| 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 |
| HB1486 | Engross
Sine Die | Changes the assessment of the state fuel tax from a specified cents per gallon to the greater of a specified cents per gallon or a specified percentage of the wholesale price per gallon to the retailer, subject to a minimum monetary amount of tax bas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB414 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the County of Kauai, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit and Victim Witness Assistance Program. (HB414 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| 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] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| 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] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB564 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for programs, ceremonies, and activities commemorating the 50TH Anniversary of the Vietnam War.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB854 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires hotels to distribute porterage service charges to employees in full or disclose to customers that the charges are being used for other purposes. (HB854 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Tourism and International Affairs Committee |
| HB1185 | Engross
Sine Die | Proposes to amend the State Constitution by requiring the first principal installment of general obligation bonds and reimbursable general obligation bonds to mature not later than one year from the date of issuance. (HB1185 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| 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] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB180 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the requirements relating to the statement of expenditures to be filed upon the adjournment sine die of a special session. (HB180 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| 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] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HB96 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Office of the Ombuds at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Appropriates funds to establish and operate the office. (HB96 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Higher Education and the Arts Committee |
| HB546 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires UH to provide nonsupervisory employees in blue collar positions with the same educational benefits provided to faculty. (HB546 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Higher Education and the Arts Committee |
| 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] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB811 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys for two full-time equivalent graduate assistant positions at the Hawaii educational policy center at UH. (HB811 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Higher Education and the Arts Committee |
| HB1179 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for annual adjustments to the Hawaii standard deduction, income tax rate brackets, and personal exemption in response to increases in inflation as documented by the U.S. Department of Labor Consumer Price Index. Requires DOTAX to submit a re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1230 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes an interagency working group to create a comprehensive plan to transfer the Department of Accounting and General Services's personnel and functions related to neighbor island public schools, to the Department of Education. (HB1230 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Education Committee |
