| SB284 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes and appropriates funds for a program within DPS that assigns non-violent inmates to a work detail that restores historical sites selected by OHA. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-16
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| SB643 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the court to order forfeiture of any vehicle owned by the defendant if it was used in the commission of the excessive speeding offense and if the defendant has at least two prior excessive speeding convictions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-16
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| HB1097 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the $3 per day surcharge on rental motor vehicles beyond August 31, 2011, and deposits the money into the State Highway Fund. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB1097 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-16
To Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee |
| SB1337 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, HRS, to the Hawaii Livestock Cooperative to stabilize operations at the cooperative's slaughter facility. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-16
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| SB8 | Pass | Establishes implementing legislation for the appointment of Board of Education members. Establishes considerations for the Senate during the advise and consent process. (SB8 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-16
(S) Act 005, 3/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1105). |
| SB750 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits members of condominium associations to make audio recordings of association meetings for personal use or use of another member with prior notice to the board; provided that the bylaws of the association do not prohibit such recording; specifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-16
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1384 | Engross
Sine Die | Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, requires children in public or private kindergarten programs to be assessed by an early learning educator prior to entering first grade to ensure the child is qualified to enter the first grade. Requires any ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-16
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| HB560 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Director of Finance to transfer funds from the Compliance Resolution Fund to fund all interest payments on General Obligation bonds issued on behalf of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and to annually collect funds from th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-15
(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, Galuteria, Green, Nishihara, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Taniguchi, Solomon. |
| HB314 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Office of Disaster Preparedness and a Disaster Preparedness Commission to develop a disaster preparedness plan. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2020. (HB314 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-15
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure. |
| SB796 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a business that maintains personal information about residents of Hawaii to implement a comprehensive written information security program; exempts financial institutions subject to certain federal guidelines; requires that a consumer credit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-15
(H) Re-referred to ERB, CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 38 |
| HB803 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals requirement that $2,000,000 of tax revenues from banks and other financial corporations be deposited into the compliance resolution fund. Effective July 1, 2011. Sunsets on December 31, 2015. (HB803 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-15
(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, Galuteria, Green, Nishihara, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Taniguchi, Solomon. |
| SB775 | Engross
Sine Die | Reauthorizes the construction site inspection task force and narrows its focus to unlicensed contractor activity. Establishes a fee and surcharge to offset the costs of task force activities to be added to license application and renewal fees. Requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-15
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| SB646 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires every person subject to section 454F-1.5 to include the person's unique identifier on every residential mortgage loan application submitted to an escrow depository in a real estate transaction; requires escrow depositories to report invalid ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-14
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| HB1524 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires those sentenced for agricultural theft to provide restitution to the victim. Includes in the offense of theft in the second degree the failure to maintain required certificates while in possession of agricultural commodities. Effective July ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-14
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| HB1617 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes Board of Land and Natural Resources to extend leases of public lands for commercial, hotel, resort, or industrial use upon approval of a proposed development agreement to make substantial improvements to the premises. Sunsets December 31, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-11
To Senate Water, Land, and Housing Committee |
| HB316 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts insurance producers from keeping records of insurance transactions for motor vehicle and homeowners insurance contracts where records are customarily maintained in the offices of the insurer or maintained electronically, accessible, and avail...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HB1637 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes the kukui tree (Aleurites Moluccana) the official state heritage tree, and makes the ohia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) the official state native tree. (HB1637 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-11
To Senate Water, Land, and Housing Committee |
| HB1456 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes unfair trade practices by the petroleum industry subject to administrative rather than criminal penalties. Decreases the amount of fines imposed for each violation. Imposes fines for each day of violation. Effective January 7, 2059. (HB1456 HD1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HB1457 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the University of Hawaii to report annually to the Director of Finance the number of students in the previous academic year who attended and were in excess of the necessary credits for graduation or prior to declaring a major. Authorizes the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB1486 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires persons or entities who, in the course of providing an excursion using state boating facilities, disembark fare-paying passengers in certain counties with the expectation that they will visit state property adjacent to quasi-public property ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-11
To Senate Water, Land, and Housing Committee |
| HB1112 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of a temporary license to solemnize marriages. Effective January 7, 2059. (HB1112 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-11
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB1517 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to consider the need to reduce the State's reliance on fossil fuels through energy efficiency. Allows the PUC to take the consequences of importing fuel into consideration when making determinations abou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-11
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| HB108 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the offense of cruelty to animals by fighting dogs in the first and second degree. Increases penalty for cruelty to animals by fighting dogs in the first degree. Clarifies dog fighting and animal cruelty laws. Effective January 7, 2059. (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-11
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB1551 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides a tax credit for qualified media infrastructure projects. Establishes a qualified persons crew training program rebate. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB1551 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-11
To Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee |
| HB1584 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a permanent commission to explore opportunities for fostering international relationships, particularly when large international events are held in the State. Effective February 20, 2022. (HB1584 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-11
To Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee |
| HB1603 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases by an unspecified amount, the University of Hawaii's authorization to issue revenue bonds to a total principal amount not to exceed an unspecified amount for the purpose of financing the construction and maintenance of qualifying capital im...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB302 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires interstate transfer fees to be deposited into the probation services special fund. Clarifies the fund's uses. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB302 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB785 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of human services to match the federal disproportionate share hospital allowance allocated to the State. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Health Committee |
| SB788 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes presumptive medicaid eligibility for waitlisted patients until 7/1/2016. Requires DHS to conduct a study of a computerized medicaid applications system. Appropriates funds for reimbursements for services provided during the time that wait...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Human Services Committee |
| HB564 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases from five per cent to ten per cent the percentage of moneys from the excess general fund balance to be deposited into the emergency and budget reserve fund as a temporary source of funding for the State during times of emergency, severe eco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB566 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a renewable energy technology system to be placed in service prior to January 1, 2017, to be eligible for the renewable energy tax credit. Delays the beginning of the payout for tax credits claimed in 2012 to July 1, 2013. Requires tax credi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| HB972 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Public Utilities Commission to impose a civil penalty against gasoline dealers who violate the law. Requires the Attorney General to institute a civil action for civil penalties not paid in a timely manner. Effective January 1, 2050. (HB...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| SB218 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires hospitals to provide survivors of sexual assault with medically and factually accurate and unbiased information regarding emergency contraception and to make emergency contraception immediately available to survivors of sexual assault upon r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Health Committee |
| SB798 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands definition of "quality assurance committee" to include interdisciplinary quality assurance committees composed of members from various health care organizations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Health Committee |
| HB1201 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii heath benefit exchange in compliance with federal law. (HB1201 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HB978 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to lease Kula Hospital's medical clinic, and all equipment, furnishings, and fixtures therein, to Malama I Ke Ola Health Center, upon meeting certain conditions. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB978 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To Senate Health Committee |
| SB224 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the director of health to establish a working group to develop a plan to increase education and awareness of lupus. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Health Committee |
| SB994 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits a public official or public employee from appointing, employing, promoting, or advancing a relative within an agency over which the public official or public employee exercises control or the relative of another public official or employee ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| SB808 | Engross
Sine Die | Caps the salaries for the deputy superintendent, assistant superintendents, and complex area superintendents at the salary of the superintendent. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Education Committee |
| SB1195 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the affirmative vote of at least fifty percent of ballots that are voted either YES or NO (which do not include blank votes) and at least forty percent of all ballots that are voted at a general election (which do include blank votes) or an ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB1426 | Engross
Sine Die | Returns a portion of the county surcharge on GET and use taxes to the state general fund. Authorizes general obligation bonds to reimburse the city and county of Honolulu in fiscal year 2011-2012. Extends county surcharge for two years. Requires a me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1197 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the incorporation to the fullest extent possible of alternative energy designs into construction of, and major renovations to, schools and state facilities for which planning begins after 6/30/13. Effective 7/1/50. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| SB813 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes permanent the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children. Deletes the definition of "test period". Deletes provisions relating to the furnishing of unofficial education records and principal's determination of available...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Education Committee |
| HB337 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates registration requirements and qualifications for athletic trainers in this State; provides exemptions; prescribes penalties. Effective July 1, 2020. (HB337 D1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| SB242 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals certain UH reports to the legislature. Makes western regional education compact report to legislature biennial, to be submitted in each odd-numbered year. Repeals section 2, Act 188, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, relating to annual incentive a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Higher Education Committee |
| SB1209 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the continued operation and maintenance of the east Kauai irrigation system. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB1214 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Pacific Power and Water Company, Inc., with the planning, permitting, designing, construction, equipping, and operating of hydropower facilities throughout the State. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| SB1217 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a pilot project that expands the e-school program offered by the Hawaii virtual learning network and DOE to Lanai high and elementary school. Requires DOE to allow qualified online education providers to partner with the Hawaii virtual le...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Education Committee |
| SB580 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes two new marine life conservation districts on the island of Maui. Requires the department of land and natural resources to report to the legislature every five years, beginning with the regular session of 2013, on the effectiveness of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To House Water, Land, & Ocean Resources Committee |
| HB1240 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows certain lessors whose primary business is to rent motor vehicles to calculate the licensing, registration, and inspection fees and weight taxes passed on to consumers based on a good-faith estimate of actual cost. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB12...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-10
To Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee |
