Hawaii 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB436
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Appropriates funds to support and expand the mental health technician certificate of competence program through the hiring of a mental health technician certificate of competence program coordinator, establishment of a scholarship program, and defrayal of any other necessary administrative costs. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB437
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/6/23
Refer
2/6/23
Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to issue interim rules exempt from the public hearing and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, after beneficiary consultation is conducted by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and upon approval by the Hawaiian Homes Commission. Requires that the interim rules shall be effective for not more than eighteen months. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB438
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/21/23
Refer
3/21/23
Report Pass
4/4/23
Enrolled
4/5/23
Chaptered
4/19/23
Passed
4/19/23
Reduces the period for which an application shall be considered abandoned from two years to one year. Specifies the conditions under which applications for licenses and examinations will be deemed abandoned. Provides that the one-year period after which an application is considered abandoned cannot be extended. Provides that a licensing authority shall not be required to act on any abandoned application and that the licensing authority may destroy abandoned applications. Clarifies that an application submitted after an abandoned application shall be treated as a new application and that the applicant shall comply with any new licensing requirements in effect at the time of the new application.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB439
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Refer
1/30/23
Amends the definition of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors. Includes the Director of Health as a member of the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB44
Introduced
1/18/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Refer
2/16/23
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
Creates a minimum penalty and raises the maximum penalty for every violation of the State Water Code. Clarifies that each day a violation exists or continues is a separate offense. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to determine the amount of the penalty based on the circumstances of the violation. Appropriates funds for positions in the Commission on Water Resource Management. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD3)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB440
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Authorizes the Department of Health to approve in-vehicle receipt of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products on the premises of dispensaries subject to Administrative Rules adopted by the Department of Health. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB441
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Establishes an excise tax of 25 cents for e-liquid cartridges and fifteen per cent of the wholesale price of open system eliquid sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer on or after 7/1/2023. Defines and amends related terms. Makes conforming amendments.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB442
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical aid in dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, to provide counseling to a qualified patient. Reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from twenty days to five days. Waives the mandatory waiting period for those terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period, under certain conditions. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB443
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Limits the tax credits for research activities each taxpayer may receive to $1,500,000 per taxable year. Requires that every qualified high technology business be registered to do business in the State and occupy a business location and address in the State where at least seventy-five per cent of the company's employees are located to be eligible to receive tax credits for research activities. Increases the amount of available certified credits from $5,000,000 per year to $15,000,000 per year. Extends the sunset date for tax credits for research activities from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2029.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB444
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Authorizes dispensaries to distribute medical cannabis propagules and cuttings. Authorizes only those persons who may cultivate medical cannabis to purchase the propagules and cuttings. Imposes quantity limits and quality requirements on medical cannabis propagules and cuttings. Authorizes the Department of Health to approve in-vehicle receipt of medical cannabis and manufactured cannabis products on or near the premises of dispensaries. Authorizes a non-registered qualifying patient to have immediate access to the medical use of cannabis for a period of one year from the date of the issuance of a medical provider's certification letter, given certain requirements. Provides senior citizens with greater access to the state medical cannabis program. Increases the number of medical cannabis dispensaries in the State by requiring the Department of Health to issue eight dispensary licenses to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Allows primary caregivers, qualifying out-of-state patients, and caregivers of a qualifying out-of-state patient to access the waiting room within a medical cannabis retail dispensary. Clarifies violations related to medical cannabis dispensaries. Increases the number of medical cannabis dispensaries the Department of Health is authorized to issue in the State.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB445
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/8/23
Refer
2/8/23
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
Increases civil penalties for the violation of various pollution provisions. Establishes and appropriates funds for an environmental health specialist position within the clean water branch of the department of health. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB446
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Requires the Department of Health to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of implementing a pilot program to integrate prescription digital therapeutic products approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration in outpatient treatment programs for persons with substance use disorder and persons with opioid use disorder in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB447
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Collection Database to be administered by the Department of Health. Establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Collection Database Advisory Committee. Requires the Department of Health to create and maintain a database and submit annual reports to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB448
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Refer
2/14/23
Exempts development of homestead lots or housing for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from general excise tax and school impact fee requirements. Makes permanent the school impact fee exemption and the issuance of county affordable housing credits to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Effective 1/1/2024. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB449
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/17/23
Refer
2/17/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/21/23
Refer
3/21/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Appropriates funds to the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the governor to plan and coordinate the festival of pacific arts and culture to be held in Honolulu from 6/6/2024 to 6/16/2024. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to submit, prior to the release of the funds appropriated by this Act, a report detailing how previous state funds that were appropriated for the festival were expended and, no later than twenty days prior to each regular session until the funds appropriated by this Act are fully expended or lapse, a report on the governor's festival expenses for the preceding year. Dissolves the commission on the 13th festival of pacific arts. Assigns to the governor the duties for planning and coordinating all state-sponsored and other celebration events staged for the festival of pacific arts and culture. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)