's nominee. Invalidates the vote of any faithless elector. Removes any faithless elector from the position of elector. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
CHANG, KEITH-AGARAN, LEE, RHOADS, Kidani, Richards |
JHA |
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SB151 SD2 HD2 CD1
Law Enforcement Officers; Use of Force; Policies; Reports; Training
RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM.
Requires any department or agency employing law enforcement officers to maintain publicly available policies on minimum standards on the use of force. Allows use of force policies and training to be introduced as evidence in proceedings. Requires law enforcement officers to report the use of excessive force by another law enforcement officer. Requires that law enforcement officers receive training designed to minimize the use of excessive force. Effective 1/1/2024. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
CHANG, RHOADS, Shimabukuro |
JHA, FIN |
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SB162 SD2 HD2 CD1
Dentistry; Dental Hygiene; Community Health Centers; Rural Health Clinics; Mobile Dental Outreach Programs; Community Service License; Temporary License; Licensure Requirements
RELATING TO DENTISTRY LICENSES.
Adds community health centers, rural health clinics, and mobile dental outreach programs to the list of eligible organizations at which persons with community service licenses may practice. Allows dental hygiene and dental college graduates who have graduated from educational programs that have a reciprocal agreement with the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation to apply for temporary or community service licenses. Expands eligibility for a community service license to practice dentistry to those candidates who have passed the Integrated National Board Dental Examination within five years of the date of request. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SAN BUENAVENTURA |
HLT, CPC |
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SB179
Office of Elections Package; Elections Accessibility; Disability; Accommodations; Advisory Committees
RELATING TO ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Renames the statewide and county-level voters with special needs advisory committees to elections accessibility needs advisory committees. Recognizes that voting accessibility needs may arise from disabilities other than those of a physical nature. |
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4/20/2023- Act 014, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114). |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
HB131 |
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SB182 SD1 HD1 CD1
Ethics Commission Package; Disclosures; Financial Interests
RELATING TO DISCLOSURES OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS.
Amends the filing deadline for disclosures of financial interests by certain candidates. Amends the penalty for the unauthorized release of confidential financial disclosure information. Amends the fines imposed and procedures relating to disclosures of financial interests. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
HB135 |
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SB193 SD1 HD1 CD1
State Fire Council Package; Composition; Members
RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL.
Adds to the membership of the State Fire Council, and to the membership of advisory committees that the Council may appoint, representatives from the Hawaii State Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Unit and the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to reflect all non federal fire fighting agencies in the State. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, WAL, FIN |
HB146 |
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SB203 SD1 HD1 CD1
Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Package; Complaints; Violations; Rebuttable Presumption
RELATING TO COMPLAINTS ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN SPENDING LAWS.
Allows the Campaign Spending Commission to treat a respondent's failure to explain or otherwise respond to a complaint alleging a violation of campaign spending laws as a rebuttable presumption that a violation has occurred. Provides the respondent with thirty days from the mailing of the complaint to explain or otherwise respond before the rebuttable presumption takes effect. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
HB98 |
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SB210 SD2 HD1 CD1
City and County of Honolulu Package; Criminal Justice Data Sharing; Working Group
RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA SHARING.
Establishes a Criminal Justice Data Sharing Working Group to make recommendations for a statewide criminal justice data repository. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
HB100 |
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SB211 SD2 HD2 CD1
City and County of Honolulu Package; Retirement Benefits; Employees' Retirement System
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Ensures that employment, work, and pay eligibility for the purpose of calculating retirement benefits includes retroactive reinstatement, retroactive rescission of suspension, and retroactive payments that are restored to an employee as part of a judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceeding, or pursuant to a settlement of claims. (CD1) |
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6/1/2023- Act 046, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146). |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, JHA, FIN |
HB101 |
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SB214 SD1 HD1 CD1
City and County of Honolulu Package; Penal Code; Public Transit; Interference; Offense
RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.
Establishes the offense of interference with the operation of a public transit vehicle. Makes clarifying and conforming amendments to the offense of interference with the operator of a public transit vehicle. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
HB104 |
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SB228 SD1 HD1 CD1
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Public Corruption; Fraud; Criminal Offenses; Penalties
RELATING TO FRAUD.
Establishes the offense of fraud as a class B felony. Establishes the offense of making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim against the State or a county as a class C felony. Establishes the offense of the use of false statements or entries in matters within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of the State as a class C felony. (CD1) |
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4/28/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
HB127 |
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SB239 SD2 HD3 CD1
Early Learning; Preschool Open Doors; Child Care Accreditation Program; Child Care Grant Program Special Fund; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING ACCREDITATION.
Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Child Care Accreditation Program to assist licensed and registered child care providers obtain accreditation. Authorizes the use of the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund for Child Care Accreditation Program grants. Extends the deadlines by which existing Preschool Open Doors Program service providers are required to commence the accreditation process and obtain accreditation. Appropriates funds for the Child Care Accreditation Program, including the establishment of one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position for the program. (CD1) |
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5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KIDANI |
HUS, CPC, FIN |
HB583 |
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SB295 SD2 HD2 CD1
Child Welfare System; Child Welfare Services; Office of Wellness and Resilience; Office of the Governor; Malama Ohana Working Group; Report
RELATING TO THE CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.
Establishes within the Office of Wellness and Resilience the Malama Ohana Working Group to seek, design, and recommend transformative changes to the State's existing child welfare system. Allows the Office to contract with an administrative facilitator to provide necessary support for the working group. Requires the Malama Ohana Working Group to report to the Legislature. (CD1) |
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5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
DELA CRUZ, AQUINO, CHANG, KANUHA, KEITH-AGARAN, LEE, MCKELVEY, MORIWAKI, RHOADS, Kidani, Richards, Wakai |
HUS, FIN |
HB330 |
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SB313
State Rehabilitation Council; Membership; Quorum
RELATING TO THE STATE REHABILITATION COUNCIL.
Reduces the number of members on the State Rehabilitation Council from twenty-one to fifteen. Authorizes the State Rehabilitation Council to establish a quorum and conduct business without regard to vacancies. |
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4/20/2023- Act 015, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). |
SAN BUENAVENTURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HUS, JHA |
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SB318 SD2 HD1 CD1
DOH; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Pilot Program; Public Awareness Campaign; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS.
Requires the Department of Health to establish and administer a three-year pilot program to implement a co-management system of care for the diagnosis and treatment of persons with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Appropriates funds for the pilot program and an annual public awareness campaign. (CD1) |
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5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SAN BUENAVENTURA (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, FIN |
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SB346 SD1
Emergency Vehicles; Siren Use
RELATING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
Makes it discretionary for authorized emergency vehicles to use sirens when responding to an emergency or in other specified situations if the siren is not reasonably necessary under the circumstances. (SD1) |
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4/20/2023- Act 016, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116). |
RHOADS |
HLT, JHA |
HB175 |
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SB372 SD1 HD1
Law Enforcement Officers; Arrests; Unnecessary or Excessive Force; Duty to Intervene and Report
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES RELATING TO THE LAW.
