Gov. Green signs 22 bills into state law

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green signed 22 bills into law last week that became state law on June 1.

The bills cover a myriad of issues, including raising salaries and pay for benefits of Hawaiʻi’s public employees. This also includes teachers, health and correctional workers, registered professional nurses, firefighters, and other employees.

Several of the bills address health care, including enhancing the state’s “Our Care, Our Choice Act,” which provides terminally ill individuals with six months or less to live with greater access to the end-of-life options under the law.

There are bills that will help Hawaiʻi’s small businesses by allowing certain pass-through entities to elect to pay Hawaiʻi income tax at the entity level.

At the end of the 2023 legislative session, a total of 245 bills were sent to the governor’s desk for consideration.

Click links to see full details of bills enacted into law.

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS:

• HB1000 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 30, SLH 2023
• HB1001 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 31, SLH 2023
• HB1004 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 32, SLH 2023
• HB1006 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 33, SLH 2023
• HB1010 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 34, SLH 2023

RELATING TO STATE FUNDS:

HB1018 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 35, SLH 2023

RELATING TO PAYMENT OF CLAIMS OF THE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM:

HB1020 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 36, SLH 2023

RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS:

HB1022 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 37, SLH 2023

RELATING TO THE HAWAIʻI EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND:

SB1313 SD1 HD1 CD1 enacted as Act 38, SLH 2023

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES:

SB1277 SD2 HD2 CD1 enacted as Act 39, SLH 2023

RELATING TO THE HAWAIʻI EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND SPOUSAL MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT:

• SB1314 SD2 HD1 enacted as Act 40, SLH 2023
• SB1315 SD2 HD1 enacted as Act 41, SLH 2023

RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CIVIL SERVICE FOR POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES:

HB339 HD2 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 42, SLH 2023

RELATING TO HEALTH:

HB650 HD2 SD1 enacted as Act 43, SLH 2023

RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES:

• HB977 HD1 SD1 enacted as Act 44, SLH 2023
• HB978 HD2 SD2 CD1 enacted as Act 45, SLH 2023

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM:

SB211 SD2 HD2 CD1 enacted as Act 46, SLH 2023

RELATING TO WAGES:

SB415 SD2 HD2 enacted as Act 47, SLH 2023

RELATING TO TAXATION:

HB1363 HD3 SD2 CD1 enacted as Act 48, SLH 2023

RELATING TO STATE BONDS:

HB33 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 49, SLH 2023

RELATING TO PASS-THROUGH ENTITY TAXATION:

SB1437 SD1 HD2 CD1 enacted as Act 50, SLH 2023

RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS:

SB435 SD1 HD2 CD1 enacted as Act 51, SLH 2023