OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
THIRTY-THIRD STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 4
6th LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 27, 2025
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture & Food Systems |
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CAA - Culture & Arts |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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ECD - Economic Development & Technology |
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EDN - Education |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HED - Higher Education |
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HLT - Health |
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HSG - Housing |
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HSH - Human Services & Homelessness |
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JHA - Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs |
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LAB - Labor |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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PBS - Public Safety |
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TOU - Tourism |
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TRN - Transportation |
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WAL - Water & Land |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII RELIEF FUNDING. Amends the University of Hawaii Tuition and Fees Special Fund by allowing the Board of Regents to dedicate funding for student aid in direct response to an emergency or disaster, as declared by the governor.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENTAL DATA SHARING. Adds the Department of Taxation to the list of state agencies sharing data through the statewide longitudinal data system. Allows the Department of Taxation to provide the University of Hawaii and other state agencies certain wage data.
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HED, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX LIENS. Requires the Department of Taxation to: (1) State the assessment date on certificates of tax lien; and (2) Issue certificates of discharge when the tax liability on which a lien is based has become unenforceable by lapse of time.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT UNDER PROTEST LAWSUITS. Allows for the interest earned on payments under protest in the litigated claims fund to be paid in nontaxation cases if the claimant prevails. Establishes a procedure for the disposition of moneys and refiling of actions when a payment under protest suit is filed prematurely.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PROCEDURE FOR TAX APPEALS. Removes language specifying that an appeal from the Tax Appeal Court be filed with the Tax Appeal Court. Allows an appeal from the Tax Appeal Court to be filed within thirty days of entry of a final judgment.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Establishes the Hawaii Economic Diversification Grant Program under the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to qualified high technology businesses engaging in qualified research activities. Appropriates funds.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish and implement a five-year Interisland Transportation Fee Reimbursement Pilot Program, to be funded by revenues received from the rental motor vehicle surcharge. Extends the increase of the rental motor vehicle surcharge by $0.50 each year from 12/31/2027 to 12/31/2031. Appropriates funds.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to establish a cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training program for public school students in grades six through twelve as part of existing health or physical education curriculum. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the establishment of a cardiac emergency response plan in all public elementary, middle, intermediate, and high schools in the State.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITALS. Creates a framework for the licensure of rural emergency hospitals by the Department of Health. Provides for the continuation of Medicaid policy protections for hospitals transitioning to a rural emergency hospital designation.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE LANDLORD TENANT CODE. Authorizes a landlord to petition a district court for a temporary restraining order, permanent restraining order, or injunction to compel a tenant's compliance with section 521-51, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Narrows the scope of the definition of the term "development" in coastal zone management law by excluding reconstruction of certain lawfully constructed structures impacted by certain events.
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Grants the Public Utilities Commission the ability to authorize preferential rates for the purchase of renewable energy from facilities that meet certain prevailing wage requirements. Requires public utilities to forward certain requests for preferential rates to the PUC for approval. Appropriates funds.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ALLOWANCE ON SERVICE RETIREMENTS. Includes certain law enforcement administrators and employees of the Department of Law Enforcement as class A members of the pension and retirement systems and provides guidance for the computation of retirement benefits similar to police officers.
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LAB, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED-ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the development of a controlled‑environment agriculture research and demonstration facility at the Magoon research and teaching site in Manoa, Oahu.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes a Plant-based Building Materials Working Group to study and report on how best to grow plants and develop plant-based building materials in Hawaii. Appropriates funds.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO BED BUGS. Prohibits landlords, including those operating in public housing and educational dorm settings, from renting a dwelling unit that the landlord knows has a current bed bug infestation. Establishes procedures that landlords shall take upon receiving notice of an actual or suspected bed bug infestation.
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HSG, CPC |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Phases in a ban on state departments administratively attached and agencies from purchasing imported flowers and lei.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEACHER WORKFORCE HOUSING. Establishes a Teacher Workforce Housing Stipend Program to support teacher retention at public and charter schools classified as rural and underserved. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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EDN, HSG, FIN |
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RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Requires law enforcement to post notice that a warranted or warrantless search has been conducted on a property. Requires a law enforcement officer to secure any entrance used by an officer in the search.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Repeals the authority for campaign funds to carry over to subsequent elections. Requires, at the latest, for campaign funds not expended to escheat to the State after a certain period. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to make reasonable efforts to return escheated funds to contributors with any remaining balance to fund partially publicly financed campaigns.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 43rd Representative District.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO MISSING PERSONS. Establishes and appropriates moneys for a Charli Alert program to help locate persons who are 18 to 64 years old, missing, and thought to be in danger.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARENTAGE. Repeals the Uniform Parentage Act of 1973 and updates laws relating to parentage, including enacting portions of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO MIDWIVES. Makes midwife regulatory laws permanent. Clarifies the scope of practice of midwifery. Establishes licensure requirements for certified midwives and certified professional midwives. Grants global signature authority to licensed midwives. Establishes continuing education requirements. Grants prescriptive authority to licensed midwives practicing as certified midwives and amends the list of approved legend drugs that may be administered. Establishes peer review and data submission requirements. Clarifies exemptions from licensure and grounds for refusal to renew, reinstate, or restore licenses. Clarifies medical record availability and retention requirements for the purposes of medical torts. Effective 6/29/2025.
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HLT/CPC, FIN |
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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.
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EDN, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a high school law enforcement curriculum-to-career pipeline initiative. Appropriates funds to develop and implement the program.
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EDN, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. Authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to utilize student education partnerships to increase the amount of mental health care providers in correctional facilities across the State. Appropriates funds.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO MINORS. Establishes civil liability for any commercial entity that knowingly or intentionally publishes or distributes materially harmful to minors without following certain age verification requirements.
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CPC, JHA |
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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.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEACHER TO STUDENT RATIOS. Codifies the board of education's policy for class sizes to promote quality education and positive student-teacher interactions. Informs parents if changes to class sizes are needed.
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EDN, FIN |
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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.
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ECD, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION. Promotes teacher retention by recognizing prior teaching experience at an equal salary rating for entering or reentering teachers into the Department of Education.
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EDN, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION EDUCATION. Appropriate moneys to the Department of Education to establish a Hawaiian language immersion school, open to students in grades kindergarten through 12, that is located in the Leeward area of the island of Oahu.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Allows primary caregivers to be responsible for the care of more than one qualifying patient for medical cannabis at any given time. Repeals 6/30/2030.
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HLT, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for the workforce development council to incorporate and implement a framework for the workforce diversification and expansion of the defense-related workforce in fields such as information technology, cybersecurity, intelligence, data science, and advanced manufacturing.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for faculty positions, student programs, and facilities at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and University of Hawaii, West Oahu for workforce development in the defense sector.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-fifth representative district.
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FIN |
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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 Fund, and Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. Amends allocations to the Land Conservation Fund and Rental Housing Revolving Fund. Effective 7/1/2026.
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HSG, HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS. Requires that the fees for attorneys retained by a condominium association be paid from an association's funds or reserves, except for collection of delinquent common dues payments from owners. Limits the total and final legal fees to twenty-five per cent of the original debt amount. Requires attorneys retained by a condominium association to confine their communications to the condominium board, except when the attorneys must request and require materials and responses directly from owners for each matter. Prohibits attorneys retained by a condominium association from billing unit owners directly. Specifies the contents of an attorney's billing statement. Requires that a notice of default and intention to foreclose served on a unit owner affords the unit owner the opportunity to respond within thirty days after service of the notice.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to provide and disseminate its procedures for dealing with bullying. Requires principals, teachers, and staff to disseminate the Department's bullying procedures to students. Defines bullying procedures.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Establishes within the Department of Human Resources Development the state internship and workforce development program.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PORNOGRAPHIC WEBSITES. Requires any commercial entity that knowingly publishes pornographic material on an internet website that is accessible to persons in the State to use an age verification system to ensure that the pornographic material is not accessed by a minor.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Imposes a conveyance tax rate of 300% on sales of residential real property to persons who have not filed a Hawaii state income tax return within the preceding 4-year period.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a landlord resident tenant tax credit.
