Hawaii 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB909
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Restricts civil asset forfeiture to cases involving the commission of a felony offense where the property owner has been convicted of an underlying felony offense. Directs forfeiture proceeds to the general fund. Amends the allowable expenses for moneys in the Criminal Forfeiture Fund. Requires the Attorney General to adopt rules necessary to carry out the purpose of the Hawaii Omnibus Criminal Forfeiture Act. Amends the deadline for the Attorney General to report to the Legislature on the use of the Hawaii Omnibus Criminal Forfeiture Act. Limits the transfer of certain forfeiture property to federal agencies. Establishes records requirements.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB91
Introduced
1/18/23
Refer
1/20/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Refer
2/16/23
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to conduct a study to assess the possible implementation of widescale agrivoltaic adaptation and use statewide. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to submit a report to the Legislature. Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
HI
Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB910
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Restricts the sale of liquor under temporary liquor licenses to confined and demarcated spaces not located on public streets, roads, sidewalks, or pedestrian walkways. Applies restrictions to temporary liquor licenses granted to nonprofit organizations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB911
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
3/2/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/29/23
Enrolled
4/19/23
Chaptered
6/30/23
Passed
6/30/23
Clarifies that a prospective juror is disqualified to serve as a juror if they have been convicted of a felony and have not been finally discharged, in addition to not being pardoned. Effective 1/1/2024. (HD1)
HI
Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB912
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Establishes that the exemption from mandatory reporting by members of the clergy does not apply when the clergy member believes that there exists a substantial risk that child abuse or neglect that is especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity, may occur in the reasonably foreseeable future.
HI
Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB913
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Prohibits the sale of certain fluorescent lamps as a new manufactured product, with certain exemptions.
HI
Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB914
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Authorizes school complexes to incorporate media literacy in its standards-based curriculum, including content that prevents negative impacts of misinformation, disinformation, digital discrimination, and online hate speech.
HI
Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB915
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Amends the Uniform Probate Code to allow courts to appoint emergency guardians for respondents who reside in psychiatric facilities, hospitals, and homeless shelters. Extends the appointment period. Clarifies that guardians may consent to care, treatment, or service over the objection of wards. Sunsets 1/1/2028.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB916
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Authorizes long-acting psychotropic medication to be provided to patients who are subject to emergency examination or hospitalization. Expands the administration of treatment over a patient's objection to include persons in director of health custody at any hospital, subject to an emergency examination, subject of an application for involuntary hospitalization, and subject to a court order regarding fitness to proceed for a criminal trial. Requires orders for treatment over objection proceedings to be expedited. Expands who may file a petition for an order to treat over objection under certain circumstances.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB917
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/9/23
Refer
3/9/23
Enrolled
3/13/23
Report Pass
3/20/23
Refer
3/20/23
Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to provide that freedom of speech protected under the Hawaii State Constitution does not include the expenditure of money to influence elections. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB918
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Establishes notice requirements for employers under Hawaii's Workers' Compensation Law. Requires employers who deny the compensability of an employee's injury to submit a written report supporting the denial to the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations within a specified period. Requires employers to furnish to the injured employee up to $10,000 for medical care, services, and supplies for the period immediately following the injury and so long as reasonably needed or until the employer files a written report with the Director denying the compensability of the injury, whichever is earlier. Clarifies that failure to give an employer notice of an employee's injury does not bar a claim for compensation if any person having authority in the interest of the employer had knowledge of the injury.
HI
Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB919
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Requires the independent medical examination and permanent impairment rating examination of an injured employee under the Workers' Compensation Law to be conducted by a qualified chiropractor or physician selected by the mutual agreement of the parties and paid for by the employer. In absence of a mutual agreement, requires the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to appoint a duly qualified impartial chiropractor or physician to be paid by the employer.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB92
Introduced
1/18/23
Refer
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Establishes a time limitation for community-based subsistence fishing area designations; provided that the Department of Land and Natural Resources may consider extending a designation in the year prior to the designation's expiration unless the designation is made through statute before its expiration. Establishes that designations made by statute shall remain valid for not more than years. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to submit a status report to the Legislature, Board of Land and Natural Resources, and community-based subsistence fishing area stakeholders every five years. Repeals section 188-22.9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, establishing the Haena community-based subsistence fishing area. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
HI
Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB920
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
Increases minimum liability coverage of motor vehicles.
HI
Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB921
Introduced
1/20/23
Refer
1/27/23
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
4/3/23
Enrolled
4/4/23
Vetoed
4/21/23
Vetoed
4/24/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Override
5/4/23
Clarifies that no statute of repose shall affect a condominium association's right of action against a condominium developer sooner than two years after the period of developer control terminates.