Hse Referral sheet template, revision no. 00002

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HB1985	RELATING TO TELEWORK. Requires the Director of the Department of Human Resources Development to revise rules, policies, and guidelines to limit state employees' telework to a maximum of two days per week, and set forth supervision and accountability standards to ensure appropriate state services to the public.	LGO, FIN
HB1986	RELATING TO COUNTY BUILDING CODES. Requires each county to allow a developer undertaking an adaptive reuse office conversion project to comply with the International Building Code with respect to provisions concerning ventilation and lighting.	WAL, CPC
HB1987	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Permits a contractor, developer, or owner of affordable housing to employ a construction crane or other machinery that temporarily intrudes into a neighboring landowner's airspace, under certain conditions.	JHA, FIN
HB1988	RELATING TO COUNTY HOUSING POWERS. Expands the housing powers of the counties to include the planning, development, construction, financing, and providing of housing projects, including low- and moderate-income housing and mixed-use developments.	HSG/WAL, FIN
HB1989	RELATING TO RAW MILK. Authorizes and decriminalizes the sale of raw milk, raw milk products, and raw milk dairy products directly from producers to consumers, for human consumption, subject to certain restrictions. Authorizes the sale of raw goat milk for pet consumption. Establishes labeling requirements. Requires the Board of Agriculture and Department of Health to adopt rules no later than 7/1/2025.	AGR, CPC
HB1990	RELATING TO TRAVEL INSURANCE. Establishes a framework to regulate the sale of travel insurance in the State.	TOU, CPC, FIN
HB1991	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Clarifies U-drive motor vehicle insurance policy requirements.	TRN, CPC
HB1992	RELATING TO LICENSED PROFESSIONALS. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to post the business address and business phone number of each licensed professional on its public website.	ECD, CPC
HB1993	RELATING TO BEVERAGE CONTAINERS. Allows for the establishment of additional regional centers for the redemption of refillable beverage containers. Repeals exemptions for certain beverage dealers.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB1994	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Includes hydrogen vehicles as a priority for state agencies when purchasing or leasing light-, medium-, and heavy-duty motor vehicles.	EEP, LGO, FIN
HB1995	RELATING TO STATE VEHICLES. Mandates that fifty per cent of all heavy-duty motor vehicles in the State's fleet be hydrogen vehicles by an unspecified date. Mandates that one hundred per cent of all heavy-duty motor vehicles in the State's fleet be hydrogen vehicles by December 31, 2035. Defines heavy-duty motor vehicle and hydrogen vehicle.	EEP/TRN, FIN
HB1996	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable energy transmitted and used to produce hydrogen, subject to certain conditions determined by the public utilities commission.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB1997	RELATING TO THE INTERISLAND TRANSPORT OF HYDROGEN. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish a discounted rate by tariff for water carriers that engage in the interisland transport of hydrogen.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB1998	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes a goal to transition all state-owned, non-road vehicles to be zero-emission vehicles by the end of 2045. Defines non-road vehicle.	EEP/TRN, FIN
HB1999	RELATING TO BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEM PROJECTS. Requires the Department of Agriculture to conduct a market analysis study to identify the optimum mix of private sector, public sector, and philanthropic funding sources and mechanisms needed to support blue carbon ecosystem projects in the State and Pacific region. Makes an appropriation.	AGR/EEP, FIN
HB2000	RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Clarifies that the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority's duties include supporting aquaculture.	AGR, FIN
HB2001	RELATING TO RESTORATIVE AQUACULTURE. Requires the Department of Agriculture's Aquaculture Development Program to conduct a feasibility study to identify potential sites in the State for restorative aquaculture activities. Makes an appropriation.	AGR, WAL, FIN
HB2002	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-sixth representative district.	FIN
HB2003	RELATING TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS. Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to provide menstrual products at no cost in specified restrooms in public buildings maintained by the department. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	HLT, LGO, FIN
HB2004	RELATING TO A LEAVE GRANT PROGRAM. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to conduct an actuarial study on a leave grant pilot program to help small businesses offer their employees paid family leave and paid sick leave. Appropriates funds.	LGO, CPC, FIN
HB2005	RELATING TO TAXES. Requires productions to provide evidence of reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable requirements to qualify for the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit. Requires taxpayers be given notice of and an opportunity to cure any failure to meet the requirements for the tax credit.	ECD, FIN
HB2006	RELATING TO INVASIVE PESTS. Establishes and appropriates funds for an invasive species placard program. Requires the department of agriculture to inspect certain establishments that are at risk of spreading invasive pests. Establishes correction and quarantine procedures.	AGR, FIN
HB2007	RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.	HSG
HB2008	RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.	HSG
HB2009	RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.	HSG
HB2010	RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.	HSG
HB2011	RELATING TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill relating to urban development.	HSG
HB2012	RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING. Removes exemption that allowed owners of multiple parking facilities within the State to designate and electrify fewer parking spaces than required in one or more of the properties if the total number of aggregate spaces on all of their owned properties was met. Authorizes the counties to adopt ordinances to regulate electric vehicle charging systems for places of public accommodation with less than one hundred parking spaces.	EEP, JHA
HB2013	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Establishes personal property insurance coverage, home inventory, and claims and appeals requirements for insurers issuing homeowners policies in cases where a policyholder experiences total loss of an owner-occupied resident, including its contents, as a result of an event that has been declared a disaster by the governor.	WAL/CPC, FIN
HB2014	RELATING TO HARASSMENT. Prohibits a person from using a location tracker to harass, stalk, or perpetuate a crime against another person without their knowledge.	JHA
HB2015	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Requires DOT to identify an emergency egress route other than Komo Mai drive from Pacific Palisades or, if no other route can be found, determine the feasibility of constructing an alternate emergency egress route.	TRN, FIN
HB2016	RELATING TO EMERGENCIES. Appropriates funds for the installation of a new outdoor emergency siren in the Pacific Palisades area of Oahu.	WAL, FIN
HB2017	RELATED TO CARE HOMES. Beginning on 7/1/2024, requires that the state supplemental payment for type 1 adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes not exceed $1,136. Beginning on 7/1/2024, requires that the state supplemental payment for type II adult residential care homes not exceed $1,334.	HUS, FIN
HB2018	RELATING TO MEDICAID. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to achieve the full funding, including estimated payment increases, of Medicaid home- and community-based services.	HUS, FIN
HB2019	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Requires state agencies to offer individuals who resigned or were dismissed from employment for not complying with vaccination or testing requirements the option to be reinstated, with back pay, to the position that person held prior to their termination.	LGO, FIN
HB2020	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Amends the definition of "renewable energy producer" in section 171-95, HRS, to allow renewable energy producers to sell to entities other than an electric utility company regulated under chapter 269, HRS.	EEP, CPC
HB2021	RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. Removes the Legislature's exemption from the State's sunshine law.	JHA
HB2022	RELATING TO A LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE. Establishes the legislative budget office to produce fiscal analyses and reports on bills impacting state or county finances. Repeals the joint legislative budget committee and the office of the legislative analyst. Appropriates funds.	LMG, FIN
HB2023	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Limits the required payment of certain unpaid motor vehicle taxes and fees and accompanying financial penalties to those incurred during the first 5 consecutive years of delinquency.	JHA, FIN
HB2024	RELATING TO ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS. Beginning on January 1, 2025, permits manufacturers of investigational drugs or biological products to make these drugs and products available to terminally ill patients under certain conditions.	HLT, CPC
HB2025	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes the nursery license program for the regulation of the sale and movement of nursery stock.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2026	RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION. Beginning 1/1/2025, prohibits the issuance of building permits for new construction unless the structure's roof is painted in white or uses white colored material and requires roofs on residential and commercial buildings constructed before 1/1/2025, if repainting, to repaint the roof in white or use white colored materials.	WAL, CPC
HB2027	RELATING TO LIGHT POLLUTION. Establishes a dark night skies protection advisory committee to assist the Department of Land and Natural Resources in the development of a statewide dark night skies protection strategy to preserve dark night skies and reduce light pollution. Sunsets the existing advisory committee under the University of Hawaii on 7/1/2024.	EEP, FIN
HB2028	RELATING TO THE LABELING OF PRODUCTS. Merges the Made in Hawaii with Aloha branding program with the Hawaii Made program under the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Specifies that the Department of the Attorney General shall be responsible for enforcement of the program. Repeals the Made in Hawaii with Aloha program. Clarifies that calculations to determine whether a non-perishable good labeled "Hawaii Made" or "made in Hawaii" has met the requirement that at least 51% of the wholesale value of the product is added by production within the State include operating and overhead expenses incurred and spent within the State. Appropriates funds.	ECD, CPC, FIN
HB2029	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume historic preservation review 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
HB2030	RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. Makes permanent the exemption from school impact fees of housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB2031	RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES. Appropriates moneys for the continued exploration and identification of geothermal resources on Hawaiian Home Lands. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	EEP/WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2032	RELATING TO SHOPPING CARTS. Establishes a shopping carts task force, to be chaired by the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, to develop a system of regulatory controls for shopping carts.	HLT, JHA
HB2033	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT PREFERENCES AND RECIPROCITY. Establishes a new accounting services procurement preference for certain Hawaii accounting service businesses. Clarifies that the existing reciprocity procurement preference includes offerors under section 103D-303, HRS.	LGO, CPC, FIN
HB2034	RELATING TO HOUSING. Exempts any development of homestead lots or housing for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from general excise and use taxes.	JHA, FIN
HB2035	RELATING TO CHILD CARE. Codifies program modification requirements for demonstration projects established by child care facilities that are licensed by the Department of Human Services.	HUS, CPC, FIN
HB2036	RELATING TO LIFE-SAFETY SYSTEMS. Establishes the Fire-free Program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to provide interest-free loans to condominiums for the installation of fire sprinklers or alternative life safety improvements. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Appropriates moneys.	CPC, FIN
HB2037	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IX OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO RECREATIONAL CANNABIS. Proposes a constitutional amendment that would legalize the possession and use of recreational cannabis by adults who are at least 21 years of age, as provided by law.	JHA/AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2038	RELATING TO POVERTY REDUCTION. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish state goals for poverty reduction and socio-cultural advancement that support the principles of the Hawaii State Planning Act by reducing by 50% by 2050 the number of families in the State that are employed but asset limited and income constrained.	HUS, FIN
HB2039	RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL. Requires DAGS and DPS, in consultation with the legislature and other entities, to plan and implement security improvements at the state capitol. Requires DAGS to remove all parking meters from the capitol parking facility and reallocate parking in the capitol district. Appropriates funds exceeding the ceiling.	LMG, FIN
HB2040	RELATING TO PERMITTING. Establishes the building permit expeditionary improvement force to eliminate inefficiencies in the permitting process. Appropriates funds exceeding the ceiling.	LGO, FIN
HB2041	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XI OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE THE STATE TO SUPPORT AND FACILITATE THE EXPEDITIOUS CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF A THIRTY METER TELESCOPE ON THE SUMMIT OF MAUNA KEA ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to require the State to support and facilitate the expeditious construction and completion of a 30 meter telescope on Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaii.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2042	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Appropriates funds to address the mental health and wellness needs of youth in the State.	HLT, FIN