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ECD, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTION. Exempts from the general excise tax, amounts received by a contractor for contracting work performed in a county having a population of more than one hundred twenty-five thousand but less than one hundred eighty-five thousand.
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FIN |
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PROPOSING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII REGARDING STATE JUSTICES AND JUDGES. Proposes to amend the state constitution to:(1) require the election of state justices and judges, as provided by law; authorize the governor and chief justice to make interim appointments for vacancies in the offices of the chief justice, supreme court, intermediate appellate court, and circuit courts, or district courts, respectively; and (3) repeal provisions pertaining to the judicial selection commission.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO CLEAN AND SOBER HOMES. Requires a county conditional use permit for clean and sober homes with 5 or more residents. Requires registration of all clean and sober homes on registry maintained by the Department of Health. Requires DOH to conduct unannounced inspections of clean and sober homes on at least an annual basis.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes and appropriates moneys for a return-to-home program within the Department of Human Services to provide travel expenses and relocation assistance for eligible persons who wish to return to their home states. Requires the Department to develop and implement a public information campaign related to the State's residency requirements and return-to-home program.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO NUISANCE ABATEMENT. Offers rights and protections to citizens who bring civil nuisance abatement suits related to illegal gambling. Imposes a mandatory fine of $5,000 for violating nuisance abatement laws related to gambling offenses.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to support the efforts of the Division of Aquatic Resources in the removal of the majano anemone from Kaneohe Bay.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires a bidder for certain public works construction contracts to utilize apprentices if the bidder receives a bidding advantage for being a party to an apprenticeship agreement registered with the State at the time of general bidding and is awarded the contract.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fiftieth representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriated funds for capital improvement projects in the 38th representative district.
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FIN |
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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.
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EDN, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Amends the definition of "dangerous to self". Defines the terms "gravely disabled" and "psychiatric deterioration". Broadens the term of "imminently dangerous to self and others". Increases the maximum period of emergency hospitalization.
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HLT/HSH, JHA |
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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.
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TRN, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Establishes a paid family leave program for state and county employees. Authorizes a qualifying employee to take up to twelve 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.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of waste or disposal facilities that are near or above a significant aquifer. Allows counties to apply for exemptions to state siting standards if they meet certain criteria.
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EEP, WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO FOSTER CARE. Prohibits the Department of Human Services from using any social security income payments, including supplemental income payments it receives on behalf of a child under foster custody of the Department to cover the cost of foster care services. Requires the Department of Human Services to deposit all social security income payments received on behalf of a child under foster custody of the Department into a savings account that shall be made accessible to the child when the child leaves foster care custody.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. Clarifies the level of environmental restoration that owners and operators of underground storage tanks or tank systems must satisfy in the event of a confirmed release of jet fuel. Specifies the restoration condition and quality acceptable by the Department of Health shall include the complete removal of all jet fuel, including jet fuel additives and all compounds resulting from the degradation of jet fuel or jet fuel additives, or the reaction of jet fuel or jet fuel additives with water or other chemicals. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that any detection of these contaminants in the vicinity of an underground storage tank or a tank system after a confirmed release is a result of the confirmed release.
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EEP, WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Requires the State to prioritize the installation of photo red light imaging detector systems in school zones if the State establishes a photo red light imaging detector system. Requires proceeds of fines collected for disregarding a steady red signal pursuant to a photo red light imaging detector system installed in a school zone to be deposited into the Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. Prohibits counties from permitting or allowing retention and detention ponds to be constructed except under certain conditions. Requires the Department of Health to inspect retention and detention ponds statewide. Establishes certain safety requirements. Appropriates funds.
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WAL, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. Prohibits counties from permitting or allowing retention or detention ponds to be constructed except under certain conditions. Establishes safety requirements for retention and detention ponds statewide. Requires the department of health to conduct a survey of existing retention and detention ponds statewide.
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WAL, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER SAFETY. Requires, and appropriates funds for, the Department of Education to establish a standards-based Water Safety Education Pilot Program.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO A WEALTH ASSET TAX. Establishes a wealth asset tax of one per cent of the state net worth of each individual taxpayer who holds $20,000,000 or more in assets in the State.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES. Repeals staff of the legislative branch of the State from the list of individuals not included in any appropriate bargaining unit. Specifies that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each have one vote if they have employees in a particular bargaining unit for the purposes of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement.
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LMG/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO BIOSECURITY. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for agricultural biosecurity and the prevention, detection, and control of invasive species in Maui County.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO MANELE SMALL BOAT HARBOR. Appropriates moneys for a structural engineering analysis; the planning, design, and construction of repairs and improvements to the water line system; and the reopening of a roadway related to Manele Small Boat Harbor.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL. Authorizes the Hawaiian Homes Commission to retain independent legal counsel, with any legal fees owed to be paid by the State, and also use the services of the Attorney General as needed.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirteenth representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Requires state agencies to offer individuals who resigned or were dismissed from employment for not complying with vaccination or testing requirements the option to be reinstated, with back pay, to the position that person held prior to their termination.
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LAB, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to implement a plan for a Hawaiian language immersion school in Kapolei that shall be ready to educate students in grades kindergarten through 12 by the 2028-2029 school year. Appropriates moneys.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriated funds for capital improvement projects in the 42nd representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO LABOR STANDARDS AT HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. Establishes certain minimum registered nurse-to-patient staffing requirements for hospitals. No later than 9/1/2025, requires hospitals to create hospital registered nurse staffing committees. Beginning 7/1/2026, requires hospitals to implement registered nurse staffing plans. Appropriates funds.
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HLT/LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ADAPTATION PATHWAYS PLANNING. Expands the authority of the State and counties to develop adaptation pathways plans to modify and relocate infrastructure away from critically threatened areas to locations outside sea level rise and coastal flooding exposure areas. Appropriates funds.
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WAL/EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO CANNABIS. Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning 1/1/2026, legalizes the personal adult use of cannabis. Establishes taxes on the retail sale of adult-use cannabis and the sale of medical cannabis. Adds new traffic offenses relating to the consumption or possession of marijuana or marijuana concentrate. Makes conforming amendments related to the legalization of personal adult use of cannabis. Beginning 1/1/2026, decriminalizes certain drug offenses related to marijuana and marijuana concentrate. Transfers the personnel and assets of the Department of Health and assets of the Department of Agriculture relating to cannabis to the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office. Establishes various positions within state entities to regulate the personal adult use of cannabis. Appropriates funds.
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JHA/AGR, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. Provides immediate judicial review of orders fixing minimum terms of imprisonment.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO A VAPING STORE REGISTRY. Requires, beginning 1/1/2026, vaping stores to register with the Department of Health and be subject to inspections for compliance with federal and state laws.
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HLT, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Requires each public school to develop a disaster and attack preparedness plan by 1/1/2026 that includes shelter-in-place drills. Requires each school to maintain emergency goods sufficient for at least 48 hours in its facilities.
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EDN, PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriated funds for capital improvement projects in the 18th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a refundable income tax credit to offset the increase in real property insurance premiums for certain properties.
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ECD, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL. Requires DAGS and DPS, in consultation with the legislature and other entities, to plan and implement security improvements at the state capitol. Requires DAGS to remove all parking meters from the capitol parking facility and reallocate parking in the capitol district. Appropriates funds.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROBATION. Establishes the Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement Program to be administered by the Judiciary.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC. Amends Act 205, SLH 2024, by: reducing undue burdens on charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities, including requirements related to good standing, reporting complaints, waivers of certain requirements, solicitation campaign records, and contracts; and extending its effective date until 6/30/2026. Effective 7/1/2026.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO PERMITS. Establishes specific deadlines within the facilitated application process and requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish certain resources and processes to help streamline permit applications. Appropriates funds.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fourth representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Authorizes the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to establish a two-year Hawaii Office of Naval Research Grant Program to provide fifty per cent matching grants to Hawaii awardees of alternative energy research grants from the United States Department of Defense Office of Naval Research. Establishes and appropriates funds into and out of the Alternative Energy Research and Development Revolving Fund. Sunsets the grant program on 6/30/2027.
