| HB527 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a blue ribbon task force in the department of budget and finance to explore the feasibility of having the employees' retirement system purchase Ala Moana Center and the Ward Centers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB796 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the manufacturing, sale, or distribution of toys and child care articles containing certain toxic chemicals and requires manufacturers to use the least toxic alternatives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1074 | Enroll
Sine Die | Makes numerous updates to the Insurance Code. Clarifies allowable insurer investments to meet capital and reserve requirements. Sets a time limit for insurers to claim the Retaliatory Tax Credit. Limits the issuance of surplus lines broker licenses t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1342 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes amendments to the state constitution to establish the department of education as a political subdivision headed by the board of education. Authorizes the board to enact an education excise tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1624 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the appointment process for members of the stadium authority to allow for the governor, the senate president, the speaker of the house, and the president of the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet Vendors Association to name appointments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB255 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs department of agriculture, in conjunction with agribusiness development corporation, to develop an agricultural water plan for Ka`u and south Kona.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB528 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the State Comprehensive Employment Training Program (SCET) providing subsidized employment for work with a public purpose. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB797 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires public school cafeterias to serve fresh local produce at lunch at least once each week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1076 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes real estate licensees from the definition of distressed property consultant in Act 137, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, the Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act, and adds to section 467-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, prohibitions agai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1343 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants tax credit to small businesses at the lesser of 50% of premiums or $500 per employee for purchase of long-term care insurance for its employees. Defines small business as businesses employing less than 100 full-time or part-time workers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1625 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the DOTAX to coordinate with the Hawaii tourism authority and each county to identify property owners subject to the transient accommodations tax who operate transient vacation rentals and bed and breakfast establishments. Allows audits of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB256 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill relating to insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB529 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a public employee to retire early without penalty under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB798 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows rules adopted by the department of human services for the foster care licensing process to include recognition of and respect for Hawaiian culture and hanai relationships. Adds definitions for "caregiver" and "safe home" to the Child Protectiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1077 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii Communications Commission (HCC) in the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA). Transfers functions relating to telecommunications from the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to the HCC. Also transfers functions relat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1626 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides an income tax deduction to residential unit owner occupants for qualifying costs of installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system installed after 12/31/09.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB257 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill relating to government.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB530 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a state employer and exclusive representative may enter into a supplemental or memorandum of agreement to establish a furlough program for state employees from 7/1/09 to 6/30/11.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB799 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the manufacture, processing, or distribution of products containing more than trace amounts of PBDE by 1/1/11.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1078 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases effectiveness and efficiency by affirming that positions in the Hawaii National Guard sponsored youth and adult educational programs are exempt from civil service requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1345 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the amount of pre-paid interest that may be charged by a lender for a residential mortgage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1629 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires new state buildings to be evaluated for suitability as an emergency shelter, and requires qualifying new state buildings to be modified to serve as emergency shelters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB258 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill relating to hazards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB531 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes a public employer's obligation to pay normal cost and accrued unfunded liability contributions to the employees' retirement system as part of the arbitration criteria used to determine whether the public employer has the ability to pay for p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB800 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all school buses imported into the state after July 1, 2010, to be equipped with lap and shoulder belt assemblies at all designated seating positions. Requires DOE to adopt rules requiring the use of seatbelts. Requires school buses that are...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1079 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families by frequent moves and deployment of their parents through the adoption of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1346 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts department of education employees from liability from ceasing activities between students that are reasonably believed to cause bodily injury or harm to one or more students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1630 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 7th representative district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB259 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill relating to consumer protection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB532 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes limited immunity for individuals who seek medical assistance for victims of drug overdoses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB801 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a mandatory minimum fine of $100 and 5 days in prison for operating a motor vehicle without insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1080 | Intro
Sine Die | Supports State Civil Defense's Shelter-in-Place initiative by exempting civil liability for care homes and schools, in addition to hotels, during an officially designated emergency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1347 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the awarding of certain fees in certain collections actions for any work done in the first ninety days a property owner is late in the payment of a mortgage or certain fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1631 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals prohibition on sale and possession of electric guns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB260 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill relating to agriculture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB533 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires food establishments to post notices warning that certain foods in the food establishment may contain peanuts or be prepared with products derived from peanuts. Makes notices subject to inspection of food establishments by department of healt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB802 | Intro
Sine Die | Lowers the standard of care from negligence to gross negligence in medical tort actions when services are performed pro bono.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1081 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the charter schools funding formula for two years and creates a new funding formula to be enacted on July 1, 2011. Makes a general revenue appropriation for charter schools for FY 2009-2010 and FY 2010-2011. Revises the duties of the Charter ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1348 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits any person who controls, operates, or manages an agricultural water system to negotiate an agreement of power as deemed necessary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1632 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the offense of infliction of serious physical injury or death to a vulnerable user of a public way. Requires motor vehicles to pass bicycles on the left at a safe distance. Prohibits motor vehicles from making a sudden right turn within 100 f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB261 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Act 177, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008 (Life Settlements Model Act) by repealing the requirement that the insurance commissioner report annually to the legislature on the implementation and effects of Act 177 and by making the Act permanent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB534 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that emergency medical services vehicles be equipped with cameras to record civilian vehicles that do not yield right of way when the emergency vehicle's audible and visual signals are on. Imposes penalties for failure to yield right of way.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB803 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires fiscal note for each bill that affects state funds. Informs legislators of all costs associated with a particular bill and requires a reliable estimate of the cost of any proposed legislation. Prohibits any committee of the legislature from ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1082 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides an income tax credit for donations made to qualifying science, technology, engineering, and math programs at Hawaii public schools. (HB1082 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1349 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the department of commerce and consumer affairs to conduct criminal history record checks on locksmiths who apply for business licenses with the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1633 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to perform a study, working with information from the Centers for Disease Control investigating the risks involved in the use of phthalates and bisphenol-A in consumer products, including children's toys and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB263 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits insurer to exclude from coverage under a motor vehicle insurance policy any person specifically designated by the insurer and acknowledged by the insured.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB535 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the office of military affairs in the governor's office. Appropriation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB804 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits plaintiffs in medical tort actions to recover the full amount of economic loss. Limits noneconomic damages. Provides guidelines for the award of punitive damages. Permits the introduction of evidence of collateral benefits. Limits the amount ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1083 | Intro
Sine Die | Stimulates the expeditious development of affordable housing using faster project reviews for mixed use housing projects and related infrastructure projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