Provides that a law enforcement officer has a duty to intervene if the law enforcement officer reasonably believes that another law enforcement officer is using unnecessary or excessive force on an arrestee. Requires the law enforcement officer to report the incident to the other law enforcement officer's supervisor. Requires relevant departments to submit annual reports to the Legislature. (HD1) |
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6/5/2023- Act 055, 06/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1155). |
LEE, CHANG, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, RHOADS, Kim |
JHA |
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SB390 SD1 HD2 CD1
Emergency Medical Responders; Emergency Ambulance Service Personnel; Licensure; Hawaii Medical Board
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
Repeals the sunset date of section 2 of Act 119, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, making permanent the requirement that the Hawaii Medical Board issue licenses in four levels of emergency response practice in counties with a population of five hundred thousand or greater and the creation of an additional licensure category for Emergency Medical Technicians 1 who are certified at a higher practice level than Emergency Medical Technicians but do not provide ambulance services. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
DELA CRUZ, KANUHA, KEITH-AGARAN, RHOADS, Kidani, Richards |
HLT, CPC |
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SB404 SD2 HD2 CD1
Hospital Sustainability Program; Hospital Sustainability Fee; Hospital Trade Association; DHS; Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.
Makes various updates to the Hospital Sustainability Program, including amending the definition of "private hospital"; clarifying the uses of the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund; increasing various hospital sustainability fee caps; requiring the Department of Human Services to consult and negotiate with the hospital trade association regarding fee participation and rates; clarifying when the hospital sustainability fee shall be discontinued and the distribution of remaining funds; repealing the sunset dates of Act 217, SLH 2012, and Act 123, SLH 2014, to make the program permanent and permanently exempting the program from the central service and administrative expenses assessments; and appropriating funds out of the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund. (CD1) |
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5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SAN BUENAVENTURA, KEITH-AGARAN, KEOHOKALOLE, MCKELVEY |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
HB1368 |
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SB406 SD1 HD2
Child Custody; Grandparent Visitation; Best Interest of the Child
RELATING TO CHILD VISITATION.
Allows the court to award reasonable visitation rights to a petitioning grandparent of a minor child when the child's parent is unable to exercise parental visitation due to death or incarceration and denial of reasonable grandparent visitation rights would cause significant harm to the child. Requires the court to follow best interest of the child procedures, considerations, and standards when granting grandparent visitation rights. Specifies that any person who violates the terms and conditions of a court order granting reasonable grandparent visitation rights are subject to sanctions. (HD2) |
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4/18/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SAN BUENAVENTURA, AQUINO, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, Dela Cruz, Ihara, Wakai |
HUS, JHA |
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SB410 SD1 HD2 CD1
Driver's Record; Public Record; Expungement; Judiciary
RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT.
Requires the court to automatically seal or remove from the judiciary's publicly accessible databases any information relevant to the arrest or case of a person for whom an expungement order has been entered and transmitted to the court. Effective 7/1/2025. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SHIMABUKURO, CHANG, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, Kidani, Wakai |
CPC, JHA |
HB301 |
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SB415 SD2 HD2
Wages; Timely Payment; General Contractors; Subcontractors; Liability
RELATING TO WAGES.
Makes general contractors entering into or under contracts in the State for work on buildings, structures, or other private construction works liable for debt incurred by subcontractors for wages due to claimants, including interest owed, for performance of labor in the contract between the general contractor and owner. (HD2) |
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6/1/2023- Act 047, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1147). |
RHOADS |
LGO, JHA |
HB167 |
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SB422 SD1
Environmental Advisory Council; Housekeeping Measure
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.
Makes a housekeeping amendment to section 341-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to delete a reference to a repealed section. (SD1) |
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4/20/2023- Act 024, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). |
GABBARD, AQUINO, CHANG, MCKELVEY, Awa, Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Richards |
EEP, FIN |
HB185 |
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SB435 SD1 HD2 CD1
Wages and Hours of Employees on Public Works; Violations; Penalties; Suspension; DLIR
RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS.
Orders the person or firm found to be in violation of the state law governing wages and hours of employees on public works to be jointly and severally liable for the penalty, with the penalty increasing for repeat violations. Requires each notice of violation to contain the names of the person and the firm. Defines a "person" and "firm" for purposes of violations of the state law governing wages and hours of employees on public works, and related penalties and suspension. Requires the director of labor and industrial relations to suspend the person and firm under specified conditions. (CD1) |
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6/1/2023- Act 051, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1151). |
KEOHOKALOLE |
LGO, JHA, FIN |
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SB438
Professional and Vocational Licensing; Application for Licensure; Application for Examination; Abandonment
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING.
Reduces the period for which an application shall be considered abandoned from two years to one year. Specifies the conditions under which applications for licenses and examinations will be deemed abandoned. Provides that the one-year period after which an application is considered abandoned cannot be extended. Provides that a licensing authority shall not be required to act on any abandoned application and that the licensing authority may destroy abandoned applications. Clarifies that an application submitted after an abandoned application shall be treated as a new application and that the applicant shall comply with any new licensing requirements in effect at the time of the new application. |
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4/20/2023- Act 021, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1121). |
KEOHOKALOLE, MCKELVEY, Richards |
CPC, FIN |
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SB473 SD1 HD2 CD1
Practice of Pharmacy; Dialysate Drugs or Devices; Manufacturers; Wholesalers; Third-Party Logistics Providers; Exemption
RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY.
Exempts manufacturers, wholesale distributors, manufacturers engaged in direct distribution to qualified persons, and third-party logistics providers of home dialysate drugs or devices from the license, registration, and permit requirements for pharmacies, under certain conditions. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SHIMABUKURO, CHANG, INOUYE |
HLT, CPC |
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SB478 SD2 HD1 CD1
Telecommunications and Cable Industry Information Reporting Requirements; Repeal; Broadband; Broadband Service Providers
RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE INDUSTRY INFORMATION REPORTING.
Repeals chapter 440J, HRS, relating to telecommunications and cable industry information reporting requirements for broadband service providers. Makes conforming amendments. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KEOHOKALOLE |
HET, CPC |
HB371 |
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SB483 SD1 HD2 CD1
Judiciary Package; Probate Code
RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE.
Updates articles I through IV of the Uniform Probate Code to adjust for inflation, provide additional clarity, resolve issues that have arisen in probate practice, and address societal changes in familial relations. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
HB383 |
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SB487
Revision Bill
RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES OR THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, OR DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS.
Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes or the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, or deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions. |
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4/20/2023- Act 017, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1117). |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA |
HB802 |
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SB497 SD1 HD1 CD1
Oversized Commercial Vehicles; Left Lane; Prohibition
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
Prohibits certain oversized commercial vehicles from driving in the far left lane on roadways with three or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction, subject to certain exceptions. Effective 1/1/2024. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
ELEFANTE, LEE, Inouye |
JHA |
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SB516 SD1 HD2 CD1
Hemp Producers; Commercial Hemp Production; Labeling; Advertising; Hawaii-Grown Hemp; Hawaii-Processed Hemp
RELATING TO HEMP.
Requires that the identity statement used for labeling or advertising hemp products identify the percentage of Hawaii-grown and Hawaii-processed hemp and hemp of other origins contained in hemp products. Allows the use of the term "All Hawaiian" for hemp products in which one hundred per cent of the hemp is grown and processed in the State. (CD1) |
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5/2/2023- Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). |
GABBARD, CHANG, SAN BUENAVENTURA, Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran |
AGR, CPC |
HB1424 |
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SB531 SD2 HD1 CD1
School Facilities Authority; Executive Director; Appointment
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Authorizes the School Facilities Authority Board, rather than the Governor, to appoint an Executive Director of the School Facilities Authority. (CD1) |
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6/5/2023- Act 061, 06/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1161). |
KANUHA |
EDN, FIN |
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SB588 SD2 HD1 CD1
DOT; Noise Detection Cameras; Excessive Noise; Pilot Program; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO EXCESSIVE NOISE.
