Hawaii 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 168)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1507
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Establishes the Hawaii Lottery and Gaming Corporation for the purpose of conducting and regulating wagering and gaming in the State. Establishes the Lottery and Gaming Special Fund and allocates certain percentages of the fund to various community betterment purposes.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1508
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Enrolled
4/4/25
Chaptered
4/23/25
Passed
4/23/25
Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes or the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, or deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1509
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/14/25
Refer
3/14/25
Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on best practices for the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers and reduction in prescription drug costs for health insurance plan beneficiaries. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 12/31/2050. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB151
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Establishes a permitted interaction group within the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to continue geophysical data collection, investigation, exploration, and identification of geothermal resources on Hawaiian home lands. Authorizes DHHL to hire consultants. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1510
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Exempts non-profit community-based organizations providing transportation services from motor carrier regulations under certain circumstances.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1511
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Enrolled
4/23/25
Chaptered
7/2/25
Passed
7/2/25
Prohibits vessels longer than seventy-five feet from entering Hanalei Bay. Exempts vessels operated by a federal, state, or county agency. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1512
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Establishes and appropriates funds for a cesspool conversion on-bill financing program to be administered by the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority to provide low-interest loans to eligible homeowners for the upgrade, conversion, or connection of cesspools.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1513
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Prohibits the transfer of funds appropriated for positions to operating expenses, and vice versa, except to fulfill the Legislature's purpose for which the funds were appropriated.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1514
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Establishes a temporary working group to study the feasibility of transitioning the Legislature's regular session from one that meets for 3.5 months from mid-January to early May, to one that meets on a year-round basis. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to provide administrative support to the working group. Requires report to Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1515
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/18/25
Engrossed
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Allows an on-call circuit judge in the relevant circuit to perform the duties of the Board of Registration for purposes of hearing elections disputes if the Board of Registration lacks full membership. Requires the Judiciary to designate one or more on-call circuit court judges in each circuit to perform the duties of the Board of Registration for purposes of hearing elections disputes. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1516
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Establishes an Oral Health Task Force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Establishes one full-time equivalent program specialist V position. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1517
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
2/28/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease public lands for recreational-residential use by public lottery and restrict participation in the public lottery to residents of the county in which the leased land is located. Lowers the maximum term for a lease of public lands for recreational-residential use to five years. Effective 4/23/2057. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1518
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Authorizes the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to establish a two-year Hawaii Office of Naval Research Grant Program to provide 50 per cent matching grants to Hawaii awardees of alternative energy research grants from the United States Department of Defense Office of Naval Research. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to adopt administrative rules to implement the Hawaii Office of Naval Research Grant Program. Establishes the Alternative Energy Research and Development Revolving Fund. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB1519
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/27/25
Establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework for prior authorization process in the State, including disclosure and notice requirements for utilization review entities regarding their prior authorization requirements and restrictions; qualifications and criteria for prior authorization review and appeals personnel; prior authorization process for non-urgent and urgent health care services, including the time frame by which utilization review entities must render a decision; adverse determination and appeal processes; prohibition of prior authorization for emergency health care services and medication for opioid use disorder; payments to health care providers; length and duration of prior authorizations; and exemptions for certain health care providers. Requires health insurers to utilize NCPDP SCRIPT Standard electronic prior authorization transactions by 1/1/2026. Requires utilization review entities to submit annual reports to the Insurance Commissioner each year. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to submit annual reports to the Legislature. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to adopt rules by 1/1/2026.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB152
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to utilize funds in the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund as collateral when DHHL is an eligible borrower of a loan guaranteed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the Housing and Community Development Act, as amended, subject to approval of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Appropriates funds. (SD1)