Hawaii 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 210)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB511
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Clarifies that projects seeking exemptions from planning and development laws and rules may be modified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation under certain conditions. Authorizes HHFDC to make recommendations to appropriate Legislative bodies. Requires HHFDC or a county to accept an application seeking certain exemptions within thirty days, and to process the application within one hundred twenty days before final approval by a county legislative body for certain housing projects. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB556
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Creates a framework for the licensure of rural emergency hospitals by the Department of Health. Provides for the continuation of Medicaid policy protections for hospitals transitioning to a rural emergency hospital designation.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB489
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to prepare environmental impact statements for the Iwilei/Kapalama and University of Hawaii West Oahu transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement districts on the island of Oahu.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB497
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires the Department of Education to require the teaching of financial literacy to be included in the existing personal transition plan requirement for each student.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB509
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to identify sites throughout the State that are suitable for the development of slaughterhouses. Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to plan, design, construct, and operate certain animal slaughterhouses throughout the State. Makes appropriations.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB503
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to incorporate into their assessment process the possession of dam insurance or the active seeking of dam insurance by private dam owners, as part of their valid mitigation strategies, in conjunction with approved modifications or repairs. Authorizes the DLNR to relax any restrictions and stringent standards on a dam or appurtenance upon verification of certain insurance coverage. Authorizes the DLNR to consider a dam, reservoir, or appurtenance is safe absent certain documents. Shifts the burden of proof to the DLNR to find that a dam is categorized as high-risk. Establishes additional requirements for the DLNR and Board of Land and Natural Resources regarding the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB486
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Establishes the Pomaikai Hawaii Fund within the Department of Budget and Finance for administrative purposes. Requires the Department of Budget and Finance to adopt administrative rules to administer the Pomaikai Hawaii Fund.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB498
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Establishes an Agricultural Workforce Housing Working Group within the Department of Agriculture to address the shortage and challenges of agricultural workforce housing in the State. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB476
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Increases fines that may be assessed against certain fireworksrelated violations. Effective 7/1/2025.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB519
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to amend the definition of "aquarium purposes", in Hawaii Administrative Rules, to allow a bona fide aquaculture entity or scientific research entity to collect aquatic life without a permit so long as the aquatic life remains in the county in which it was collected while it is alive.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB500
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Clarifies the labeling and advertising requirements for coffee that is grown and processed in the State. Defines regional origin. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB539
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Requires state agencies that monitor environmental toxins and pollutants to establish environmental action levels (EALs) to ensure the preservation of a safe environment. Prohibits modifications to EALs unless certain procedural requirements are met. Establishes a process to allow any resident to petition for modifications to an established EAL.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB522
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for the purchase of the Halaula Agricultural Parcel for agricultural development. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB496
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
Requires the Board of Agriculture to define the terms "bona fide farmer" and "bona fide agricultural activity". Requires a report to the Legislature. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB538
Introduced
1/17/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires municipal solid waste combustor ash to be disposed of only in a lined landfill. Prohibits the reuse of municipal solid waste incinerator ash for uses such as roadbuilding, fill, or construction.