| HB931 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes permanent Act 141, Sessions Laws of Hawaii 2009, which requires the county to issue affordable housing credits to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Makes permanent Act 98, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, which requires the counties to issue a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
To House Housing Committee |
| HB935 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the Hawaii Public Housing Authority from the one per cent transfer of appropriated capital improvement funds to the Works of Art Special Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
To House Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HB1031 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill relating to the employees' retirement system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB1084 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits lobbyists from giving gifts to officials in the legislative or executive branch that may be inferred to be intended to influence an official's actions in the performance of the official's duties or intended as a reward for an official's act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
To House Legislative Management Committee |
| HB986 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers OIP from LG to DAGS. Increases the independence of OIP as an administratively attached agency. Clarifies the employment status of OIP attorneys and the civil service exemption for OIP personnel. Appropriates funds to DAGS for administrative...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1035 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires automatic recounts by hand of general election votes, the scope of which depends on the margin of victory.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB902 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it clear that the police may grant applications to acquire firearms to lawful permanent resident aliens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB570 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the prohibition on the modification of the exhaust system of a moped that amplifies or increases the noise emitted by the muffler originally installed on the moped. Effective January 1, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB839 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the State and counties from laws or rules that require the performance of construction, reconstruction, preservation, resurfacing, restoration, or rehabilitation upon a private highway if it had been surrendered to the State or a county and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
Introduced and Passed First Reading |
| HB798 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes junior kindergartens to provide schooling for children who turn five between August 1 and January 1 of a given school year, and would otherwise be required to wait until after their fifth birthday to enroll in kindergarten. Requires the d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Education Committee |
| HB818 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the temporary increase in income tax rates established by Act 60, SLH 2009, six months ahead of schedule by changing the sunset date of the increased tax rates from 12/31/2015 to 07/01/2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Finance Committee |
| HB675 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a watershed initiatives program in DLNR. Subjects program employees to the civil service laws. Appropriates moneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB566 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes chief election officer responsible for the maximization of voter turnout.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB640 | Intro
Sine Die | Decreases the per barrel distribution from the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to the energy security special fund and the agricultural development and food security special fund from 15 cents each to 10 cents each. Increases th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HB510 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires PSD to establish guidelines that allow committed persons serving a term of imprisonment for a felony or misdemeanor to earn reductions in the person's minimum term for good behavior, educational attainment, and meritorious service. Provides ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Public Safety Committee |
| HB741 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes definitions of "hooked up", "scene", and "vehicle owner" to clarify when a vehicle must be released by a towing company. Establishes date and time stamped photo as proof of vehicle being hooked up.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB731 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a five-year evidence-based physical-activity and nutritional-education pilot program within the A+ Program in Hawaii's public elementary schools. Makes appropriations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Education Committee |
| HB778 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the income brackets and credit amounts of the refundable food/excise tax credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Finance Committee |
| HB563 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes minimum monthly salaries for various legislative staff positions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Legislative Management Committee |
| HB884 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires any fees assessed by the campaign spending commission to be deposited into the Hawaii election campaign fund. Requires that general funds, rather than moneys from the Hawaii election campaign fund, be used for the operating expenses of the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB622 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes fuel cell electric vehicles in the definition of electric vehicles for purposes of parking exemptions, HOV lane use, registration, and required parking spaces in places of public accommodation. Grants procurement priority for fuel cell elect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB651 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the State CIO, OIMT, and shared services technology special fund. Transfers remaining responsibilities of the State CIO to the comptroller.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Finance Committee |
| HB588 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires each individual or group accident and health or sickness insurance policy and hospital or medical service contract issued or renewed after December 31, 2015, to provide coverage for medically necessary orthodontic services for the treatment ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Health Committee |
| HB701 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals Chapter 211G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which established the Capitol Formation Revolving Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB691 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the income tax credit for low-income household renters to an unspecified amount.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Finance Committee |
| HB703 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows proof of motor vehicle insurance to be stored and displayed on a mobile electronic device.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB669 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets state and county contributions for health plans equal to the cost of the most popular self plan for public employees hired after 6/30/2015. Allows current active employees to make a one-time election to receive the same contributions for health ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB751 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a mandatory, periodic appraisal of airport lands that are leased to the public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB650 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the purchase of remnants by non-abutting owners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB693 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes disclosure, notification, and reporting requirements on outdoor use of pesticides in specified areas. Prohibits pesticide use within a certain distance from specified areas, including schools, health care facilities, and water resources. Bans...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB699 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals and transfers the unencumbered balances of various non-general funds and accounts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Finance Committee |
| HB880 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an employer income tax credit for taxpayers who maintain employee insurance coverage for national guard members for the duration of the national guards' active duty. Expands the powers of the governor and governor's designee in calling th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
Introduced and Passed First Reading |
| HB537 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a refundable state earned income tax credit. Requires DOTAX to prepare an annual report on the tax credit's usage for the previous year. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Finance Committee |
| HB664 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals provision providing that arbitration shall not be available to resolve disputes regarding EUTF contributions by State and counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB593 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DLNR to evaluate its rules and regulations relating to state beach parks to determine the feasibility of providing greater access for persons accompanied by pet animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB690 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a program to provide loan forgiveness for medical, law, and doctoral degree students who enter public service. Appropriates moneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Higher Education Committee |
| HB711 | Intro
Sine Die | Conforms boating laws to federal standards by clarifying applicability, prohibiting the use of noncomplying vessels, and clarifying which information may be inspected as public records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB609 | Intro
Sine Die | Restricts the use, navigation, or piloting of unmanned aircraft systems. Creates criminal penalties and civil remedies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB587 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the minimum age for persons who may purchase tobacco products or electronic smoking devices from eighteen to twenty-one years of age. Amends the definition of "electronic smoking device" as used in section 709-908, Hawaii Revised States. De...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Health Committee |
| HB777 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a state earned income tax credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Finance Committee |
| HB677 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2014-2015 as a subsidy for Hawaii health systems corporation for employment costs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB530 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a fee schedule within DLNR for commercial and non-profit events on public land. Effective 1/1/16.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB755 | Intro
Sine Die | Codifies the requirement under section 4-135-1, HAR, that seals of quality may be used only for fresh agricultural products produced entirely within the State and value added processed agricultural and food products for which the primary agricultural...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB738 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a misdemeanor for knowingly misrepresenting oneself as the owner or trainer of a service dog.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB882 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows terminally ill patients to seek access and to use potentially life-saving investigational drugs, biological products, and devices that are currently only accessible to patients enrolled in clinical trials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Health Committee |
| HB605 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that funding for charter school student transportation and meals be separate from the per-pupil allocation. Requires that funding for charter school student transportation and meal costs be included in the department of budget and finance's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Education Committee |
| HB706 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals various non-general funds and accounts, transfers unencumbered balances to the general fund, and reclassifies selected special funds to revolving funds, as recommended by the auditor in report no. 14-18.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Higher Education Committee |
| HB852 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2015-2017 for salary and employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for public employees in collective bargaining unit (14) and for certain employees excluded from collective bargaining.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB710 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a county police chief to grant an applicant a license to carry a concealed handgun and ammunition within the county.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB601 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a task force to make recommendations for a plan to address the repair and maintenance of private roads.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To House Transportation Committee |