Requires and appropriates funds from the State Highway Fund for the Department of Transportation, in conjunction with counties having a population greater than 500,000, to develop and implement a pilot program to use noise detection traffic cameras to address excessive traffic noise in urban areas in each participating county. Requires the Department of Transportation to submit a report to the Legislature. Sunsets 12/31/2025. (CD1) |
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5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
MORIWAKI, CHANG, KIM, RHOADS, McKelvey, Wakai |
TRN, FIN |
HB471 |
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SB599 SD1 HD2 CD1
Respiratory Therapists; Supervision; Physician Assistants; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Allows certain physician assistants to sign orders for respiratory therapy and plans of care. Expands the class of health care providers under whom respiratory therapists may practice respiratory care to include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SAN BUENAVENTURA |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
HB664 |
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SB602 SD2 HD1 CD1
Pharmacy Scope of Practice; CLIA-Waived Tests; Pharmacists; Permit; Education Requirements; Reporting Requirements
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Authorizes pharmacists to order, perform, and report the results of certain Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988-waived tests. Specifies educational and permitting requirements for the ordering, performance, and reporting the results of certain CLIA-waived tests. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SAN BUENAVENTURA |
CPC |
HB659 |
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SB637 SD1 HD2 CD1
Commercial Hemp Processing; Structures and Buildings; Registration Applications
RELATING TO HEMP.
Requires persons applying to register as hemp processors to include with their application form documentation that the processing does not include heat or volatile compounds or gases under pressure, such as cold-water extraction and is exempt from certain building permit and building code requirements, or documentation that the planned hemp processing operation is in a food hub or agricultural park. (CD1) |
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5/2/2023- Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). |
GABBARD |
AGR, CPC |
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SB655 SD1 HD2 CD1
Hemp Producers; Commercial Hemp Production; Cultivation
RELATING TO HEMP.
Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to align state hemp production administrative rules with federal exemptions for fiber, fuel, and seed grain hemp crops. (CD1) |
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5/2/2023- Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). |
GABBARD, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, Dela Cruz, Ihara |
AGR, JHA |
HB1421 |
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SB671 SD1 HD1
Drug Paraphernalia; Testing Products; Fentanyl Testing Strips; Uniform Controlled Substances Act; Exclusion
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Excludes fentanyl testing strips from the definition of drug paraphernalia in the uniform Controlled Substances Act. Defines fentanyl test strip. (HD1) |
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4/18/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SAN BUENAVENTURA, CHANG, MCKELVEY, RHOADS |
JHA |
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SB674 SD1 HD2 CD1
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; Adoption; Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Rules; Hawaii Medical Board
RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT.
Adopts the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact to create a comprehensive process that complements the existing licensing and regulatory authority of state medical boards and provides a streamlined process that allows physicians to become licensed in multiple states. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules to implement and administer the Compact. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SAN BUENAVENTURA, KEITH-AGARAN, Inouye, Keohokalole, Wakai |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
HB666 |
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SB691 SD2 HD2 CD1
Minimum Efficiency Standards; Appliances; Chief Energy Officer; Hawaii State Energy Office
RELATING TO EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.
Allows the chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office to enforce minimum efficiency standards and adopt or amend efficiency standards. Sets minimum efficiency standards for portable electric spas, residential ventilating fans, toilets, urinals, and water coolers. Allows manufacturers to utilize the Home Ventilating Institute's certified products directory certification program to meet certain standards. Effective 6/30/2023. (CD1) |
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5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KEOHOKALOLE, CHANG, DECOITE, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, RHOADS, SHIMABUKURO, Ihara, Kim |
EEP, CPC |
HB194 |
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SB696 SD1 HD1 CD1
Workers' Compensation; Average Weekly Wages; Volunteers
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Authorizes wages of other employees in comparable employment to be considered when computing the average weekly wages of an injured public board member, reserve police officer, police chaplain, reserve public safety law enforcement officer, sheriffs' chaplain, volunteer firefighter, volunteer boating enforcement officer, or volunteer conservation and resources enforcement officer. Clarifies computation of average weekly wages of an injured volunteer firefighter for workers' compensation benefits purposes. (CD1) |
(S)
5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RICHARDS, AQUINO, CHANG, KANUHA, Fukunaga, Keith-Agaran, Kidani, McKelvey |
LGO, CPC, FIN |
HB57 |
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SB712 SD2 HD1 CD1
Adult Corrections Officers; UH; Windward Community College; Trauma-Informed Certification Program
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.
Establishes a trauma-informed certification program at the Windward Community College campus of the University of Hawaii for adult corrections officers. Requires the curriculum to include a level I trauma-informed care course designed for adult corrections officers. (CD1) |
(S)
5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
WAKAI, CHANG, KEOHOKALOLE, MCKELVEY, Awa, Elefante, Keith-Agaran |
CMV, FIN |
HB1130 |
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SB726 SD1 HD1 CD1
Department of Human Resources Development; Director; Administrative Assistant Position; Repeal
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.
Repeals the administrative assistant position within the Department of Human Resources Development. Reassigns the responsibilities of the administrative assistant to the Director of Human Resources Development. (CD1) |
(S)
5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
MORIWAKI |
LGO, FIN |
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SB729 SD1 HD2 CD1
Real Estate Commission; Condominium Associations; Boards of Directors; Members; Leadership Training; Report
RELATING TO BOARD MEMBERS.
Requires the real estate commission to develop a curriculum for leadership training to be made available to board members of a condominium association and submit a progress report to the legislature. (CD1) |
(S)
5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
MORIWAKI |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
HB1161 |
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SB731
La Kuokoa; Hawaiian Independence Day
RELATING TO HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.
Designates November 28 of each year as La Kuokoa, Hawaiian Independence Day, to celebrate the historical recognition of the independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii. |
(S)
4/20/2023- Act 011, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111). |
KEOHOKALOLE, AQUINO, DECOITE, FEVELLA, INOUYE, KANUHA, LEE, RICHARDS, SHIMABUKURO, Kidani |
CAI, JHA |
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SB732 SD2 HD1 CD1
Indigenous Peoples' Day; Observed Day
RELATING TO STATE HOLIDAYS.
Designates the second Monday in October of each year as Indigenous Peoples' Day. (CD1) |
(S)
5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KANUHA, AQUINO, AWA, DECOITE, FEVELLA, INOUYE, KEOHOKALOLE, LEE, MCKELVEY, SHIMABUKURO, Kidani |
CAI, FIN |
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SB739 HD1
Native Hawaiian Caucus; Penal Code; Desecration; State of Mind; Definition
RELATING TO DESECRATION.
Expanding the requisite state of mind for the criminal offense of desecration to include "knowingly". Simplifies the definition of "desecrate". (HD1) |
(S)
4/19/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
DECOITE, AQUINO, INOUYE, MCKELVEY, SHIMABUKURO, Fevella, Kidani |
JHA |
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SB743 SD1 HD1 CD1
HDOA; Coffee Berry Borer; Coffee Leaf Rust; Pesticide Subsidy Program; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO COFFEE PEST CONTROL.
