Hawaii 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 166)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1300
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
2/28/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/21/25
Refer
3/21/25
Report Pass
4/2/25
Refer
4/14/25
Report Pass
4/25/25
Report Pass
4/25/25
Enrolled
5/1/25
Chaptered
7/1/25
Passed
7/1/25
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 other sources of funding to complete the study. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1538
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to identify all legislative districts in the State in which a majority of the population consists of Native Hawaiians. Designates these districts as Native Hawaiian majority districts.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1230
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
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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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1289
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
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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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1309
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Authorizes the transfer of certain lands under the jurisdiction of certain state agencies to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1572
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Establishes the Hawaii State Sports Wagering Commission within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators. Establishes penalties for violations. Specifies that sports wagering shall not be considered games of chance or gambling. Allows the commission to conduct background checks on applicants for a sports wagering operator license and persons in control of applicants for a sports wagering operator license. Requires tax revenue collected from sports wagering to fund certain initiatives, including 50 per cent for public education programs and 25 per cent for affordable housing. Requires the commission to submit annual reports to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1545
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/18/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Refer
2/28/25
Report Pass
3/21/25
Refer
3/21/25
Repeals language in the State's Code of Ethics that exempts the legislative and judicial branches from prohibitions against nepotism in public employment. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1543
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Requires each purchasing agency to provide justification for hiring external consultants. Caps the amount each agency can spend on external consultants. Requires each agency to seek approval from the Legislature for consulting contracts exceeding a certain dollar amount. Requires each agency to disclose new contracts with external consultants. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Requires the Compliance Audit Unit to conduct regular audits of agency consultant contracts to assess cost-effectiveness and compliance. Requires each chief procurement officer to ensure that inherent government functions are not delegated to a contractor. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1562
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Establishes the Combined Housing Operational Agriculture Mobilization Program to assist bona fide farmers to live and farm on agricultural lands. For taxable years beginning 1/1/2026, establishes a tax credit for land donated to the Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1253
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Establishes the Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement Program to be administered by the Judiciary.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1286
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1540
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Refer
1/29/25
Beginning 1/1/2028, makes the most recent Hawaii state building codes adopted by the state building code council supersede all existing county building codes and thereafter allows counties to remove requirements of the state building codes or add requirements to the state building codes only with prior council approval. Repeals the counties' authority to adopt, amend, and update the Hawaii state building codes for their respective county building codes.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1541
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
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
Appropriates funds for the Waiahole Water System for bond debt service and tunnel repair. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1319
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
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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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1302
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Requires the Department of Human Resources Development, in collaboration with various state and county agencies, to establish a Transportation Demand Management Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)