| SB2492 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires specified persons who own, control, or have custody or control of ten or more covered dogs to ensure the proper treatment and care of dogs and the dogs' offspring. Prohibits any person from owning or having custody of more than thirty dogs. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Awana, Ching, Fontaine, Hanohano, Johanson, Jordan, Luke, Marumoto, Pine, Thielen voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Chang, Har voting no (2) and Representative(s) Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2436 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Insurance Commissioner to develop a uniform prescription drug prior authorization form no later than July 1, 2013, for only prescription drugs for the treatment of diabetes or any form of cancer. Beginning January 1, 2014, requires the u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2738 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. (SB2738 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2433 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes standards and regulations for operators of ziplines and canopy tours. Requires operators to obtain annual inspections and a certificate of insurance from the operator's insurance provider. Effective July 1, 2112. (SB2433 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2227 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to community health centers for the provision of direct health care for the uninsured, including those who will be disenrolled from the medicaid QUEST program pending eligibility changes in April 2012. Appropriates moneys from the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2178 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires DHS to conduct a study on asset limits for public assistance programs. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to maintain levels of programs essential to public welfare. Effective July 1,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2793 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the chair of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, with unanimous consent of the Commission, to suspend administrative rules for the purpose of awarding a lease to a native Hawaiian who has been on the waitlist for at least twenty years. Repeals June...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2857 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the State to authorize the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist dam and reservoir owners. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB2857 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2592 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a Universal Children's Savings Account Program under the Department of Budget and Finance. Establishes the Universal Children's Savings Account Trust Fund. Effective July 2, 2050. (SB2592 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Ching, Fontaine, Johanson, Pine, Riviere, Thielen, Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2208 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a Spay and Neuter Special Fund and allows funds from an income tax check-off to be deposited into the special fund. Effective July 1, 2050. Sunsets July 1, 2055. (SB2208 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2762 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to require money transmitters to register with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry. Amends the fee structure for services provided by the Division of Financial Institutions for t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Ching, Marumoto, Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2060 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows family courts to require the accused to transport certain witnesses to any family court proceeding under certain conditions. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2093 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for fair medicaid reimbursements to acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities. Makes an appropriation for the increased medicaid reimbursements. Effective July 2, 2050. (SB2093 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2092 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes presumptive medicaid eligibility for certain patients waitlisted for long-term care. Appropriates funds for reimbursements for services provided during the time that waitlisted patients are enrolled and later disenrolled due to determinat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2083 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of human services to match the federal medicaid disproportionate share hospital allowance allocated to the State. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2120 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the 2012-2013 fiscal year to increase the payments for primary care services provided by primary care physicians for the care of children and pregnant women who are enrolled in the Children's Health Insurance Program up to a ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2166 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Human Services to develop strategies and plan and coordinate efforts to detect fraud and abuse before payments of illegitimate claims are made under the medicaid programs, including medicaid managed care and children's heal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2260 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts from general excise taxes rents received from qualifying nonprofits and government agencies that provide homeless transitional shelters. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(H) The committee(s) on HSG recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SCR52 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging Grove Farm Company, Inc. To Place An Immediate Stay Of Eviction And Engage In Meaningful Formal Discussions With The Tenants Of The Koloa Plantation Camp Regarding Future Plans For The Plantation Property And The Development Of Alternative Sol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(H) The committee(s) on HSG recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB2582 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the chief procurement officer to establish the goal that at least three percent of the State's annual purchasing expenditures are awarded to veteran-owned businesses. Requires the procurement policy board to adopt rules for graduated price...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(H) Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla, Herkes, C. Lee, Luke, Marumoto, Saiki, Thielen excused (7). |
| SB2771 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to reimburse seven departments for costs for planning, public safety, and security for the November 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(H) The committee(s) on PBM recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB2253 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a two-year parole pilot program for no more than twenty inmates to be subject to high-intensity parole supervision. Makes an appropriation for the program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(H) The committee(s) on PBM recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB2460 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows moneys in the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund to be expended for the electronic importer manifest program. Makes an appropriation for the implementation of the electronic importer manifest program. Effective July 1, 2012.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(H) The committee(s) on AGR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB2179 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of taxation to coordinate an outreach initiative to increase awareness and use of the federal earned income tax credit. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2422 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes an excise tax on tobacco products, other than large cigars, that is equal to the greater of 70 percent of the wholesale price of, or $3.20 for, each article or item of tobacco products. Takes effect 1/1/50. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SCR28 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting The Governor To Recognize Local Koreans By Directing The Placement Of Commemorative Plaques Designating The Former Sites Of The Korean Christian Institute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
