| SB2777 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes no more than 100 students at charter schools in the Waianae district to concurrently enroll in the education laboratory charter school. Authorizes both the Waianae charter school and the education laboratory charter school to receive per p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to EDH/HRE, WAM. |
| SB2778 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies certain statutory provisions relating to the education laboratory charter school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to HRE/EDH, WAM. |
| SB2784 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that any new construction, major renovation, or retrofit of an existing building of a state facility include motion sensor technology or other technology to control the lighting and air when people are absent from the rooms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| SB2785 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the sixteenth senatorial district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2787 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows counties to enact ordinances or adopt rules regulating fireworks that are more restrictive than state law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to PSM/TIA, JGO. |
| SB2789 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the state fuel tax, and directs the increase to the school transportation revolving fund. Authorizes the department of education to provide free school transportation for public and private school students in kindergarten through grade 12 a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to EDH/TIA, WAM. |
| SB2791 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all newly hired or transferred teachers in public schools to be subject to an evaluation period. Requires school principals to submit teacher evaluations to the Hawaii teacher standards board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to EDH/LBR. |
| SB2792 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires annual evaluations of state and complex area administrators, educational officers, and teachers against competencies to be determined by the board of education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to EDH/LBR. |
| SB2794 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows smoking in properly permitted liquor establishments not to include restaurants. Requires collection of smoking establishment permit fee with proceeds to go towards organ donation education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Health Committee |
| SB2795 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides family-owned corporations with only one stockholder with the option to participate in the State's unemployment insurance program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to LBR, WAM. |
| SB2796 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the state constitution to repeal the requirement that the legislature define marriage. Reserves marriage to opposite-sex couples.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to JGO. |
| SB2801 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows smoking in properly permitted liquor establishments not to include restaurants. Requires collection of smoking establishment permit fee with proceeds to go towards organ donation education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Health Committee |
| SB2804 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases penalties for fireworks law violations. Requires counties to inspect every shipment of fireworks. Allows counties to enact more restrictive ordinances on fireworks. Prohibits and establishes penalty for the sale or transfer of fireworks to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to PSM/TIA, JGO. |
| SB2808 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows an individual who has previously served as a director of a soil and water conservation district to continue to serve as a director even if the individual no longer lives or works in the district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to WTL. |
| SB2813 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the final report deadline for the taro security and purity task force for two years. Appropriates funds with a dollar for dollar matching requirement by the office of Hawaiian affairs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to WTL, WAM. |
| SB2814 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of education to purchase poi or other taro products for schools that have a taro farm within the school district. Requires the agriculture education program to arrange for opportunities to work, volunteer, or study on taro far...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to EDH/WTL, WAM. |
| SB2560 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that businesses charge a fee to consumers who choose to use non-recyclable checkout bags and also that businesses offer biodegradable plastic checkout bags and recyclable paper check out bags.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| SB2816 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes various amendments, establishes various initiatives, and appropriates funds to promote economic development for local food and energy businesses, ensure Hawaii is energy and food self-sufficient and sustainable to the maximum extent feasible, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to WTL/ENE/EDT, WAM. |
| SB2051 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires dealers to disclose material facts, as well as material mechanical defects, to consumers of used motor vehicles. Requires dealers to use good faith and due care in preparing disclosure notice to consumers of used motor vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB2820 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits awards or the recovery of attorney's fees or interest against or from the State to only those cases for which the legislature expressly waives the State's sovereign immunity and explicitly permits the award or recovery.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to JGO. |
| SB2821 | Intro
Sine Die | Restores the law with regard to non-ceded lands controlled by the State, to what it was prior to the passage of Act 176, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to WTL, JGO. |
| SB2822 | Intro
Sine Die | The State shall not be liable for any attorney's fees in an action against it.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to JGO, WAM. |
| SB2823 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the definition of ceded lands for which legislative approval for any sale or gift is required.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to WTL, JGO. |
| SB2824 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the judicial selection commission for staff and operational expenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to JGO, WAM. |
| SB2572 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides additional guidance to Hawaii EPSCoR for the Hawaii state science and technology plan and provides additional requirements for further coordination and progress in STEM education and workforce development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to EDH/HRE/EDT. |
