| HB995 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the DOA to provide grants to support existing whole system approach, on-farm mentoring programs. Appropriates funds as a grant for existing whole system approach, on-farm mentoring programs. Appropriates unspecified sums to the Future Farmers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB452 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of the attorney general for statewide sexual assault services for fiscal biennium 2015-2017. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB441 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the infrastructure capacity construction loan revolving fund to provide loans to counties, state agencies, or private developers for infrastructure improvements. Appropriates funds for the administration and implementation of the infrastr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB620 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits labeling of a plastic product as "compostable" or "biodegradable" unless it meets appropriate ASTM standards. Effective January 1, 2112. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB283 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes an exemption from general excise taxes for the development of mixed-use projects incorporating affordable housing units on state or county lands. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1469 | Engross
Sine Die | Caps the distribution of conveyance tax revenue as follows: Caps at $7,600,000 or ten percent, whichever is less, the distribution into the land conservation fund, with any difference to be expended on wildfire prevention, control, and emergency resp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1040 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to the HISC to contract with UHERO to establish an economic model formula to establish the impact and cost of mitigating the most significant invasive species in the State. Directs LRB to update its 2002 study to reflect costs and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB859 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Health (DOH) to maintain a forum on its website where specified state-licensed care facilities may post vacancy information. Requires DOH to convene a working group to discuss and provide feedback on the implementation an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB483 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes administrative inspections upon certain conditions within the West Hawaii regional fishery management area. Effective 1/1/2016. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| HB734 | Engross
Sine Die | Defines "housing first program rental assistance payments". Allows HHFDC to make housing first program rental assistance payments from sums made available from DHS through the housing first program. Defines "chronically homeless individual". Effectiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1177 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to establish a grant writer position within the DOA. Prioritizes organic and Korean natural farming. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB853 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a K-12 Agriculture Workforce Development Pipeline Initiative in DLIR to conduct trainings for teachers and school administrators in agricultural self-sufficiency. Appropriates funds to support the Initiative. Effective 01/20/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB240 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the types of businesses qualified to receive benefits under the state enterprise zone law to include service businesses that provide air conditioning project services from seawater air conditioning district cooling systems. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1454 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who incur certain expenses for manufacturing products in Hawaii. Applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015. Sunsets January 1, 2023. (HB1454 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be HELD. The votes in EDT were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Slom, Baker, Chun Oakland, Dela Cruz, Espero, Harimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| HB1347 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to increase staff, improve systems, and contract for necessary services relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (HB 1347 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB822 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys for the Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts to assist with its staffing and operating costs. (HB822 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB1172 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to the contrary, the amount of the state tax credit for research activities shall be calculated based on all qualified research expenses for the taxable year instead of on the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
The committee on EDT deferred the measure. |
| HB564 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for programs, ceremonies, and activities commemorating the 50TH Anniversary of the Vietnam War.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB1267 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the four-year Kanoelehua Redevelopment Pilot Project under the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Appropriates funds. (HB1267 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
The committee on WTL deferred the measure. |
| HB285 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the John A. Burns School of Medicine Scholarship Program, which covers the cost of tuition and fees for a full course of study at the John A. Burns School of Medicine in exchange for a service commitment of five years in the State upon th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB456 | Engross
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. Takes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| HB847 | Engross
Sine Die | Addresses primary care physician shortages by appropriating funds for the Interdisciplinary Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Primary Care Training Program at Hilo Medical Center. (HB847 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB1225 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes and appropriates funds for DBEDT, in collaboration with DOA, to perform studies and analysis relating to establishing facilities on the island of Hawaii for quarantine inspection and treatment and handling of incoming and outgoing agricult...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1195 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the capacity from two to three nursing facility level residents in Type I Expanded Adult Residential Care Homes. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB527 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for salaries and benefits for lifeguards for Kua bay located in Kekaha Kai State Park on the island of Hawaii, an area under the jurisdiction of DLNR. (HB527 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB1370 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides statutory authority for the employees' retirement system to make direct payment to a former spouse of a member of benefits or portion thereof pursuant to valid court judgment, order, or decree. Appropriates money to implement the purposes of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB459 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies additional elements in Hawaii's existing sexuality health education law, including additional criteria regarding implementation of sexuality health education instruction. Requires the Department of Education to provide certain types of info...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM, with Senators Harimoto and Riviere voting "No". |
| HB1119 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for burial grants for qualifying Filipino veterans to provide funeral and burial services and transportation of their remains to the Philippines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB1241 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for Department of Health lead poisoning prevention activities. (HB1241 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB458 | Engross
Sine Die | Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, requires public schools to annually provide information about the human papillomavirus and other vaccines to parents and guardians of students entering grade 6. Requires the Department of Health to develop th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB507 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with UH CTAHR, to research and develop methods for the prevention and treatment of macadamia felted coccid. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-25
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1327 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits a taxpayer who provides transient accommodations on real property leased from a related entity to claim a general excise tax deduction from the amount of gross proceeds or gross income received from its sublease of the real property. (HB1327 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB1326 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the monetary threshold to $600 with respect to property or services for theft in the second degree. Effective 01/01/2016. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1126 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the state procurement office to establish a database of all government procurement contracts, accessible to each governmental entity. Requires state procurement office oversight of procurement information. Appropriates funds to establish the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
The committee on GVO deferred the measure. |
| HB1256 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation for the establishment of 4 full-time positions (4.0 FTE) at the state foundation on culture and the arts. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB763 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Executive Office on Aging and the city and county of Honolulu to establish a three-year intergenerational playground pilot program. Requires reports to the Legislature and the mayor of the city and county of Honolulu. Appropriates funds....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1259 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes permanent exemptions granted to the HTA from requirements for Comptroller's supervision of accounts, publication of consolidated financial statements, approval of business and accounting forms, and deposit of funds into the tourism special fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB1408 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the counties to accept the surrender of a private road in cases where there has been an absence of any act of private ownership over the road for five years. Exempts the State and counties from performing any maintenance on a surrendered roa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
The committee on PSM deferred the measure. |
| HB498 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funding for FY 2015-2016 and FY 2016-2017 from the state general fund to DHS for positions within the Adult Protective and Community Services Branch. Authorizes DHS to extend the federal ceiling to increase the amount of federal funds av...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1187 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law by establishing maximum dollar amounts that shall be distributed among certain non-general funds. Retains provision that the general fund receive the remainder after distribution. (HB1187 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| HB1198 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the Honolulu Family Justice Center; provided that the City and County of Honolulu provides matching funds on a 1:1 basis. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1091 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the standard deduction and allowable personal exemption amounts for all filing statuses. Increases the number of exemptions that may be claimed by taxpayers who are 65 years of age or older and meet certain income requirements. (HB1091 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| HB1314 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the emergency home relocation special fund to assist persons dispossessed of their homes as a result of a natural disaster. Appropriates moneys. (HB1314 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB133 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides an income tax credit for costs incurred in hotel construction or renovation. (HB133 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB583 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for an annual inflationary adjustment to long-term care facility prospective reimbursement rates for care provided to Medicaid recipients. (HB583 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB827 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and the appropriation of funds for plans, design, and construction of a juvenile services center as part of a mixed-use residential project at 902 Alder Street. (HB827 HD3)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB792 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Hawaii Rules of Evidence to authorize nonresident property crime victims to testify in misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor property criminal proceedings by a live two-way video connection. (HB792 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| HB1161 | Engross
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] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1295 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the low-income housing tax credit to one hundred per cent of the qualified basis for each building located in Hawaii. (HB1295 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
The committee on HSH deferred the measure. |
| HB1141 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits new installation of a cesspool and new construction served by a cesspool after December 31, 2016. Authorizes the department of health to develop rules for exceptions. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