HB2043	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a harm to students registry for all preschools and K-12 educational institutions within the State that contains information on school employee, contractor, or volunteers for whom, as result of an investigation, a final finding has been issued that the individual has inflicted harm on a student. Defines "inflicted harm on a student". Allows for an appeal process to remove an individual's name from the registry.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB2044	RELATING TO THE HAWAII BROADBAND AND DIGITAL EQUITY OFFICE. Establishes the Digital Equity Grant Program to award grants to applicants to deploy digital equity projects to covered populations in the State. Establishes the Broadband and Digital Equity Special Fund.	HET, CPC, FIN
HB2045	RELATING TO AUTOMATIC RENEWALS. Expands the law governing automatic renewal clauses to contracts with specified terms of one month or more and that renew for specified terms of one month or more.	CPC
HB2046	RELATING TO FERAL CHICKEN MANAGEMENT. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, and counties to collaborate on feral chicken management projects. Appropriates funds.	AGR, FIN
HB2047	RELATING TO LAVA ZONE INSURANCE. Establishes a lava zone insurance fund to subsidize the cost of insurance premiums for properties in lava zones 1 and 2. Defines lava zones 1 and 2. Appropriates funds.	CPC, FIN
HB2048	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PROPERTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Increases the number of public members on the board of directors of the Hawaii Property Insurance Association from three to four. Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senate President, rather than the Insurance Commissioner, to appoint the public members.	CPC, FIN
HB2049	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PROPERTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Requires the Hawaii Property Insurance Association to post information about its board members and an annual report on its website.	CPC
HB2050	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PROPERTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to modernize and expand technology systems and software for new and existing policies and programs in the State.	CPC, FIN
HB2051	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires that the Hawaii Property Insurance Association include in its plan of operation insurance coverage for commercial properties, greenhouses, shade houses, and mixed-use properties, such as transient accommodations or residences in which a commercial enterprise operates on the property. Effective 1/1/2025.	CPC, FIN
HB2052	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Prohibits insurers offering property insurance in the State from refusing to issue or failing to renew a homeowner's insurance policy solely on the basis that the applicant's or insured's real property is located in a lava-flow hazard zone.	CPC, FIN
HB2053	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Establishes a cap on insurance premiums for residential properties located in lava zones on Hawaii island based on premiums of comparable residential properties not located in lava zones on Hawaii island.	CPC, FIN
HB2054	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires the Hawaii Property Insurance Association to offer additional types of homeowners insurance policy options that exclude lava coverage.	CPC, FIN
HB2055	RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES. Establishes a moratorium on foreclosure actions for property located in lava zones 1 and 2.	CPC, FIN
HB2056	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Establishes the state reinsurance exploratory working group to study the feasibility of establishing a state run reinsurance program to ensure affordable coverage for property owners against catastrophic events. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.	CPC, FIN
HB2057	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes an alternative routes general excise tax surcharge to be assessed on the sale of new motor vehicles. Establishes an alternative routes special fund.	TRN, FIN
HB2058	RELATING TO DANGEROUS DOGS. Establishes requirements and penalties for owners of dangerous dogs. Allows for impounding of dangerous dogs under certain conditions. Effective 1/1/2025.	JHA, FIN
HB2059	RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Requires vehicles to securely fasten loads when at transfer stations, except when actively unloading.	TRN, JHA
HB2060	RELATING TO RESIDENCE FOR TUITION PURPOSES. Requires the tuition residency rules for the University of Hawaii to grant the resident tuition fee for enrollment at any University of Hawaii campus, including any community college, to adult or minor students who have obtained a Hawaii high school diploma or equivalent credential and are working toward their first undergraduate degree, under certain conditions.	HET, FIN
HB2061	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows a public charter school student who wishes to participate in a sport for which there is no athletic program at the student's charter school the ability to participate in a comparable program at any department school in the complex area where the student resides. Specifies that if the department school in the student's service area offers the student's desired athletic program, the student must participate in that athletic program and may not participate in an athletic program at a different department school in the same complex area.	EDN, FIN
HB2062	RELATING TO JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Increases the exemption from attachment or execution for homesteads to $150,000 for heads of family and persons sixty-five years of age or older and to $100,000 for everyone else.	FIN
HB2063	RELATING TO THE ENRICHMENT OF DIVERSITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM. Establishes and appropriates funds for a three-year pilot program to enrich diversity across the University of Hawaii System.	HET, FIN
HB2064	RELATING TO LICENSING. Includes the prevention of activities within an applicant's premises and adjacent areas that are potentially injurious to the health, safety, and welfare of the public and neighborhood as a factor for determining whether a controlled substances registration is in the public interest.	JHA
HB2065	RELATING TO EXCESSIVE NOISE. Amends the appropriation for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the Noise Traffic Pilot Program of the department of transportation.	TRN, FIN
HB2066	RELATING TO FINANCING. Establishes a cesspool conversion on-bill financing program to be administered by the Hawaii green infrastructure authority to provide low-interest loans to eligible homeowners for the upgrade, conversion, or connection of cesspools.	EEP/WAL, FIN
HB2067	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Removes from the standard condominium proxy form the option of giving a proxy vote to the board of directors of a condominium association as a whole or to directors present at the meeting. Requires a disclosure statement on the standard condominium proxy form informing unit owners that an association may direct elections by electronic, machine, or mail voting.	CPC, JHA
HB2068	RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. Authorizes the director of health to appoint psychologists to fill staff positions for the state mental health program.	LGO, FIN
