Bills & Legislation

RELATING TO A RATE STUDY FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES.

Appropriates funding for the Department of Human Services to conduct a rate study for Medicaid home health services in Hawaii.

Joy A. San BuenaventuraDemocrat

RELATING TO TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.

Requires the Office of Wellness and Resilience to design, implement, and administer trauma-informed organizational assessments and a training curriculum for Child Welfare Services to support the development of a trauma-informed child welfare system in the State. Allows the office to contract with public and private entities to provide necessary services. Appropriates funds.

Joy A. San BuenaventuraDemocrat

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.

Stanley ChangDemocrat

RELATING TO DOULAS.

Requires any person providing doula services for compensation or representing or advertising themselves as a certified doula to register with the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes certain rights for certified doulas, including being present during delivery and in any recovery rooms, if requested by the client. Requires the Director to maintain a link to the registry on the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' website. Effective 1/1/2026.

Troy N. HashimotoDemocrat

RELATING TO THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION.

Makes the members of the Elections Commission subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.

Stanley ChangDemocrat

RELATING TO GREEN BONDS.

Establishes a Green Bonds Working Group within the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, to determine the feasibility of a green bond financing program for the State.

Karl RhoadsDemocrat

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires the Department of Health to adopt by rules, a mandate that the primary caregiver caring for two or three clients in community care foster family homes to be a certified nurse aide or licensed nurse who has completed a state-approved training program and other training as required by the Department and holds a current certified nurse aid certificate or nursing license.

Sharon Y. MoriwakiDemocrat

RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.

Establishes the School Meals Option Pilot Program within the Department of Education to provide healthy meal options to students. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires at least one high school in each school complex area to offer a meal in accordance with the School Meals Option Pilot Program every other week. Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, requires at least one high school in each school complex area to offer a meal in accordance with the School Meals Option Pilot Program every week. Requires each individual high school to develop guidelines to implement the School Meals Option Pilot Program, subject to Department of Education approval. Requires reports to the Legislature. Repeals 6/30/2029.

Karl RhoadsDemocrat

RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS.

Increases the mandatory minimum jail sentence for a first conviction of knowingly or intentionally violating a temporary restraining order from forty-eight to seventy-two hours. Requires mandatory mental health counseling for a first conviction of knowingly or intentionally violating a temporary restraining order.

Brandon J.C. ElefanteDemocrat

RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

Expands the scope of the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Program to include the design, implementation, and administration of pathways for supporting renewable energy and conservation projects that align carbon sequestration with marine ecosystem restoration and opportunities for strengthening carbon accounting methodologies to assist in the quantification and reduction of direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions. Requires a report to the Legislature.

Karl RhoadsDemocrat

RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Short form bill.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO LAND.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO WATER.

Short form bill.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO HARBORS.

Short form bill.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO LABOR.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION.

Short form bill.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Short form bill.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Short form bill.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Short form bill.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO CRIME.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO HOUSING.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO HOUSING.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO HOUSING.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO HEALTH.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Short form bill.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.

Short form bill.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO PLANT-BASED BUILDING MATERIALS.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the establishment and administration of the Plant-Based Building Materials Working Group to study how best to develop the plant-based building materials industry in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature.

Lorraine R. InouyeDemocrat

RELATING TO ENERGY.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO TOURISM.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO COMMERCE.

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Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO COMMERCE.

Short form bill.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Short form bill.

Dru Mamo KanuhaDemocrat

RELATING TO FOOD SECURITY.

Establishes the Hawaii Food Security Special Fund to restore Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit levels to those provided in federal fiscal year 2023. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.

Sharon Y. MoriwakiDemocrat