SB 418 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO REGULATORY SUNSET REVIEW IN HAWAII.

Summary

Establishes a regulatory review program overseen by the Department of the Attorney General to evaluate all Hawaii Administrative Rules adopted by state agencies and identify any rules that should be retained, modified or repealed. Requires each state agency to review 20 per cent of their rules every year and submit a report to the Department of the Attorney General. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to notify the Governor and Legislature of any noncompliance by a state agency, adopt rules, and submit annual reports to the Legislature and Governor. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2525. (SD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Feb 10, 2025

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SB418 → SB418_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative document into a structured data format with metadata headers, while the substantive policy content remained largely the same. The most significant change is the effective date, which was altered from July 1, 2025 to January 1, 2525 (likely a typo for 2025).

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the regulatory review program requirements remain identical.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to January 1, 2525, which appears to be a typographical error that would need correction.

TECHNICAL

Metadata headers containing bill identifiers, author names, timestamps, and document version information were added at the beginning.

The document structure was converted from a traditional legislative format to a structured text format with special characters and metadata fields.

Page numbers and document footers were removed or altered during the conversion process.

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Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 189) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to GVO, WAM/JDC.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

6 primary · 1 co-sponsor