HI Legislation | 2016 | Regular Session | Bills | Passed

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB2807	Pass	Consolidates the Office of Information Management and Technology and the Information and Communication Services Division of the Department of Accounting and General Services, including all related information technology functions, in the Office of En... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-08 Act 058, on 06/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159).
HB2362	Pass	Conforms the State Workforce Development Council Law to new federal requirements in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, which supersedes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. (HB2362 CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-08 Act 057, on 06/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1158).
HB2217	Pass	Repeals various sections of the real property tax laws for the purpose of deleting obsolete and unnecessary provisions. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-08 Act 052, on 06/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1153).
SB3110	Pass	Requires that the fiscal year 2015-2016 appropriation to DBEDT for HTDC to provide grants to businesses with a federal small business innovation research phase II or III award shall lapse by June 30, 2017, and not at the end of fiscal year 2015-2016.... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-08 Act 066, on 06/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167).
HB2415	Pass	Repeals the Kapolei recreational sports complex special fund, reclassifies the prepaid airport use charge fund to a trust fund, and abolishes the photo enforcement revolving fund. Transfers the remaining unencumbered balances to the general fund. (SD... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-08 Act 061, on 06/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1162).
SB2555	Pass	Appropriates funds into the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund for fiscal year 2015-2016 to comply with Article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution, which requires, under certain economic conditions, that the legislature provide a tax cre... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-08 Act 064, on 06/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165).
SB2121	Pass	Repeals the June 30, 2016, sunset date of limited statutory exemptions from open meeting requirements which permit county council members to attend public meetings of other boards or community groups. Requires the county councils to submit annual rep... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-08 Act 056, on 06/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1157).
SB2213	Pass	Continues the nursing facility sustainability program for one additional year. Appropriates funds out of the nursing facility sustainability program special fund for fiscal year 2016-2017. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-08 Act 059, on 06/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1160).
HB2033	Pass	Allows the Director of Health to appoint a designee to serve as an ex officio voting member on the Commission on Water Resource Management. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-08 Act 054, on 06/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1155).
HB2448	Pass	Amends various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-08 Act 055, on 06/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1156).
SB3109	Pass	Requires that the fiscal year 2015-2016 appropriation to HTDC for the manufacturing development program shall lapse by 6/30/17 and not at the end of fiscal year 2015-2016. Appropriates funds for the manufacturing development program for the 2016-2017... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-08 Act 065, on 06/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1166).
SB2330	Pass	Extends the hospital sustainability program for an additional year. Amends the purposes for which moneys in the hospital sustainability program special fund, may be used. Amends the assessment schedule, scope of application, and rates of the hospital... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-06-08 Act 060, on 06/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1161).
SB2836	Pass	Authorizes and appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items for Collective Bargaining Unit 14 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-11 Act 050, 05/10/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1151).
SB3126	Pass	Provides for air conditioning, heat abatement, and related energy efficiency measures at public schools by appropriating general funds to the DOE for these projects. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-11 Act 047, 05/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1148).
HB2308	Pass	Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit (11) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fisca... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-11 Act 049, 05/10/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1150).
SB2835	Pass	To provide fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for collective bargaining unit (8) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit r... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-11 Act 051, 05/10/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1152).
HB1581	Pass	Requires decisions in contested case hearings of the commission on water resource management, land use commission, public utilities commission, Hawaii community development authority, and those involving conservation districts to be appealed directly... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-11 Act 048, 05/10/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1149).
SB2315	Pass	Exempts from jury duty a woman who is breastfeeding or expressing breast milk for a period of two years from the birth of the child. (SB2315 HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-04 Act 046, 05/03/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1147).
SB2552	Pass	Repeals and abolishes various non-general funds and accounts, as recommended by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 15-17, and transfers unencumbered balances. Requires the Department of Health to conduct a study on the distribution of revenues deriv... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 043, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1143).
SB2675	Pass	Authorizes the Board of Dental Examiners, Hawaii Medical Board, Board of Nursing, and Board of Pharmacy to deny a license to an applicant or impose disciplinary action against a licensee who has been disciplined by another state or a federal agency. ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 038, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1138).
SB2383	Pass	Repeals the Hawaii Health Connector (Connector) as part of the transition to a federally supported, state-based exchange. Specifies that any debts and liabilities of the Connector remain that of the Connector and do not constitute the debts and liabi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 044, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1144).
SB2660	Pass	Removes the sunset date of Act 119, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, as amended, thereby making permanent the voluntary deregistration process for fee non-time share interests. (HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 039, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1139).
SB2914	Pass	Amends procedures and criteria for involuntary medical treatment of inmates and detainees in correctional facilities by court order. (SB2914 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 035, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1135).