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ECD, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION. Requires owners or operators of waste combustion facilities to develop a plan to implement continuous monitoring and sampling technologies at each combustion unit to monitor and sample for certain air contaminants. Requires a publicly available website hosted by the Department of Health to track and display the data collected on the air contaminants. Requires the Department of Health to adjust permit limits for air contaminants based on the data collected. Requires annual reports to the Legislature.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Specifies that an engineering study is not required to be considered when reducing the maximum speed limit within ten miles per hour of the current speed limit for that road.
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TRN, JHA |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires each county, in collaboration with the Department of Transportation to establish a Summer Streets Pilot Program that closes vehicular traffic and repurposes roads for pedestrian and cyclist use, outdoor events, and other community-driven activities. Requires each county to submit an initial proposal to the Director of Transportation. Appropriates funds.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a tax credit for landlords who charge below-market rent and assesses an additional privilege tax on landowners who charge above-market rent, under certain conditions. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to determine median market rent for rental units by geographic area for the purposes of the below-market rent tax credit and above-market rent tax.
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ECD, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Adds, as an allowable use of the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund, economic payments to certain residents who have incurred losses in a disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Establishes a moratorium on the issuance of a request for proposal and construction of any new or expanded correctional facility from 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2028, including the planned construction of a new facility to replace the existing Oahu community correctional center. Establishes a criminal justice diversion task force. Appropriates funds.
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PBS, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT. Establishes an Extended Producer Responsibility Program. Requires certain producers of fast-moving consumer goods to register with the Department of Health and pay an annual fee based on the amount of packaging volume the covered producer places on the market each calendar year. Provides for the deposit of fees into an Extended Producer Responsibility Special Fund. Provides for the expenditure of moneys from the Extended Producer Responsibility Special Fund for the creation of a countywide needs assessment of resources needed to reduce the volume of packaging waste sent to landfills or power plants that burn municipal solid waste as a fuel by fifty per cent and eighty per cent by a date to be determined by rule. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 7/1/2032.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Establishes a Recycled or Waste Inputs Tax Credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/25.
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EEP, ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTALS. Establishes the Hawaii Community Housing and Rental Oversight Agency within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to establish and oversee a process for receiving and addressing complaints relating to short-term vacation rentals, in coordination with the county planning departments. Establishes penalties for noncompliance. Prohibits persons with interests in short-term vacation rentals from serving on governing boards of planned communities and condominiums. Appropriates moneys.
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TOU, JHA/CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the Department of Taxation to establish a pilot program that would grant participating landlords a certain general excise tax exemption for each unit they rent to a long-term tenant with a pet. Requires the Department of Taxation to submit reports to the Legislature.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Allows family leave to also apply to an employee's domestic partner or the child of an employee's domestic partner.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRAIL ACCESSIBILITY. Establishes the Accessible Wilderness and State Parks Trails Program within the Division of State Parks of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Establishes the Accessible Wilderness and State Parks Trails Program Special Fund. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO ACCESSIBILITY. Beginning 7/1/26, requires any public or private entity that operates a public lot, including a business lot, that provides more than 25 parking spaces to increase the number of federally mandated parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities by a minimum of one or fifty per cent, whichever is greater.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eleventh representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO A HAWAII TEACHER REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. Establishes the Hawaii Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program, to be administered by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board. Appropriates funds.
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EDN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS. Disallows the dividends-paid deduction for real estate investment trusts. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025.
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ECD, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE AUDITOR. Requires the State Auditor to conduct management and financial audits of Medicaid health care insurance contractors at least once every two years, with the first audit report to be submitted no later than twenty days prior to the Regular Session of 2027. Appropriates funds.
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HSH, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a schedule of late fees to be added to the original unpaid claim amount if a health insurer, mutual benefit society, or health maintenance organization fails to pay a provider within the required time.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO STREAM MAINTENANCE. Establishes a two-year stream maintenance pilot program to be implemented by the City and County of Honolulu Department of Facility Maintenance. Appropriates funds.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO DIGITAL FINANCIAL ASSET. Imposes a daily maximum of $2,000 on transactions through a digital financial asset transaction kiosk.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO HAZARDOUS TREE REMOVAL. Appropriates funds for the assessment and removal of hazardous trees on state lands across Hawaii.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establish a medical education liaison position within the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine to support programs that utilize a team of medical specialists to support primary care providers and other health care professionals through mentorship and guidance. Appropriates funds.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Requires the State Fire Marshal to convene an electric vehicle fires working group to examine the impact of electric vehicle fires in residential, commercial, and business properties that have confined parking structures.
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PBS, TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-sixth representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO CERTIFIED CAREGIVERS. Lowers the minimum age that a certified caregiver for an adult foster home must be from twenty-one to eighteen.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO FAMILY. Establishes an exemption from mediation in paternity proceedings where there are allegations of domestic abuse. Clarifies the exemption from mediation in divorce proceedings as it relates to domestic abuse.
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HSH, JHA |
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Requires quarterly rather than annual reporting of all use of restricted use pesticides. Amends the contents of reports to include specific geospatial data and information and increased detail on the amount of restricted use pesticides used. Requires the Department of Agriculture to develop an online reporting tool for restricted use pesticides.
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AGR, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Requires the Department of Agriculture to use consistent units of measurement in its summary to the public on the amounts of restricted use pesticides used. Establishes a one-half mile buffer zone for pesticides around schools and state and county public parks.
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AGR, CPC |
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RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. Prohibits pedestrians from walking along the roadway of an interstate highway, an auxiliary interstate highway, or certain state highways except while conducting authorized first responder duties or highway maintenance duties.
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TRN, JHA |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-fourth representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO RARE DISEASES. Establishes a Rare Disease Advisory Council within the Department of Health to advise the State on the needs of rare disease patients.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires electronic smoking device and e-liquid manufacturers to submit certifications with the Department of Taxation annually, stating that the manufacturer's products comply with federal regulations. Requires the Department of Taxation to maintain a directory of manufacturers of electronic smoking devices and e-liquids whose certifications the Department approved. Imposes penalties.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO LABOR. Establishes a Portable Benefits Program under the administration of a board of trustees to provide portable benefits to gig workers. Expands the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program to gig workers. Appropriates funds.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Extends the offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee to include roasted coffee. Imposes $10,000 fine for each separate offense of false-labeling of Hawaii-grown roasted coffee.
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AGR, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL EFFICIENCY. Authorizes Executive and Administrative Departments and Agencies to enter into intergovernmental and partnership agreements with private sector entities, nonprofit organizations, and other governmental bodies. Requires annual report to the Legislature.
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ECD, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROCUREMENT. Exempts Department of Education purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products less than a certain amount from the electronic procurement system requirement. Requires at least three written quotes for Department of Education purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products between certain amounts. Requires at least two written quotes for Department of Education purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products between certain amounts for certain schools in rural communities. Sunsets 6/30/2028.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE HOUSING. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish an Agricultural Workforce Housing Working Group to address the shortage and challenges of agricultural workforce housing in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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HSG, AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY. Requires all state and county agencies to utilize applicable federal clean energy tax credits, pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, for the purchase and financing of renewable energy projects and zero-emission vehicles.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE MAJOR DISASTER FUND. Establishes timely notice and reporting requirements to the Legislature by the Governor regarding the transfer of appropriations to the major disaster fund.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Sets time limit for submitting bid protests. Makes 75 day limit for written decision on protest apply to any contract awarded by competitive sealed bid or competitive sealed proposal. Caps the protest bond amount. Deletes the requirement of an administrative hearing office finding that an appeal is frivolous or in bad faith before the protest bond is forfeited to the State by the non-prevailing party.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to establish a Government Employee Housing Revolving Fund Program and Government Employee Ninety-Nine Year Leasehold Rent-to-Own Program. Establishes the Government Employee Housing Revolving Fund. Appropriates funds.
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HSG, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND. Specifies that the works of art special fund's one per cent transfer requirement shall apply only to capital improvement appropriations for the original construction of state buildings. Amends the authority for funds from the works of art special fund to be used only for costs related to the acquisition of works of art. Appropriates funds.
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CAA, FIN |
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RELATING TO CANCER. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Filipinos, including an analysis of the health effects and risks of individuals living in close proximity to landfills in Nanakuli, Oahu. Requires the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to seek federal funding to complete the study.
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HLT, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Part I: Repeals the Public Utilities Commission's authority to regulate ratemaking for motor carriers. Part II: Applies the existing framework regulating motor carriers onto transportation network companies. Part III: Repeals the chapter regulating transportation network companies.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development, in collaboration with various state and county agencies, to establish a Transportation Demand Management Program. Appropriates funds.
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TRN, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES IN SCHOOLS. Requires each public school to implement a policy to prohibit students from using cellular phones and other wireless communication devices during school hours, subject to exceptions for education, health, and emergencies.
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EDN, JHA |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules governing a clean fuel standard for alternative fuels in the State.
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TRN, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Requires the Department Education, in coordination with the Department of Health, to develop a fireworks education and marketing program for implementation in public schools, including charter schools, and distribution to private schools.
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EDN, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes the Kupuna Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
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HSG, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for water well development for geophysical investigation, exploration, and identification of geothermal resources on Hawaiian home lands.
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EEP, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPORTS WAGERING. Allows for the regulation of sports wagering by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators and sports wagering suppliers. Specifies that sports wagering shall not be considered games of chance or gambling.
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ECD, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND TRANSFERS. Authorizes the transfer of certain lands under the jurisdiction of certain state agencies to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY. Requires and appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor to provide profiles of Filipino immigrants related to demographic, education, and vocation data. Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with certain agricultural entities in the Philippines. Requires and appropriates funds for the Departments of Labor and Industrial Relations and Human Resources Development to develop a program that brings agricultural workers from the Philippines to Hawaii, under certain conditions. Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture to establish a hydroponics pilot program.
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AGR/ECD, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROXY VOTING. Removes from the standard condominium proxy form the option of giving a proxy vote to the board of directors of a condominium association as a whole or to those directors present at an association meeting.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO ASSOCIATION MANAGERS. Creates regulation requirements for association managers who oversee the daily operations of a condominium unit owners' association. Beginning 7/1/2027, requires licensure of association managers by the Real Estate Commission.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO BOARD MEMBERS. Requires board members of a condominium association to certify the receipt and review of certain documents and complete a board training and education course approved by an accredited third party organization, to be selected by the Real Estate Commission.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH. Requires that all schools develop plans to execute mental health check-ins with their students grades six through twelve.
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EDN, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARLIAMENTARIANS. Requires all parliamentarians doing business in the State to be licensed with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and complete mandatory training courses.
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CPC, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Beginning 1/1/2026, requires rental watercraft to be registered and numbered with the Department of Land and Natural Resources before being provided or offered to be used by the public for transiting the navigable waters of a state park.
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WAL, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKFORCE HOUSING. Establishes the Workforce Housing Regulatory Sandbox Program within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Establishes an Advisory Council within the Workforce Housing Regulatory Sandbox Program to advise on environmental and cultural practices within specific developments. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2030.
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Removes from the definition of "public lands" lands set aside by the Governor to the counties for the purpose of affordable housing. Allows the Board of Land and Natural Resources to issue residential leases for affordable housing with an aggregate of initial terms and extension up to ninety-nine years.
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE PLAN. Establishes green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines for state facility systems, infrastructure, transit projects, and other areas in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. Adds definition of "green infrastructure". Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in partnership with the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force, to submit a report to the Legislature making recommendations for implementing the green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines. Establishes full-time equivalent ( .0 FTE) policy analyst positions within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development. Appropriates funds.
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EEP/WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the University of Hawaii system to collect, analyze, and publicly report certain graduate outcome data. Requires and appropriates moneys for the development and maintenance of a graduate outcomes dashboard. Appropriates moneys for 2.0 FTE positions within the University of Hawaii's Office of the Vice President of Academic Strategy. Requires annual reports to the Legislature.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE BUILDING CODES. Requires the counties to adopt the Hawaii state building codes no later than one year after its adoption. Authorizes a county with a population in excess of 500,000 to amend its building energy conservation code to require more stringent energy-saving performance.
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HSG, JHA |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Restricts the use of solitary confinement in state-operated and state-contracted correctional facilities, with certain specified exceptions. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop written policies and procedures regarding solitary confinement by 7/1/2026. Requires the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission to review certain housing placements. Requires the Department to develop policies and procedures to review committed persons placed in solitary confinement and develop a plan for committed persons currently in solitary confinement by 4/1/2026. Requires a report to the Legislature and Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission. Effective 7/1/2026.
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PBS, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS. Requires the Department of Agriculture to accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands.
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AGR, WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO LANDLORD-TENANT DISPUTES. Requires the Judiciary to contract for legal services for residential tenants in actions or proceedings with their landlord under certain circumstances. Authorizes attorneys, paralegals, and law student to provide legal services to residential tenants. Appropriates funds.
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JHA, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires developers developing an affordable housing project under HHFDC to assist certain tenants who are subject to displacement or eviction by the proposed project by: granting those tenants the right of first refusal of a comparable unit in the housing project at an affordable rate; establishing a fund to provide relocation benefits; providing information, either directly or through a contracted service, on how to obtain assistance and exercise the right of first refusal; and establishing procedures to maintain communication with those tenants.
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HSG, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fourteenth representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO FEES. Provides that any Hawaii-born or Native Hawaiian individual shall qualify for resident fees at state parks, regardless of where the individual currently resides; provided that the individual first presents to the Department of Land and Natural Resources certain documentation.
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WAL, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO MIDWIVES. Continues 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.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMUNITIES. Requires any state or county department pursuing any major plan or work effort that is likely to significantly affect members of any community to: (1) Conduct a public hearing on the issue, and post notices on the department's website; and (2) Send direct notices of the public hearing to state and county elected officials who have constituents in the community.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys to the Department of Accounting and General Services for the replacement and relocation of the Oahu Community Correctional Center.
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HLT/CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. Changes the name and expands the functions and duties of the Office of International Relations. Establishes the Matsunaga Aloha Pacific Academy within the Office of International Relations.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAII BEACH DAY. Establishes Hawaii Beach Day. Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority, in collaboration with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, to organize and support events and activities to celebrate and observe Hawaii Beach Day. Appropriates funds.
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CAA/TOU, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO ACUPUNCTURE. Recognizes individuals practicing acupuncture as essential health care providers who are subject to regulation and control.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO MEAT DONATION. Exempts the donation of wild game meat, including axis deer, to a charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization to needy persons from certain laws regarding the inspection and transportation of meat.
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AGR, HLT, JHA |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a general excise tax exemption for the gross proceeds or income from the manufacture, production, packaging, and sale of diapers. Establishes a surcharge on the general excise tax and use tax for the sale or use of luxury cars.
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TRN/HSH, ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Amends the prohibition against contributions to a candidate committee or noncandidate committee by state and county contractors to include state and county grantees and the owners, officers, consultants, and joint account holders of a state or county contractor or state or county grantee.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENDEMIC PLANTS. Requires the University of Hawaii to establish an endemic plant seed bank pilot program to preserve and promote the planting of plant species that are endemic to Hawaii.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes a 2-year homelessness sanctuary pilot program, to be administered by the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness in coordination with the Department of Human Services and the City and County of Honolulu. Directs the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness to designate a specific location on state or county land for the pilot program, which shall serve as a safe location for homeless individuals and families to reside and access services. Requires the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness and the coordinator's partner agencies to provide certain facilities and services at the designated location. Requires reports to the Legislature. Sunsets 12/31/2027. Appropriates moneys.
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HSH, FIN |
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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.
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ECD, FIN |
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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.
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HSH, JHA |
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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.
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ECD, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO OFFENDER REENTRY PROGRAMS. Expands programming and training for the comprehensive offender re-entry program under the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to reduce the rate of recidivism and increase inmate marketability and workforce readiness. Appropriates funds.
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PBS, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Board of Education to adopt a policy that bans the use of phones and related devices by students during school hours.
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EDN, JHA |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education's existing Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) working group to create a state plan to make completion of the FAFSA or an opt-out waiver a statewide graduation requirement by the 2027-2028 school year. Requires a report to the 2026 legislature.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEACHER EDUCATION. Requires the Board of Regents to grant a waiver on all tuition and mandatory fees to a resident student enrolled in the College of Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for the semester or term that the student enrolls in a State-Approved Teacher Education Program.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated for Bargaining Unit (5) and subject to the availability of funds, provides annual salary step increases for public school teachers who have completed a year's satisfactory service and comply with specified requirements.
