HI Legislation | 2017 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB951	Pass	Updates the State's mortgage loan origination law to clarify: persons subject to criminal history disclosures and criminal history background checks on applications for licensure and change in control of the licensee; procedures for change in control... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-11 Act 150, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251).
SB935	Pass	Authorizes the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to employ staff through the civil service system. Appropriates funds. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-11 Act 145, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246).
SB948	Pass	Revises the Division of Financial Institution's exemption from the general prohibition against departmental employment or retention of attorneys by removing the reference to mortgage loan recovery fund actions. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-11 Act 149, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250).
SB1006	Pass	Clarifies the situs of property where the property is held by the decedent through a single member limited liability company that has not elected to be taxed as a corporation. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-11 Act 156, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257).
SB1171	Pass	Identifies certain circumstances under which the State has a compelling interest in the disclosure, use, and production of de-identified protected health information under the Health Care Privacy Harmonization Act; provided that the information has b... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-11 Act 157, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258).
SB562	Veto	Requires the Attorney General to defend any civil action against the county based on negligence, wrongful act, or omission of a county lifeguard for services at a designated state beach park under an agreement between the State and a county. (SB562 H... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-11 Vetoed on 07-11-17 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1269).
SB946	Pass	Updates the existing authority of the department of commerce and consumer affairs to adjust licensing fees, subject to the approval of the governor, to include licensing regulatory areas not currently referenced in section 92-28, Hawaii Revised Statu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-11 Act 147, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248).
SB947	Pass	Authorizes the issuance of a citation for specific violations of beauty culture laws by licensees and permittees. Sets forth a process for licensees and permittees to contest the citation and provides for the assessment of fines for each violation. (... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-11 Act 148, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1249).
SB1227	Pass	Makes permanent the affirmation requirement and form that is filed by an attorney on behalf of a mortgagee who is seeking to foreclose on a residential property under a judicial foreclosure action. Repeals the affirmation requirement of an attorney w... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-11 Act 158, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1259).
SB984	Pass	Amends the definition of "physician" in Workers' Compensation Law to include advanced practice registered nurses. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-11 Act 153, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254).
SB997	Pass	Updates the Uniform Controlled Substances Act to make it consistent with amendments in federal controlled substances law as required under the authority to schedule controlled substances. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-11 Act 155, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1256).
SB545	Pass	Creates and appropriates money to a temporary commission on the thirteenth festival of pacific arts to plan for the historic event to be held in Honolulu from June 11 to June 27, 2020. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-10 Act 104, 07/06/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1205).
SB133	Pass	Requires EUTF's actuary to prepare a valuation report annually. Requires the annual valuation to include an update of assumptions specific to the EUTF, as deemed necessary by the actuary, at least once in a three-year period. Reduces the maximum peri... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-07 Act 093, 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1194).
SB1002	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, 2016. (SB1002 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-07 Act 095, 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1196).
SB715	Pass	Adds the Executive Director of the Hawaii Community Development Authority and the Executive Director of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to the Special Action Team on Affordable Rental Housing. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-07 Act 096, 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1197).
SB194	Pass	Authorizes the Department of Health and Department of Education to accept the results of any tuberculosis blood test approved by the Food and Drug Administration and recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for purposes of a cert... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-07 Act 094, 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195).
SB902	Pass	Changes the name of the High Technology Development Corporation to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Changes all references in Chapter 206M, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from "high technology" to "technology." Repeals the Hawaii Software Ser... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-06 Act 069, 07/03/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1170).
SB513	Pass	Authorizes pharmacists to prescribe and dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptive supplies to patients regardless of a previous prescription, subject to specified education and procedural requirements. Enables pharmacists to be reimbursed for... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-06 Act 067, 07/03/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1168).
SB514	Pass	Authorizes pharmacists to administer the human papillomavirus, Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis), meningococcal, or influenza vaccine to persons between eleven and seventeen years of age. Specifies requirements pharmacists must meet prior to admi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-06 Act 068, 07/03/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1169).
SB505	Pass	Requires prescribing healthcare providers to adopt and maintain policies for informed consent to opioid therapy in circumstances that carry elevated risk of dependency. Establishes limits for concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions. Clarif... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-07-06 Act 066, 07/03/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167).
SB885	Pass	Permits the Comptroller to acquire risk management, investigative, claims adjustment, actuarial, and other services on a fixed fee basis. Exempts a broker submitting a proposal in response to a fixed fee solicitation by the Comptroller and the broker... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-26 Act 062, 06/23/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163).
SB611	Pass	Extends the prohibition on county requirements for automatic sprinklers or sprinkler systems in one- and two-family detached dwelling units and non-residential agricultural and aquacultural structures located outside urban areas. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-23 Act 053, on 06/22/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1153).
