Honolulu, HI – On Thursday, June 1, 2023, Governor Josh Green, M.D. signed 22 of the 245 bills enrolled for his consideration since the adjournment of the 2023 Regular Session.

The bills signed by Governor Green included bills that:

• Raise salaries and pay for benefits of Hawaiʻi’s public employees, including teachers, health and correctional workers, registered professional nurses, firefighters, and other employees, which will improve the quality of life of these residents and aid in recruitment and retention efforts to strengthen the workforce in the state;
• Preserve access to health care for Medicaid recipients and strengthen the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program by making the program permanent and ensuring the program’s sustainability;
• Enhance Hawaiʻi’s “Our Care, Our Choice Act” to provide terminally ill individuals with six months or less to live with greater access to the end-of-life options under the law; and
• Help Hawaiʻi’s small businesses by allowing certain pass-through entities to elect to pay Hawaiʻi income tax at the entity level.

The complete list of bills signed included the following:

Click links to see full details of bills enacted into law.

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS:

HB1000 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 30, SLH 2023

HB1001 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 31, SLH 2023

HB1004 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 32, SLH 2023

HB1006 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 33, SLH 2023

HB1010 HD1 SD1 CD1 enacted as Act 34, SLH 2023

RELATING TO STATE FUNDS:

HB1018 HD1...

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