HB2069	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES. Permits DAGS to employ persons exempt from civil service and collective bargaining.	LGO, FIN
HB2070	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires cash or protest bonds to be returned to the initiating parties, minus administrative costs as determined by the Office of Administrative Hearings of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, except in cases where the appeal was frivolous or made in bad faith.	LGO, JHA
HB2071	RELATING TO PHOTO RED LIGHT IMAGING DETECTOR SYSTEMS. Provides that any photo red light imaging detector system's clear and unobstructed recorded image of a motor vehicle license plate shall be prima facie evidence that the motor vehicle to which the license plate is attached is the motor vehicle for which the license plate was issued. Requires the State, the county, or the State's or county's third party contractor to implement a process to record the date on which the summons or citation was submitted to the post office, which shall be prima facie evidence of the date the summons or citation was submitted to the post office.	JHA
HB2072	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Requires certain solicitations that reference disasters to include a disclosure. Deems violators guilty of a class C felony.	JHA
HB2073	RELATING TO MAIL. Prohibits certain entities from distributing unsolicited mail that is reasonably likely to cause the recipient to believe that a governmental agency has approved of the distribution.	JHA
HB2074	RELATING TO KAIAPUNI EDUCATION. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Education for the establishment of 3 full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) Kaiapuni education curriculum specialist II positions and 10 full-time equivalent (10.0 FTE) Kaiapuni classroom teacher positions. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	EDN, FIN
HB2075	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to further reduce its homestead program applicant waitlist.	JHA, FIN
HB2076	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Amends the appropriation of Act 279, SLH 2022, to conform its lapsing provision by 1 year, to conform to constitutional limitations. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for fiscal year 2024-2025 to give practical effect to the legislative intent behind Act 279. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling will be exceeded.	JHA, FIN
HB2077	RELATING TO WATERSHEDS. Establishes rights for watershed ecosystems to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve, in conjunction with native Hawaiian traditional and customary beliefs, practice, and values, for the benefit of present and future generations.	WAL/EEP, JHA, FIN
HB2078	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to ensure that inclusive curricula are available to all students at public schools. Makes it a discriminatory practice to refuse to approve, remove, or prohibit the use or access of inclusive or diverse materials in schools and public libraries on the basis of materials featuring or written by LGBTQ+ individuals.	EDN, JHA
HB2079	RELATING TO HEALTH. Relaxes the requirements for prescribing certain controlled substances as part of gender-affirming health care services. Expands the protections established under Act 2, SLH 2023, to include gender-affirming health care services. Clarifies jurisdiction under the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act for cases involving children who obtain gender-affirming health care services.	HLT, CPC, JHA
HB2080	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 1, SECTION 23, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO MARRIAGE. Proposes a constitutional amendment to ensure that the basis to marriage shall not be denied or abridged on the basis of race or sex.	JHA, FIN
HB2081	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Increases the transient accommodation tax rate to 10.25 per cent beginning on 1/1/2025. Requires a minimum $50 transient accommodation tax to be levied for each transient accommodation or resort time share vacation unit furnished and which shall be deposited into the general fund. Appropriates funds to DLNR for protection, management, and restoration of the State's natural resources.	TOU/WAL, FIN
HB2082	RELATING TO SCHOOL BUS SERVICES. Establishes comprehensive standards for the department of education related to school bus services to ensure reasonable accommodation, equitable access, timely communication, and accountability.	EDN, FIN
HB2083	RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS. Authorizes the Department of Education to establish a recognition program to incentivize schools to submit to the Department a plan for the school to reach the local farm to school meal goal of thirty per cent of food served in the school to consist of locally sourced products by 2030. Requires public high schools under the Department of Education to provide plant-based meals as an option under the school meals program.	AGR, EDN, FIN
HB2084	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes a vacated encampment clean up task force to identify potential entities to enter into intergovernmental agreements to coordinate the clean up of vacated encampments located on lands managed by United States Army Garrison Hawaii. Appropriates funds.	HLT/CMV, FIN
HB2085	RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Prohibits a landlord or the landlord's agent from charging an application fee for a criminal background check or credit report if an applicant provides a certified copy of a criminal background check or credit report. Requires a landlord or the landlord's agent to provide, upon request, a certified copy of an applicant's criminal background check or credit report.	CPC, FIN
HB2086	RELATING TO HEALTH. Excludes xylazine testing strips from the definition of "drug paraphernalia". Requires the administrator of the narcotics enforcement administration to make an emergency scheduling by placing xylazine into schedule III on an emergency basis.	JHA
HB2087	RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING. Establishes a two-year senior access pilot program in the Executive Office on Aging to improve access to essential services and reduce wait times for seniors seeking public services through state and county government offices. Requires the Auditor to evaluate effectiveness, impact, and feasibility of the pilot program. Appropriates funds.	HUS, FIN
HB2088	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires that condominium renters who prevail in a lawsuit for a violation of the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs and threefold damages. Requires the Real Estate Commission to establish a Condominium Association Board Oversight Task Force to ensure transparency and consistency in the management of condominiums. Requires a report to the Legislature. Dissolves the Task Force on an unspecified date.	CPC, FIN
HB2089	RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE. Requires that the adoption, amendment, or update of a building code or standard by the State Building Code Council be within two years of every other official publication date of a code or standard.	WAL, CPC
HB2090	RELATING TO HOUSING. Allows residential uses in areas zoned for commercial to be considered permitted as long as the residential use is limited by ordinance to floors above the ground floor of a building or structure and development standards are met, but exempts areas zoned under chapter 206E, HRS, relating to the Hawaii Community Development Authority. Requires each county to adopt ordinances that allow for adaptive reuse of existing commercial buildings in the county's building codes. Effective 1/1/2026.	HSG/WAL/JHA
HB2091	RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. Repeals school impact fees. Transfers unencumbered balances of the school impact fee subaccounts to school facilities special fund.	HSG/EDN, FIN
HB2092	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to develop and implement a Holocaust and genocide curricula. Appropriates funds.	EDN, FIN
HB2093	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Prohibits the operation of a rental watercraft in state parks on a Saturday, Sunday, or state holiday. Beginning 1/1/2025, requires rental watercrafts to be registered with the Department of Land and Natural Resources.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2094	RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Requires landlords to change or rekey all locks to a residential property before the tenant's date of initial occupancy for any lease period of six months or longer. Provides a grace period of thirty days after the tenant's date of initial occupancy.	CPC/JHA
HB2095	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Specifies some of the measures the Director of Health may take in response to emergency circumstances affecting the availability of safe drinking water or the discovery of contamination in a public water source.	WAL/EEP, JHA
HB2096	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
HB2097	RELATING TO ENERGY. Clarifies the definition of "power-generating facility" for the purposes of environmental impact assessments to include new combustion electricity-generating facilities operating beginning January 1, 2024, that were not previously operational. Includes power-generating facilities that are converting from one source of energy to another source, where the new source requires combustion and the electrical output rating of the converted facility exceeds 5.0 megawatts.	EEP, CPC
HB2098	RELATING TO ENERGY. Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable electricity they produce to users of renewable energy under administrative rules established by the Public Utilities Commission.	EEP, CPC
HB2099	RELATING TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS LABORATORY. Requires the Department of Health to construct, establish, and operate an environmental toxins testing laboratory to test samples submitted by the public for diseases; water, air, and soil quality; and complex testing. Allows the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds.	EEP/HLT, FIN
HB2100	RELATING TO ENERGY. Provides rebates for eligible electric vehicle-ready parking stalls for new construction of affordable housing.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2101	RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION WASTE. Requires recycling of construction and demolition materials and use of recycled materials to factor into priority offeror selections for competitive procurements of construction or demolition services by the State or any county.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2102	RELATING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to convene workshops to aid electric utilities in the development and implementation of best practices regarding wildfires. Requires electric utilities to design and operate in compliance with a risk-based wildfire protection plan. Establishes a civil penalty for violations. Requires public utilities to report wildfires caused by or occurring in connection with their operations. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to investigate certain wildfires. Prohibits the reports as admissible evidence in any judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding.	WAL/CPC, JHA
HB2103	RELATING TO LONG DURATION CLEAN ENERGY STORAGE. Amends the Hawaii renewable hydrogen program and hydrogen investment capital special fund to include a broader focus on long duration clean energy storage. Transfers responsibility for the program to the Hawaii State Energy Office. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	EEP, FIN
HB2104	RELATING TO THE HAWAII INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL. Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to ensure its long-term viability and prevent future problems. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.	AGR, FIN
HB2105	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to conduct a statewide environmental assessment for, and subsequently administer, a slim-hole resource characterization program under the direction of the Hawaii Groundwater and Geothermal Resources Center at the University of Hawaii. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.	EEP, FIN
HB2106	RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION. Establishes the position of the State Fire Marshal. Authorizes the State Fire Marshal to employ seven fire enforcement officers to issue citations to and remove persons creating fire risks on state lands. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	WAL/JHA, FIN
HB2107	RELATED TO DISASTER SERVICES. Appropriates funds to establish the position of Limited English Proficiency Language Coordinator within the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.	WAL, FIN
HB2108	RELATED TO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology to develop multilingual accessibility standards. Appropriates funds to establish one full-time position to develop multilingual accessibility standards within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.	HET/LGO, FIN
HB2109	RELATED TO CARE HOMES. Beginning on 7/1/2024, requires that the state supplemental payment for type 1 adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes not exceed $1,136. Beginning on 7/1/2024, requires that the state supplemental payment for type II adult residential care homes not exceed $1,334.	HUS, FIN
HB2110	RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Increases the monthly needs allowance from $50 to $75. Clarifies that the needs allowance is not intended to replace or affect funds received from the federal supplemental security income program. Requires the Department of Human Services to perform an annual review of the needs allowance. Appropriates funds.	HUS, FIN
HB2111	RELATING TO MEDICAID. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to achieve the full funding, including estimated payment increases, of Medicaid home- and community-based services.	HUS, FIN
HB2112	RELATING TO MOPED INSURANCE. Requires that moped operators carry an insurance policy. Makes conforming amendments.	TRN, CPC
HB2113	RELATING TO PHARMACY. Establishes the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy Special Fund to support pharmacist workforce assessment and planning efforts. Establishes the pharmacist workforce assessment fee. Appropriates funds.	HET, CPC, FIN
HB2114	RELATING TO SPORTS BETTING. Amends the definition of gambling to exclude digital sports betting on a platform licensed pursuant to state law. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, to develop a pilot program to license businesses in the State to operate digital sports betting platforms. Provides an amended definition of gambling to be enacted when the pilot program ceases to exist.	ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN
HB2115	RELATING TO SAFETY. Requires the Department of Education to assign school resource officers or guards to serve at each department school and charter school. Requires the Department of Education to seek funding from federal grants. Appropriates funds.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB2116	RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES. Requires the examiner of drivers of a county to conduct the testing of an applicant for a driver's license to demonstrate the ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motor vehicle in English or in certain other languages at the request of the applicant.	TRN, JHA
HB2117	RELATING TO FEDERAL LANDS. Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources a Makua Valley task force to prepare for the transition of the management of the Makua military reservation from the United States Army upon the expiration of the Army's lease for the land. Requires a report to the Legislature.	CMV/WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2118	RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION. Remove state-related construction projects from the permitting requirements of the counties. Establishes a permitting process and division within the Department of Accounting and General Services. Appropriates funds.	WAL, CPC, FIN
HB2119	RELATING TO CRIMINAL LITTERING. Amends the fine for individuals convicted of criminal littering to $1,000 instead of a range of $500 to $1,000.	JHA, FIN
HB2120	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides Hawaii residents with the option of paying for the registration of their motor vehicles and associated taxes and fees on a biannual basis. Restricts the amount of delinquency tax due to the current tax due plus one year. Removes language allowing storage costs and costs incident to seizure of a vehicle from inclusion in the amount the owner of a vehicle must pay in order to redeem the vehicle after seizure.	JHA, FIN
HB2121	RELATING TO STATE BUILDINGS. Requires the Department of Law enforcement to provide security twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for all state buildings. Appropriates funds.	JHA, FIN
HB2122	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes a private roads task force to identify and facilitate the repair and transfer of certain private or disputed roads to the appropriate government agency.	TRN, FIN
HB2123	RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION. Requires the department of health to conduct continuous air quality testing for certain chemicals at waste management facilities. Appropriates funds.	HLT/EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2124	RELATING TO GEOTAGGING. Prohibits geotagging on public lands in the State.	CPC, JHA
HB2125	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires a mandatory minimum period of imprisonment of one year without the possibility of parole for persons found in possession of an unregistered or prohibited firearm.	JHA
HB2126	RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS. Establishes a tax credit for small businesses who provide bonuses for their employees.	ECD, FIN
HB2127	RELATING TO MEAT PROCESSING. Requires the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with other state agencies, to develop and implement a plan to expand the meat processing capacity in the State to allow for meat from axis deer and other wild game to be processed for distribution by non-profit food distribution services by 7/1/2025. Appropriates funds.	AGR, FIN
HB2128	RELATING TO IMU INFRASTRUCTURE. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish imu infrastructure in state parks. Appropriates funds.	WAL, FIN
HB2129	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Includes single-ingredient products as a purchasing option for certain state departments and entities to fulfill their local food purchasing requirements. Defines "single-ingredient product".	AGR, CPC
HB2130	RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. Establishes the Sustainable Food Systems Working Group. Requires a report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2025. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Establishes an unspecified number of positions within the Department of Agriculture. Makes an appropriation.	AGR, FIN
HB2131	RELATING TO THE TWO-LINED SPITTLEBUG. Appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture to mitigate and control the spread of the two-lined spittlebug and to fund recovery efforts for areas affected by it. Requires a report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	AGR, FIN
HB2132	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funding for the Hawaii Ant Lab to support little fire ant mitigation and eradication efforts.	AGR, FIN
HB2133	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes an invasive species grant pilot program to provide grants through DOA to individuals, businesses, and organizations for the eradication of invasive species on property located in Hawaii that is owned by the individual, business, or organization.	AGR, FIN
HB2134	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to establish grant specialist positions within the Department of Agriculture.	AGR, FIN
HB2135	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for a capital improvement project for the repair, maintenance, and demolition of buildings at the Poamoho Research Station.	FIN
HB2136	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement a pesticide inspection program to increase compliance with the proper use of restricted use pesticides by agricultural producers, ensure the continued prohibition on the use of chlorpyrifos, and inform the public of the most recent pesticide inspection results for agricultural producers.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2137	RELATING TO THE HAWAII FARM TO FOOD BANK PROGRAM. Establishes the Hawaii farm to food bank program and Hawaii food assistance program special fund to alleviate food shortages in the State. Appropriates funds.	AGR, FIN
HB2138	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources to establish an agriculture education coordinator position.	AGR, HET, FIN
HB2139	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement an invasive species inspection placard program to enhance the control, removal, and eradication of invasive species on the premises of an agricultural producer and inform the public of the most recent invasive species inspection results for agricultural producers.	AGR, FIN
HB2140	RELATING TO ORNAMENTAL GINGER. Appropriates funds for statewide research into ornamental ginger pathogens, prevention of the spread of ornamental ginger pathogens, production and distribution of pathogen-free ornamental ginger plants, and outreach to ornamental producers.	AGR, HET, FIN
HB2141	RELATING TO DAM AND APPURTENANCE SAFETY. Establishes the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program for plans, design, construction, and equipment that is used to improve or remove deficient dams and appurtenances as determined by the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Specifies eligibility requirements for dam and appurtenance improvement or removal grants. Appropriates funds.	WAL, FIN
HB2142	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for its meat inspection program, including one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) inspector program supervisor position and three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) inspectors.	AGR, FIN
HB2143	RELATING TO BEACH PARK RESTORATION. Appropriates funds for a grant-in-aid to the County of Hawaii to hire an engineering firm to study, plan, assist, and conduct preliminary design and concept work for a two-phase project to restore the Kahaluu Beach Park in the County of Hawaii. Conditions the appropriations on the County of Hawaii's contribution of matching funds.	WAL, FIN
