| HB749 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes on wholesalers and dealers a beach clean-up cigarette fee per cigarette sold, used, or possessed. Establishes and allocates moneys generated to the Beach Clean-Up Special Fund for litter removal from beach land.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HB866 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a mortgage license exemption for sellers of real property who offer or negotiate terms of a residential mortgage loan secured by the seller's own real property for which the seller is the mortgagee; provided that the seller provides three...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Housing Committee |
| HB1147 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a two-year pilot emergency services failsafe program to assist physicians and patients in obtaining a second medical opinion regarding diagnosis and treatment. Authorizes the Department of Health to convene a committee to create a forum r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Human Services Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB385 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the minimum age in which one can purchase any tobacco product or electronic smoking device from 18 to 21 years of age. Prohibits the sale or furnishing of tobacco, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices to persons under 21 years o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB608 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds up to $45,000,000 to Waimea Nui Community Development Corporation, a private not-for-profit corporation, for the planning, acquisition, and construction of agriculture, renewable energy, and ed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture Committee |
| HB837 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enforce and create a registry for ivory and rhinoceros horn items that are intended for sale or purchase within the State; provided the age and species of the items can be documented. Provides ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Housing Committee |
| HB1422 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires providers of service contracts and the obligors of service contract buyback agreements to disclose to contract holders that a claim against the contract voids the contract holder's right to a full refund. (HB1422 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB1089 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires motor vehicle safety inspections to be conducted every two years rather than annually for vehicles registered in a county with a population of three hundred thousand or less. (HB1089 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Housing Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture Committee |
| HB867 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds to support the Pacific international space center for exploration systems' basalt rebar initiative, including construction of a basalt rebar plant and engineering assessments of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HB727 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "qualified plan" under the Hawaii Health Connector to specify that a plan must be a bronze, silver, gold, or platinum plan for individual plans and a gold or platinum plan for small business health options program plans. (HB7...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB1017 | Engross
Sine Die | Restores the exemptions from the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act for individuals who offer or negotiate the terms of a residential mortgage loan with or on behalf of an immediate family member or for the individual's own reside...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB1504 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to study electric utilities, including organizational models and the conversion process. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| HB1154 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the state vehicle registration fee, with proceeds to be deposited into the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund to cover the costs of administering the parking program for persons with disabilities. (HB1154 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| HB722 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a Lipoa point management council in DLNR for the development of Lipoa point. Appropriates moneys for land surveyor services, maintenance services, and development of a master plan for Lipoa point. (HB722 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB1329 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs to four separate projects of Paradise Ohana Automotive Training & Education, LLC, Paradise Ohana Automotive Technologies, LLC, Paradise Ohana Automotive Discovery Center, LLC, and Paradise Ohana Motorsports Center, LL...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HB719 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for the Lahaina Flood Control Project. Requires the appropriation to be matched by county funds. (HB719 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture Committee |
| 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] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HB345 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes a conveyance tax on the conveyance of a controlling interest of an entity that has an interest in real property in the State. Applies to conveyances occurring after June 30, 2015. (HB345 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB95 | Engross
Sine Die | Replaces the running start program and jump start program with dual credit program; amends definition of "eligible student" to include all high school students; replaces standardized test to determine college readiness with an assessment approved by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| 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] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB376 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that the Chief Election Officer is an at-will employee. Requires Elections Commission to provide notice and reason for removal of a Chief Election Officer. Requires a performance evaluation of the Chief Election Officer after a general elec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| 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] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB133 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides an income tax credit for costs incurred in hotel construction or renovation. (HB133 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB295 | Engross
Sine Die | Limits compelled disclosure of sources or unpublished information by journalists, newscasters and persons participating in collection or dissemination of news or information of substantial public interest. Establishes exceptions. (HB295 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB1181 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the state income tax law by changing the amounts of the basic standard deduction and personal exemption. (HB1181 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB607 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that each neighbor island county is represented on the early learning advisory board for a term of office of three years. Appropriates funds. (HB607 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB612 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits disclosure of votes cast in a postponed election. Authorizes discretionary withholding of election results unrelated to postponement. Clarifies Governor's emergency postponement authority. Limits postponement period to seven days after an e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB1102 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires DOTAX to conduct a study on modernizing the state tax collection system and submit a report to the legislature. (HB1102 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB999 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts from the Transient Accommodations Tax, accommodations provided solely for use as temporary lodging by an individual, or the individual's immediate family members, spouse, or civil union partner while the individual is receiving health care se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Tourism and International Affairs Committee |
| HB141 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the exemption from the civil service laws for personal services contracts for building, custodial, and grounds maintenance services with qualified community rehabilitation programs at a cost of no more than $850,000 by specifying that the $850...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB492 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the judiciary to enter into contracts with community mediation centers for mediation services. Takes effect 01/07/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB147 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates procedural and administrative requirements for law enforcement agencies for eyewitness identifications of suspects in criminal investigations. Establishes jury instructions when the court determines that the eyewitness identification is admis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1107 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the establishment and maintenance of a bookmobile that shall serve the rural areas of the island of Hawaii. (HB1107 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB1352 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Auditor to conduct a comprehensive financial, management, and program audit of the Department of Education. Appropriates funds. (HB1352 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
