| SB281 | Pass | Authorizes the use or rental of division of animal industry property or facilities for commercial purposes. Establishes the animal industry special fund. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
(H) Act 185, on 7/5/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289). |
| SB283 | Pass | Incorporates the definitions and guiding principles of the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan into the Hawaii state planning act. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
(H) Act 181, on 7/5/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285). |
| SB285 | Pass | Requires the department of human services to implement a mobile medical van telehealth pilot program operated by a qualified provider. Requires the department of human services to assess the implementation of the program at least six months but no la...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
(H) Act 182, on 7/5/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286). |
| SB219 | Pass | Prohibits physically restraining inmates who are pregnant or in postpartum recovery, unless extraordinary circumstances exist. (SB219 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
(H) Act 174, on 7/1/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). |
| HB597 | Pass | Expands definition of "quality assurance committee" to include interdisciplinary quality assurance committees composed of members from various health care organizations. (HB597 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
(H) Act 176, on 7/1/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1280). |
| SB1073 | Pass | Increases the amount of surcharges for indigent legal fees. Requires biennial review and report by fund administrator. Effective January 1, 2012. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
(H) Act 180, on 7/5/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). |
| SB892 | Pass | Amends certain laws regarding the use of service dogs in statutes relating to dog licensing, quarantine, public conveyances, criminal acts, and discriminatory practices in real estate transactions to address issues with obsolescence and inconsistency...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
(H) Act 175, on 7/1/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279). |
| HB889 | Pass | Establishes health care-associated infection reporting requirements. (HB889 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
(H) Act 177, on 7/1/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). |
| SB1342 | Pass | Requires disabled parking placards to be hung from the front windshield mirror of a vehicle when the placard is in use. Allows the placard to be displayed on the vehicle's dashboard if the design of the vehicle's rearview mirror precludes secure hang...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
(H) Act 183, on 7/5/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287). |
| SB921 | Pass | Allows certain child service providers to provide emergency shelter and related services to minors at no cost under certain circumstances. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB921 HD3)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
(H) Act 179, on 7/1/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). |
| SB1153 | Pass | Reduces the new farmer program loan interest rate; increases the loan limits; reduces the number of credit denials required to qualify for the program. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB1153 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
(H) Act 184, on 7/5/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288). |
| SB1154 | Pass | Establishes the south Kona wilderness area on the island of Hawaii to preserve vulnerable visual, natural, biological, and historical aspects of South Kona. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
(H) Act 178, on 7/1/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). |
| SB986 | Pass | Establishes a nine-member task force to formulate policies and procedures to eliminate the disproportionate representation of Native Hawaiians in Hawaii's criminal justice system. Requires report to the 2013 legislature. Sunsets task force August 1, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
(H) Act 170, on 6/27/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1274). |
| HB1000 | Pass | Clarifies and updates the Enhanced 911 Services Law, Chapter 138, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB1000 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
(H) Act 168, on 6/27/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1272). |
| SB105 | Pass | Adopts Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act; allows owner of real property to designate beneficiaries to receive real property upon death of owner without requirements of probate or formalities of wills. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
(H) Act 173, on 6/27/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1277). |
| HB397 | Pass | Requires more specificity in all concurrent resolutions for the review of proposed exchanges, sales, or gifts of state land, including whether the land was classed as government or crown lands prior to August 15, 1895. Requires that a draft copy of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
(H) Act 169, on 6/27/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1273). |
| SB1491 | Pass | Clarifies the circumstances under which a district court may serve a summons or other writ outside of the State. (SB1491 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
(H) Act 171, on 6/27/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1275). |
| SB1088 | Pass | Repeals the June 30, 2012, sunset date of provisions related to partial unemployment benefits. Removes the eight-week limitation on partial unemployment benefit status. Makes mandatory, rather than discretionary, the waiver of registration and work s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
(H) Act 165, on 6/27/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1269). |
| HB467 | Pass | Provides additional protection to public employees who report violations of the law or government contracts. Expands the department of labor and industrial relations' responsibilities regarding whistleblowers. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
(H) Act 166, on 6/27/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1270). |
| 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). |
| HB200 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013. (HB200 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(H) Act 164, on 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1267). |
| HB555 | Pass | Requires a person convicted of criminal property damage by graffiti to remove graffiti from property within two hundred fifty yards of the site of the offense, if the property owner consents and the act of removal does not endanger the person or othe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(S) Act 156, 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1259). |
| HB960 | Pass | 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. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB960 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(S) Act 158, 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261). |
| HB593 | Pass | Requires candidates for county elective office to submit a sworn certification by self-subscribing oath that the candidate has complied with the relevant provisions of the applicable county charter and county ordinances. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB59...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(S) Act 157, 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260). |
| HB1020 | Pass | Revises the boundaries of the Aloha Tower complex. Reduces the board of directors of the Aloha Tower Development Corporation (ATDC) from seven to three members. Places ATDC under the Department of Transportation for administrative purposes. Repeals t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(S) Act 152, 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). |
| HB1038 | Pass | Makes various revisions to the employees' retirement system. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(S) Act 163, 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). |
| HB1447 | Pass | Amends provisions of the Permitted Transfers in Trust Act governing transfers of property from a transferor to a trustee by means of an irrevocable trust instrument. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(S) Act 161, 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1264). |
| HB1434 | Pass | Clarifies that a single violation of the prevailing wage law refers to each separate project where the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations finds a contractor in violation of chapter 104, HRS. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(S) Act 160, 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1263). |
| 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). |
| HB117 | Pass | Expedites and facilitates work on construction projects within Special Management Areas. Amends other laws pertaining to Special Management Areas. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB117 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(S) Act 153, 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1256). |
| HB1368 | Pass | Defines a party candidate and modifies the withdrawal process for a party candidate. Clarifies the filing process of nomination papers. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB1368 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
(S) Act 159, 6/23/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). |
| 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). |
| HB1079 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to collect fees and costs to cover Habitat Conservation Technical Assistance Program costs associated with habitat conservation plans. (HB1079 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-22
(S) Act 147, 6/21/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| HB1342 | Pass | Exempts broadband infrastructure improvements from state or county permitting requirements for five years, under certain conditions. Exempts telecommunications companies from replacing utility poles when installing or improving telecommunications cab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-22
(S) Act 151, 6/21/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). |
| 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). |
| HB663 | Pass | Requires clear and conspicuous disclosure of automatic renewal clauses and cancellation procedures for all consumer contracts and offers with an automatic renewal provision and additional disclosure for contracts with a specified term of twelve month...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 139, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). |
| 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). |
| HB1107 | Pass | Authorizes members of the army and air national guard who are qualified by training and authorized by their commanders to use electric guns subject to state law when assisting civil authorities in disaster relief, civil defense, or law enforcement fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 144, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). |
| HB1333 | Pass | Increases the maximum monetary claim that may be filed in small claims court. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB1333 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 141, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1244). |
| HB240 | Pass | Makes various amendments regarding prostitution offenses. Amends section 28-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to give the "greatest priority" to cases involving promoting prostitution, when the attorney general is determining whether to fund or provide f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 145, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248). |
| HB716 | Pass | Establishes new election deadlines to comply with state primary election date required by federal law. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB716 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 143, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). |