HB2144	RELATING TO VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTION. Establishes the Access to Local Value-Added Products Act to allow homemade food operations to sell homemade food products, under certain conditions, upon registering with and receiving a permit from the Department of Health.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2145	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. Adds the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to the Board of Agriculture.	AGR, JHA
HB2146	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM. Makes state agricultural tourism requirements applicable to all counties, instead of only counties that have adopted an agricultural tourism ordinance. Requires Land Use Commission to adopt rules that establish requirements applicable to all farms implementing agricultural tourism.	AGR/TOU, WAL, FIN
HB2147	RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes pharmacists to order and administer immunizations and vaccinations to children three years of age and older under state law.	HLT, CPC, JHA
HB2148	RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS. Establishes a statute of repose for land surveyors, after which time a complaint cannot be made.	CPC, JHA
HB2149	RELATING TO THE DEATH CARE INDUSTRY. Establishes the death care industry board to regulate the practices of funeral directing and cemetery sales. Establishes the death care industry board special fund. Requires funeral directors and cemetery salespersons to be licensed.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2150	RELATING TO CORONERS. Requires the mayor of each county to appoint, and the county council or city council to confirm, a county medical examiner. Provides that the medical examiner for each county shall serve as the county's coroner. Makes conforming amendments. Appropriates moneys to the counties of Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai for the establishment of county medical examiner positions. Declares that the appropriations exceed the general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	HLT, LGO, FIN
HB2151	RELATING TO AIRPORT VISITORS. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish and implement at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport a non-traveler visitor pass program.	TRN, FIN
HB2152	RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Establishes a plan for the use of generative artificial intelligence in state agencies, departments, and government branches. Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to carry out risk assessments and to prepare guidelines for state uses. Requires reports to the Legislature.	HET/LGO, CPC, FIN
HB2153	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes an air and space law program at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	HET, FIN
HB2154	RELATING TO THE ELLISON ONIZUKA SPACE CENTER. Requires and appropriates moneys for the Department of Transportation to re-establish and operate the Ellison Onizuka Space Center. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	CAI, FIN
HB2155	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 43rd Representative District.	FIN
HB2156	RELATING TO LEAD POISONING. Beginning 1/1/2025, requires physicians to perform or order test for lead poisoning in minor patients at certain intervals, and if the physician performs the test, the results to be included in the minor patient's record of immunization. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules. Provides certain exemptions for the mandatory lead poisoning testing of minors.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2157	RELATING TO EMPLOYER HEALTH CARE REQUIREMENTS. Requires all health insurers in the State, including medicaid managed care programs, to cover dental and vision treatment.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2158	RELATING TO THE NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT. Adopts the nurse licensure compact. Beginning 01/01/2026, requires nurses who hold multistate licenses issued by a state other than Hawaii to complete demographic data surveys. Authorizes the Board of Nursing to assess different fees for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who hold a multistate license issued by the State.	LGO/HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2159	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to assist with the preparation and filing of petitions for assisted community treatment and with the presentation of the case, unless declined by the petitioner.	HLT, JHA, FIN
HB2160	RELATING TO DISABILITY HEALTH DISPARITY. Requires the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to submit a report to the Legislature that focuses on the health disparities experienced by persons in the State with developmental or intellectual disabilities. Appropriates funds.	HLT, FIN
HB2161	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement for an additional fifteen full-time equivalent (15.0 FTE) sheriff positions for transitional law enforcement officer activities in Lahaina. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	JHA, FIN
HB2162	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Amends emergency management law to protect tenants, mortgagors, consumers, and residents for certain periods of time after the issuance of a gubernatorial or mayoral emergency proclamation. Classifies violations as unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts or practices.	WAL, CPC, FIN
HB2163	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Amends the definition of "prospective loss costs" to incorporate catastrophe modeling instead of historical aggregate losses. Prohibits insurers from basing certain insurance rates on past loss experience within or outside the State.	CPC, FIN
HB2164	RELATING TO REGENERATIVE TOURISM. Establishes the regenerative tourism program with the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to increase regenerative tourism. Establishes a grant program. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.	TOU, FIN
HB2165	RELATING TO RENT CONTROL. Prohibits a landlord from renting or leasing, or offering to rent or lease, a dwelling unit in the district described in section 4-1(2)(D), HRS, at a rate that exceeds the rate for which that dwelling unit was rented or leased or offered for rent or lease on 8/7/2023. Sunsets on 7/1/2025.	CPC, JHA
HB2166	RELATING TO THE HAWAII ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. Establishes the Hawaii environmental protection agency within the department of land and natural resources. Transfers jurisdiction of certain functions and employees of the department of agriculture and department of health to the Hawaii environmental protection agency. Appropriates funds.	EEP/WAL, AGR, FIN
HB2167	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. Requires governmental bodies of the executive branch of the State to develop an online project management platform by a certain date.	LGO, FIN
HB2168	RELATING TO MEETINGS. Amends the definitions of "board", "board business", and "meeting" within state open meetings law to expand the scope of the law to include state and county policymaking groups, including groups created by emergency proclamations.	LGO, JHA
HB2169	RELATING TO HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES. Prohibits the construction of overhead high-voltage electric transmission lines. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to submit to the Public Utilities Commission a report identifying the areas of the State having the highest risk of wildfires. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to direct certain public utilities to underground all existing overhead high-voltage electric transmission lines.	WAL, CPC, FIN
