HI Legislation | 2015 | Regular Session | Senate | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB4	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the issuance of up to $25,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Chaminade University of Honolulu. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB718	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for the Lahaina flood control project. Requires the appropriation to be a match for an appropriation by the county of Maui for the project in the amount of at least twenty per cent of the pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB1100	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]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB296	Intro Sine Die	Requires hospitals to provide patients the opportunity to designate a caregiver upon entry to a hospital. Establishes hospital requirements regarding caregivers, including designation of a caregiver, notification to a caregiver, and a discharge plan ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 The committee(s) on HSH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HSH were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Harimoto, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Green, Slom.
SB1053	Intro Sine Die	Requires fuel distributors to report to the energy resources coordinator on non-fossil fuels sold in the State. Requires the county finance directors to register vehicles under headings for both hydrogen or fuel cell vehicles and vehicles retrofitted... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 The committee on PSM deferred the measure.
SB377	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for a food innovation center to be operated by Kapiolani community college for the purpose of utilizing processing-grade, locally grown farm products to manufacture prepared m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB263	Intro Sine Die	Makes an appropriation for the replenishment of the beach at Keehi lagoon beach park. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB963	Intro Sine Die	Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/15 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB992	Intro Sine Die	Directs the department of human services to convene a working group to determine how the Na Kupuna Tribunal can best assist the courts, child protective services, and Native Hawaiian children. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM.
SB500	Intro Sine Die	Provides that any environmental assessments and environmental impact statements for any major infrastructure improvement project or major construction project in any special management area may include an analysis of the environmental impact of proje... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB1026	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the County Infrastructure Development Revolving Loan Fund and specifies uses of the Fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB1020	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates funds to the department of public safety and the judiciary for the purpose of electronic monitoring of released inmates. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB199	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to each county for the purchase of body-worn video cameras and law enforcement vehicle cameras to be used by each county police department; provided that no funds appropriated to a county shall be expended unless ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB560	Intro Sine Die	Requires the auditor to audit the use of state and federal family leave benefits by adult corrections officers of the department of public safety. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB227	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates funds to the department of the prosecuting attorney of the county of Maui for the prosecution of cases under the drug court and mental health court programs. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB1239	Intro Sine Die	Reestablishes 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 Uni... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM/JDL.
SB908	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates funds to the department of human services to restore basic adult dental benefits to medicaid enrollees and to provide outreach and eligibility services for individuals and families at federally qualified health centers. Appropriates fund... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB368	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates moneys for the collective bargaining cost items of bargaining unit (5) and for cost adjustments for their excluded counterparts. Effective date 01/07/2059. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB224	Intro Sine Die	Creates an exclusion from income tax for the first $50,000 of income earned by farmers whose annual gross income is $200,000 or less. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB228	Intro Sine Die	Amends definitions of "marijuana" and "usable marijuana" to include hashish, tetrahydrocannabinol, and related substances. Adds definitions of "hashish" and "marijuana concentrate". [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 The committee on PSM deferred the measure.
SB677	Intro Sine Die	Provides the mayor of each county with the authority to remove the respective county chief of police for good and just cause, upon approval by the police commission. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
SB745	Intro Sine Die	Requires any health insurer with at least a twenty per cent share of the health insurance market to submit its qualified plans and qualified dental plans for inclusion in the Hawaii health connector. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB900	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the state seal of biliteracy program and appropriates funds for the implementation of the program. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB234	Intro Sine Die	Makes it unlawful for any employer to suspend, discharge, or discriminate against any of the employer's employees because an employee refused to work on a holiday that is traditionally reserved for family gatherings, such as Thanksgiving or Christmas... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
SB1130	Intro Sine Die	Allows for a declaration to be filed with the petition as an alternative to an affidavit; expands the court's ability to continue the hearing on the petition for good cause; gives the court more flexibility in deciding when a guardian ad litem is nec... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL.
SB1186	Intro Sine Die	Expands definition of "personal information" and establishes or amends the timeline by which a business or government agency must notify persons affected by a security breach of personal information. Specifies additional information required in notif... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM.
SB1203	Intro Sine Die	Requires the Hawaii community development authority to set aside certain parcels of land in Kakaako makai for shoreline protection and parkland development. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 The committee on WTL deferred the measure.
SB50	Intro Sine Die	Clarifies that medical health professionals who are employed by the State receive a qualified immunity from personal liability when exercising their governmental discretion as employees of the State when acting in the course and scope of their state ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 To Senate Health Committee
SB563	Intro Sine Die	Requires the department of public safety to establish a mental health first aid training program that includes mandatory eight-hour sessions triennially for law enforcement personnel, correctional officers, and other public safety officials under the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB132	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a cesspool system upgrade income tax credit for taxpayers who connect or upgrade a cesspool system to a septic system or any department of health-approved individual wastewater system; and requires any annual amount over $1,500,000, in th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 The committee on HTH deferred the measure.
SB1225	Intro Sine Die	Requires and appropriates funds to the department of accounting and general services to establish a water scalping feasibility study and four-year pilot project. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB766	Intro Sine Die	Requires that a physician selected and paid for by an employer to conduct a medical examination for workers' compensation purposes shall be actively treating at least ten patients in a one-month period; be actively treating at least 50 per cent of th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL.
SB306	Intro Sine Die	Requires health insurance coverage of orthodontic treatment for orofacial anomalies. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB1019	Intro Sine Die	Requires hospitals to designate a specific room on site where a qualifying patient who is admitted for at least one night may use prescribed medical marijuana for the duration of the qualifying patient's inpatient stay; provided the qualifying patien... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 The committee on HTH deferred the measure.
SB771	Intro Sine Die	Requires law enforcement officers and officers of justice to request and obtain a person's voluntary and informed consent prior to conducting a search of the person, the person's belongings, the person's residence, or the person's vehicle when conduc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
SB117	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates funds for direct health care, including primary medical, dental, and behavioral services, for uninsured and underinsured patients at community health centers. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB1235	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates funds to the DOE for two alternative schools to provide ongoing education to juveniles in the justice system. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 The committee on EDU deferred the measure.
SB1277	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the issuance of SPRBS to various Paradise Ohana entities for development of health care facilities in West Oahu. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB1168	Intro Sine Die	Requires the department of health to establish rules requiring field-constructed underground storage tanks or tank systems to meet the same requirements that must be met by all other owners and operators of underground storage tanks or systems under ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 The committee on HTH deferred the measure.
SB389	Intro Sine Die	Amends the composition of the county police commissions to require that there are commissioners on each police commission that have experience or backgrounds in women's issues, civil rights, and law enforcement. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
SB73	Intro Sine Die	Allows committed persons to create approved products and crafts that may be sold through the correctional industries program. Requires that all moneys collected from the sale of products and crafts to be deposited into either the correctional industr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
SB1320	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the Hawaii public schools financial literacy task force. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB396	Intro Sine Die	Specifies that citizen complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic abuse against a family or household member on the part of the police officer shall not be required to be in writing or sworn to by the complainant. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
SB527	Intro Sine Die	Requires that each neighbor island county is represented on the early learning advisory board for a term of office of three years. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 The committee on PSM deferred the measure.
SB534	Intro Sine Die	Amends the rate of the transient accommodations tax (TAT) beginning July 1, 2016. Changes the allocation of TAT revenues to each county. Requires each county to expend moneys received from TAT exclusively to market and promote tourism and tourism-rel... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 The committee on PSM deferred the measure.
SB523	Intro Sine Die	Requires the governor, legislature including the joint legislative access committee, and judiciary to ensure public access to information, services, and proceedings of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, respectively. Authorizes the go... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM.
SR5	Intro Sine Die	Shipping; trade; labor disputes; Request the President of the United States use his power under the Taft-Hartley Act to put the parties back to work for a cooling off period in the west coast ports labor dispute. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
SCR20	Intro Sine Die	Shipping; trade; labor disputes; Request the President of the United States use his power under the Taft-Hartley Act to put the parties back to work for a cooling off period in the west coast ports labor dispute. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
SB180	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a pilot program to accept for recycling products that are not easily recycled in Hawaii. Makes an appropriation for the pilot program. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 The committee on HTH deferred the measure.
SB483	Intro Sine Die	Provides that DHHL may utilize Hawaiian home lands for the forestry of koa or native trees. Allows DHHL to enter into public-private partnerships to implement the forestry plan. Requires the proceeds from the forestry plan to be deposited into the Ha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.