Sen. Sharon Moriwaki

Requires all health care providers who accept Medicare to provide a cognitive assessment as part of the Medicare Part B annual wellness visit for Medicare beneficiaries sixty-five years of age or older, with certain exceptions. Requires health care providers to submit certain information to the Executive Office on Aging and the Executive Office on Aging to report de-identified aggregated data to the Legislature on an annual basis. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2026.

Establishes the Malama Aina Visitor Impact Tax Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to allocate funds to state agencies to improve the quality of visitor experience to sustain the economic benefits contributed by the visitor industry and protect, restore, and manage the State's natural and cultural resources. Establishes the Malama Aina Visitor Impact Tax Special Fund to fund the program. Increases the transient accommodations tax by one per cent from 1/1/2026 to 12/31/2030 and requires the additional tax revenues to be deposited into the Special Fund. Requires the Department to submit annual reports to the Legislature. Repeals 12/31/2030.

Authorizes condominium associations and planned community associations located in a zoning district that allows for transient vacation rentals to impose an impact fee on owners who use their units as transient vacation rentals.

Maddy summarySB 1626 appropriates state funds to expand the Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program. It directly helps licensed healthcare professionals (like doctors, nurses, and therapists) working in underserved areas by repaying their student loans. The key provision is allocating new state budget money to cover repayment costs, reducing financial burdens for providers in high-need communities. This is a funding bill, not a new law creating requirements.

Establishes and appropriates moneys for the development of a structural integrity assessment program within the Department of Accounting and General Services to inspect certain multi-story structures. Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to develop a standardized assessment methodology, in collaboration with the University of Hawaii and Department of Land and Natural Resources, for use in program inspections. Requires the program to begin with assessments of structures in South Maui and West Maui. Requires annual reports to the Legislature.

Maddy summarySB 120 would update the responsibilities of the State Building Code Council, the body that oversees building safety standards. If passed, it would change how the council operates but does not directly affect homeowners, builders, or new construction requirements. The bill focuses solely on procedural changes to the council's duties, with no new public regulations or funding specified. The measure is currently pending in committee after a public hearing was scheduled for January 24, 2025.

Requires the court to impose a mandatory fine per violation for nuisance abatement laws related to gambling offenses. Allows citizens who bring civil nuisance abatement suits against places used for illegal gambling the same rights and protections as those afforded to victims and witnesses in criminal proceedings.

Authorizes departments to issue permits for the development of multi-family rental housing projects on state or county land that was used for a multi-family rental housing project before a state emergency.

Prohibits the licensing of an adult residential care home, expanded adult residential care home, or developmental disabilities domiciliary home that is financed, managed, operated, supervised, directed, or owned in whole or in part by a person convicted of a gambling offense.

Maddy summarySB 1145 requires all bicycle owners to pay an annual registration fee. This bill directly affects individuals who own bicycles within the jurisdiction. The key provision mandates an annual fee for bike registration, with no further details provided on fee amounts or exemptions. As a procedural bill focused on implementation rather than substantive policy, it does not address safety, infrastructure, or other bicycle-related issues. (1 sentence summary as it is procedural).