HI Legislation | 2010 | Regular Session | Bills | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB1974	Intro Sine Die	Restricts the duration of collective bargaining agreements to not less than four years. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-04-26 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
HB2737	Intro Sine Die	Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources to fund the general fund by disposing of public lands. Also directs the Department to dispose of public lands leased to not-for-profit organizations meeting certain criteria. Effective July 1, 2020... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-03 (H) Recommitted to FIN with none voting no and Representative(s) Bertram, Ching, Hanohano, Marumoto, Nakashima, M. Oshiro, Thielen, Tokioka, Ward excused.
SB2423	Intro Sine Die	Gives boards of directors authority to install or allow the installation of solar energy or wind energy devices on the common elements of condominiums. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-02 (S) Recommitted to CPN.
SB2755	Intro Sine Die	Promotes safer roadways and fewer distractions while driving by prohibiting the use of mobile electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle, with certain exceptions. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-02 (S) Recommitted to JGO.
HB2265	Intro Sine Die	Amends custody and visitation criteria and procedure to specify what courts will consider in determining the best interest of the child. Effective January 1, 2050. (HD2265 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-25 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB2473	Intro Sine Die	Makes abusive conduct against an employee in the workplace a violation of occupational safety and health law. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-25 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB2251	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a gaming commission to oversee casino gaming. Allows the gaming commission to issue one 5-year license to a casino gaming operation in a county with a population of more than 500,000. Limits casino gaming to persons over 21. Creates a wag... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB2280	Intro Sine Die	Assists the homeless in reuniting with their families. Creates the parks for homeless special fund. Increases the conveyance tax by fifteen percent on homes valued at $1,200,000 and more to be deposited into the parks for homeless special fund (HB228... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB819	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates additional funds for the kupuna care program. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB2264	Intro Sine Die	Restores adult dental care under QUEST. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
HB2096	Intro Sine Die	Requires providers of accident or health and sickness insurance to base prescription drug coverage on a drug formulary or prior authorization requirement established and regularly updated by a drug formulary advisory board whose membership includes p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB2033	Intro Sine Die	Makes appropriation out of the emergency and budget reserve fund for the general assistance program. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB2044	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates general funds for domestic violence shelters. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB2061	Intro Sine Die	Permits bidders and their subcontractors who are registered under an apprenticeship agreement with DLIR to benefit from a 5% reduction in their bid amount on contracts for $250,000 or more. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB2062	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a responsible construction contractor law which specifies prerequisites for government construction contractors and subcontractors. Amends various sections of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code, chapter 103D, HRS, to simplify and streamli... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
HB1896	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits an accident and health or sickness insurer, mutual benefit society, health maintenance organization, or dental service organization from requiring a dentist who provides services to its subscribers to accept a fee set by the accident and he... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB2586	Intro Sine Die	Requires the charter school review panel (CSRP) to determine a clear process with rigorous criteria for charter schools to be reauthorized. Requires the CSRP to reauthorize a charter school no later than four years following the initial issue of the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB2588	Intro Sine Die	Requires the charter school administrative office to withhold funds for its operational expenses, including salaries for staff and the executive director. The total amount of withheld funds shall be determined by the review panel and shall not exceed... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB2861	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates moneys for child care subsidies. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
HB2435	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]	2010-02-24 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB2913	Intro Sine Die	Requires the Hawaii community development authority to ensure that the Kakaako Makai master plan remains a product of the community-based planning process. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (S) The committee on WTL deferred the measure.
SB2407	Intro Sine Die	Establishes an electricity bill reduction for residential electrical meters on islands where renewable electric energy is generated and exported. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (S) The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be HELD. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Ige, Espero, Green, Sakamoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Hemmings.
HB2488	Intro Sine Die	Increases by 15% the conveyance tax on the sale of homes valued at $1,200,000 and more to finance the purchase and maintenance of parks under the jurisdiction of the counties to serve the homeless. Requires the counties to provide matching funds. (HB... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-24 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB2170	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits the sale and distribution of foie gras produced using the method of force feeding. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (S) The committee on JGO deferred the measure.
HB2004	Intro Sine Die	Amends law relating to ballot issue committees. Defines automated phone call and requires certain information to be stated at the beginning of such phone calls. Amends the definition of advertisement. Repeals the campaign spending commission's author... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB2790	Intro Sine Die	Establishes fireworks-related fines and penalties. Effective January 1, 2112. (HB2790 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB2202	Intro Sine Die	Extends immunity from liability to a person who voluntarily permits the use of the person's property to shelter people during a natural or man-made disaster. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (S) The committee on JGO deferred the measure.
HB2592	Intro Sine Die	Makes Hawaii's controlled substance laws consistent with that of federal law, and clarifies sections of chapter 329 relating to controlled substances. (HB2592 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB2516	Intro Sine Die	Creates a standardized form for cemetery and pre-need funeral authorities' financial statements and actuarial reports. Ensures sufficient funds are available to cover future claims. Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to report t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB2783	Intro Sine Die	Requires that any new construction, major renovation, or retrofit of an existing building of a hotel include motion sensor technology or other technology in the hotel rooms to control the lighting and air when people are absent from the room. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (S) The committee on ENE deferred the measure.
SB2793	Intro Sine Die	Requires the contractor license board to modify and consolidate the number of classifications or subclassifications into no more than classifications, by not later than January 1, 2011. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
HB2876	Intro Sine Die	Temporarily increases the general excise and use tax rates from 4% to 5%, the capital goods excise tax credit rate from 4% to 5%, and the refundable food/excise tax credit by $10 per exemption. Takes effect on 07/01/2010 and is repealed on 06/30/2015... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB2285	Intro Sine Die	Requires the deposit into trust of one hundred per cent of all funds paid to purchase a pre-need funeral plan plus all interest earned. Allows a cemetery or pre-need authority to deduct certain allowable expenses from a trust. Requires annual stateme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
HB2878	Intro Sine Die	Repeals certain exemptions under the general excise, use, and public service company taxes. The Act takes effect on July 1, 2010 and sunsets on June 30, 2015. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB2880	Intro Sine Die	Increases the "wholesale" rates under the general excise, use, and public service company taxes to one per cent from one-half per cent. Effective 7/1/10; repealed 6/30/15. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB1034	Intro Sine Die	Clarifies that certain waivers of the State's sovereign immunity can only take place if the Legislature has in a statute unequivocally waived that sovereign immunity. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB2554	Intro Sine Die	Mandates that all new single-family residential home construction shall be net zero capable by 2015. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (S) The committee on ENE deferred the measure.
HB229	Intro Sine Die	Amends the offenses of murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, assault in the second degree, and terroristic threatening in the first degree to include conduct committed against victims whom the courts and police are attempting to ke... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB2895	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]	2010-02-23 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB2983	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits the Department of Human Services from imposing any restriction or limitation on the coverage for, or a recipient's access, to psychotropic medication prescribed by a naturopathic physician licensed in the state. Requires annual reports to i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB2991	Intro Sine Die	Creates higher income tax brackets and rates for high-income individual taxpayers. Eliminates certain corporate tax exemptions. Provides for taxation of capital gains as ordinary income. Creates commission to provide a more equitable and progressive ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB2931	Intro Sine Die	Requires the department of health to submit to the Legislature a copy of all reports written by the alcohol and drug abuse division, the adult mental health division, and the child and adolescent mental health division of the department of health pur... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-23 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB1601	Intro Sine Die	Requires that one member of the land use commission be a farmer. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-22 (S) The committee on WTL deferred the measure.
SB492	Intro Sine Die	Expands the considerations of the commission on water resource management to include noninstream uses of water and the instream uses in context of the geographic region in determining instream flow standards. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-22 (S) The committee on WTL deferred the measure.
HB2029	Intro Sine Die	Repeals the regulatory programs for barbers and cosmetologists, marriage and family therapists, athlete agents, hearing aid dealers and fitters, and electrologists. (HB2029 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-22 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB2302	Intro Sine Die	Transfers responsibilities for developing and implementing statewide technology policies from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Creates the position of Chief Information Officer. Creates and f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-22 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB2051	Intro Sine Die	Allows the University of Hawaii board of regents to assess fees for campus parking at an open meeting subject to chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, but exempt from rule-making public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-22 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB2846	Intro Sine Die	Increases the reserved housing requirement for a major development on a lot of at least 1 acre in the Kakaako community development district, mauka area. Requires the Hawaii community development authority to adopt or amend rules. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-22 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
HB2853	Intro Sine Die	Increases the public service company tax rate applicable to public utilities. Takes effect on 07/01/10, and sunsets on 06/30/15. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-22 (H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB2774	Intro Sine Die	Prevents persons with HIV or AIDS from being automatically excluded from organ transplants due to their diagnosis; requires that any procurement organization in the State to maintain donor lists including high risk donors and persons with HIV or AIDS... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-02-22 (S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure.