| HB2359 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensures the timely administration of mental health examinations; supports the process of expedient administration of justice; and clarifies the procedure for reevaluation of fitness to proceed after a finding of unfitness and attempts at restoration....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1649 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for FY 2016-2017. (HB1649 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1799 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a student in the University of Hawaii system pursuing an undergraduate degree is eligible for resident tuition fees for up to 150 credit hours. (HB1799 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2678 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of finance to issue GO bonds to the counties for infrastructure construction related to urban renewal projects. Amends allowable number, name, and membership requirements for local redevelopment agencies. Designates agency red...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB369 | Intro
Sine Die | Broadens the policies regarding public access to meetings of public agencies to include greater public participation, input, and access to documents, reports, recordings, and proposals under consideration at meetings, with certain limitations. (HB369...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2158 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires agencies to exercise reasonable care in the maintenance of all government records that are under its control and required to be made available for public inspection. (HB2158 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1662 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the per diem payments for out-of-state witnesses in criminal cases from $145 to $200. Increases the per diem payment supplement from $90 to $145, for witnesses from any island other than the island on which the court is located, when that w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1655 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires agencies that collect receipts for any disposition of the public land trust shall each fiscal quarter transfer to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs twenty per cent of each receipt from the disposition. Returns to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB2729 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects by the department of water, county of Kauai for the Lihue/Kapaa water system projects and the Haena/Wainiha water system project. (HB2729 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1706 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes within DOE the youth civil defense corps. Requires BOE to adopt standards and a curriculum for student participation. Appropriates funds for the establishment of the youth civil defense corps. Designates the Department of Education as the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2723 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a pedestrian from crossing a street, road, or highway while using a mobile electronic device. (HB2723 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1990 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Auditor to conduct a study regarding the regulation of insurance appraisers and insurance umpires in the State. (HB1990 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2585 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts mothers who breastfeed or express breast milk from jury duty; provided that this exemption shall end when a mother is no longer breastfeeding or expressing breast milk. (HB2585 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2595 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for improvements to irrigation systems statewide. (HB2595 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2728 | Intro
Sine Die | Restores the definition of "power-generating facility" and fuel tax rate for naphtha fuel used in power generation facilities, which were repealed on 12/31/2015. Clarifies that naphtha fuel, used in a power-generating facility, is subject to the fuel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2746 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires drivers in the left lane to safely move to the adjacent lane if the driver's vehicle is being overtaken from the rear by multiple vehicles traveling at a higher rate of speed; the driver is proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1673 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes license requirements for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and related supplies. Deposits license fees from these suppliers into the Office of Health Care Assurance Special Fund and makes conforming administr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2364 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend the repeal date for the provision in 386-78(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, that provides that compromises for workers' compensation claims reached as a result of a third-party liability claim or action do not require the approval of the Director ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2456 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes time limits for the approval or disapproval of water quality certification applications for state projects. (HB2456 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1660 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates standards and procedures for income-withholding for purposes of enforcing restitution orders. Amends the definition of "debt" relating to the recovery of money owed to the State to include court-ordered restitution subject to civil enforcemen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2054 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a Dam and Reservoir Working Group to ensure and enhance the continued availability and operation of dams and reservoirs in the State of Hawaii and consider their role in drought mitigation. Appropriation. (HB2054 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2571 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires investor-owned electric utilities to phase out their acquisition, ownership, and use of new and existing generation resources. (HB2571 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HB1794 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes eligible for membership on a county arborist advisory committee certified arborists, horticulturists with specialization in trees, and persons who have received a master's degree in botany.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1531 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a student loan repayment program for attorneys who practice in an area of law that provides legal assistance and policy advocacy for indigent persons. Makes an appropriation. (HB1531 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1361 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires commercial vehicles carrying cargo weighing 55,000 pounds or more from Hawaii's commercial harbors to be weighed prior to leaving the harbor. Requires water carriers to provide the Department of Transportation with a list of shipping contain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2548 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of and appropriation for general obligation bonds for the planning, design, construction, and materials and equipment for the East Kauai Community Recreation Center and Anahola Pilot Agricultural Park. (HB2548 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2260 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the design and construction of a new state mental health hospital to replace the Hawaii State Hospital in Kaneohe. (HB2260 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2320 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies chapter 449, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by adding definitions and change in control requirements. Identifies previously authorized fees for initial license issuance; adds a nominal fee for license reissuance upon licensee name change; moves f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2324 | Intro