SB2912	Pass	Aligns state programs with nationally recognized best practices in the assessment, evaluation, treatment, and supervision of adult and certain juvenile sex offenders. Identifies the coordinating body for the sex offender treatment program as the "Sex... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 036, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1136).
SB2553	Pass	Repeals and transfers the unencumbered balances of various non-general funds and accounts recommended by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 15-19. (SB2553 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 042, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1142).
SB2565	Pass	Repeals the state housing sales program of the Hawaii public housing authority. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 041, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1141).
SB2916	Pass	Includes misdemeanor offenses under chapter 134, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to firearms, ammunition, and dangerous weapons, to the offenses that disqualify retaken and reimprisoned parolees from provisions regarding reincarceration and credit ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 034, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1134).
SB2921	Pass	Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2015, and makes technical, nonsubstantive amendments. (SB2921 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 033, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1133).
SB2163	Pass	Allows notice of a water pollution and solid waste pollution violation to be given via a posting on a searchable government website and a sign conspicuously posted on the property, if appropriate, when attempts to serve the notice in person and by ma... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 045, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145).
SB2906	Pass	Removes 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. Requires a biennial report. (S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 037, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137).
SB2607	Pass	Limits the ways in which the operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application working with the Department of Education can use student data. (SB2607 HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-05-02 Act 040, 04/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1140).
HB2416	Pass	Repeals chapter 201N, HRS, relating to the REFSP. Deposits proceeds in the renewable energy facility siting special fund into the general fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-28 Act 027, 04/27/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1127).
SB2333	Pass	Permits marriage and family therapists licensed pursuant to chapter 451J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to use the title "licensed marriage and family therapist". Makes conforming amendments. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-28 Act 029, 04/28/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129).
SB2107	Pass	Amends the definition of "pen register" to include cell phones and other communications devices among those that the numbers transmitted to and from may be recorded. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-28 Act 028, 04/28/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1128).
HB939	Pass	Clarifies that amendments to birth records that change parenthood shall not be conducted through the Uniform Information Practices Act procedures to correct personal records, but must be pursuant to a court order of appropriate jurisdiction or other ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-28 Act 026, 04/27/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1126).
SB2841	Pass	Confirms that employer contributions to the Employees' Retirement System may be made in advance or on a monthly basis. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-28 Act 031, 04/28/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1131).
SB2838	Pass	Repeals certain restrictions on investments that can be made by the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-28 Act 030, 04/28/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1130).
SB2887	Pass	Amends the definition of "developmental disabilities" in section 333F-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include children from birth to age 9 who have a substantial developmental delay or specific congenital or acquired condition and without services and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-28 Act 032, 04/28/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132).
SB2256	Pass	Authorizes issuance of driver's licenses with the notation of "veteran" for persons who are veterans of the Korean conflict and persons who served in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea, who fought under the command of the United Nations led by... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-26 Act 024, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124).
SB305	Pass	Prohibits the use of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices on the premises of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation facilities. (SB305 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-26 Act 025, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1125).
SB2813	Pass	Requires the courts to provide information relating to adult guardianships to the Hawaii criminal justice data center to disclose to the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Instant Criminal Background Check System database for gun control purpos... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-26 Act 019, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119).
SB2885	Pass	Authorizes the use of birth defects data for education of health care providers to reduce morbidity or mortality and to increase physicians' knowledge of resources available for families of persons with birth defects. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-26 Act 020, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1120).
SB2873	Pass	Amends section 346-231, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to address inconsistencies in statutory requirements regarding orders for immediate protection; and allows the Department of Human Services discretion when to seek an order for immediate protection of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-26 Act 022, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1122).
SB2862	Pass	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]	2016-04-26 Act 018, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118).
SB2934	Pass	Ensures driver license procedures are compliant with the REAL ID Act. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-26 Act 015, on 04/25/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115).
SB2312	Pass	Expands the definition of the term "sexual conduct" as that term is used in the offenses of promoting child abuse to include specific types of conduct. Amends the definition of "sexual conduct" as that term is used in the offenses of promoting child ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-26 Act 016, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116).
SB2874	Pass	Repeals section 346-47 and amends sections 457A-1.5, 457A-2, and 457A-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to delete references to the Department of Human Services as licensing or certifying health care settings; and deletes references to the Department of Hu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-26 Act 021, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1121).
SB2511	Pass	Includes the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism as a permanent member on the Broadband Assistance Advisory Council. Ensures a member from each county is represented through appointment on the council. Authorizes the chair of the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-26 Act 023, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1123).
SB2341	Pass	Makes permanent the regulation of respiratory therapists under chapter 466D, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-26 Act 014, on 04/25/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114).
SB2775	Pass	Authorizes the State to submit and implement a waiver from certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2016-04-26 Act 013, on 04/25/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113).