Extends the sunset date for the Coffee Berry Borer and Coffee Leaf Rust Pesticide Subsidy Program to 6/30/2025 and the program manager position, including the position's civil service and collective bargaining laws exemption, to 6/30/2026. Requires the Department of Agriculture to report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the operation and implementation of the Pesticide Subsidy Program. (CD1) |
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5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KANUHA, AQUINO, CHANG, ELEFANTE, MCKELVEY, RICHARDS, Keith-Agaran, Kidani, Kim, Wakai |
AGR, FIN |
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SB746 SD1 HD2 CD1
Coffee Labeling; Advertising; Requirements; Coffee Blends; Hawaii-grown Coffee; Hawaii-processed Coffee; Ready-to-Drink Coffee Beverages
RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING.
Expands the coffee labeling and advertising requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages and the inner packages and inner wrapping labels of roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages. Specifies that the coffee labeling and advertising requirements apply if the applicable products are produced in whole or in part from Hawaii-grown and Hawaii-processed green coffee beans. Requires disclosure on the label of coffee blends of the respective geographic and regional origins and per cent by weight of the blended coffees. Prohibits use of the term "All Hawaiian" in labeling or advertising for roasted coffee or instant coffee not produced entirely from green coffee beans grown and processed in Hawaii. Effective 7/1/2024. (CD1) |
(S)
5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KANUHA, CHANG, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, RHOADS, Dela Cruz, Keohokalole, Kidani, Kim, Shimabukuro, Wakai |
AGR, CPC |
HB559 |
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SB759 SD2 HD2 CD1
Office of Primary Care and Rural Health; Rural Residents; Family Health Services Division; Department of Health; Report
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires the Office of Primary Care and Rural Health to oversee and support community efforts to collaboratively address the health and wellness needs of the State's most underserved rural residents to develop plans that align with appropriate providers' goals and objectives. Requires the Office of Primary Care and Rural Health to include a one-time summary of community plans with the report that is to be submitted to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2024. (CD1) |
(S)
5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KANUHA, AQUINO, CHANG, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, RICHARDS, Awa, Shimabukuro, Wakai |
HLT, FIN |
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SB764 SD1 HD3 CD1
Affordable Housing; Banks; Assets; Capital and Surplus; Commissioner of Financial Institutions; Aggregate Investments; Notice; Approval
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
Allows a bank to invest, in aggregate, up to fifteen per cent of the bank's capital and surplus in limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations formed to invest in affordable housing residential properties without the prior approval of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions or an after-the-fact notice. Authorizes an eligible bank to make an investment exceeding fifteen per cent, but not exceeding twenty per cent, of the bank's capital and surplus without prior notification to, or approval by, the Commissioner if the eligible bank submits an after-the-fact notice. (CD1) |
(S)
5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KANUHA |
HSG, CPC, FIN |
HB1236 |
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SB798 SD1 HD1 CD1
Time Sharing; Time Share; Out-of-State Time Share Units; Zoning Requirements
RELATING TO TIME SHARING.
Requires a developer's application for registration or annexation to include a list of projects containing out-of-state time share units and a statement that the developer has verified that those units are in compliance or not prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction where the units are located. Clarifying that a developer is not required to submit any other evidence of such compliance to register in Hawaii. (CD1) |
(S)
5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
DECOITE |
TOU, CPC |
HB12 |
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SB799 SD1 HD2 CD1
Time Share Plans; Title Reports; Blanket Liens
RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLANS.
For time share plans that use title holding trusts, requires the developer to submit a title report evidencing that the title is vested in the trustee. For time share plans that use a notice of time share plan, requires the recordation of the notice and its submission. For time share plans that use alternative arrangements, requires the recordation of any alternative arrangement documents. (CD1) |
(S)
5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
DECOITE |
TOU, CPC |
HB13 |
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SB811 SD2 HD2 CD1
Department of Health; Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Department of Human Services; County Police Departments; Demographic Data; State Agencies; Publication; Ethnicities; Task Force
RELATING TO DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.
Establishes a task force to assess demographic data collection, processing, retention, and sharing procedures, needs, and challenges. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1) |
(S)
5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
AQUINO, CHANG, INOUYE, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, RHOADS, SAN BUENAVENTURA, Wakai |
LGO, FIN |
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SB813 SD1 HD2 CD1
Court Interpreters; Study; Hourly Fees; Judiciary; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO COURT INTERPRETERS.
Beginning in 2026 and every three years thereafter, requires the Judiciary to conduct a study on interpreter fees. Appropriates funds. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
INOUYE, AQUINO, CHANG, ELEFANTE, KEITH-AGARAN, KIM, MCKELVEY, RHOADS |
JHA, FIN |
HB219 |
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SB814 SD2 HD2 CD1
Electronic Information Technology; Accessibility; Multilingual; Limited English Proficiency; Standards; Office of Enterprise Technology Services; Office of Language Access; Working Group; Procurement; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.
Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, in consultation with the Office of Language Access and a working group comprising stakeholders, to develop and publish, and periodically review and update, electronic information technology multilingual accessibility standards to be implemented by all state entities. Appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) position. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RHOADS, AQUINO, CHANG, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, Inouye |
LGO, FIN |
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SB821 SD1 HD2 CD1
Illegal Fireworks Task Force; DLE; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Establishes the Illegal Fireworks Task Force within the Department of Law Enforcement to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control laws, and ensure the safety and security of facilities and institutions in the State against the discharge of illegal fireworks and explosives. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2025. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
DELA CRUZ, CHANG, INOUYE, KEITH-AGARAN, KEOHOKALOLE, MCKELVEY, RHOADS, SHIMABUKURO, Elefante, Kidani, Kim, Wakai |
JHA, FIN |
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SB830 SD2 HD1 CD1
Critical Emergency Response; Pilot Program; DOE; State Public Charter School Commission; Safety; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE.
Establishes within the Department of Education, a one-year Critical Emergency Response Pilot Program to establish a critical emergency response team for each department school located in central Oahu selected by the Department of Education to participate in the Pilot Program. Establishes within the State Public Charter School Commission, a one-year Critical Emergency Response Pilot Program to establish a critical emergency response team for each public charter school selected by the Commission to participate in the Pilot Program. Requires the Department of Education and State Public Charter School Commission to report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
DELA CRUZ |
EDN, FIN |
HB942 |
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SB833 SD2 HD3 CD1
Wahiawa Irrigation System; Land Purchase; Office of the Governor; HDOA; ADC; DLNR; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO THE WAHIAWA IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
Requires the Office of the Governor to negotiate the State's fee simple acquisition of the Wahiawa Irrigation System on the island of Oahu. Authorizes and appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture, Agribusiness Development Corporation, and Department of Land and Natural Resources to purchase, repair, and maintain the Wahiawa Irrigation System and the associated spillway. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
DELA CRUZ |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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SB855 SD1 HD2 CD1
Condominiums; Budgets; Fire Safety Equipment; Fire Safety Installation; Replacement Reserves Assessments Study
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.
Authorizes a condominium association to provide a summary of the required information in its budget. Authorizes a condominium association's reserve study to forecast a loan or special assessment to fund life safety equipment or installations for any building located in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand. Authorizes a condominium association to use a third party to conduct a reserves study on behalf of the condominium. Clarifies the information to be included in the description of how the estimated replacement reserves assessments are computed. (CD1) |
(S)
5/3/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
FUKUNAGA, CHANG, MORIWAKI, RHOADS |
CPC, FIN |
HB803 |
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SB865 SD2 HD1 CD1
HCDA; Affordable Housing; Ninety-Nine Year Leasehold Program; Positions; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO HOUSING.
