HI Legislation | 2016 | Regular Session | Senate

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB2077	Veto	Authorizes HHSC employees facing position abolishment, reduction-in-force, or workforce restructuring to opt to receive either severance benefits or a special retirement benefit in lieu of exercising any reduction-in-force rights. Requires the State ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-28 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 4) motion to override veto that was approved and carried by a 2/3 vote by the members of the Senate.
SB2583	Pass	Mandates the counties to approve the installation and use of composting toilets in areas that are inaccessible to municipal wastewater systems. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-13 Act 239, on 07/12/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348).
SB2547	Pass	Requires the auditor to periodically review certain exemptions, exclusions, and credits under the general excise and use taxes, public service company tax, and insurance premium tax. Takes effect on 07/01/2017. (SB2547 CD1 Proposed) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-13 Act 261, on 07/12/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1370).
SB2408	Pass	Adopts Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act. Establishes procedures and remedies for use in actions for partition of real property involving heirs property, real property held in tenancy in common that meets certain requirements. Effective 1/1/201... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-13 Act 260, on 07/12/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1369).
SB2731	Pass	Clarifies that developers of certain projects are subject to school impact fees, even when the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation or a corresponding county agency participates in the development of the projects. Provides that in urban... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-13 Act 237, on 07/12/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346).
SB2557	Pass	Expands the concussion educational program established under Act 197, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, and incorporates additional concussion protocol program requirements. Appropriates funds to develop and implement the concussion monitoring and educati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-13 Act 262, on 07/12/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1371).
SB2559	Pass	Establishes minimum requirements for emergency shelters. Requires homeless shelter stipends to be paid for achievement of performance measures. Repeals the automatic annual adjustment of homeless shelter stipend amounts. Revises existing provisions o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-12 Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 234, 07/11/2016, (Gov. Msg. No. 1343).
SB2542	Pass	Establishes a full funding policy and budgetary procedures for routine repair and maintenance of state-owned buildings, facilities, and improvements, including Judiciary-owned facilities. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-12 Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 233, 07/11/2016, (Gov. Msg. No. 1342).
SB3102	Veto	Requires DBEDT to develop, and state agencies to enter into, inter-agency agreements without entering into a memorandum of agreement or memorandum of understanding. Establishes the high-growth grant program and special fund to provide grants to quali... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-11 Vetoed on 07/11/2016 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1337).
SB2630	Pass	Authorizes Hawaii Correctional Industries to sell inmate-made products and services on the open market to the general public. Repeals the prohibition of the sale of such products on the open market. Requires Department of Business, Economic Developme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-08 Act 227, 07/07/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329).
SB2659	Pass	Establishes an industrial hemp pilot program to allow the cultivation of industrial hemp and distribution of its seed in Hawaii through limited activities by licensee-agents of the board of agriculture for purposes of agricultural or academic researc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-08 Act 228, 07/07/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1330).
SB2395	Pass	Requires the State's medicaid managed care and fee-for-service programs to cover services provided through telehealth. Specifies that any telehealth services provided shall be consistent with all federal and state privacy, security, and confidentiali... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-08 Act 226, 07/07/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1328).
SB2849	Pass	Clarifies the escrow depositories law by: adding definitions; authorizing the commissioner of financial institutions to use NMLS for its escrow depositories program; adding criminal history record check and disclosure requirements to licensure and ch... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-07 Act 224, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326).
SB2922	Pass	Provides a measure for extending the reporting date of the 2015-2017 tax review commission and appropriates funds for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the commission. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-07 Act 222, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1324).
SB2550	Pass	Requires the Office of the Governor to prepare a federal funding policy study for the State of Hawaii. Requires an interim report to be submitted before the 2017 Regular Session and the final study to be submitted before the 2018 Regular Session. Mak... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-07 Act 225, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1327).
SB2811	Pass	Provides that parental rights may be terminated if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the child was conceived as a result of a sexual assault. Creates a presumption that termination of parental rights is in the best interest... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-07 Act 213, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315).
SB2915	Pass	Updates the Uniform Controlled Substances Act to make it consistent with amendments in federal controlled substances law. Clarifies existing definitions to be consistent with federal controlled substance law; and adds new definitions to allow the use... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-07 Act 218, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1320).
SB2987	Pass	Extends the annual $103,000,000 allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the counties for fiscal year 2016-2017. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-07 Act 223, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1325).
SB2652	Pass	Establishes a 5-year renewable fuels production tax credit applicable to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2016. Repeals the ethanol facility tax credit. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-06 Act 202, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304).
SB2319	Pass	Requires health insurers in the State, including health benefits plans under the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund and Medicaid managed care programs, to cover reimbursement for contraceptive supplies intended to last for up to a twelv... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-06 Act 205, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1307).
SB2317	Pass	Requires the Department of Health to submit annual reports to the Legislature relating to child and maternal deaths and death reviews in the State. Requires, upon written request from the Director of Health, all providers of health care or social ser... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-06 Act 203, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1305).
SB2904	Pass	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. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-06 Act 211, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313).
SB2375	Pass	Establishes speed limits for the Daniel K. Inouye highway of sixty miles-per-hour beginning at mile marker 12 and forty-five miles-per-hour or any other speed limit as determined by law beginning at the Pohakuloa training area and ending one-half mil... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 197, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299).
