Bills & Legislation

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Short form bill relating to transportation.

Darius K. KilaDemocrat

RELATING TO HARBORS.

Short form bill relating to harbors.

Darius K. KilaDemocrat

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Short form bill relating to highways.

Darius K. KilaDemocrat

RELATING TO AIRPORTS.

Short form bill relating to airports.

Darius K. KilaDemocrat

RELATING TO THE COUNTIES.

Authorizes counties, after adoption of power of sale laws, ordinances, or rules, to sell private property after all notices, orders, and appeal proceedings are exhausted, and to use those revenues to pay unpaid civil fines related to that property. Requires the county to remit any amounts in excess of the unpaid civil fines to the property owner. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Cory M. ChunDemocrat

RELATING TO GASOLINE-POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.

Prohibits the operation of gasoline-powered leaf blowers in any urban land use district. Applies the existing time-of-use restrictions on leaf blowers to non-gasoline-powered leaf blowers. Increases the fines for offenses of leaf blower restrictions and provides for the forfeiture of gasoline-powered leaf blowers upon a third violation. Removes the exemption on leaf blower restrictions for government agencies.

Mike LeeDemocrat

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Short form bill relating to health.

Gregg TakayamaDemocrat

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Short form bill relating to health.

Gregg TakayamaDemocrat

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Short form bill relating to health.

Gregg TakayamaDemocrat

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Short form bill relating to health.

Gregg TakayamaDemocrat

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Short form bill relating to health.

Gregg TakayamaDemocrat

RELATING TO EXCITED DELIRIUM.

Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a medical examiner, coroner, or health care provider from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium. Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report. Establishes a new Hawaii Rule of Evidence that deems evidence that a person experienced or suffered an excited delirium inadmissible in a civil action. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Gregg TakayamaDemocrat

RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES.

Short form bill relating to natural resources.

Mark J. HashemDemocrat

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Short form bill relating to the department of land and natural resources.

Mark J. HashemDemocrat

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Short form bill relating to land use.

Mark J. HashemDemocrat

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Short form bill relating to energy.

Nicole E. LowenDemocrat

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Short form bill relating to government.

Mark J. HashemDemocrat

RELATING TO DISASTERS.

Short form bill relating to disasters.

Mark J. HashemDemocrat

RELATING TO UTILITIES.

Short form bill relating to utilities.

Scot Z. MatayoshiDemocrat

RELATING TO COMMERCE.

Short form bill relating to commerce.

Scot Z. MatayoshiDemocrat

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Short form bill relating to consumer protection.

Scot Z. MatayoshiDemocrat

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Short form bill relating to insurance.

Scot Z. MatayoshiDemocrat

RELATING TO REGULATED INDUSTRIES.

Short form bill relating to regulated industries.

Scot Z. MatayoshiDemocrat

RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.

Authorizes the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture to adopt, amend, and repeal rules to develop an assessment and approval process to import and move aquatic livestock in the State. Requires the Aquaculture Program to develop a risk-based framework and biocontainment standards for the aquatic livestock assessment and approval process. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Kirstin KahaloaDemocrat

RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING.

Clarifies the labeling and advertising requirements for coffee that is grown and processed in the State. Defines "regional origin". Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Kirstin KahaloaDemocrat

RELATING TO WILDLIFE.

Bans the keeping or breeding of cetaceans in captivity except in certain circumstances.

Andrew Takuya GarrettDemocrat

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Short form bill relating to energy.

Nicole E. LowenDemocrat

RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT.

Authorizes boards and commissions to make employment decisions related to its officers and employees without the approval of the head of the department to which the board or commission is administratively attached.

Andrew Takuya GarrettDemocrat

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE.

No later than January 1, 2026, requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to install and maintain automated external defibrillators in all state buildings, including all public schools. Requires DAGS to establish a Cardiac Emergency Response Plan and work with the counties to implement the plan into the counties' emergency service provider protocols. Requires DAGS to provide trainings on the use of automated external defibrillators and the performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for state employees and security staff of certain state agencies. Makes appropriations.

Andrew Takuya GarrettDemocrat

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Short form bill relating to energy.

Nicole E. LowenDemocrat

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT.

Short form bill relating to environment.

Nicole E. LowenDemocrat

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT.

Short form bill relating to environment.

Nicole E. LowenDemocrat

DESIGNATING HAWAII AS A PURPLE HEART STATE.

Designates Hawaii as a Purple Heart State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Sam Satoru KongDemocrat

RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CONFERENCE CENTER REVOLVING FUND.

Establishes the University of Hawaii Conference Center Revolving Fund to facilitate the administration of the revolving fund for conference center programs among various campuses and operating units of the University of Hawaii System. Repeals the Conference Center Revolving Fund and the University of Hawaii at Hilo and the Community College Conference Center Revolving Fund. Lapses all appropriations and encumbrances of the Conference Center Revolving Fund, University of Hawaii at Hilo and the Community College Conference Center Revolving Fund to the University of Hawaii Conference Center Revolving Fund. (CD1)

Nadine K. NakamuraDemocrat

RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION.

Permanently exempts the software developer supervisor in the Department of Taxation and the data privacy officer and tax business analysts in the Office of the Director of Taxation from civil service. (SD2)

Nadine K. NakamuraDemocrat

RELATING TO NUISANCES.

Clarifies that the Department of Health has the legal authority and obligation to prevent and address nuisances that affect public health or environmental health, or both. Repeals definition of "nuisance" to include toxic materials used in or by-products of methamphetamine drug labs and odors and filth resulting from feeding feral birds. (SD2)

Nadine K. NakamuraDemocrat

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 been satisfied or has become unenforceable by lapse of time. Effective 1/1/2027. (CD1)

Kyle T. YamashitaDemocrat

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends the definition of draft beer used in liquor tax laws to mean beer in an individual container of five gallons or more. Effective 1/1/2026. (CD1)

Kyle T. YamashitaDemocrat

RELATING TO MOTORCYCLE INSTRUCTION PERMITS.

Requires all applicants for a motorcycle instruction permit to successfully complete a basic motorcycle rider course approved by the Department of Transportation. Clarifies that a person shall not operate a motor vehicle in connection with the driving training course without a valid temporary instruction permit unless it is a motorcycle that is being used for training purposes on an enclosed state certified training range. (CD1)

Nadine K. NakamuraDemocrat

RELATING TO ETHICS ADMINISTRATIVE FINES.

Establishes uniform provisions for the assessment of administrative penalties under the State Ethics Code and Lobbyist Law.

Ronald D. KouchiDemocrat

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. (HD1)

Nadine K. NakamuraDemocrat

RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.

Provides that leaders of nonprofit organizations shall not be fingerprinted when applying for a liquor license in counties with a population of less than five hundred thousand. (SD2)

Troy N. HashimotoDemocrat

ELECTING THE SPEAKER AND VICE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE.

Sean QuinlanDemocrat

ELECTING THE TEMPORARY CHAIR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE.

Sean QuinlanDemocrat

ACKNOWLEDGING AND RECOGNIZING THE CAUCUS LEADERS AND NAMING THE CHAIRS, VICE CHAIRS, AND MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE.

Sean QuinlanDemocrat

ELECTING OFFICERS OF THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

ELECTING THE OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE.

Sean QuinlanDemocrat