HB 642 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.

Summary

Requires all state agencies proposing, adopting, amending, or repealing a rule to make the full text of the rules of the agency available on the website of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor in a digitally accessible and searchable format. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB642 → HB642_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a clean legislative document to a Microsoft Word file structure with metadata headers, while the core policy content remained substantially the same. The most significant substantive change is the effective date in Section 4, which was altered from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', likely a placeholder or error. Additionally, Section 1 was slightly modified to change 'proposed rulemaking action' to 'proposing, adopting, amending, or repealing a rule' for clarity.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains unchanged - it still applies to all state agencies through the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, requiring them to make rulemaking information available digitally.

TIMELINE

Section 4 effective date changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', which appears to be an error or placeholder that needs correction

REQUIREMENT

Section 1 language was slightly expanded to clarify that agencies must make available information when 'proposing, adopting, amending, or repealing' rules rather than just 'proposed rulemaking action'

TECHNICAL

Document structure changed from clean legislative text to Microsoft Word file format with metadata headers and page numbers

Various text formatting artifacts and metadata were added throughout the document

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 743) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

12 primary · 0 co-sponsors