| SB2574 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires no limit on the number of start-up or conversion charter schools in the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to EDH, WAM. |
| SB2581 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the appropriate authority to determine whether a sufficient appropriation exists and certify contracts for projects of the department of education, the University of Hawaii, the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation, and the Haw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to JGO, WAM. |
| SB2582 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all state agencies to award public contracts on bid proposals for projects of the department of education, the University of Hawaii, the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation, and the Hawaii public housing authority within thirt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to JGO, WAM. |
| SB2583 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the amount of time a public notice or written determination for procurement for the department of education, the University of Hawaii, the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation, or the Hawaii public housing authority is required t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to JGO. |
| SB2585 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish an Office of Homelessness to assume jurisdiction over homeless assistance from the Hawaii public housing authority; establish a board or governing body with broad participation (DOE, DHS, HPHA, DLNR, C&C).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Human Services Committee |
| SB2609 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits current distributions by nonprofit corporations to its nonprofit members and affiliates, provided that the distributions are in accordance with the distributing nonprofit corporations' purposes and will not jeopardize their liquidity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| SB2616 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the penalties for fireworks violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to PSM, JGO. |
| SB2621 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of public safety to establish performance indicators; requires quarterly reports of the established performance indicators, criminal offender treatment programs, and programs established pursuant to the community safety act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to PSM, WAM. |
| SB2366 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a fireworks surcharge on sales of all consumer fireworks to pay for inspections of incoming fireworks shipments and requires the inspection of all fireworks shipments. Makes the importation of consumer fireworks without a valid license a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Re-Referred to PSM/TIA, JGO/WAM. |
| SB2623 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits renewable energy uses in agricultural and conservation districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| SB2627 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 14th senatorial district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2628 | Intro
Sine Die | Diverts a portion of the counties' distribution of transient accommodations tax revenues to the department of education primarily to avoid teacher furlough days. Repeals sunset of transient accommodations tax increase that was implemented in 2009.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Tourism Committee |
| SB2629 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires Hawaii tourism authority to be the cultural repository for collecting information and data on Hawaiian cultural programs statewide.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Tourism Committee |
| SB2630 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of an eligible business activity under the State enterprise zones law and increases the number of areas in each county that may be designated as an enterprise zone.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee |
| SB2631 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from county approval state department of transportation development and construction of highways and airports.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee |
| SB2632 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a maximum time period that an application for permit, license, or approval shall be deemed granted if not acted upon by the designated agency; authorizes each county to contract with a third-party reviewer to streamline the processing of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee |
| SB2635 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a renewable energy facility siting process to expedite the review and action upon state and county permits necessary for the siting, development, construction, and operation of a renewable energy facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| SB2636 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies requirements for adequate public notice of an invitation for bids and request for proposals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to JGO, WAM. |
| SB2638 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a refundable ohana residential housing income tax credit for qualified taxpayers that purchase a qualified principal residence on or after April 1, 2010, and before January 1, 2012, that is payable to the qualified taxpayer in two equal i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to EDH, WAM. |
| SB2639 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires contracts awarded to projects of the departments of Hawaiian home lands and transportation; county boards of water supply; and county departments of housing, planning and permitting, and transportation to be awarded within thirty days of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to JGO, WAM. |
| SB2640 | 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 GO bonds to fund loans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to EDH, WAM. |
| SB2641 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes sixty day period in which to certify contracts after award of contract of procurement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to JGO, WAM. |
| SB2642 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 18th senatorial district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2644 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state auditor to conduct a management audit of the department of education every three years and report to the governor, board of education, and legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to EDH, WAM. |
| SB2647 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a tip credit amount of not more than per cent below the applicable minimum wage amount.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-27
(S) Referred to LBR, WAM. |
