All Bills - Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB381
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Requires appointments and selections of heads of state divisions and agencies that require a board approval to be made through a publicly established process and timeline. Requires the approval of the process and timeline to appoint or select a new head of a state division or agency to be determined in an open meeting. Requires that votes to appoint or select heads of state divisions and agencies be conducted in an open meeting. Provides that any vote to appoint or select a head of a state division or agency cast in violation of the foregoing shall be invalid. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB382
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Prohibits a procurement officer from disclosing a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score, except the summary of scores, during a debriefing requested by a non-selected offeror. Authorizes the disclosure of a competing offeror's proposal or evaluation score after any protest is resolved and the contract is executed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB383
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Report Pass
4/25/25
Report Pass
4/25/25
Enrolled
5/1/25
Increases the minimum amount for purchases constituting small purchase procurements that are subject to an electronic system, from $25,000 to $50,000. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB384
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Requires, when a defendant is convicted of negligent homicide in the first degree for causing the death of another while driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, that victim restitution shall include financial support to raise the decedent's surviving minor children until each child reaches the age of eighteen, or until the age of twenty-three for any child who enrolls full-time in a college, university, vocational school, or trade school, in an amount to be determined by the court and to be paid to the person responsible for raising the children. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB385
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
4/2/25
Report Pass
4/24/25
Report Pass
4/24/25
Enrolled
5/1/25
Requires condominium associations to provide electronic copies of their governing documents, as amended or restated, to unit owners or their authorized agents, upon request, at no cost. Repeals the authority of condominium associations to charge a reasonable fee for administrative costs associated with the handling of a request for association documents. (CD1)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB386
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to acquire all West Maui water systems by eminent domain and hold the water systems in trust for the County of Maui to manage.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB387
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Requires the Department of Agriculture to be responsible for all neighbor island inspection permit fees for service animals that are located in the State and are being transported for release at Kona, Kahului, or Lihue airports. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB388
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Establishes a teacher loan program revolving fund to encourage individuals to become teachers in hard-to-fill positions of Department of Education schools. Allows a loan to be forgiven for teachers who become a licensed teacher in Hawaii or for teachers who will commit to teach for seven years at a Hawaii public school or public charter school. Appropriates funds.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB389
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Expands the general excise tax exemption established by Act 47, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, to include amounts received by optometrists, audiologists, and chiropractors, for healthcare-related goods or services purchased under the Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE programs.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB39
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/16/25
Makes an application for voter registration part of the enrollment applications or course registration process for Department of Education high schools. Requires eligible student applicants to be given the choice to be registered to vote. Requires updating of names and addresses of eligible student applicants who are already registered to vote unless the applicant declines. Requires the sharing of certain information among the counties, Department of Education, election personnel, and online voter registration system.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB390
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 16th senatorial district.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB391
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
2/28/25
Refer
3/4/25
Establishes an End-of-Life Lithium-ion Battery Management Working Group. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 1/1/2026. (SD1)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB392
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Amends the definition of electric bicycles subject to various state laws and classifies electric bicycles by top assisted speed. Establishes additional regulations for the registration and use of electric bicycles. Increases the minimum age to operate an electric bicycle.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB393
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Requires any hospital with an operating room licensed by the Department of Health to adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB394
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/21/25
Establishes a Spay and Neuter Special Fund. Allows funds from an income tax check-off to be deposited into the Spay and Neuter Special Fund. Establishes the Spay and Neuter Special Fund Advisory Committee to establish eligibility criteria and disbursement procedures from the Special Fund. Appropriates funds.