Hse Referral sheet template, revision no. 00002

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		Committee
		REFERRAL
HB1	RELATING TO BUILDING CODES. Amends responsibilities of the State Building Code Council.	HSG, CPC, FIN
HB2	RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. Provides that the Liquor Commission or other licensing agency of each county shall deny the renewal of certain current liquor licenses upon receipt of sufficient protests.	CPC
HB3	RELATING TO BEACH MANAGEMENT ON THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU. Extends the deadline for the university of Hawaii sea grant college program to submit the north shore beach management plan to the governor and legislature.	WAL, HED, FIN
HB4	RELATING TO ENERGY. Short form bill relating to energy.	EEP
HB5	RELATING TO ENERGY. Short form bill relating to energy.	EEP
HB6	RELATING TO ENERGY. Short form bill relating to energy.	EEP
HB7	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT. Short form bill relating to environment.	EEP
HB8	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT. Short form bill relating to environment.	EEP
HB9	DESIGNATING HAWAII AS A PURPLE HEART STATE. Designates Hawaii as a Purple Heart State.	PBS, CAA
HB10	RELATING TO TAXATION. Excludes from the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products the direct sale of large cigars and pipe tobacco to adult consumers for personal use. Effective 1/1/2026.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB11	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Eliminates the certificate of need requirement for all health care facilities and health care services except for nursing homes, hospices, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, and ambulance service providers.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB12	RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Clarifies that persons who enter private property for recreational purposes have no cause of action, unless exempted under law. Requires courts to award attorneys' fees and costs to landowners if plaintiffs bring unreasonable actions. Establishes, as a matter of law, that persons participating in outdoor recreational activities accept the inherent risks, dangers, or hazards in the activities. Clarifies the definitions for "recreational purpose" and "recreational user".	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB13	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Establishes notice requirements for employers under Hawaii's Workers' Compensation Law. Requires employers who deny the compensability of an employee's injury to submit a written report supporting the denial to the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations within a specified period. Requires employers to furnish to the injured employee up to $10,000 for medical care, services, and supplies for the period immediately following the injury and so long as reasonably needed or until the employer files a written report with the Director denying the compensability of the injury, whichever is earlier. Clarifies that failure to give an employer notice of an employee's injury does not bar a claim for compensation if any person having authority in the interest of the employer had knowledge of the injury.	LAB, CPC, FIN
HB14	RELATING TO DESTINATION MANAGEMENT. Short form bill relating to destination management.	TOU
HB15	RELATING TO LODGING. Short form bill relating to lodging.	TOU
HB16	RELATING TO TOURISM. Short form bill relating to tourism.	TOU
HB17	RELATING TO TOURISM. Short form bill relating to tourism.	TOU
HB18	RELATING TO TOURISM. Short form bill relating to tourism.	TOU
HB19	RELATING TO TOURISM. Replaces the Hawaii Tourism Authority with the Corporation for the Stewardship of Hawaii Tourism, a nonprofit entity to guide Hawaii's visitor economy in collaboration with public, private, nonprofit, and community stakeholders in achieving beneficial outcomes from tourism based on the principles of destination stewardship and regenerative tourism.	TOU, LAB, FIN
HB20	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
HB21	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires the Hawaii Property Insurance Association to include in its plan of operation insurance coverage for commercial properties twice denied by private insurers.	CPC, FIN
HB22	RELATING TO COLLABORATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Allows state and county law enforcement agencies to collaborate with the federal government for immigration purposes in only limited, specific circumstances.	ECD, JHA
HB23	RELATING TO THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER. Changes the position of Insurance Commissioner from an appointed to an elected one, beginning with the 2026 general election.	CPC, JHA, FIN
HB24	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Short form bill relating to transportation.	TRN
HB25	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Short form bill relating to transportation.	TRN
HB26	RELATING TO HARBORS. Short form bill relating to harbors.	TRN
HB27	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Short form bill relating to highways.	TRN
HB28	RELATING TO AIRPORTS. Short form bill relating to airports.	TRN
HB29	RELATING TO THE COUNTIES. Authorizes counties, after adoption of an ordinance, to sell private property after all notices, orders, and appeal proceedings are exhausted, and to use those revenues to pay unpaid civil fines related to that property.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB30	RELATING TO GASOLINE-POWERED LEAF BLOWERS. Prohibits the operation of gasoline-powered leaf blowers in any urban land use district. Applies the existing time-of-use restrictions on leaf blowers to non-gasoline-powered leaf blowers. Increases the fines for offenses of leaf blower restrictions and provides for the forfeiture of gasoline-powered leaf blowers upon a third violation. Removes the exemption on leaf blower restrictions for government agencies.	EEP, JHA, FIN
HB31	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HLT
HB32	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HLT
HB33	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HLT
HB34	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HLT
HB35	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HLT
HB36	RELATING TO EXCITED DELIRIUM. Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a local health officer or local agent of the Department of Health from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium. Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report. Establishes a new Hawaii Rule of Evidence that deems evidence that a person experienced or suffered an excited delirium inadmissible in a civil action.	HLT, JHA
HB37	RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES. Short form bill relating to natural resources.	WAL
HB38	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Short form bill relating to the department of land and natural resources.	WAL
HB39	RELATING TO LAND USE. Short form bill relating to land use.	WAL
HB40	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Short form bill relating to government.	WAL
HB41	RELATING TO DISASTERS. Short form bill relating to disasters.	WAL
HB42	RELATING TO UTILITIES. Short form bill relating to utilities.	CPC
HB43	RELATING TO COMMERCE. Short form bill relating to commerce.	CPC
HB44	RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Short form bill relating to consumer protection.	CPC
HB45	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Short form bill relating to insurance.	CPC
HB46	RELATING TO REGULATED INDUSTRIES. Short form bill relating to regulated industries.	CPC
HB47	RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Authorizes the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture to adopt, amend, and repeal rules to develop an assessment and approval process to import and move aquatic livestock in the State. Requires the Aquaculture Program to develop a risk-based framework and biocontainment standards for the aquatic livestock assessment and approval process. Makes appropriations.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB48	RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING. Clarifies the labeling and advertising requirements for coffee that is grown and processed in the State. Defines regional origin.	AGR, CPC
HB49	RELATING TO WILDLIFE. Bans the keeping or breeding of cetaceans in captivity except in certain circumstances.	WAL, JHA
HB50	RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT. Authorizes boards and commissions to make employment decisions related to its officers and employees without the approval of the head of the department to which the board or commission is administratively attached.	LAB, JHA, FIN
HB51	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE. No later than January 1, 2026, requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to install and maintain automated external defibrillators in all state buildings, including all public schools. Requires DAGS to establish a Cardiac Emergency Response Plan and work with the counties to implement the plan into the counties' emergency service provider protocols. Requires DAGS to provide trainings on the use of automated external defibrillators and the performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for state employees and security staff of certain state agencies. Makes appropriations.	LAB, EDN, FIN
HB52	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education.	HED
HB53	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii.	HED
HB54	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Increases the penalty for a third or subsequent offense of excessive speeding to a class C felony. Authorizes the court, as part of the person's sentencing for the third or subsequent offense, to order that the vehicle used by the person in the commission of the offense be subject to forfeiture.	TRN, JHA
HB55	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Converts certain fireworks-related offenses from misdemeanors to class C felonies.	JHA
HB56	RELATING TO INJURIOUS MATERIALS. Prohibits placing, dropping, or leaving injurious materials on highways, lanes, roads, streets, and alleys.	TRN, JHA
HB57	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Transportation to identify any roadways other than Makakilo Drive that may be used as emergency egress routes in Makakilo. Requires the Department of Transportation to plan for, design, and construct an emergency egress route in Makakilo under certain circumstances. Appropriates moneys.	TRN, FIN
HB58	RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. Amends the misdemeanor offense of criminal property damage in the third degree to include intentionally or knowingly damaging the property of another, if the property is used in a business operation.	JHA
HB59	RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS. Exempts qualifying disabled veterans from county vehicle registration fees, highway beautification fees, and vehicle weight taxes.	TRN, PBS, FIN
HB60	RELATING TO JUVENILE JUSTICE. Requires and appropriates moneys for the Department of Human Services' Office of Youth Services to develop and implement a program offering individualized service and support teams to assist at-risk and court-involved youth.	HSH, FIN
HB61	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.	HLT, LAB, FIN
HB62	RELATING TO HEALTHCARE FACILITY NURSE STAFFING. Implements various nurse-to-patient ratios at hospitals and care homes. Requires the Department of Health to audit healthcare facility compliance.	HLT, LAB, FIN
HB63	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, requires each public, private, and charter school in the State to establish a program within the health education curriculum for high school students to provide instruction in CPR. Specifies instruction requirements. Waives liability for instruction under certain circumstances.	EDN, FIN
HB64	RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES. Increases the minimum age for use of low-speed electric bicycles. Prohibits the selling or offering for sale of bicycles equipped with motors except low-speed electric bicycles. Requires sellers of low-speed electric bicycles to provide purchasers with educational materials.	TRN, CPC
HB65	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Short form bill relating to human services.	HSH
HB66	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Short form bill relating to human services.	HSH
HB67	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Short form bill relating to human services.	HSH
HB68	RELATING TO THE KIKIAOLA SMALL BOAT HARBOR. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a study of the carrying capacity of Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor in the County of Kauai. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.	WAL, FIN
HB69	RELATING TO A COMPENSATORY TIME CASH-OUT PILOT PROGRAM. Establishes a Compensatory Time Cash-Out Pilot Program for eligible employees of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who work in any state correctional facility. Appropriates funds.	LAB, PBS, FIN
HB70	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM. States that the defense of good faith compliance is unavailable to any association whose board adopts a budget that omits the required budget summary. Clarifies the ability to enforce compliance with budget summary and replacement reserves requirements and provides that an association has the burden of proving compliance.	CPC, JHA
HB71	RELATING TO CANNABIS. Prohibits the smoking of cannabis and the smoking of cannabis for medical use, including via an electronic smoking device, in any area accessible by the public.	HLT, JHA
HB72	RELATING TO PHARMACY. Beginning 1/1/2026, requires physician technicians to be registered. Imposes a duty on pharmacists-in-charge to report violations conducted by registered pharmacy technicians. Specifies that supervising registered pharmacists are responsible for the actions of registered pharmacy technicians and pharmacy interns.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB73	RELATING TO IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITIES. Prohibits the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Board of Land and Natural Resources from disposing of or approving the use or setting aside of public lands for the establishment of any immigration detention facility. Prohibits state and county agencies from contracting with the federal government or processing any permit for this purpose.	ECD, WAL, JHA
HB74	RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.	HSG
HB75	RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.	HSG
HB76	RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.	HSG
HB77	RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.	HSG
HB78	RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.	HSG
HB79	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Short form bill relating to homelessness.	HSH
HB80	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Short form bill relating to homelessness.	HSH
HB81	RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS. Establishes a telework tax credit for small business employers who allow telework for at least 30% of their employees. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/24.	ECD, FIN
HB82	RELATING TO TAXATION. Excludes from the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products the direct sale of large cigars to adult consumers for personal use. Effective 1/1/2026.	JHA, FIN
HB83	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Increases penalties for certain firework violations and establishes higher penalties for any subsequent violation. Appropriates funds.	JHA, FIN
HB84	RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE. Reduces the minimum wage increase beginning 1/1/2026, to $15.00 per hour and repeals certain minimum wage and tip credit increases after 1/1/2026.	LAB, FIN
HB85	RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND. Restores the amount of conveyance tax revenues to be paid into the Land Conservation Fund to ten per cent of conveyance taxes collected each fiscal year.	WAL/EEP, FIN
HB86	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the establishment of one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent Makai Watch Coordinator position.	WAL, FIN
HB87	RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires public schools to provide free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students. Appropriates funds.	EDN, FIN
HB88	RELATING TO STUDENT ATHLETES. Requires the Department of Education to establish and administer a three-year student athlete travel pilot program to provide funding intra-county travel expenses for student athletes of Maui county. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/28.	EDN, FIN
HB89	RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING. Establishes the Teacher Home Assistance Program to provide housing vouchers to certain eligible teachers. Appropriates funds out of the Teachers' Housing Revolving Fund.	HSG, EDN, FIN
HB90	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. Repeals payroll day for public officers and employees by requiring them to be paid pursuant to a predicted payroll schedule, rather than an after-the-fact payroll schedule. Provides that the predicted payroll schedule shall not be subject to negotiation under Chapter 89, HRS. Makes appropriations to establish 6 full-time equivalent positions and to cover the costs of converting to a predicted payroll schedule for 2025-2027.	LAB, FIN
HB91	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Establishes a homeless student stability program and homeless student housing resource program within the University of Hawaii. Establishes a minimum of one benefits navigator position at each University of Hawaii System campus and a position within the University of Hawaii System to coordinate campus positions and initiatives. Appropriates funds.	HED, HSH, FIN
HB92	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.	AGR
HB93	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.	AGR
HB94	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.	AGR
HB95	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.	AGR
HB96	RELATING TO BIOSECURITY. Short form bill relating to biosecurity.	AGR
HB97	RELATING TO TRAVEL INSURANCE. Establishes a new regulatory framework for the sale of travel insurance in the State, including licensing and registration requirements for limited lines travel insurance producers. Effective 10/1/25.	TOU, CPC, FIN
HB98	RELATING TO AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENTS. Authorizes public school complexes to use authentic assessments as part of classroom-based performance assessments.	EDN, FIN
HB99	RELATING TO CLIMATE EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to establish a climate literacy certificate program to provide students with an advanced understanding of climate change through academic coursework and hands-on learning.	EDN, FIN
HB100	RELATING TO MEDIA LITERACY. Authorizes school complexes to incorporate media literacy in their standards-based curriculum, including content that prevents negative impacts of misinformation, disinformation, digital discrimination, and online hate speech.	EDN, FIN
HB101	RELATING TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Deputy Director of Highways of the Department of Transportation to be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.	TRN, JHA
HB102	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Prohibits the issuance of a certificate of inspection for a moped or motor vehicle that has been altered, installed, or otherwise modified in any way which will noticeably increase the noise emitted by the motor vehicle or moped above that emitted by the motor vehicle or moped as equipped from the factory.	TRN, JHA
HB103	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Changes the age for which individuals are eligible for life without parole sentences from eighteen years of age or older to twenty-one years of age or older.	JHA
HB104	RELATING TO CANDIDATES. Requires objections made by an officer of a political party to candidate nomination papers to be filed with and determined by the Office of Elections.	JHA
HB105	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for the purchase of electric garbage trucks by qualified taxpayers. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024.	EEP, FIN
HB106	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Clarifies the authority of condominium associations to impose fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, house rules, or regulations adopted by the condominium association. Establishes a process for the unit owner or tenant of the unit owner to appeal the imposition of a fine. Clarifies the responsibilities of unit owners to pay common expense assessments. Clarifies the rights and process for unit owners to appeal assessments other than common expense assessments.	CPC, JHA
HB107	RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Requires the Executive Office on Early Learning to establish an Imagination Library of Hawaii Program to provide one free book each month to children from birth through five years of age who reside in the State. Appropriates funds.	EDN, FIN
HB108	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.	CPC, JHA, FIN
HB109	RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Increases the deposit and refund value for beverage containers from 5 cents to 10 cents under the deposit beverage container program.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB110	RELATING TO LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. Modifies certain benchmark goals and timeline for the Department of Education to provide locally-sourced agricultural and food products.	EDN, AGR, FIN
HB111	RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING. Authorizes civil claims to be made against a person, business, business owner, or business operator that profits from sexual exploitation or sex trafficking. Extends the statute of limitations for civil claims related to sexual exploitation or sex trafficking to ten years.	JHA
HB112	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to establish and operate a free statewide mental health warm line to provide mental health support in non-emergency situations.	HLT, FIN
HB113	RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION. Requires certain owners and occupants of properties located in hazardous fire areas to maintain effective firebreaks within thirty feet of the property and to practice other fire prevention activities. Establishes the Community Fuels Reduction Project to be administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.	PBS/WAL, FIN
HB114	RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Establishes positions and appropriates funds for Adult Services Probation of the First Circuit Court.	JHA, FIN
HB115	RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. Requires defendants convicted of causing the death or disability of a parent or legal guardian of a minor child by the operation of a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant to make restitution in the form of financial support to each child of the victim.	JHA
HB116	RELATING TO TAX HAVEN ABUSE. Requires corporations to include the income of all foreign subsidiaries to the State. Applies the State's apportionment formula to determine the share of reported profits subject to the appropriate tax. Effective 1/1/2026.	ECD, FIN
HB117	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Provides that a condominium board's or its officer's or member's failure to maintain the minimum required balance for a condominium's replacement reserves fund may constitute a violation of the fiduciary duty owed. Establishes a minimum balance for a condominium association's replacement reserves fund, with an exception for sufficient assessments. Effective 9/1/2025.	CPC
HB118	RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. Short form bill relating to intergovernmental relations.	ECD
HB119	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill relating to economic development.	ECD
HB120	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill relating to economic development.	ECD
HB121	RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Short form bill relating to technology.	ECD
HB122	RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Short form bill relating to technology.	ECD
HB123	RELATING TO FISHERIES. Exempts actions involving the operation and management of fisheries in the State from environmental review requirements.	EEP/WAL, JHA
HB124	RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS. Establishes a ten year statute of repose for land surveyors, after which time a complaint for a civil action cannot be made.	CPC, JHA
HB125	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires retail sellers of firearms to provide purchasers with notice regarding the law on firearms storage. Expands the requirements for the secure storage of firearms. Clarifies the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm.	JHA
HB126	RELATING TO PROPERTY FORFEITURE. Increases transparency and accountability surrounding property forfeiture. Clarifies which property is subject to forfeiture. Amends the authorized disposition of forfeited property and the proceeds thereof. Repeals language that requires the Hawaii Omnibus Criminal Forfeiture Act to be construed liberally.	JHA, FIN
HB127	RELATING TO PRETRIAL RELEASE. Requires the court to enter on the record its written findings regarding the necessity of the conditions imposed on a defendant's release. Requires bail to be set in an amount that the defendant can afford based on certain factors.	JHA
HB128	RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. Establishes factors under which officers may, without warrant, arrest and detain persons for petty misdemeanors and violations. Requires officers to record the factors that justified the warrantless arrest.	JHA
HB129	RELATING TO YOUTH FEES AND FINES. Prohibits the assessment of any fees, fines, or court costs against a person who was adjudicated for an offense committed during the person's minority, or against the person's parent or guardian, and discharges all related debt obligations assessed before the effective date of the Act. Limits court-ordered community service for a minor to no more than seventy-two hours. Repeals certain penalties imposed on parents, guardians, or other persons associated with unaccompanied children in streets and unmarried minors in dance halls.	HSH, JHA, FIN
HB130	RELATING TO FEES FOR PUBLIC RECORDS UNDER CHAPTER 92F. Imposes a cap on charges for searching for, reviewing, and segregating government records under the Uniform Information Practices Act. Provides for a waiver of fees in certain circumstances when the public interest is served by a government record's disclosure.	JHA
HB131	RELATING TO RESEARCH. Allows agencies to disclose government records to researchers for certain research purposes.	JHA
HB132	RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT. Makes an amendment to the Department of the Attorney General pilot project for a state-initiated expungement process of arrest records concerning promoting a detrimental drug in the third degree to include the possession of any schedule V substance in any amount.	JHA
HB133	RELATING TO SURFING. Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to support the establishment of surfing as an interscholastic sport.	CAA, EDN, FIN
HB134	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires the Chief Election Officer to provide a system for the electronic filing of nomination papers. Effective 1/1/2026.	JHA, FIN
HB135	RELATING TO LAND. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purchase of the real property located at 64-486 Kamehameha Highway on the North Shore of Oahu.	TRN, FIN
HB136	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires a trigger lock for all firearms purchases from a licensed dealer. Requires licensed firearms dealers to provide purchasers with notice regarding the law on firearms storage. Amends the requirements for the secure storage of firearms and establishes fines for violations. Amends the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm.	JHA, CPC
HB137	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Provides that felons that are in violation of the prohibition against owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm or ammunition are subject to a mandatory prison term.	JHA
HB138	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Clarifies the requirements for the secure storage of firearms. Amends the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm to establish felony penalties for when a minor obtains an unsecured firearm and it results in injury or death.	JHA
HB139	RELATING TO INSURANCE. For policies, contracts, plans, and agreements issued or renewed after 12/31/2025, requires the insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services for persons undergoing medically necessary treatment that may cause iatrogenic infertility.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB140	PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 4 AND 6, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION REGARDING REAPPORTIONMENT. Proposes a constitutional amendment to specify that reapportionment shall be based on the resident population, as counted in the most recent decennial United States census for the respective reapportionment year, rather than the permanent resident population.	JHA, FIN
HB141	RELATING TO THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION. Makes the members of the Elections Commission subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.	JHA
HB142	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eighth representative district.	FIN
HB143	RELATING TO MAUNA KEA. Amends the conservation district use permit application, approval, and oversight responsibilities of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority, and lessees. Provides that certain conservation district use permits that are in effect as of 7/1/2028, to which the University of Hawaii is a permittee or other named party, shall not be transferred to the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority.	WAL, JHA
HB144	RELATING TO MAUNA KEA. Authorizes 2 or more members of the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority to meet during its transition period regarding any matter relating to the Authority's business; provided that no commitment to vote is made or sought and no decision-making action is taken.	WAL, JHA
HB145	RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT. Authorizes the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to transmit all expungement orders to the Judiciary to effectuate the purposes of Act 159, SLH 2023.	JHA
HB146	RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY'S ‘ŌLELO HAWAI‘I INITIATIVES. Appropriates funds to support the Olelo Hawaii Initiatives.	JHA, FIN
HB147	RELATING TO ATTACHMENT AND EXECUTION OF REAL PROPERTY. Increases the real property exemption amount for attachment or execution.	JHA, FIN
HB148	RELATING TO DEFAMATION. Protects individuals who make claims of sexual misconduct from defamation lawsuits unless the claims were proven to be made with malice.	JHA
HB149	RELATING TO CORPORATIONS. Requires domestic and foreign corporations to provide their shareholders with reports of independent expenditures and political contributions.	JHA
HB150	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Prohibits a person from lending a firearm to a person who does not have a firearm permit or does not have a registered firearm. Requires an adult who is borrowing a firearm to have either a firearm permit or a registered firearm, and not be prohibited to own or possess a firearm. Specifies that an adult who is twenty-one years of age or older may be lent a rifle or shotgun for a period not to exceed twelve hours. Repeals the authorization to use a rifle or shotgun outside of the State for up to seventy-five days. Repeals the authorization to lend a rifle or shotgun without a permit.	JHA
HB151	RELATING TO REDRESS FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTION AND IMPRISONMENT. Requires the State to provide written notice to certain persons regarding the ability to file a claim for redress under applicable wrongful conviction law. Requires the liberal construction of that law. Provides for advance compensation for petitioners under certain circumstances. Requires reports to Legislature from the Department of the Attorney General.	JHA, FIN
HB152	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to education.	EDN
HB153	RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Short form bill relating to early learning.	EDN
HB154	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF ATTORNEYS BY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. Provides an exemption for public charter schools and their respective governing boards from the statutory prohibition on retaining independent legal counsel.	EDN, JHA
HB155	RELATING TO CRIME. Specifies that the penalty for sex trafficking shall be payment of a fine of no less than $200,000 but no more than $500,000, 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". Specifies that a minor who commits an offense under section 712-1207(1)(a), HRS, shall be guilty of a violation instead of a petty misdemeanor. Provides that a person who reports that the person is a victim of sex trafficking shall not be subject to criminal liability for an offense involving sex trafficking or prostitution. Increases the penalties for commercial sexual exploitation of a minor. Requires DHS to implement services and programs for survivors and training for law enforcement. Appropriates funds. Requires annual report.	HSH, JHA, FIN
HB156	RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Repeals existing law that preempted local ordinances or regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices and nullified and voided any conflicting local laws and regulations. Allows counties to adopt ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices that do not conflict with and are more stringent than the state law that govern smoking.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB157	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to transfer the public roads of the Villages of Kapolei to the City and County of Honolulu by January 1, 2026. Authorizes county police officers to enforce the statewide traffic code on all public streets, roadways, and highways within the State.	HSG/TRN, JHA, FIN
HB158	RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. Allows striking workers to be eligible for unemployment benefits.	LAB, FIN
HB159	RELATING TO QUALIFIED COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. Clarifies that the civil service exemption for personal service contracts for building, custodial, and grounds maintenance services with qualified community rehabilitation programs shall not cost more than $850,000 in the aggregate per private person or entity, regardless of the number of contracts or qualified community rehabilitation program utilized for the personal service.	LAB, FIN
HB160	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Allows impasses and disputes relating to the amounts of State and county contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to be resolved by arbitration. Repeals the prohibition against strikes by members of bargaining units on the issue of the amounts of State and county contributions to the Trust Fund.	LAB, FIN
HB161	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Repeals the prohibition placed on certain employees exempt from civil service law from grieving a suspension or discharge. Allows any employee who is a member of an appropriate bargaining unit to grieve a suspension or discharge.	LAB, FIN
HB162	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Authorizes the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to furnish a list of five qualified and experienced interest arbitrators in the event the parties fail to select the neutral third member of the arbitration panel. Clarifies that the list of five interest arbitrators may contain arbitrators from both the American Arbitration Association and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.	LAB, JHA
HB163	RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENT OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. Requires the State or a county to reimburse an officer or employee within thirty calendar days of a request for reimbursement for travel costs that the officer or employee loaned to the State or a county. Requires the State or a county to pay a percentage of interest on the total amount owed to an officer or employee until the loan is fully reimbursed.	LAB, FIN
HB164	RELATING TO INDEBTEDNESS TO THE STATE. Requires disbursing officers to notify employees within sixty days of making a determination that an indebtedness has occurred to the government resulting from salary or wage overpayment. Amends the amount that a disbursing officer may deduct from an employee's salary, wage, or compensation based on the employee's gross income.	LAB, FIN
HB165	RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. Authorizes the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to enforce its own orders.	LAB, JHA
HB166	RELATING TO THE DEFENSE OF STATE EMPLOYEES. Requires the State to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees from civil actions or proceedings, under certain circumstances. Clarifies that the employee may employ their own attorney at the employee's own expense. Establishes a process for the Attorney General to transfer or withdraw representation if the Attorney General declines to defend the employee.	JHA, FIN
HB167	RELATING TO HAZARD PAY. Authorizes differentials in pay for state and county employees who are exposed temporarily to unusually hazard working conditions, under certain conditions.	LAB, FIN
HB168	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Establishes a paid family leave program for state and county employees. Authorizes a qualifying employee to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave for the birth or placement of a child or to care for a family member who has a serious health condition. Requires the employee to agree to subsequently work for the employer for at least 12 weeks upon return to service except under certain conditions.	LAB, CPC, FIN
HB169	RELATING TO MOPEDS. Increases the minimum age for moped operators from fifteen to sixteen years. Increases the minimum age requirement for individuals prohibited from operating a moped unless they wear a safety helmet from eighteen to twenty-one years.	TRN, JHA
HB170	RELATING TO LABOR. Short form bill relating to labor.	LAB
HB171	RELATING TO LABOR. Short form bill relating to labor.	LAB
HB172	RELATING TO STATE WORKERS. Short form bill relating to state workers.	LAB
HB173	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Short form bill relating to collective bargaining.	LAB
HB174	RELATING TO LABOR. Short form bill relating to labor.	LAB
HB175	RELATING TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. Requires owners, lessees, or managers of real property to maintain their property and establish penalties for failure to do so. Allows for exceptions.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB176	RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS. Increases the penalties imposed on individuals convicted for violation of a temporary restraining order and order for protection. Clarifies that the court shall not sentence a defendant to pay a fine for violating a temporary restraining order or order for protection if, after conducting a financial review, the court determines the defendant is or will be unable to pay the fine. Specifies that the court may suspend certain jail sentence for violation of a temporary restraining order or order for protection upon condition that the defendant remain alcohol- and drug-free, conviction-free, and complete court-ordered assessments or intervention.	JHA
HB177	RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION CARDS. Makes the issuance or renewal of a civil identification card free of charge. Effective 6/30/25.	TRN, FIN
HB178	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to establish a state tea agent at UH Manoa CTAHR.	HED, FIN
HB179	RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Makes permanent the amendments made by Act 163, SLH 2023, to the state earned income tax credit and refundable food/excise tax credit. Amends the income thresholds and credit amounts for the low-income household renters tax credit and refundable food/excise tax credit. Amends the state earned income tax credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024.	HSH, ECD, FIN
HB180	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS. Exempts the tax collected on the sale of groceries that are eligible under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, regardless of the means of purchase and the program eligibility of the purchaser.	HSH, ECD, FIN
HB181	RELATING TO MEDIA. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to fix the payment of royalties to the State for the filming of scenic shots of iconic locations in the State that are subsequently featured in media for production purposes. Exempts state and county productions.	ECD, FIN
HB182	RELATING TO THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT. Permanently increases the state earned income tax credit to fifty per cent of the federal earned income tax credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024.	ECD, FIN
HB183	RELATING TO THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT. Authorizes each qualifying individual taxpayer to claim an additional credit if the taxpayer claims any dependent under the age of eighteen.	ECD, FIN
HB184	RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES. Requires operators of low-speed electronic bicycles to possess a valid driver's license, instruction permit, or provisional license.	TRN, JHA
HB185	RELATING TO CARE HOMES. Prohibits the licensing of an adult residential care home, expanded adult residential care home, or developmental disabilities domiciliary home that is financed, managed, operated, supervised, directed, or owned in whole or in part by a person convicted of a gambling offense.	HLT, JHA
HB186	RELATING TO HARASSMENT BY STALKING. Makes harassment by stalking a class C felony.	JHA
HB187	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Increases fines that may be assessed against certain fireworks‑related violations. Effective 7/1/2025.	JHA, FIN
HB188	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
HB189	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM. Requires the counties to adopt ordinances setting forth procedures and requirements for the review and permitting of agricultural tourism uses and activities as secondary uses, in addition to accessory uses, on a working farm or farming operation. Requires the counties' ordinances to include requirements that: the principal agricultural use on a working farm or farming operation preexists the issuance of any land use permit or building permit for any accessory and secondary use; agricultural tourism includes only those activities that are allowed under existing zoning and land use regulations; and agricultural tourism be allowed only on land on which productive agricultural use is occurring.	AGR/TOU, WAL, JHA
HB190	RELATING TO DECENTRALIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FARM TO SCHOOL. Provides that complex area superintendents have the authority to implement the farm to school and farm to school meals programs. Requires certain school cafeteria supervisors to report directly to complex area superintendents. Establishes school cafeteria supervisor positions. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to conduct a compensation review of school cafeteria supervisor positions. Appropriates funds.	EDN, AGR, FIN
HB191	RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FARM TO SCHOOL PROCUREMENT. Requires the Department of Education to establish rules for the procurement of goods and services related to the administration of food programs at public schools that incorporate a geographic preference for unprocessed locally grown and locally raised food products.	EDN, AGR, FIN
HB192	RELATING TO FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF AGRICULTURAL LAND. Prohibits foreign entities from owning, leasing, or holding a controlling interest in more than an unspecified number of acres of agricultural land. Limits the lease term for agricultural land by foreign entities. Requires foreign entities that own or lease interest in agricultural lands to file an annual report with the Department of Agriculture. Appropriates funds.	AGR/WAL, JHA, FIN
HB193	RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO FARM. Amends the definition of "farming operation" by including customary and traditional subsistence farming conducted by native Hawaiian cultural practitioners and excluding concentrated animal feeding operations and business entities with unclear or non-transparent ownership or beneficiary structures. Establishes additional criteria for farming operations to meet in order to be protected against nuisance claims. Clarifies the purpose and intent of the Hawaii Right to Farm Act.	AGR, EEP, JHA
HB194	RELATING TO MARITIME DAY. Designates of each year as Maritime Day.	CAA, JHA
HB195	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to identify and preserve historically significant areas within state harbors and place educational displays at the areas for public awareness.	WAL, TRN, FIN
HB196	RELATING TO PORT WORKERS. Establishes the Port Worker Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Department of Transportation regarding management of state-owned and state-managed ports. Requires the Department to conduct meetings to solicit input from port workers on methods to improve ports and problems faced by port workers.	TRN, LAB, FIN
HB197	RELATING TO THE HAWAII SPACE COMMISSION. Establishes the Hawaii Space Commission within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to promote innovation in the fields of space exploration and commercial aerospace. Appropriates moneys.	ECD, FIN
HB198	RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS. Increases the mandatory minimum jail sentence for a first conviction of knowingly or intentionally violating a temporary restraining order from forty-eight to seventy-two hours. Requires mandatory mental health counseling for a first conviction of knowingly or intentionally violating a temporary restraining order.	JHA
HB199	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Includes any parcels owned by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority as areas that may be closed to the public. Specifies required signage.	HSG, JHA
HB200	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for use at cultural events.	JHA
HB201	RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL. Appropriates funds to supplement the salary of the State Fire Marshal.	LAB, PBS, FIN
HB202	RELATING TO THE ADEQUATE RESERVE FUND. Amends the definition of "adequate reserve fund" for calendar years 2026 through 2028.	LAB, FIN
HB203	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. Revises the deadline for a county council to take action on a low- and moderate-income housing project's application from 45 days to 90 days after receipt of the applicable agency's report and the proposed project's preliminary plans and specifications.	HSG, JHA
HB204	RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Repeals existing law that preempted local ordinances or regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices and nullified and voided any conflicting local laws and regulations. Allows counties to adopt ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices that do not conflict with and are more stringent than the state law that govern smoking.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB205	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Establishes a payment rate of cost plus forty per cent for nonprescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, or nonlegend drugs for workers' compensation purposes, subject to certain conditions.	LAB, CPC, FIN
HB206	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires each public high school in the State to require students to complete and pass 2 full years of Hawaiian language courses as a condition of graduation.	EDN, FIN
HB207	RELATING TO SEX-SPECIFIC STUDENT ATHLETIC TEAMS. Creates the requirement of school sports to designate sex-specific teams for the purpose of gender equality.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB208	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Establishes when unannounced visits and inspections may be conducted. Repeals a category for dispenser licenses in which employees sit with patrons. Clarifies the investigator's and police officer's authority to enter a liquor premises if they are denied admittance.	CPC, JHA
HB209	RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the Hawaii State Fellows Program within the Department of Human Resources Development to match talented applicants with full-time, paid fellowship roles in various state agencies for a period of ten to eleven months. Establishes minimum qualifications and procedures for eligible applicants to apply to the program. Gives preference to eligible program applicants who have pre-existing ties to the State or a demonstrated commitment to long-term leadership in the State. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, to coordinate with state agencies to implement and promote the program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.	LAB, FIN
HB210	RELATING TO STATE BOATING FACILITIES. Establishes a State Boating Facility Lease Program within the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to be administered by DOBOR. Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural to lease Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor for private development, management, maintenance, and operation. Repeals provisions relating to the leasing of fast lands and submerged lands of Ala Wai Boat Harbor. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Repeals the State Boating Facility Lease Program on 6/30/2045.	WAL, FIN
HB211	RELATING TO STREAM MAINTENANCE. Clarifies that personal property stored in or near a public stream or tributary for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours shall become abandoned property which the Department of Land and Natural Resources shall dispose of.	WAL, JHA
HB212	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions to establish a permanent Return-to-Home program to return homeless individuals in the State to families and relatives in their home states. Requires the Office to report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.	HSH, FIN
HB213	RELATING TO LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. Appropriates funds for the Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program.	HLT, FIN
HB214	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Allows a retirant to be employed without reenrollment in the Employees' Retirement System and without loss or interruption of retirement benefits if the retirant is employed as a school resource officer or investigator in positions identified by the Department of Education or the Department of the Attorney General, respectively, as a labor shortage or difficult-to-fill positions, subject to certain conditions. Requires the Director of Human Resources of the appropriate state jurisdiction or the human resources management chief executive of each county to include in their annual reports to the Legislature, details on the employment of retirants as school resource officers or investigators.	LAB, FIN
HB215	RELATING TO MEDICAL INFORMED CONSENT. Requires the Hawaii Medical Board to establish standards for health care providers to ensure that a patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent. Requires that informed consent for a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure shall be obtained before the day of that treatment or procedure. Specifies that if the treatment or procedure is to occur on the same day it is scheduled, the informed consent shall be obtained at the time the decision is made to schedule that treatment or procedure.	HLT, CPC, JHA
HB216	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Establishes requirements for the clinical review criteria and clinical practical guidelines used to establish step therapy protocols. Provides a process for a patient to request an exception to using step therapy protocols. Establishes insurance coverage requirements relating to the use of step therapy protocols and standards to appeal an adverse step therapy exception determination.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB217	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Exempts drug paraphernalia for marijuana from certain penalties under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Lowers the penalties for the possession and transfer without remuneration of certain amounts of marijuana, marijuana concentrate, and marijuana-infused products. Makes smoking marijuana in a public place a violation under the offense of promoting a detrimental drug in the third degree.	JHA, FIN
HB218	RELATING TO HOSPITALS. Requires any hospital with an operating room licensed by the Department of Health to adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB219	RELATING TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE. Provides state and county employees with five days of paid family leave each calendar year.	LAB, CPC, FIN
HB220	RELATING TO MOPED INSURANCE. Requires that moped operators carry an insurance policy by incorporating mopeds into the insurance laws governing motorcycles and motor scooters, including with respect to provisions concerning required licensure, the relationship with tort law, proof of insurance card, penalties, rate regulation, and minimum coverage levels. Makes conforming amendments.	TRN, CPC
HB221	RELATING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL TUITION. Requires graduates of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine who have paid in-state tuition to serve as a physician in the State for at least 2 years following their medical residency or fellowship. Begins with the class of 2029.	HED, FIN
HB222	RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW. Amends the definition of "employee" in Hawaii's wage and hour law by excluding individuals who are primarily engaged in the range production of livestock.	LAB, AGR, FIN
HB223	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.	HED, CPC, FIN
HB224	RELATING TO PROPERTY RIGHTS. Establishes a procedure for immediately removing an unlawful occupant of a dwelling or premises with assistance from law enforcement. Provides that an unlawful occupant of a dwelling or premises is civilly liable for unpaid utility bills. Provides that a person who trespasses in or upon a dwelling or premises and intentionally or knowingly damages property in an amount exceeding $999 commits a felony of criminal property damage in the second degree. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to develop, publish, and make available a complaint form to remove unlawful occupants of residential dwellings.	CPC, JHA
HB225	RELATING TO SQUATTING. Establishes a working group within the Department of the Attorney General to study the issue of squatting in Hawaii and provide recommendations. Requires reports to the legislature.	HSH, JHA, FIN
HB226	RELATING TO WINDSHIELD TINTING. Lowers the level of light transmittance allowed on sun screening glazing on motor vehicle windows from thirty-five per cent to twenty per cent.	TRN, CPC, JHA
HB227	RELATING TO VEHICLE SAFETY. Creates additional fines for any individual found operating a vehicle or moped without a current certificate of inspection.	TRN, JHA, FIN
HB228	RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES. Authorizes the counties to adopt rules for the use of electronic license plates. Prohibits the use of license plate flipping devices. Establishes minimum fines for intentionally obscuring a license plate with a cover or shield.	TRN, JHA, FIN
HB229	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes a statewide speed restriction for motor vehicles with three or more axles or motor vehicles weighing more than ten thousand pounds.	TRN, JHA
HB230	RELATING TO TRAFFIC CITATIONS. Requires police officers to send a carbon copy of a citation to the registered owner of a vehicle within a certain time frame after the citation is issued.	TRN, JHA
HB231	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Increases the fines for violating motor vehicle insurance requirements.	TRN, JHA, FIN
HB232	RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the department of taxation to establish a two-year pilot program that reduces the income tax liability for certain residents within the 96792 postal zip code on the island of Oahu. Establishes eligibility and reporting requirements. Repeals 12/31/2027.	ECD, FIN
HB233	RELATING TO A STATE BREAST MILK BANK. Establishes a state breast milk bank under the Department of Health. Establishes the breast milk bank special fund. Appropriates moneys.	HLT, FIN
HB234	RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Amends the income tax bracket for taxpayers filing a joint return and surviving spouses to exempt those taxpayers whose taxable income is $200,000 or less. Amends the income tax bracket for unmarried individuals and married individuals who do not file a joint tax return with their spouse to exempt those taxpayers whose taxable incomes is $100,000 or less.	FIN
HB235	RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Requires the Department of Transportation to expand the use of photo red light imaging detector systems and automated speed enforcement systems to locations on the North Shore of Oahu.	TRN, FIN
HB236	RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES. Increases the minimum age to operate a low-speed electric bicycle from fifteen to sixteen years of age.	TRN, JHA
HB237	RELATING TO PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS. Appropriates funds for the Family Health Services Division of the Department of Health to establish and oversee peer-to-peer support programs for children from birth to age five and their families, including the establishment of two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) program specialist positions.	HLT/HSH, FIN
HB238	RELATING TO EARLY CHILD CARE. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a child care provider subsidy and bonus program to provide subsidies to retain the existing child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care centers, group child care centers, and group child care homes and bonuses to registered family child care homes. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.	HSH, FIN
HB239	RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE. Amends the definition of "child abuse or neglect" by clarifying that the failure to provide certain needs to a child constitutes child abuse or neglect only if the person or entity responsible for the care of the child is financially able to provide and fails to do so or is offered financial or other reasonable means to provide and fails to accept these offers.	HSH, JHA
HB240	RELATING TO OVERDOSE PREVENTION. Establishes and provides criteria for overdose prevention centers, including standards for the Department of Health to designate certain facilities as overdose prevention centers. Establishes an Overdose Prevention Center Oversight Committee. Provides immunity from state criminal prosecution for certain offenses for persons using a designated overdose prevention center and persons operating a designated overdose prevention center.	HLT/HSH, JHA, FIN
HB241	RELATING TO CHILD CARE. Establishes a child care classroom contracts pilot program to require the Department of Human Services to contract directly with child care center providers in licensed infant and toddler child care centers and group child care centers that meet certain criteria. Requires reports to the Legislature. Sunsets the pilot program on 6/30/2028.	HSH, EDN, FIN
HB242	RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES. Establishes a working group within the Hawaii State Energy Office to make recommendations for the reuse and recycling of electric vehicle batteries.	EEP, FIN
HB243	RELATING TO ENERGY. Requires solar conduit- and electrical panel-readiness for new residential construction offered for sale at fair market value and electric vehicle-readiness when an electrical panel and parking area are installed. Effective 1/1/2026.	EEP, HSG, FIN
HB244	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funds for the department of human services to collaborate with community-based organizations to address the need for social services in the State.	HSH, FIN
HB245	RELATING TO STUDENT HEAT EXPOSURE SAFETY. Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health, to develop statewide guidelines related to managing heat exposure to protect students' health during outdoor activities. Appropriates funds for wet-bulb globe temperature thermometers for all public and charter schools statewide.	EDN, HLT, FIN
HB246	RELATING TO STATE LICENSED CARE FACILITIES. Requires the Department of Health to post on its website an easily understandable, searchable, and sortable list of all state-licensed care facilities including information on their licenses and inspections. Requires that the list be updated within five days of any change in its information.	HLT, FIN
HB247	RELATING TO THE HAWAII ABLE SAVINGS PROGRAM. Repeals the requirement to use the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program Trust Fund if the Director elects to accept deposits from contributors instead of sending deposits directly to the ABLE program manager. Authorizes the Director of Finance to expend moneys in the trust fund to provide incentive payments to Hawaii public school ABLE account owners. Appropriates funds for incentive payments to Hawaii public school ABLE account owners and to fund a position to provide statewide outreach, advocacy, and relationship management for the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program.	HLT, FIN
HB248	RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS. Establishes fees that medical providers may charge for requests for a patient's medical records from the patient's family member, caregiver, or representative. Requires medical providers to respond to requests in a timely manner. Establishes penalties.	HLT, JHA
HB249	RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Appropriates funds for the Executive Office on Early Learning to contract with third-party providers of family-child interaction learning programs.	EDN, FIN
HB250	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires utilization review entities to submit data relating to the prior authorization of health care services to the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Establishes the Health Care Appropriateness and Necessity Commission within the State Health Planning and Development Agency.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB251	RELATING TO SOCIAL WORK. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, to develop and establish a social work training program to assist nonviolent incarcerated individuals in the area of social work. Requires progress reports on the program to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.	PBS, HSH, FIN
HB252	RELATING TO MANAGING AGENTS. Requires managing agents for residential condominium properties over seventy-five feet in height to have commercial property management experience.	HSG, CPC
HB253	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Allows authorized insurers in the State to offer building and hurricane damage insurance for condominium buildings at a lesser rate than the building's prior surplus lines insurance policy for the same coverage.	CPC, FIN
HB254	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires insurers to provide advance written notice to policyholders and the Insurance Commissioner, with reasonable explanations and primary factors, of any policy cancellation, non-renewal, or proposed premium increase, if, upon renewal, premiums are scheduled to increase more than ten per cent. Requires insurers that provide property insurance to file rate schedules and underlying criteria with the Insurance Commissioner. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to conduct periodic reviews of insurance rates and submit annual reports to the Legislature. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to establish a Public Reporting and Dispute Resolution Program to handle complaints and appeals regarding premium increases. Requires insurers to provide premium discounts or credits to policyholders that implement disaster risk mitigation measures.	CPC, FIN
HB255	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires insurers to provide automatic, advance written premium change notices to common interest community policyholders and the Insurance Commissioner, with reasonable explanations and primary factors, disclosing the causes of any premium increase if, upon renewal, premiums are scheduled to increase more than an unspecified per cent. Requires insurers that renewed property insurance policies between 2022 and 2024 for policyholders that were condominium associations, planned community associations, or cooperative housing corporations in the State, to provide an explanation for certain premium increases during this period. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to submit a report to the Legislature.	CPC, FIN
HB256	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Requires an owner or operator of a waste-to-energy facility to comply with certain United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations as they existed on December 31, 2024. Sunsets 6/30/2027.	EEP, CPC
HB257	RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH. Provides that a new certificate of birth issued by the State shall include a designation of the sex of the person born, based on the genitalia of the person. Authorizes amendments of designations of sex on certificates of birth, provided that the birth registrant is an adult, and a new designation is based on the genitalia of the birth registrant, as confirmed by a physician or physician's assistant. Requires certain original certificates to be unsealed and new certificates to be marked as amended with regard to sex designation.	HLT, JHA
HB258	RELATING TO SCHOOL SPORTS. Requires the Department of Education to implement a supplemental sports program for high school students in West Oahu.	EDN, FIN
HB259	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires that each county council district feature at least one voter service center for elections. Prioritizes using public schools as voter service centers. Requires the clerk to advertise for volunteers. Requires each county council district to have one voter service center open on election day.	JHA, FIN
HB260	RELATING TO TAXATION. Eliminates state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel for motor vehicles. Requires savings be passed from distributor to consumer.	EEP, TRN, FIN
HB261	RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER. Establishes the offense of loitering on public property and adds trespassing on public property to the offense of criminal trespass in the first degree. Establishes the homeless case management program and special fund, administered by the judiciary for the benefit of persons experiencing homelessness.	HSH, JHA, FIN
HB262	RELATING TO INTEREST. Protects consumers, who are purchasing their first vehicle, from predatory interest rates by setting a maximum interest rate of two per cent for consumers with a credit score below six hundred and zero per cent for consumers with a credit score of six hundred or more. Authorizes existing avenues of redress from usury under chapter 478 to apply to this Act.	CPC, FIN
HB263	RELATING TO VEHICLE WEIGHT TAXES. Creates an exemption to the vehicle weight tax for full-time college students.	TRN, HED, FIN
HB264	RELATING TO FAMILY COURT. Amends provisions relating to criteria in family court determinations regarding custody and visitation rights. Clarifies that no court shall consider a parent's affirmation of their child's gender identity or expression in a custody determination.	HSH, JHA
HB265	RELATING TO TEACHER RETENTION. Establishes the Onipaʻa Teacher Bonus Program to address teacher retention and award teachers for outstanding and extended service in the department of education. Ensures that general education teachers assigned to special education inclusion classes receive the same additional benefits as special education teachers.	EDN, LAB, FIN
HB266	RELATING TO SURFING. Clarifies that surfers have the right of way in designated surf locations to be determined by the department of land and natural resources. Authorizes penalties for fishermen who violate this section. Requires DLNR to implement a public education campaign, erect clear signs, and create a designated surf location map.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB267	RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY. Mandates that each school sporting event of 25 or more participants have an AED trained faculty member or athletic trainer in attendance and all schools be equipped with AED devices, Narcan, EpiPens, and inhalers. Mandates CPR training for coaches and athletic trainers. Appropriates funds.	EDN, HLT, FIN
HB268	RELATING TO SEX-BASED ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS IN SPORTS. Requires the department of education to designate athletic sports teams based on the biological sex assigned to players at birth. Prevents males from participating in female sports.	EDN, JHA
HB269	RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases the capital gains tax for nonresident and foreign taxpayers. Increases the alternative capital gains tax for corporations for nonresident and foreign corporations.	ECD, FIN
HB270	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Creates the offense of urinating or defecating in public. Provides penalties for public urination or defecation. Requires mental health evaluation and supportive services for a person experiencing homelessness who is arrested for urinating or defecating in public places.	HSH, JHA, FIN
HB271	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Requires educational institutions with elementary students to allow faculty and staff to provide time and space for students to engage in student-led group prayer or individual student prayer. Prohibits discipline or admonishment based on participation or non-participation in prayer.	EDN, JHA
HB272	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Requires public schools with elementary students to allow faculty and staff to provide time and space each day for students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and Hawaii Ponoi.	EDN, JHA
HB273	RELATING TO SCHOOL CHOICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. Establishes a School Choice Scholarship program which allows parents to exercise more financial freedom to send their children to nonpublic schools with the assistance of a $10,000 grant for eligible students.	EDN, FIN
HB274	RELATING TO SUBCONTRACTORS. Requires a contractor to pay a subcontractor within 30 days of receiving an invoice for services rendered. Provides penalties for delayed or withheld payments.	CPC, JHA, FIN
HB275	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriated funds for capital improvement projects in the 41st representative district.	FIN
HB276	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Excludes a homeowner-developer from the annual requirement to file a developer's report and pay a fee if the homeowner's development consists of no more than two units, one in which the developer resides and one for which the initial sale of the other unit has been completed.	HSG, CPC, FIN
HB277	RELATING TO VEHICULAR PURSUIT. Establishes a vehicular pursuit policy for law enforcement agencies. Effective 7/1/2026.	TRN, JHA
HB278	RELATING TO POLICING. Requires county police departments and police oversight agencies to collect and report certain data regarding police stops, arrests, uses of force, and complaints to the Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division of the Department of the Attorney General. Requires the Division to collect and publish incident-level information and an annual report on the data collected.	JHA, FIN
HB279	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Allows the carrying or possessing of firearm parts only at or between certain locations and in an enclosed container. Defines firearm parts and prohibited persons. Establishes and increases penalties for the carrying or possessing of certain firearms or firearm parts other than at or between specific locations and in an enclosed container.	JHA, FIN
HB280	RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COURT. Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit.	HSH, JHA, FIN
HB281	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Exempts food and groceries from the general excise tax. Expands a 2024 session law exempting certain medical and dental services to include all medical and dental services.	HLT, ECD, FIN
HB282	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an income tax deduction for tips received by tipped employees.	LAB, ECD, FIN
HB283	RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Eliminates the state individual income tax.	FIN
HB284	RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires counties to grant building permits within sixty days if the application is stamped and certified by a licensed engineer and architect and other certain conditions are met.	HSG, CPC, JHA
HB285	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Establishes tax credits for insurers providing full property coverage to owners and associations of condominiums in the amount equal to twenty per cent of the insurance premium. Provides additional ten per cent tax credits to insurers incorporated in the State.	ECD, CPC, FIN
HB286	RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSING ACCOUNT PROGRAM. Updates the Individual Housing Account statute to reflect the current cost of housing down-payments more accurately.	HSG, ECD, FIN
HB287	PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2 AND ARTICLE XVIII, SECTION 12, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO ESTABLISH LOCAL ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS. Proposes a constitutional amendment that would establish local school boards throughout the State to be elected by the voters and to serve no more than twelve years as a member.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB288	RELATING TO SCHOOL BUS SERVICES. Authorizes the Department of Education to use alternative vehicles for student transportation under certain conditions and appropriates funds for the purchase of alternative vehicles and individuals to obtain CDL licensure. Allows Department schools to initiate staggered start times. Appropriates funds.	EDN, FIN
HB289	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to prohibit cell phone use during the instructional day, prohibit student access to social media through the school's internet, and implement a social media education campaign. Creates exemptions for students requiring accommodations, emergency situations, and teacher authorizations.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB290	RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST ELDERS. Establishes strict liability for crimes against elders with respect to the attendant circumstance that the victim was sixty years of age or older.	HSH, JHA
HB291	RELATING TO USE OF FORCE IN SELF-PROTECTION. Clarifies when the use of deadly force is not justified. Removes the requirement to retreat or surrender possessions prior to using deadly force.	JHA
HB292	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Categorizes electric bicycles into three classes based on speed and operation. Requires electric bicycle manufacturers and distributors to apply a label to each electric bicycle. Authorizes county police to confiscate bicycles for certain offenses. Increases penalty fee paid upon redemption. Imposes a requirement that counties inform individuals of the applicable traffic code, safety information, and penalties for violations at the time of registering a bicycle.	TRN, CPC, JHA
HB293	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
HB294	RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOMELANDS 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.	HSG, CPC, JHA
HB295	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Provides that a living beneficiary's place on the Department of Hawaiian Home Land's waitlist for any residential, agricultural or pastoral tract may be designated for transfer to a successor if the living beneficiary dies before receiving an offer for a tract; provided that the successor shall be at least 1/25 Hawaiian.	HSG, JHA, FIN
HB296	RELATING TO OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST. Requires the office of legislative analyst to produce fiscal notes on all fiscal bills. Prohibits a committee from making a decision on a fiscal bill without a fiscal note. Mandates that fiscal notes be made available to the public. Appropriates funds.	LMG, FIN
HB297	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires that each county council district feature at least one voter service center for elections. Provides further, that each county council district must have one voter service center open on election day.	JHA, FIN
HB298	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO ESTABLISH TERM LIMITS FOR LEGISLATORS. Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of members of the legislature to a maximum of twelve years in the house of representatives or senate, or both, for terms beginning on or after the general election of 2026.	JHA, FIN
HB299	RELATING TO THE HAWAII INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL. Appropriates funds for the Native Resources and Fire Protection Program and Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council to ensure their long-term viability and continue to control and eradicate invasive species in the State.	WAL, AGR, FIN
HB300	RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.	FIN
HB301	RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS. Makes a second or subsequent conviction for violation of a domestic abuse protective order a class C felony. Increases the sentencing requirements for second or subsequent convictions.	JHA, FIN
HB302	RELATING TO CANNABIS. Repeals the requirement that a provider-patient relationship be established in person. Allows applicants or primary caregivers to temporarily purchase medical cannabis after the submission of the applicant's certification form.	HLT, CPC, JHA
HB303	RELATING TO HEALTHCARE PRECEPTORS. Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer‑based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors, including removing "primary care" from the criteria to qualify as a preceptor. Adds dieticians, physician assistants, and social workers to the list of preceptors and eligible students. Expands eligibility for the tax credit to include accredited residency programs that require preceptor support. Adds the Director of Health and residency programs with eligible students to the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025.	HLT, ECD, FIN
HB304	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 then translated into English.	JHA, FIN
HB305	RELATING TO LAND RESTORATION. Creates the Aloha Aina Land Trust to rehabilitate and manage lands transferred by the United States military to the State after the leases for those lands expires. Appropriates funds.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB306	RELATING TO STATE WATER CODE PENALTIES. Adds a minimum penalty of $50 and a maximum penalty of $60,000 per violation of the State Water Code and makes each day that a violation exists or continues to exist a separate offense. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to determine the amount of the penalty based on the circumstances of the violation.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB307	RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES. Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to recognize the island of Kahoʻolawe.	CAA, JHA, FIN
HB308	RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS. Increases the matching fund payments to candidates in the partial public financing program for excess qualifying contributions.	JHA, FIN
HB309	RELATING TO FISHPONDS. Establishes a fishpond inventory working group within the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to create an inventory and map of all state-owned fishponds and conduct a literature review. Appropriates funds.	WAL, HED, FIN
HB310	RELATING TO OPIOID ANTAGONISTS. Requires all public schools, including public charter schools, to maintain a stock supply of opioid antagonists. Requires the Department of Education and State Public Charter School Commission to offer training to school employees on the administration of opioid antagonists.	EDN, HLT, FIN
HB311	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTION. Establishes general excise tax exemptions for various medical services, including dental services.	HLT, ECD, FIN
HB312	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Requires the department of human services to provide written notice to a parent of the parent's rights when conducting an investigation regarding a child who is or may be subject to imminent harm.	HSH, JHA, FIN
HB313	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Allows designation of eligible homestead lots as enterprise zones for a period of twenty years. Provides state and local incentives to qualified businesses on homestead lots.	ECD, JHA, FIN
HB314	RELATING TO ADAPTATION PATHWAYS PLANNING. Requires the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to develop adaptation pathways plans to modify and relocate development and associated infrastructure away from critically vulnerable areas to locations outside of sea level rise and coastal flooding exposure area. Appropriates funds.	WAL, EEP, FIN
HB315	RELATING TO STATE WATER CODE PENALTIES. Adds a minimum penalty of $50 per violation of the State Water Code and makes each day that a violation exists or continues a separate offense. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to determine the amount of the penalty based on the circumstances of the violation.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB316	RELATING TO THE GREEN JOBS YOUTH CORPS. Makes appropriations to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to continue the Green Jobs Youth Corps program.	WAL, FIN
HB317	RELATING TO THE STATE PARKS SPECIAL FUND. Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to expend the moneys from the State Parks Special Fund for programs aimed at environmental protection.	WAL, EEP, FIN
HB318	RELATING TO CONSERVATION BANKING. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to operate and approve conservation banks.	EEP, WAL, FIN
HB319	RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Exempts from the crime of cruelty to animals in the second degree the extermination of insects, vermin, and pests, and the extermination of feral chickens on private property by the property owner; provided that the extermination is conducted in accordance with standard and acceptable pest control practices and rules adopted by the Department of Agriculture. Requires the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, concerning the humane extermination of insects, vermin, pests, and feral chickens.	AGR, JHA
HB320	RELATING TO SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING AGREEMENTS. Allows qualified adults, including adults with a disability, mentally ill adults, and adults sixty-five years of age or older, to enter into supported decision-making agreements with one or members of a supportive community. Specifies the terms of a supported decision-making agreement, including access to personal information and agreement requirements.	HSH, JHA
HB321	RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Prohibits any person from charging any fees on a transient accommodation or resort time share vacation interest, plan, or unit that were not disclosed before the time of purchase. Requires a person to clearly and conspicuously display a rate or price that includes all fees to be charged at the time of purchase in each advertisement for a transient accommodation or resort time share vacation interest, plan, or unit. Requires any taxes and fees that are displayed as a percentage of the cost on a booking transaction also be displayed as a dollar amount at the time of purchase.	TOU, CPC
HB322	RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Requires the Department of Human Services to automatically transmit voter registration information for any Med-Quest applicant. Authorizes state agencies to implement automatic voter registration if designated by the Office of Elections. Requires eligible applicants for instruction permits, provisional licenses, driver's licenses, and identification cards to be automatically registered or preregistered to vote unless the applicant opts out.	HSH, JHA, FIN
HB323	RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING. Establishes the Teacher Housing Assistance Program to provide housing vouchers to certain eligible teachers. Appropriates funds out of the Teachers' Housing Revolving Fund.	EDN, HSG, FIN
HB324	RELATING TO BABY BONDS. Establishes the Baby Bonds Working Group to develop a plan for the creation of a baby bonds program for the State to address intergenerational poverty and wealth inequality in Hawaii.	HSH, FIN
HB325	RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Prohibits an employer from discriminating against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment based on the person's status as a medical cannabis registry card holder, under certain conditions. Authorizes an employer to use a fit-for-duty test for medical cannabis qualifying patients in potentially dangerous occupations. Exempts certain occupations.	LAB, CPC, JHA
HB326	RELATING TO THE HOUSEHOLD AND DEPENDENT CARE SERVICES TAX CREDIT. Increases a taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses that may be claimed for the household and dependent care services tax credit for five years. Repeals 6/30/2030.	HSH, ECD, FIN
HB327	RELATING TO STATE CHILDCARE. Appropriates funds to the office of the governor for a state childcare facility for state employees and their families.	HSH, FIN
HB328	RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS. Requires the Department of Education to authorize and facilitate complex areas or individual department schools to form their own farm to school meal programs through partnerships to meet 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. Allows the Department of Education to establish a plant-based meal program no later than the 2026-2027 school year.	EDN, AGR, FIN
HB329	RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AUTHORITY. Clarifies that the School Facilities Authority is responsible for certain development, planning, and construction projects for prekindergarten, preschool, and child care facilities, as well as workforce housing. Allows the School Facilities Authority to use the Department of Education for certain recruitment and hiring responsibilities. Allows the School Facilities Authority to partner with public and private development agencies to develop prekindergarten facilities. Exclude School Facilities Authority Board workgroups and subcommittees from the Sunshine Law, except as it relates to permitted interactions.	EDN, JHA, FIN
HB330	RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. Places oversight of the School Impact Fee Program under the School Facilities Authority Board. Allows the School Facilities Authority Board to dissolve a school impact district without a public hearing.	EDN, HSG, FIN
HB331	RELATING TO PERMITS. Establishes an exemption from applicable county permit requirements for repetitive construction projects for facilities under the control of any state department or agency, under certain conditions. Clarifies that contracts for the construction, renovation, or repair of facilities under the control of the department of education, university of Hawaii, or school facilities authority shall be exempt from county permitting requirements that related off-site improvements be made by the contracting government agency as a condition to the issuance of any permit.	WAL, CPC, FIN
HB332	RELATING TO RECYCLING. Expands the Electronic Device Recycling and Recovery Act to include the collection and recycling of certain lithium-ion batteries. Requires manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries to recycle or arrange for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries sold in the State, and ensure the safe collection, storage, transportation, and recycling of batteries.	EEP, CPC
HB333	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Beginning with the - school year, requires public elementary, middle, and high school classes to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Requires the Department of Education to adjust state-provided bus and school meal schedules accordingly.	EDN, FIN
HB334	RELATING TO TRAFFIC CITATIONS. Authorizes the Department of Law Enforcement to establish traffic cameras and issue a citation by mail for certain violations of traffic-related laws. Establishes that intentional destruction or damage to a traffic camera is a class C felony.	TRN, JHA
HB335	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a two-year pilot program that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free school lunch to all students enrolled at a department school. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Repeals on 6/30/2027.	EDN, FIN
HB336	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires condominium associations to repair defective conditions of common elements that constitute health or safety violations. Allows unit owners to make the repairs at the association's expense.	CPC, FIN
HB337	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Requires and appropriates moneys for the Public Utilities Commission to establish standards requiring each electric utility company to remove from the rate base a commensurate amount of costs related to fossil fuel resources when adding new or converted renewable electrical energy and renewable energy resources.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB338	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Clarifies that adjustments linked to premium interest rates for high yield credit are just and reasonable. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to include these incremental adjustments to the rate for electricity generated from nonfossil fuels.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB339	RELATING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES. Requires the PUC to impose certain conditions of approval on any order approving, in whole or in part, an application for the proposed acquisition, merger, or consolidation of an electric utility company by an acquiring entity. Establishes a process to ensure that when an application for the proposed acquisition, merger, or consolidation of an electric utility company is filed with the PUC by an acquiring entity that is an investor-owned utility, alternative applications submitted by entities that operate under a non-investor-owned utilities ownership model are concurrently reviewed.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB340	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a streamlined grid-ready homes interconnection process. Authorizes the use of the Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge for cost recovery of certain expenses of the Hawaii electricity reliability administrator associated with the grid-ready homes interconnection process. Requires report to the Legislature on the grid-ready homes interconnection process.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB341	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HAWAII ISLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaii Island Community Health Center to purchase or lease land on the island of Hawaii and develop primary care health care facilities.	HLT, FIN
HB342	RELATING TO RENEWABLE GAS TARIFF. Requires gas utility companies to submit proposed renewable gas tariffs to the Public Utilities Commission by August 31, 2025. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a renewable gas tariff within six months of receiving a proposed renewable gas tariff.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB343	RELATING TO WATER. Defines "isolated wetlands" and "wetlands". Clarifies the definition of "state waters" to include wetlands and isolated wetlands. Requires the Director of Health to determine all wetlands in the State, including whether a wetland is an isolated wetland or is included in the waters of the United States. Prohibit persons from discharging any water pollutant into or at any location that enters state waters.	WAL, EEP, JHA
HB344	RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. Requires the design of all new state building construction where parking is to be included to provide that at least twenty-five per cent of parking stalls be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office, in consultation with the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Transportation, to conduct a survey and identify certain high-priority state facilities. Establishes a goal of the State to retrofit state facilities to be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.	EEP, LAB, FIN
HB345	RELATING TO THE STATE SHRIMP. Establishes the ‘ōpae ‘ula as the state shrimp to protect anchialine pool ecosystems throughout Hawaii.	CAA, JHA
HB346	RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. Provides rebates for the installation of eligible electric vehicle-ready parking stalls for new construction of affordable housing.	EEP, HSG, FIN
HB347	RELATING TO GOATS. Prohibits the Department of Land and Natural Resources from establishing or implementing bag limits for goats in public hunting areas.	WAL, JHA
HB348	RELATING TO SINGLE-USE PLASTICS. Prohibits lodging establishments from providing personal care products in small plastic containers within sleeping room accommodations, any space within sleeping room accommodations, or bathrooms used by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties. Effective 7/1/3000.	TOU, EEP, FIN
HB349	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. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.	EEP, FIN
HB350	RELATING TO ENERGY. Expands the types of water heater systems that may satisfy the relevant requirement for the issuance of a building permit for new single-family dwellings to include ENERGY STAR certified heat pump water heaters.	EEP, HSG, CPC
HB351	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 funds.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB352	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Authorizes certain state government entities to establish a self-certification process for behind-the-meter, customer-sited solar distributed energy resource systems and exempt the systems from the Federal Emergency Management Agency No-Rise/No-Impact declaration requirements under certain circumstances.	EEP, HSG, CPC
HB353	RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to oversee and administer grants to low-income residents, and condominium associations on behalf of low-income condominium owners, to fortify residential real property against hurricanes.	PBS, CPC, FIN
HB354	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to: (1) plan and administer income tax credits relating to emergency management or disaster preparedness and grants for low-income taxpayers to fortify their residential real property; (2) oversee the development of emergency shelters; and (3) hire necessary personnel.	PBS/ECD, CPC, FIN
HB355	RELATING TO AN INCOME TAX CREDIT. Establishes a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses paid to retrofit a residence with wind resistive devices.	PBS/ECD, CPC, FIN
HB356	RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODES. Requires all newly constructed single-family residences and apartment buildings located within specified geographic areas to be built to withstand certain categories of hurricanes and to contain residential safe rooms with attached bathrooms. Effective 1/1/2026.	HSG, PBS, FIN
HB357	RELATING TO HURRICANE SHELTERS. Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, to strengthen existing hurricane shelters and develop new hurricane shelters to withstand category five hurricanes.	PBS, CPC, FIN
HB358	RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Requires all public buildings, including public school buildings, constructed after January 1, 2026, to be designed to withstand category five hurricanes and be used as shelters in the event of an emergency.	PBS, LAB, FIN
HB359	RELATING TO COVERED OFFENDER REGISTRATION. Amends covered offender registration laws to include offenders who, while acting in a professional capacity, commit the offense of sexual assault in the fourth degree against a minor who is at least sixteen years old. Provides that the exception to public access requirements does not apply when the covered offense was committed against a minor.	HSH, JHA
HB360	RELATING TO OAHU CORAL REEF RESILIENCE ENHANCEMENT. Establishes bag limits for kala, nenue, and uhu fish around the island of Oahu. Requires the Division of Aquatic Resources to conduct population assessments of these fishes and report to the Legislature. Sunsets on 6/30/2035.	WAL, FIN
HB361	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to: (1) Adopt the National Incident Management System as the standard for all incident management and emergency response operations; (2) Complete an after-action review for all significant emergency incidents or exercises; (3) Develop and manage position task books; (4) require the use of standardized Incident Command System forms; (5) Maintain accreditation through the Emergency Management Accreditation Program; and (6) Define specific roles and responsibilities for all Incident Command System and emergency operations center positions. Expands training and education qualifications and responsibilities for the Administrator of Emergency Management and county-level administrators or directors of emergency management. Amends the contents of the state comprehensive emergency management plan.	PBS, LAB, FIN
HB362	RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LAND TRANSFER. Requires the conveyance of a certain parcel of land from the Department of Education to the County of Kauai. Appropriates funds.	WAL, FIN
HB363	RELATING TO ANIMALS. Establishes cat owner liability for harm to property or native birds. Prohibits the care of predators on state lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Establishes administrative fines.	WAL, JHA
HB364	RELATING TO ANIMAL CONTROL. Requires that cats over the age of three months be surgically sterilized, with certain exceptions. Authorizes county animal control authorities to establish and enforce a permit program to allow the responsible breeding of cats. Establishes minimum requirements for breeding permits and penalties. Establishes the Spay and Neuter Special Fund to reduce pet overpopulation, including the free-roaming cat population, and various revenue and fundraising sources for the special fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2026.	CPC, JHA, FIN
HB365	RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Prohibits certain octopus aquaculture.	AGR, JHA
HB366	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Requires contested cases, environmental assessment cases, or environmental impact statement cases involving renewable energy projects over twenty megawatts in size, except cases that involve any form of incineration, to be appealed from an agency's decision directly to the Hawaii Supreme Court for final decision. Requires the cases to be prioritized and decided expeditiously.	EEP, JHA, CPC
HB367	RELATING TO BUILDING PERMITS. Allows for building permit exemptions for certain kinds of activities. Effective 1/1/2026.	HSG, JHA
HB368	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SUN SCREENING DEVICES. Exempts from restrictions on light transmittance percentages, up to a certain percent, of certain motor vehicle sun screening devices for persons having light sensitivity of the eyes due to a medical condition.	TRN, JHA
HB369	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Amends section 11-364, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide that an excess contribution of more than $100 in cash, in the aggregate, from a single person during an election period to a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee shall escheat to the Hawaii election campaign fund if not returned to the contributor within 30 days.	JHA
HB370	RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS. Increases the amount of partial public campaign financing available for all state and county elective offices. Amends section 11-425, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), by increasing the maximum amount of public funds available for each election for candidates (1) for Mayor of the County of Kauai and the County of Maui by 125%; (2) for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs from $1,500 to 10% of the expenditure limit established in section 11-423(d), HRS; and (3) for candidates for all other offices by 50%. Amends section 11-429(a), HRS, by increasing the amounts of qualifying contributions for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs from more than $1,500 in the aggregate to more than $5,000 in the aggregate. Provides a downward adjustment of the amounts of qualifying contributions for the Office of Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, County of Hawaii, and County of Kauai and for the Office of County Council for the County of Maui. Provides for an unspecified appropriation to pay for the increase in the partial public financing program. Provides for an appropriation in the amount of $200,000 for the Commission to hire 2 additional staff members.	JHA, FIN
HB371	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Prohibits state or county grantees, officers and immediate family members of state or county contractors, and officers and immediate family members of state or county grantees from contributing to candidate or noncandidate committees for the duration of the contract. Requires candidates, candidate committees, or noncandidate committees to return any unlawful contribution to the contributor within 30 calendar days of receipt. Provides that if any unlawful contribution is not returned to the contributor within 30 calendar days, the unlawful contribution shall escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund.	JHA
HB372	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Prohibits state and county elected officials from soliciting and accepting campaign contributions during any regular session or special session of the state legislature, including any extension of any regular session or special session or any legislative recess day, holiday, or weekend.	JHA
HB373	RELATING TO HOUSING. Repeals the sunset provision in Act 45, SLH 2024, related to the counties' authorization to develop, construct, finance, refinance, or otherwise provide mixed-use developments.	HSG, FIN
