Hse Referral sheet template, revision no. 00002

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		REFERRAL
HB1901	RELATING TO TWO-STROKE ENGINES. Bans the sale of two-stroke engines and new machines and vehicles operated by a two-stroke engine, effective January 1, 2024. Establishes the electric engine loan program and revolving fund. Makes an appropriation.	CPC, JHA
HB1902	RELATING TO WETLAND PRESERVATION. Amends provisions that exempt a proposed housing project of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation from statutes, ordinances, charter provisions to include a requirement that the proposed project does not impact wetlands or natural stormwater infrastructure. Requires an environmental assessment for actions under the environmental impact statements law that propose any development that would impact wetlands or natural stormwater infrastructure.	HSG/WAL, CPC
HB1903	RELATING TO DATA ABOUT SNORKELS AND MASKS. Requires the first responder to record in the incident report for each water rescue event the type of snorkel and mask, if any, that were worn by the person who was rescued or recovered.	JHA, CPC
HB1904	RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Establishes a general excise tax exemption to the amounts received from the sale of fresh fruits and vegetables.	ECD, FIN
HB1905	RELATING TO THE CLEAN AIR BILL OF RIGHTS. Affirms the right of every person in the State to breathe clean air that will have no negative impact on their health or well-being, the right to be free from exposure to secondhand smoke or pesticide drift, and the right to be free from exposure to aerosolized chemicals or fugitive dust that creates a nuisance or disturbs the peaceful enjoyment of a person's property. Recognizes the right to bring citizen suits.	EEP/HHH, JHA, FIN
HB1906	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Appropriates funds to DAGS for bidets at the State Capitol building.	EEP, FIN
HB1907	RELATING TO CANNABIS. Legalizes, regulates, and taxes cannabis and manufactured cannabis products for responsible, adult use. Exempts sales of cannabis and manufactured cannabis products for medical use from the general excise tax. Clarifies that qualifying out-of-state patients have the same rights and privileges under the medical cannabis law. Allows qualifying out-of-state patients to cultivate medical cannabis.	HHH, CPC/JHA, FIN
HB1908	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Allows bidders to clarify or correct immaterial or technical information required as part of a bid submission for up to twenty-four hours after the bid submission deadline. Requires that bids for construction be opened no sooner than twenty-four hours after the deadline for the submission of bids. Defines "immaterial or technical information".	GVR, CPC, FIN
HB1909	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Short form bill relating to procurement.	GVR
HB1910	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT REFORM. Short form bill relating to government reform.	GVR
HB1911	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Short form bill relating to campaign spending.	GVR
HB1912	RELATING TO ETHICS. Short form bill relating to ethics.	GVR
HB1913	RELATING TO CHILD VISITATION. Requires a finding that denial of reasonable grandparent visitation rights would cause significant harm to a child as a condition of awarding grandparent visitation rights. Clarifies procedures for an order awarding reasonable grandparent visitation rights. Specifies that a violation of the terms and conditions of the order is punishable as contempt of court.	HHH, JHA
HB1914	RELATING TO SENSORY ROOMS. Requires the department of education to construct and implement sensory rooms for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in all public schools. Appropriates funds for the planning, design, and construction of the sensory rooms. Appropriates funds for special education teachers to staff the sensory rooms.	EDN, FIN
HB1915	RELATING TO AVIATION SAFETY. Prohibits the installation and deployment of wireless facilities and any modified or replaced utility poles used for the collocation of small wireless facilities that use fifth-generation cellular network technology within a certain radius of state airports and navigational equipment.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB1916	RELATING TO VICTIM RESTITUTION. Requires, when a defendant is convicted of negligent homicide in the first degree under section 707-702.5(1)(a), victim restitution to include financial support to raise the decedent's surviving minor children until each child reaches the age of eighteen, or until the age of twenty-three for any child who enrolls full-time in a college, university, vocational school, or trade school, in an amount to be determined by the court and to be paid to the person responsible for raising the children.	JHA, FIN
HB1917	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Indefinitely extends the deadline for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to renegotiate an existing, or issue a new, ground lease for the Front Street Apartments affordable housing project before the corporation's requirement to initiate condemnation proceedings is triggered.	HSG, JHA, FIN
HB1918	RELATING TO ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS. Codifies a terminally ill patient's right to try experimental treatment options.	HHH, CPC, JHA
HB1919	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS. Exempts certain foods, medical services, and feminine hygiene products from the general excise tax.	ECD, HHH, FIN
HB1920	RELATING TO CREATING A LOCAL HOUSING MARKET. Establishing a Local Housing Market that is tied to Hawaii State resident's incomes, and not the global economy. Thus, providing housing options that are affordable relative to wages for residents of the State.	HSG, FIN
HB1921	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY. Creates a legislative check on the emergency powers of a governor during a declared state of emergency.	PDP, JHA
HB1922	RELATING TO A LOCAL HOUSING MARKET. Establishes a temporary task force focused on providing mechanisms for creating a local housing market. Makes an appropriation.	HSG, FIN
HB1923	RELATING TO THE CREATIVE WORKFORCE. Establishes the creative arts workforce grant program, to be administered by the state foundation on culture and the arts. Appropriates funds for the creative arts workforce grant program.	CAI, FIN
HB1924	RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Appropriates funds to the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History and the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History, to be expended by the Hawaii state foundation on culture and the arts.	CAI, FIN
HB1925	RELATING TO TAXATION. Includes e-liquid and electronic smoking devices within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Establishes a tax of twenty per cent for the wholesale price for electronic smoking devices and 10 cents for each milliliter of e-liquid. Allocates a portion of funds collected on excise taxes on electronic smoking devices and e-liquids to the trauma system special fund, community health centers special fund, and emergency medical services special fund.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB1926	RELATING TO TAXATION. Retroactively restores the foreign-trade zones exemption from taxation under the general excise tax law, use tax law, fuel tax law, liquor tax law, and cigarette tax and tobacco tax law.	ECD, FIN
HB1927	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-second representative district.	FIN
HB1928	RELATING TO NUISANCE ABATEMENT. Authorizes any resident to bring a nuisance abatement suit under part V of chapter 712, HRS, to enjoin and abate nuisances related to environmental hazards, including cannabis smoke that drifts from a residential or commercial unit into any residential unit the citizen rents, leases, or owns.	HHH, CPC, JHA
HB1929	RELATING TO LAND USE. Requires the office of planning and sustainable development to perform a study to refine rural district policies and make recommendations to facilitate the reclassification of lands from the agricultural district to the rural district. Requires reports to the legislature. Appropriates funds.	WAL, FIN
HB1930	RELATING TO FISH AGGREGATION DEVICES. Provides funds to the department of land and natural resources to support the deployment, replacement, and maintenance of fish aggregation devices.	WAL, FIN
HB1931	RELATING TO MOSQUITO CONTROL. Appropriates funds for the establishment of one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) planner position related to mosquito control in the department of land and natural resources.	WAL, FIN
HB1932	RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Requires the child welfare services branch of the department of human services to establish a pilot program to develop a modern case management software solution compatible with existing child welfare technology. Appropriates funds.	HHH, FIN
HB1933	RELATING TO PERSONS WORKING WITH CHILDREN. Establishes rules of ethics applicable to persons who work with children pursuant to a contract with the State. Requires recommendations made to tribunals to base any factual findings on the relevant legal standard of proof applicable to the matter. Provides that the contracts of any person who violates the rules of ethics are voidable on behalf of the State.	GVR, HHH, JHA
HB1934	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the sixth representative district.	FIN
HB1935	RELATING TO AIR CONDITIONING IN SCHOOLS. Appropriates moneys for air conditioning and filtration at Kahakai Elementary School, Kealakehe Elementary School, Kealakehe Intermediate School, and Kealakehe High School of the Department of Education.	EDN, FIN
HB1936	RELATING TO ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE FUELING REBATES. Renames Hawaii's Electric Vehicle Charging System Rebate Program to the Zero-Emission Vehicle Fueling System Rebate Program. Adds the installation and upgrade of hydrogen refueling stations to the Zero-Emission Vehicle Fueling System Rebate Program.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB1937	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HYDROGEN STRATEGIC PLAN. Requires the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute to conduct a study to examine the State's ability to advance hydrogen production from local renewable energy resources and develop the Hawaii Hydrogen Strategic Plan utilizing the results of its study, which shall be reviewed and updated every four years. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.	EEP, FIN
HB1938	RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Requires all state, county, and private bus operators to upgrade to zero emission buses by 2035.	EEP/TRN, FIN
HB1939	RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Appropriates funds for two positions in the executive office on early learning to enhance capacity and resources of the office.	EDN, FIN
HB1940	RELATING TO EARLY EDUCATION. Establishes and makes an appropriation for an early child care worker subsidy pilot program. Makes an appropriation to the Hawaii Early Childhood Educator Special Fund.	EDN, FIN
HB1941	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to establish grant programs to provide funds for the planning and implementation of community schools.	EDN, FIN
HB1942	RELATING TO STUDENT TRANSPORTATION. Requires the department of education to establish a three-tiered student bus fare rate system to include a reduced bus fare rate for students and households that quality for reduced lunch under the free and reduced price lunch program. Appropriates funds.	EDN, FIN
HB1943	RELATING TO FIRE SAFETY. Establishes a fire safety working group to determine if a full-time state fire marshal's office would be more effective than the existing state fire council in planning, executing, and promoting fire safety-related programs and topics in the State. Requires the working group to submit a report to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2023.	LAT, FIN
HB1944	RELATING TO SERVICE ANIMALS. Requires that a disclaimer be provided by sellers or providers of emotional support animals or certificates, identifications, tags, vests, leashes, and harnesses for emotional support animals that the animal is not a service animal. Establishes penalties.	HHH, CPC, JHA
HB1945	RELATING TO THE NEIGHBOR ISLANDS BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a neighbor islands blind and visually impaired service pilot program that provides training and other services to blind or visually impaired individuals residing on the neighbor islands. Requires the Department of Human Services to report to Legislature before the Regular Session of 2025. Appropriates funds. Repeals 06/30/2025.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB1946	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires all insurers in the state, including medicaid managed care programs, to cover annual mental health wellness examinations beginning 1/1/2023.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB1947	RELATING TO THE RECYCLING. Requires the auditor to conduct a financial audit of the deposit beverage container program and the Department of Health's expenditures from the deposit beverage container deposit special fund.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB1948	RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts state residents from the transient accommodations tax.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB1949	RELATING TO STUDENT INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS. Repeals the mandatory minimum number of student instructional hours for Department of Education public schools.	EDN, FIN
HB1950	RELATING TO LITTERING. Increases from $1,000 to $2,000 the maximum fine for the petty misdemeanor offense of criminal littering.	JHA, FIN
HB1951	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Authorizes candidates of inactive campaigns and their candidate committees to donate residual campaign funds to the State or the counties.	GVR, FIN
HB1952	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-seventh representative district.	FIN
HB1953	RELATING TO CONCESSIONS. Provides the department of transportation with more flexibility and discretion to address substantial hardship situations that impact airport concession contracts.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB1954	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO FUND A GRANT TO THE BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, FUTURE PLANNING, AND GROUND WATER REMEDIATION. Makes an emergency appropriation to the leaking underground storage tank fund to fund a grant to the Oahu Board of Water Supply for emergency operations, future planning, and remediation resulting from the contamination of the Southern Oahu Basal Aquifer; provided that the Department of Health seeks to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the United States Navy to reimburse the Department of Health for the full amount of the appropriation.	HHH/EEP, WAL, FIN
HB1955	RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION. Establishes provisions relating to civil remedies for discriminatory reporting to a law enforcement officer. Provides that a person who summons or reports to a law enforcement officer, without reason to suspect a crime, offense, or imminent danger has occurred or is occurring, because of that person's belief or perception involving a member of a protected class shall be civilly liable.	LAT, JHA
HB1956	RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Defines "incidental and supplemental work" for purposes of specialty contractors under the contractors law.	CPC, FIN
HB1957	RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS DAY. Establishes June 14 of each year as "Medical Cannabis Day".	CAI, JHA
HB1958	RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Provides annual increases to the minimum wage rate beginning on 01/01/2023 through 01/01/2029.	LAT, FIN
HB1959	RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE. Adjusts the tip credit beginning on 1/1/2023. Repeals the tip credit on 1/1/2025.	LAT, FIN
HB1960	RELATING TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. Clarifies the GET exemption for unrelated trade or business activities of nonprofit organizations.	ECD, CPC, FIN
HB1961	RELATING TO BURIALS. Includes the use of traditional Native Hawaiian burial practices in the treatment and disposal of human remains, including the use of alkaline hydrolysis. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules.	HHH, JHA, CPC
HB1962	RELATING TO GAMBLING. Requires the department of Hawaiian home lands to study the feasibility of and revenue generation from limited casino gaming and address the potential public health and safety concerns arising from limited casino gaming. Requires a report to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2023. Appropriates funds.	ECD, JHA/CPC, FIN
HB1963	RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION. Establishes noise generated by helicopters in excess of a certain decibel level constitutes a public nuisance and a source of noise pollution in violation of the State's noise pollution law. Establishes fines and a private right of action for individuals to sue helicopter owners and operators for committing a public nuisance.	HHH, JHA
HB1964	RELATED TO SUMMARY POSSESSION. Requires that a current GET license number for any rental income be filed with the complaint to the court for summary possession proceedings. Requires the judiciary to submit an annual list of certain information regarding summary possession cases to the department of taxation.	CPC, JHA
HB1965	RELATING TO PROPERTY FORFEITURE. Restricts civil asset forfeiture to cases involving the commission of a covered offense where the person exercising some degree of control over the property is charged with an offense related to the property. Raises the State's standard for forfeiture to clear and convincing evidence. Authorizes the use of certain forfeited property by local or state agencies for a limited time. Directs forfeiture proceeds to certain involved state and local governments and to the general fund. Amends the allowable expenses for moneys in the criminal forfeiture fund. Amends the requirements for the attorney general to adopt rules and report on the Hawaii omnibus criminal forfeiture act. Effective 6/29/2022.	JHA, FIN
HB1966	RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Requires the one-half mile buffer zone between construction, modification, or expansion of a waste or disposal facility and a residential lot, school, or hospital to also apply to land designated as important agricultural lands and land within the agricultural district.	EEP, WAL, FIN
HB1967	RELATING TO WASTE OR DISPOSAL FACILITIES. Prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of any waste or disposal facility in agricultural districts and on important agricultural lands in counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more.	EEP, WAL, FIN
HB1968	RELATING TO WASTE OR DISPOSAL FACILITIES. Prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of any waste or disposal facility on land that covers a significant aquifer as determined by the department of health.	EEP, WAL, FIN
HB1969	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Mandates each county to offer a monetary reward to individuals who report the illegal use of fireworks and to pay the reward under certain conditions. Appropriates funds.	CPC, FIN
HB1970	RELATING TO WELLNESS. Establishes a temporary Office of Wellness and Resilience within the Office of the Governor. Authorizes the Office to address issues and implement solutions to improve wellness and resilience, including issues and solutions identified by the Trauma-Informed Care Task Force. Appropriates moneys. Sunsets on an unspecified date.	HHH, FIN
HB1971	RELATING TO PEER-TO-PEER CAR-SHARING. Authorizes peer-to-peer car-sharing and establishes regulations thereof. Imposes the car-sharing surcharge tax on peer-to-peer car-sharing programs. Sets the car-sharing vehicle surcharge tax at a rate equal to one-twelfth of the rate of the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax. Requires those persons engaging or continuing in a peer-to-peer car-sharing program to register with the Department of Taxation.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB1972	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-seventh representative district.	FIN
HB1973	RELATING TO SPORTS WAGERING. Allows for the regulation of sports wagering by the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators and sports wagering suppliers. Specifies that sports wagering shall not be considered games of chance or gambling.	ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN
HB1974	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Establishes the small business assistance initiative within the state procurement office, to consist of a small business procurement coordinator and small business office. Appropriates funds.	GVR, CPC, FIN
HB1975	RELATING TO HEALTHCARE PRECEPTORS. Amends the definition of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors. Includes the Director of Health on the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB1976	RELATING TO HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS. Establishes the safe home program to provide matching and nonmatching grants for installation of wind resistive devices to single-family, owner-occupied, residential properties in certain circumstances. Creates a permanent position within the insurance division of the department of commerce and consumer affairs to implement and administer the safe home program. Appropriates funds.	PDP, CPC, FIN
HB1977	RELATING TO DENTAL ASSISTANTS. Allows dental assistants to perform limited duties under general supervision of a dentist in public health settings.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB1978	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PROPERTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Short form bill relating to the Hawaii Property Insurance Association.	CPC
HB1979	RELATING TO HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANS. Requires any person, before engaging in an activity with a high likelihood of resulting in an incidental take of a threatened or endangered species, to enter into a planning process with DLNR for the purpose of preparing and implementing a habitat conservation plan. Requires habitat conservation plans to include additional components.	WAL, JHA
HB1980	RELATING TO TELEPHONIC SERVICES. Permits, but does not require, Medicaid, insurance providers, and health maintenance organizations to cover telephonic behavioral health services under certain circumstances. Clarifies that telephonic services do not constitute telehealth.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB1981	RELATING TO THE PUPUKEA MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICT. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and conduct the Pupukea marine life conservation district carrying capacity pilot program. Appropriates moneys.	WAL/LAT, FIN
HB1982	RELATING TO TAXES. Establishes a tax withholding requirement for all payments to loan-out companies for services performed in Hawaii for persons claiming the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit. Prohibits the defense of erroneous claim for refund or credit if the claim for refund was generated by a tax credit. Sets the penalty for the erroneous claim for refund or credit generated by a tax credit at ten per cent. Requires taxpayers claiming the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit to submit a sworn statement and verification review to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism only if qualified production costs exceed $1,000,000. Requires reports by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to the Legislature on the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit to identify the dollar amount claimed, name of company, and name of program claiming the credit. Extends the period during which excess credits may be claimed to December 31, 2032. Requires qualified taxpayers claiming the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit to withhold a certain amount and remit that amount within thirty calendar days to the Department of Taxation to the credit of the general excise tax account of the loan-out company. Amends the uses of the Tax Administration Special Fund.	ECD, FIN
HB1983	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Establishes the state film coordinator in the department of business, economic development, and tourism to review, approve, and issue permits to film in the State. Appropriates funds.	ECD, FIN
HB1984	RELATING TO SUBSTANCES APPLIED ON STATE PROPERTY. Establishes a list of substances allowed for use as pesticides and fertilizers on state property. Provides that the use of substances not specifically allowed as pesticides and fertilizers on state property is prohibited, unless certain exceptions, a waiver, or exemption apply. Requires a state department or agency seeking a waiver to apply to the department of agriculture. Effective July 1, 2023.	AGR/WAL, CPC
HB1985	RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON MANDATORY OVERTIME FOR NURSES. Establishes limitations on mandatory and voluntary overtime for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Effective 1/1/2023.	HHH/LAT, CPC
HB1986	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Requires that at least one at-large member of the board of education be a Hawaiian immersion expert selected from a list of nominees submitted by Aha Kauleo Kaiapuni Hawaii.	EDN, JHA
