Bills & Legislation

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

Requires the Executive Office on Early Learning to establish an Imagination Library of Hawaii Program to provide one free book each month to children from birth through five years of age who reside in the State. Appropriates funds.

Adrian K. TamDemocrat

RELATING TO CANDIDATES.

Requires objections made by an officer of a political party to candidate nomination papers to be filed with and determined by the Office of Elections.

Adrian K. TamDemocrat

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Requires a trigger lock for all firearms purchases from a licensed dealer. Requires licensed firearms dealers to provide purchasers with notice regarding the law on firearms storage. Amends the requirements for the secure storage of firearms and establishes fines for violations. Amends the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm.

Sean QuinlanDemocrat

RELATING TO HEALTHCARE FACILITY NURSE STAFFING.

Implements various nurse-to-patient ratios at hospitals and care homes. Requires the Department of Health to audit healthcare facility compliance.

Kanani SouzaRepublican

RELATING TO CORONERS.

Requires the mayor of each county to appoint, and the county council or city council to confirm, a county medical examiner. Provides that the medical examiner for each county shall serve as the county's coroner. Makes conforming amendments. Appropriates moneys to the counties of Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai, for the establishment of county medical examiner positions.

Kanani SouzaRepublican

RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES.

Increases the minimum age to operate a low-speed electric bicycle from fifteen to sixteen years of age.

Lisa KitagawaDemocrat

RELATING TO JUVENILE JUSTICE.

Requires and appropriates moneys for the Department of Human Services' Office of Youth Services to develop and implement a program offering individualized service and support teams to assist at-risk and court-involved youth.

Kanani SouzaRepublican

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the Department of Transportation to identify any roadways other than Makakilo Drive that may be used as emergency egress routes in Makakilo. Requires the Department of Transportation to plan for, design, and construct an emergency egress route in Makakilo under certain circumstances. Appropriates moneys.

Kanani SouzaRepublican

RELATING TO INJURIOUS MATERIALS.

Prohibits placing, dropping, or leaving injurious materials on highways, lanes, roads, streets, and alleys.

Kanani SouzaRepublican

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Converts certain fireworks-related offenses from misdemeanors to class C felonies.

Kanani SouzaRepublican

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii.

Andrew Takuya GarrettDemocrat

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to higher education.

Andrew Takuya GarrettDemocrat

RELATING TO STATEWIDE COMPOSTING.

Requires the Department of Health to adopt or amend rules to establish a classification system for composting facilities or operations. Allows composting and co-composting in the agricultural district, including on lands with class A or class B soils. Appropriates moneys.

Nadine K. NakamuraDemocrat

RELATING TO LAVA ZONE INSURANCE.

Establishes a Lava Zone Insurance Fund to subsidize the cost of insurance premiums for properties in lava zones 1 and 2. Defines lava zones 1 and 2. Appropriates funds.

Greggor IlaganDemocrat

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Amends the definition of "cultural". Prohibits the use of consumer fireworks except for cultural use by permit. Repeals the wording of section 132D-3(1), HRS, that generally allows the use of consumer fireworks without a permit on New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and the Fourth of July. Makes it unlawful to offer, display for sale, sell, or furnish consumer fireworks to any person except for cultural use by permit. Prohibits the sale of fireworks to a person more than 5 calendar days before a permitted cultural use. Imposes a fee of $25 per permit for the purchase and cultural use of consumer fireworks. Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for cultural use.

Nadine K. NakamuraDemocrat

RELATING TO AN INCOME TAX CREDIT.

Establishes a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses paid to retrofit a residence with wind resistive devices.

Della Au BelattiDemocrat

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to: (1) plan and administer income tax credits relating to emergency management or disaster preparedness and grants for low-income taxpayers to fortify their residential real property; (2) oversee the development of emergency shelters; and (3) hire necessary personnel.

Della Au BelattiDemocrat

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Authorizes certain state government entities to establish a self-certification process for behind-the-meter, customer-sited solar distributed energy resource systems and exempt the systems from the Federal Emergency Management Agency No-Rise/No-Impact declaration requirements under certain circumstances.

Nicole E. LowenDemocrat

RELATING TO OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.

Requires all public schools, including public charter schools, to maintain a stock supply of opioid antagonists. Requires the Department of Education and State Public Charter School Commission to offer training to school employees on the administration of opioid antagonists.

