| SB826 | Engross
Sine Die | Enhances effectiveness and efficiency of self-governance in condominium associations. (SB826 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-21
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 644). |
| HB1167 | Enroll
Sine Die | Sets the maximum amount of capital infrastructure tax credits that may be issued in any taxable year at $2,500,000 per qualified infrastructure tenant. Allows any capital infrastructure costs that would result in a tax credit in excess of the maximum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-21
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-15 1:30PM in conference room 309. |
| SB225 | Pass | Amends the offense of habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant to include operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant after at least one conviction within the previous ten years for habitually operating a motor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-21
Act 011, 4/21/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111). |
| SB415 | Pass | Clarifies bicycle turn and stop signals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-21
Act 012, 4/21/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112). |
| SB778 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires, and appropriates funds for, the Department of Education to continue developing and administering annual non-translated assessments in the Hawaiian language of established statewide performance standards for students in the Hawaiian language...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-21
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 624). |
| SB1074 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the office of planning to review and propose updates to the State Planning Act and submit a written report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation. (SB1074 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-21
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 624). |
| SB1338 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes large group coverage under the Connector. Beginning 10/1/2016, ends authorization to renew or issue transitional renewal policies. Requires notice to group health plans offering COBRA coverage about options for affordable coverage under th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-21
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-15 10:00AM in conference room 016. |
| SB1146 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to submit to the Legislature a program performance report for each fiscal quarter showing a comparison of actual revenues and expenditures versus budgeted revenues and expenditures. Extends the Unive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-21
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 624). |
| SB682 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a system of medical marijuana dispensaries and production centers. Requires that the number of licensed dispensaries and production centers increase gradually over an initial phase-in period. Prohibits counties from enacting zoning regula...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 642). |
| HB457 | Enroll
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys for positions and materials to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. Requires a report to the legislature on the use of the appropriation and the statu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 641). |
| HB578 | Enroll
Sine Die | Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, requires a child to provide written documentation of a physical examination performed within the twelve months prior to attending seventh grade. Provides for provisional attendance if an exam is scheduled. Ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 641). |
| HB928 | Pass | Clarifies section 269-15(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, so that the Public Utilities Commission may order the Consumer Advocate, rather than the Director of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to appear in regulatory proceedings initiated ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Act 008, 4/16/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1108). |
| SB286 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Office of the State Inspector General, to be headed by the State Inspector General to investigate complaints alleging fraud, waste, abuse, or corruption by a state agency or quasi-public agency, or by the officers or employees of a st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 642). |
| SB675 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter who suffers from cancer, blood-borne infectious diseases, or conditions related to hazardous material exposure contracted it in the course of employment. Benefits include one-hundred per cent av...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 642). |
| HB271 | Enroll
Sine Die | Provides cancellation rights to persons who contract to buy a short-term product in Hawaii. Allows, until 7/1/2020, disbursement of purchasers' funds to a developer; provided that the developer first posts a bond or letter of credit. Effective 7/1/21...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 617). |
| SB1228 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a process for special innovative procurement and generates a framework for public-private partnership in Hawaii. Appropriates funds for a temporary position to assist the Procurement Policy Board. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Health ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 642). |
| HB947 | Enroll
Sine Die | Creates consistency between statutes pertaining to unfit to proceed and acquit and commit regarding the Hawaii state hospital receiving copies of court ordered examination reports upon commitment to the hospital or conditional release. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 641). |
| HB78 | Pass | Reclassifies the accrued vacation and sick leave fund to a trust fund as recommended by the auditor in report no. 14-04.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Act 010, 4/16/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1110). |
| HB269 | Pass | Expands doctoral degree requirement for licensing of psychologists to include additional doctoral programs accredited by the American Psychological Association.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Act 009, 4/16/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1109). |
| HB173 | Enroll
Sine Die | Repeals and transfers the unencumbered balances of various funds and accounts to the credit of the general fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 641). |
| HB1112 | Enroll
Sine Die | Repeals certain limits on operational authority. Requires the auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of HHSC every five years. Authorizes HHSC to negotiate master collective bargaining agreements for its employees. Authorizes a regional ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 641). |
| HB1186 | Enroll
Sine Die | Authorizes the allocation of premiums from general obligation bonds for capital expenditures approved by the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2015. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 617). |
| HB79 | Enroll
Sine Die | Reclassifies and repeals various non-general funds, as recommended by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 14-13. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 641). |
| HB124 | Enroll
Sine Die | Requires the office of elections to implement elections by mail in a county with a population of less than 100,000, beginning with the 2016 primary election; and in each county with a population of less than 500,000, beginning with the 2018 primary e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 641). |
| SB1217 | Engross
Sine Die | Aligns state law with the requirements of section 2706 of the federal Public Health Service Act by prohibiting insurers from discriminating against any health care provider who is acting within the scope of that provider's license or certification.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-10
The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1265 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes certain clarifying amendments to article 11 of the State insurance code, relating to the insurance holding company system. Takes effect on 1/1/2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-10
The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB951 | Pass | Allows the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (Board) the option to provide notice of hearing by online posting on the Board's webpage if service by first class mail fails to elicit a response from the party. Requires that the online postin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Act 004, on 4/9/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104). |
| SB332 | Pass | Designates October 2 of each year as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Day in Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Act 005, on 4/9/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1105). |
| HB1275 | Pass | Establishes and designates the ukulele as the official auana musical instrument of the State. Establishes and designates the pahu as the official kahiko musical instrument of the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Act 006, on 4/9/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106). |
| HB205 | Enroll
Sine Die | Includes traditional Hawaiian farming and crops and small-scale farming to the state planning objectives and policies for the economy. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 363). |
| HB604 | Pass | Designates December 20 of each year as Sakada Day in Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Act 007, on 4/9/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1107). |
| SB1287 | Engross
Sine Die | Protects sound recordings fixed prior to 02/15/1972 against unauthorized public performance. Protects any right in sound recordings fixed prior 02/15/1972 existing under Hawaii common law, or civil or criminal statutes. Establishes civil remedies for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB774 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to create an inventory of taro lands, in conjunction with the Taro Security and Purity Task Force. Appropriates funds. (SB774 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB767 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that certain areas within Hawaii Public Housing Authority housing projects are closed to the public and amends criminal trespass in the second degree to permit the prosecution of an unauthorized entry or a violation of a written prohibition ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| SB103 | Pass | Adjusts the amount of the appropriation to DLIR for fiscal biennium 2013-2015 that must be expended for accrued vacation payments for all employees leaving the employ of DLIR. Adjusts the CIP appropriation for the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-06
Act 003, 4/1/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1103). |
| SB1010 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows a person who is not licensed or authorized to practice law in the State to provide legal services on a temporary basis in this State if the attorney provides services in association with or assists a Hawaii licensed attorney or as in-house cou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-06
The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1279 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits noncompete agreements and restrictive covenants that forbid post-employment competition of employees of a technology business. Effective 01/07/2059. (SB1279 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-06
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Woodson, Brower, Creagan, Har, Hashem, Kawakami, C. Lee, Nakashima, Oshiro, San Buenaventura, Takayama, Yamane, Fukumoto Chang, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti. |
| HB840 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of public safety to construct a multi-story correctional facility at the Halawa correctional facility to replace the existing Oahu community correctional center. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-02
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| HB1051 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the DOA to adopt rules relating to the declaration of Hawaii geographic indication for agricultural commodities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-01
The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB134 | Engross
Sine Die | Adopts Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act. Establishes procedures and remedies for use in actions for partition of real property involving heirs property (real property held in tenancy in common that meets certain requirements). Effective 7/1/21...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-31
The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1335 | Engross
Sine Die | Defines "person in custody" as used in the offense of sexual assault in the second degree and third degree to mean a person who is stopped by or under the control of a law enforcement officer for official purposes. Effective 01/07/2059. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-31
The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB1028 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for the establishment of a special innovative procurement process for the procurement of supplies, services, professional services, or construction. Requires the establishment of procedures by the procurement policy board for use of the spec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-31
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB356 | Engross
Sine Die | Enables patients to obtain their medical records free of charge from medical facilities that have declared bankruptcy. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-30
This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Monday, 03-30-15 at 2:00PM in conference room 325. |
| SB119 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes appropriation for the public employment cost items of and cost adjustments for employees of the various legislative agencies. (SB119 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
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 Choy, Ing, Lowen, Luke, McKelvey, Pouha excused (6). |
| SB194 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii Commission on the History and Culture of People of African Descent to recognize the contributions of people of African descent in Hawaii and educate residents and visitors to the State about these contributions. (SB194 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
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 Choy, Ing, Lowen, Luke, McKelvey, Pouha excused (6). |
| SB643 | Engross
Sine Die | Deletes duplicative provision of awarding grandparents reasonable visitation rights. Adds as prerequisites to awarding visitation that the court find that awarding visitation to grandparent is in the best interest of the child and that denial of reas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) San Buenaventura voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Choy, Ing, Lowen, Luke, McKelvey, Pouha excused (6). |
| SB1175 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of health and Hawaii state hospital to consider certain recommendations made by the senate special investigative committee on the Hawaii state hospital and submit a written report to the legislature of its status of implementi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Choy, Ing, Lowen, Luke, McKelvey, Pouha excused (6). |
| SB1154 | Engross
Sine Die | For counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more: requires a public hearing before the liquor commission on an application for a liquor license to be held not less than thirty days after the first public notice for the hearing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Choy, Ing, Lowen, Luke, McKelvey, Pouha excused (6). |
| HB1504 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to study electric utilities, including organizational models and the conversion process. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB725 | Engross
Sine Die | Grants the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs the power to issue cease and desist orders for the unlicensed practice of dentistry and for any other act or practice in violation of the dental licensing laws upon a specific determination that th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-27
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Choy, Ing, Lowen, Luke, McKelvey, Pouha excused (6). |
