Hawaii 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB138
Introduced
1/18/23
Refer
1/20/23
Requires the Board of Education to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian American history. Requires the Superintendent of Education to prepare and make available to all school complex areas instructional material that shall be the guidelines for development of the Asian American history education in each school and monitor compliance. Requires that each school complex area determines the minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction in Asian American history. Requires Asian American history to be taught in each public school commencing the 2023-2024 school year.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1380
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Requires that written certifications for a patient with a chronic condition be valid for three years. Removes the requirement that a certifying physician or advanced practice registered nurse have a "bona fide" physician-patient or advanced practice registered nurse-patient relationship to certify that a patient has a debilitating medical condition pursuant to chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Defines "waiting room" within a medical cannabis retail dispensary and allows primary caregivers, qualifying out-of-state patients, and caregivers of a qualifying out-of-state patient to access the waiting room; clarifies that each day of a violation of chapter 329D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is a separate violation; and amends the rule-making authority for dispensary-to-dispensary sales. Requires medical cannabis dispensaries, in conjunction with physicians and advanced practice registered nurses who issue written certifications pursuant to section 329-123, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to conduct the continuing education and training program required by section 329D-26, Hawaii Revised Statutes, rather than the Department of Health. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1381
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/24/23
Refer
3/24/23
Report Pass
4/3/23
Report Pass
4/27/23
Report Pass
4/27/23
Enrolled
5/2/23
Chaptered
7/5/23
Passed
7/5/23
Repeals section 328-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires the Department of Health to regulate business practices between private entities engaged in the selling, billing, and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1382
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Increases the per wine gallon tax on alcoholic beverages.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1383
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/22/23
Refer
3/22/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Report Pass
4/28/23
Report Pass
4/28/23
Enrolled
5/2/23
Chaptered
7/5/23
Passed
7/5/23
Creates the Unemployment Insurance Technology Special Fund to be funded by an unemployment insurance technology assessment at a rate of a .01 per cent of taxable wages to support the information technology operating and maintenance expenses for the payment of benefits and contributions under Hawaii's employment security law. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1384
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Refer
2/1/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/16/23
Refer
3/16/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Amends chapter 202, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be consistent with the General Appropriations Act of 2021, Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021. Renames "Hawaii workforce development council" to "Hawaii workforce development board". Requires the Hawaii workforce development board and local workforce development boards to develop written conflict of interest policies consistent with federal law and regulations. Requires the governor to select the chairperson of the board from among the seventeen private sector members. Requires the Hawaii workforce development board to assist the governor in coordinating local workforce development boards to improve the workforce development system. Repeals the requirement for the department of labor and industrial relations to submit an annual report to the legislature on the activities of the k-12 agriculture workforce development pipeline initiative. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1385
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Expands the coverage of employees and employers covered under the minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements of chapter 387, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by deleting from the definition of "employee" employees guaranteed a monthly compensation of $2,000 or more. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1386
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Clarifies the conditions, manner, and areas in which the Commission on Water Resource Management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources can declare water shortages and emergencies. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1387
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Establishes a state boating facility lease pilot program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department). Clarifies that a private partner under lease or contract with the Department may assist with development, management, and maintenance of a state small boat harbor.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1388
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Refer
2/1/23
Specifies the methods by which the Department of Land and Natural Resources can issue new ocean recreation commercial permits and renew existing ocean recreation commercial permits. Specifies that new permits for ocean recreation management areas and facilities where a permit limit is implemented, new permits will be issued by the method enumerated and in the order set forth herein until the limit is reached. For renewal of existing permits in ocean recreation management areas and facilities where a permit limit is implemented, the ability to renew a commercial permit will be based on seniority until the limit is reached.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1389
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Requires mandatory disclosure of all existing permitted and unpermitted shoreline erosion control structures and the annual coastal erosion rates for shoreline properties in real estate transactions when publicly available. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB139
Introduced
1/18/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/24/23
Refer
3/24/23
Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct a study identifying certain state-owned lands located within a one-half mile radius of any rail mass transit station, including lands owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and excluding lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, that are most suitable for constructing at least one hundred thousand housing units. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct the study, or contract services to conduct the study. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1390
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Expands the authority of the State and the counties and develops funding to begin utilizing managed retreat as an option for voluntarily moving residential development and associated infrastructure away from critically vulnerable areas to locations outside of sea level rise and coastal flooding exposure areas, including through a pilot program on the North Shore of Oahu.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1391
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Refer
2/1/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/16/23
Refer
3/16/23
Report Pass
3/24/23
Refer
3/24/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Report Pass
4/28/23
Report Pass
4/28/23
Enrolled
5/2/23
Chaptered
7/6/23
Passed
7/6/23
Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to place a lien on property for noncompliance with certain administrative enforcement actions related to land use violations and certain unauthorized structures encroaching on public lands. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1392
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Repeals section 353-6.2, Hawaii Revised Statues, enacted as part of Act 179, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, to delete the requirement for the Department of Public Safety to reassess pretrial detainees on a regular basis for reconsideration of pretrial release.