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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Residential developments; new regulations; moratorium [SB-1228] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Construction ] [Community Development ]
Residential developments; new regulations; moratorium

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Farnsworth Senate Rules Committee Action: Proper For Consideration, Voting: (0-0-0-0) on 02/24/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-1495] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ]
Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a practitioner licensed to administer drugs to an individual, from the sale of hearing aids. Effective 12/31/2050. Sunsets 1/1/2027. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite Reported From Hhs (stand. Com. Rep. No. 421) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam/cpn. on 02/13/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Amending Section 323d-54, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Exempt The Department Of Health From Certificate Of Need Requirements. [HB-1104] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Amends section 323D-54, HRS, to exempt the Department of Health from the State Health Planning and Development Agency's certificate of need requirements.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nadine Nakamura Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Integrated Land Use. [HB-1016] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Real Estate ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ]
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to conduct an integrated land use study for the use of lands within the agricultural districts. Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) planner position, exempt from chapter 76.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nadine Nakamura Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To The General Excise Tax. [SB-1444] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Health ]
Authorizes general excise tax exemptions for residential care services provided by certain licensed health care facilities pursuant to a contract with the Adult Mental Health Division of the Department of Health. Effective 1/1/26. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Kouchi Reported From Hhs (stand. Com. Rep. No. 330) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/12/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Integrated Land Use. [SB-1335] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Community Development ]
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to conduct an integrated land use study for the use of lands within the agricultural districts. Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) planner position. Appropriates funds. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Kouchi Reported From Wtl (stand. Com. Rep. No. 600) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/14/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To The General Excise Tax. [HB-1125] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Senior Citizens ]
Authorizes general excise tax exemptions for residential care services provided by certain licensed health care facilities pursuant to a contract with the Adult Mental Health Division of the Department of Health. Effective 1/1/26.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nadine Nakamura Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Amending Section 323d-54, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Exempt The Department Of Health From Certificate Of Need Requirements. [SB-1423] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ]
Exempts health care facilities operated or services provided by the Department of Health, chronic renal dialysis centers, and psychiatric behavioral health services from the State Health Planning and Development Agency's certificate of need requirements. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Kouchi Reported From Hhs (stand. Com. Rep. No. 325) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/12/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To The General Excise Tax. [HB-955] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Veterans ]
Exempts from the general excise tax amounts received by a nurse entrepreneur for health care-related goods and services purchased under Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To The General Excise Tax. [HB-937] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Food ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
Establishes that any grants received from the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) by an eligible business pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 shall not be subject to state general excise tax. Requires any state general excise tax paid by eligible businesses for RRF grants to be refunded to the tax payer. Applicable to taxable years beginning after 3/11/2021.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Greggor Ilagan Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To The General Excise Tax. [SB-1278] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Food ]
Exempts from the state general excise tax any grants received from the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund by an eligible business pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Requires the Department of Taxation to notify all taxpayers eligible for refunds of any state general excise tax paid for grants received from the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund of their eligibility and requires taxpayers to file refund claims no later than six months following notification. Requires any state general excise taxes paid by eligible businesses (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Reported From Ecd (stand. Com. Rep. No. 1343) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Fin. on 03/18/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Retired Teachers. [HB-841] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Retirement ] [Senior Citizens ]
Amends the break in service requirement for retirants to six months before they can be rehired as teachers or administrators in teacher shortage areas or in hard-to-fill positions. Prohibits rehired retirants from receiving additional employment benefits. Directs the Department of Education to adopt rules to identify teacher shortage areas and hard-to-fill positions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama Reported From Lab (stand. Com. Rep. No. 536) As Amended In Hd 2, Recommending Referral To Fin. on 02/13/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To The Conveyance Tax. [SB-1218] [Housing ] [Taxes ] [Funding ] [Property Tax ] [Community Development ] [Real Estate ] [Budget and Spending ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ]
Establishes the Homeless Services Special Fund. Allows counties to apply for matching funds from the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund for certain housing projects. Increases the conveyance tax rates for certain properties. Repeals the separate conveyance tax rates for the sale of a condominium or single family residence for which the purchaser is ineligible for a county homeowner's exemption on property tax and establishes conveyance tax rates for multifamily residential properties. Establishes new exemptions to the conveyance tax. Allocates (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sharon Moriwaki Referred To Hhs/hou/wtl, Wam. on 01/27/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Biosolids; land application; immunity [SB-1212] [Environmental ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Water ]
Biosolids; land application; immunity

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Timothy Dunn House Committee Of The Whole Action: Retained On The Calendar on 04/02/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Book gifting fund; appropriation [SB-1165] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
Book gifting fund; appropriation

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Analise Ortiz Senate Read Second Time on 01/27/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Immigration laws; local enforcement [SB-1164] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ]
Immigration laws; local enforcement

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Shope Governor Vetoed on 04/18/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Appropriation; DES; legal aid [SB-1191] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ] [Crime ]
Appropriation; DES; legal aid

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lela Alston Senate Read Second Time on 01/27/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To The Cigarette Tax And Tobacco Tax Law. [HB-797] [Taxes ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ]
Exempts the shipment of large cigars in fulfillment of a sale by mail order from the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kyle Yamashita Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/21/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To The Expeditious Redevelopment And Development Of Affordable Rental Housing. [SB-1170] [Housing ] [Disaster Relief ] [Real Estate ] [Community Development ] [Construction ] [Environmental ]
Authorizes the director of a county planning department to issue a special management area use permit to redevelop permanent affordable multi-family rental housing that has been substantially destroyed as result of certain natural disasters, with certain exceptions. Permits county planning departments and any other applicable state or county department or agency to amend or modify final plans and specifications for redevelopment of an existing experimental and demonstration housing project, with certain restrictions. Requires county planning departments (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Act 313, On 07/09/2025 (gov. Msg. No. 1426). on 07/09/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To The General Excise Tax. [SB-1130] [Taxes ] [Disaster Relief ] [Construction ] [Housing ] [Economic Development ]
Exempts from the state general excise tax the sales and gross proceeds from sales of construction rebuilding materials for residential and commercial properties in federally declared disaster areas. Applies only to rebuilding materials purchased between 7/1/2025 and 12/31/2028. Requires a third party to issue the certification for projects qualifying for the exemption for disaster construction rebuilding materials. Sunsets on 12/31/2028. Effective 1/1/2026. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey Reported From Psm (stand. Com. Rep. No. 79) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/07/2025

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