House Draft News Today

Gov. Arnold I. Palacios has disclosed that the administration will suspend the voluntary payment of the 25% pension benefits for all government retirees if the Senate will not pass by

It appears that all three carryover bills to upend HTA from last year have died, including House Bill 1375, Senate Bill 1522 and its companion House Bill 1376.

The House of Representatives fast-tracked the passage Thursday of a bill that will appropriate $5.2 million of the dividends collected by the Commonwealth Economic Development Authority from the Commonwealth Utilities

The House of Representatives unanimously passed last Feb. 16 a bill that will require that vehicles that are rebuilt from salvage or have undergone much damage but are rebuilt and

The House of Representatives unanimously passed on Friday a bill that proposes to amend the CNMI Fire Safety Code to apply the International Fire Code guiding standard in the Commonwealth.

Short-form bills are handy ways to introduce major legislation after deadlines, but it can be confusing to follow them.

The House of Representatives passed on Friday a bill that seeks to impose an additional 3% tax on the yearly gross revenue of construction activities in excess of $250,000.

Dozens of bills from the 2023 legislative session that failed to become law remain alive going into the Jan. 17 start of the upcoming session, including one that would eliminate the Hawaii Tourism Authority and create a new tourism entity.

In 1998, 69% of Hawaii residents supported a constitutional amendment that marriage should be reserved only for opposite-sex genders. Today same-sex marriages have about 70% support locally and nationally.

The Commonwealth Cancer Association supports a bill to impose an excise tax on imported betel nut/areca nut and lime mix, but asks the Senate to amend the legislation by allocating