| HB2004 | Pass | Modifies the relevant state of mind regarding the unlawful operation of motor carriers from "knowingly and wilfully" to "intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly". Effective July 1, 2012. (HB2004 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 203, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1306). |
| HB626 | Pass | Enacts Uniform Collaborative Law Act, which authorizes disputants to enter into collaborative law participation agreements signifying interest to resolve the dispute without intervention of a tribunal (court or other third party decision maker). Requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 207, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). |
| HB2099 | Pass | Clarifies that attorney's fees may be included in costs that may be assessed against a party who brings, prosecutes, or defends a workers' compensation claim without reasonable ground. Effective July 1, 2012. (HB2099 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 234, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1337). |
| HB2275 | Pass | Establishes a hospital sustainability fee and the hospital sustainability program special fund to receive moneys from the hospital sustainability fee to receive federal medicaid matching funds under the QUEST Expanded Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstrat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 217, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1320). |
| HB2273 | Pass | Requires the DOE and the Hawaii High School Athletic Association to develop a concussion awareness program to provide guidelines for public and private schools. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 197, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1300). |
| HB2454 | Pass | Allows programs statutorily authorized to obtain criminal history record checks on employment and licensing applicants to participate in the rap back program. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 210, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313). |
| HB2751 | Pass | Creates the petty misdemeanor offense of disrespect of a house of the legislature. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 204, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1307). |
| SB2576 | Pass | Authorizes a person convicted of committing the offense of prostitution to file a motion to vacate the conviction under certain circumstances. Establishes procedures for the motion to vacate. Establishes minimum fines for the commission of the first ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 216, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1319). |
| HB2448 | Pass | Part I establishes a formula for calculating the amount to be contributed by the State towards a claimant's attorney's fees and costs, in lieu of recovering the full amount. Defines the term "medical institution". Clarifies that the lien amount in th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 211, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1314). |
| SB223 | Pass | Requires a police officer to order a person to have no contact with a family or household member for a twenty-four hour period, or longer if the incident occurs on the weekend, when a police officer has reasonable grounds to believe that there is pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 205, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). |
| HB2266 | Pass | Clarifies that the information technology steering committee shall consist of eleven members: four members to be appointed by the senate president, four members to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one member to be appointe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 224, 7/5/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1327). |
| SB2939 | Pass | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds of up to $80,000,000, for St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii to finance the construction, improvement, and equipment of certain Hawaii Medical Center East facilities. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 227, 7/5/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1330). |
| HB304 | Pass | Appropriates moneys from the general fund to provide grants for public health, welfare, and education. Effective July 1, 2012. (HB304 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 215, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1318). |
| SB2952 | Pass | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Le Jardin Academy for the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, and equipping of its educational facilities. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 230, 7/5/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1333). |
| SB2678 | Pass | Requires DLNR to establish a Honouliuli park site project advisory group to develop recommendations to leverage county, state, federal, and private funding for an educational resource center at the Honouliuli site; requires report to 2013 legislature...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 235, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1338). |
| HB2415 | Pass | Establishes a joint task force to assist the Department of Human Services in exploring the development and possible implementation of a medicaid buy-in program for working individuals with disabilities. (HB2415 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 200, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). |
| HB2347 | Pass | Permits the pledging of receipts that are in addition to, and are not derived from, an undertaking or loan program for which the general obligation bonds are issued. (HB2347 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 231, 7/5/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1334). |
| SB2320 | Pass | Codifies authorization to establish the kupuna care program. Appropriates funds for the needs of the State's older adults and elderly population. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 238, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1341). |
| SB3010 | Pass | Temporarily exempts DOT and its contractors from certain state requirements for certain bridge rehabilitation projects. Effective July 1, 2012. (SB3010 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 218, 7/5/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1321). |
| SB2318 | Pass | Adopts the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act to ensure that only one state has jurisdiction in guardianship and protective proceedings at any one time. Contains specific guidelines to determine jurisdiction. Effec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 236, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1339). |
| SB155 | Pass | Creates registration requirements and qualifications for athletic trainers in this State; provides exemptions; prescribes penalties; makes appropriation from compliance resolution fund. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 198, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301). |
| HB2374 | Pass | Transfers the Office of Language Access to the Department of Health, as an administratively attached agency. Effective 7/1/2012. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 201, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304). |
| SB2748 | Pass | Requires holders of unclaimed property to remit all property with their November 1 report. Allows an owner the right to assert that an agreement is invalid on grounds other than excessive or unjust compensation and allows the court to award reasonabl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 229, 7/5/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1332). |
| HB461 | Pass | Enacts the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act to ensure ability of members of the military and others eligible voters who are overseas to participate in all elections for federal, state, and local offices. Authorizes ballots and balloting mater...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 226, 7/5/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329). |
| SB2221 | Pass | Amends the offense of promoting child abuse in the second degree to include possession of thirty or more images of child pornography if at least one image contains a minor younger than the age of twelve, sadomasochistic abuse of a minor, or bestialit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 212, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315). |
| SB2222 | Pass | Prohibits adults from soliciting minors to electronically transmit nude images of minors; prohibits minors from electronically transmitting nude images of themselves or other minors, or soliciting other minors to do so; prohibits persons from possess...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 213, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316). |
