Hawaii 2022 Regular Session All Bills
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB616
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct a study on the state of broadband access in all public housing projects in the State. Requires the Public Housing Authority to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature prior to the convening of the regular session of 2022. Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to request assistance from the Legislative Reference Bureau as may be necessary.
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB617
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Requires the Hawaii emergency management agency and Hawaii tourism authority to implement a program to provide complimentary hotels rooms to certain healthcare workers and first responders who are at a higher risk of exposure to COVID19 and who want to limit the possibility of exposing their respective households and families to COVID-19.
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB618
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Requires the department of education to ensure that the department's annual budget request to the legislature includes adequate funding for Hawaiian education. Requires the university of Hawaii board of regents to make support of Hawaiian education partnerships a benchmark when developing the university's annual budget request.
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB619
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Report Pass
2/17/21
Refer
2/17/21
Requires public school students to complete a course in ethnic studies. Requires the superintendent of education to develop a model curriculum in ethnic studies, circulate the curriculum for public comment, and obtain approval of the curriculum from the board of education. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB62
Introduced
1/21/21
Refer
1/27/21
Report Pass
2/9/21
Refer
2/9/21
Repeals or reclassifies non-general funds of the University of Hawaii pursuant to recommendations of the auditor. Transfers the unencumbered balances of repealed funds to the general fund. Transfers authority to the chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Hilo to expend funds from the conference center revolving fund. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB620
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Establishes a means of determining which physical sites, geographical features, and natural resources having historical, cultural, or religious significance to native Hawaiians should be granted special protection by securing legal personhood status for these places and resources. Designates the aha moku advisory committee as the lead agency to coordinate this effort. Requires the department of land and natural resources to adopt rules no later than 12/31/2023.
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB621
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Report Pass
2/11/21
Refer
2/11/21
Establishes the Oahu community correctional center site redevelopment working group to bring together state and county agencies, private entities, and the broader Kalihi community to examine how to best utilize the Oahu community correctional center site and the surrounding area after the correctional center is relocated to a new location and identify, work through, and recommend solutions to issues relating to the redevelopment. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2030. (HD1)
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB622
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Requires the Hawaii technology development corporation to establish a blockchain working group to recommend a definition for blockchain technology and make recommendations for individuals, businesses, and state agencies to use blockchain technology and report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB623
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Report Pass
2/12/21
Refer
2/12/21
Appropriates federal funds to support the work of the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Effective 7/1/2065. (HD1)
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB624
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Lowers conveyance tax rates for properties with a value under $2,000,000. Increases conveyance tax rates for investment properties. Requires a percentage of conveyance taxes collected to be deposited into the housing finance revolving fund. Effective 1/1/2022.
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB625
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Report Pass
2/12/21
Refer
2/12/21
Extends the date on which the temporary commission on the thirteenth festival of pacific arts shall cease to exist to August 31, 2025. Permits the commission members to discuss matters relating to official board business without regard to chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to enable them to perform their duties faithfully. Effective 7/1/2065. (HD1)
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB626
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Requires the department of health to establish a two-year pilot project to test Tier 1 beaches for Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus not less than monthly. Requires a report to the legislature before the regular sessions of 2022, 2023, and 2024.
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB627
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Report Pass
2/19/21
Refer
2/19/21
Report Pass
2/24/21
Engrossed
2/24/21
Refer
3/4/21
Authorizes the issuance of special number motor vehicle license plates to commemorate the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Effective 7/1/2065. (HD1)
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB628
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Requires that at least 3 members of the state council on mental health have demonstrated knowledge of or work experience involving Native Hawaiian concepts of well-being, culturally-grounded mental health methodologies, or traditional healing or health practices.
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB629
Introduced
1/25/21
Refer
1/27/21
Establishes an enforcement division in the department of the attorney general. Transfers to the department of the attorney general enforcement division the law enforcement activities of the department of land and natural resources, division of conservation and resources enforcement; the department of public safety state law enforcement officers and the narcotics enforcement division; and the department of transportation harbors division. Specifies the persons authorized to serve civil legal process. Mandates the attorney general to maintain a list of independent civil process servers. Shields the State and the department of the attorney general from liability arising from the acts of independent civil process servers. Effective 7/1/2022.