Sam Satoru KongDemocrat

RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS.

Increases the matching fund payments to candidates in the partial public financing program for excess qualifying contributions.

Mahina PoepoeDemocrat

RELATING TO INCOME TAX.

Eliminates the state individual income tax.

Christopher L. MuraokaRepublican

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides an income tax deduction for tips received by tipped employees.

Elijah PierickRepublican

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.

Garner M. ShimizuRepublican

RELATING TO LABOR.

Short form bill relating to labor.

Jackson D. SayamaDemocrat

RELATING TO LABOR.

Short form bill relating to labor.

Jackson D. SayamaDemocrat

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Establishes a paid family leave program for state and county employees. Authorizes a qualifying employee to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave for the birth or placement of a child or to care for a family member who has a serious health condition. Requires the employee to agree to subsequently work for the employer for at least 12 weeks upon return to service except under certain conditions.

Jackson D. SayamaDemocrat

RELATING TO HAZARD PAY.

Authorizes differentials in pay for state and county employees who are exposed temporarily to unusually hazard working conditions, under certain conditions.

Jackson D. SayamaDemocrat

RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

Increases the penalties imposed on individuals convicted for violation of a temporary restraining order and order for protection. Clarifies that the court shall not sentence a defendant to pay a fine for violating a temporary restraining order or order for protection if, after conducting a financial review, the court determines the defendant is or will be unable to pay the fine. Specifies that the court may suspend certain jail sentence for violation of a temporary restraining order or order for protection upon condition that the defendant remain alcohol- and drug-free, conviction-free, and complete court-ordered assessments or intervention.

LAMOSAO

RELATING TO CARE HOMES.

Prohibits the licensing of an adult residential care home, expanded adult residential care home, or developmental disabilities domiciliary home that is financed, managed, operated, supervised, directed, or owned in whole or in part by a person convicted of a gambling offense.

LAMOSAO

RELATING TO REGULATED INDUSTRIES.

Short form bill relating to regulated industries.

Scot Z. MatayoshiDemocrat

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Short form bill relating to insurance.

Scot Z. MatayoshiDemocrat

RELATING TO HARBORS.

Short form bill relating to harbors.

Darius K. KilaDemocrat

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Short form bill relating to transportation.

Darius K. KilaDemocrat

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Excludes from the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products the direct sale of large cigars and pipe tobacco to adult consumers for personal use. Effective 1/1/2026.

Sam Satoru KongDemocrat

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT.

Short form bill relating to environment.

Nicole E. LowenDemocrat

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT.

Short form bill relating to environment.

Nicole E. LowenDemocrat

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Short form bill relating to energy.

Nicole E. LowenDemocrat

RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.

Provides that the Liquor Commission or other licensing agency of each county shall deny the renewal of certain current liquor licenses upon receipt of sufficient protests.

Greggor IlaganDemocrat

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO ESTABLISH TERM LIMITS FOR LEGISLATORS.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of members of the legislature to a maximum of twelve years in the house of representatives or senate, or both, for terms beginning on or after the general election of 2026.

WARD

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires that each county council district feature at least one voter service center for elections. Provides further, that each county council district must have one voter service center open on election day.

Elijah PierickRepublican

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.

Lauren MatsumotoRepublican

RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOMELANDS LEASES.

Requires leases used in the conveyance of available lands as defined by section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, as amended, to conform to the requirements for securitization by federally insured lending programs.

Diamond GarciaRepublican

RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST REVENUES.

Requires that all moneys in the pro rata portion of the Public Land Trust be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Diamond GarciaRepublican

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.

David Alcos IIIRepublican

RELATING TO USE OF FORCE IN SELF-PROTECTION.

Clarifies when the use of deadly force is not justified. Removes the requirement to retreat or surrender possessions prior to using deadly force.

Diamond GarciaRepublican

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.

Lauren MatsumotoRepublican

RELATING TO LONG DURATION CLEAN ENERGY STORAGE.

Amends the Hawaii renewable hydrogen program and hydrogen investment capital special fund to include a broader focus on long duration clean energy storage. Transfers responsibility for the program to the Hawaii State Energy Office. Appropriates funds.

Nicole E. LowenDemocrat