SB2896	Pass	Allows the Hawaii Labor Relations Board the option of serving complaints and notices of hearings via first class mail or by electronic means. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 191, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293).
SB3084	Pass	Amends the cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection income tax credit by making it available for cesspools within a tax map key area in which more than one residence is connected to a large-capacity cesspool. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 182, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284).
SB2384	Pass	Requires the department of health to: (1) conduct unannounced visits and inspections, including inspections for relicensing and recertification, for certain state-licensed or state-certified care facilities beginning on July 1, 2019, and unannounced ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 184, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286).
SB2672	Pass	Amends various statutes to clarify the role of advanced practice registered nurses with regards to their authority and participation in the health care system. Amends definitions in the statutes to conform with the duties and responsibilities of adva... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 183, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285).
SB2886	Pass	Reduces barriers to accessing mental health services for minors by lowering the age of consent to receive treatment and services, other than prescription medication or out-of-home or residential treatment, from eighteen years of age to fourteen years... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 181, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283).
SB911	Pass	Prohibits the use of latex gloves by personnel working in food establishments or by personnel providing ambulance services or emergency medical services beginning on 1/1/2017. Prohibits the use of latex gloves, with limited exceptions, by personnel w... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 180, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282).
SB2888	Pass	Ensures the timely administration of mental health examinations. Separates examination for fitness to proceed from examinations to determine capacity for penal responsibility. Clarifies the procedure after a finding of unfit to proceed to reevaluate ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 198, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1300).
SB2289	Pass	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. Deletes anachronistic provision pertaining to ins... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 190, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1292).
SB2476	Pass	Enhances early intervention language services for children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. Requires the DOH, DOE, and Executive Office on Early Learning to establish a working group for the purposes of investigating issues related to re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 177, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279).
SB2723	Pass	Amends the monetary penalties for contractors who violate wages and hours laws. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 192, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294).
SB2387	Pass	Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, requires a child to provide written documentation of a physical examination performed within twelve months prior to attending seventh grade at a public school. Requires DOH to provide information to assist st... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 185, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287).
SB2645	Pass	Requires the commission on water resource management to establish a program to provide technical assistance to the counties and public water systems to implement standardized water audits of public water systems. Makes an appropriation. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 169, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1271).
SB2618	Pass	Requires the department of transportation to conduct a feasibility study of establishing an interisland and intra-island ferry system. Makes an appropriation for the study. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 196, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1298).
SB2217	Pass	Appropriates funds for operation, repair, maintenance, and improvement costs for the East Kauai Irrigation System by the East Kauai Water Users' Cooperative. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 174, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276).
SB2788	Pass	Amends eligibility requirements for membership on the Molokai Irrigation System Water Users Advisory Board. Makes agents, officers, and employees of system users eligible and removes requirement that members be an active general excise tax licensee. ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 175, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1277).
SB2560	Pass	Requires and appropriates funds for the department of health to provide treatment and care for homeless individuals with serious and persistent mental health challenges as a part of its comprehensive mental health system. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-07-01 Act 186, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288).
SB2680	Pass	Clarifies and addresses inconsistencies within the fee schedule for financial institutions in chapter 412, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Repeals the credit union advisory board. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-30 Act 149, 06/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251).
SB2671	Pass	Beginning 7/1/2018, establishes requirements for the regulation of veterinary technicians and the practice of veterinary technology. Establishes registration requirements and limitations on use of titles for veterinary technicians. Appropriates funds... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-30 Act 147, 06/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1249).
SB2853	Pass	Adopts the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Model Act. Applies certain requirements for risk-based capital provisions, severability, and notice provisions to risk retention ca... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-30 Act 140, on 06/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242).
SB2551	Pass	Requires the judiciary to submit an annual report to the legislature on the judiciary's management of non-general funds and administratively created accounts or funds. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-30 Act 166, 06/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1268).
SB2863	Pass	Authorizes the issuance of a citation for specific violations of massage therapy laws or rules by licensees. Establishes a process for licensees to contest the citation. Provides for the assessment of fines for each violation. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-30 Act 146, 06/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248).
SB2878	Pass	Extends the application deadline for financial assistance for higher education available to foster or former foster youth, clarifies that financial assistance is for related higher education costs, and clarifies eligibility and program requirements o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-30 Act 134, on 06/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1236).
SB2833	Pass	Increases funding for affordable rental housing development by making the State Low-Income Housing Tax Credit more valuable. Reduces State Tax Credit period from ten to five years. Repeals 12/31/2021. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-30 Act 129, on 06/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1231).
SB2566	Pass	Transfers excess moneys from the rental assistance revolving fund to the rental housing revolving fund. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-30 Act 128, on 06/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1230).
SB2512	Pass	Establishes penalties for the offense of pet animal or equine animal desertion. Imposes a fine not exceeding $1,000 for each desertion of each pet animal and equine animal and a fine not exceeding $2,000 for each recklessly caused death of or substan... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-30 Act 165, 06/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1267).
SB2106	Pass	Increases the per diem payments for out-of-state witnesses in criminal cases. Increases the per diem payment supplement for witnesses from any island other than the island on which the court is located, when that witness is required to stay overnight... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-30 Act 159, 06/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261).
SB2076	Pass	Establishes a durable medical equipment supplier license program for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and related supplies through the office of health care assurance. Allows license fees to be deposited into the office... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-30 Act 137, on 06/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239).