| SB2346 | Intro
Sine Die | Effective 1/1/13, increases the vehicle weight tax and repeals the state portion of the fuel tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
(S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| SB2978 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a tax deduction for the amount of interisland airplane carrier landing fees and terminal facility lease rents paid in any county with a population of less than 500,000 persons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| SB2018 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits dental service organizations, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a dentist who provides services to its subscribers to provide services for a fee unless they are covered services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
(S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| SB2442 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an alternate power of sale process for condominium and planned community associations. Revises provisions on condominium liens for unpaid assessments and establishes similar provisions for planned community associations. Specifies the jur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
(S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB2440 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the board of dental examiners to issue a specialty license in the specialty areas of dentistry recognized by the American Dental Association. Establishes requirements for applicants for specialty licensure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-10
(S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| SB2407 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of human services to implement certain cost-savings programs and technologies in the medicaid, QUEST, and children's health insurance programs. Requires report to legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure. |
| SB2006 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends rate filing requirements for general casualty and property insurance. Allows general casualty insurance rate filings or property insurance rate filings in which the average rate of increase or decrease is no more than an unspecified per cent t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
(S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB2937 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the asset limit for Hawaii's temporary assistance for needy families program eligibility. Exempts the value of an additional motor vehicle for each employed member of the household when determining eligibility for Hawaii's temporary assista...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
(S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure. |
| SB2490 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires pet dealers to be responsible for the cat or dogs that they sell by having them confirm in writing whether or not the cat or dog being sold has deformities or illnesses. Provides consumers certain options should a licensed veterinarian certi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
(S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB2485 | 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 as soon as is reasonably possible after learning of the death or locat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
(S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure. |
| SB2975 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the loss or theft of a firearm to be reported to the police within a certain time after discovery. Exempts persons who comply with the reporting requirement from the penalties for improper storage and other firearms violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure. |
| SB2456 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires lessors of commercial and industrial property to afford lessees the option of renewing their leases. Requires, in leasehold renegotiations, that a rent based on fair market value shall apply even if that value is lower than existing rent and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
(S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB2301 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits family court to award reasonable visitation to grandparents if the denial of visitation would cause significant harm to the child. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that visitation decisions made by a parent are in the best interests of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB2802 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Department of Human Services to charge reasonable fees to obtain a child care license or certificate of registration and establishes a special fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-09
(S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure. |
| SB2004 | Intro
Sine Die | Reestablish the governor's authority to nominate and, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint the members of the board of regents of the University of Hawaii by repealing the candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the Unive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-08
(S) The committee on EDU deferred the measure. |
| SB2603 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates health insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders under accident and health or sickness insurance and group hospital and medical services contracts and health maintenance organizations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-08
(S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| SB2902 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a task force to assess the feasibility of landfill alternatives and landfill reuse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-08
(S) The committee on ENE deferred the measure. |
| SB2963 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the salary of the director of finance to be the same as the salary for the attorney general or administrative director of the State, whichever is greater.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-08
(S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| SB2979 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of transportation to reduce terminal rental rates for turbo propeller air carriers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-08
(S) The committee on TIA deferred the measure. |
| SB2211 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that draft and final environmental assessments include a cultural impact assessment. Requires that draft and final environmental impact statements include a cultural impact statement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-08
(S) The committee on HWN deferred the measure. |
| SB2537 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows local school boards of charter schools and exclusive representatives to enter into master agreements separate from any other master agreement collectively bargained for between the exclusive representatives and department, as defined in chapte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-08
(S) The committee on EDU deferred the measure. |
| SB2219 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes government agencies to publish notices electronically or online on the state or county official government websites in lieu of publication in a newspaper or other written publication.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-08
(S) The committee on EDT deferred the measure. |
| SB2413 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires solicitations for procurement of construction to require offerors to list subcontractors if the value of the contract is in excess of $500,000 and the work to be performed by the subcontractor is in excess of $25,000. Allows substitution of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure. |
| SB2147 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the licensing of all clean and sober homes and halfway houses. Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules that regulate these dwellings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure. |
| SB2625 | Intro
Sine Die | Abolishes requirement that all motor vehicles obtain annual certificate of inspection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPN. |
| SB2384 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of human services to implement certain cost-savings programs and technologies in the medicaid, QUEST, and children's health insurance programs. Requires report to legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure. |
| SB2204 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the fee schedule of compensation for medical care, services, and supplies in workers' compensation cases from 110 percent to 130 percent of the Medicare Resource Based Relative Value Scale applicable to Hawaii as prepared by the United Stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| SB2567 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires government contractors to disclose to the public certain specified information concerning the contract upon request pursuant to the uniform information practices act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure. |
| SB2028 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires purchasing agencies that entering in to any procurement contract to obtain proof that the responsible bidder or offeror uses the e-verify system to verify employment eligibility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure. |
| SB2340 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of transportation to report to the 2013 legislature on providing the best and most modern security technology at Hawaii's harbors and airports to detect and prevent terrorist activity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| SB2959 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand that adopts a county surcharge on state tax ordinance to use at least one per cent of the surcharge to fund transit enhancements. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2656 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the injured patients and families compensation fund to pay the portion of a medical tort claim that exceeds the liability limit of a health care provider's insurance coverage. Requires participating health care providers to have a minimum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB2078 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires pharmacy benefit managers to register annually with the department of commerce and consumer affairs. Authorizes the department of commerce and consumer affairs to assess an annual registration fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB2446 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a pilot program to be administered by the department of agriculture measurement and standards branch to conduct random, unannounced tests of the octane and ethanol levels of motor vehicle fuel sold in the State; establishes civil penaltie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB2445 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes each county to establish a retail sales tax of up to two per cent on sales of tangible personal property from a retailer to a consumer; requires the retail sales tax to take effect two years after the date of the adoption of the tax in tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure. |
| SB2807 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend section 412:3-114.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require financial institutions to report instances of suspected financial abuse of an elder directly to the appropriate police department instead of the Department of Human Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-07
(S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure. |
| SB2924 | Intro
Sine Die | Enacts recommendations of the ignition interlock implementation task force. Requires repeat intoxicated drivers to install ignition interlock devices in any vehicle they operate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
(S) The committee on TIA deferred the measure. |
| SB2251 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Hawaii paroling authority to establish a program for the medical release from prison of ill, disabled, and geriatric inmates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
(S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| SB3052 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires facilities that are applying for a license to be a type II adult residential care home in a residential area to: publish notice of their application in a newspaper that circulates in the county in which the facility is proposed to be located...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
(S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| SB2336 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes rental motor vehicle lessors to collect a vehicle license cost recovery fee from lessees. Defines "vehicle license cost recovery fee."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
(S) The committee(s) on TIA/CPN deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 02-10-12 1:00PM in conference room 224. |
| SB2075 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that government entities are only liable for the percentage share of the damages that they actually caused.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
(S) The committee on TIA deferred the measure. |
| SB2117 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the homeless programs office of the department of human services and the rental housing trust fund. Appropriates funds to the department of health for substance abuse treatment, mental health support services, and clean and sobe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
(S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| SB2118 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of health to establish a triage center pilot program that focuses on serving homeless individuals with substance abuse issues or mental illness. Appropriates funds for the establishment of the triage center and case management...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
(S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| SB2291 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows owners of condominium units in condominium structures no more than three stories in height to place a solar energy device on the roof above the condominium unit, subject to conditions. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. |
| SB2287 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides eligible customer-generators with the option to maintain existing net metering contracts even if the public utilities commission establishes alternative mechanisms for crediting or otherwise compensating eligible customer-generators for expo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPN. |
| SB2136 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a pilot project for a communal home dialysis center in the Federated States of Micronesia that will use medicaid funds with matching private funds to finance, construct, and operate the facility. Effective July 1, 2012.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
(S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| SB2322 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the residential care facility reform task force until 6/30/2013 to determine the feasibility of a single agency overseeing all aspects of residential care facilities in the State. Report to the legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-06
(S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| SB2993 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the vesting of tenure for certain employees of the Department of Education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-03
(S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| SB2416 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers the administration of Pahala Public Library from the Public Library System to the Department of Education. Effective July 1, 2012.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-03
(S) The committee on EDU deferred the measure. |
| SB2915 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a new chapter in the Hawaii Revised Statutes requiring the Department of Agriculture to develop a food sustainability standard to promote local food production to help diversify the local economy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-03
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