Establishes the Ninety-Nine Year Leasehold Program to develop low-cost residential condominium units on state-owned and county-owned land in urban redevelopment sites to be sold in leasehold by the Hawaii Community Development Authority to qualified residents. Provides for the disposition of lands that are acquired by the Hawaii Community Development Authority but no longer needed for the program. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
CHANG, AQUINO, KEOHOKALOLE, Kidani |
HSG/WAL, FIN |
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SB869 SD2 HD1
Youth Commission; Quorum
RELATING TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION.
Clarifies that a majority of the members appointed to the Youth Commission shall constitute a quorum to do business. (HD1) |
(S)
4/21/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
CHANG, LEE, Elefante, Kidani |
JHA |
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SB894 SD2 HD2 CD1
Office of Wellness and Resilience; Advisory Board; Trauma informed Care Task Force; Office of the Governor; DHS
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE.
Transfers the Office of Wellness and Resilience from the Office of the Governor to the Department of Human Services on 7/1/2025. Extends the Trauma-Informed Care Task Force dissolution date to 6/30/2025 and establishes the Task Force as an advisory board to the Office of Wellness and Resilience until its dissolution. Reconstitutes the membership of the Trauma-Informed Care Task Force into a permanent advisory board to the Office of Wellness and Resilience to be called the Wellness and Resilience Advisory Board. Effective 1/1/2024. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SAN BUENAVENTURA, MCKELVEY, Keith-Agaran |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
HB487 |
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SB898 SD2 HD1 CD1
HPHA; State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna; Reports; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING.
Temporarily expands the State Rent Supplement Program specifically for qualified persons who are sixty-two years of age or older and are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to submit annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2026. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
MORIWAKI, CHANG, DECOITE, FEVELLA, INOUYE, KANUHA, KEITH-AGARAN, KIM, LEE, MCKELVEY, SAN BUENAVENTURA, SHIMABUKURO, Ihara |
HSG, FIN |
HB648 |
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SB900 SD2 HD2 CD1
Kupuna Caucus; Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program; Executive Office on Aging; Annual Reports; Program Specialists; Positions; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Requires the Executive Office on Aging to submit to the Legislature annual progress reports on the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program. Appropriates funds. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
MORIWAKI, CHANG, DECOITE, FEVELLA, INOUYE, KANUHA, KIM, LEE, MCKELVEY, RHOADS, SHIMABUKURO, Ihara, Keith-Agaran, San Buenaventura |
HLT, FIN |
HB649 |
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SB911 SD1 HD1
Juror; Qualifications; Felon; Conviction; Finally Discharged; Pardoned
RELATING TO JURORS.
Clarifies that a prospective juror is disqualified to serve as a juror if they have been convicted of a felony and have not been finally discharged, in addition to not being pardoned. Effective 1/1/2024. (HD1) |
(S)
4/21/2023- Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 831). |
RHOADS, CHANG, KEITH-AGARAN |
JHA |
HB751 |
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SB921
Condominiums; Developers; Statute of Repose; Tolling
RELATING TO LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS.
Clarifies that no statute of repose shall affect a condominium association's right of action against a condominium developer sooner than two years after the period of developer control terminates. |
(H)
5/4/2023- Act 029, 5/4/2023, veto override. |
RHOADS |
CPC, JHA |
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SB930 SD1 HD2 CD1
Residential Landlord-Tenant Code; Application Screening Fee; Tenant Report; Credit Report; Informational Materials; Office of Consumer Protection
RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.
Beginning 5/1/2024, allows a landlord or landlord's agent to charge an application screening fee for certain applicants at the time a rental application is processed for a dwelling unit; requires the landlord or landlord's agent to provide a receipt for payment of the application screening fee and a breakdown of the fee; and requires the landlord or landlord's agent to return any unauthorized fee amounts to the applicant. Requires the office of consumer protection to produce and make available informational materials and publicize requirements regarding application fees and related rights and obligations. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RHOADS, CHANG, Keith-Agaran |
HSG, CPC |
HB644 |
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SB933 SD1 HD1 CD1
Temporary Restraining Orders; Remote Attendance; Domestic Abuse
RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS.
Authorizes the family courts to allow petitioners to attend TRO hearings remotely upon request. Requires the courts to consider certain factors. Requires the courts to allow petitioners who allege domestic abuse to attend TRO hearings remotely. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RHOADS |
JHA |
HB352 |
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SB941 SD2 HD1 CD1
Department of Education; School Facilities Authority; Teacher Housing; Workforce Housing; Classrooms; School Facilities Special Fund; Rules; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AUTHORITY.
Authorizes the School Facilities Authority to partner with public and private agencies to develop housing on or off campus for teachers, educators, and staff and develop classrooms. Authorizes the School Facilities Authority to request any state or county agency to render services to the Authority. Authorizes the School Facilities Authority to contract to manage the leasing and property management of housing projects or transfer the property to another public agency. Authorizes the School Facilities Authority to transfer appropriated funds to partner state agencies for the development of housing and classrooms, subject to approval by the Governor. Appropriates funds out of the School Facilities Special Fund to be expended by the School Facilities Authority for the construction of housing and classrooms. Authorizes the School Facilities Authority to adopt administrative rules to lease vacant housing. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KIDANI |
HSG/EDN, FIN |
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SB944 SD1 HD2 CD1
Uniform Parentage Act; Attorney General; Task Force; Report
RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT.
Requires the Department of the Attorney General to convene a task force to recommend amendments to update existing parentage laws that reflect outdated concepts of families, parenthood, conception and gestation, and parental rights. Requires an interim and final report to the Legislature. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KEOHOKALOLE, MCKELVEY, Shimabukuro |
HLT, JHA |
HB665 |
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SB945 SD2 HD2 CD2
DCCA; Division of Financial Institutions; Special Purpose Digital Currency Companies; Licensure; Digital Currency Innovation Lab; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE DIGITAL CURRENCY LICENSURE.
Beginning 1/1/2024, establishes within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Division of Financial Institutions a program for the licensure, regulation, and oversight of special purpose digital currency companies. Extends operations of companies in the Digital Currency Innovation Lab under certain circumstances. Appropriates funds. (CD2) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KEOHOKALOLE, SHIMABUKURO, McKelvey |
CPC, FIN |
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SB966 HD1 CD1
Solid Waste; Felony Disposal; Petty Misdemeanor Disposal; Penalties; Imprisonment; Forfeiture of Vehicle
RELATING TO DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE.
Subjects to forfeiture any vehicle used in the commission of felony disposal of solid waste or petty misdemeanor disposal of solid waste. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
LEE, CHANG, MCKELVEY, SHIMABUKURO, Keith-Agaran, Moriwaki |
EEP, JHA |
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SB968 SD2 HD1 CD1
DAGS; DOT; Parking Stall Sharing; Bicycle Storage Locker; Public Employee Parking
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to collaborate with the Department of Transportation to develop, implement, administer, and manage a program to enable parking stall sharing among public employees of the State and a pilot project to provide bicycle storage lockers at facilities where parking is made available to public employees. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
LEE, CHANG, ELEFANTE, MCKELVEY, SHIMABUKURO, Ihara |
TRN/LGO, FIN |
HB1419 |
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SB975 SD2 HD3 CD1
Electronic Smoking Devices; Unlawful Shipment of Tobacco Products; Penalties; E-Liquids; Tobacco Products; License Fees; Permit Fees; Tax
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Includes electronic smoking devices and e-liquids under the definition of "tobacco products" for purposes of the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Amends the license and permit fees for wholesalers, dealers, and retailers. Beginning 1/1/2024, imposes an excise tax on each electronic smoking device or e-liquid sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer. Repeals the electronic smoking device retailer registration unit under the department of the attorney general. Repeals provisions governing delivery sales. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RHOADS, CHANG, KEOHOKALOLE, SHIMABUKURO, Awa, Elefante, Kidani |
HLT, JHA, FIN |
HB833 |
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SB989 HD2
Drones; Unmanned Aircraft System; Trespass; Penalty
RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.
Establishes the offense of trespass with an unmanned aircraft system as a misdemeanor. (HD2) |
(S)
6/5/2023- Act 058, 06/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1158). |
RHOADS |
TRN, JHA |
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SB1022 HD1 CD1
Early Learning Board; Appointment; Governor
RELATING TO THE EARLY LEARNING BOARD.
Amends the composition and qualifications of the Early Learning Board to consist of individuals from each county, instead of from particular entities or types of providers. Establishes general qualifications for the members of the Early Learning Board appointed by the Governor. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
DELA CRUZ |
EDN, FIN |
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SB1024 SD2 HD1 CD1
Department of Transportation; Zero-Emissions Transportation Goals; Ground Transportation; Interisland Transportation; Transpacific Transportation; Working Groups; Reports
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Establishes long-term goals for zero-emissions transportation in Hawaii and abroad to reduce and eliminate transportation emissions. Establishes the clean ground transportation working group and the interisland and clean transportation working group. Requires reports to the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission and the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2023. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
LEE |
TRN/EEP, FIN |
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SB1057 SD2 HD2 CD1
Employment; Job Listing; Disclosure; Equal Pay; Discrimination
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS.
Requires certain job listings to include an hourly rate or salary range. Prohibits an employer from discriminating between employees because of any protected category established under state law, by paying wages to employees in an establishment at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to other employees in the establishment for substantially similar work. Effective 1/1/2024. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
LEE, CHANG, KEITH-AGARAN, RHOADS, Ihara |
ECD/LGO, JHA |
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SB1064 SD2 HD2 CD1
DLNR; BLNR; Dam and Reservoirs; Grant Program; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO DAM AND APPURTENANCE SAFETY.
Establishes the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program for plans, design, construction, and equipment that is used to improve or remove deficient dams and appurtenances as determined by the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Specifies eligibility requirements for dam and appurtenance improvement or removal grants. Appropriates funds. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KEITH-AGARAN, CHANG, MCKELVEY |
WAL, FIN |
HB750 |
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SB1076 SD2 HD2 CD1
Digital Voter Information Guide; Ballot; Office of Elections; AG; Counties; Corporation Counsel; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Requires the Office of Elections to prepare a digital voter information guide; post the guide on its website in compliance with certain accessibility standards; and mail each ballot with a notice that states a voter information guide may be found on its website. Requires the Attorney General and county corporation counsels to draft explanations of proposed constitutional or charter amendment ballot questions and translate them into certain languages for purposes of the digital voter information guide. Appropriates funds. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, RHOADS |
JHA, FIN |
HB1476 |
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SB1079 SD1 HD1 CD1
Expungement; Operating a Vehicle After Consuming a Measurable Amount of Alcohol; Property Offenses; Judiciary
RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT.
Requires courts to, upon application to the court, expunge records of convictions, if the sentencing occurred before 1998, for first-time offenses involving: (1) operating a vehicle after consuming a measurable amount of alcohol while under the age of twenty-one years; and (2) certain property offenses. Takes effect 7/1/2025. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY |
JHA |
HB1470 |
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SB1086 SD2 HD2 CD1
State Highway Safety and Modernization Council; Composition; Duties
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Renames the State Highway Safety Council to the State Highway Safety and Modernization Council. Amends the composition and duties of the State Highway Safety and Modernization Council. Effective 7/1/2023. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
LEE, CHANG, MCKELVEY, RHOADS, Keith-Agaran, Wakai |
TRN, JHA |
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SB1141 SD2 HD2 CD1
DOE; DHRD; Workers' Compensation; Hawaii State Public Library System; Position; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Transfers the rights, powers, functions, duties, resources, and individual budget of the Hawaii State Public Library System relating to workers' compensation for its employees from the Department of Education to the Department of Human Resources Development. Transfers one full-time equivalent permanent position from the Hawaii State Public Library System to the Department of Human Resources Development. Appropriates funds for the salary and benefits of a human resources specialist position to the Department of Human Resources Development. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
MCKELVEY, KEITH-AGARAN |
LGO/EDN, FIN |
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SB1151 SD2 HD1 CD1
Hawaii Community College Promise Program; Certificate Programs; FAFSA; Exemption
RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROMISE PROGRAM.
Exempts University of Hawaii community college students who are enrolled in certificate programs from the requirement to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid each academic year to be considered eligible for the Hawaii Community College Promise Program. (CD1) |
(S)
6/5/2023- Act 057, 06/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1157). |
MCKELVEY, AQUINO, CHANG, LEE, SAN BUENAVENTURA |
HET, FIN |
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SB1163 SD1 HD1 CD1
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency; Department of Defense; Civil Air Patrol; Civilian Auxiliary Aviation Services; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO CIVIL AIR PATROL.
Appropriates funds for civilian auxiliary aviation services of the type performed by the civil air patrol. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KEITH-AGARAN, ELEFANTE, MCKELVEY |
CMV, FIN |
HB903 |
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SB1166 SD2 HD2 CD1
Driver's Licenses; Online Renewal
RELATING TO THE RENEWAL OF DRIVER'S LICENSES.
Allows for the renewal of driver's licenses online in addition to by mail. Effective 7/1/2025. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
LEE, CHANG, ELEFANTE, KEITH-AGARAN, KEOHOKALOLE, MCKELVEY, SAN BUENAVENTURA, Dela Cruz, Wakai |
JHA, FIN |
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SB1173 SD1 HD2
Vehicles; Exhaust Emissions; Penalty
RELATING TO VEHICLES.
Prohibits a person from causing a diesel- or gas-powered vehicle to discharge clearly visible smoke, soot, or other exhaust emissions onto another person or motor vehicle. Establishes a minimum $500 fine for violators. (HD2) |
(S)
4/18/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
LEE, CHANG, MCKELVEY, MORIWAKI, RHOADS, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Wakai |
TRN, JHA |
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SB1189 SD1 HD1 CD1
Campaign Finance; Reports; Candidates
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
Requires candidates, or the treasurer of their candidate committee, to file a preliminary campaign finance report on February 28 of the year of a general election. Effective 1/1/2026. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
IHARA, AWA |
JHA |
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SB1230 SD2 HD1 CD1
Firearms; Permits; Licenses; Enforcement
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Prohibits firearms in certain locations and premises. Requires possession and disclosure of a license to carry. Prohibits leaving an unsecured firearm in a vehicle unattended. Prohibits consuming or being under the influence of alcohol, an intoxicating liquor, or a controlled substance when carrying a firearm. Prohibits carrying or possessing firearms on certain private property without express authorization. Requires annual reports from the department of the attorney general on carry licenses. Amends the requirements for, and revocation of, firearms permits and licenses. Amends the disqualification of persons from owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm. Expands the qualified immunity for health care providers who provide information on firearms applicants to include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses. (CD1) |
(S)
6/2/2023- Act 052, 06/02/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1152). |
WAKAI, CHANG, RHOADS, SHIMABUKURO, Keohokalole, Moriwaki |
JHA, FIN |
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SB1232 SD1 HD1 CD1
Board of Education; State Library System; State Librarian; Fees; Assessment
RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM.