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EDN, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO FISHING. Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources a permitting system for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the taking of aquatic life. Repeals prohibition on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the taking of aquatic life. Provides a timeline for implementation of the permitting system.
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WAL, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease public lands for recreational-residential use by public lottery and restrict participation in the public lottery to residents of the county in which the leased land is located.
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO MEDICAID. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to authorize Medicaid coverage through the Children's Health Insurance Program to income-qualified pregnant persons and children regardless of immigration status.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the second representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED. Increases the limit of the State's liability from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000 for moneys borrowed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or loans made to lessees that are guaranteed by the Department.
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JHA, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates moneys to the University of Hawaii I Hoa Na Moolelo program for the hiring of 1 graduate assistant and acquiring a new website domain.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to purchase a parcel of land identified as tax map key: (1) 9-1-013-025.
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HSG, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STADIUM DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL FUND. Requires conditions placed on appropriations to the Stadium Development Special Fund to be met before expenditure. Subjects expenditure by the Stadium Authority of an appropriation out of the Stadium Development Special Fund on the completion of specific project readiness conditions. Appropriates moneys.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the Island of Hawaii.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO FLOOD MITIGATION. Appropriates funds for a flood mitigation study of Hoaka Road in Hilo, Hawai‘i, contingent upon a dollar-for-dollar match by the County of Hawai‘i.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO MISSING PERSONS. Establishes and appropriates moneys for a Missing Indigenous Person Alert program to help locate indigenous persons who are missing and thought to be in danger.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST WORKING GROUP. Appropriates moneys to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to facilitate the hiring of necessary staff and the purchase of equipment and professional services on behalf of the public land trust working group.
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WAL, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO FLOOD MITIGATION. Establishes a grant program for drainage system maintenance and flood mitigation measures in residential areas, to be administered by the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Appropriates funds.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND REGISTRATION. Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a comprehensive review of the existing land registration systems and transition to a single, unified registry system; oversee the digitization of all land records into an online database; and ensure equitable access, establish a fee structure, and conduct public outreach on how to use the new system and access records. Appropriates funds.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESSES. Establishes and appropriates funds for a small business fee waiver program within the Business Registration Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to waive certain fees for applicants registering a new small business in the State for the first time.
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ECD, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR. Authorizes persons to apply for a permit to act as solicitors or representatives of licensed wineries, brewpubs, and small craft producer pubs in any county of the State.
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ECD, CPC |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. Authorizes liquor sold through a class 10 license to be consumed on or off the premises.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the preparation of an environmental impact statement to drill non-potable water wells on individual parcels at Panaewa agricultural park and Panaewa farm lots.
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EEP/AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO A CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to develop and publish a Hawaii climate adaptation and resilience implementation plan and updates to the plan every five years thereafter. Appropriates funds.
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EEP/WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES. Appropriates general obligation bonds to the Board of Water Supply for the planning, design, and construction of two monitoring wells.
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EEP/WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Amends the composition of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund board of trustees. Clarifies vacancy procedures. Amends quorum requirements and voting powers.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals certain credits, deductions, and exemptions under the income tax, general excise tax, and use tax laws.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the definition of draft beer to mean beer in an individual container of five gallons or more.
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ECD, CPC |
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RELATING TO ALCOHOL. Establishes a definition of "low alcohol by volume spirits beverage". Beginning 7/1/2025, establishes a tax on low alcohol by volume spirits beverages at a rate of $1.10 per wine gallon. Takes effect 6/30/2025.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. Increases the liquor manufacturing limits for Class 18 small craft producer pub license holders.
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ECD, CPC |
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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.
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CPC, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Defines low alcohol by volume spirits beverages. Establishes lower tax rates for class 18 small craft producer pub licensees, including for low alcohol by volume spirits beverages.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION OF POLLUTION. Amends the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to address carbon emissions. Incrementally increases the tax rate over time. Establishes a refundable tax credit to mitigate the effect of a carbon emissions tax on taxpayers. Reenacts the agricultural development and food security special fund. Requires reports to the Legislature.
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EEP/AGR, ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Requires the State to phase out the use of private correctional facilities to incarcerate Hawaii inmates. Prohibits the construction of new correctional facilities or the expansion of existing correctional facilities without the approval of the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission.
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PBS, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING COOPERATIVES. Requires the Executive Office on Early Learning to establish parent-staff early learning collectives to combine professional early-learning services with structured parental involvement. Establishes an Early Learning Cooperative Advisory Council. Appropriates funds.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Establishes the Performing Arts Grants Program to support performing arts in the State. Clarifies the scope of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts' responsibilities to include the coordination, planning, promotion, marketing, and execution of performing arts events. Allows the use of moneys from the Works of Art Special Fund for performing arts. Appropriates funds to provide grants under the Performing Arts Grants Program.
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CAA, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Exempts graduates from international medical schools from the residency requirements for medical licensure if the applicant has had at least one year of fellowship training in a program whose parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, American Osteopathic Association, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or College of Family Physicians of Canada. Authorizes the board to waive the residency requirements if the applicant has graduated from a foreign medical school, passed the USMLE, and practices in a specialty that no other licensed physician in the State practices in.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO ARBORISTS. Requires the State to ensure and enforce that all certified arborists in its employ, including contractors, adhere to best management practices.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Establishes a working group for legal services for youth in the child welfare system within the judiciary. Appropriates funds for the working group.
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HSH, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to contract with a non-profit specializing in domestic violence to provide training and staff to be housed on-site in Child Welfare Services Branch offices to support all aspects of screening for and addressing domestic violence within a case.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO A FAMILY RESILIENCE PILOT PROGRAM. Establishes and appropriates funds for a five-year family resilience pilot program within the Office of Wellness and Resilience.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Establishes the Hawaii Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council. Requires an action plan and reports to the Governor and Legislature by certain dates. Establishes 2 permanent full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions. Authorizes the hiring of consultants to assist the advisory council. Appropriates moneys.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE FLAG. Establishes the Hawaii State Flag Redesign Commission to lead the process of designing a new state flag that represents the people, culture, and history of Hawaii.
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CAA, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ATHLETICS. Short form bill relating to University of Hawaii athletics.
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HED |
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RELATING TO THE USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE. Lowers the blood alcohol content threshold for driving while under the influence of an intoxicant.
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TRN, JHA |
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RELATING TO RETIRANTS. 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 an investigator in a position identified by the Department of Law Enforcement or Department of the Attorney General as a labor shortage or difficult—to-fill position, subject to certain conditions. Requires the director of human resources of the appropriate state jurisdiction to include in the director's annual report to the Legislature, details on the employment of retirants as investigators.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO FERAL ANIMALS. Appropriates funds to the City and County of Honolulu for the expansion of the feral chicken program and the Vector Control Branch of the Department of Health for a statewide education campaign for the feeding of feral animals.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE MEDICAL USE OF CANNABIS. Establishes a licensing system for medical cannabis cultivation. Facilitates the transport of medical cannabis. Expands the scope of authorized actions for medical cannabis patients. Provides that qualifying out-of-state patients need not register with the Department of Health. Protects medical cannabis patients and cultivation licensees from undue discrimination.
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HLT, JHA/CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRADE. Establishes the Hawaii-Ireland Trade Commission within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for administrative purposes.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CLEAN AND SOBER HOMES. Requires clean and sober homes with five or more residents to obtain a conditional use permit issued by a county agency. Requires, rather than permits, the Department of Health to establish a clean and sober homes registry and requires the Department to conduct unannounced visits and inspections of homes on the registry.
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HLT/HSH, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Requires the Department of Agriculture to revitalize and enhance the agricultural statistics program to collect data on local agricultural interests. Appropriates funds.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Prohibits hospitals and medical facilities from using mechanical, chemical, or physical restraints or seclusion on minors and vulnerable adult patients, except when necessary.
