KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2025
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Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair |
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025 |
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9:45 AM |
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Conference Room 016 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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JDC |
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A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Allows campaign funds to be used for a candidate’s child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions.
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HHS, JDC |
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RELATING TO MOPEDS. Requires all moped drivers to wear a safety helmet when driving a moped, regardless of age.
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TCA, JDC |
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RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES. Beginning 1/1/2027, requires all state agencies to make the full text of their rules available on the website of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor in a digitally accessible and searchable format that meets or exceeds certain federal standards. Effective 1/1/2525. (SD1)
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GVO, JDC |
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RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS. Authorizes pedestrians to act contrary to the statewide traffic code when a reasonably careful pedestrian would determine that there is no immediate danger of a collision with a moving vehicle if the pedestrian is more than 200 feet from a crosswalk. Requires a driver of a vehicle to yield to a pedestrian when the pedestrian clearly indicates their intention to cross a roadway within a crosswalk. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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TCA, JDC |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Requires all skateboard users under the age of sixteen to wear a helmet while operating a skateboard. (SD1)
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TCA, JDC |
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RELATING TO SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC. Amends Act 205, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, to clarify standards and safeguards in online crowdfunding. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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CPN, JDC |
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RELATING TO HANALEI BAY. Prohibits vessels longer than seventy-five feet from entering Hanalei Bay. Exempts vessels operated by a federal, state, or county agency. (SD1)
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WTL, JDC |
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RELATING TO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. Increases penalties and fees for taking and killing indigenous species of aquatic life, wildlife, and land plants that are native to the State. Designates penalties for the taking, harming, or killing of an Io (Hawaiian hawk). (SD1)
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AEN, JDC |
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RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY. Clarifies requirements to establish a quorum to do business and validate acts of the Stadium Authority. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EDT, JDC |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires that the Hawaiian version of a law be held binding if the law in question was originally drafted in Hawaiian and meets certain criteria. (SD1)
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HWN, JDC |
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RELATING TO ISLAND BURIAL COUNCILS. Decreases the size of the Island Burial Councils from nine to seven members. Removes the requirement for the councils to include members having development and large property owner interests. (SD1)
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HWN, JDC |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires counties to grant building permits within sixty days if the completed application is stamped and certified by a licensed engineer and architect and other certain conditions are met. (SD1)
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HOU, JDC |
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Decision making meeting only, no oral testimony will be accepted.
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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_____________________________________ Senator Karl Rhoads Chair |
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