Hawaii 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB635
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Lowers the threshold for theft of property for the offenses of second and third degree theft of property.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB636
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Clarifies when the use of deadly force is not justified.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB637
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Mandatory mental health screening for arrested persons who are houseless. Supportive services provided by social worker or psychiatrist, doing the evaluation.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB638
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Authorizes prescriptions made by chiropractors for physical therapy and therapeutic massage treatment to qualify as a motor vehicle insurance personal injury protection benefit. Replaces the existing cap on the number of chiropractic treatment visits that qualify for motor vehicle insurance coverage with a number of visits that are deemed medically necessary. Amends the reimbursement amount for chiropractic treatment from $75 per visit to an amount tied to the charges, and any subsequent increases in charges, permissible under the workers' compensation supplemental medical fee schedule. Repeals the thirty-visit cap on combined naturopathic, chiropractic, and acupuncture treatments. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB639
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
3/2/23
Clarifies when the termination of peer-to-peer car-sharing occurs for purposes of motor vehicle insurance. Clarifies the application of the peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance laws as to other entities that make available rental vehicles under state law. Repeals the sunset of the peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance requirements. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB64
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/25/23
Requires individuals denied a firearm permit or otherwise disqualified from possessing firearms and certain defendants to provide a sworn statement that the individual has disposed of any firearms and ammunition in the individual's possession. Requires the applicable chief of police to search firearm permit and registration records for those individuals before serving a protective order or restraining order involving firearms or ammunition, and to seize any firearms or ammunition that were not disposed of. Requires police to seize firearms and ammunition in domestic abuse cases that are in plain view of the officer or discovered by consensual search.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB640
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Refer
1/31/23
Report Pass
3/2/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/10/23
Report Pass
3/24/23
Refer
3/24/23
Amends the required coverage for shared cars that are made available through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. Clarifies when the requirements for motor vehicle insurance coverage are satisfied. Provides that the counties may adopt ordinances to regulate peer-to-peer car-sharing vehicles for companies whose insurance coverage falls below an unspecified amount. Sunsets 7/1/2025. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB641
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Refer
1/30/23
Makes comprehensive updates to chapter 436E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding acupuncture practitioners, to reflect modernized scopes of practice, titles, and licensing and renewal requirements. Beginning with the renewal for the licensing biennium commencing 7/1/2025, requires licensees to complete continuing education as determined by the board. Allows the board of acupuncture to issue licenses by reciprocity.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB642
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
3/28/23
Requires check cashers to report suspected financial exploitation of elders and vulnerable adults in relation to check cashing. Authorizes a check casher to refuse to cash a check in situations of suspected financial exploitation. Provides immunity for check cashers acting in good faith. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB643
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Establishes that charging shipping and delivery charges that exceed the actual cost charged to the seller to ship or deliver goods to a consumer in the State constitutes an unfair and deceptive practice. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB644
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Allows a landlord or landlord's agent to charge an application screening fee for certain applicants at the time a rental application is processed for residential property. Requires the landlord or landlord's agent to provide a receipt for payment of the application screening fee and a breakdown of the application screening fee. Requires the landlord or landlord's agent to return any unauthorized fee amounts to the applicant. Requires, on 5/1/2024, the office of consumer protection to produce and make available informational materials and publicize requirements regarding application fees and related rights and obligations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB645
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Requires original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make documentation, parts, and tools available to independent repair providers and owners for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance, and repair on fair and reasonable terms. Excludes certain manufacturers, dealers, distributors, and importers of certain motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment, all-terrain sports vehicles and motorcycles, heavy construction equipment, and medical equipment valued at or over $100,000.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB646
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Repeals the exemption granted to churches by Act 22, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, relating to bonding requirements and fee requirements for licenses, renewals, and reinstatements of licenses applicable to cemeteries and funeral trusts. Clarifies that the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs shall exempt any cemetery authority from the bonding requirement and the fee requirements for license, renewal, and reinstatement upon proof satisfactory to the Director that the cemetery authority does not sell for financial profit. Effective retroactively to 09/15/2020.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB647
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/10/23
Report Pass
3/24/23
Refer
3/24/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Establishes a definition of "low alcohol by volume spirits beverage". Establishes a tax on low alcohol by volume sprits beverages at a rate of $1.98 per wine gallon. Expands the definition of "beer" under the State's liquor tax and liquor regulatory laws, to specify that the term includes an alcohol by volume of no less than 0.5 per cent, but excludes certain other forms of distillation. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB648
Introduced
1/23/23
Refer
1/27/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Refer
2/14/23
Temporarily expands the state rent supplement program to specifically target qualified individuals who are sixty-two years of age or older and are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Requires HPHA to submit annual reports to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)