2023 HTA Testimony - State Legislature

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• Hawai‘i State Legislature
• Hawai‘i County Council
• Maui County Council
• Honolulu City Council
• Kaua‘i County Council

Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and Regenerative Tourism

HB300 RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET

• 3/23/23 HD1 Committee on Ways and Means
• 3/8/23 Committee on Finance

HB1233 RELATING TO TOURISM

• 2/24/23 HD2 Committee on Finance
• 2/14/23 HD1 Committee on Water & Land
• 2/2/23 Committee on Tourism

HB1240 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION

• 2/7/23 Committee on Tourism

HB1375 RELATING TO TOURISM

• 4/4/23 HD3 SD1 Committee on Ways and Means
• 3/21/23 HD3 Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism and Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs
• 2/24/23 HD2 Committee on Finance
• 2/14/23 HD1 Committee on Water & Land
• 2/2/23 Committees on Tourism and Economic Development

SB65 RELATING TO REGENERATIVE TOURISM

• 2/14/23 Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism and Water and Land

SB449 RELATING TO THE FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS

• 3/29/23 SD2 HD1 Committee on Finance
• 3/29/23 SD2 Committee on Finance
• 3/15/23 SD2 Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs
• 2/14/23 Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism

SB629 RELATING TO THE HAWAI‘I TOURISM AUTHORITY

• 3/29/23 SD1 HD1 Committee on Finance
• 3/14/23 SD1 Committee on Tourism
• 2/22/23 Committee on Ways and Means
• 2/16/23 Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism

SB1522 RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• 3/22/23 SD2 HD1 Committee on Water and Land
• 3/16/23 SD2 Committees on Tourism and Economic Development
• 2/22/23 SD1 Committee on Ways and Means
• 2/16/23 Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism

SR144/SCR148 REQUESTING THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS TO ESTABLISH A MUSEUM OF MODERN HAWAI‘I HISTORY TASK FORCE

• 3/29/23 Committee on Transportation and Culture and Arts

SR122/SCR178 REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO ESTABLISH A 2023 ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC
COOPERATION HAWAI‘I DELEGATION TEAM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2023 ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION EVENTS IN SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO

• 3/29/23 Committee on Transportation and Culture and Arts

Natural Resource Protection and Visitor Impact Fees

HB442 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

• 2/2/23 Committee on Tourism

HB592 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION

• 2/2/23 Committee on Tourism

HB1162 RELATING TO VISITOR IMPACT FEES

• 2/14/23 HD1 Committee on Water & Land
• 2/2/23 Committee on Tourism

HB1237 RELATING TO A GREEN USER FEE PROGRAM

• 2/14/23 HD1 Committee on Water & Land
• 2/2/23 Committee on Tourism

HB1394 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

• 3/13/23 HD1 Committee on Water & Land

SB67 RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON BEACHES

• 1/31/23 Committees on Water and Land and Commerce and Consumer Protection

SB304 RELATING TO VISITOR IMPACT FEES

• 3/29/23 SD2 HD2 Committee on Finance
• 3/22/23 SD2 HD1 Committee on Water and Land
• 3/14/23 SD2 Committee on Tourism
• 2/23/23 SD1 Committee on Ways and Means
• 2/14/23 Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism and Water and Land

SB636 RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT

• 2/15/23 Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism and Agriculture and Environment

Transient Accommodations

HB84 RELATING TO COUNTIES

• 2/14/23 HD1 Committee on Water & Land
• 2/1/23 Committee on Housing

HB85 RELATING TO SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

• 3/15/23 HD1 Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism
• 2/16/23 HD1 Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection

HB211 RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS

• 2/2/23 Committee on Tourism

HB820 RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX

• 2/7/23 Committee on Tourism

HB1238 RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS HOSTING PLATFORMS

• 2/2/23 Committee on Tourism

HB1374 RELATING TO COUNTIES

• 2/2/23 Committee on Tourism

Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems

HB308 RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS

• 3/20/23 HD1 Committee on Agriculture and Environment
• 2/23/23 HD1 Committee on Finance
• 2/13/23 Committee on Agriculture and Food Systems

SB84 RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS

• 1/30/23 Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Water and Land

SB420 RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS

• 3/17/23 SD2 Committee on Agriculture and Food Systems
• 2/22/23 SD1 Committee on Ways and Means
• 2/1/23 Committee on Agriculture and Environment