Rep. Lisa Marten

Requires the Hawaii Medical Board to establish standards for health care providers to ensure that a patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent. Requires that informed consent for a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure shall be obtained before the day of that treatment or procedure. Specifies that if the treatment or procedure is to occur on the same day it is scheduled, the informed consent shall be obtained at the time the decision is made to schedule that treatment or procedure.

Maddy summaryHB 811 establishes penalties for property owners who fail to fix certain violations of residential property standards. It directly affects residential property owners who do not address required repairs or code violations. The bill's key provisions include imposing fines on owners who neglect remediation and, in specific cases, allowing foreclosure on the property to enforce compliance. This bill is currently pending in committee review and has not yet become law.

Maddy summaryHB 147 increases the amount of real property (like homes or land) protected from seizure when creditors attempt to collect debts. It directly affects homeowners and renters facing debt collection actions by raising the exemption threshold, meaning more property value remains shielded from forced sale. The key mechanism is a specific dollar amount increase for the exemption, which would prevent creditors from attaching or executing against a larger portion of a property's value. This bill is currently pending in committee, with recent actions recommending it be deferred for further review. It has not yet become law.

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)

Allows newly graduated high school students to be eligible for workers' compensation coverage during the summer following their high school graduation while participating in Department of Education-sponsored work-based learning programs. Requires an annual report. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Requires transient accommodations brokers and any other persons or entities to offer, list, advertise, or display a transient accommodations rental rate that includes all resort fees required for the furnishing of transient accommodations. Requires transient accommodations brokers and any other persons or entities to include all applicable taxes and fees imposed by a government on the stay in the total price to be paid before the consumer reserves the furnishing of transient accommodations. Establishes penalties. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1)

Maddy summaryHB 693 restricts how much and how often landlords can increase rent for residential tenants, directly affecting both landlords and renters in the state. The bill limits the total annual rent increase to a specific cap and restricts the frequency of raises within a twelve-month period. This would require landlords to adhere to a set annual limit on rent hikes for all covered residential properties under the state's landlord-tenant code. The bill is pending in committee and has not yet been enacted.

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)

Establishes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree if the conviction is predicated on the possession of methamphetamine or fentanyl, and progressive mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment if the person has prior convictions predicated on the trafficking of methamphetamine or the possession of methamphetamine or fentanyl.

Requires the Department of Human Resources Development, in collaboration with various state and county agencies, to establish a Transportation Demand Management Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)