| SB2601 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Hawaii grow your own teacher program. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB2600 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the location, display, and advertising of tobacco and intoxicating liquors within 5 feet from the point-of-sale in stores.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Health Committee |
| SB2244 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes appropriations for various rehabilitation, reentry, and job skill programs of the department of public safety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB2599 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a parent, guardian, or other person having the care, custody, or control of a child to report the death of a child or location of the corpse of a child to law enforcement within an unspecified number of hours after learning of the death or l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Human Services Committee |
| SB2376 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the use of photovoltaic systems producing energy solely for use by the agricultural activities of the fee or leasehold owner of the property in agricultural districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| SB2596 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of education, local school boards of public charter schools, and private schools to maintain, monitor, and enforce anti-bullying, anti-cyberbullying, and anti-harassment policies and procedures to protect students or groups of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB2374 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies requirements for agricultural commodities certificates. Specifies that lack of agricultural commodity certificate to show proof of ownership is prima facie evidence of theft in the second degree. Makes theft of certain agricultural commodit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| SB2373 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the public land development corporation to submit an additional report of its plans and activities to the legislature no later than 180 days after the submission of its first report. Requires the board of directors to submit an annual evalua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Water, Land, and Housing Committee |
| SB2371 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the state law enforcement investigation unit to conduct administrative, civil, and criminal investigations of state law enforcement officers similar in powers to internal affairs units of county police departments. Makes an appropriation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2370 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes counties to adopt a program to facilitate residential and commercial development in specified areas, and to expedite approval of development projects within those areas. Exempts certain development projects from all statutes, ordinances, c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB2367 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers the authority and enforcement responsibilities relating to the advertising and marketing of fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, and coffee from the DOA to the ADC. Requires the DOA to assist the ADC in regulating the advertising and marketing o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| SB2587 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii charter school facilities fund for funding the repair, maintenance, and other facilities needs of charter schools. Establishes the Hawaii charter school facilities fund advisory board within the charter school administrative of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB2586 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DLIR to update the administrative rules relating to unemployment benefits for national guard members by 01/01/2013. Exempts rules from public notice and hearing requirements. Requires DLIR to report to the legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB2585 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates the Honor and Remember Flag as the State's emblem of service and sacrifice by the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB2364 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires businesses in the State to collect a 10-cent fee for each single-use checkout bag provided to a customer, with certain exceptions. Subject to income and general excise taxes, allows businesses to keep 20% of the fees collected from 1/1/13 to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee |
| SB2363 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires permitted landfills to track and report the types of alternate daily covers used. Places a preference on the disposal of residual recycling waste in landfills and incinerators and requires state and county agencies to accept such disposals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| SB2580 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to display notification to warn customers of the risk of consuming alcohol during pregnancy. Establishes penalties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Health Committee |
| SB2577 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides amended birth certificates for persons who have undergone a gender transition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Health Committee |
| SB2357 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows ERS members who were in service on 06/30/06, but did not elect to become class H members within the time required, to make the election beginning 07/01/12.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2356 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DOA to transfer title for all arable public lands under its jurisdiction to the agribusiness development corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| SB2574 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of public safety to establish a community placement program for female offenders transitioning from incarceration back into the community.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB2353 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the agribusiness development corporation from procurement code. Exempts corporation from obtaining county permits in the development and implementation of agricultural projects but requires the corporation to meet certain county requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB2570 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends section 328J-7 to specify that the common areas and lanais of apartment buildings and condominiums are not exceptions to the smoking ban for enclosed or partially enclosed areas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Health Committee |
| SB2565 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from gift reporting requirements under the ethics code those gifts received by an elected or appointed official on behalf of the State; requires the gift to be recorded in a public record as the property of the State; provides that upon the e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2347 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the percentage of transient accommodations tax revenues allocated for deposit into the tourism special fund. Increases the cap amount that may be deposited into the tourism special fund per fiscal year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Tourism Committee |
| SB2564 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends provisions related to anonymous contributions to change the threshold at which the provisions shall not apply from amounts that aggregate to less than $500 that are received from ten or more persons at the same political function, to less than...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2562 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the financial disclosure threshold amount from $5,000 to $10,000 for ownership or beneficiary interests of candidates for state elective offices and other persons required to disclose financial interests.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2255 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits law enforcement from seizing motor vehicles for forfeiture if the vehicle is primarily used by the owner for personal use and there has been no conviction for the underlying offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2561 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits fundraisers for legislators during regular sessions of the legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2343 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 6th senatorial district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2560 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts a person serving on a task force or working group established by the legislature for the purpose of recommending possible legislation from the conflict of interest law under the state ethics code and clarifies that an employee, as defined in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2559 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a legislator to file a disclosure of financial interests between 1/1 and 1/31 annually.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2558 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the minimum value of a gift that must be reported by a legislator or government employee, or spouse or dependent child of a legislator or government employee, from $200 to $100; applies to gift disclosures filed for the period beginning on Ju...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2557 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires members of the reapportionment commission and advisory councils to receive training on chapter 92. Requires reapportionment public hearings to be broadcasted live and archived on the Internet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2556 | Intro
Sine Die | Renames the office of information practices to the information practices commission and places the commission administratively within DAGS. Requires the governor to name the commission members. Authorizes the commission to hire an executive director ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2555 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state ethics commission to provide a confidential copy of board members' most recent financial disclosures to all other members of the filer's board and executive director. Requires the recipients of the disclosures to maintain the confi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2554 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that a meeting of a board may be recorded by an audio or video recorder.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2553 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the filing deadline for reapportionment plans from 150 days to 180 days from the date on which reapportionment commission members are certified.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2552 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to maintain public records in a searchable database. Amends reporting requirements by, amongst other things, requiring corporations and noncandidate committees to disclose the name of a candidate identified i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2551 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the deadline for the filing of the reapportionment plan for the state legislature and United States congressional districts from 150 days to 180 days after certification of the commission members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2550 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes a constitutional amendment to require the two members appointed by each of the senate president, speaker of the house of representatives, and the two so designated by their opposition party, to be from different counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2334 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes licensure for colon hydrotherapists and colon hydrotherapy establishments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Health Committee |
| SB2549 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the statutory procedures regarding ethics code violation charges by requiring any related documents leading to a final disposition to be matters of public record.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2210 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants twenty-year license for one stand-alone casino in Waikiki not in a hotel. Establishes Hawaii Gaming Control Commission. Imposes fifteen per cent wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates State Gaming Fund and Compulsive Gambler Program. Effectiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee |
| SB2548 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the financial disclosure statements of the members of state boards and commissions holding official authority over permitting or licensing of land use and water use related matters to be public documents and available for public inspection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2547 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires any person nominated by the governor and subject to the advice and consent of the senate to submit a financial disclosure statement to the governor and senate president as part of the advice and consent procedures of the senate; requires con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2330 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the HHFDC and the HCDA and transfers their functions to the public land development corporation. Transfers all functions relating to the State's geothermal resources to the public land development corporation. Effective 7/1/13.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Water, Land, and Housing Committee |
| SB2329 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the rate of imposition of the general excise and use taxes for gross income, gross proceeds, or value received after June 30, 2013, to an unspecified percentage; repeals various general excise and use tax exemptions for gross income, gross pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee |
| SB2328 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals Hawaii tourism authority. Transfers the functions of the Hawaii tourism authority to DBEDT. Eliminates distribution of funds to counties from transient accommodations tax. Allows counties to assess county tourism surcharge tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Tourism Committee |
| SB2481 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires motorists to exercise due care when approaching an authorized emergency vehicle that is parked, stopped, or standing on the shoulder or any portion of a highway by the motorist reducing the speed of the vehicle and changing lanes to avoid a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-23
To Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee |
