| HB563 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes minimum monthly salaries for various legislative staff positions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Legislative Management Committee |
| HB795 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits an employer from disciplining, suspending, discharging, or discriminating against an employee who is a patient qualified to use medical marijuana solely because the employee tested positive for marijuana use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. |
| HB1205 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes and appropriates funds for the Hawaii-grown food procurement task force for the purpose of creating recommendations for increasing procurement of food grown in Hawaii by State departments and agencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB86 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates procedural and administrative requirements for law enforcement agencies for eyewitness identifications of suspects in criminal investigations. Grants a defendant the right to challenge any eyewitness identification to be used at trial in a pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB679 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends workers' compensation law for temporary total and partial disability benefits through certification by a physician. Allows for contemporaneous certification and retroactive certification of disability status. Applies only during the period tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HB218 | Intro
Sine Die | Excepts from the definition of historic property any private residence that has not been entered, or nominated by the owner of the residence for entry, onto the Hawaii register of historic places. Clarifies that nothing in chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB1105 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for several factors to be weighted for the weighted student formula including but not limited to student characteristics, enrollment trends, and optimal student-teacher ratios. Requires the committee on weights to incorporate into the weighted...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Education Committee |
| HB1210 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a law enforcement standards board for the certification of county police officers, state public safety officers, and employees of the departments of transportation and land and natural resources with police powers. Establishes a special f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB580 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes licensure requirement for durable medical equipment suppliers through the Office of Health Care Assurance. Appropriates funds from the Office of Health Care Assurance Special Fund. (HB580 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB784 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for the registration of autocycles as motor vehicles. Allows autocycles to be operated on public roads, streets, or highways. Defines autocycle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB814 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates grant-in-aid to CCH for the repair and maintenance of Ihe St., Kealakai St., Pala St., and Panui St.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB668 | Intro
Sine Die | Replaces special fund moneys with general fund moneys to pay for Hawaii health systems public employee cost items for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Health Committee |
| HB1458 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows autonomous motor vehicles to be operated on any road, street, or highway if certain requirements are met. Allows for manufacturer testing of autonomous motor vehicles on any road, street, or highway.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB329 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the refundable food/excise tax credit. Ties the credit to increases in the Consumer Price Index.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB568 | Intro
Sine Die | Bans aerial advertising in the State. Prohibits the Department of Transportation from entering into contracts that permit an aircraft to display an aerial advertising device.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB373 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends amount of transient accommodations tax revenues allocated to the counties from a specified sum to an unspecified percentage of the revenues collected.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Tourism Committee |
| HB1243 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the sunset provision relating to the tax on naphtha fuel sold for use in a power generating facility for an additional three years. (HB1243 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB632 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes for testing purposes the operation of autonomous vehicles in the State of Hawaii. Requires Department of Transportation to establish an application and approval process and report annually to the legislature. Makes an appropriation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB980 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the AG to conduct an inventory of all untested sexual assault collection kits in the possession of state or county law enforcement agencies; to develop and implement a plan to reduce the backlog of untested sexual assault collection kits; an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB869 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the taking of a spinner dolphin.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB1068 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for a credit for all qualified research expenses without regard to the amount of expenses for previous years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB519 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes requirements for DLNR to issue hunting apprentice permits authorizing persons without a hunting license to hunt under direct supervision of a licensed hunter. Requires the hunter education program to be available online.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB870 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the Kapiolani Community College Food Innovation Center to produce prepared meals using locally grown food for organizations that need large quantities of meals on a daily ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB363 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the offense of resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle in the first degree as a class C felony and reclassifies the existing offense to resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle in the second degree.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB713 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to train and deputize volunteer investigators investigating public work projects. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to submit reports and adopt rules. Appropriates moneys...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1019 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits public employers from placing employees on leave of absence without pay because of the employee's status as a candidate for elective public office. Includes exceptions for leaves of absence requested by the employee, where the employer prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB533 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an income tax credit for the qualified costs of developing or renovating certain agricultural buildings or structures that are exempt from building permit or building code requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB998 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Public Safety to collect data on the number of incoming offenders into the state correctional system who are parents, the number of children they have that are under the age of eighteen, and any other relevant data that the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB602 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the unfunded liabilities task force to develop recommendations to address state and county unfunded liabilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB1335 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DOH to establish standards for transport of ash generated at incineration facilities for offsite recycling.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Health Committee |
| HB942 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the authority to transfer federal capitalization grant funds between the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Fund within the Department of Health, in accordance with the existing federal ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB753 | Intro
Sine Die | Conforms the State personal exemption amount to the federal personal exemption amount.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB203 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Act 56, SLH 2014, regarding an industrial hemp research program, to expand the type of research to be conducted, require a test site in each county, and extend the repeal date to 7/1/2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB4 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to subsidize a beach erosion study for the island of Oahu that specifically includes the shoreline areas within the 50th representative district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Tourism Committee |
| HB300 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill relating to business.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB13 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a state income tax credit up to $500 for certain expenses paid or incurred by school teachers, special education teachers, school librarians, and counselors for supplementary materials used in the classroom. Applies to tax years beginning ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Education Committee |
| HB468 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows home schooled students to participate on an equal basis in extracurricular activities offered at the public school they would otherwise be required to attend.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Education Committee |
| HB1158 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds the use of a copyright or trademark for the purpose of job creation or upholding fair labor standards as a specific public benefit for which a sustainable business corporation can be created.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB1328 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to study and analyze the feasibility of establishing a motorsports industry and developing a motorsports center in Hawaii, including but not limited to, location, costs of land acquis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1248 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates instead of permits a family court to terminate the parental rights to any child of a natural parent if the natural parent is convicted of rape or sexual assault and that rape or sexual assault resulted in the conception of the child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. |
| HB424 | Intro
Sine Die | Guarantees a minimum of 10 per cent of grant in aid moneys to specifically address administrative and overhead costs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB961 | 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] | 2015-12-17
To House Health Committee |
| HB828 | Intro
Sine Die | Upon approval by county land use decision-making authority, and with concurrence from Land Use Commission, requires boundary amendments reflected in certain plans to be adopted in accordance with such approved plans. Prioritizes funding for public in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB765 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of human services to continue to administer housing first programs for chronically homeless individuals. (HB765 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB60 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends income tax credit for low-income household renters to adjust for inflation. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB273 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the interest and other moneys earned on the principal of the hurricane reserve trust fund to be deposited into the trust fund instead of being diverted to the general fund. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1110 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Health to develop a comprehensive assessment of Hawaii's oral health status. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Health Committee |
| HB634 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who incur certain expenses for manufacturing products in Hawaii. Appropriates funds for DBEDT to certify claims for the tax credit. Effective upon approval, with appropriation effective 7/1/16 and tax cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB1171 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifies that a government agency does not assume ownership or jurisdiction over a disputed road solely through maintenance activities. Authorizes State to quitclaim ownership of roads in favor of counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| 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] | 2015-12-17
To House Education Committee |
