2021 Acts
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ACT 156, HB1291 HD1 SD2 CD1, 7/02/21
Allows applicants to the University of Hawaii who earned a high school diploma from a public high school in the State with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and […]
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Permits the employers of first responder personnel to obtain dementia training for first responder personnel. Permits the executive office on aging to coordinate the dementia training schedules and standards with […]
Read More ACT 155, HB1283 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/02/21ACT 154, HB541 HD1 SD2 CD1, 7/02/21
Clarifies that the duties of the working group established by Act 263, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, within the Department of Health include identifying gaps in services; coordinating funding sources; […]
Read More ACT 154, HB541 HD1 SD2 CD1, 7/02/21ACT 153, HB1149 HD1 SD2 CD1, 7/02/21
Reorganizes and integrates the land use commission within a modified office of planning, which is renamed as the office of planning and sustainable development. (CD1)
Read More ACT 153, HB1149 HD1 SD2 CD1, 7/02/21ACT 152, HB1318 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/02/21
Establishes the Environmental Advisory Council. Transfers the rights, powers, employees, appropriations, and other personal property from the Office of Environmental Quality Control to the Office of Planning. Transfers all rules […]
Read More ACT 152, HB1318 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/02/21ACT 151, HB313 HD2 SD1 CD1, 7/02/21
Repeals the requirement that no less than fifty per cent of the physician workforce assessment fees transferred or deposited into the JABSOM special fund be expended for purposes identified by […]
Read More ACT 151, HB313 HD2 SD1 CD1, 7/02/21ACT 150, SB936 SD2 HD1 CD1, 7/02/21
Authorizes the department of health to disseminate information on seizure first aid. Authorizes employers to disseminate information on seizure first aid provided by the department of health to their employees […]
Read More ACT 150, SB936 SD2 HD1 CD1, 7/02/21ACT 149, HB1366 HD1, 7/02/21
Amends the class C felony offense of manufacturing, purchasing, or obtaining firearm parts to assemble a firearm having no serial number to also prohibit possession of those firearm parts. Amends […]
Read More ACT 149, HB1366 HD1, 7/02/21ACT 147, HB490 HD2 SD1, 7/02/21
Lowers the age at which enhanced penalties apply for crimes against seniors from sixty-two years of age to sixty years of age. Makes commission of certain criminal offenses against a […]
Read More ACT 147, HB490 HD2 SD1, 7/02/21ACT 146, HB1348 HD2 SD2 CD1, 7/02/21
Establishes the stadium development special fund. Provides for the abolishment of the stadium special fund. Revises the general development guidance policies for the stadium development district and clarifies the respective […]
Read More ACT 146, HB1348 HD2 SD2 CD1, 7/02/21ACT 145, HB1030 HD2 SD1, 7/01/21
Repeals the aquatic life and wildlife advisory committees and makes conforming amendments. (SD1)
Read More ACT 145, HB1030 HD2 SD1, 7/01/21ACT 144, HB1029 SD1, 7/01/21
Repeals sections of Act 15, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, that authorized the establishment of living park planning councils. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to oversee […]
Read More ACT 144, HB1029 SD1, 7/01/21ACT 143, HB1028 SD1, 7/01/21
Repeals section 171-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, establishing the Koke‘e State Park Advisory Council. (SD1)
Read More ACT 143, HB1028 SD1, 7/01/21ACT 142, HB1021 HD1 SD2, 7/01/21
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enter into the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact or similar agreement for mutual assistance in the enforcement of wildlife laws. (SD2)
Read More ACT 142, HB1021 HD1 SD2, 7/01/21ACT 141, HB1102 HD1 SD2, 7/01/21
Prohibits the intentional release of balloons inflated with a gas that is lighter than air. Effective 1/1/2023. (SD2)
Read More ACT 141, HB1102 HD1 SD2, 7/01/21ACT 140, HB1311 HD2 SD2 CD1, 7/01/21
Removes the construction completion deadline for the Leialii affordable housing project. Specifies that the developer of the Keawe street apartments affordable housing project shall only be responsible for all associated […]
Read More ACT 140, HB1311 HD2 SD2 CD1, 7/01/21ACT 139, HB469 HD1 SD2 CD1, 7/01/21
Establishes a working group to: (1) Ascertain the process and status of the transfer of non-agricultural park lands from the department of land and natural resources to the department of […]
Read More ACT 139, HB469 HD1 SD2 CD1, 7/01/21ACT 138, SB855 SD1 HD1 CD1, 7/01/21
Extends the sunset date for the coffee berry borer pesticide subsidy program to 6/30/2023 and the program manager position, including the position’s civil service and collective bargaining laws exemption, to […]
Read More ACT 138, SB855 SD1 HD1 CD1, 7/01/21ACT 137, HB237 HD2 SD2 CD1, 7/01/21
Appropriates $350,000 for fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of agriculture for the mitigation and control of the two-lined spittlebug and recovery of the rangelands damaged by the invasive pest. […]
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