HI Legislation | 2010 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB2293	Intro Sine Die	Extends the Tax Credit for Research Activities from 2010 to 2011; creates a High Technology Research and Development Task Force to draft legislation to improve the tax credit or establish alternatives to the tax credit. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB2039	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to assist homeowners in obtaining mortgage and home repair loans by re-activate the Hula Mae Single Family Program. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure.
SB2568	Intro Sine Die	Proposes a constitutional amendment to require a minority, but no fewer than five, of the voting members of the board of education to be elected, as provided by law, and a majority of the voting members to be appointed by the governor, with the advic... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure.
SB2569	Intro Sine Die	Changes the board of education from an entirely elected board to a partially appointed, partially elected board. Establishes the board of education candidate nomination commission. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure.
SB2577	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a program for granting low-income housing tax credit loans in lieu of low-income housing tax credits administered by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds to fund loans. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure.
SB2587	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a task force to clarify sources of funding for the per-pupil funding formula for charter schools, identify discrepancies in the calculation of the formula for charter schools and non-charter schools, and recommend the portion of certain e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure.
SB2084	Intro Sine Die	Proposes an amendment to article X, section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to allow the student member of the board of education to vote on all matters. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure.
SB2352	Intro Sine Die	Allows the Department of Education to reprioritize and redistribute certain funds for purposes of restructuring. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure.
SB2613	Intro Sine Die	Requires the department of education to incorporate alternative energy designs into the construction of new schools and major renovations at existing schools for which planning and design begins on or after July 1, 2010. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB2615	Intro Sine Die	Establishes and appropriates funds for an electronic book pilot program for an intermediate or middle school to be selected by the department of education. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure.
SB2362	Intro Sine Die	Requires the Hawaii tourism authority to work in cooperation with the department of transportation to develop and air on incoming commercial flights to the State public service announcements about the State's fragile ecosystem and how to protect it; ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB2363	Intro Sine Die	Requires the Hawaii tourism authority, in cooperation with the department of transportation, to establish and maintain kiosks at each airport with information on the State's fragile ecosystem and how to protect it; appropriates funds for the kiosks f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB2620	Intro Sine Die	Requires an independent audit of the wireless enhanced 911 fund annually. Specifies that information on the status of projects undertaken or planned by public safety answering points, and the results of the audit shall be included in the board's annu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB2624	Intro Sine Die	Transfers the television and film industry activities and responsibilities under the department of business, economic development, and tourism to the Hawaii tourism authority. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on TSM deferred the measure.
SB2881	Intro Sine Die	Includes benefits of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund in collective bargaining negotiations; removes the authority and power of the Legislature to establish a contribution amount for the State and counties to the Hawaii employer-u... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB2374	Intro Sine Die	Requires charter schools to maintain accounting and financial records and conduct a financial audit annually. Requires that failure to maintain records and conduct the audit result in suspension of the school's charter. Establishes a process for appe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure.
SB2633	Intro Sine Die	Granting temporary relief from county housing requirements as recommended by the construction industry task force to stimulate housing construction statewide. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure.
SB2380	Intro Sine Die	Requires all bottled water to be labeled with the date of bottling. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure.
SB2892	Intro Sine Die	Allows a homeowner to force a court supervised foreclosure if a non-judicial foreclosure is successfully appealed due to an unfair sales price. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB2901	Intro Sine Die	Provides a charter school, or public school as applicable, with a pro rata share of per pupil funds when a student transfers from a public school to a charter school, or vice versa, subsequent to the annual charter school student enrollment verificat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on EDH deferred the measure.
SB2135	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the position of a school liaison officer within the Hawaii National Guard and provides for and appropriates funds. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB2146	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the planning special fund for the operations of the office of planning, including personnel costs. Effective 7/1/50. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB2152	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the chief justice to temporarily assign a circuit judge to district court where a district judge is unavailable or for other reasons. Contingent upon ratification of related constitutional amendment. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) The committee on JGO deferred the measure.
SB2664	Intro Sine Die	Amends the identity theft offenses and the definition of "personal information" in chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that the identity theft offenses include the transmission of personal information of an actual person, alive or dead, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-10 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JGO.
SB2684	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a Hawaii Clean Energy Investment Bond Program for renewable energy system and energy efficiency improvements on residential and commercial properties, and authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance the program. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on ENE deferred the measure.
