| HB1727 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires employers to notify employees, when providing their annual wage summary statements, that they may be eligible to receive the federal earned income tax credit. (HB1727 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2351 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes establishment of civil service positions and appropriates associated general and non-general funds to enable Executive Branch departments to provide services to the public with civil service employees rather than through contracting. (HB23...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2738 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii Three-to-six Out-of-school Program for grades kindergarten through twelve. Authorizes the Department of Education to contract with private providers to furnish out-of-school programs for grades kindergarten through twelve, cond...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2299 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides Enterprise Zone incentives for qualified renewable energy technology business activity on real property owned by the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority. Effective February 19, 2022. (HB2299 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2270 | Intro
Sine Die | Restructures the Hawaii Invasive Species Council as the Hawaii Invasive Species Authority, attached administratively to the Department of Agriculture, for the enhancement of the State's invasive species prevention, early detection, rapid response, co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB1688 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii county office of the prosecuting attorney for the career criminal prosecution unit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2718 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes and appropriates funds for the Korean natural farming pilot program to combat various agricultural pests in Hawaii. Repeals on June 30, .
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB2298 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands funding sources to support creative industries development within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Removes all references to the Hawaii Television and Film Development Board. (HB2298 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1621 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the establishment of after-school programs for public middle and intermediate school students. (HB1621 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2650 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the condominium sub-meter working group within DBEDT to examine installing sub-meters in condominiums. (HB2650 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2428 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the University of Hawaii from transferring moneys from its special and revolving funds, or general funds appropriated for other purposes, to fund construction projects that are not explicitly authorized by the Legislature. (HB2428 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2112 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases notary public fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2048 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the HCDA from approving community development plans and permit applications for the Kakaako district without an MOU between the Authority and the developer or owner of the relevant land acknowledging the ownership of adjacent streets and hi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2708 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that qualifying patients and primary caregivers, and government officials and employees, shall not be subject to background checks to enter or remain on the premises of certain medical marijuana facilities for an authorized purpose.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
The committee(s) on HLT/JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB1624 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the auditor to conduct a comprehensive audit of the University of Hawaii system. Makes an appropriation. (HB1624 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Legislative Management Committee |
| HB2385 | 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] | 2016-02-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2390 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds the Department of Public Safety to the exceptions for the use of lie detector tests and psychological tests.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1991 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulates the selection, inspection, and settlement offer process for claim adjusters of homeowners insurance claims.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HB1725 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizes celebrations of Children and Youth Day as an official State event.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Legislative Management Committee |
| HB1792 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it unlawful for a person to sell aquatic life acquired through spearfishing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB2739 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to support the DOE's Student Travel Program. (HB2739 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1788 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to conduct child death reviews and implement a program to perform maternal death reviews. Requires the Department of Health to submit an annual report to the Legislature relating to child and maternal de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2310 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "dependent-beneficiary."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2387 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes misdemeanor offenses under chapter 134 (Firearms, Ammunition and Dangerous Weapons), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the offenses that disqualify parolees from the provisions of Act 139, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1676 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the number of at large members of the Board of Agriculture from four to three and adds a member who is required to be a resident of the City and County of Honolulu. Takes effect January 20, 2050. (HB1676 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1544 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to Pasha Hawaii Holdings, LLC for the redevelopment of Honolulu Harbor, Oahu.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB1746 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires anyone harvesting forest trees or plants for commercial purposes to obtain a license and submit monthly reports to DLNR.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB2692 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a general excise tax exemption for businesses affected by construction from a county mass transit project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB1530 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the University of Hawaii at Manoa to provide its nonsupervisory blue collar employees in collective bargaining unit (1) and supervisory blue collar employees in collective bargaining unit (2), or one of their family members, with tuition wai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2091 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits agricultural tourism uses and activities, including overnight accommodations, in conjunction with bona fide farming operations on agricultural district lands statewide and establishes operational and income requirements. (HB2091 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1549 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a commission on the history and culture of the early settlers of African ancestry and their Hawaiian African descendants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1808 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows medical marijuana production centers to be greenhouses, shade houses, and open-air growing operations, provided that they are not visible from any thoroughfare.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
The committee(s) on HLT/JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2518 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the business mitigation relief pilot program to assist businesses and commercial property owners negatively impacted by the construction of the rail project. Establishes guidelines and procedures for financial assistance through the progr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB2379 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to limit commercial use of state ocean waters where it is reasonable for environmental or user safety considerations to do so.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB2143 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes HISC to adopt rules to change its invasive species list. Authorizes an agent of HISC to enter private property, under specific conditions, to control or eradicate invasive species. (HB2143 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2709 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of health to issue a receipt that shall serve as a temporary registration certificate for the medical use of marijuana upon receipt of a written certification form completed by or on behalf of a qualifying patient. Increases p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
The committee(s) on HLT/JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2332 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the Joint Formulary Advisory Committee established under chapter 457, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and allows the Board of Nursing to determine the exclusionary formulary for qualified advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HB1573 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies county zoning authority by distinguishing single-family residential use from single-family vacation rental use and allowing amortization by ordinance for single-family transient vacation rentals over a reasonable period. (HB1573 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2132 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits denying a student a meal for the first: (1) thirty days of a semester while the student's application for free or reduced lunch is being processed; or (2) week the student's meal fund balance is zero or negative. Authorizes DOE to adopt rul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1546 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals provisions exempting electric vehicles from the payment of parking fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB2014 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires employers to keep a record of the former physical addresses and current physical address of the employer and the North American Industry Classification System code applicable to the employer. (HB2014 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2404 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for a federal inspection station at Kona International Airport at Keahole. (HB2404 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1906 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes certain unnecessary and redundant reporting responsibilities of the family courts and the Department of Human Services in cases where temporary restraining orders are sought for alleged domestic abuse involving a family or household member wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2360 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifies that the nursing member on the Hawaii Healthcare Workforce Advisory Board (Board) is the Director of the Hawaii State Center for Nursing and that the Hawaii/Pacific Basin Education Center member is the director of the University of Hawaii J...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2361 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation to replenish funds in the Premium Supplementation Trust Fund to cover the costs of health care expenses for eligible employees and for premium supplementation for employers that are entitled to premium supplementation under the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2454 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers administration of the licensing and regulation program for private trade, vocational, and technical schools from the department of education to the department of commerce and consumer affairs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HB1637 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys for the University of Hawaii to hire six additional staff attorneys. (HB1637 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2621 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the counties in which medical marijuana dispensary licenses are authorized to apply for a license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2176 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a Maunalua Bay task force to study and develop recommendations for a Maunalua Bay master plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To House Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB1863 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensures that any surplus proceeds from an association foreclosure be paid to junior creditors and the former owner of the condominium instead of first being paid to the first mortgage holder.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Woodson, Belatti, Brower, Creagan, Hashem, C. Lee, Nakashima, Takayama, Fukumoto Chang; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Har, San Buenaventura; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Kawakami, Oshiro, Yamane, McDermott. |
