| SB2353 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires new developments to plan for the impacts of projected sea level rise and prohibits development in areas significantly affected by projected sea level rise. Transitions to long-term annual shoreline erosion based setbacks or setbacks using ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2719 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a fiscal impact statement for any proposed legislation that calls for an appropriation or results in significant fiscal changes for the State. Prohibits hearings on certain bills and resolutions without a fiscal impact statement prepared by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2311 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies 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 who is a minor or incapacitated pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2586 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of education to provide public school students with a whole child education curriculum, air conditioning in certain classrooms, and decrease class size. Requires sufficient allocation of special education teachers and provides...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2739 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires electric utilities and electricity cooperatives to comply with certain priority preferences in planning energy storage system changes and to submit deployment plans to the PUC for approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Transportation and Energy 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 |
| SB2589 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of education to support a program of study for students to gain vocational and technical training. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means 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 |
| SB2538 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the court may appoint one or three qualified examiners to review the fitness of a criminal defendant to proceed in a felony case. Establishes criteria for determining the number of examiners to appoint. Amends statute formatting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor 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 |
| SB2593 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of education to establish a declining balance debit card system for purchases by teachers at each public school. Clarifies that purchases on the debit card are limited to classroom and curriculum supplies. Makes an appropriati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2595 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission's Executive Director to dismiss a discrimination complaint and issue a notice of right to sue after a determination of a reasonable cause of discrimination is made and conciliation fails. Authorizes the C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means 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 |
| SB2022 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DBEDT, in collaboration with UHERO, to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of Hawaii residents traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
The committee on EET deferred the measure. |
| 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 |
| SB2908 | 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 Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture 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 |
| SB2872 | Intro
Sine Die | Brings state law into alignment with changes to federal law regarding the Child Care and Development Block Grant, Public Law 113-186. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish minimum health and safety requirements for child care provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor 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 |
| SB3107 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the department of business, economic development, and tourism to conduct an economic assessment study on the development and economic viability of a small satellite launch and processing facility on the island of Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means 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 |
| SB2525 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the definitions of "attachment hardware", "dealer", "manufacturer", and "motor vehicle" in the motor vehicle industry licensing act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health 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 |
| SB1298 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys in fiscal year 2016-2017 to the office of elections, senate, and house of representatives for duties needed to be undertaken to enable registered voters to vote at the 2016 general election on state constitutional amendments propo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| 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 |
| SB2579 | Intro
Sine Die | Designates certain state waters surrounding the north coast from Kalaupapa to Halawa head of the island of Molokai as the Molokai Community-Based Fishing Area.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture 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 |
| SB2098 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that medical health professionals who are employed by the State receive a qualified immunity from personal liability when exercising their governmental discretion as employees of the State when acting in the course and scope of their state ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB2358 | Intro
Sine Die | Beginning July 1, 2016, requires that all state and county agency contracts that include disposal of liquid or solid waste to provide a receipt that the waste was received and disposed of at a licensed facility before full or partial payment is made ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means 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 |
| SB2592 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits public school student participation in standardized tests, prohibits the use of standardized tests scores for evaluation purposes, and authorizes standardized testing exemptions. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means 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 |
| SB2513 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to support three additional inspector positions on the island of Oahu within the department of agriculture's pesticides branch.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2927 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that any license issued under section 237-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, be renewed annually; permits the department to charge a fee for annual renewals; and permits the department to require annual renewals be applied for online.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2097 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires department of public safety corrections division to conduct a water scalping feasibility study for Halawa correctional facility and, if funds are available, authorizes development of a process design for the processing portion of the impleme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means 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 |
| SB3088 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits hydroelectric facilities on agricultural district lands that are considered small hydropower facilities under federal law. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means 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 |
| SB2509 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits state low-income housing units from being passed along from one individual to another. Requires unemployed tenants, except elders and individuals with a disability, who live in state low-income housing to perform community service or enroll...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor 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. |
| SB3049 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes requirements for financing, lease, or sale agreements for solar energy devices, including the buyer's or lessee's signature, a cancellation period, payment or financing details, disclosure of tax obligations, disclosure of maintenance and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| 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 |