HB1987	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Requires DLNR to conduct a point-in-time count of feral cats per island by 6/30/23. Requires the invasive species council to develop and implement a program to effectively reduce the feral cat population in the State by 12/31/25. Appropriates funds.	AGR, WAL, FIN
HB1988	RELATING TO CORAL. Prohibits the sale, import, or export of coral products, with certain exceptions. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to amend its administrative rules accordingly no later than 12/31/2022.	WAL, CPC
HB1989	RELATING TO THE HAWAII YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS. Authorizes the governor to designate the department of land and natural resources to administer or enter into an agreement for the administration of a green jobs youth corps to provide temporary work and training opportunities in the fields of natural resource management, agriculture, or other sustainability‑related professions to young adults ages twenty-six and younger. Requires the department to partner with an organization that has received accreditation from the Corps Center of Excellence Accreditation Program or has at least ten years of experience providing similar programming statewide in the State, or both. Appropriates funds.	ECD/WAL, FIN
HB1990	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to establish the kauhale program to provide individual or shared micro housing units and services to homeless individuals and families who meet the definition of chronically homeless or are currently homeless. Requires reports to the legislature. Appropriates funds.	HSG/HHH, FIN
HB1991	RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. In counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more, prohibits the sale of a bicycle that is reported as stolen and is listed on a publicly available online stolen item database and requires the county police department to establish the publicly available online stolen item database. Updates the recordkeeping and retention requirements for businesses that buy previously owned articles.	JHA, CPC
HB1992	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Permits composting and co-composting operations in agricultural districts. Appropriates funds to restore an environmental health specialist IV position to the solid and hazardous waste branch of the department of health.	AGR, EEP, FIN
HB1993	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LEASES. Updates certain state leasing statutes to maximize the benefit to the State of agricultural lands and to help the State achieve its economic and food production goals.	AGR, WAL, CPC
HB1994	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Establishes the shade trees and native plants program in the department of education to support educational activities and encourage propagation of native plants and fruit trees for planting in department schools. Appropriates funds for the program and to establish an arborist position.	EDN, FIN
HB1995	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. Amends the definition of "capital investment costs" to include the planting of trees having an expected lifespan of at least 15 years.	FIN
HB1996	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUND REPORTS. Amends the contents required to be submitted in each annual non‑general fund program measures report and non-general fund cost element report.	FIN
HB1997	RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Appropriates funds into the emergency and budget reserve fund.	FIN
HB1998	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Saint Joseph School in planning, designing, constructing, reconstructing, renovating, acquiring, equipping, and improving educational facilities.	EDN, FIN
HB1999	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Human Services for the preschool open doors program.	EDN, FIN
HB2000	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates moneys to the School Facilities Authority for the construction of preschool facilities.	EDN, FIN
HB2001	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 21st Representative District.	FIN
HB2002	RELATING TO TAXATION. Reinstates the renewable fuels production tax credit.	ECD, EEP, FIN
HB2003	RELATING TO TAXATION. Expands the renewable energy technologies income tax credit to include firm renewable energy systems.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2004	RELATING TO ONLINE FANTASY SPORTS. Establishes an online fantasy sports contests registration and monitoring program under the department of the attorney general. Exempts registered online fantasy sports contests from state gambling laws. Appropriates funds.	ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN
HB2005	RELATING TO A WHISTLEBLOWER HOTLINE. Requires the ombudsman to establish and manage a hotline by which an employee, or a person acting on behalf of an employee, may contact the office of the ombudsman directly to report a violation or suspected violation of a law, rule, ordinance, or regulation, or a contract executed by the State, a political subdivision of the State, or the United States. Authorizes the ombudsman to receive and investigate reports of violations or suspected violations from the whistleblower hotline.	GVR/LMG, FIN
HB2006	RELATING TO PERMITS. Requires, for emergency permits to install sandbags, that the board of land and natural resources include as a condition on the emergency permit a requirement for the attachment of identifying information, including the permittee's contact information and the permit number, to the sandbag. Requires the board to specify the form and manner in which the identifying information is to be attached to the sandbag.	WAL, JHA
HB2007	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Amends the cash or protest bond amount for parties initiating administrative proceedings for review of certain protest decisions.	GVR, CPC
HB2008	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Short form bill relating to government operations.	GVR
HB2009	RELATING TO FORECLOSING ON MORTGAGED PROPERTY. Seeks to prohibit under legal penalties the foreclosure of rental properties, both residential and commercial, during a state of emergency for public health crises.	PDP/HSG, CPC, FIN
HB2010	RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN TRUST BENEFICIARIES. Seeks to ensure the State of Hawaii promptly and completely render the full amount owed to the plaintiffs in the case of Kalima v. State upon the final calculation of damages owed.	JHA, FIN
HB2011	RELATING TO LEASES. Requires leases used in the conveyance of available lands as defined by section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, as amended, to conform to the requirements for securitization by federally insured lending programs.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2012	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR KAISER HIGH SCHOOL. Request for funding for Kaiser High School capital improvement projects to modernize infrastructure; plan, design, and build model of an on-campus complex for visual and performing arts; and improve the Kaiser athletics complex.	FIN
HB2013	RELATING TO SCHOOL GARDENS. Establishes a school garden coordinator position within the Department of Education. Makes an appropriation to fund the position and related expenses.	EDN, FIN
HB2014	RELATING TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. Establishes the safe routes to school advisory committee within the Planning Branch of the Highways Division of the Department of Transportation. Appropriates moneys.	TRN, EDN, FIN
HB2015	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes the Hookaulike: A Criminal Legal System Institute for Restoration and Healing, at the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law. Appropriates moneys.	HET, JHA, FIN
HB2016	RELATING TO THE SAND ISLAND STATE RECREATION AREA. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to prepare a master plan for the Sand Island state recreation area.	WAL, CPC, FIN
HB2017	RELATING TO PRETRIAL RELEASE. Establishes a presumption that a person charged with a crime is entitled to unconditional release unless proven otherwise. Requires the consideration of nonfinancial conditions of release before bail is ordered.	JHA, FIN
HB2018	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT ALOHA STADIUM. Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to develop a plan to build affordable housing at the Aloha Stadium site.	HSG, CPC, FIN
HB2019	RELATING TO BONDS. Specifies that the allocation of the state bond ceiling to the State shall be used entirely for housing related projects. Requires counties that elect to receive their allocation to do so by resolution and specify the allocation amount requested. Removes the authorization for counties or issuers to request additional allocations of the state bond ceiling. Prioritizes projects of counties that assign their allocation back to the State over projects of counties with their own private activity bond issuance program. Requires counties or issuers that retain their allocation to submit quarterly reports on the status or use of any allocation. Requires a project to first apply to the county in which the project is located, if the county has a private activity bond issuance program, before applying to the State. Changes the dates for reverted or remaining allocations and requires certain reverted or remaining allocations to be used for housing related projects. Sunsets on 12/31/2027.	FIN
HB2020	RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates $5,000,000 in general funds for fiscal year 2022-2023 for deposit into the affordable homeownership revolving fund.	HSG, FIN
HB2021	RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes state-licensed and credentialed physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, who are not physically in the State, to issue prescriptions for certain controlled substances under a limited circumstance. Authorizes pharmacies to dispense such prescriptions.	HHH, CPC, JHA
HB2022	RELATING TO HOUSING. Removes requirements for housing projects developed by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to obtain approval from county legislative bodies; provided the project meets the appropriate zoning and plan designations.	HSG, JHA
HB2023	RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for certain transit-oriented development projects identified in the State of Hawaii Strategic Plan for Transit-Oriented Development.	TRN/HSG, FIN
HB2024	RELATING TO MAUNA KEA. Establishes the Mauna Kea stewardship authority as the sole authority for management of state-managed lands on Mauna Kea. Requires the authority to develop a single plan that dictates the management of land uses; human activities, uses, and access; stewardship, education; research, disposition; and overall operations. Requires the authority to develop a framework to limit astronomy development on Mauna Kea. Prohibits certain commercial use and activities on Mauna Kea. Requires an application and fee for all recreational users of Mauna Kea. Establishes Mauna Kea management special fund. Repeals Mauna Kea lands management special fund. Appropriates funds.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2025	RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW. Requires that the mandatory disclosure of the names of persons who are physically with a board member attending a public meeting by an online method shall apply only to the disclosure of the names of adults, and not minors, who are physically with the board member.	GVR, JHA
HB2026	RELATING TO CHAPTER 92, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Adds definitions for "board business" and "informal gatherings". Specifies that a board may prepare and circulate amongst members a statement on a position previously adopted for purposes of submission to the legislature when notice by the legislature is insufficient to interact in any other permitted manner. Outlines when board packets must be available to interested persons. Requires the application of the sunshine law to all adjudicatory functions concerning land use.	GVR, JHA
HB2027	RELATING TO ISLAND BURIAL COUNCILS. Short form bill relating to island burial councils.	JHA
HB2028	RELATING TO RAW MILK. Authorizes and decriminalizes the sale of raw milk and raw milk products directly to consumers for human consumption, with certain restrictions. Requires the Board of Agriculture to adopt rules governing the direct sale of raw milk and raw milk products. Establishes labeling requirements.	AGR, JHA, CPC
HB2029	RELATING TO GRANTS. Authorizes the Department of Human Services and Department of Health to appoint an existing employee to apply for and manage grants, request grant writing assistance from other state agencies, or contract or employ a dedicated capture manager for this purpose. Requires reports to the Legislature. Sunsets on 6/30/2024.	HHH, FIN
HB2030	RELATING TO THE RED HILL STORAGE TANKS. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules for underground storage tanks and tank systems that are more stringent than federal underground storage tank regulations. Establishes the Red Hill Task Force to study the implementation of containment measures at, or the elimination of, underground storage tanks at Red Hill.	HHH/EEP, CPC
HB2031	RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules for underground storage tanks and tank systems that are more stringent than federal underground storage tank regulations. Establishes the Red Hill Task Force to study the implementation of containment measures at, or the elimination of, underground storage tanks at Red Hill.	HHH/EEP/WAL, CPC
HB2032	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the auditor to conduct a comprehensive study of managed care organizations that administer the medicaid program in the State.	HHH, LMG, FIN
HB2033	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires auditor to conduct a comprehensive study of the health insurance plans in the State that administer the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund.	HHH, LMG, FIN
HB2034	RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Removes county councils as the nominating authority for members of the Hawaii Community Development Authority who serve as representatives of the Heeia, Kalaeloa, and Kakaako community development districts. Provides that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each nominate representatives of each of the three community development districts.	WAL, JHA
HB2035	RELATING TO DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES. Establishes that charging shipping and delivery charges that exceed the actual cost to ship or deliver a commodity to a consumer in Hawaii constitutes an unfair and deceptive practice.	CPC, JHA
HB2036	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Allows purchasing agencies to use the second low bid method for procurement.	GVR, CPC, FIN
HB2037	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES. Requires the Office of Information Practices to resolve open meeting and open record complaints through either a legal determination on whether a violation occurred or guidance on the relevant legal requirements.	GVR, JHA
HB2038	RELATING TO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Requires the language and meaning of any proposed constitutional amendment and ratification question to be simple, concise, and direct to the extent practicable. Allows the presiding officers of the Legislature to request a written opinion of the Supreme Court regarding the legality of a proposed amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution and the corresponding constitutional ratification question. Requires the supreme court to provide a written opinion within 48 hours of receipt of the request. Requires, for any written opinion by the supreme court that invalidates a constitutional ratification question, a detailed and specific explanation of the reasons for this opinion. Prohibits any appeal of a written opinion.	JHA, FIN
HB2039	RELATING TO SELECTIVE SERVICE. Requires compliance with the federal Military Selective Service Act for an individual to enroll in a state-supported post-secondary educational institution; qualify for state financial assistance for post-secondary education; or be eligible for employment by or service for the State or any of its political subdivisions. Provides exceptions.	CMV, HET, FIN
HB2040	RELATING TO GAMING. Establishes the Hawaii Lottery and Gaming Corporation for the purpose of conducting and regulating wagering and gaming in the State. Establishes the Lottery and Gaming Special Fund and allocates certain percentages of the fund to various community betterment purposes.	ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN
HB2041	RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND. Increases the percentage of the land conservation fund that may be used for costs related to the operation, maintenance, and management of lands acquired by the fund. Increases the maximum dollar amount of the conveyance tax distribution to the land conservation fund. Appropriates funds from the land conservation fund for the resource land acquisition.	WAL, FIN
HB2042	RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY. Permits the governing body of a county to create, by ordinance, a process for the recordation and enforcement of solar easements. Allows counties to require individuals claiming a solar right to record that right by filing a declaration with the county clerk. Permits the governing body of a county to require, by ordinance, the trimming of vegetation that blocks solar radiation from solar energy devices. Authorizes the ordinance to include a designation for the cost of trimming.	EEP, JHA
HB2043	RELATING TO FARMS. Creates an exclusion from income tax for the lesser of a percentage of gross annual income or an amount of gross annual income earned by a farmer from farming activities.	AGR, ECD, FIN
HB2044	RELATING TO WATER. Specifies, in the State Water Code, that fire safety use is a beneficial use of fresh water. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in consultation with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, to cooperate with the counties and reservoir owners to develop protocols and agreements for the use of reservoir waters for fire safety purposes.	WAL, CPC
HB2045	RELATING TO THE MILITARY. Changes the definition of qualified applicants for selective services from male to all.	CMV, JHA
HB2046	RELATING TO HAWAII RETIREMENT SAVINGS. Establishes the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program, administered by the Hawaii Retirement Savings Board, in consultation with the Department of Budget and Finance and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, to provide a state-facilitated payroll-deduction automatic enrollment individual retirement plan to private sector employees who do not have access to employer-sponsored retirement savings plans beginning 7/1/2024. Appropriates funds.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2047	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a primary promise pilot program within the Department of Education. Requires the Department to identify elementary schools having low literacy rates or a disproportionate number of students reading below grade level. Appropriates moneys to hire teachers and instructional aides to provide instruction to students in grades K-3 who read below grade level in those identified schools. Sunsets 6/30/2025.	EDN, FIN
HB2048	RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY. Establishes a property assessed clean energy program to promote renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements. Increases a property's tax assessment to make loan payments. Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds and appropriates bond revenues to finance the program.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2049	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.	JHA
HB2050	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHING THE RIGHT TO OWN ONE'S OWN DATA. Proposes to amend Article 1 of the Hawaii Constitution by establishing the right of each person to own and have an exclusive property right in the data they generate on the Internet.	HET, JHA, FIN
HB2051	RELATING TO CONSUMER PRIVACY. Establishes the Hawaii consumer privacy act. Specifies various consumer rights with respect to the collection of personal information by businesses. Outlines the obligations on businesses with respect to the collection, disclosure, sharing, and selling of consumer personal information. Specifies the requirements for administration and enforcement by the department, including adoption of rules. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2023.	HET, CPC, JHA
HB2052	RELATING TO CYBERSECURITY. Prohibits government agencies, business entities, and health care entities in the State from paying or having another entity pay on its behalf ransom for cyber incidents or cyber ransom or ransomware attacks. Requires all agencies and entities to report incidents and attacks to the office of homeland security. Establishes penalties for violations. Requires the director of homeland security to develop and maintain a list of all incidents and attacks and make the list available to the public. Appropriates funds.	HET, JHA, FIN
HB2053	RELATING TO CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL USE. Authorizes medical cannabis dispensaries to distribute cannabis propagules and cuttings to individuals authorized to cultivate cannabis plants for medical use, subject to quantity limits and quality requirements.	HHH, CPC
HB2054	RELATING TO ENERGY. Authorizes the High Technology Development Corporation to temporarily re-establish the Hawaii Office of Naval Research Grant Program to provide fifty per cent matching grants to Hawaii awardees of alternative energy research grants from the United States Office of Naval Research. Establishes the alternative energy research and development revolving fund. Makes appropriations.	EEP, HET, FIN
HB2055	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funding for the med-QUEST program of the department of human services (program identification number HMS401) for non-covered or under-covered behavioral health services for med-QUEST beneficiaries.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB2056	RELATING TO THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM. Appropriates moneys to support the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.	CAI, FIN
HB2057	RELATING TO TELEHEALTH. Allows for standard telephone contacts for telehealth purposes.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB2058	RELATING TO THE WAIANAE COAST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. Appropriates funds to the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center for operation of its twenty-four-hour emergency department.	HHH, FIN
HB2059	RELATING TO FLOOD MITIGATION. Appropriates funds for flood mitigation measures at Makaha Valley and Lualualei, based on structural and nonstructural measures recommended in studies previously conducted.	WAL, FIN
HB2060	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to prepare a form to be distributed to all travelers to Hawaii informing them of the mission of the department of Hawaiian home lands and including an option to contribute a sum earmarked for the development of infrastructure and residential lots on Hawaiian home lands.	JHA, FIN
HB2061	RELATING TO THE ANIMAL INDUSTRY SPECIAL FUND. Adds new sources of revenues generated by the State Veterinary Laboratory and Animal Disease Control Branch as sources for the Animal Industry Special Fund.	AGR, FIN
HB2062	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS. Establishes the agricultural emergency loan revolving fund to be administered by the Department of Agriculture. Provides a separate source of funding for emergency agricultural loans. Makes an appropriation.	AGR, FIN
HB2063	RELATING TO HEMP. Repeals the sunset date of Act 14, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020. Amends section 141-43, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that the Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules to effectuate the purpose of its authority under chapter 141, part III, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and to extend the date through which the department's interim rules shall remain in effect.	AGR, CPC
HB2064	RELATING TO THE IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LAND QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL COST TAX CREDIT. Reinstates and extends through the 2032 tax year, the duty of the Department of Agriculture to certify the amount of the Important Agricultural Lands Qualified Agricultural Cost Tax Credit for each taxable year.	AGR, FIN
HB2065	RELATING TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PESTICIDES. Removes the statutory requirement to have representatives of the pineapple and sugar industries on the Advisory Committee on Pesticides and adds the statutory requirement to have representatives of the coffee and diversified agriculture industries on the Advisory Committee on Pesticides.	AGR, CPC
HB2066	RELATING TO JOINT CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR LISTING. Clarifies the listing of joint contractors and subcontractors required for construction bids under section 103D-302, Hawaii Revised Statues.	GVR, CPC
HB2067	RELATING TO THE APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT PREFERENCE. Repeals the public works construction bid preference for parties to registered apprenticeship agreements provided by section 103-55.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	GVR, CPC
HB2068	RELATING TO HAWAII PRODUCTS. Exempts construction procurements from section 103D-1002, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	GVR, CPC