Authorizes the State Librarian, with approval from the Board of Education, to impose and collect rates, rents, fees, fines and charges for the use of state library facilities and revise rates, rents, fees, and charges as necessary without regard to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Sunsets 6/30/2028. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
WAKAI, AQUINO, CHANG, MCKELVEY, SHIMABUKURO, San Buenaventura |
EDN, FIN |
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SB1254 SD2 HD2 CD1
Kaiwi Coast State Park; DLNR; Appropriation
RELATING TO THE KAIWI COAST.
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to petition the Board of Land and Natural Resources to designate certain lands as the "Kaiwi Coast State Park". Establishes certain conditions for the Kaiwi Coast State Park. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
LEE |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
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SB1267 SD1 HD1
Protective Orders; Jurisdiction; Domestic Abuse; Harassment
RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
Expands the jurisdiction for where petitions for domestic abuse protective orders and temporary restraining orders may be filed. (HD1) |
(S)
4/19/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
INOUYE, AQUINO, CHANG, MCKELVEY, Dela Cruz, Elefante, Keohokalole, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura, Wakai |
JHA |
HB752 |
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SB1268 SD1 HD2
Agricultural Enterprise Lands Program; Non-Agricultural Park Lands Program
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
Makes technical changes to the statutory definitions of "agricultural enterprise lands" and "non-agricultural park lands" for clarification and consistency purposes. (HD2) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
AGR, JHA |
HB970 |
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SB1277 SD2 HD2 CD1
Claims Against the State; Appropriations; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES.
Makes appropriations and approves payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. (CD1) |
(S)
6/1/2023- Act 039, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1139). |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
JHA, FIN |
HB979 |
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SB1311 SD2 HD1
Employees' Retirement System; Repeal; Act 192, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007
RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF ACT 192, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2007.
Repeals Act 192, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, which requires the employees' retirement system to divest itself of investments in companies that provide support for genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and provide annual reports to the legislature on the status of divestment. (HD1) |
(S)
4/25/2023- This measure has been deferred. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
HB1013 |
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SB1313 SD1 HD1 CD1
Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Salary Determination
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.
Enables the board of trustees of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to establish appropriate salaries for the Administrator and Chief Investment Officer of the Trust Fund. (CD1) |
(S)
6/1/2023- Act 038, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1138). |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
HB1015 |
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SB1314 SD2 HD1
Hawaii Employer-union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Spousal Medicare Part B Premium Reimbursement
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND SPOUSAL MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT.
Amends section 87A-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exclude medicare reimbursement by the State and counties for the spouses of retired employees hired after 6/30/2023. (HD1) |
(S)
6/1/2023- Act 040, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1140). |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
FIN |
HB1016 |
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SB1315 SD2 HD1
Hawaii Employer-union Health Benefits Trust Fund Medicare Part B Premium Reimbursement; Income-related Monthly Adjustment Amount
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT.
Excludes state and county retired employees hired after 6/30/2023, and their spouses from receiving reimbursements for Medicare income-related monthly adjustment amounts as part of their Medicare Part B reimbursement payments. (HD1) |
(S)
6/1/2023- Act 041, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1141). |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
FIN |
HB1017 |
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SB1327 SD1 HD1 CD1
Public Utilities Commission; Public Utilities; Motor Carriers; Hawaii Water Carrier Act; Documents; Electronic Filing
RELATING TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC FILING BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to use electronic filing processes, including electronic service of documents, under the statutory chapters regulating public utilities, motor carriers, and water carriers. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, FIN |
HB1029 |
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SB1340 SD2 HD2 CD1
Practice of Behavior Analysis; Licensing; Behavior Analysts; Psychologists; Medicaid; Exemptions; Department of Education; Report
RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.
Reinstates the exemption from the behavior analyst licensing requirements for certain teachers working in collaboration with a licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist. Expands the exemption for registered behavior technicians to implement applied behavior analysis services under the direction of a licensed psychologist. Reinstates the exemption from the behavior analyst licensing requirements for individuals who implement applied behavior analysis services to participants in the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver program. Requires the Department of Education to report to the Legislature on the implementation of Medicaid reimbursements for applied behavior analysis services. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDN/HLT, CPC |
HB1042 |
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SB1344 SD2 HD2 CD1
DOE; DOH; Educational Health Services; Medication Administration; School Health Assistants; Exceptions
RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES.
Replaces the term "school health aides" with "school health assistants" to reflect recent changes to the job title. Allows the administration of medication to public school students by school health assistants with the approval of a health care professional within the Department of Education, Department of Health, or a health care service pursuant to a written agreement with the Department of Education. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
EDN, CPC |
HB1046 |
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SB1357 SD1 HD1 CD1
Hawaiian Home Lands; Affordable Housing Credits
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
Extends the sunset dates for the issuance of county affordable housing credits to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands pursuant to Act 141, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, as amended, and Act 98, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, as amended, to 7/1/2030. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HSG, FIN |
HB1059 |
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SB1370 SD1 HD1 CD1
Licenses to Solemnize Marriages; Fees
RELATING TO LICENSES TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES.
Establishes a standard license to solemnize marriages, valid for one year from the date of issuance. Establishes a short-term license to solemnize marriages, valid for sixty days from the date of issuance. Establishes a fee of $100 per year for the issuance of a standard license. Establishes a fee of $25 per sixty-day period for a short-term license. Specifies in what amount and to which fund license fees shall be deposited. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, FIN |
HB1072 |
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SB1372 SD1
Executive Office on Aging; Kupuna Care; Definitions
RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING.
Clarifies the definitions of "caregiver support services", "kupuna care services", and "respite care". (SD1) |
(S)
4/20/2023- Act 018, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118). |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC |
HB1074 |
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SB1373 SD1 HD1 CD1
Executive Office on Aging Administrative Claiming Special Fund
RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING SPECIAL FUND.
Clarifies the allowable revenues to be deposited into the Executive Office on Aging Administrative Claiming Special Fund and the purposes for which the fund may be used. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
FIN |
HB1075 |
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SB1378 SD1 HD1 CD1
Care Homes; Uncertified Care Facilities; Unlicensed Care Facilities; Landlord Exclusion; Repeal
RELATING TO UNLICENSED CARE HOMES.
Clarifies that any person, corporation, or entity is prohibited from knowingly referring or transferring patients to an uncertified or unlicensed care facility. Repeals the landlord exclusion. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, CPC |
HB1080 |
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SB1381 SD1 HD1 CD1
DOH; Pharmacy Benefit Managers; Maximum Allowable Cost; Repeal
RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF SECTION 328-106, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.
Repeals section 328-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires the Department of Health to regulate business practices between private entities engaged in the selling, billing, and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
HLT, CPC |
HB1083 |
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SB1383 SD1 HD1 CD1
Hawaii Employment Security Law; Unemployment Insurance Technology Special Fund; Unemployment Insurance Technology Assessment; Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.