| HB1968 | Pass | Appropriates $400,000 out of the temporary deposits account in the trust fund of the department of labor and industrial relations to the credit of the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund. Appropriates $400,000 out of the reduce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 233, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1336). |
| HB2623 | Pass | Specifies that real property held in tenancy by the entirety shall continue to have the same immunity from the claims of separate creditors of spouses or reciprocal beneficiaries if conveyed into a joint or separate revocable trust, under certain cir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 209, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312). |
| SB2486 | Pass | Clarifies that terroristic threatening includes threats of serious damage or harm to another person's pets or livestock. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 214, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1317). |
| HB1755 | Pass | Updates voter registration laws, including authorizing the acceptance of electronic applications to register to vote; applies to all primary, special, nonpartisan, and general elections, beginning with the primary election of 2016. Makes an appropria...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 225, 7/5/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1328). |
| SB2435 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the vocational rehabilitation and services for the blind division of the department of human services to contract for a telephone-based service to provide access to timely print media. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 199, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302). |
| SB2737 | Pass | Permits use of interactive conference technology to increase ability of members of state and county boards and commissions to attend board meetings; allows a board member with a disability that limits or impairs the member's ability to physically att...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 202, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1305). |
| HB238 | Pass | Adds a mandatory prison term of fifteen days and a fine of not less than $150 nor more than $600 for a person with certain prior convictions who is convicted for the first time for violation of a temporary restraining order. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-06
(S) Act 206, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1309). |
| HB1879 | Pass | Extends until June 30, 2015, the sunset provision in section 5 of Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, which exempts pest control operators' activities from the definition of "excavation". Requires exempt pest control operators to attend training pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-02
(S) Act 196, 6/29/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). |
| SB2001 | Pass | Amends the Hawaii State Planning Act to include promoting the development of indigenous geothermal energy resources that are located on public trust land as a source of firm power. Requires consultation and public input from the Native Hawaiian commu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-02
(S) Act 193, 6/29/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). |
| SB2933 | Pass | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules that promote greater safety of ocean users in the State's nearshore waters and report on the status of rulemaking. Appropriates funds for swim zone buoys at Kamaole beach. Establish...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-02
(S) Act 195, 6/29/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1298). |
| HB2871 | Pass | Requires Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish a temporary west Maui ocean recreation management area advisory committee to advise Department of Land and Natural Resources on issues relating to the state waters within the west Maui oc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-02
(S) Act 194, 6/29/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297). |
| SB2859 | Pass | Allows board and commission members to hear testimony for a meeting canceled for lack of quorum and to attend informational meetings. Effective July 1, 2012. (SB2859 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 177, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1280). |
| SB2858 | Pass | Creates a process for an agency to obtain judicial review of a decision made by the Office of Information Practices relating to the Sunshine Law or the Uniform Information Practices Act, and clarifies standard of review. Effective 01/01/13. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 176, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279). |
| HB2529 | Pass | Exempts expenditures less than $100,000 from the Hawaiian home operating fund, Hawaiian home receipts fund, Hawaiian home trust fund, native Hawaiian rehabilitation fund, and Hawaiian home administration account from the Hawaii public procurement cod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 174, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1277). |
| SB2790 | Pass | Extends the repeal date in Act 187, SLH 2010, to continue the pilot project that enables the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to begin housing and other projects without having the full amount of the cost of the projects on hand at the start of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 175, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). |
| HB2326 | Pass | Extends the reporting date of the 2010-2012 Tax Review Commission. Effective May 2, 2012. (HB2326 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 181, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). |
| HB2295 | Pass | Amends the offense of use of a computer in the commission of a separate crime to also include knowingly using a computer to pursue, surveil, contact, harass, annoy, or alarm a victim or intended victim of certain offenses. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 192, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1295). |
| HB2740 | Pass | Extends the sunset provision relating to the reduction of the fuel tax on naphtha sold for use in a power-generating facility to December 31, 2015. (HB2740 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 188, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1291). |
| HB1695 | Pass | Prohibits penalties for erroneous claims for refund or credit from being added to tax underpayments on which penalties are already imposed for substantial understatements or misstatements. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 185, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288). |
| HB1705 | Pass | Exempts from the state income and general excise taxes, privately-owned nonprofit public water systems that supply potable water to residential communities that lack any access to public utility water services and are federally tax-exempt under secti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 184, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287). |
| SB2947 | Pass | Requires annual reports to the legislature; requires by 12/31/2012 a report to the legislature on the resources and information needed to complete the reports required under section 231-3.4, HRS, identification of the best means of providing informat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 189, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1292). |
| SB240 | Pass | Extends the physician workforce assessment fee and disbursements of the fees collected until June 30, 2017. Requires no less than fifty per cent of the assessment fees be deposited into the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund to support phy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 186, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289). |
| SB2545 | Pass | Establishes the executive office on early learning. Establishes the early learning advisory board to replace the early learning council. Repeals junior kindergarten programs at the end of the 2013-2014 school year. Beginning with the 2014-2015 school...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 178, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). |
| HB2226 | Pass | Codifies the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification System and establishes an Automated Victim Information and Notification System Special Fund. Effective July 1, 2012. (HB2226 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
(S) Act 190, 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293). |