HB2069	RELATING TO GIFTS. Defines the reporting and disposition requirements for gift received by members of the legislature or employees of the State.	JHA
HB2070	RELATING TO INFORMATION PRIVACY AND SECURITY COUNCIL. Amends section 487N-5(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow for each member of the Information Privacy and Security Council to designate a designee to act on the member's behalf in order to ensure quorum.	HET, JHA
HB2071	RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. Requires cost or pricing analysis for purchases of health and human services. Adds definition of "policy board." Increases the small purchase threshold for purchases of health and human services. Authorizes heads of purchasing agencies to issue requests for statement of qualifications and to establish lists of qualified providers for treatment purchase of services. Abolishes the Community Council for health and human services.	GVR, CPC, FIN
HB2072	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Amends the nomination process and the number of the members for the Procurement Policy Board; authorizes the State Procurement Administrator to develop and administer procurement automation systems and assess, charge, and collect a transaction fee from all vendors using the procurement automation systems; establish a procurement automation system special fund; and amends section 103D-1010, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to conform with the amendments made to section 103D-1001, HRS.	GVR, CPC, FIN
HB2073	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.	JHA, FIN
HB2074	RELATING TO CREDIT FOR TIME OF DETENTION PRIOR TO SENTENCE. Clarifies that defendants may not earn credit on a sentence imposed for a subsequent conviction for time being served on a previous felony conviction.	JHA
HB2075	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Amends section 134-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to increase the time a permit to acquire a firearm can be used from 10 days to 30 days. Amends section 134-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to eliminate physical inspection of firearms generally, but requires physical inspection of firearms brought into the State, firearms involved in private sales or transfers, and firearms and firearm receivers with engraved or embedded serial numbers.	JHA
HB2076	RELATING TO TOBACCO MANUFACTURER QUALIFIED ESCROW FUNDS. Provides a mechanism to assign non-participating tobacco manufacturers' qualified escrow account balances to the State of Hawaii. Also provides a mechanism for the financial institution acting as the escrow agent of the qualified escrow account to petition the courts to authorize transfer of funds to the State when the qualified escrow account is abandoned.	JHA, FIN
HB2077	RELATING TO EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. Converts the positions of the administrator of the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center and the chief special investigator of the Department of the Attorney General from civil service status to exempt status.	JHA, FIN
HB2078	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of the Attorney General for retention of expert witnesses and specialized legal counsel in major litigation against the State of Hawaii.	JHA, FIN
HB2079	RELATING TO SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. Amends section 662-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide that chapter 662 shall not apply to any claim that an act or omission caused or contributed to, directly or indirectly, a person contracting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its variants. Provides for retroactive application to January 1, 2020. Provides that any waiver of sovereign immunity with respect to claims that an act or omission caused or contributed to, directly or indirectly, an individual contracting COVID-19 or its variants that accrued on or after January 1, 2020, is expressly withdrawn.	PDP, JHA, FIN
HB2080	RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Authorizes the transfer of excess moneys from the rental housing revolving fund to the dwelling unit revolving fund.	HSG, FIN
HB2081	RELATING TO EMPLOYER INFORMATION. Amends section 201-13.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to collect and analyze employer information and data.	LAT, CPC, JHA
HB2082	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to promote the acquisition of appropriate patents and copyrights for "Hawaii Made" products and to conduct a study and prepare a plan for the promotion and enforcement of either a "Hawaii Made" or "Made in Hawaii" program and evaluate which name to use.	ECD, FIN
HB2083	RELATING TO TAX CREDIT FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. Consolidates the survey and the certification requirements for the research activities tax credit, requires the certification based on the date a complete application is received subject to certain conditions, and adds a cap for an eligible taxpayer and the taxpayer's related entities.	ECD, FIN
HB2084	RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Repeals the provision for farm dwelling and farm employee housing on Important Agricultural Lands and adopts a new provision for farm cluster housing as an incentive for the designation of lands as Important Agricultural Lands pursuant to chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	AGR, WAL, JHA
HB2085	PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 12 AND 13, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO EXPRESSLY PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE MAY AUTHORIZE THE COUNTIES TO ISSUE TAX INCREMENT BONDS AND TO EXCLUDE TAX INCREMENT BONDS FROM DETERMINATIONS OF THE FUNDED DEBT OF THE COUNTIES. Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as counties, to issue tax increment bonds and to exclude tax increment bonds in calculating the debt limit of the political subdivisions.	JHA, FIN
HB2086	RELATING TO THE HAWAII FILM AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL FUND. Expands funding sources and authorized uses of the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund. Makes an appropriation out of the special fund.	ECD, FIN
HB2087	RELATING TO THE MOTION PICTURE, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND FILM PRODUCTION INCOME TAX CREDIT. Extends current sunset date of the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit from January 1, 2026, to January 1, 2032.	ECD, FIN
HB2088	RELATING TO FINANCING. Creates the environmental and economic development revolving loan fund under the administration of the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority. Allows property owners to finance qualified improvements through a non-ad valorem property assessment. Appropriates funds.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2089	RELATING TO RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS. Amends the definition of renewable portfolio standard to be a percentage of electrical energy generation, rather than sales.	EEP, CPC
HB2090	RELATING TO ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION. Establishes a zero-emission transportation rebate program within the Public Utilities Commission to enable low- and moderate-income families greater access to zero-emission vehicles by providing a rebate on the point-of-sale purchase price of zero-emission vehicles.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2091	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (1) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal year 2022-2023.	LAT, FIN
HB2092	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (2) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal year 2022-2023.	LAT, FIN
HB2093	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (3) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal year 2022-2023.	LAT, FIN
HB2094	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (4) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal year 2022-2023.	LAT, FIN
HB2095	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (6) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal year 2022-2023.	LAT, FIN
HB2096	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (8) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal year 2022-2023.	LAT, FIN
HB2097	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (9) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.	LAT, FIN
HB2098	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (10) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal year 2022-2023.	LAT, FIN
HB2099	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (11) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.	LAT, FIN
HB2100	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (13) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal year 2022-2023.	LAT, FIN
HB2101	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal year 2022-2023.	LAT, FIN
HB2102	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT. Amends section 87A-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exclude medicare income related monthly adjustment amounts reimbursement by the State and counties for retired employees hired after June 30, 2022, and their spouses.	LAT, FIN
HB2103	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 June 30, 2022.	LAT, FIN
HB2104	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND INVESTMENTS. Exempts the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund from disclosing under chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, certain types of alternative investment fund information.	LAT, FIN
HB2105	RELATING TO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM DISABILITY RETIREMENT. Clarifies the Employees' Retirement System's eligibility requirement definitions for service-connected disability and accidental death benefits.	LAT, FIN
HB2106	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Makes a general fund appropriation for fiscal year 2021-2022 to further capitalize the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund.	FIN
HB2107	RELATING TO FRANCHISE TAX. Clarifies that the Compliance Resolution Fund is to receive $2,000,000 of the revenues collected under chapter 241, Hawaii Revised Statutes, provided that, if the revenues collected are under $2,000,000, the difference shall be from revenues collected under chapter 235, Hawaii Revised Statutes, not to exceed $2,000,000. The excess revenues collected under chapter 241 shall be deposited into the general fund.	CPC, FIN
HB2108	RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE DIGITAL CURRENCY LICENSURE. Establishes a program for the licensure, regulation, and oversight of digital currency companies.	HET, CPC, FIN
HB2109	RELATING TO THE BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY LICENSING ACT. Adds and updates definitions to satisfy current industry practice needs; aligns and remedies inconsistencies between chapters 438 and 439, Hawaii Revised Statutes; removes the five-year license requirement for barber and beauty operator Board of Barbering and Cosmetology member seats; raises fees for penalties and disciplinary actions; and removes medical clearance requirements.	CPC, JHA, FIN
HB2110	RELATING TO ADVANCE WARNING FOR EXCAVATION. Applies the existing advance warning requirements to excavators operating on residential properties and clarifies various excavation requirements and reporting procedures.	CPC, JHA
HB2111	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Amends various portions of title 24 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to update and improve existing provisions.	CPC
HB2112	RELATING TO CREDIT FOR REINSURANCE. Amends various sections of article 4A of chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to maintain accreditation with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.	CPC
HB2113	RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS. Minimizes regulatory burden and eliminates redundancy for money transmitter applicants of the duplicative criminal background checks in the state and federal systems.	CPC, JHA
HB2114	RELATING TO MORTGAGE RESCUE FRAUD. Amends the definitions of a "distressed property consultant" and "mortgage assistance relief service" in section 480E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	CPC
HB2115	RELATING TO MORTGAGE SERVICERS. Authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (Commissioner) to modify or waive requirements in chapter 454M, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to implement changes and improvements made to the NMLS.	CPC
HB2116	RELATING TO THE ELEVATOR MECHANICS LICENSING BOARD COMPOSITION. Amends the composition of the Elevator Mechanics Licensing Board to replace the ex-officio Department of Labor and Industrial Relations member with a licensed elevator mechanic member.	LAT, CPC
HB2117	RELATING TO THE HAWAII CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. Updates the Hawaii Code of Military Justice, by repealing chapter 124A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and adding a new chapter to promote order and discipline in the State Military Forces by fostering an independent military justice system and updating nonjudicial punishment and courts-martial procedures.	CMV, JHA, FIN
HB2118	RELATING TO CYBERSECURITY. Updates and provides clarification to reflect the existence of the Hawaii State Cybersecurity Program, which is administered by the Hawaii Office of Homeland Security. Eliminates the state cybersecurity, economic, education, and infrastructure security coordinator position.	CMV, HET, FIN
HB2119	RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT. Repeals chapter 128F, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS). Creates a new, appropriately designated chapter in the 127A series of HRS chapters to reincorporate the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.	PDP, CMV
HB2120	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Amends sections 127A-1(a), -2, -3(e), - 12(b), - 16(e), -19(a), (b), and (c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be consistent with the current practices, policies, and procedures of the State Emergency Management Program and with the prevailing emergency management best practices. Adds wordings that highlight the intent of the State, Governor, and emergency management agencies to address environmental and climate impacts on emergency management.	PDP, FIN
HB2121	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Amends chapter 127A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to clarify State and local authority, ensure effective and adaptable emergency response, and further the goals of transparency and democratic accountability. Clarifies that powers granted for emergency purposes shall not be construed as permitting actions inconsistent with the state constitution. Amends chapter 127A, HRS, to provide for greater clarity and specificity regarding the scope of suspensions of law. Clarifies that Hawaii's emergency management system includes coordination between State and county emergency management functions, where appropriate. Clarifies the legal framework governing the extension and termination of emergency periods. Adds the definition of the term "severe weather warning" as used in section 127A-30, HRS.	PDP, JHA
HB2122	RELATING TO FEDERAL INDIRECT OVERHEAD REIMBURSEMENTS. Broadens the purposes for which indirect costs incurred by the department of education, state public charter school commission, or a charter authorizer from federal grants may be reimbursed.	EDN, FIN
HB2123	RELATING TO OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS IN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SCHOOLS. Broadens the scope of profit-making operations students may engage in at schools to include commercial enterprises, while ensuring that engagement in commercial enterprises shall be related to the primary educational purposes of the school, career pathway, academy, or program. Allows students to receive school credit, compensation, or both, when they engage in profit-making operations.	EDN, FIN
HB2124	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES IN SCHOOLS. Deems student interns engaging in commercial enterprises to be employees of the State of Hawaii; allows the Department of Education to use revenue from commercial enterprises.	EDN, FIN
HB2125	RELATING TO OFFICIAL SCHOOL BUSINESS. Creates a misdemeanor for disrupting or interfering with the administration or functions of any school, school administration office, or school board.	EDN, JHA
HB2126	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR A VIRTUAL SCHOOL. Provides an emergency appropriation for a department of education virtual school and authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds.	EDN, FIN
HB2127	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR A MAINTENANCE BASE YARD. Provides an emergency appropriation for the department of education to build a new maintenance base yard.	EDN, FIN
HB2128	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR AN AGRICULTURE INNOVATION CENTER. Provides an emergency appropriation for the department of education to build an agriculture innovation center.	AGR, EDN, FIN
HB2129	RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS. Provides an appropriation for the department of education to provide twenty-one additional hours of professional development for teachers.	EDN, LAT, FIN
HB2130	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR LEAD ABATEMENT. Provides funds for lead abatement measures at Department of Education elementary schools.	EDN, FIN
HB2131	RELATING TO EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT. Extends the availability of the state earned income tax credit until tax year 2028.	ECD, FIN
HB2132	RELATING TO CONSTITUTIONAL TAX REFUND FOR RESIDENT TAXPAYERS.. Creates a one-time income tax refund for resident taxpayers that shall be refunded to implement the provision of article VII, section 6, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.	ECD, FIN
HB2133	RELATING TO TAX EXEMPTION. Exempts any homestead development for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from general excise taxes.	JHA, FIN
HB2134	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Requires counties within sixty days to maintain infrastructure, under specified conditions, as part of any housing development for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.	HSG, WAL, FIN
HB2135	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume historic preservation review of the effect of any proposed project for lands under its jurisdiction except for projects affecting properties listed or nominated for inclusion in the Hawaii register of historic places or the national register of historic places.	WAL, JHA
HB2136	RELATING TO INTERIM ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands after beneficiary consultation and upon approval by the Hawaiian Homes Commission to issue interim rules that shall be exempt from the public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The interim rules shall be effective for not more than eighteen months.	GVR, JHA
HB2137	RELATING TO ADOPTION. Allows an adopted individual to benefit both by relationship through a natural parent and through an adoptive parent in a disposition or other designation as provided for in accordance with the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, or administrative rules. Allows the adopted individual and individual's natural family to continue having the same familial relationship.	JHA, FIN
HB2138	RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CIVIL SERVICE FOR POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Permanently exempts eight positions in the Department of Human Services from civil service.	HHH, FIN
HB2139	RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Allows a landlord, when processing an application to rent residential property, to charge an application screening fee up to a maximum of $25 for the cost of requesting a tenant report or credit report for a potential tenant. Requires landlords to refund any unused amount of the application screening fee and, upon request, provide a receipt of the fee and a copy of any report obtained via the screening process to the applicant.	HSG, CPC, FIN
HB2140	RELATING TO OHANA ZONES. Extends the Ohana Zones pilot program to June 30, 2026. Appropriates funds.	HHH, FIN
HB2141	RELATING TO REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Removes outdated reporting requirements for the Department of Human Services, including the Office of Youth Services. Effective upon approval.	HHH, CPC
HB2142	RELATING TO CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Renames the Preschool Grant Program Special Fund to the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund, authorizes the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund to be used to give grants to child care facilities, adds federal funds as one of the fund sources for the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund, changes the legislative report due date for the Preschool Open Doors Special Fund and Child Care Grant Program Special Fund from August 31 to twenty days prior to the start of the next legislative session, and deletes the authority to expend without an appropriation for the Preschool Open Doors Special Fund and Child Care Grant Program Special Fund statutes to conform to section 5 of article VII of the Hawaii State Constitution.	HHH, FIN
HB2143	RELATING TO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS. Establishes the Family Resource Centers Pilot Program, establishes one FTE Family Resource Centers Coordinator position, and appropriates funds.	HHH, FIN
HB2144	RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS. Authorizes state and national criminal history checks for current and prospective employees, volunteers, and contractors and their employees, agents, and volunteers who are in positions that require close proximity to children, young adults, or vulnerable adults receiving child welfare services, social services, or certain other benefits and services from the department. Makes non-substantial conforming amendments to sections 345-2.5 and 846-2.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective upon approval.	HHH, JHA
HB2145	RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE PROGRAM. Incorporates the kupuna caregivers program into the kupuna care program and adds services for care recipients, caregivers, and employed caregivers.	HHH, FIN
HB2146	RELATING TO MARRIAGE LICENSES. Repeals fees related to obtaining a license to solemnize civil marriage ceremonies to conform to requirements of religious and judicial marriage performers.	JHA, FIN
HB2147	RELATING TO MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL PERMITS. Clarifies that federal municipal solid waste landfills are subject to Department of Health permitting.	EEP, WAL, CPC
HB2148	RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION CONTROL. Adds, amends, and re-organizes sections in chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include wetlands in the definition of State waters; clarifies the Director of Health's responsibility as a certifying agency; and increases maximum statutory civil penalties to match the amounts of federal penalties and the state penalty in section 342B-47(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes.	EEP, WAL, JHA
HB2149	RELATING TO NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS. Amends the newborn hearing screening statute to mandate reporting of diagnostic audiologic evaluation results to improve hearing follow-up of infants. Updates definitions and terminology.	HHH, CPC
HB2150	RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Bans the sale of flavored tobacco products and mislabeled e-liquid products. Effective 1/1/2023.	HHH, CPC
HB2151	RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Includes e-liquid and electronic smoking devices within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as wholesalers or dealers of cigarettes and tobacco products. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to electronic smoking devices. Effective January 1, 2023.	TRN, CPC
HB2152	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HEALTHCARE ASSURANCE SPECIAL FUND. Increase the ceiling of the Office of Healthcare Assurance Special Fund to meet expanding program needs and diminish dependence on the general fund.	HHH, FIN
HB2153	RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Creates an accessible parking special account within the disability and communication access board special fund. Increases the state vehicle registration fee by $1, to be deposited into the accessible parking special account. Requires all costs associated with the statewide parking program for persons with disabilities to be appropriated from the accessible parking special account beginning July 1, 2023.	CPC, FIN
HB2154	RELATING TO ACT 212, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2021. Extends the deadline to complete the transfer of the Oahu regional health care system from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health. Appropriates moneys.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB2155	RELATING TO FEES. Amends the marriage license statute to support the Hawaii Birth Defects Program, modernization of the vital statistics system, operating costs of marriage license agents, and spouse and child abuse programs of the department of human services and of the judiciary.	HHH, FIN
HB2156	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR COSTS RESULTING FROM THE RELEASE OF PETROLEUM FROM THE RED HILL BULK FUEL STORAGE FACILITY. Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of Health for response activities and enforcement relating to the petroleum leaks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.	HHH/EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2157	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR COVID-19 VACCINATIONS. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds to support COVID vaccination activities. Effective upon approval.	PDP/HHH, FIN
HB2158	RELATING TO THE BOILER AND ELEVATOR SAFETY LAW. Allows the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to permit owner-user inspectors in the exclusive employment of owner-user inspection organizations to perform inspections on pressure retaining items and extends the time from ten to thirteen years for the Director to reimburse the general fund from the Boiler and Elevator Revolving Fund.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2159	RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS. Amends the Workforce Development Board law to be consistent with the General Appropriations Act of 2021, Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021.	LAT, CPC
HB2160	ELATING TO THE ADEQUATE RESERVE FUND. Amends the definition of "adequate reserve fund" to exclude the benefit cost rate from June 2020 through August 2021 effective from 2023 to 2030.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2161	RELATING TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRUST FUND. Appropriates funds into the unemployment compensation trust fund.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2162	RELATING TO TRANSFERABILITY OF MOORING PERMITS. Allows a holder of a mooring permit within a state small boat harbor to transfer the mooring permit under certain terms and conditions.	WAL, FIN
HB2163	RELATING TO A STATE BOATING FACILITY LEASE PROGRAM. Establishes a state boating facility lease pilot program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Clarifies that a private partner under lease or contract with the Department may assist with development, management, and maintenance of a state small boat harbor.	WAL, FIN
HB2164	RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF WATER LICENSES BY THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Clarifies the conditions and manner in which the Board of Land and Natural Resources may dispose of water by license.	WAL, JHA
HB2165	RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC LANDS BY NEGOTIATION. Includes leases for commercial, industrial, and hotel or resort purposes eligible for disposition by negotiation pursuant to section 171-59(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes.	WAL, FIN
HB2166	RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF DEBT SERVICE ON THE TURTLE BAY REIMBURSABLE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. Streamlines the process for completing the Department of Land and Natural Resources' required annual payment of debt service on the reimbursable general obligation bonds for Turtle Bay.	WAL, FIN
HB2167	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. Transfers authority for certain reviews of projects in conjunction with section 6E-42, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Counties. Provides financial assistance to the Counties to hire qualified staff to conduct the reviews.	WAL, CPC
HB2168	RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. Amends subsection 329-101(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require that a dispenser of a controlled substance report the filling of a controlled substance prescription to the State's Electronic Prescription Accountability System in real time, or report "zero" not less than once every seven days if no controlled substances prescriptions are filled.	HHH, CPC
HB2169	RELATING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE OFFENDER REENTRY SYSTEM. Amends section 353H-32, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that the Department of Public Safety's role is to work with the Department of Transportation and county Examiners of Drivers to assist inmates in procuring civil identification necessary to transition into the workforce, access social services, and secure housing, rather that issue civil identification cards.	CMV, JHA
HB2170	RELATING TO METHADONE TREATMENT PROGRAMS. Amends chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the medical director of a methadone treatment program to conduct a medical evaluation that offers testing for Hepatitis C exposure and infection. Requires that a methadone treatment program have policies and procedures in place for screening and referrals to care and curative treatment.	HHH, CPC
HB2171	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes a Department of Law Enforcement to consolidate and administer criminal law enforcement and investigations functions of the State effective upon approval and reestablishes the Department of Public Safety as an independent Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to administer the corrections, rehabilitation, and reentry of the inmate population effective January 1, 2023. Transfers the law enforcement functions of the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Law Enforcement effective January 1, 2023, and the law enforcement functions of the Department of Transportation, the non-statutorily mandated functions of the Investigations Division of the Department of the Attorney General, and the Office of Homeland Security to the Department of Law Enforcement effective July 1, 2023. Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement and Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.	CMV, JHA, FIN
HB2172	RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT MANDATORY REPORTING. Creates a new section under chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the holder of a controlled substances registration to immediately report orally the theft, embezzlement, fraud, or diversion of a controlled substance in the holder's inventory. Requires the submission of a written report to the administrator of the Narcotics Enforcement Division that provides all information related to the theft, embezzlement, fraud, or diversion of controlled substances in the holder's inventory, including but not limited to, records, reports, and any image, film, video, or other electronic medium. Establishes a misdemeanor penalty for a person who prevents another from reporting, or who knowingly fails to provide information as required.	CPC, JHA
HB2173	RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Updates the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make it consistent with amendments in the federal controlled substances law as required by section 329-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	CPC, JHA
HB2174	RELATING TO THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW. Amends the title of chapter 386, part V, subpart C, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to add reserve public safety law enforcement officers, and amends section 386-181, HRS, to include reserve public safety law enforcement officers to the list of volunteer occupations covered under the workers' compensation law. Allows reserve public safety law enforcement officers who are injured under the conditions specified in section 386-3, HRS, to receive workers' compensation. Adds reserve public safety law enforcement officers to the list of volunteers who are covered under the conditions for computing average weekly wages.	CPC, FIN
HB2175	RELATING TO CONFORMITY TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2021.	FIN
HB2176	RELATING TO THE STATE TAXATION BOARD OF REVIEW. Authorizes the members of the State Taxation Board of Review to validate the board's actions with a concurrence of the majority of members who heard the appeal. Clarifies that board meetings are contested case hearings and provides notice requirements. Clarifies the legal and evidentiary framework the board may use in reaching its decisions.	CPC, JHA, FIN
HB2177	RELATING TO STATE TAX ADMINISTRATION. Allows the Department of Taxation to mandate the electronic filing of certain individual, partnership, S-corporation, general excise and transient accommodations tax returns. Requires certain tax return preparers to file returns electronically. Amends the rules for electronic funds transfer to remove the authorization to require electronic funds transfer or electronic filing if the federal government required that person to file or pay electronically. Removes the timeliness requirement from the electronic funds transfer penalty. Removes the authority of the department to charge for certified copies of tax clearances. Amends the statute that mandates tax clearances for liquor license holders. Increases the aggregate cap on late filing penalties from twenty-five per cent to seventy-five per cent. Adds an additional penalty category for late filing of certain informational returns where no tax is due. Clarifies the interest calculations for taxes paid pending appeal. Provides that a partnership, estate, or trust is liable for the required withholding from a nonresident taxpayer's distributive share of income.	ECD, CPC, FIN
HB2178	RELATING TO TAX EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTABILITY. Requires laws that enact, modify, or extend the availability of a tax expenditure to contain specific information, revenue estimates, and analyses before becoming law. Allows the disclosure of certain tax credit information.	ECD, CPC, FIN
HB2179	RELATING TO COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES. Authorizes the Director of Taxation to apply to the circuit court to convert certain tax liens into enforceable civil judgments.	ECD, JHA, FIN
HB2180	RELATING TO HARBORS. Repeals sections 266-2.3, and 266-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the purpose of deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.	TRN, JHA
HB2181	RELATING TO STORMWATER FEES. Exempts the State, and its departments and agencies, from county stormwater user fees. Prohibits a county from denying services to the State or its departments and agencies by reason of nonpayment of user fees.	WAL, FIN
HB2182	RELATING TO THE STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY COUNCIL. Reduces the membership of the State Highway Safety Council appointed by the Governor from twenty to ten.	TRN, JHA
HB2183	RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. Amends section 103D-304(g), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow procurement of professional services where there are fewer than three qualified persons.	GVR, CPC, FIN
HB2184	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Makes an emergency appropriation to authorize additional funds for the Department of Transportation Highways Division's special maintenance program.	TRN, FIN
HB2185	RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII REVENUE BONDS. Authorizes the University of Hawaii to issue $100,000,000 in revenue bonds for the purpose of financing the construction, maintenance, and modernization of qualifying capital improvement projects.	HET, FIN
HB2186	RELATING TO UNIVERSITY DISTRICTS. Provides a framework that supports consistent land use planning and development across the University of Hawaii system through designation of university districts that may include the voluntary addition of real property held by a qualified person adjacent to campuses for development consistent with university district plans and rules.	HET, WAL, FIN
HB2187	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS. Changes the number of terms that should expire each year from three to two. Adjusts the terms of Board of Regents members appointed between 2022-2026 to realign the number of terms scheduled to expire each year.	HET, JHA, FIN
HB2188	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TUITION AND FEES SPECIAL FUND. To recognize the cost-sharing agreement for overall personnel expenses between State general funds and funds in the University of Hawaii Tuition and Fees Special Fund for appropriated general fund positions as beneficial to both the University of Hawaii and the State. Specifies conditions for exemptions for the University of Hawaii from sections 87A-39(a) and 88-125(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes.	HET, FIN
HB2189	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Allows direct shipment of beer and distilled spirits by certain licensees. Requires the liquor commission of each county to adopt rules and regulations.	ECD, CPC, FIN
HB2190	RELATING TO THE IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LAND QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL COST TAX CREDIT. Clarifies that a taxpayer may claim the important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credit no earlier than the third taxable year after application for first-year certification of the credit. Extends the time that the department of agriculture may certify the important agricultural land qualified agricultural costs tax credit from 12/31/2021 to 12/31/2031.	AGR, ECD, FIN
HB2191	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-ninth representative district.	FIN
HB2192	RELATING TO COERCIVE CONTROL. Adds coercive control to the factors a court may consider in determining the best interest of the child.	HHH, JHA
HB2193	RELATING TO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD REGISTRY. Requires the staff of licensed and registered early childhood programs to annually provide specific information to the Department of Human Services' Early Childhood Workforce Registry. Requires a report to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation.	HHH, FIN
HB2194	RELATING TO GOLF COURSES AND DRIVING RANGES. Makes owners and operators of golf courses and driving ranges strictly liable for property damage to surrounding residential properties caused by golf balls hit by patrons of the golf course or driving range unless the owners and operators can show they took reasonable steps to prevent golf balls from leaving the golf course or driving range.	WAL, JHA
HB2195	RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Establishes a cesspool compliance pilot grant project to assist low- and moderate-income property owners with the costs of upgrading, converting, or connecting a cesspool. Applies to cesspools identified as failing by the Department of Health. Appropriates funds.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2196	RELATING TO STREAM MAINTENANCE. Requires the department of land and natural resources to establish and implement a two-year stream maintenance reimbursement pilot program to reimburse homeowners for clearing debris in and around streams near their property. Appropriates funds.	WAL, FIN
HB2197	RELATING TO GAMBLING. Amends the offense of promoting gambling in the second degree to a class C felony without the possibility of probation or suspension of sentence. Amends the offense of promoting gambling in the first degree to a class B felony without the possibility of probation or suspension of sentence. Amends the requisite state of mind to criminal negligence for both offenses.	JHA
HB2198	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON BEACHES. Prohibits any person from presetting commercial beach equipment on beaches encumbered with easements in favor of the public.	WAL, JHA
HB2199	RELATING TO FISHPONDS. Appropriates funds to support the department of land and natural resources' hatchery program.	WAL, FIN
HB2200	RELATING TO BIOSECURITY. Appropriates funds for a ports-of-entry biosecurity program.	WAL, FIN
HB2201	RELATING TO NOISE. Prohibits commercial vehicles from making pickups from, or deliveries to, business establishments during certain times of the day and within a certain proximity of single-family residences in the performance of the vehicles' pickup or delivery. Establishes fines.	HHH, CPC
HB2202	RELATING TO STATE SYMBOLS. Designates ohia lehua as the state endemic tree.	CAI, JHA
HB2203	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST DIBSHAWAII LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist DIBSHawaii LLC in the construction of a net zero carbon capture storage utilization platform that will recover vented carbon dioxide emissions and scrub them into food grade liquid carbon dioxide.	EEP, FIN
HB2204	RELATING TO MIDWIVES. Exempts traditional midwives from midwifery licensing requirements.	HHH, CPC, JHA
HB2205	RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF NEED. Eliminates the certificate of need requirement for all health care facilities and health care services except for nursing homes, hospices, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and ambulance service providers.	HHH, CPC
HB2206	RELATING TO AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the University of Hawaii at Hilo for athletics.	HET, FIN
HB2207	RELATING TO FERAL PIGS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for feral pig control.	WAL/AGR, FIN
HB2208	RELATING TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS. Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse may be initiated. Extends the period during which a victim of childhood sexual abuse may bring an otherwise time‑barred action against the victim's abuser or a legal entity having a duty of care. Specifies that certificates of merit for each named defendant shall be filed electronically under seal and remain confidential. Requires that certain findings be made in camera based on certificates of merit before service of a complaint on a defendant. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma‑informed response.	HHH, JHA
HB2209	RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE. Specifies that any minor who resides in the same household as the victim of domestic abuse may file a petition for an order of protection or temporary restraining order.	HHH, JHA
HB2210	RELATING TO ABORTION CARE. Clarifies that access to abortion care is inclusive of all pregnant people in the State. Repeals a criminal penalty for violations of certain abortion provisions. Clarifies that advanced practice registered nurses may provide abortion care.	HHH, CPC, JHA
HB2211	RELATING TO FAMILY. Establishes an exemption from mediation in paternity proceedings where there are allegations of domestic abuse. Amends the exemption from mediation in divorce proceedings by disallowing mediation when there are allegations of domestic violence.	HHH, JHA
HB2212	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMEOWNERSHIP INCENTIVES. Implementation of IRS pre-tax savings plans to assist first time home buyers with saving for down payment and closing costs.	HSG, ECD, FIN
HB2213	RELATING TO MAIL THEFT. Establishes the new criminal offense of mail theft.	JHA
HB2214	RELATING TO THE SOCIAL WORKERS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM FOR IMPAIRED OFFENDERS.	HHH, JHA, FIN
HB2215	RELATING TO TAX CREDIT FOR ON-SITE EARLY CHILDHOOD FACILITIES. Establishes an income tax credit for employers who create on-site early childhood facilities. Establishes and appropriates funds for 1.0 FTE on-site early childhood facility coordinator position. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2022. Takes effect on 7/1/2023.	EDN, ECD, FIN
HB2216	RELATING TO DEPENDENT CARE FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS. Establishes Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts for all working taxpayers. Defines qualifying individuals and eligible expenses. Outlines the requirements and limitations of the accounts. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2022	HHH, ECD, FIN
HB2217	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-fifth representative district.	FIN
HB2218	RELATING TO THE FRANK T. OKIMOTO REEF RUNWAY. Designates as the Frank T. Okimoto Reef Runway the reef runway at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.	TRN, JHA, FIN
HB2219	RELATING TO A BANK OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Establishes the Bank of the State of Hawaii working group to propose legislation to establish a state-operated bank of the State of Hawaii. Appropriates moneys.	ECD, CPC, FIN
HB2220	RELATING TO NURSING. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to increase the State's capacity to train new nurses and project future nursing workforce needs.	HET, FIN
HB2221	RELATING TO THE NURSING WORKFORCE. Appropriates funds to support Hawaii's nursing workforce and address the nursing workforce shortage by increasing University of Hawaii nursing faculty positions, providing education grants to qualified students who represent underrepresented persons in nursing, and providing greater training and development for nurses.	HHH, HET, FIN
HB2222	RELATING TO THE DISTRICT COURTS. Increases the monetary threshold for claims over which the district courts have jurisdiction from $40,000 to $60,000.	JHA, FIN
HB2223	RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Increases the maximum monetary claim and maximum amount for certain cases that may be filed in the small claims division of the district court from $5,000 to $10,000.	JHA, FIN
HB2224	RELATING TO LABOR. Increases the income threshold that excludes certain employees from overtime pay. Effective 1/1/2023.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2225	RELATING TO HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Appropriates moneys to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation for its manufacturing assistance programs.	ECD, FIN
HB2226	RELATING TO THE TAX CREDIT FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. Adds a cap for an eligible taxpayer and the taxpayer's related entities per taxable year; consolidates the survey and certification requirements; amends the annual aggregate cap; and requires certification on a first-come, first-served basis to be based on the date a complete application is received, subject to certain conditions, for the tax credit for research activities.	ECD, FIN
HB2227	RELATING TO THE "MADE IN HAWAII" PROGRAM. Transfers the enforcement of the "Made in Hawaii" trademark from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Renames the "Hawaii Made" program to the "Made in Hawaii" program. Makes an appropriation.	ECD, CPC, FIN
HB2228	RELATING TO FILM INFRASTRUCTURE TAX CREDIT. Creates a nonrefundable twenty percent film infrastructure tax credit. Requires that the film infrastructure project must spend at least $3,000,000 on buildings, facilities, or installations. Caps the credit at $10,000,000 per year.	ECD, FIN
HB2229	RELATING TO COASTAL EROSION. Establishes and appropriates moneys for a two-year program at the University of Hawaii to study the impact of sandbag walls, or "sand burritos," on sand movement patterns and coastal erosion at Ehukai Beach Park. Establishes a temporary moratorium on the use of sandbag walls or sand burritos unless authorized by an emergency permit from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.	WAL, HET, FIN
HB2230	RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS. Specifies that the fee for a common or contract carrier by motor vehicle that is a tour bus operator is 2.5 per cent of the tour bus operator's gross revenues or $20, whichever is greater.	CPC, FIN
HB2231	RELATING TO STATE DEPARTMENTS. Allows the department of taxation to retain or employ attorneys, by contract or otherwise.	JHA, FIN
HB2232	RELATING TO THE USE OF FORCE IN SELF-PROTECTION. Explicitly authorizes a person to use protective force, including deadly force, in the person's home under certain circumstances. Repeals statutory language that permits a person to use deadly force at the person's place of work in some circumstances. Prohibits the protective use of force if the person can maintain safety by retreating, unless the person is in the person's home; or by complying with certain demands.	JHA
HB2233	RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. Authorizes the department of human services to provide housing assistance subsidies of up to $500 per month to TANF and TAONF program participants who are participating in the first-to-work program. Appropriates funds.	HSG/HHH, FIN
HB2234	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. Requires the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with agricultural growers and researchers to develop and implement a program to safely distribute disease- and insect-free tropical plant materials to Hawaii farmers. Requires the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules to specify the plant species and varieties that warrant additional regulations. Appropriates funds.	AGR, FIN
HB2235	RELATING TO INFORMAL MEETINGS. Exempts members of a county council from the limitation on the number of members that may attend an informational meeting or presentation on matters relating to official county council business for purposes of permitted interactions. Clarifies that such meetings shall be meetings that are open to the public.	GVR, JHA
HB2236	RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Requires that new income tax credits established or renewed after 12/31/2022 include a five-year sunset or an annual one-third reduction.	ECD, FIN
HB2237	RELATING TO DAM AND RESERVOIR SAFETY. Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to prepare all studies to determine the health and safety issues of flooding to surrounding areas and safe removal or retirement of a dam or reservoir upon the request of a homeowner association or homeowner of property where a dam or reservoir is situated. Appropriates funds for a two-year pilot program to study dam removal in counties with a population of less than two hundred thousand people. Requires a report to the legislature.	WAL, FIN
HB2238	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Specifies that a government agency does not assume ownership or jurisdiction over a disputed road solely through maintenance or repair activities. Authorizes the State to transfer ownership of roads in favor of counties by quitclaim if requested by the county.	TRN, WAL, JHA
HB2239	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Increases the minimum number of residential units in a condominium project that must be offered for sale to prospective owner-occupants in the thirty-day period following the initial date of sale of the condominium from 50 percent to 90 percent.	HSG, CPC
HB2240	RELATING TO OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. Authorizes GO bonds for the payment or prepayment of other post-employment benefits liability.	LAT, FIN
HB2241	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-sixth representative district.	FIN
HB2242	RELATING TO FERTILITY PRESERVATION. Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for fertility preservation procedures for those who have been diagnosed with cancer and whose cancer or cancer treatment may adversely affect their fertility.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB2243	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires buildings and structures to be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition. Requires devices and safeguards to be maintained in conformance with county building codes. Requires condominium associations or their designated agents to be responsible for the maintenance of the buildings and structures. Authorizes county building officials to require a building or structure to be reinspected.	CPC, FIN
HB2244	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC WIRELESS SAFETY ACT. Establishes the Hawaii Public Wireless Safety Act to be administered by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.	HET, CPC, FIN
HB2245	RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources a visitor green fee program to collect a fee to allow visitors to visit a state park, beach, state-owned forest, hiking trail, or other state-owned natural area. Establishes the environmental legacy commission to allocate the revenues from the visitor green to protect and manage Hawaii's natural resources. Appropriates moneys.	EEP/LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2246	RELATING TO THE STATE HIGHWAY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM SURCHARGE. Amends the state highway enforcement program surcharge from $200 to an unspecified amount.	TRN, JHA, FIN
HB2247	RELATING TO OPERATING A VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTOXICANT. Lengthens the driver's license revocation period for first time offenders convicted of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant who do not install an ignition interlock device. Allows early termination of driver's license revocation after nine months upon showing three consecutive months of ignition interlock use without any violations.	JHA
HB2248	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Requires unlicensed but accredited private schools to annually submit health and safety documentation to the Hawaii Council of Private Schools to meet the definition of "private schools" under the compulsory attendance law.	EDN, CPC
HB2249	RELATING TO MENSTRUAL EQUALITY. Requires the Department of Education to provide hygiene products that support public health, such as toilet paper, menstrual products, and hand soap free of charge to all students on all public school campuses. Requires the State Public Charter School Commission to provide hygiene products that support public health, such as toilet paper, menstrual products, and hand soap free of charge to all students on all public charter school campuses. Makes appropriations.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB2250	RELATING TO GARDENS. Authorizes the Department of Education to develop programs to encourage the development of gardens on school property. Authorizes the Hawaii Community Development Authority to develop programs that provide incentives to establish gardens in housing projects, communities, and schools.	EDN/HSG, FIN
HB2251	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes supplemental categorical funding for remote schools. Appropriates funds.	EDN, FIN
HB2252	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Requires the Board of Education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one forum in each county. Requires the Board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the Legislature on implementing open forums.	GVR, EDN, JHA
HB2253	RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL SISTER-STATE RELATIONS. Appropriates funds to support international sister-state relations.	CAI, CPC, FIN
HB2254	RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN SAILING CANOES. Amends requirements for an owner or lessee of a native Hawaiian sailing canoe to moor at a small boat harbor. Defines "native Hawaiian sailing canoe".	EEP/WAL, JHA
HB2255	RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Requires that public benefits fee administrator and utility rebates be used where available for state buildings and facilities. Prioritizes building and facility appliances that meet the required standards to qualify for public benefits fee administrator rebates.	EEP, FIN
HB2256	RELATING TO A DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Establishes a department of environmental protection by July 1, 2026. Creates a department of environmental protection working group to address the logistics required for the State to establish a department of environmental protection. Requires the working group to submit a report to the legislature prior to the 2025 regular session.	EEP, FIN
HB2257	RELATING TO REENTRY PLANNING CIRCLES. Appropriates moneys to fund reentry planning circles for at least 50 incarcerated women.	CMV, JHA, FIN
HB2258	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Establishes the Women's Correctional Implementation Commission within the Department of Public Safety to provide oversight over state correctional facilities that incarcerate women, receive and investigate complaints from incarcerated women, monitor the criminal justice system's progress in implementing reforms, and monitor programs and data that are important to ensuring successful outcomes for women in the correctional system. Appropriates moneys.	CMV, JHA, FIN
HB2259	RELATING TO ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS COMPLETING A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT. Establishes within the Department of Human Services a 4-year pilot program to provide housing and child care vouchers to qualified applicants who will soon complete, or have recently completed, a term of imprisonment as a sentenced offender, and who have or will have sole or primary custody of 1 or more children under the age of 18. Requires a voucher recipient to be employed at least 20 hours per week or be employed and attend an educational program for a combined total of at least 20 hours per week. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys.	CMV/HHH, JHA, FIN
HB2260	RELATING TO CANNABIS. Amends the circumstances under which medical cannabis may be transported by and between dispensaries. Increases the allowable number of plants for production centers. Increases the number of production centers that may be allowed under a dispensary license. Increases the number of retail dispensing locations that may be allowed under a dispensary license. Redefines the term "medical cannabis production center" to include any series of structures located within the same secured perimeter fence-line. Requires the Department of Health to establish the fee structure for the submission of applications for additional production centers and retail dispensing locations and for dispensary-to-dispensary sales. Amends the Department of Health's duties with respect to the establishment of standards.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB2261	RELATING TO CANNABIS. Authorizes a non-registered qualifying patient to engage in the medical use of cannabis for a period of one year from the date of the issuance of a medical provider's certification letter, subject to certain conditions.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB2262	RELATING TO WATER RATIONING. Establishes an income tax credit for water rationing systems.	WAL, CPC, FIN
HB2263	RELATING TO WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT. Facilitates the jurisdiction transfer of water quality management, water pollution, wastewater treatment, instream flow standards, and applications for water quality from the Department of Health to the Commission on Water Resource Management.	WAL/EEP/HHH, CPC, FIN
HB2264	RELATING TO THE COUNTIES. Authorizes the counties to adopt ordinances to legalize non-medical marijuana possession, sale, transfer, and use for adults, subject to certain conditions. Imposes a general excise tax surcharge on non-medical marijuana sold within those counties. Exempts persons from certain criminal offenses, provided they comply with county requirements.	JHA, CPC, FIN
HB2265	RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING. Decriminalizes the act of engaging in, or agreeing or offering to engage in, sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee or anything of value. Authorizes civil claims to be made against a business, owner or operator of a transient accommodation, or other commercial entity that profits from sexual exploitation. Converts the human trafficking victim services fund to a human trafficking reparations fund.	HHH, JHA/CPC, FIN
HB2266	RELATING TO STATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. Requires all state building construction that uses concrete to use post-industrial carbon dioxide mineralized concrete unless use of these materials will increase costs or delay construction.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2267	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to DOE to install air conditioning units for public school classrooms that have not received air conditioning units.	EDN, FIN
HB2268	RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Requires the department of agriculture to submit an annual report to the legislature on pesticide inspections and compliance investigations, including location, type, and enforcement action taken, conducted in the preceding year. For the first violation of the pesticide law by commercial and private pesticide applicators, eliminates the written warning penalty prior to imposition of stricter penalties. Increases monetary fines for pesticide violations.	AGR, JHA, CPC
HB2269	RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. Establishes a pilot program to offer tuition waivers for certain community college students starting in fall 2023. Requires the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to submit a report.	HET, FIN
HB2270	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Requires at least 1 member of the Board of Land and Natural Resources to have demonstrated knowledge of, and experience with, the State's boating and fishing communities, including knowledge of ocean conservation and traditional fishing rights. Requires the member representing the boating and fishing communities to be recommended by a statewide fishing organization for the Governor's nomination and appointment.	WAL, JHA
HB2271	RELATING TO ASSISTANCE ANIMALS. Defines "assistance animal" for purposes of the State's fair housing laws. Clarifies the type of verification a person with a disability must provide to request an assistance animal as a reasonable housing accommodation.	HSG, JHA
HB2272	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS. Permits sixty-seven per cent of unit owners to amend a condominium declaration. Requires developers to include annual reserve contributions based on a reserve study. Clarifies time and date requirements for petitions to amend bylaws and call for special meetings; electronic, machine, and mail voting during periods of emergency; time frame for approval of minutes; and board meeting participation. Requires a condominium association's reserve study to be performed by an independent, certified reserve specialist and prepared or updated at least every three years.	CPC
HB2273	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Specifies that certain violations of the Fireworks Control Law shall be considered a violation of noise control rules under the Hawaii noise pollution laws, punishable by civil penalties and subject to citations under those respective laws. Appropriates funds to establish one full-time equivalent position for an inspector in the department of health. Appropriates funds for the department of health to enter into a contract with a security company to assist the inspector.	CPC, FIN
HB2274	RELATING TO UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE TANKS. Prohibits issuance of future underground fuel storage tanks within one-half mile of an aquifer beginning July 1, 2022. Prohibits operation of and renewal of underground fuel storage tank permits located within one-half mile from an aquifer beginning January 1, 2050. Defines underground fuel storage tanks as any fuel tank with a capacity of one hundred gallons or more.	HHH/EEP, CPC
HB2275	RELATING TO FIREWORKS INFRACTIONS. Establishes an expeditious adjudication system for the processing of fireworks infractions. Appropriates funds.	CPC, FIN
HB2276	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to the department of transportation for the coordinated removal of albizia trees on public and private property, including other trees that potentially threaten the public roadways and utility infrastructure. Requires a two-to-one matching requirement from a public utilities source.	WAL, FIN
HB2277	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates moneys to promote surfing as an interscholastic sport.	EDN, FIN
HB2278	RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes a refundable income tax credit to mitigate the effect of a carbon emissions tax on taxpayers. Amends the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to address carbon emissions.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2279	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-fourth representative district.	FIN
HB2280	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Specifies that planned community associations cannot prohibit or unreasonably restrict the use of a unit owner's enclosed yard area for personal agriculture.	AGR, CPC
HB2281	RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Specifies that a director's failure to disclose a conflict of interest shall constitute a breach of the director's duty of loyalty and the director may be automatically removed from the board, liable to the association for monetary damages, and disqualified from future service on the board.	CPC, JHA
HB2282	RELATING TO ASSOCIATION FEES. Requires the breakdown of the annual maintenance fees in developer's public reports to include annual reserve contributions based on a reserve study. Redefines "cash flow plan" to mean a minimum thirty-year projection of a condominium association's future income and expense requirements to fund fully its replacement reserves requirements each year, except for emergencies.	CPC
HB2283	RELATING TO SMALL CLAIMS. Establishes district court ombudsman to assist the small claims division. Declares agreements establishing forums for actions within the jurisdiction of the small claims division to be contrary to public policy and void and unenforceable. Raises the monetary cap for claims under the small claims division's jurisdiction. Expands the small claims division's allowable equitable remedies.	JHA, FIN
HB2284	RELATING TO EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF GROW OUR OWN RESOURCES FOR HAWAIIAN IMMERSION TEACHERS. Establishes a stipend program to be administered by the Department of Education for students enrolled in a teacher education program at the University of Hawaii and who agree to teach in the public school system for 5 years. Appropriates moneys.	EDN/HET, FIN
HB2285	RELATING TO HEMP. Repeals the 6/30/2022 sunset date of Act 14, SLH 2020, which established statutory provisions relating to hemp production and processing.	AGR, CPC
HB2286	RELATING TO MARRIAGE OF MINORS. Raises the minimum age for marriage from 16 to 18 years of age. Removes the requirements of parental consent and written approval by the family court for a minor to marry. Removes spousal cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an exception for an annulment based on nonage. Makes conforming amendments.	HHH, JHA
HB2287	RELATING TO VIRTUAL CURRENCY. Excludes the electronic transfer of virtual currency through virtual currency companies and cryptocurrency companies from the Money Transmitters Act.	CPC, JHA
HB2288	RELATING TO LAND. Transfers certain land to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2289	RELATING TO DISABILITY AWARENESS. Designates the month of October as "Disability Awareness Month: Employment, Enrichment, and Inclusion" in recognition of the employment challenges and successes of persons with disabilities in the State.	CAI/HHH, JHA
HB2290	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the auditor to perform a management and financial audit of the University of Hawaii at Manoa's athletic department and submit a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.	HET, LMG, FIN
HB2291	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-eighth representative district.	FIN
HB2292	RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE. Increases the minimum wage to $18 an hour, effective January 1, 2023, for employees employed by an employer with more than fifteen employees.	LAT, FIN
HB2293	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the prevent suicide Hawaii task force to develop annual recommendations to the legislature to reduce suicide by twenty-five per cent by 2025. Dissolves the task force on 1/1/2026.	HHH, JHA
HB2294	RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. Phases out parking of motor vehicles on the grounds of Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS to remove the blacktop, parking area, and parking meters adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DLNR to develop and maintain a pedestrian area adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS and DLNR to report cost analysis to the legislature.	CAI, FIN
HB2295	RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS. Establishes rights of parents and legal guardians of minor children to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of their minor child.	HHH, EDN, JHA
HB2296	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMEOWNERSHIP INCENTIVES. Abolishes down payment requirements for eligible Hawaii residents purchasing their first home.	HSG, CPC, FIN
HB2297	RELATING TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES. Establishes criteria by which a county director of wastewater treatment systems can determine catastrophic failure of existing wastewater treatment facilities. Authorizes county governments to enter into private-public partnerships to fund, design, build, and operate new wastewater treatment and resource recovery facilities in the event of catastrophic failure. Allows each county to contract certain services in certain cases to prevent catastrophic failure of existing wastewater treatment facilities. Amends the definition of "resource recovery facility" to encompass other resources such as reusable water or recoverable gas.	PDP, EEP, CPC
HB2298	RELATING TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds for replacements to the water capturing system in the Hilo Water Treatment Plant to capture recycled water, natural gases, and fertilizer for agricultural purposes.	EEP/WAL, FIN
HB2299	RELATING TO THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. Makes technical amendments to nuisance abatement law.	CPC, JHA
HB2300	RELATING TO LIABILITY. Provides that the State or a county that repairs or maintains a street of which the ownership or jurisdiction is in dispute between the State and the county shall be immune from liability for personal injuries or property damage arising out of the repair or maintenance of that street. Deems that maintenance of a street shall not confer ownership or jurisdiction over such street if the ownership or jurisdiction over the street is in dispute between the State and the county.	TRN, JHA, FIN
HB2301	RELATING TO FAMILY COURT. Requires certain persons to immediately report a potential tort claim to the family court when that person has reason to believe that a child in foster custody has suffered an injury that may arise to a tort claim. Establishes procedures for the family court to follow when appointing a master to investigate a potential tort claim and when authorizing the filing of a tort claim on behalf of an injured child, including the opportunity for an injured child to obtain outside legal representation.	HHH, JHA
HB2302	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM. Appropriates moneys for the continued operation and disaster preparedness outreach efforts of the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program.	PDP, HET, FIN
HB2303	RELATING TO THE UNIFORM INFORMATION PRACTICES ACT. Clarifies the legislature's intent regarding internal deliberative and pre-decisional materials of government agencies. Specifies that certain deliberative and pre-decisional materials that are a direct part of a government agency's internal decision-making process are not subject to disclosure if the disclosure of such materials would impair the agency's ability to make sound and fair decisions, but only to the extent that the impairment outweighs public interest in disclosure.	GVR, JHA
HB2304	RELATING TO THE FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. Appropriates funds to DOE to secure additional resources to help implement the Hawaii farm to school program, specifically to implement internal systems and controls to meet the State's local food goals in school meals.	AGR/EDN, FIN
HB2305	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources to study diseases affecting the production of ornamental red ginger on Oahu and the neighbor islands.	AGR, HET, FIN
HB2306	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes a separate fee and charge for the inspection, quarantine, and eradication of invasive species contained in air freight brought into the State, to be used for the program at the airports. Establishes a fund for the revenues to be deposited into. Appropriates funds.	AGR, TRN, FIN
HB2307	RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to provide education and support to local businesses regarding the federal Food and Drug Administration's industry guidance on colored sea salt.	AGR, FIN
HB2308	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eighteenth representative district.	FIN
HB2309	RELATING TO INCARCERATION. Appropriates moneys for the development and maintenance of diversion and reentry services and programs by non-profit organizations in the State.	CMV, JHA, FIN
HB2310	RELATING TO RECIDIVISM PREVENTION. Establishes within the Department of Public Safety Reentry Office, a 5-year Recidivism Prevention Pilot Program, consisting of three components: the housing voucher program, child care voucher program, and income tax credit for employers to assist the reentry efforts of certain individuals who exited from the Women's Community Correctional Center, for two years after the exit. Establishes five Transition Navigator positions (5.00 FTE) within the Department of Public Safety Reentry Office. Appropriates funds.	CMV, JHA, FIN
HB2311	RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Public Safety to collaborate with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs the creation of a Native Hawaiian rehabilitation program for prison inmates, which puts an emphasis on Native Hawaiian values and cultural practices.	CMV, JHA, FIN
HB2312	RELATING TO PRISON REFORM. Establishes the Women's Corrections Implementation Commission in the Judiciary to ensure implementation of the recommendations from the final report from the House Concurrent Resolution No. 85 (2016) task force, to develop and implement an evidence-based, gender-responsive plan to divert non-violent women offenders, especially those with minor children, from the criminal justice system. Requires that the task force also consider model programs including residential, in-person and community-based rehabilitation programs, supportive and subsidized housing, restorative justice, and educational programs.	CMV, JHA, FIN
HB2313	RELATING TO RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS. Requires the Department of Public Safety to develop and conduct a pretrial female risk and needs assessment tool to measure the female offender's risk to flight, reoffend, or harm the community, and shall consider factors important to women when considering their risk to reoffend and treatment needs.	CMV, JHA, FIN
HB2314	RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION. Prohibits the Director of Finance from issuing or approving any certificate of participation that exceeds $10 million.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB2315	RELATING TO YOUTH. Establishes a grant program within the Office of Youth Services. Gives priority to programs that support youth from ethnic groups that are disproportionately represented in the State's correctional system, support rehabilitation, or meet needs identified by the Office of Youth Services in consultation with the community. Appropriates moneys.	HHH, JHA, FIN
HB2316	RELATING TO THE RED HILL BULK FUEL STORAGE FACILITY DEFUELING COMMISSION. Establishes within the Department of Health a temporary Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility Defueling Commission to monitor the compliance of the United States Department of Defense or other agencies with any orders or laws relating to the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility or United States Department of Defense infrastructure involved in the 2021 drinking water contamination event. Establishes a Red Hill Compliance Office to support the Commission. Appropriates moneys. Sunsets on 6/30/2027.	HHH/EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2317	RELATING TO THE LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS BY THE MILITARY. Establishes duration, environmental, and other restrictions on public lands leased to the military.	WAL/CMV/EEP, JHA, FIN
HB2318	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH LICENSING. Requires psychologists licensed in the State to complete at least 3 hours of continuing education per licensing biennium on topics relating to cultural diversity, cultural competence, or health equity.	HHH, CPC
HB2319	RELATING TO SERVICE ANIMALS. Requires the department of agriculture to be responsible for all neighbor island inspection permit fees for service animals that are located in the State and are being transported for release at Kona, Kahului, or Lihue airports.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2320	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Requires the office of planning and sustainable development to adopt rules that require (1) at least three public hearings for each draft environmental impact statement; and (2) the location of each public hearing to be held within a reasonable distance of the proposed action that triggers the requirement for the environmental impact statement, as applicable.	EEP, CPC, JHA
HB2321	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirteenth representative district.	FIN
HB2322	RELATING TO THE BARREL TAX Lowers the state barrel tax from $1.05 to $.20.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2323	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Temporarily reduces employer contribution rates for unemployment insurance. Repeals 1/1/2025.	LAT, FIN
HB2324	RELATING TO MURDER. Amends provisions relating to first degree murder. Adds a person commits the offense of first-degree murder if the person knowingly or intentionally causes the death of another person that is less than fourteen years old or pregnant with a viable fetus. Adds a person commits the offense of first-degree murder if the murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel manifesting exceptional depravity.	JHA
HB2325	RELATING TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL OAHU. Authorizes a GET exemption for businesses investing more than $750,000 over a 10-year period and creating a minimum of 50 job positions for the purpose of business development in the Pearl-City Aiea and Waipahu opportunity zones. Establishes a tax credit for upgrading infrastructure in the Pearl-City Aiea and Waipahu opportunity zones.	ECD, CPC, FIN
HB2326	RELATING TO SCHOOL CHOICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. Provides students access to nonpublic schools through school choice scholarship program, which provides grants to eligible entities to allocate funds to eligible students for enrollment in nonpublic schools based upon financial need.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB2327	RELATING TO FEDERAL LANDS. Establishes a Makua valley task force to prepare for the transfer of the management of the Makua military reservation from the United States Army upon the expiration of the Army's lease for the land. Establishes a Lualualei valley task force to negotiate the transfer of lands held in Lualualei valley by the United States Navy to the State. Requires a report to the legislature.	CMV/WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2328	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Establishes a rent stabilization law applicable to all rental units that are designed for rental use or are rented, with certain exceptions. Establishes the rent stabilization advisory committee to be headed by the executive director of the Hawaii public housing authority and director of commerce and consumer affairs. Requires the legislative reference bureau to conduct a study on actions that other states have taken to incentivize landlords to stabilize rents.	HSG, CPC, FIN
HB2329	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires the department of land and natural resources to place markers in the State to indicate significant sites in the life of President Barack Obama and appropriates funds to place the markers throughout the State.	CAI, FIN
HB2330	RELATING TO FISH HATCHERY EDUCATION. Requires DOE to establish a native fish hatchery pilot program at Waianae high school. Appropriates funds.	EDN/ECD, FIN
HB2331	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Prohibits the Department of Land and Natural Resources from approving any land disposition to the United States military that allows for or facilitates any military training activities on the subject lands. Requires that any lease or lease extension between the State and the US Department of Defense or branches of the US military include certain provisions, including an acknowledgement that the State retains authority over all environmental matters within its jurisdiction. Provides that violation of state or federal environmental law, or any law, rule, or order on a matter affecting the health and safety of the State's residents, shall be grounds for terminating the lease. Prohibits the State from leasing public lands to or extending the lease of the US Department of Defense or any branch of the US military if the department or branch is noncompliant with any environmental order, consent decree, or memoranda of agreement, or any law, rule, or order on a matter affecting residents' health and safety.	WAL/CMV/EEP, JHA, FIN
HB2332	RELATING TO EASEMENTS. Exempts the granting of easements on public lands from formal subdivision process and approval requirements, including requirements for surveying and formalizing easements.	WAL, FIN
HB2333	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the seventh representative district.	FIN
HB2334	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Temporarily reduces employer contribution rates for unemployment insurance. Repeals 1/1/2025.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2335	RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Amends the circumstances under which medical cannabis may be transported between dispensaries. Requires the Department of Health to establish fee structures for (1) the submission of applications for production centers and retail dispensing locations; and (2) dispensary-to-dispensary sales. Eases visitation restrictions on certain persons in trade crafts. Increases the number of signs that dispensaries may post.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB2336	RELATING TO THE PHOTO RED LIGHT IMAGING DETECTOR SYSTEMS PROGRAM. Clarifies certain provisions in chapter 291J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to better reflect the legislative intent of the photo red light imaging detector systems program. Amends Act 30, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, as amended, to account for the current timetable of the photo red light imaging detector systems program.	TRN, JHA, FIN
HB2337	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Clarifies the definitions of "drug", "substance", and "substance abuse" in chapter 291E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding the use of intoxicants while operating a vehicle.	JHA
HB2338	RELATING TO THE STATE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TOXICOLOGY TESTING LABORATORY. Makes an appropriation from the state highway fund to the department of health's state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund for fiscal year 2022-2023. Authorizes the department of health to expend funds from the state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund for the establishment of the state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory.	HHH/TRN, FIN
HB2339	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TOXICOLOGY TESTING LABORATORY SPECIAL FUND. Makes an emergency appropriation from the state highway fund to the department of health's state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund for fiscal year 2021-2022. Authorizes the department of health to expend funds from the state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund for the establishment of the state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory.	HHH/TRN, FIN
HB2340	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Allows for the use of a post office box number for purposes of prescription delivery so long as the physical location of the post office box is on file with the dispensing pharmacy and accessible.	HHH, CPC
HB2341	RELATING TO CONSUMER DATA PROTECTION. Establishes a framework to regulate controllers and processors with access to personal consumer data. Establishes penalties. Establishes a new consumer privacy special fund. Appropriates moneys.	HET, CPC, FIN
HB2342	RELATING TO PAROLE. Creates a good time credit system, by which a parolee may reduce the parolee's sentence through compliance with conditions of parole. Provides that a condition of parole that prohibits unnecessary associations may only apply with respect to certain persons having a connection to the parolee's underlying crime or the prosecution of the crime. Provides that a condition of parole that prohibits the possession or use of alcohol or unauthorized drugs may only be imposed if it reasonably related to the crime for which the parolee was convicted. Provides that substance abuse treatment shall not be required of a parolee if a program is not available in the county of the parolee's residence or if the parolee has not been accepted into a program. Prohibits incarceration for certain technical violations.	CMV, JHA
HB2343	RELATING TO THE EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS. Expands eligibility for, and automates, the expungement of arrest and conviction records if certain criteria are met, including the lack of a conviction record for a specified time period following the date of an arrest, conviction, or release from incarceration.	CMV, JHA
HB2344	RELATING TO PROBATION. Creates a good time credit system, by which criminal defendant on probation may reduce their time on probation through compliance with conditions of probation. Provides that a condition of probation that prohibits unnecessary associations may only apply with respect to certain persons having a connection to the underlying crime or the prosecution of the crime. Provides that a condition that prohibits the possession or use of alcohol or unauthorized drugs may only be imposed if it reasonably related to the crime for which the defendant was convicted. Provides that substance abuse treatment shall not be required of a defendant on probation if a program is not available in the county of the defendant's residence or if the defendant has not been accepted into a program. Prohibits incarceration for certain technical violations.	CMV, JHA
HB2345	RELATING TO LAND. Appropriates moneys to Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to purchase the fee simple interest or acquire an interest in real property located in Ewa Beach on the island of Oahu to develop affordable housing with priority given to department of education classroom teachers in the beginning of their career.	EDN/HSG, FIN
HB2346	RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Appropriates funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Artist Fellowship Program for the awarding of one-time fellowships to promising artists.	CAI, FIN
HB2347	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE STATE ARCHIVES. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance plans for a state archives master plan. Appropriates funds.	CAI, JHA, FIN
HB2348	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-ninth representative district.	FIN
HB2349	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Establishes a working group within the department of accounting and general services to study and recommend to the legislature improvements to the management of the state procurement office and methods of procurement, particularly in the area of natural resource management. Requires a report prior to the convening of the regular session of 2023.	GVR, CPC
HB2350	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires DOE to establish a pilot program that provides grants for high school students enrolled in a career and technical education or career academy program to enroll in college courses through the running start program or other similar programs that allow students to earn college credits that are applicable to the requirements for a career discipline of high need, including teaching and renewable energy and related industries. Appropriates funds for the pilot program. Expands the eligibility criteria for the Hawaii educator loan program to include students who have graduated from a career academy; provided that the loan recipient agrees to teach for three years at a public school in the State. Appropriates funds into and out of the Hawaii educator loan program revolving fund. Requires reports to the legislature.	EDN/HET, FIN
HB2351	RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Requires the department of transportation to deploy speed-monitoring technology on Kunia road to ensure traffic safety. Makes an appropriation.	TRN, FIN
HB2352	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-first representative district.	FIN
HB2353	RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT. Requires the AG and DHS to convene a study group to examine the impacts, costs, and impediments of allowing child support payments to pass through to temporary assistance for needy families recipients and submit a report to the legislature prior to the 2023 regular session.	HHH, JHA
HB2354	RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. Creates a three-year pilot program within the Department of Transportation that requires procurement of professional services from construction management consultants using the competitive sealed bidding and competitive sealed proposals methods of procurement. Exempts emergency procurements. Requires annual reports to the Legislature.	GVR/TRN, CPC
HB2355	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes an appropriation for the public employment cost items and cost adjustments for employees of the Senate, House of Representatives, and various legislative agencies who are excluded from collective bargaining.	FIN
HB2356	RELATING TO KRATOM. Establishes certain disclosure and labelling requirements for food, products, and dietary supplements containing kratom. Prohibits the distribution and sale of kratom products to minors. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations. Effective 1/1/2023.	HHH, CPC, JHA
HB2357	RELATING TO SUNSCREENS. Prohibits the distribution and sale of sunscreens containing avobenzone and octocrylene beginning January 1, 2024.	EEP/WAL, CPC, FIN
HB2358	RELATING TO WAGE AND HOURS OF EMPLOYEES ON PUBLIC WORKS. Creates an exception to the statute requiring that overtime compensation be paid for work performed for certain State public work projects on Saturdays, Sundays, and State holidays. Specifically, overtime compensation is not required for work performed on a Saturday of a week during which a condition or circumstance beyond the control of the contractor prevented workers from working for eight hours on one or more of the regularly scheduled Monday through Friday workdays, and the total hours of work performed on the project during the workweek by the worker has not exceeded forty hours.	LAT, FIN
HB2359	RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION. Appropriates moneys to fund experimental modernization projects pursuant to section 78-3.5, HRS, to make necessary discretionary salary adjustments.	EDN/LAT, FIN
HB2360	RELATING TO LAND USED BY THE UNITED STATES MILITARY IN HAWAII. Establishes a surplus military land task force to plan for the remediation and restoration of, and alternative uses for, lands currently under federal ownership and control that are anticipated to be returned to the State.	CMV, WAL, CPC
HB2361	RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Prohibits the use of certain dangerous pesticides on state lands, except as needed to respond to emergencies.	WAL/AGR, CPC
HB2362	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Prohibits the harvesting of aquatic life in the State for commercial aquarium purposes, regardless of the method of collection.	WAL, JHA
HB2363	RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS HOSTING PLATFORMS. Creates a five-year pilot project for counties with a population less than 200,000 to regulate the operation of hosting platforms that provide booking services for transient accommodation operators. Requires a report to the Legislature. Repeals on 6/30/2028.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2364	RELATING TO STATE SALARIES. Appropriates funds for teacher salaries.	EDN/LAT, FIN
HB2365	RELATING TO ELECTRONIC CITATIONS. Creates an electronic citation program under the judiciary and establishes an electronic citation surcharge. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2023.	JHA, FIN
HB2366	RELATING TO TOW-IN SURFING. Allows tow-in surfing during periods that are below high surf warning levels as declared by the National Weather Service.	WAL, JHA
HB2367	RELATING TO THE CIVIL AIR PATROL. Appropriates funds for operational expenses of the Hawaii Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.	PDP, CMV, FIN
HB2368	RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to conduct a study assessing the current plans and programs to achieve the Aloha+ Challenge natural resource management 2030 goals. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to make recommendations in achieving those goals. Appropriates funds.	EEP/WAL, FIN
HB2369	RELATING TO THE MODEL STATE RIGHT-TO-REPAIR LAW. Requires original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make documentation, parts, and tools available to independent repair providers and owners for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance, and repair on fair and reasonable terms.	CPC, FIN
HB2370	RELATING TO ALCOHOL. Expands the definition of "beer" to specify an alcohol by volume of no less than 0.5 per cent and to include alcohol seltzer beverages. Takes effect 1/1/2023.	ECD, CPC, FIN
HB2371	RELATING TO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study to determine an appropriate increase to the homestead exemption in bankruptcy proceedings.	ECD, LMG, JHA
HB2372	RELATING TO CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL USE. Authorizes medical cannabis dispensaries to distribute cannabis propagules and cuttings to individuals authorized to cultivate cannabis plants for medical use, subject to quantity limits and quality requirements.	HHH, CPC
HB2373	RELATING TO EMERGENCY POWERS. Authorizes the Governor to ensure the continued operation of medical facilities during times of health or pandemic emergencies. Authorizes hospitals to suspend elective surgeries to address bed capacity during the period of emergency.	PDP, HHH, JHA
HB2374	RELATING TO PAYMENTS OF SUPPORT. Includes tips or gratuities paid directly to an individual by a customer of the individual's employer and reported or declared to the employer in the definition of income used to calculate the amount of child support and from which assignments and withholdings for payments of child or spousal support are made.	ECD/HHH, JHA, FIN
HB2375	RELATING TO THE USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE. Lowers the threshold blood alcohol concentration for the offense of operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.	JHA
HB2376	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Repeals the cap on the amount of campaign funds candidates may donate to any community service, educational, youth, recreational, charitable, scientific, literary organization, public school, or public library.	GVR, JHA
HB2377	RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND. Specifies that 0.5 per cent, rather than one per cent, of state fund appropriations for capital improvements shall be transferred into the Works of Art Special Fund. Limits the 0.5 per cent amount to appropriations designated for the construction of new state buildings, properties, or facilities.	CAI, FIN
HB2378	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Authorizes the counties to employ qualified archaeologists to perform necessary reviews under chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	WAL, CPC, JHA
HB2379	RELATING TO ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY ENTITLEMENTS. Requires the State to pay, without delay, military personnel called to active duty at the same rate as their active duty counterparts; provide basic housing allowance; provide service credit for time on active duty; and allow state and county employees to count the time called to active duty in the State toward retirement.	CMV, LAT, FIN
HB2380	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Authorizes the Department of the Attorney General to develop and implement a state program to allow active and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm in the State pursuant to the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004. Makes a conforming amendment to state firearm laws.	JHA
HB2381	RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS HOSTING PLATFORMS. Authorizes the counties to adopt an ordinance regulating the operation of hosting platforms that provide booking services for transient accommodation operators.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2382	RELATING TO TOW TRUCK PRICING. Adjusts towing company charges and fees for vehicles left unattended or abandoned. Establishes a clean-up charge and documentation fee.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB2383	RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS. Provides that where public access is required as a condition of a subdivision, either the county must accept dedication of and maintain the access or identify an entity to own and maintain the access. Authorizes the county to require the subdivider to establish a stewardship fund for maintenance purposes. Takes effect 1/1/2023.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2384	RELATING TO DIGITAL CURRENCY LICENSING PROGRAM. Creates a licensing scheme for digital currency companies to be regulated by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' Division of Financial Institutions. Continues the study of use cases by the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Appropriates funds.	HET, CPC, FIN
HB2385	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST MAUIGROWN COFFEE, INC. Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist MauiGrown Coffee, Inc., with the operation and expansion of its farm and mill.	AGR, FIN
HB2386	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires the Office of Elections to prepare a digital voter registration guide to be posted on its website. Requires the Office of Election to mail a notice with each ballot notifying voters that a voter information guide may be found on its website. Makes an appropriation.	GVR, JHA, FIN
HB2387	RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Amends the definition of "development" to create additional exceptions, including pedestrian or bicycle facilities, trash removal, invasive vegetation control, installation of fencing for invasive species control or native habitat preservation, removal of access devices for inspection and maintenance of utilities, and lighting fixtures at existing public recreation facilities.	WAL, CPC, JHA
HB2388	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Establishes within the Environmental Impact Survey website an interactive section to allow public comments to be submitted online. Appropriates funds.	EEP, JHA, FIN
HB2389	RELATING TO TAXES. Eliminates the individual income tax for single filers and heads of households making less than $20,000 or joint filers making less than $40,000 and increases the income tax rate more slowly for low- and medium-income filers.	ECD, FIN
HB2390	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE FORTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-fifth representative district.	FIN
HB2391	RELATING TO HEALTH. Creates an early lung cancer screening task force to research what steps and resources are necessary to increase early lung cancer screening in Hawaii. Appropriates funds.	HHH, FIN
HB2392	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates moneys for coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic mitigation, including vaccinations, distribution of supplies, testing, monitoring, reporting, and related staffing.	PDP, HHH, FIN
HB2393	RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS. Requires the scope of the background checks for certain individuals to include acts that the individuals committed during the age of majority. Applies to certain individuals under the scope of contractual or employment obligations relating to minors and vulnerable adults.	HHH, CPC, JHA
HB2394	RELATING TO MEDICAID PATIENT CARE. Appropriates moneys to provide one-time enhanced payments of 15% to each nursing facility caring for Medicaid patients to assist with pandemic-related costs and lost revenues.	PDP, HHH, FIN
HB2395	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to be appropriated into and out of the rental housing revolving fund for redevelopment of the department of Hawaiian home lands property located at 820 Isenberg street, Honolulu, Hawaii, for rental housing for native Hawaiian beneficiaries.	HSG, FIN
HB2396	RELATING TO CONTRACTOR PRACTICES. Prohibits contractors from offering to pay insureds' property or casualty insurance deductibles as incentives to induce the insureds to hire the contractors. Allows insureds to rescind contracts with the contractors within five business days after the date the contract is executed. Requires contractors to provide certain forms to an insured, prior to entering into a contract. Prohibits contractors from representing or negotiating, or offering or advertising to do so, on behalf of an insured in an insurance claim. Specifies violations are unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices.	CPC
HB2397	RELATING TO BROADBAND. Establishes the Hawaii broadband infrastructure authority. Defines broadband equity within the Hawaii broadband and digital equity office. Appropriates federal funds.	HET, CPC, FIN
HB2398	RELATING TO LANDFILLS. Reduces the landfill buffer zone from one-half mile to one-quarter mile.	EEP, WAL, CPC
HB2399	RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT. Establishes an extended producer responsibility program. Requires certain producers of fast-moving consumer goods to register with the Department of Health and pay an annual fee based on the amount of packaging volume the covered producer places on the market each calendar year from 2023 to 2027. Provides for the deposit of fees into an extended producer responsibility special fund. Provides for the expenditure of moneys from the extended producer responsibility special fund for the creation of a report that assess the resources needed to reduce the volume of packaging waste sent to landfills or power plants that burn municipal solid waste as a fuel by 50% by 2026 and 80% by 2030. Appropriates moneys.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2400	RELATING TO PSILOCYBIN. Establishes the therapeutic psilocybin working group to examine the medicinal and therapeutic effects of psilocybin and develop a long-term strategic plan to ensure the availability of therapeutic psilocybin or psilocybin-based products that are safe, accessible, and affordable for adults 21 years of age or older.	HHH, CPC
HB2401	RELATING TO QUALITY SCHOOLS. Establishes a shortage differential salary incentive program within the department of education to provide shortage differential pay for teachers working in special education, hard-to-staff locations, and Hawaiian immersion positions. Provides automatic step increases in teacher salaries for each year of satisfactory service completed by public school teachers. Increases the amount of time available to teachers for planning, preparation, and collaboration.	EDN/LAT, FIN
HB2402	RELATING TO ASSISTANCE FOR NEW BUSINESSES. Requires DBEDT to provide support services to new businesses. Establishes a separate general excise tax rate for a business's first five years of operation. Exempts a business from paying any fees related to licensing and registration within its first five years of operation. Allows individuals to continue to receive unemployment benefits while in the process of starting a business. Requires the state procurement office to advise government bodies to allocate at least five percent of funding to procure goods and services from new businesses in the State. Prohibits savings and loan associations from requiring a signed confession of judgment from a small business as a condition of receiving a loan.	ECD, GVR, CPC
HB2403	RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Allows the department of labor and industrial relations to train and deputize volunteer investigators investigating public works projects. Requires reports to the legislature. Appropriates funds.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2404	RELATING TO COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION. Creates a task force to conduct a census of COFA residents in Hawaii.	CAI, FIN
HB2405	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Prohibits health insurance companies from denying coverage on the basis of gender identity if the policy covers the treatment for purposes other than gender transition. Requires insurance companies to provide applicants and insured persons with clear information about the coverage of gender transition services, including the process for appealing a claim denied on the basis of medical necessity.	HHH, CPC
HB2406	RELATING TO TAXATION. Makes the state earned income tax credit refundable and permanent. Allows nonrefundable state earned income tax credits claimed for certain taxable years that exceeded tax liability for the original claim year to be credited against net tax liability in subsequent years until exhausted, up to the end of the 2022 tax year.	ECD, FIN
HB2407	RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Provides employees with up to eight weeks of paid family leave during the first year after birth of the individual's child, adoption of a child by the individual, or placement of a child with the individual through foster care, and eight weeks of paid family leave to care for the individual's family member with a serious health condition during any benefit year, paid through an employer-based private insurance program currently used to provide for temporary disability benefits. Repeals chapter 398, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2408	RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Beginning 7/1/2027, and each year thereafter, requires DLIR to annually adjust the minimum wage hourly rate and tip credit amount for the following January 1 based on a three-year average of the consumer price index of all urban consumers.	LAT, FIN
HB2409	RELATING TO THE ECONOMY. Establishes a public policy framework that addresses state goals in the areas of economic disaster mitigation, economic diversification, import substitution, and community development. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to implement specific projects that address those goals. Identifies additional projects authorized in the executive budget to be implemented by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism in furtherance of those goals. Requires DBEDT to submit annual reports to the Legislature summarizing project outcomes, including an assessment of each project's effectiveness in achieving those goals.	ECD, FIN
HB2410	RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. Establishes a technology services consolidation working group, which shall develop a plan for the phased consolidation of all state executive branch information technology services and staff within five years, except those of the Department of Education, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and University of Hawaii, under the Office of Enterprise Technology Services. Requires the working group to recommend ways to attract high quality information technology professionals to the State.	HET, CPC
HB2411	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Establishes a procurement services consolidation working group, which shall develop a plan for the phased consolidation of all state executive branch procurement services and staff within five years, except those of the Department of Education, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and University of Hawaii, under the State Procurement Office. Requires the working group to recommend ways to attract high quality procurement professionals to the State. Appropriates moneys.	GVR, CPC, FIN
HB2412	RELATING TO TOURISM. Establishes the kuleana special fund to support the preservation of natural, cultural, and environmental resources that are impacted by the tourism industry. Requires the Hawaii tourism authority to create educational videos and informational material and coordinate with government entities, organizations, and private businesses to market and disseminate the videos and material to everyone arriving in the State. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 06/30/2027.	LAT, FIN
HB2413	RELATING TO STATE PARKS. Requires the department of land and natural resources to conduct a feasibility study on a revenue generating and management system of user fees for Hawaii's state parks and to submit a report to the legislature.	WAL, FIN
HB2414	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS. Establishes a general excise tax exemption for the gross proceeds or income from the manufacture, production, packaging, and sale of diapers.	ECD, FIN
HB2415	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-eighth representative district.	FIN
HB2416	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Informs the public of the true sources of dark money contributions by requiring "persons," which includes 501(c)(4) organizations, to disclose the name and address of donors who donate an aggregate of more than $100, with certain exceptions. Adds definitions.	GVR, JHA
HB2417	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Requires DLNR to review the final report of the house of representatives' investigative committee established under House Resolution No. 164, Regular Session of 2021, for the purpose of developing proposed legislation. Appropriates funds for DLNR to implement the report's recommendations.	WAL, FIN
HB2418	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Amends the focus, scope, and management of the agribusiness development corporation (ADC). Appropriates funds to ADC for a consultant for planning, an accountant, and for security on ADC property.	AGR, FIN
HB2419	RELATING TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE AUDITOR'S WORK. Requires the auditor to disclose information, evidence, and requested documents, including working papers, to an investigating committee after the final audit report has been issued.	GVR/LMG, JHA
HB2420	RELATING TO AUDITING PRACTICES. Establishes draft audit report requirements. Requires the auditor to follow best auditing practices and standards when obtaining testimonial evidence and, if recording an interview, to follow certain requirements.	GVR/LMG, JHA
HB2421	RELATING TO WOMEN'S COURT. Establishes a three year women's court pilot program within the judiciary's first circuit. Establishes temporary positions. Requires a report. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2025.	JHA, FIN
HB2422	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Clarifies that, notwithstanding chapter 706, HRS, or any other law to the contrary, sentences for domestic violence intervention for abuse-related offenses shall be imposed, with or without probation.	JHA
HB2423	RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION. Requires all public works construction projects to conform to certain carbon concrete standards.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2424	RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Expands the investigative authority of the department of human services to include foster children with a pending adoption decree, foster children where an adoption decree has been issued but adoption has not yet taken place, children who are placed into legal guardianship and who receive permanency assistance payments, and adopted children who receive adoption assistance payments. Establishes a crisis mobile outreach team pilot program to expand existing crisis response services. Requires the department of human services to analyze and report on the impact of expanding home visits to families receiving adoption assistance or legal guardianship assistance and make a report to the legislature five years after the start of the program. Appropriates funds for the pilot program, including for the hiring and training of staff. Appropriates funds for additional case worker and support staff positions. Appropriates funds for increased compensation for existing child welfare services case worker positions.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB2425	RELATING TO FLOOD MITIGATION IN MANOA VALLEY. Provides a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu for flood mitigation in Manoa Valley on the island of Oahu. Appropriates moneys.	PDP, WAL, FIN
HB2426	RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE. Establishes procedures and eligibility criteria for a privilege to practice public accountancy in this State for public accountants and certified public accountants licensed in another state with comparable education, examination, and experience requirements. Subjects all holders of a privilege to practice to the regulatory and enforcement jurisdiction of the Board of Accountancy. Sunsets on 6/30/2024.	CPC, FIN
HB2427	RELATING TO SPORTS. Designates sports as being co‑curricular activities. Requires the Department of Education to submit a report on the cost of implementing sports as co-curricular activities.	EDN, FIN
HB2428	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Appropriates $75,000,000 to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for infrastructure.	JHA, FIN
HB2429	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY. Establishes the Office of Health Equity within the Department of Health. Appropriates funds.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB2430	RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST REVENUES. Returns to OHA certain moneys in the carry-forward trust holding account previously claimed as public land trust overpayments to the office. Establishes a public land trust revenues committee to periodically study and determine the annual amount of income and proceeds from the public land trust that OHA should receive annually.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2431	RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. Establishes the sustainable food systems working group within the office of planning and sustainable development.	AGR, FIN
HB2432	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fiftieth representative district.	FIN
HB2433	RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST REVENUES. Requires that all moneys in the pro rata portion of the Public Land Trust be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2434	RELATING TO WATER CARRIERS. Requires each water carrier to file with the Public Utilities Committee a strategic plan.	TRN, CPC
HB2435	RELATING TO SEARCHES OF FEMALE INMATES. Requires pat downs and searches of female inmates be conducted by a female correctional facility employee unless the prisoner presents a risk of immediate harm to herself or others or risk of escape. Prohibits male correctional facility employees from entering areas where female inmates may be in a state of undress including, but not limited to, restrooms, shower areas, or medical treatment areas, unless an inmate in the area presents a risk of immediate harm to herself or others or if there is a medical emergency in the area. Requires any prohibited search, pat down, or entry by a male correctional facility employee be documented within three days of the incident, reviewed by the warden, and retained by the institution for reporting purposes.	CMV, JHA
HB2436	RELATING TO GAMBLING. Imposes a heightened penalty of a class C felony for persons who repeatedly commit the offenses of gambling or possession of gambling records in the second degree. Raises the criminal penalty to a class C felony for the offense of possession of gambling devices. Directs all forfeited property or proceeds from sales thereof to units of state or local government that administer, manage, operate, or oversee programs addressing homelessness, substance abuse, or compulsive gambling.	JHA, FIN
HB2437	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a $10,000 income tax credit for physicians, osteopathic physicians, and nurses who are licensed and actively practicing in the State.	ECD, HHH, FIN
HB2438	RELATING TO THE STATE PARKS SPECIAL FUND. Requires a portion of the moneys deposited into the State Parks Special Fund to be allocated to the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Office of Planning and Sustainable Development based on the percentage of residents who have a favorable perception towards Hawaii's tourism industry as reported in the most recent Hawaii Tourism Authority resident sentiment survey results. Increases the sum to be appropriated out of the State Parks Special Fund by $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2022-2023 to be expended by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in conjunction with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.	WAL, FIN
HB2439	RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS LOANS. Creates the Hawaii Start-up Business Loan Program to be administered by the Business Development and Support Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in coordination with the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Establishes the Hawaii Start-up Business Loan Program Special Fund. Makes an appropriation.	ECD, FIN
HB2440	RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Imposes penalty on both the person and firm upon finding of repeat violations of state law governing wages and hours of employees on public works.	LAT, JHA
HB2441	RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish a grant program to offer matching funds to public-private partnerships in eligible industries to engage in workforce development. Provides that 10% of the moneys awarded through the grant program may be used for administrative costs. Appropriates moneys.	LAT, FIN
HB2442	RELATING TO BUILDING INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. Updates the cost valuations of work on buildings for the work to qualify for an exemption from chapter 464, HRS, relating to the regulation of the practices of professional engineering, architecture, land surveying, and landscape architecture.	HSG, FIN
HB2443	RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. Appropriates moneys to the state Department of Defense for fiscal year 2021-2022 to provide relief from flooding events. Provides for the lapse of the moneys on an unspecified date.	PDP, FIN
HB2444	RELATING TO HOUSING. Conditions a county's authority to exercise state housing powers upon a county's continued compliance with provisions regarding the acceptance of the dedication of infrastructure and public highways in affordable housing developments. Amends various provisions relating to the dedication of infrastructure to a county.	HSG, JHA
HB2445	RELATING TO VOLUNTEER MONTH. Designates the month of April as Volunteer Month; provided that the month is not construed as a state holiday.	CAI, JHA
HB2446	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for establishing 28.0 FTE positions in parks administration and operation (LNR 806) to implement visitor reservation systems in Hawaii state parks. Appropriates additional moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources from the state parks special fund for purposes of state park management.	WAL, FIN
HB2447	RELATING TO SAFETY. Establishes a new regulatory regime for boiler inspectors and elevator inspectors, including the creation of a boiler and elevator inspectors board. Transfers the regulation of boiler inspectors and elevator inspectors from the department of labor and industrial relations to the board. Clarifies that any inspection required under the Boiler and Elevator Safety Law, including inspections required to be done by the department, may be directed to be completed by licensed qualified boiler inspectors or licensed qualified elevator inspectors.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2448	RELATING TO A STATEWIDE DATA HUB. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish and maintain a statewide data hub to collect employer and employee data. Creates positions. Appropriates funds.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2449	RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE ARCHIVES. Appropriates funds to establish staff positions in the Hawaii state archives to assist with its mission and increase public access to historical documents and artifacts. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance the construction of an additional building to address the current and future facility needs of the state archives. Requires all departments, offices, and agencies of the State to conduct an inventory of all documents in their possession related to the culture and history of Hawaii and Native Hawaiians. Requires the state archives to develop a transfer plan to acquire those documents.	CAI, JHA, FIN
HB2450	RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST REVENUES. Requires that all funds in the administratively established carry-forward trust holding account in excess of $15,100,000 be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs each year.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2451	RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS. Beginning 01/01/2023, adds the gender marker "X" as a third gender option on birth certificates and permits individuals to submit an application for a change in sex designation on their birth certificates that reflects this third gender option.	HHH, JHA
HB2452	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Authorizes the election of the members of the Hawaiian Homes Commission. Establishes the elected office of Director of Hawaiian Home Lands, the holder of which shall have administrative oversight over the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Subject to congressional approval.	JHA, FIN
HB2453	RELATING TO THIRD-PARTY REVIEW SERVICES. Establishes the third-party review services licensure program and board and the third-party review recovery fund.	CPC, FIN
HB2454	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires for each draft environmental assessment and draft environmental impact statement a public hearing in the community directly affected by the underlying proposed action.	EEP, JHA, FIN
HB2455	RELATING TO HAWAII CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES. Provides that any goods provided to any state agency by the correctional industries program shall be: (1) produced or manufactured by the program; or (2) pre-existing goods that are substantially altered or customized by the program for the purpose of facilitating use of the goods by a state agency.	GVR, CMV, FIN
HB2456	RELATING TO SAFETY. Requires the Department of Education to assign school resource officers or guards to serve at public elementary schools and state prekindergarten programs. Requires the Department of Education to seek funding from federal grants. Appropriates funds.	EDN, FIN
HB2457	RELATING TO STUDENT OUT-OF-SERVICE-AREA ATTENDANCE. Prohibits the Department of Education from mandating that any student attend a school outside the student's service area. Establishes a five-year phaseout period. Requires the Department of Education to submit annual progress reports.	EDN, FIN
HB2458	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the Auditor to conduct a management audit of the Corrections Division of the Department of Public Safety. Appropriates moneys.	CMV, LMG, FIN
HB2459	RELATING TO HOUSING. Increases from 45 days to 90 days the deadline by which county legislative bodies shall approve certain housing projects supported by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Establishes that certain housing projects shall not be exempt from an environmental assessment.	HSG/EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2460	RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING. Specifies that the penalty for sex trafficking shall be payment of a fine of no less than $50,000 but no more than $100,000, and a definite term of imprisonment of up to 20 years without the possibility of a suspended sentence, probation, or parole. Provides that consent to sexual conduct is not a defense. Defines "sexual conduct". Provides that a minor who reports that the minor is a victim of sex trafficking shall not be subject to criminal liability.	HHH, JHA, FIN
HB2461	RELATING TO SPEEDY TRIALS. Creates a statutory right of victims and witnesses of sexual offenses under part V of chapter 707, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to a speedy trial in criminal cases involving adult defendants. Requires the court and the prosecution to take appropriate action to ensure a prompt trial in order to minimize the length of time a child abuse victim or minor witness must endure the stress of the proceedings.	JHA, FIN
HB2462	RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS. Requires the department of health to issue a certificate of stillbirth, upon request of the parent or parents named on a fetal death certificate issued in the case of a stillbirth. Appropriates funds.	HHH, CPC
HB2463	RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO EXIT THE SEX TRADE. Establishes a 1-year pilot program within the Department of Human Services to provide a basic monthly income of $2,000 for up to 1 year, to qualified persons who are verified victims of sex trafficking, or who are female or sexual and gender minority individuals seeking to exit the sex trade. Requires the Department to keep confidential the personal information of applicants and program participants. Appropriates moneys. Requires report to the Legislature.	HHH, JHA, FIN
HB2464	RELATING TO USE OF FORCE IN SELF-PROTECTION. Clarifies when the use of deadly force is not justified.	JHA
HB2465	RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE. Repeals referral and reporting requirements for the Family Courts and the Department of Human Services that apply to cases in which a temporary restraining order is sought for alleged domestic abuse involving an incapacitated or minor family or household member.	HHH, JHA
HB2466	RELATING TO TARO. Establishes an exemption from state income tax for the first $100,000 of income derived from taro, taro products, and land used to produce taro if the total amount of land used to cultivate taro in Hawaii does not exceed thirty thousand acres at any point in the year.	AGR, ECD, FIN