HB374	RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) to consider as a preference under chapter 201H, HRS, the proximity between the housing location and the applicant's place of employment; whether the applicant is a state or county employee; and whether the applicant is a returning resident that left the State to attend a university, college, or trade school and has graduated within the past two years. Requires, for any project developed or administered by the HHFDC under chapter 201, HRS, the HHFDC to set aside as a matter of preference an undetermined per cent of available units for state or county employees, when feasible. Requires HHFDC to determine the order of preferences and rank applicants accordingly, select applicants based on application date within the pool of similarly ranked applicants, and validate the preference status of applicants before occupancy of a unit. Authorizes HHFDC to adopt rules to establish additional eligibility criteria.	HSG, FIN
HB375	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Authorizes each county that has established a surcharge on state tax before 7/1/2015 to extend the surcharge until 12/31/2045, at the same rates, if the county does so before 1/1/2028; Provides that no county surcharge on state tax authorized for a county that has not established a surcharge on state tax before 7/1/2015, shall be levied before 1/1/2019, or after 12/31/2045; and Repeals certain conditions on the use of surcharges received from the State for counties having a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopt a county surcharge on state tax.	FIN
HB376	RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Accelerates the dates for the required upgrades, conversions, or connections of priority level 1 and priority level 2 cesspools to 2035 and 2040, respectively. Appropriates funds to implement the cesspool compliance pilot grant program. Re-establishes a cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection tax credit.	EEP, WAL, FIN
HB377	RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX. Establishes the Homeless Services Special Fund. Allows counties to apply for matching funds from the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund for certain housing projects. Increases the conveyance tax rates for certain properties. Establishes conveyance tax rates for multifamily residential properties. Establishes new exemptions to the conveyance tax. Allocates collected conveyance taxes to the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund, Homeless Services Special Fund and, and Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. Amends allocations to the Land Conservation Fund and Rental Housing Revolving Fund.	HSG, HSH, FIN
HB378	RELATING TO DEFERRED RETIREMENT FOR POLICE. Establishes a deferred retirement option program to allow qualified officers who are eligible for retirement to continue working.	LAB, JHA, FIN
HB379	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires newly installed or modified individual wastewater systems that are near the shoreline, or likely to pollute groundwater, to include denitrification capacity.	EEP, WAL, CPC
HB380	RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Repeals existing statutory language that: (1) declares that the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic devices are a statewide concern; and (2) preempts all local ordinances and regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic devices.	CPC, JHA, FIN
HB381	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Increases the procurement thresholds for small purchases.	FIN
HB382	RELATING TO RECORDKEEPING. Establishes recordkeeping requirements for secondhand dealers, requiring records to be retained for 2 years from the date of sale. Amends and standardizes recordkeeping requirements for pawnbrokers, requiring records to be retained for 2 years from the date of maturity.	CPC, JHA
HB383	RELATING TO ORDERS FOR PROTECTION. Reinstates mandatory minimum jail sentences for successive violations of the same order for protection. Removes the distinction between domestic and non-domestic violations of an order for protection. Eliminates the court's ability to suspend mandatory minimum sentences.	HSH, JHA
HB384	RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENSES AGAINST MINORS. Increases the penalty for promoting minor-produced sexual images to a felony if the person is more than 3 years older than the minor. Extends the probationary term for felony obscenity offenses. Tolls the statute of limitations for obscenity offenses during a victim's minority. Requires sex offender registration for felony obscenity offenses involving minors.	HSH, JHA
HB385	RELATING TO ELDER CRIME VICTIMS. Removes state of mind requirement pertaining to a victim's age for felony assaults aggravated by the victim's age. Raises the threshold age from 60 years of age or older to 65 years of age or older.	HSH, JHA
HB386	RELATING TO DANGEROUS DRUGS. Conforms fentanyl to the possession offense thresholds for methamphetamine, heroin, morphine, and cocaine.	JHA
HB387	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Amends the offense of negligent injury in the first degree to include injuries negligently inflicted by intoxicated drivers.	TRN, JHA
HB388	RELATING TO TORTURE. Defines and prohibits the offense of torture.	JHA
HB389	RELATING TO UNCREWED AIRCRAFT OFFENSES. Increases the penalty for using an uncrewed aircraft in the furtherance of the commission of a felony.	JHA
HB390	RELATING TO BRIBERY. Establishes heightened penalties for the offense of bribery, under certain circumstances.	JHA
HB391	RELATING TO INTERCEPTION OF WIRE, ORAL, OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION. Removes requirement that all wiretapping applications made to a designated judge be accompanied by a written memorandum from the Department of the Attorney General recommending approval or disapproval.	JHA
HB392	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Prohibits the possession, transfer, and sale of ghost guns. Establishes mandatory minimum sentencing for use of a ghost gun in the commission of a felony.	JHA
HB393	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CAREER CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. Appropriates moneys to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit.	JHA, FIN
HB394	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE VICTIM WITNESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Appropriates moneys as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the Victim Witness Assistance Program.	JHA, FIN
HB395	RELATING TO JURY DUTY. Increases the amount each juror or prospective juror is paid for each day of actual attendance at court. Appropriates moneys.	JHA, FIN
HB396	RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR COURT-APPOINTED COUNSEL. Increases the rate of compensation and maximum allowable amounts per case for court-appointed counsel in criminal proceedings. Appropriates moneys.	JHA, FIN
HB397	RELATING TO THE EXAMINATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS. Establishes the amount of compensation for private-sector examiners who evaluate a criminal defendant's penal responsibility or fitness to proceed in a legal case. Appropriates moneys.	JHA, FIN
HB398	RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR COURT-APPOINTED REPRESENTATION. Increases the rate of compensation and maximum allowable amounts per case for court-appointed counsel and guardians ad litem in family court proceedings.	JHA, FIN
HB399	RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT JUDGES. Establishes 1 additional district court judgeship in the First Circuit.	JHA, FIN
HB400	RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Appropriates funds for the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2025, and ending 6/30/2027. Effective 7/1/2025.	JHA, FIN
HB401	RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT JUDGES. Establishes 1 additional district court judgeship in the Third Circuit.	JHA, FIN
HB402	RELATING TO PROSPECTIVE JURORS. Authorizes the Judiciary to determine the format of the juror qualification form and the means of its delivery and return. Removes the requirement that the form be mailed.	JHA
HB403	RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW. Authorizes any member of a board to attend an informational meeting or presentation on matters relating to board business; provided that the meeting or presentation is not specifically and exclusively organized for or directed toward members of the board. Repeals the requirement of a subsequent report of attendance and the matters presented and discussed that related to board business at the informational meeting or presentation.	JHA
HB404	RELATING TO STATEWIDE COMPOSTING. Requires the Department of Health to adopt or amend rules to establish a classification system for composting facilities or operations. Allows composting and co-composting in the agricultural district, including on lands with class A or class B soils. Appropriates moneys.	EEP, WAL, FIN
HB405	RELATING TO WATER. Defines the public trust responsibilities of the Commission on Water Resource Management. Allows the Commission to retain independent legal counsel. Amends the scope of the Commission to include declaration of emergencies. Repeals the position of Deputy to the Chairperson of the Commission on Water Resource Management and establishes the position of Executive Director. Amends the composition of the Commission. Authorizes entities to challenge an emergency order of the Commission under certain conditions. Establishes fines for certain water use offenses.	WAL, JHA, FIN
HB406	RELATING TO DEFERRED RETIREMENT FOR POLICE. Establishes a deferred retirement option program for police officers.	LAB, JHA, FIN
HB407	RELATING TO MIDWIVES. Establishes a licensing scheme for licensed certified midwives and licensed certified professional midwives, to be overseen by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Re-establishes the home birth task force to provide recommendations on issues related to home births. Dissolves the task force on 6/30/2026. Requires reports to the Legislature.	HLT/CPC, FIN
HB408	RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Extends the deadline to register to vote by mail from 30 to 10 days prior to a primary or general election. Repeals obsolete language regarding permanent absentee ballots.	JHA
HB409	RELATING TO ISLAND BURIAL COUNCILS. Decreases the size of the Island Burial Councils from 9 to 7 members. Removes the requirement for the councils to include members having development and large property owner interests.	WAL, JHA
HB410	RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Appropriates moneys to fund the operating expenses of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for the fiscal biennium beginning on 7/1/2025, and ending on 6/30/2027.	JHA, FIN
HB411	RELATING TO ETHICS ADMINISTRATIVE FINES. Establishes uniform provisions for the assessment of administrative penalties under the State Ethics Code and Lobbyist Law.	JHA
HB412	RELATING TO LOBBYING. Establishes certain presumptions regarding testimony when provided by a lobbyist. Makes certain contracts voidable when entered into in violation of the state lobbying law. Expands the definition of "lobbying" in the state lobbying law to include certain communications with high-level government officials regarding procurement decisions.	JHA
HB413	RELATING TO LOBBYIST CONTRIBUTIONS. Clarifies administrative oversight of statutory restrictions relating to prohibited lobbyist contributions. Clarifies that the regular or special sessions in which lobbyist contributions are prohibited are periods during which both houses of the legislature are in session.	JHA
HB414	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Amends the definition of "cultural". Prohibits the use of consumer fireworks except for cultural use by permit. Repeals the wording of section 132D-3(1), HRS, that generally allows the use of consumer fireworks without a permit on New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and the Fourth of July. Makes it unlawful to offer, display for sale, sell, or furnish consumer fireworks to any person except for cultural use by permit. Prohibits the sale of fireworks to a person more than 5 calendar days before a permitted cultural use. Imposes a fee of $25 per permit for the purchase and cultural use of consumer fireworks. Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for cultural use.	JHA, FIN
HB415	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Amends the sunset date of Act 83, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to repeal section 46-19.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, on June 29, 2025.	HSG, PBS, CPC
HB416	RELATING TO HOUSING. Exempts state-financed housing developments from the requirement to obtain approval from the applicable county council.	HSG, JHA
HB417	RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING REVOLVING FUND. Establishes the Housing Efficiency and Innovation Subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund. Specifies permissible uses of funding and priorities. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to transfer funds between the Housing Efficiency and Innovation Subaccount and the RHRF without legislative approval.	HSG, FIN
HB418	RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes a working group to revise the State's Qualified Allocation Plan, the prioritization of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund, and the terms of loans made from the RHRF. Requires a report to the Legislature.	HSG, FIN
HB419	RELATING TO HOUSING. Decreases the time period for the legislative body of a county to approve, approve with modification, or disapprove housing developments exempt from certain requirements pursuant to section 201H-38, HRS, from forty-five days to thirty days.	HSG, JHA
HB420	RELATING TO REMEDIES. Clarifies the applicability of the statute of repose for actions arising from construction defects. Clarifies the required contents of a notice of claim of construction defect served on a contractor. Amends the process and time frame for a claimant to accept a contractor's offer to settle or inspect and authorize the contractor to proceed with repairs. Limits the amount a claimant can recover if the claimant rejects a contractor's reasonable proposal for inspection or a reasonable offer to remedy. Clarifies the consequences of rejecting an offer of settlement.	HSG, CPC, JHA
HB421	RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Repeals the leasing restriction on owner-builders who obtain an owner-builder exemption to act as their own contractor and who build or improve residential or farm buildings or structures on property they own or lease and do not offer the buildings or structures for sale. Requires an owner or lessee to provide signed written notice that the structure for lease or sublease was built or improved by an individual who is not a licensed contractor.	HSG, CPC
HB422	RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. Repeals school impact fees. Transfers unencumbered balances of the school impact fee subaccounts to School Facilities Special Fund.	EDN, HSG, FIN