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HLT, JHA |
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RELATING TO NEIGHBORHOOD BOARDS. Requires counties that use neighborhood boards to ensure that: (1) Board member terms do not exceed one year; and (2) Neighborhood residents may vote for members of their corresponding neighborhood board by electronic means and in-person means. Requires certain reports to and from the Office of Elections. Appropriates moneys.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO CUSTODIAL INTERFERENCE. Includes in the crime of custodial interference in the first degree the taking, enticing, concealing, or detaining of a minor from a person who has a right to custody pursuant to a Voluntary Establishment of Paternity.
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HSH, JHA |
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RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS. Prohibits the State and counties from adopting or ordaining any rules, regulations, or ordinances that infringe upon a parent's right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child, except in certain narrowly tailored circumstances.
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HSH, JHA |
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RELATING TO PROPERTY. Establishes an expedited procedure to remove persons from a property who are not tenants or former tenants. Establishes criminal offenses for persons who illegally occupy and damage property, for making a false statement to detain real property, and for fraudulent sale or lease of residential real property.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO OPIOID ANTAGONISTS. Requires each Department of Education classroom to be equipped with an opioid antagonist. Requires the Department of Education to train employees on opioid-related drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response and opioid antagonist administration. Appropriates moneys.
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EDN, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Authorizes the Department of the Interior of the United States to adopt certain regulations for the purposes of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. Provides that not less than 5 of the members shall be beneficiaries who are native Hawaiian as defined in section 201(a) of the Act, and that not more than 4 of the members shall be descendants of not less than one-fourth part of the blood of the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands previous to 1778.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT. Provides that investigative powers of the Department of Human Services under the Child Protective Act include interviews of adults living in the family home and the alleged perpetrator in the; Requires DHS to record and save adult interviews conducted as part of an investigation of a report of harm, threatened harm, or imminent harm to a child and to include recorded adult interviews in any filed petition for removal.
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HSH, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILDREN. Ensures the protection and promotion of the health and well-being of all infants born alive in the State. Mandates medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment to all born alive infants. Establishes civil and criminal penalties.
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HLT, CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL ENERGY EXPLORATION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the exploration and identification of geothermal resources on Hawaii island.
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EEP, ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CESSPOOL CLOSURE. Appropriates funds for a residential sewer connection and cesspool closure subsidy pilot program.
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EEP/WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO PERMITS. Establishes specific deadlines within the facilitated application process and requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish certain resources and processes to help streamline permit applications. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT PROCEDURES. Establishes the Intergovernmental Task Force for Permit Simplification to identify actions taken, challenges encountered, and legislative measures necessary to facilitate, expedite, and coordinate state and intergovernmental development permit processes. Appropriates funds.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish a Chamber of Commerce Grant Program.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to utilize the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund as collateral when the Department acts as an eligible borrower for a loan agreement under section 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, as amended. Appropriates funds.
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HSG, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. Establishes what constitutes transit-oriented development and incentivizes development in county-designated transit-oriented development areas or zones. Prioritizes the allocation of a minimum percentage of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund for certain mixed-income rental housing projects or units.
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes the Supportive Housing Special Fund. Restructures the conveyance tax to a marginal rate system and adjusts the tax for multifamily properties to reflect value on a per-unit basis. Allocates revenues from conveyance tax collections to the Supportive Housing Special Fund. Allocates a portion of conveyance tax collections to the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund to fund infrastructure programs in county-designated transit-oriented development areas that meet minimum standards of transit-supportive density.
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING PREFERENCE. Allows the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to allow projects to grant preferences in the sale or lease of housing units to applicants who live or work within 5 miles of the project.
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HSG, JHA |
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RELATING TO SUNSHINE LAWS. Designates the neighborhood commission as the appropriate oversight authority for application of the sunshine law to neighborhood boards. Authorizes neighborhood boards to discuss official government reports without placing it on the agenda, provided that no decision-making can be made.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO CRIME. Includes individuals involved in organized crime among the persons who may be subjected to extended terms of imprisonment for the commission of felonies.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. For procurements conducted by competitive sealed bidding, authorizes the head of a procurement agency to award a contract to a bidder who is not the lowest responsible and responsive bidder if the head of the procuring agency determines that the award is most beneficial to taxpayers or otherwise in the best interests of the State.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriated funds for capital improvement projects in the 40th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO CANNABIS. Requires the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Department of Health to develop and implement a comprehensive messaging and informational campaign to prevent cannabis use among the State's youth. Requires the Division to establish and enter into contracts with community-based organizations to award grants to prevent substance misuse among youth through evidenced-based prevention programs. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO FARMS. Creates an exclusion from income tax for the first $50,000 of income earned by farmers.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Requires a wireless telecommunications carrier, as a condition for any permit under section 206N-6 or certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 269-7.5, to maintain emergency backup power for a minimum of twelve hours.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Defines stages of wildfire suppression efforts.
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PBS, JHA |
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RELATING TO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. Clarifies the funding mechanism for the supportive housing pilot program. Extends the sunset date for the supportive housing pilot program to 6/30/2030.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO FINANCING. Establishes and appropriates funds for a cesspool conversion on-bill financing program to be administered by the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority to provide low-interest loans to eligible homeowners for the upgrade, conversion, or connection of cesspools.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS. Exempts non-profit community-based organizations providing transportation services from motor carrier regulations under certain circumstances.
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TRN, CPC |
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RELATING TO HANALEI BAY. Prohibits vessels longer than 75 feet from entering Hanalei Bay. Exempts vessels operated by a federal, state, or county agency.
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS. Prohibits the transfer of funds appropriated for positions to operating expenses, and vice versa, except to fulfill the Legislature's purpose for which the funds were appropriated.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. Establishes a temporary working group to study the feasibility of transitioning the Hawaii State Legislature's regular session from one that meets for 3.5 months from mid-January to early May, to one that meets on a year-round basis. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to provide administrative support to the working group. Requires report to Legislature. Appropriates moneys.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a definition for "premium cigar" that is distinct from a "large cigar" and adds a definition for "characterizing flavor" in the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law. Excludes premium cigars from percentage excise tax. Establishes an excise tax at a rate of 50 cents per premium cigar.
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CPC, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO AVIAN INFLUENZA. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health and Department of Agriculture to prevent, monitor, and respond to avian influenza in Hawaii.
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HLT, AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to allocate to housing counseling agencies certified by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide housing counseling services. Requires a report to the Legislature regarding services provided by the housing counseling agencies.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, AND SEVENTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth representative districts.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES. Allows foreign medical school graduates applying for a license to practice medicine and surgery to substitute one year of required medical training or experience in a hospital with one year of fellowship training where the parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH. Establishes an Oral Health Task Force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Establishes one full-time equivalent program specialist V position. Appropriates funds.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Adds loan funds administered by Nonprofit Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)for certain for-sale affordable housing projects to list of loan priorities for the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund. Expands use of moneys in the revolving fund to allow financing as matching funds for CDFIs to mobilize other funding sources.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO EVICTION MEDIATION. Beginning 2/5/2026, extends the period for a notice of termination of a rental agreement; requires landlords to engage in mediation and delay filing an action for summary possession if a tenant schedules or attempts to schedule mediation; and requires landlords to provide specific information in the 10-calendar-day notice to tenants. Repeals 2/4/2027. Appropriates moneys.
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CPC, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO GAMING. Establishes the Hawaii Lottery and Gaming Corporation for the purpose of conducting and regulating wagering and gaming in the State. Establishes the Lottery and Gaming Special Fund and allocates certain percentages of the fund to various community betterment purposes.
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ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Replaces the boards of registration with on-call circuit judges to hear elections disputes.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ALOHA SPIRIT, CIVICS, AND DEMOCRACY. Establishes the Hawaii Civics Collaborative within the Department of Accounting and General Services to promote civics engagement and perpetuate the Aloha Spirit. Requires the Department of Education, University of Hawaii Matsunaga Institute for Peace, Public Access Room, and other community organizations to facilitate civic engagement education statewide. Establishes two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) civic education specialist positions within the Department of Education. Appropriates funds.
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CAA/EDN, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS. Establishes a general excise tax exemption on the gross proceeds or gross income received from sales of commodities or services that benefit nonprofit schools. Effective 1/1/2026.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES OR THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, OR DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes or the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, or deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.
