All Bills - Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1336
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Amends the prohibition against contributions to a candidate committee or noncandidate committee by state and county contractors to include state and county grantees and the owners, officers, consultants, and joint account holders of a state or county contractor or state or county grantee.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1337
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Refer
1/28/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Requires the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience to establish an endemic plant seed bank pilot program to preserve and promote the planting of plant species that are endemic to Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1338
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Establishes a 2-year homelessness sanctuary pilot program, to be administered by the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness in coordination with the Department of Human Services and the City and County of Honolulu. Directs the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness to designate a specific location on state or county land for the pilot program, which shall serve as a safe location for homeless individuals and families to reside and access services. Requires the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness and the coordinator's partner agencies to provide certain facilities and services at the designated location. Requires reports to the Legislature. Sunsets 12/31/2027. Appropriates moneys.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1339
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Exempts food and groceries from the general excise tax. Expands a 2024 session law exempting certain medical and dental services to include all medical and dental services.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB134
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/21/25
Report Pass
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Requires the Chief Election Officer to provide a system for the electronic filing of nomination papers. Requires the system for electronic filing of nomination papers be at no additional cost to the filer. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/3000. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1340
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Establishes strict liability for crimes against elders with respect to the attendant circumstance that the victim was sixty years of age or older.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1341
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Establishes tax credits for insurers providing full property coverage to owners and associations of condominiums in the amount equal to twenty per cent of the insurance premium. Provides additional ten per cent tax credits to insurers incorporated in the State.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1342
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Expands programming and training for the comprehensive offender re-entry program under the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to reduce the rate of recidivism and increase inmate marketability and workforce readiness. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1343
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Requires the Board of Education to adopt a policy that bans the use of phones and related devices by students during school hours. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1344
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Requires the Department of Education's existing Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) working group to create a state plan to make completion of the FAFSA or an opt-out waiver a statewide graduation requirement by the 2027-2028 school year. Requires a report to the 2026 legislature.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1345
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
2/28/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
Report Pass
4/2/25
Refer
4/14/25
Authorizes the Department of Education to subsidize all tuition and mandatory fees for a resident student enrolled in a 4-year college campus of the University of Hawaii System with an education program or that offers an education degree for the semester or term that the student enrolls in a State-Approved Teacher Education Program under certain conditions. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD2)
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1346
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated for Bargaining Unit (5) and subject to the availability of funds, provides annual salary step increases for public school teachers who have completed a year's satisfactory service and comply with specified requirements. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1347
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources a permitting system for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the taking of aquatic life. Repeals prohibition on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the taking of aquatic life. Provides a timeline for implementation of the permitting system.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1348
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/21/25
Refer
3/21/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease public lands for recreation-residence use by public lottery and restrict participation in the public lottery to residents of the county in which the leased land is located. Effective 7/1/2040. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii House Bill HB1349
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
2/28/25
Refer
3/4/25
Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to authorize Medicaid coverage through the Children's Health Insurance Program to income-qualified pregnant persons and children regardless of immigration status. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)