HB2467	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Defines "beneficiary consultation". Prohibits the department of Hawaiian home lands from disposing or extending a general lease to non-beneficiaries unless there are no applicants seeking to enter into a general lease to the use and occupancy of a tract of Hawaiian home lands. Requires the department to notify beneficiaries through beneficiary consultation prior to the disposition of Hawaiian home lands. Prohibits the department from establishing additional criteria to enter into a general lease with an applicant, under certain conditions. Specifies that the department may grant a license or enter into a general lease, under certain conditions. Allocates the interest or other earnings from the Hawaiian home loan fund and Hawaiian home general loan fund into their respective funds, under certain conditions. Requires the department to submit a quarterly report to the legislature and beneficiaries. Authorizes the department to negotiate with homestead association governed water agencies to maintain water systems prior to other service providers, under certain conditions.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2468	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-third representative district.	FIN
HB2469	RELATING TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRUST FUND. Establishes an unemployment compensation insolvency special fund to be expended solely to resolve an unemployment compensation trust fund insolvency emergency declared by the Governor. Permits the Governor to declare an unemployment compensation trust fund insolvency emergency and to expend moneys from the fund if the Director of Finance determines that the fund balance is insufficient to meet the State's obligations. Appropriates moneys into the unemployment compensation insolvency special fund.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2470	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Establishes the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, or a designee of the Director, as an ex-officio, voting member of the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the School Facilities Authority Board. Transfers the Stadium Authority and the School Facilities Authority from the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Education, respectively, to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Requires that administrative expenses incurred for the stadium development special fund be deducted. Increases the amount of general obligation bonds that may be issued for the Stadium Development District.	WAL/ECD, JHA, FIN
HB2471	RELATING TO THE ADEQUATE RESERVE FUND. Amends the definition of "adequate reserve fund" to exclude the benefit cost rate from June 2020 through August 2021, effective for calendar years 2023 through 2030.	LAT, CPC, FIN
HB2472	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, AND SIXTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 14th, 15th, and 16th Representative Districts.	FIN
HB2473	RELATING TO OFFENDERS. Transfers responsibility for vocational, educational, cultural, and other programming and services for offenders from the Department of Public Safety to the Judiciary and makes necessary conforming amendments to relevant statutory provisions. Requires the Judiciary to submit a report to the 2023 Legislature. Appropriates moneys.	CMV, JHA, FIN
HB2474	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Allows the elections commission to refer a complaint to the attorney general or county prosecutor in addition to any administrative determination and without the requirement that the commission believes the respondent has recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally committed a violation. Disqualifies a person convicted of violating elections criminal prosecution laws from holding elective public office for ten years rather than four. Repeals language stipulating that elections criminal prosecution law does not apply to any persons who has paid or agrees to pay fines related to report filing violations and advertisement violations prior to the commencement of the proceedings.	GVR, JHA
HB2475	RELATING TO STATE HOLIDAYS. Removes election days as designated state holidays. Establishes July 31 as La Hoihoi Ea.	CAI, JHA, FIN
HB2476	RELATING TO SPOUSAL SUPPORT. Allows obligees under a order solely for spousal support to elect to enforce the order pursuant to chapter 652, Hawaii Revised Statutes, rather than through the clerk of the court or the child support enforcement agency.	HHH, JHA
HB2477	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 1st Representative District.	FIN
HB2478	RELATING TO ON-SITE EARLY CHILDHOOD FACILITIES. Establishes an income tax credit for employers who create on‑site early childhood facilities. Establishes and appropriates funds for 1.0 FTE on-site early childhood facility coordinator position. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2022.	HHH, ECD, FIN
HB2479	RELATING TO MAIL THEFT. Establishes the class C felony offense of theft of mail.	JHA
HB2480	RELATING TO OFFENDER REENTRY. Requires the department of public safety to collaborate with the department of human services to review, periodically update, and implement the offender reentry system plan, as needed, and review, periodically update, and implement the reentry plans and curricula for adult offenders exiting the prison system.	CMV, HHH, FIN
HB2481	RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE REPORTING. Amends the child abuse and neglect reporting requirement to specify that a member of the clergy shall not be required to report information gained solely during a penitential communication, unless exigent circumstances exist that justify disclosure of the abuse or neglect. Specifies that the general rule of privilege applicable to confidential communications made to a member of the clergy does not apply to communications relating to known or suspected child abuse or neglect when exigent circumstances exist that justify disclosure of the abuse or neglect.	HHH, JHA
HB2482	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires public schools and public charter schools to have an employee trained to administer seizure disorder rescue medication. Exempts schools that do not have a student with a seizure disorder. Requires a seizure action plan for every diagnosed student and distribution of the plan to employees charged with supervising the student. Requires all principals, guidance counselors, and teachers to perform self-review of seizure disorder materials annually. Appropriates funds.	CPC, EDN, FIN
HB2483	RELATING TO DIGITAL EQUITY. Creates a digital divide task force. Requires a report the Legislature.	HET, CPC, FIN
HB2484	RELATING TO BROADBAND. Makes an appropriation to expand access to broadband in the State.	HET, CPC, FIN
HB2485	RELATING TO A STATE LOTTERY. Establishes a state lottery commission to implement a lottery of which excess proceeds are deposited into the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund to prevent the introduction of, and control the spread of, invasive species. Authorizes the commission to establish multistate lottery games. Appropriates funds.	ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN
HB2486	RELATING TO THE LAW OF THE SPLINTERED PADDLE. Prohibits a county from enacting any ordinance that prohibits a person from lying by the roadside in safety in accordance with the law of the splintered paddle.	HHH, JHA
HB2487	RELATING TO THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE GOVERNOR FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION. Establishes the position of Special Assistant to the Governor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the office of the Governor.	ECD, FIN
HB2488	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-fourth representative district.	FIN
HB2489	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Defines "pre-contact historic property". Clarifies that the historic preservation program includes the development, publication, and distribution of materials and consultation services about protections for burials, historic sites, and archaeological resources. Increases civil and administrative fines for certain violations of historic and preservation requirements and makes violators liable for costs associated with mitigation or restoration measures.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2490	RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF TARO. Prohibits the Board of Land and Natural Resources, in declaring residential development areas and acquiring lands therein, from disturbing wetland or dryland taro lands and infrastructure on undeveloped lands. Establishes a fourth class--taro lands classification for public lands. Permits structures for lo‘i or mala taro fields in the agricultural district. Establishes growth and perpetuation of traditional Hawaiian crops as a goal of the State Planning Act. Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources, with the Taro Security and Purity Task Force, to create an inventory of taro lands. Makes an appropriation.	AGR, WAL, FIN
HB2491	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires all letterheads, documents, state highway signs, symbols, and emblems of the State and other political subdivisions that include Hawaiian names or words to include consistent Hawaiian names, spelling, and punctuation, including the use of kahako and ‘okina. Establishes references for consistent Hawaiian names and words, including consistent Hawaiian spelling and punctuation. Requires the governor, lieutenant governor, state legislators, and heads of principal departments to prominently display a Hawaiian language translation of the name of their respective office or department at least once on the main page of their official website and in the letterhead of their stationery. Clarifies that the full text of bills and other official documents are not required to be written in Hawaiian and that inconsistently spelled or punctuated Hawaiian words and names shall not invalidate the documents or render them unenforceable and no cause of action shall arise accordingly.	CAI, JHA, FIN
HB2492	RELATING TO STATE PROCUREMENT REFORM. Requires procurement officers to document whether to pursue a design professional or contractor for damages in the event of construction cost overruns. Requires the chief procurement officer to compile a public list of construction companies or design professionals that are noncompliant or owe penalties. Makes construction cost overruns a tort for purposes of the design claim conciliation panel. Requires the state procurement office to include training on the duty of procurement officers to hold design professionals liable for breaches of professional standards. Requires bids for a contract under the competitive sealed bidding process to include a liability contingency fund. Makes cost overruns a construction defect for the purposes of the contractor repair act. Establishes a procurement professional standards task force.	GVR, CPC, FIN
HB2493	RELATING TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION INCENTIVES. Establishes the Hawaii farmland and forest soil health carbon smart incentive program (program) to incentivize carbon sequestration activities through incentives contracts that provide for compensation for eligible practices by program participants. Appropriates funds for positions and for administering the program.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2494	RELATING TO CIVIC EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for the expansion of civic education in the public schools and for one full-time equivalent permanent civic education resource teacher position.	EDN, FIN
HB2495	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits an employer from entering into or requiring an employee to enter into a nondisclosure agreement pertaining to sexual harassment or sexual assault at any time.	LAT, JHA
HB2496	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-sixth representative district.	FIN
HB2497	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the forty-sixth representative district.	FIN
HB2498	RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT. Requires the Department of Health to submit a request, as allowed by federal code, to the United States Department of Education to allow parents of children with a disability to continue receiving early intervention services after the child turns three years of age and until the child enters kindergarten.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB2499	RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Requires certain departments and agencies to provide grants to tax-exempt non-profit organizations that have experience and expertise in supporting and advancing Native Hawaiian communities.	JHA, FIN
HB2500	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, THE OMBUDSMAN, AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION. Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Ombudsman, and Ethics Commission.	FIN
HB2501	RELATING TO PANDEMIC LEAVE. Provides for paid leave for certain employees required to stay home from work or prohibited from returning to work because of COVID-19 exposure who submit to a test within three days of being notified of the exposure and receive negative test results.	PDP, LAT, JHA
HB2502	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Creates a civil cause of action that may be brought by any person, other than an officer or employee of the State or a local governmental entity in the State, for certain violations or aiding or abetting certain violations of the Fireworks Control Law, with statutory damages.	CPC
HB2503	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the tenth representative district.	FIN
HB2504	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. Requires all departments and agencies to report the names of entities awarded a contract and the criteria used to select the awardee to the legislature no later than thirty days before a contract is effectuated.	GVR, CPC
HB2505	RELATING TO SUNSHINE LAW BOARDS. Amends Section 1. Act 220, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to remove language requiring open meetings to have an in-person location for public access when hosting otherwise entirely remote meetings.	GVR, JHA
HB2506	PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATURE TO FREEZE ANY INCREASE IN STATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX. Proposing amendments to articles viii of the constitution of the state of hawaii to authorize the legislature to freeze any increase in state residential property tax.	ECD, JHA, FIN
HB2507	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 15, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ENACT A SUPERMAJORITY VOTING REQUIREMENT FOR PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION PROPOSING TO RAISE OR CREATE TAXES AND LEGISLATION TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE. Proposes a constitutional amendment to include a two-thirds supermajority voting requirement for the legislature to pass a minimum wage increase and laws that raise taxes or create new taxes.	LAT, JHA, FIN
HB2508	RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF THE INHERITANCE AND ESTATE TAX. A bill to repeal inheritance and estate taxes that act as a form of double taxation on individual tax payers.	ECD, JHA, FIN
HB2509	RELATING TO HOUSING. Creates an increase in real estate transfer tax on nonresident noncitizens. Creates a tax credit for real estate transfer for residents of Hawaii.	HSG/ECD, JHA, FIN
HB2510	RELATING TO INCOME. Part II: Makes the state earned income tax credit refundable and permanent. Provides for carryforward of nonrefundable credits previously claimed. Part III: Increases and amends the refundable food/excise tax credit. Part IV: Increases minimum wage rate to $11.00 per hour beginning on 1/1/2023, $12.00 per hour beginning on 1/1/2024, $13.00 per hour beginning on 1/1/2025, $14.00 per hour beginning on 1/1/2026, $15.00 per hour beginning on 1/1/2027, $16.00 per hour beginning on 1/1/2028, $17.00 per hour beginning on 1/1/2029, and $18.00 per hour beginning 1/1/2030. Increases the tip credit over the same period. Part V: Amends the household and dependent care tax credit to apply to expenses paid for the care of a qualifying individual, regardless of age and specify that a qualified individual is, among other things, a recipient or eligible to be a recipient of Social Security disability insurance. Part VI: Appropriates funds for an outreach campaign to educate low-wage earners about their withholding options and to provide support when completing their withholding forms.	LAT, FIN
HB2511	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Establishes the Hawaiian home lands special fund. Appropriates funds into and out of the special fund for DHHL to enable beneficiaries of the Hawaiian home lands trust to acquire a residence and to enable the department to fulfill its fiduciary duties to beneficiaries.	JHA, FIN
HB2512	RELATING TO OHANA ZONES. Extends the sunset date for the ohana zones pilot program to June 30, 2026. Appropriates funds to the governor for the ohana zones pilot program.	HHH/HSG, FIN
HB2513	RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING REVOLVING FUND. Requires a certain amount of funds in the rental housing revolving fund be used to provide loans or grants to mixed-income rental projects or units for persons and families with incomes between sixty-one and one hundred per cent of the median family income.	HSG, FIN
HB2514	RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. Requires the Department of Health to adopt the standard that all underground storage tanks not exceed a maximum capacity of 100,000 gallons.	HHH/EEP, CPC
HB2515	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Requires the Department of Health to establish and operate a laboratory capable of testing for diseases and air and water quality issues and other high complexity testing. Appropriates moneys.	HHH/EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2516	RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Pauses development of a new jail to replace the Oahu community correctional center. Requires the Hawaii Correctional Systems Oversight Commission to establish a Criminal Justice Reform Committee. Appropriates moneys.	CMV, JHA, FIN
HR2	REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO PREPARE A PLAN TO DECOMMISSION THE RED HILL BULK FUEL STORAGE FACILITY, STORE ITS FUEL IN A MANNER COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAW, ESTABLISH A NEW WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, PAY FOR ALL COSTS TO THE STATE, AND COMPLY WITH ALL FUTURE REMEDIATION EFFORTS.	HHH/EEP, CPC
HR3	URGING THE HILO HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL TO RECOMMEND THAT HILO HIGH SCHOOL GYM BE NAMED AFTER ALBERT AND LAWRENCE MANLIGUIS.	EDN, JHA
HCR3	AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF A TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT WAILUPE, HONOLULU, OAHU, FOR THE EXISTING SEAWALL, AND FOR USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.	WAL, FIN
HCR4	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT KAHALUU, KOOLAUPOKO, OAHU, FOR THE EXISTING SEAWALL, STEPS, AND FILLED LAND, AND FOR USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.	WAL, FIN
HCR5	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TERM, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT KANEOHE, KOOLAUPOKO, OAHU, FOR THE EXISTING PIER, HOUSE, ROCK WALL, AND LANDSCAPE AREA, AND FOR USE, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.	WAL, FIN
HCR6	REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO PREPARE A PLAN TO DECOMMISSION THE RED HILL BULK FUEL STORAGE FACILITY, STORE ITS FUEL IN A MANNER COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAW, ESTABLISH A NEW WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, PAY FOR ALL COSTS TO THE STATE, AND COMPLY WITH ALL FUTURE REMEDIATION EFFORTS.	HHH/EEP, CPC

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HB1406	RELATING TO IMPROVING ACCESS TO PSYCHIATRIC CARE FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS. Specifies that coverage for telehealth under the State's medicaid managed care and fee-for-service programs includes psychiatric services delivered via telehealth through a behavioral health care manager who is present in a primary health care provider's office.	HHH, CPC, FIN
HB1510	RELATING TO TEACHERS. Increases the number of classifications on the salary schedule for teachers of the department of education. Specifies that additional classifications may be included in the teachers' salary schedule pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated for bargaining unit (5).	EDN/LAT, FIN
HB1511	RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION. Appropriates funds for an experimental modernization project to address compensation equity issues and make necessary salary adjustments for senior teachers whose current base salary does not reflect their years of professional service.	EDN/LAT, FIN
HB1525	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Provides additional guidance and updates the reporting obligations for state departments, including the department of education, pursuant to Acts 175 and 176 (SLH 2021), which established programmatic goals for the purchase and procurement of locally sourced products. Effective 1/1/2023.	AGR/GVR, EDN, CPC
HB1546	RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION. Requires DOH to, consistent with federal law, adopt cost-effective and technologically feasible regulations to prohibit engine exhaust and evaporative emissions from new small off-road engines. Requires DOH to report to the legislature by December 31, 2023, with recommendations for funding for commercial rebates or similar incentive funding to support the transition to zero-emission small off-road equipment operations.	CPC, JHA
HB1619	RELATING TO PEER-TO-PEER CAR-SHARING INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. Establishes peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance requirements. Effective July 1, 2023.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB1686	RELATING TO DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION. Requires the Director of Transportation to establish and implement a digital identification pilot program.	TRN, JHA, FIN
HB1687	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION. Repeals the maximum amount that a county may increase the fee for certificates of registration for motor vehicles other than U-drive motor vehicles.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB1688	RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES. Subjects U-drive motor vehicles to the same motor vehicle registration fees as other motor vehicles. Authorizes the counties to use certain motor vehicle registration fees to mitigate and address the impacts of tourism-related traffic congestion.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB1801	RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Requires and establishes deadlines for state facilities, except smaller facilities, to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures. Directs the Hawaii State Energy Office to collect utility bill and energy usage data for state-owned buildings and to make the data publicly available. Establishes a goal for the State to achieve at least twenty-five percent reduction in the electricity consumption of state facilities. Beginning 7/1/2023, requires, where feasible and cost-effective, the design of all new state building construction to maximize energy and water efficiency, maximize energy generation potential, and use building materials that reduce the carbon footprint of the project.	EEP, FIN
HB1806	RELATING TO CESSPOOL CONVERSION. Requires cesspools in the State to be upgraded or converted to a wastewater system approved by the Department of Health before 1/1/2050.	EEP, FIN
HB1808	RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL ROYALTIES. Increases the percentage of royalties received by the State from geothermal resources that are to be paid to the county in which the geothermal resources are located. Requires the royalties paid to a county to be used for further geothermal resources discovery and development. Requires the county to submit an annual report to the legislature.	EEP, FIN
HB1820	RELATING TO CASINO GAMING. Grants a 10-year license for 1 stand-alone, members-only casino in Waikiki, not in a hotel. Allows guests 21 years of age or older who register to stay 1 day and night at a hotel on Oahu for each day of admission at $20-per-day pass. Establishes the Hawaii gaming control commission. Imposes wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates the state gaming fund and compulsive gambler program.	ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN
HB1846	RELATING TO LEAF BLOWERS. Clarifies that the residential zone restriction on the use of leaf blowers at certain hours includes residential districts, apartment districts, and business mixed use districts. Removes the exemption on leaf blower restrictions for government agencies.	CPC, JHA
HB1847	RELATING TO TRANSIENT VACATION UNITS. Authorizes any person to commence a civil action in district court on that person's own behalf against any owner of a dwelling unit if the owner advertises, solicits, offers, or provides the dwelling unit as a transient vacation unit and the owner is not authorized by the applicable county to provide the unit as a transient vacation unit.	WAL, CPC, JHA
HB1853	RELATING TO LEAF BLOWERS. Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or operation of gasoline-powered leaf blowers. Increases the amounts of fines for offenses against leaf blower restrictions and provides for the forfeiture of gasoline-powered leaf blowers on a third violation. Removes the exemption on leaf blower restrictions for government agencies. Takes effect 1/1/2024.	CPC, JHA