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JHA |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes an appropriation for the public employment cost items and cost adjustments for employees of the Senate, House of Representatives, and various legislative agencies who are excluded from collective bargaining.
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FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, THE OMBUDSMAN, AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION. Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Ombudsman, and Ethics Commission. Declares that certain appropriations will further exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THEFT. Creates the offense of organized retail theft. Provides penalties for organized retail theft. Creates an organized retail theft task force.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO OFFICE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP. Establishes the office of entrepreneurship. Authorizes the use of the Hawaii film and creative industries development special fund for a partnership program with the office. Appropriates funds.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a high school law enforcement curriculum-to-career pipeline initiative. Appropriates funds to develop and implement the program.
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EDN, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires motor vehicle safety inspections to be conducted every two years rather than annually.
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TRN, JHA |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to equip all classroom doors with interior locks, maintain a public address system, feature an emergency access route, and maintain fire alarms. Mandates the establishment of school emergency plans. Requires schools conduct regular testing and emergency preparedness drills. Appropriates funds.
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EDN, PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the Office of the Auditor to perform a comprehensive forensic audit of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Department of Accounting and General Services related to the planning, design, financing, construction, and maintenance of a new jail to replace the Oahu Community Correctional Center. Requires a report. Appropriates funds.
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LMG, PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires individual managing agents and employees of entity managing agents to be licensed and imposes certain duties on these individuals.
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HSG, CPC |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINETEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the nineteenth representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO PLANT CARE COMPONENTS. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and establishes administrative penalties to establish and enforce the plant care component program. Appropriates funds and establishes positions for purposes of the plant care component program.
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AGR, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL CLIMATE RESILIENCY. Establishes a three-year climate-resilient food systems grant pilot program, to be administered by the Department of Agriculture. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Establishes the Affordable Housing Land Inventory Task Force within the Hawaii Community Development Authority to update the Affordable Rental Housing Report and Ten-Year Plan maps, tier tables, and inventories of state lands suitable and available for affordable housing development. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys.
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO BIRTH CERTIFICATES. Expands the types of health care providers who can submit an affidavit for a new certificate of birth for certain birth registrants.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. Prohibits boards from beginning or continuing meetings after 9:00 p.m., excluding county council meetings.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO VEHICLE MILEAGE. Requires employers to reimburse employees for vehicle mileage expenses incurred when using their personal vehicle to carry out employee duties or at the direction of the employer.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology within the University of Hawaii to establish and operate a Center for Climate Resilient Development.
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WAL, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a tax credit for individual and corporate taxpayers who install and place in service certain projects that support environmental sustainability.
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EEP, ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING. Authorizes the Hawaiian Homes Commission to designate tax increment districts that may utilize tax increment financing.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION OF ADVERTISING REVENUE BY MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. Directs the Department of Taxation to apply the state corporate income tax to advertising revenue earned by major social media platforms if the revenue is derived from content created within the State or from audiences located in the State. Establishes the Broadband and Digital Equity Special Fund to receive those revenues to fund initiatives expanding broadband access and local journalism initiatives. Appropriates funds.
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ECD, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL. Sets standards for sustainable aviation fuel adoption for intrastate travel airlines by certain times. Appropriates funds.
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EEP, TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires that each Department of Education public school student earn 2 credits in Hawaiian language as a graduation requirement. Establishes a 2-year pilot program for Hawaiian language instruction at a central Oahu elementary school and Nanakuli High and Intermediate School. Appropriates funds.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL STREET GANGS. Establishes the offense of criminal street gang participation, solicitation, recruitment, or retention. Provides for enhanced penalties for crimes committed by a defendant while part of a criminal street gang.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO CRISIS SERVICES. Expands the Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program to include at least two sites on the island of Oahu, including one program in west Oahu.
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO A STATE LOTTERY. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of a state lottery.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. Provides access by owners of motor vehicles and independent repair facilities to motor vehicle manufacturer diagnostic and repair information and diagnostic repair tools otherwise made available to dealers.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. Establishes a basic housing allowance for legislators whose legal residence is on an island other than the island of Oahu during session. Appropriates funds.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOCIAL GAMING. Authorizes a 10-year renewable license for a social gaming facility in a special district designated for tourism. Allows admission and participation for adults. Non-residents shall be required to apply for guest membership. Establishes the Hawaii social gaming control commission to monitor and measure operational activities as well as collect and distribute tax revenue from social game operations. Imposes a consumption tax on every hand and every contest. Uses revenue for housing developments for currently houseless Native Hawaiian residents.
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ECD, CPC/JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING RESILIENCY. Establishes the strengthen Hawaii homes program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to administer grants to retrofit residential properties located in historically vulnerable areas to enhance resilience against disaster impacts and reduce potential insurance liabilities. Establishes the strengthen Hawaii homes program special fund. Appropriates moneys from the special fund.
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HSG, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO GARDEN. Authorizes the cultivation of vegetable gardens on properties within planned community associations and condominiums. Prohibits planned community associations and condominiums from prohibiting or restricting the cultivation of vegetable gardens via their association documents.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO LABOR. Establishes clear criteria for unpaid student internship programs under the state wage laws.
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LAB, JHA |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes the Small Housing Provider Grant Program under Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide grants to eligible property owners of multi-family buildings for renovations, repairs, and addressing hazardous and unsafe living conditions. Appropriates funds.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Transportation to install traffic actuated signals, including leading pedestrian intervals and accessible pedestrian signals and detectors. Imposes an additional fee of $5 for a certificate of registration for motor vehicles, to be deposited into the Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO BROADBAND SERVICE. Requires a provider of broadband internet access services to be transparent with network management practices, performance, and commercial terms of its broadband internet access services. Prohibits a provider of broadband internet access services from blocking lawful websites, impairing or degrading lawful internet traffic, engaging in paid prioritization or application-specific differential pricing, or interfering with or disadvantaging users of broadband internet access services. Requires an applicant of a broadband-related permit seeking a state-granted or county-granted right to attach small cell or other broadband wireless communication devices to utility poles to comply with certain practices.
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ECD, CPC |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires certain landlords to provide a specified notice to a tenant regarding the tenant's potential right to purchase the property, under certain conditions. Allows tenants, families, local governments, affordable housing nonprofits, and community land trusts forty-five days to match or beat the best bona fide offer to buy an eligible affordable housing property. Establishes conveyance tax rates for the sale of eligible affordable housing properties.
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HSG/WAL, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE INSURANCE AFFORDABILITY ASSISTANCE PILOT PROGRAM. Establishes the Insurance Affordability Assistance Pilot Program within the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to assist eligible homeowners with sudden increases in property insurance premiums. Sunsets 6/30/2028.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-seventh representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS. Requires an environmental impact statement and consultation with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for actions that propose any launch of a spacecraft from or reeintry into state waters or the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.
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EEP, JHA |
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RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Clarifies that the monthly needs allowance afforded to individuals living in certain long-term care facilities is not intended to replace or affect funds received as a state supplemental payment for domiciliary care and shall be supplemental to any funds provided to a recipient as a state supplemental payment for domiciliary care. Appropriates funds.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Establishes new requirements for identifying certain top contributors for election campaign purposes. Prohibits structuring, assisting in structuring, or attempting to structure or assist in structuring any solicitation, contribution, expenditure, disbursement, or other transactions. Establishes additional penalties regarding campaign finance violations. Adds and amends various definitions for purposes of campaign finances. Amends reporting requirements for schedules filed for noncandidate committee reports. Repeals certain required information for noncandidate committees making only independent expenditures for late contribution reports. Expands information required for a noncandidate committee that makes independent expenditures of more than $500. Increases the aggregate amount that triggers when a person is required to file a statement of information. Repeals an authorization for a nonprofit organization operating as a noncandidate committee to use a donation for certain expenditures. Requires certain noncandidate committees to maintain transfer records. Requires certain information to be reported to a noncandidate committee. Repeals the requirement to identify certain top contributors.
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RELATING TO AUDIBLE VEHICLE REVERSE WARNING SYSTEMS. Requires the use of current audible reverse warning systems (back-up beepers) on state and county-owned vehicles purchased on or after 1/1/2028, with more effective broadband reversing alarms by 1/1/2028.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires housing projects developed pursuant to section 201H-38, HRS, to be located within county-designated transit-oriented zones.
