Hawaii 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 9)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1108
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/23/25
Requires specialized training for all employees of the Office of the Ombudsman to develop relevant expertise to handle complaints about the child welfare system. Requires the Office of the Ombudsman to publish a quarterly report on its website that identifies the number and nature of complaints that it receives regarding the Child Welfare Services Branch of the Department of Human Services. Requires the Child Welfare Services Branch of the Department of Human Services to provide notification that complaints can also be filed with the Office of the Ombudsman. Appropriates funds.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1152
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
2/28/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Enrolled
4/22/25
Chaptered
5/15/25
Passed
5/15/25
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)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1175
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
2/28/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Chaptered
4/11/25
Passed
4/11/25
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.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB991
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/19/25
Report Pass
4/24/25
Report Pass
4/24/25
Enrolled
5/1/25
Chaptered
5/27/25
Passed
5/27/25
Clarifies that contractors, contractor's employees, and subcontractors who have access to federal tax information held by the Department of the Attorney General may be subject to fingerprint-based background checks. (CD1)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1441
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Enrolled
4/16/25
Chaptered
5/16/25
Passed
5/16/25
Repeals the requirement to transfer the Oahu Regional Health Care System (Oahu Region) from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health. Repeals certain changes to the HRS that were made by Act 212, SLH 2021. Requires the Oahu Region and the Department of Health to enter into a formal memorandum of agreement regarding the care of certain psychiatrically stable patients transferred or discharged from the Hawaii State Hospital to an appropriate Oahu Region facility, subject to certain conditions. Requires the Oahu Region to submit a report to the Legislature. (HD2)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1341
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Refer
1/29/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
2/28/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
3/27/25
Chaptered
4/11/25
Passed
4/11/25
Adds the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to the list of agencies that may examine the energy industry information statements submitted pursuant to section 486J-3, HRS. Adds the promotion of emergency management and critical infrastructure protection as relevant purposes of the Energy Data Collection Program.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1031
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Report Pass
4/24/25
Report Pass
4/24/25
Enrolled
5/1/25
Chaptered
5/12/25
Passed
5/12/25
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (5) and their excluded counterparts negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1429
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/14/25
Refer
3/14/25
Report Pass
3/21/25
Refer
3/21/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Report Pass
4/24/25
Report Pass
4/24/25
Enrolled
5/1/25
Chaptered
5/14/25
Passed
5/14/25
Authorizes the Department of Health to impose penalties and take enforcement actions for violations of the medical cannabis laws. Increases the maximum number of qualifying patients a primary caregiver is authorized to care for from one to five patients. Retroactive to 1/1/2025, repeals the prohibition against primary caregivers cultivating medical cannabis for their qualifying patients, and authorizes primary caregivers to cultivate cannabis in an amount not to exceed an adequate supply for the qualifying patient; provided that each location used to cultivate cannabis shall be used to cultivate cannabis for not more than five qualifying patients. Extends for two years the sunset date for the interim rules adopted by the Department of Health and extends for four years the sunset date for the exemption from civil service of personnel hired by, or contracts entered into by, the Department of Health related to the medical cannabis dispensary system. (CD1)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1017
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Refer
3/13/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Enrolled
4/22/25
Chaptered
5/14/25
Passed
5/14/25
Repeals the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB960
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/21/25
Refer
3/21/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Report Pass
4/25/25
Report Pass
4/25/25
Enrolled
5/1/25
Chaptered
6/25/25
Passed
6/25/25
Increases the maximum value of capital advancement contracts that may be executed by the Department of Transportation without legislative approval. Increases the minimum value of capital advancement contracts requirement for the Department of Transportation to obtain legislative approval through concurrent resolution. Increases the total aggregate value of capital advancement contracts that the Department of Transportation may enter into in a fiscal year. Establishes reporting requirements related to capital advancement contracts. (CD1)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1282
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
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.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB922
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Short form bill relating to culture.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1214
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Establishes a Vacant Homes Special Fund under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for rental assistance programs. Establishes a general excise tax surcharge on an owner that allows a residential real property to remain vacant for 180 days or more a year. Requires persons who own residential real property, but do not live there, to obtain a general excise tax license. Requires the counties to disclose to the Department of Taxation a list of properties classified as not being occupied by an owner of that property. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to calculate average annual rental value for the basis for the surcharge amount.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB836
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Mandates courts to impose an enhanced sentence for theft and burglary offenses over a certain property value threshold. Increases penalties for habitual property crime perpetrators. Targets fencing operations and imposes enhanced sentencing to those who knowingly receive stolen property or resell such property.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB913
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Appropriates funds to establish positions within the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Aquatic Resources.