All Bills - Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB194
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Establishes general excise tax exemptions for food, medical services, and feminine hygiene products.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB195
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Requires the counties, before implementing any new mass transit fare or increasing any existing fare, to first seek revenues from alternative sources, including transit-based advertisements. Requires a county that decides, after seeking alternative revenue sources, to implement a new or increased mass transit fare to submit a justification report to the Department of Transportation. Requires the Department of Transportation to reject or approve the proposed new mass transit fare or fare increase within 30 days of receiving a county's justification report.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB196
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Requires each public or public charter school to have staff trained in the administration of, and authorized to administer, epinephrine. Requires signs to be displayed in school buildings stating the symptoms of anaphylaxis and the proper method for administering epinephrine. Appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB197
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Establishes enhanced public notice requirements for changes in land use by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Department of Land and Natural Resources, or University of Hawaii and boundary changes by the Land Use Commission. Requires approval of the project by the community through a referendum of nearby adult residents except for projects within the Mauna Kea science reserve, which require a referendum by all adult residents of the country in which the Mauna Kea science reserve is located. Appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB198
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Prohibits the State from leasing public lands to or extending the lease of the US Department of Defense or any branch of the US military if the department or branch is noncompliant with any environmental order, consent decree, or memoranda of agreement, or any law, rule, or order on a matter affecting residents' health and safety. Requires Department of Land and Natural Resources to request that the military agree to remediation of existing leased lands prior to the end of the lease term.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB199
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to establish and maintain Native Hawaiian cultural centers within the State. Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to construct one cultural center on Oahu by 2040. Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to submit reports to the Legislature regarding the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' compliance with this Act. Appropriates funds for the planning and design of the first Native Hawaiian cultural center. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Establishes a two-year Fruit Tree Harvest Pilot Program. Requires state agencies, to the extent practicable, to plant fruit trees in new or renovated landscaping that includes trees within the boundaries of the program. Authorizes persons to harvest fruit from those fruit trees. Provides that the State is not liable for any injuries or illnesses resulting from the harvesting or ingesting of fruit, including food-borne illness. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB20
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Makes appropriations to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to continue the Green Jobs Youth Corps program.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB200
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Creates a statutory right of victims and witnesses of sexual offenses under part V of chapter 707, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to a speedy trial in criminal cases involving adult defendants. Requires the court and the prosecution to take appropriate action to ensure a prompt trial to minimize the length of time a child abuse victim or minor witness must endure the stress of the proceedings.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB201
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Prohibits the Department of Education from mandating that any student attend a school outside the student's service area. Establishes a 5 year phaseout period. Requires the DOE to submit annual progress reports.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB202
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Requires electric utilities to compensate customer-generators for excess electricity credits. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB203
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Establishes a special intergovernmental task force to eradicate illegal gambling and drug activities and to establish community safe zones across the State. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB204
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Adds a minimum penalty and amends the maximum penalty per violation of the State Water Code, expands the types of potential violations of the State Water Code, and makes each day that a violation exists or continues to exist a separate offense. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to consider certain factors when imposing penalties. Makes the setting, charging, and collecting of administrative fines by the Commission on Water Resource Management mandatory, rather than discretionary.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB205
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, or the chairperson's designee, to the Commission on Water Resource Management.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB206
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Prohibits nonresident aliens and businesses and trusts that are significantly controlled by nonresident aliens from acquiring certain residential property in the State, except as otherwise provided by law.