HB2170	RELATING TO BUSINESS. Provides that no trade name, trademark, or service mark registration that relates or refers to a federally declared disaster shall be approved within 90 days of the disaster.	WAL, CPC
HB2171	RELATING TO SIDEWALKS. Establishes the petty misdemeanor offense of sitting or lying on a public sidewalk. Contains exceptions, including for expressive activities that are protected by the First Amendment, and for medical emergencies.	JHA
HB2172	RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. Establishes the housing assistance program, to be carried out by the housing assistance program coordinator, within the Department of Human Services to provide state grants and rental subsidies to private property owners who set aside, construct, or improve accessory dwelling units on their properties and rent the units to homeless families or individuals. Establishes the temporary housing assistance program commission and positions to support the housing assistance program. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2029.	HSG/HLT, FIN
HB2173	RELATING TO CARE HOMES. Increases the amount of the state supplemental payment for type 1 adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes to $767 and the amount of the state supplemental payment for type II adult residential care homes to $875.	HUS, FIN
HB2174	RELATING TO SEARCH AND RESCUE. Repeals the existing conditions under which government entities may seek reimbursement for search or rescue expenses and instead requires the State to impose and collect a fee for search or rescue expenses for persons who require rescue after leaving a hiking trail to enter an area closed to the public or hiking on a trail closed to the public, with a sign giving notice of the closure.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2175	RELATING TO THE KAAAWA-HAUULA COMMUNITY-BASED LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. Appropriates funds for and requires the involvement of community members and organizations in the development of a community-based long-range transportation plan for the Kaaawa and Hauula communities.	TRN, FIN
HB2176	RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Establishes the Office of Artificial Intelligence Safety and Regulation within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence technologies in the State. Prohibits the deployment of artificial intelligence products in the State unless affirmative proof establishing the product's safety is submitted to the Office. Makes an appropriation.	HET, CPC, FIN
HB2177	RELATING TO MENSTRUAL EQUITY. Requires the University of Hawaii to provide menstrual products free of charge to all students on all campuses, including community colleges and education centers.	HET, FIN
HB2178	RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to address carbon emissions. Incrementally increases the tax rate over time. Establishes a refundable tax credit to mitigate the effect of a carbon emissions tax on taxpayers. Requires reports to the Legislature.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2179	RELATING TO EQUITABLE GENDER REPRESENTATION ON CORPORATE BOARDS. Requires publicly held domestic corporations to have gender-diverse boards of directors. Establishes reporting requirements for the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes penalties.	CPC, JHA
HB2180	RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Prohibits development in special management areas unless the development is first found to not be located in a sea level rise exposure area.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB2181	RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Establishes and appropriates funds for a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipient advisory committee to assist the Department of Human Services in strengthening the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for working families.	HUS, FIN
HB2182	RELATING TO COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. Requires the Department of Health to administer a three-year pilot program to authorize community health workers to provide outreach, education, training, and navigation of services to address the social determinants of health in Kau, Hawaii County. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	HLT, FIN
HB2183	RELATING TO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. Establishes safe harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement assistance.	HUS, JHA
HB2184	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Prohibits contributions from persons convicted of various campaign finance, lobbying, or ethical offenses. Redirects unlawful contributions to the campaign spending commission.	JHA
HB2185	RELATING TO MATERNAL HEALTH. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop and administer implicit bias training for health care professionals in perinatal facilities.	HUS, FIN
HB2186	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop a safe parking program allowing unsheltered persons who sleep in their vehicles to park overnight on state lands. Requires a report to the Legislature.	HUS, FIN
HB2187	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a non-refundable income tax credit for residential landlords who lease a unit to a tenant with a pet for at least six months.	CPC, FIN
HB2188	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Prohibits residential rent increases in affected areas for an unspecified period after a severe storm warning or issuance of an emergency proclamation.	WAL/CPC, JHA
HB2189	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Establishes ratemaking regulations for insurers who base their rates on a policyholder or applicant's wildfire risk.	WAL/CPC, FIN
HB2190	RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO GARDEN. Prohibits any articles of incorporation, declaration, bylaws, administrative rules, house rules, or association documents of a condominium property regime, planned community association, or homeowners' association from prohibiting or restricting the cultivation of vegetable gardens within any of its units.	WAL/CPC, JHA
HB2191	RELATING TO FERAL ANIMALS. Appropriates funds to the city and county of Honolulu for the expansion of the feral chicken project and the Vector Control Branch of the Department of Health for a statewide education campaign for the feeding of feral animals.	AGR, FIN
HB2192	RELATING TO CEMETERIES. Authorizes the DCCA director to appoint an organization as the limited owner of a cemetery, under certain circumstances, for the purposes of perpetual care and security measures.	CPC, FIN
HB2193	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Establishes jurisdiction for the Department of Law Enforcement over enforcement of chapter 132D, HRS, relating to illegal fireworks. Establishes provisions for police and fire officers to enter premises and for the Director of Law Enforcement to inspect premises. Requires license and permit holders to maintain records and report instances of illegality in relation to fireworks. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.	JHA, FIN
HB2194	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Prohibits a health insurer from requiring an insured diagnosed with stage two through stage five cancer to undergo step therapy prior to covering the insured for certain drugs prescribed by the insured's health care provider, under certain conditions.	HLT, CPC, FIN