| SB34 | Pass | Allows discovery with court approval, limits the award of costs in controversies involving small claim tax appeals, and requires notice to the Director of Taxation and the county real property assessment division. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
(H) Act 167, on 6/27/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1271). |
| SB163 | Pass | Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by article VII, section 13 of the state constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded. (SB163 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
(H) Act 172, on 6/27/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276). |
| SB1328 | Pass | Increases the state motor vehicle registration fee and deposits a portion into the state highway fund. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(S) Act 162, 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1265). |
| SB14 | Pass | Expands the authorized uses of the agricultural development and food security special fund to include the improvement of dams and reservoirs, and water quality testing and improvement. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(S) Act 155, 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). |
| SB142 | Pass | Requires BLNR to consider dams and reservoirs as important water resources for the State and acknowledge the need to maintain and operate them in a safe and feasible manner. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(S) Act 154, 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). |
| SB1485 | Pass | Allows the Superintendent of education to reconstitute a public school, except for charter schools. Allows the superintendent to recommend actions to the Charter School Review Panel, including the revocation of a school's charter. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-22
(S) Act 148, 6/21/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). |
| SB1069 | Pass | Establishes the offense of cruelty to animals by fighting dogs in the second degree. Increases penalty for cruelty to animals by fighting dogs in the first degree. Clarifies dog fighting and animal cruelty laws. Effective July 1, 2011. (SD1069 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-22
(S) Act 149, 6/21/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). |
| SB1383 | Pass | Permits the Hawaii 3R's School Repair and Maintenance Fund to receive moneys transferred to it from the School-level Minor Repairs and Maintenance Special Fund. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-22
(S) Act 150, 6/21/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). |
| SB806 | Pass | Allows teacher and educational officer HTSB members to continue to serve out up to three consecutive three-year terms even if they retire during a term. Adds certain powers and duties to HTSB. Adds timely payment of fees to the requirements for licen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 134, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237). |
| SB823 | Pass | Provides procurement authority to semi-autonomous county public transit agencies, thus allowing them to function as semi-autonomous agencies in their respective counties. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB823 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 131, on 6/16/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1234). |
| SB1489 | Pass | Provides that attorney's liens shall also attach to proceedings after the commencement of arbitration proceedings, and orders, settlements, and awards pursuant to an arbitration proceeding. Removes the deadline to file a notice of claim of the attorn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 136, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). |
| SB1068 | Pass | Provides that killing, or attempting to kill, the pet animal of another person without that person's consent constitutes animal cruelty in the first degree. Adds certain exceptions to animal cruelty in the first degree. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 135, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). |
| SB1282 | Pass | Permits the administration of nationally norm-referenced testing in any content area for certain grades at the discretion of individual schools and complexes at the school or complex's own expense. Repeals the administration of nationally normreferen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 133, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1236). |
| SB1089 | Pass | Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to exercise enforcement powers against an employer in a covered establishment. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 137, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1240). |
| SB1174 | Pass | Requires charter school budget requests for needs-based facilities funding to include a detailed explanation as to the formula used and the funding request breakdown by school. Allows charter schools to appeal denied reauthorizations to BOE. Requires...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 130, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1233). |
| SB101 | Pass | Exempts the preparation of hand-pounded poi from certain Department of Health (DOH) requirements regarding food safety if certain conditions are met. Requires the DOH to adopt rules no later than December 31, 2011. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 107, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1210). |
| SB1040 | Pass | Increases the civil penalty amounts and additional criminal fines for violations of the Hawaii occupational safety and health law. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB1040 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 123, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1226). |
| SB120 | Pass | Repeals certain special funds and transfers balances to the general fund. Converts certain revolving funds of the University of Hawaii into special funds. Temporarily redirects an additional portion of tobacco settlement funds into the general fund. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 124, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1227). |
| SB1482 | Pass | Allows the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to consider the benefits of capital improvements for renewable energy and energy efficiency despite the short-term expense. Requires the PUC to consider the need to reduce the State's reliance on fossil fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 109, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1212). |
| SB1067 | Pass | Clarifies the permissible divulging of adult probation records by probation officers to treatment service providers. Sunsets on July 1, 2016. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 119, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). |
| SB1076 | Pass | Makes it unlawful for any employer or labor organization with more than one hundred employees and a collective bargaining agreement to bar or discharge from employment, withhold pay from, or demote an employee solely because the employee uses accrued...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 118, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). |
| SB1503 | Pass | Requires certain private special education schools and programs that provide services to students with disabilities who receive state funding, to comply with federal and state laws, rules, and regulations. Requires accreditation within a certain time...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 128, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1231). |
| SB1278 | Pass | Adopts model regulations of National Association of Insurance Commissioners in conformity with senior investor protections in Section 989A of the federal Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 108, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1211). |
| SB1284 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Education (DOE) to monitor students with disabilities who are placed, at DOE's expense, at private schools or placements. Requires private schools or placements to post rates, fees, and tuition by April of each year. Requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 129, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1232). |
| SB1290 | Pass | Increases the limits of the State's liability from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 for moneys borrowed by the department of Hawaiian home lands (DHHL) or loans made to lessee-beneficiaries that are guaranteed by DHHL. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 114, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1217). |
| SB1300 | Pass | Amends the composition of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation board to add an at-large member appointed by the Governor and give voting rights to the Director of Health. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB1300 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 126, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1229). |
| SB52 | Pass | Requires persons convicted of violation of privacy in the first degree and all persons convicted of promoting prostitution in the first degree to register as sex offenders. Applies retroactively. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 125, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1228). |
| SB172 | Pass | Amends provisions of the fireworks code, imposing new definitions and permitting, importation, labeling, and inspection requirements. Authorizes the fire chief to revoke or suspend permits for enumerated reasons. Exempts movie and film productions fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 127, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1230). |
| SB1186 | Pass | Applies a daily transient accommodations tax to each transient accommodation furnished on a complimentary or gratuitous basis, or otherwise at no charge. Imposes a ceiling on the amount of transient accommodation tax funds transferred to the tourism ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 103, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1206). |
| SB570 | Pass | Eliminates the deduction for state taxes paid for taxpayers with income above specified thresholds. Places temporary limitations on claims for itemized tax deductions. Delays the standard deduction and personal exemption increases approved under Act ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 097, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1200). |
| SB1241 | Pass | Repeals conveyance tax exemption for low-income housing projects certified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB1241 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 100, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1203). |
| SB1483 | Pass | Requires a condominium association that includes time share units to list its name and address as the representative agent for individual time share owners from the records that the association is required to maintain unless the individual time share...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 098, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1201). |
| SB1281 | Pass | Amends Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the Committee on Weights to meet not less than once every odd-numbered year, rather than annually. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB1281 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 093, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1196). |
| SB1331 | Pass | Temporarily requires additional reporting by the University of Hawaii on special and revolving funds that carry an unencumbered cash balance of $1,000,000 or more or a cash deficit of $1,000,000 or more, at the end of the previous fiscal year, where ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 092, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). |
| SB754 | Pass | Suspends temporarily the exemptions for certain persons and certain amounts of gross income or proceeds from the general excise and use tax and requires the payment of both taxes at a four per cent rate. Effective 7/1/2011, and sunsets on 6/30/2013. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 105, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). |
| SB1394 | Pass | Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to enter into contracts with developers to develop public housing projects in exchange for commercial space in the project. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 090, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1193). |
| SB1329 | Pass | Increases the state motor vehicle weight tax. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-09
(H) Act 086, on 6/8/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1189). |
| SR110 | Pass | Requesting The State Hazard Mitigation Forum To Study Measures To Mitigate Risks Associated With State Flood Hazards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
| SCR159 | Pass | Urging The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands To Release Pastoral And Agricultural Leases To Its Beneficiaries And Report Statistical Data Related To Implementation Of Article Xii, Section 1 Of The Hawaii State Constitution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
| SR109 | Pass | Urging The Governor To Not Transfer Hapuna Beach And Mauna Kea State Recreation Areas From The State Of Hawaii To The County Of Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
| SR93 | Pass | Requesting Developers And Homebuilders To Consider Either The Installation Of Automatic Sprinklers Or Application Of Certified Fire-retardant Coatings In Newly Constructed One- And Two-family Residential Dwellings, Depending On The Preference Of The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
| SR59 | Pass | Establishing A Working Group To Discuss Mixed Use Development In The Urban Core And Main Streets, Ways Of Constructing Density In The Urban Core To Minimize Sprawl, And Mixed Use Development Regarding Transit Stations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
| SR22 | Pass | Recognizing April As Sexual Assault Awareness And Prevention Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
| SR46 | Pass | Requesting The Governor To Ensure That The Chief Procurement Officers Comply With The Hawaii Public Procurement Code Preferences For Hawaii Products To Promote Growth Of The State's Agriculture Industry And Thereby Assure Food Security For Hawaii's C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
| SR37 | Pass | Requesting The Establishment Of An Earned Time Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
| SR90 | Pass | Supporting The Community Services Block Grant Program And Strongly Opposing Budget Cuts Proposed By The President Of The United States And Members Of The United States Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
| SR45 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Public Safety To Return Hawaii Prisoners Held In Mainland Facilities And To Consider Construction Of A New Prison, Re-entry Center, Or Other Correctional Facility On The Big Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
| SR70 | Pass | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Relating To Geothermal Resources.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
| SR104 | Pass | Requesting An Annual Evaluation Of The Governor's Six-year State Program And Financial Plan For Information To Promote And Guide Job Growth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
| SR44 | Pass | Requesting The Convening Of A Working Group To Review The Duties And Responsibilities Of The Agribusiness Development Corporation And Make Recommendations To Improve The Corporation's Efficiency And Programs To Better Address Current And Future Agric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-06
(S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-06-11. |
