Hawaii 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2068
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/9/22
Refer
2/9/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/10/22
Repeals certain board approval requirements for transfers of certain public lands classified for agricultural use by the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture. Clarifies that lands classified for agricultural use to include intensive agricultural, special livestock, and pasture uses. Requires the Department of Agriculture to accept the transfer of lands in pasture use by the Department of Agriculture. Requires the Department of Agriculture, prior to offering a lease, to inquire with the Department of Land and Natural Resources regarding any easements required for access to landlocked forest reserves or other assets on the lands subject to the lease. Requires approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Board of Agriculture before removing pasture lands for reforestation, or other public purposes. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife to submit a realistic and funded action plan for reforestation on current pasture lands. Requires a 1year notice to land lessees or permittees prior to approved withdrawal. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2069
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to recognize that game mammals and game birds provide a food source and play a role in native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices and that striking the right balance between the management of game mammal and game bird populations and sustainability of their natural habitats to reduce negative impacts to important watershed areas is a priority and that the State's unique relationship with the ocean requires careful consideration and management of land and ocean activities that prioritize the public trust responsibilities of the State. Requires each department, office, or agency of the State to update its rules and policies to integrate the local hunting and fishing industries into any food security or sustainability strategies that department, office, or agency employs.
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB207
Introduced
1/22/21
Refer
1/25/21
Appropriates funds into and out of the rental housing revolving fund for the purposes for which the fund was established, such as providing loans or grants for the development, pre-development, construction, acquisition, preservation, and substantial rehabilitation of rental housing units.
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2070
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/16/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/10/22
Refer
3/14/22
Report Pass
3/17/22
Refer
3/17/22
Report Pass
3/23/22
Refer
3/23/22
Report Pass
4/8/22
Report Pass
4/29/22
Report Pass
4/29/22
Enrolled
5/3/22
Chaptered
6/27/22
Passed
6/27/22
Authorizes the Department of Budget and Finance to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative, LLC, in its mission to proliferate a sustainable model of endemic reforestation, ecosystem revitalization, endangered species recovery, and carbon credit sequestering. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2071
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/10/22
Report Pass
3/18/22
Refer
3/18/22
Beginning 1/1/2023, requires public schools, private schools, and public charter schools to have an employee trained to administer or assist with the self-administration of seizure disorder rescue medication; requires all principals, guidance counselors, and teachers to perform annual self-study reviews of seizure safety materials; requires a seizure action plan in public schools and public charter schools for every diagnosed student and distribution of the plan to employees and volunteers charged with supervising the student; and exempts schools that do not have a student with a seizure disorder. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2072
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/10/22
Requires the court to appoint counsel to indigent parents upon the filing of a petition for custody or family supervision and make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parents. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2073
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/18/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/10/22
Clarifies reimbursement for services provided through telehealth via an interactive telecommunications system. Defines "interactive telecommunications system". Clarifies that, for services furnished for purposes of diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a mental health disorder to a patient in their home, interactive telecommunications may include audio-only communication in certain circumstances. Repeals 07/01/2027. Effective 01/01/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2074
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to designate the Nuuanu Reservoir Number Four as a state recreation area. Requires the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to amend administrative rules regarding the movement of invasive species to allow the stocking of certain fish in the Nuuanu Reservoir Number Four for recreational fishing. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2075
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/10/22
Report Pass
3/24/22
Refer
3/24/22
Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to include performance-based incentives in all of its professional services contracts. Effective 12/25/2040. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2076
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/10/22
Report Pass
3/18/22
Refer
3/18/22
Report Pass
3/24/22
Refer
3/24/22
Report Pass
4/8/22
Report Pass
4/29/22
Report Pass
4/29/22
Enrolled
5/3/22
Vetoed
6/29/22
Vetoed
6/27/22
Requires University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office (Office) to convene a working group to determine the appropriate governance structure to operate, maintain, and oversee broadband assets. Appropriates funds for three full-time positions for the Office and a statewide broadband initiative to be administered by the University of Hawaii. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2077
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/15/22
Refer
2/15/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/10/22
Report Pass
3/24/22
Refer
3/24/22
Adds the director of business, economic development, and tourism as an ex officio voting member of the Hawaii tourism authority board of directors. Adds the director of transportation; chairperson of the board of land and natural resources; chairperson of the board of agriculture; and the executive director of the state foundation on culture and the arts as ex officio nonvoting members of the Hawaii tourism authority board of directors. Clarifies the authority and responsibility of the Hawaii tourism authority board of directors. Repeals the Hawaii tourism authority advisory group. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2078
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Adds the Hawaii Tourism Authority president and chief executive officer as an ex officio member of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Land Use Commission.
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2079
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Report Pass
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
Establishes a general excise tax withholding requirement on payments to loan-out companies for services performed in Hawaii for persons claiming the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit (income tax credit). Requires taxpayers claiming the income tax credit to submit a sworn statement and verification review to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) only if qualified production costs exceed $1,000,000. Requires reports by DBEDT to the Legislature on the income tax credit to identify the dollar amount claimed, name of company, and name of program claiming the credit. Extends the period during which excess income tax credits may be claimed to December 31, 2032. Requires qualified productions that claim the income tax credit to withhold a certain amount and remit that amount within thirty calendar days to the Department of Taxation (DOTAX) to the credit of the general excise tax account of the loan-out company. Amends the uses of the Tax Administration Special Fund. Allows DOTAX to establish four full-time equivalent tax auditor positions to examine claims for the income tax credit and other tax expenditures and to establish application processing fees. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB208
Introduced
1/22/21
Refer
1/25/21
Prohibits the distribution, sale, and provision of plastic straws, except for those who request single-use plastic straws for medical reasons. Establishes a fine for violators. Takes effect 1/1/2022.
HI
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2080
Introduced
1/19/22
Refer
1/21/22
Transfers the enforcement of the "Made in Hawaii" trademark from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Renames the "Hawaii Made" program to the "Made in Hawaii" program. Makes an appropriation.