Creates the Unemployment Insurance Technology Special Fund to be funded by an unemployment insurance technology assessment at a rate of a .01 per cent of taxable wages to support the information technology operating and maintenance expenses for the payment of benefits and contributions under Hawaii's employment security law. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
LGO, FIN |
HB1085 |
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SB1391 SD1 HD2 CD1
Administrative Penalties; Lien on Private Lands
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES ON PUBLIC LANDS.
Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to place a lien on property for noncompliance with certain administrative enforcement actions related to land use violations and certain unauthorized structures encroaching on public lands. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
HB1093 |
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SB1417 SD1 HD1 CD1
Climate Change; Sea Level Rise; Climate-resilient Development; Hawaii Community Development Authority; Kakaako; Kalaeloa; Guidance
RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to consider the impacts of climate change, sea level rise, and climate-resilient development in the design and siting of buildings in the Kakaako and Kalaeloa community development districts. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
MORIWAKI |
WAL, JHA, FIN |
HB1159 |
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SB1437 SD1 HD2 CD1
Taxation; Pass-through Entity; S Corporations; Partnerships
RELATING TO PASS-THROUGH ENTITY TAXATION.
Authorizes certain pass-through entities to elect to pay Hawaii income tax at the entity level. (CD1) |
(S)
6/1/2023- Act 050, 06/01/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1150). |
KEITH-AGARAN |
ECD, FIN |
HB1362 |
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SB1468 SD2 HD2 CD1
Professional Land Surveyors; Right of Entry; Private Property; Trespass
RELATING TO RIGHT OF ENTRY FOR PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS.
Authorizes professional land surveyors, and any assistant under the direct supervision of the professional land surveyor, to enter any private property to perform land surveying, subject to certain provisions regarding notice, objections, and identification. Shields professional land surveyors and their assistants from prosecution under criminal trespass laws when performing their duties. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) |
CPC, JHA |
HB1241 |
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SB1493 SD1 HD1 CD1
Lobbyist Contributions; Legislative Session; Elected Officials; Candidates; Prohibited
RELATING TO LOBBYISTS.
Prohibits, during legislative sessions and shortly before and after, lobbyist contributions and expenditures, and promises of contributions or expenditures, to any elected official, candidate, candidate committee, or individual who is required to file an organizational report with the Campaign Spending Commission. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RHOADS, AWA, KEITH-AGARAN, Ihara, Kidani |
JHA |
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SB1502 SD2 HD2 CD1
Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing; DOT; Airports; Counties; Highways; Parking; Regulation; Insurance; Shared Cars
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to regulate the parking of shared cars at state airports. Authorizes the counties to regulate the parking utilized by shared cars. Amends the required coverage for shared cars that are made available through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program during the car-sharing period. Makes permanent peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance requirements. Effective 1/1/2024. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
LEE, KEITH-AGARAN, Fukunaga, Ihara, Kidani, San Buenaventura, Shimabukuro, Wakai |
CPC, FIN |
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SB1505 SD2 HD2
Department of Transportation; Mooring; Permits; Prohibitions
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Authorizes the department of transportation to delay or deny approval for port entry or departure in instances when the department has received notice from a federal agency or other agency that a vessel or its crew has engaged in activity that has violated certain laws. Authorizes the department of transportation to grant approvals for use of any commercial harbor facility by a vessel in coordination with a federal agency or other agency. (HD2) |
(S)
6/5/2023- Act 059, 06/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159). |
LEE |
TRN, JHA |
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SB1513
Executive Meeting; Public Agency Meeting
RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS.
Requires a Public Agency Board to report any discussion or final action taken during an executive meeting; provided that such disclosure is not inconsistent with the purpose of convening the executive meeting, but giving the Board discretion to maintain confidentiality. |
(S)
4/20/2023- Act 019, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119). |
IHARA, MCKELVEY, SHIMABUKURO |
JHA |
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SB1518 SD2 HD3 CD1
DOE; Procurement; Exemptions
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Provides procurement exemptions for the Department of Education for certain goods, services, and construction. Sunsets 6/30/2026. (CD1) |
(S)
5/4/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
KIDANI |
EDN, LGO, FIN |
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SB1527 SD2 HD1 CD1
Address Confidentiality; DLE; Office of the Lieutenant Governor; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY.
Changes the governmental entity responsible for the administration of the Address Confidentiality Program from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to the Department of Law Enforcement. Allows the Department of Law Enforcement to contract with a third party for the mail forwarding and acceptance of service of legal process aspects of the program. Appropriates funds for full-time equivalent positions, operating costs, and equipment to support the Department of Law Enforcement in administering the Address Confidentiality Program. Effective 1/1/2024. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
SAN BUENAVENTURA, CHANG, Fukunaga, Wakai |
JHA, FIN |
HB1260 |
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SB1534 SD2 HD3 CD1
DOT; Electric Vehicles; Road Usage Charge System; Mileage-Based Road Usage Fees; Reports; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Creates a mileage-based road usage charge to replace state motor fuel taxes beginning on 7/1/2025, for electric vehicles. Eliminates the $50 annual state vehicle registration surcharge for electric vehicles. Allows electric vehicle owners to pay a registration surcharge or a per-mile road usage fee until 6/30/2028. Requires certificates of inspection to state the odometer reading of vehicles. Requires motor vehicle registration applications to specify whether the type of fuel for which the vehicle is adapted is battery electricity. Requires the Department of Transportation to plan for the deployment of a state mileage-based road user charge program by 2033 and submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
LEE |
TRN, CPC, FIN |
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SB1541 HD1
Elections; Voting Multiple Times
RELATING TO VOTING MORE THAN ONCE DURING AN ELECTION.
Specifies that Hawaii voters are prohibited from casting more than one ballot during an election, even if one of those ballots is cast in an election outside of Hawaii. (HD1) |
(S)
4/19/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RHOADS, KEITH-AGARAN |
JHA |
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SB1552 SD2 HD1 CD1
DLNR; Hawaii Ant Lab; Little Fire Ant; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to support the Hawaii Ant Lab in mitigating the effects of little fire ants in the State. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
GABBARD, AQUINO, INOUYE, SAN BUENAVENTURA, SHIMABUKURO, Wakai |
AGR, FIN |
HB1150 |
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SB1586 SD1 HD2 CD1
UH; CTAHR; University of Hawaii Tuition and Fees Special Fund; Positions; Appropriation ($)
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to establish five administrative, professional, and technical full-time equivalent (5.0 APT FTE) positions at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RICHARDS, CHANG, KANUHA, MCKELVEY, Elefante, Ihara, Keith-Agaran |
HET, FIN |
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SB1588 SD2 HD2 CD1
GroupGAP; DOA; Certification; Training; U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Food Safety Modernization Act; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY.
Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement a GroupGAP food safety training and certification program. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
RICHARDS, AQUINO, MCKELVEY, Fukunaga, San Buenaventura |
AGR, FIN |
HB1350 |
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SB1592 SD2 HD1 CD1
Senior Medicare Patrol Hawaii Program; Program Specialists; Positions; Executive Office on Aging; Appropriation; Expenditure Ceiling ($)
RELATING TO THE SENIOR MEDICARE PATROL PROGRAM.
Appropriates funds for the establishment of three additional Program Specialist positions within the Executive Office on Aging for the State's Senior Medicare Patrol Program. (CD1) |
(S)
5/5/2023- Enrolled to Governor. |
MORIWAKI |
HUS, FIN |
HB1487 |