To House International Affairs Committee |
| SB1187 | Engross
Sine Die | Proposes amendment to article V, section 6, of the state constitution to provide that the attorney general be elected as a nonpartisan elected official rather than appointed by the governor. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Awana, Brower, Coffman, Luke, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Takai, Wooley voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Fontaine, Hanohano, C. Lee, McKelvey, Saiki, Souki, Takumi, Thielen voting no (9) and Representative(s) Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SCR29 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting The Governor To Recognize Local Koreans By Directing The Placement Of A Commemorative Plaque Designating The Former Site Of The Korean Boarding School For Boys And The Korean Methodist Church.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
To House International Affairs Committee |
| SB2906 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows thrill craft to be used to conduct ocean cleanup activities. Requires DLNR to adopt rules. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2591 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires public events celebrating Children and Youth Day to be held on the first Sunday in October and public events, such as the Children and Youth Summit, to be held in the month of October, on the State Capitol grounds if the Children and Youth D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2589 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of human services to offer and provide former foster youth enrollment in an appropriate medical assistance program and continue to provide assistance to the former foster youth until they reach age twenty-six. Effective July 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2935 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a public-private partnership in a county with a population between one hundred thousand and one hundred seventy thousand to implement an integrated model of health care delivery and to address the current crisis in acute care. Appropriate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2701 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends section 87A-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add a new definition of "credited service" and to clarify the definitions of "employee" and "part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual employee". (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2761 | Engross
Sine Die | Adjusts regulatory fees for financial institutions to more accurately reflect today's economy. Effective July 1, 3000. (SB2761 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Ching, Fontaine, Johanson, Marumoto, Thielen voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Ward voting no (1) and Representative(s) Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2969 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Taxation to allow a taxpayer to designate that a specified amount of the taxpayer's income tax refund be paid to the Early Learning Trust Fund. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB2969 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2484 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes a state income tax credit for certain educational expenses paid or incurred by teachers, counselors, and librarians. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB2484 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Choy voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2753 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the board of the Employer-union health benefits trust fund to create a trust fund for the purpose of receiving employer contributions that will prefund post-employment health and other benefit costs for retirees and their beneficiaries. (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2052 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits the mailing of absentee ballots to all registered voters in certain areas, in lieu of the operation of polling places. (SB2052 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2749 | Engross
Sine Die | Corrects errors. Harmonizes ordinary disability and ordinary death benefits for new members of the Employees' Retirement System with their service retirement benefits. Harmonizes age and service requirements for judges who are currently members of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2811 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement for the Department of Human Resources Development to submit annual reports to the Legislature regarding expenditures of qualified community rehabilitation programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2184 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes permanent the prohibition of private fees for a future transfer of real property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on CPC/JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2295 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires any and all assessments for health care services or services relating to personal care that are offered or provided to unit owners or residents at a condominium licensed as an assisted living facility to be assessed only against the units oc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB2502 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires dogs or cats that are captured or killed in a snare or trap to be reported to a county animal control officer. Establishes an animal cruelty offense for the use of steel-jawed leg-hold traps, and the use of snares, conibear, and foot- or leg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Cabanilla, Ching, Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2497 | Engross
Sine Die | Enacts the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act. (SB2497 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
| SB2849 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "sailing school vessel" to mean, among other things, a vessel that is in compliance with part 169 of title 46 Code of Federal Regulations. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-19
(H) The committee(s) on WLO recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB2381 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows DLNR to work on projects within lands or facilities under the jurisdiction of the division of boating and ocean recreation without the approval of county agencies. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-19
(H) The committee(s) on WLO recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB3040 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts from the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax, vehicles that are rented by a car-sharing organization to members of its membership program on an hourly basis for up to six hours per day per vehicle. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-19
(H) The committee(s) on TRN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB2546 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the form and function of the University of Hawaii Regents Candidate Advisory Council. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB2546 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-19
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) Hanohano voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti voting no (1) and Representative(s) Carroll, Ching, Herkes, Mizuno excused (4). |
| SB2057 | Engross
Sine Die | Stipulates that the five per cent decrease to the legislative, executive, and judicial salaries enacted by Act 85, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2009, as amended by Act 57, SLH 2011, applies to what the respective salaries were as of June 30, 2009, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-19
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll, Ching, Herkes, Mizuno excused (4). |
| SB2543 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends section 302A-1502.4, HRS, for housekeeping and other purposes. Repeals section 302A-401.5, HRS.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-19
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll, Ching, Herkes, Mizuno excused (4). |
