| HB2191 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation to fund the State Building Code Council's administrative expenses. Requires the Council to develop plans and strategies to secure long-term dedicated funding for Council operations. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-05
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB2234 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the auditor to conduct a management audit to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the disease outbreak control division of the department of health in the division's response to the 2015 outbreak of dengue fever on the island of Hawa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-05
The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2577 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires patient approval prior to the delivery of any medical services through telehealth. Prohibits health insurance companies from limiting the setting where telehealth services are provided or requiring in-person contact between a patient and phy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-05
The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB1806 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises language pertaining to penal responsibility and mental health. Provides courts with discretion to appoint one mental health examiner, rather than three, to evaluate a felony defendant's mental fitness to proceed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-05
The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2450 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii apprentice hunting license program. Provides for the issuance of a Hawaii apprentice hunting license to program participants. Establishes requirements for program participation. Exempts holder of an apprentice license from taki...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-05
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB2507 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes refundable income tax credits for the development and manufacturing of photovoltaic storage batteries and electric vehicle storage batteries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-05
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB2061 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation to the department of health to hire more vector control employees and reestablish a vector control branch.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-05
The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2575 | Intro
Sine Die | Simplifies the renewable portfolio standards law by establishing maximum fossil fuel standards instead. Allows the Public Utilities Commission to establish reasonable interim percentages, variances, and penalties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
The committee(s) on EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2243 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes the prohibition on county requirements for automatic fire sprinklers or systems in certain residential properties and agricultural and aquacultural structures permanent. Requires contractors to provide residential purchasers with written materi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2743 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DOH to implement standards consistent with federal regulations for the installation, operation, maintenance, and inspection of release prevention systems for all metal underground storage tanks and tank systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
The committee(s) on EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB1841 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulates youth sports coaches by requiring an annual permit from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Human Services Committee |
| HB1984 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes affordable employee housing for employees in the agricultural district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB2097 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to coordinate with the Office of Planning and work in conjunction with the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation when developing a public housing project on property within one-half mile of a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Housing Committee |
| HB1971 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates and implements a silver alert program to alert the public of any missing senior citizen with an impaired mental condition, to be operated concurrently with the Maile Amber Alert program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Human Services Committee |
| HB2236 | Intro
Sine Die | Replaces the current renewable energy technology systems tax credit with tax credits for solar energy property, wind energy property, and energy storage property. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HB2674 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a two-year Agricultural Theft Pilot Project in the Department of Agriculture to focus on investigating and prosecuting agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism in the county of Hawaii. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agricult...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB1721 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the construction of a correctional facility at the Halawa Correctional Facility site to replace the existing OCCC. Requires a study on the feasibility of State redevelopment of the land that is currently occupied by OCCC. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Public Safety Committee |
| HB2770 | Intro
Sine Die | Incorporates the principles of environmental justice and the precautionary principle into the environmental review process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
The committee(s) on EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB1596 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the invasive species rapid response special fund within DLNR. Establishes procedures for emergency declarations and expenditures. Appropriates moneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB1693 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the household income level and unit availability eligibility requirements for the provision of low-income housing and mixed-income rental project loans and grants made from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund. (HB1693 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Housing Committee |
| HB2045 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits subdivisions of agricultural district lands to no more than five lots if the fee simple interest in any of the lots is being sold or otherwise transferred to anyone within the second degree of consanguinity of the landowner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB726 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the Hawaii Health Connector. (HB726 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1986 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of human services to target youths who live in public housing who are at risk of engaging in gang activities or joining gangs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Human Services Committee |
| HB2275 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds up to $10,000,000 to assist Big Island Dairy LLC for the planning, design, and construction of new milking facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB1832 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the dissemination of information from the juvenile justice information system to law enforcement agencies for purposes of the administration of law enforcement and law enforcement agency employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Human Services Committee |
| HB1575 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys to the county of Kauai to purchase properties to ensure the availability of affordable rental housing on the east side of the island of Kauai.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1962 | Intro
Sine Die | Restores the allocation of conveyance tax collections to the rental housing revolving fund to 50 percent. (HB1962 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB1845 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows outside food to be served in Department of Education cafeterias on special occasions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
To House Education Committee |
| HB2339 | Intro
Sine Die | Lowers the required blood quantum to one-thirty second Hawaiian for the lessee's relatives currently eligible to succeed to a lease with one-thirty second Hawaiian including a lessee's husband, wife, children, grandchildren, brothers or sisters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
The committee(s) on OMH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2665 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill relating to science and innovation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB182 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for an administrative fine for a failure to file a statement or report, or the negligent filing of a false statement that are required by chapter 97. (HD182 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2230 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires hosting platforms that offer or advertise a residential unit on the Internet for transient occupancy to report certain information annually to the DCCA. Provides for administrative fine to be deposited into the compliance resolution fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
The committee(s) on TOU recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2430 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires dentist, physician, osteopathic physician, physician assistant, nurse, and pharmacist licensee applicants who have had a license, permit, or ability to practice suspended in another jurisdiction to undergo a hearing to show cause why suspens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
To House Health Committee |
| HB1616 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the total county allocation under the TAT to fund lifeguard and emergency medical services personnel positions in the counties. Repeals the emergency medical services special fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
The committee(s) on TOU recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB1570 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DOH to implement a pilot project to monitor radiation levels in consumer seafood and seaweed products over the next 5 years and to post periodic reports on its website. Makes an appropriation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
The committee(s) on OMH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB1565 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes a record of complaint as a type of information that is subject to disclosure as a public document.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HB2699 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires unaccredited institutions to post a bond along with their application for registration with the department of commerce and consumer affairs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
To House Higher Education Committee |
| HB953 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the amount of guaranteed monthly compensation required to exempt an individual from minimum wage, overtime, and record keeping requirements under the Hawaii Wage and Hour Law. (HB953 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1666 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of education for two alternative schools to provide ongoing education to juveniles involved in the justice system or at risk of involvement in the justice system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB629 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Program within the Division of Aquatic Resources of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). Establishes criminal and administrative penalties. Allows DLNR to establish a fee sche...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2052 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the establishment of a special innovative procurement process when it is advantageous to the State to use the process to procure new or unique requirements of the State or new technologies, or to achieve best value.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB1701 | Intro
Sine Die | In child custody and visitation proceedings involving an allegation or history of family violence: 1) requires family courts to first hold an evidentiary hearing on the issue of family violence; 2) requires child custody evaluators to have qualificat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2123 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a member of the employees' retirement system who first earned credited service as a judge after June 30, 2016, and has at least twelve years of credited service and attained the normal retirement age, or has at least twenty-five years o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB1694 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets aside funds from marriage licenses granted by agents in each judicial circuit for the Spouse and Child Abuse Special Account for the training of family court judges on domestic violence or child abuse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB1740 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires physicians practicing in Hawaii to accept Medicare patients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
To House Health Committee |
| HB1724 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to establish and operate a comprehensive support service center for disadvantaged individuals and families seeking transitional support services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2411 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that certain sections of the State Ethics Code shall not apply to technology transfer activities. Requires such activities to comply with the regulatory framework and research compliance program approved by the Board of Regents. Requires wr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
To House Higher Education Committee |
| HB2474 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires contracts for construction on public lands to comply with wage and hour requirements set forth in chapter 104, HRS.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB1995 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the PUC to establish preferential rates for the purchase of energy that is used or consumed for agricultural activities. Requires the PUC to require electric and gas utilities to develop energy storage technology incentive programs to provid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB1619 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes athletic coaches and athletic assistant coaches employed by the University of Hawaii from collective bargaining.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
To House Higher Education Committee |