Sine Die | Adopts the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' ("NAIC") Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act; applies risk based capital supplemental provisions, severability, and notices provisions to risk retention captive insuranc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2043 | Intro
Sine Die | Upon petition by any party, requires the land use commission to investigate and hold a hearing on county violation or failure to enforce land use conditions or restrictions. Rescinds county permit authority as penalty for violation or failure to enfo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2333 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Board of Nursing to more fully participate in Nursys, a national database for nurse licensees by sharing license and disciplinary action information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1802 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Office of Self-Governance Oversight, to be headed by the condominium czar, within the Department of the Attorney General. Appropriates funds for administrative costs associated with the establishment of the Office of Self-Governance O...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1634 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the tax rate on the sale of large cigars beginning 7/1/16.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2377 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the sunset date on the use of new safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, and incidental take licenses as recovery options for conserving and protecting the State's threatened and endangered species to July 1, 2020. (HB2377 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2285 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends provisions relating to the deposit and use of moneys in the Litigation Deposits Trust Fund (Fund). Provides that recoveries from civil action or settlement of civil claims initiated or prosecuted by the Attorney General, and recoveries from fa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2716 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the owner of self-storage facilities to tow a motor vehicle or boat if an occupant is in default for sixty or more days. Authorizes limits in rental agreements on the liability of the owner of self-service storage facilities based on the m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2145 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that clean, naturally occurring beach sand moved from a beach, stream mouth, or channel to an adjoining beach or littoral cell for purposes of sediment or erosion control or for ecosystem restoration is not a water pollutant for purposes of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2372 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the definition of commercial activity for purposes of DLNR regulation of ocean and coastal recreation activities. Specifies that land-based retail, rental, and activity providers are not subject to DLNR regulation. (HB2372 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1144 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to provide victims of crime with specific rights related to the criminal justice process. (HB1144 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2148 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the sunset date on new approvals and issuances of safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, and incidental take licenses as recovery options for conserving and protecting the State's threatened and endangered species.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1801 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces executive and managerial salaries at the University of Hawaii for fiscal year 2016-2017 to the extent necessary to provide $4,000,000 in the same fiscal year for graduate assistant salaries. Requires a report on the reduction and redistributi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2005 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Health to establish a pilot program to permit two private-pay individuals to be cared for in the same community care foster family home, subject to certain conditions. Requires the Department of Human Services to examine th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2375 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and operate aquatic mitigation banks to restore, create, enhance, or preserve aquatic habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1895 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires insurers to cover contraceptive supplies dispensed in an amount sufficient for a twelve-month period. (HB1895 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2395 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends section 231-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow disclosure of tax return information to the Department of the Attorney General, federal, state, or local officials, and other persons in specified situations; and amends section 235-116, Hawaii...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB656 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to develop disaster-preparedness educational materials and conduct community outreach seminars. (HB656 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1828 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes motor vehicle insurance requirements for transportation network companies and persons who operate or serve as drivers for transportation network companies. Exempts transportation network companies from oversight under the motor carrier la...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2282 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a parent's rights may be terminated if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the child was conceived during an act of rape or sexual assault creating a presumption that termination of parental rights is in the bes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2698 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purposes of building infrastructure and constructing homes on Hawaiian Home Lands. (HB2698 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1659 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows courts to authorize a person or entity, other than an officer of justice, to carry out a search warrant. Allows courts to authorize an officer to obtain technical assistance if the search warrant granted pertains to an electronic device or sto...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
