Hawaii 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1658
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Refer
3/11/22
Report Pass
3/24/22
Refer
3/24/22
Report Pass
4/8/22
Exempts easements granted over public lands affecting the transfer of public lands between the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture from formal county subdivision process and approval requirements. Before the transfer of non-agricultural park lands, authorizes the Department of Agriculture to request information from the Department of Land and Natural Resources related to the establishment of necessary and reasonable easements upon the lands. Amends legislative findings regarding non-agricultural park lands. Requires the Department of Agriculture to accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands. 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 the lessee to develop a conservation program and plan if conservation resources exist on the land. 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. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1659
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Refer
3/11/22
Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to: (1) Amend and extend existing pasture leases for up to sixty-five years; (2) Issue new pasture leases by negotiation, if doing so furthers public purposes and the lands are already under pastoral use; and (3) Develop agricultural and pasture lease rents based on the value of the land's agricultural uses. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB166
Introduced
1/22/21
Refer
1/27/21
Clarifies laws regarding public meetings held by interactive conference technology by, among other things, requiring board members to be visible and audible to other members and the public, authorizing a board to require attendees to provide their names and contact information for contact tracing during certain states of emergency, and repealing the requirement that a meeting held by interactive conference technology be terminated when audio communication cannot be maintained with all locations where the meeting by interactive conference technology is being held.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1660
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Specifies that agricultural multi-use lands under the management of DLNR are not subject to transfer to and management by HDOA. Requires BLNR to revise its land classifications to include agricultural multi-use lands. Establishes and appropriates funds for an agricultural multi-use lands specialist position. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1661
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Imposes an excise tax of fifty per cent of the otherwise applicable tax under section 245-3, HRS, on every wholesaler for each modified risk tobacco product sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler. Includes e-liquids and electronic smoking devices as tobacco products for purposes of taxation under the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1662
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Establishes a statewide homelessness shelter and housing data clearinghouse within the department of human services to be administered by the governor's coordinator on homelessness. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1663
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Requires state moneys used to procure health and human services to be the funding source of last resort. Requires a purchasing agent to give a preference to an applicant that is a qualified medicaid provider when evaluating competitive purchase of health and human services contract proposals. Specifies that if 2 otherwise equally qualified applicants are seeking the same purchases of services contract, the purchasing agency shall select the applicant who is a qualified medicaid provider. Requires the Department of Health to provide an explanation of how providers may capture federal medicaid moneys.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1664
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Requires the Department of Health to establish and operate a laboratory capable of testing for diseases and air and water quality issues and other high complexity testing. Appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1665
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Establishes a core state behavioral health crisis services system. Provides for the designation of one or more crisis hotline centers to provide crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals accessing the suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline. Requires the department of health to provide to crisis callers onsite response services using mobile crisis teams. Requires the State to fund treatment for crisis receiving and stabilization services related to 988 calls. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1666
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Refer
3/8/22
Refer
3/11/22
Report Pass
3/24/22
Refer
3/24/22
Establishes a pilot program within the Adult Mental Services Division of the Department of Health to expand existing county programs that make one or more mental health professionals available to assist county first responders in responding to mental health crises in areas in the urban core with high rates of homelessness. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1667
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Defines "clinical laboratory director" to include certain physicians, licensed clinical laboratory scientists, and pharmacists. Amends the definition of "practice of pharmacy" to include the ordering and performing of certain Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments waived tests. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1668
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/4/22
Refer
2/4/22
Requires the office of planning and sustainable development to conduct a study of the suitability of the State's current soil overall (master) productivity rating system classified by the land study bureau's detailed land classification. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1669
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/15/22
Refer
2/15/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Refer
3/11/22
Report Pass
3/22/22
Refer
3/22/22
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to establish a pilot program to develop a Waikiki adaptation and resilience plan to address climate change and sea level impacts in the Waikiki Special District. Requires reports to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB167
Introduced
1/22/21
Refer
1/27/21
Permanently reinstates the liability protections previously afforded to county lifeguards.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1670
Introduced
1/24/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/7/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/16/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Refer
3/11/22
Refer
3/15/22
Establishes a boundary review committee to render decisions on district boundary disputes brought before the land use commission. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)