SB2692	Intro Sine Die	Ensures funds are available for future fiscal emergencies by renaming and revising the Emergency Budget and Reserve Fund to create the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund and requiring five percent of general fund end of year balances to be deposited int... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure.
SB2693	Intro Sine Die	Ensures funds are available for future fiscal emergencies by creating the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund in the Constitution and requiring five percent of general fund end of year balances to be deposited into it. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure.
SB2949	Intro Sine Die	Clarifies that furloughs are a subject to collective bargaining. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on LBR deferred the measure.
SB2712	Intro Sine Die	Provides a ten percent tax credit on costs incurred for the construction or renovation of a hotel or resort property through December 31, 2012. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on TSM deferred the measure.
SB2717	Intro Sine Die	To increase general assistance program efficiency by eliminating the requirement to send a ten-day pending notice requesting additional medical evidence when a determination and certification is made that an applicant does not have a physical, mental... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure.
SB2718	Intro Sine Die	To provide a State lump-sum death benefit in an amount equal to the Social Security Administrations Lump-Sum Death Benefit for deceased medical or financial assistance recipients who are ineligible for the Social Security Administration benefit. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure.
SB2719	Intro Sine Die	Allows the Department of Human Services to improve the safety and cost-effectiveness of psychotropic medication use. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure.
SB2210	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits the use of plastic objects on any boat registered in the State; establishes a working group to develop rules for subsistence fishing; provides a tax credit for items purchased to comply with the prohibition. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on WTL deferred the measure.
SB2248	Intro Sine Die	Creates a tax credit for employers who fund continuing education for certain employees to improve their existing skills; limits the amount of employer contributions paid under the employment security laws for the 2010 and 2011 calendar years even if ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on LBR deferred the measure.
SB2008	Intro Sine Die	Establishes health care treatment advisory panel which shall review health insurance rate filings to ensure that rates incorporate appropriate levels of health care treatment. Makes appropriation from compliance resolution fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB2528	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the state executive branch to offer a voluntary severance or a special retirement incentive benefit to state employees who elect to voluntarily separate from service when their positions are identified for abolishment or when they are dire... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB2530	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a system under the department of commerce and consumer protection to collect, analyze and distribute health insurance claims information. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB2022	Intro Sine Die	Establishes criminal penalties for fraudulent installation or reinstallation of an airbag. Requires that any person engaged in the business of purchasing, selling, or installing an airbag maintain detailed records of airbags they purchase, sell, or i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JGO.
SB2540	Intro Sine Die	Requires the department of public safety to plan for a model wellness center to be built in East Hawaii. Report to legislature in 2011. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB2031	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a temporary health care case management task force in the department of human services to research the quality of care provided by case managers and case management agencies and to ensure that appropriate standards of practice are consist... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN.
SB2555	Intro Sine Die	Requires the public utilities commission to adopt rules that will enable government entities to purchase electricity in bulk electrical loads; authorizes government entities that purchase electricity in bulk electrical loads to contract with renewabl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on ENE deferred the measure.
SB2049	Intro Sine Die	Enables the department of human services to provide vocational rehabilitation and other services to the deaf or blind. Requires the department of human services to establish a strategic plan to restructure its services to the deaf, hardofhearing, and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB2561	Intro Sine Die	Regulates the retail and wholesale sales of spray paint. Designates the department of public safety with jurisdiction. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on PSM deferred the measure.
SB2562	Intro Sine Die	Requires retail dealers with more than seventy-five thousand square feet of retail space to operate redemption centers. Effective 10/1/2010. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB2064	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes holding public events that celebrate Children and Youth Day to be held on state capitol grounds. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JGO.
SB2833	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the issuance of pension obligation bonds to fund the employer contributions of the State and counties to the employees' retirement system to reduce unfunded actuarial accrued liability. Appropriates funds for payment of the employers' cont... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB2067	Intro Sine Die	Requires the department of human services to provide medicaid presumptive eligibility to patients who have been waitlisted for long-term care; and conduct a study of a computerized medicaid applications system; requires reports to the legislature. (S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB2326	Intro Sine Die	Requires that services to be rendered shall be performed by employees paid at wages or salaries not less than the wages paid to public officers and employees for similar work in the State of Hawaii. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB2078	Intro Sine Die	Allows a minor to give informed consent for emergency shelter and related services. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JGO.
SB2098	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a joint legislative keiki caucus and a joint legislative kupuna caucus. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-09 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JGO.