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RELATING TO HUMAN REMAINS. Requires any funeral establishment, mortuary, cemetery, crematory, or hydrolysis facility to dispose of the remains of a dead human body no later than sixty days from the date a burial-transit permit has been issued or from the date of an affidavit for amendment of the permit has been submitted. Specifies that the Department of Health is not required to include specific disposition dates on the permit.
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RELATED TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. For purposes of the hemp processors law, amends the definitions of "artificially derived cannabis", "cannabis", and "manufactured hemp product" to include all forms of cannabinoids classified as schedule I under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Establishes an adjudication system and procedures to process fireworks infractions. Amends multiple definitions and penalties for fireworks offenses, including heightened penalties if another person suffers substantial bodily injury, serious bodily injury, or death as a result of the fireworks offenses. Establishes various criminal offenses and penalties related to fireworks or articles pyrotechnics. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the Transit Oriented Community Improvement Partnership within the Department of Transportation. Establishes the Community Improvement Revolving Fund. Authorizes the Hawaii Community Development Authority to assist the mission of the Partnership. Designates exemptions. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Establishes penalties for property managers and owners of real property on or in which massage parlors or similar prostitution establishments are located. Requires workers to be treated as victims and offered resources. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER. Makes it a disorderly conduct offense to remain or loiter within twenty feet of a bus stop with no intent to utilize any bus service. Authorizes law enforcement officers to immediately remove any person committing a disorderly conduct offense of remaining or loitering within twenty feet of a bus stop with no intent to utilize any bus service and confiscate any of their personal property. Authorizes law enforcement officers to determine if the confiscated property is to be saved or discarded. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Increases the category of offense for criminal trespass in the first and second degree and criminal property damage in the second, third, and fourth degree.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Appropriates funds in addition to the base budget of the Department of Human Services' Homeless Programs Office to address the need for homeless services in the State.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to fund and administer core homelessness services.
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Requires the Hawaii Health Authority to develop a comprehensive plan for the establishment of a universal, single payer health care system to replace all other health care coverage in the State, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Prepaid Health Care Act. Establishes a universal, single payer health care system to be known as the Hawaii Care program under the Hawaii Health Authority to take effect one hundred eighty days after the approval of waivers from certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the State's Medicaid plan. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a climate education, environmental sustainability, and indigenous knowledge into the K-12 curriculum and climate education and environmental sustainability teacher training and professional development programs. Requires the University of Hawaii to develop and implement a series of courses on climate education and environmental sustainability, to be completed by every student prior to the student's graduation, and establish sustainability practices across all university campuses to promote sustainability. Requires the Department of Education and University of Hawaii to conduct annual sustainability audits across their respective campuses to assess the progress of each campus in integrating sustainability into their curriculum and operations.
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, to establish a comprehensive action plan to establish a local housing market in Hawaii. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII FILM COMMISSION. Establishes the State of Hawaii Film Commission within the Creative Industries Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to support the State's film and media industries. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO SPORTS FACILITIES. Lapses appropriations of general obligation bond funds previously authorized for the planning, design, and construction of a stadium in Halawa by the Stadium Authority. Transfers certain special fund moneys earmarked for the development of a new stadium in Halawa to the general fund. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for a new stadium on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus. Renames the Stadium Authority as the Halawa Redevelopment Authority and the Stadium Development District as the Halawa Redevelopment District. Amends the powers and duties of the Halawa Redevelopment Authority.
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RELATING TO THE KEAUHOU AQUIFER SYSTEM. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to install two monitoring wells in the Keauhou Aquifer System. Establishes the Keauhou Aquifer System Monitoring Program. Requires reports to the Legislature.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the position of Ka Papahana Kaiapuni Program Complex Area Superintendent. Requires that at least one at-large member of the Board of Education be a Hawaiian educator, practitioner, or scholar of Hawaiian studies or the Hawaiian language, to be selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Clarifies the purpose and objective of the Hawaiian Language Medium Education Program. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture to develop an online reporting tool for restricted use pesticide reporting. Appropriates funds to convert temporary environmental health specialist III positions into permanent positions.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit for qualified productions that utilize qualified production facilities located within the State. Changes the cap amount and aggregate cap amount of the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit to unspecified amounts. Exempts from the general excise tax reimbursement to a motion picture project employer for employee wages, salaries, payroll taxes, insurance premiums, and employment benefits.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Expands the Department of Education's authority to allow more trained staff to volunteer to assist students with the administration of medication.
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RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS. Repeals the authority of the Department of Education to set the price for school meals.
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RELATING TO TREES. Establishes base selection criteria for exceptional trees. Establishes the significant tree designation, selection criteria, and related processes. Establishes the State Arborist Advisory Committee within the Department of Land and Natural Resources for administrative purposes. Requires County Arborist Advisory Committees to have at least six members, adopt new exceptional tree selection criteria, and designate significant trees. Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the University of Hawaii to cooperate with State and County Arborist Advisory Committees to carry out the Exceptional Trees Program.
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Establishes requirements for property and casualty insurers and policies for pre- and post-disaster protections.
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RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY. Excludes from the definition of "development" for purposes of coastal zone management restrictions, the reconstruction, under certain circumstances, of structures destroyed in the August 8, 2023, wildfires in Lahaina, Maui.
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RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS. Exempts qualifying disabled veterans from county vehicle registration fees, highway beautification fees, and vehicle weight taxes.
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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.
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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.
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RELATING TO IMMIGRATION. Prohibits certain covered educational entities and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation facilities from collecting information regarding citizenship or immigration status or allowing officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enter certain facilities, except under specific circumstances.
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RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY ENABLEMENT. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to assist small businesses, including those related to the tourism sector, with technology enablement.
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a program that provides technology enablement for small businesses related to tourism in the State. Appropriates funds for assisting in the development and promotion of Hawaii-manufactured products through the INNOVATE Hawaii program.
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RELATING TO LABELING REQUIREMENTS. Prohibits the sale of raw ahi and raw ahi products in retail establishments without a label that states the country where the ahi was landed.
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RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS. Exempts disabled veterans from the State's vehicle weight tax and repeals the exemption for disabled veterans from the State's annual vehicle registration fee.
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RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with various agencies and upon request of the inmates, to assist inmates in obtaining the inmates' civil identification card, birth certificate, social security card, and other relevant identification necessary for successful reentry into society, as soon as practicable. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to initiate the process of obtaining identifying documents for inmates released to work furlough, extended furlough, or community placement programs, by providing the forms necessary for the inmate to obtain civil identification cards and other identifying documents to the inmate as soon as practicable.
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RELATING TO THE COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM. Establishes a state income tax deduction for contributions made to Hawaii 529 accounts through the college savings program. Conforms to the amendments of the Internal Revenue Code that authorize 529 benefits to be used for K-12 educational expenses.
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Redefines "historic property" with respect to the State Historic Preservation Program. Requires historic review for proposed projects on existing privately-owned single-family detached dwelling units or townhouses only if the unit or townhouse is historic property, rather than over 50 years old.
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Creates a process for expediting the review of residential transit-oriented development on certain parcels within county-designated transit oriented development zones that have a low risk of affecting historically significant resources. Authorizes lead agencies, including county governments, to make determinations on the potential effects of a project. Creates a ninety-day limit to concur or not concur with project effect determinations. Provides that projects with written concurrence are exempt from further review unless there is a significant change to the project or additional historic properties, aviation artifacts, or burial sites are identified within the project area.
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND. Provides a tax credit to taxpayers and makes deposits to the emergency and budget reserve fund and other post-employment benefits trust fund pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO WATER USE. Authorizes the Commission on Water Resource Management, as a condition for issuing permits, to require the use of dual line water supply systems in new residential and mixed-use developments located in designated water management areas. Authorizes those residential and mixed-use developments to be included in irrigation projects, as defined in chapter 167, HRS. Authorizes the Board of Agriculture to investigate and survey the availability of nonpotable water. Requires the Department of Health, Board of Agriculture, and the counties to update their rules, ordinances, to allow dual line water supply systems in residential and mixed-use developments.
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