HB2422 Summary

• Redefines "boiler" to include water or other liquids heated under pressure using combustion, electricity, or solar energy sources, and updates related technical definitions in Hawaii's boiler and elevator safety law.

• Reclassifies the "Boiler and Elevator Special Fund" as a "Boiler and Elevator Revolving Fund" throughout the statute.

• Extends the timeframe for the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to reimburse the general fund from the revolving fund from 5 years to 10 years.

• Removes outdated references including specific addresses for the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors and eliminates certain equipment types (mechanized parking elevators, manlifts, aerial tramways, personal automatic trains) from the definition of "elevators and kindred equipment."

• Contains housekeeping amendments including updated cross-references, punctuation corrections, and clarifications to the boiler and elevator inspection and permitting procedures; effective January 1, 2050.