SB718	Pass	Establishes a community court outreach project in the City and County of Honolulu, subject to the availability of funds. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-23 Act 055, on 06/22/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1155).
SB850	Pass	Requires the Chief Information Officer to identify the information technology projects of the executive branch, including DOE and UH, that shall be subject to independent verification and validation. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-22 Act 037, 06/19/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137).
SB1016	Pass	Temporarily exempts the Department of Transportation and its contractors from certain state requirements for certain bridge rehabilitation projects by extending the end date to June 30, 2022. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-22 Act 048, 06/20/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1148).
SB900	Pass	Amends the definition of "community-based organization." Amends the qualifications for community-based economic development grants to include technical assistance to community-based organizations. Reduces the number of Community-Based Economic Develo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-22 Act 047, 06/20/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1147).
SB949	Pass	Clarifies the money transmitters law, including updating requirements for money transmitter license and change in control applications, criminal background checks, security devices, permissible investments, records, and voluntary surrender of license... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-22 Act 045, 06/20/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145).
SB950	Pass	Updates requirements relating to licensed mortgage servicers by requiring approval by the commissioner of financial institutions for a change in control; and clarifying which persons associated with a mortgage servicer are presumed to exercise contro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-22 Act 046, 06/20/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146).
SB559	Pass	Requires the State to expand strategies and mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions statewide in alignment with the principles and goals adopted in the Paris Agreement. Renames the Interagency Climate Adaptation Committee as the Hawaii Climate ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 Act 032, 06/06/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132).
SB149	Pass	Repeals the requirement that certain applicants for procurement contracts for health and human services possess all licenses necessary to conduct the subject business. Repeals the requirement that all contracts include only costs, fees, and taxes ref... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-06-08 Act 034, 06/07/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1134).
SB923	Pass	Appropriates and authorizes funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for public employees in collective bargaining unit (11) and their excluded counterparts. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-05-23 Act 027, on 05/19/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1127).
SB926	Pass	Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for public employees in collective bargaining unit (14) and their excluded counterparts. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-05-23 Act 028, on 05/19/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1128).
SB207	Pass	Authorizes the expenditure of general funds for a one-time lump sum cash bonus severance benefit to affected Maui region hospital employees. Repeals chapter 89E, HRS, and Act 1, Second Special Session, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, retroactively to 7/... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-05-23 Act 018, on 05/18/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118).
SB918	Pass	Appropriates and authorizes funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for public employees in collective bargaining unit (6) and their excluded counterparts. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-05-23 Act 025, on 05/19/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1125).
SB915	Pass	Appropriates and authorizes funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for collective bargaining units (3) and (4) and their excluded counterparts. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-05-23 Act 023, on 05/19/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1123).
SB917	Pass	Appropriates and authorizes funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for public employees in collective bargaining unit (5) and their excluded counterparts. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-05-23 Act 024, on 05/19/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124).
SB914	Pass	Appropriates and authorizes funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for collective bargaining units (2), (8), (9), and (13) and their excluded counterparts. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-05-23 Act 022, on 05/19/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1122).
SB969	Pass	Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Department of Human Resources Development to pay claims as required by the Hawaii Workers' Compensation Law. (SB969 HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-05-23 Act 020, on 05/18/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1120).
SB919	Pass	Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for public employees in collective bargaining units (7), (1), and (10) and their excluded counterparts. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-05-23 Act 026, on 05/19/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1126).
SB936	Pass	Extends benefit finalization period for December 31 retirements; changes interest rate for late benefit finalizations; extends deadline for employer payments under section 88-100, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Allows delegation of certain disability retir... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-05-23 Act 017, on 05/18/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1117).
SB1183	Engross Sine Die	(See appropriate draft for description) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-05-04 Deferred one day.
SB1148	Engross Sine Die	Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to develop a transit-oriented development (TOD) zone improvement program to foster community development by strategically investing in public facilities. Appropriates funds to HCDA for staff necessa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-05-03 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
SB272	Engross Sine Die	Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Hilo for programs, studies, and activities related to the prevention and eradication of rat lungworm disease. (SB272 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 4:15PM in conference room 329.
SB224	Engross Sine Die	Establishes licensure requirements for school psychologists to be administered by the board of psychology. Amends the composition of the board to include two school psychologists. (SB224 HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
SB1146	Engross Sine Die	Exempts the following from school impact fee requirements: housing developments reserved for persons or families with incomes up to 80 percent of the area median income located in a county having a population greater than 500,000; state or federal pu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-28 The conference committee deferred the measure.
SB276	Engross Sine Die	Authorizes the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to establish district family courts. Increases the number of judges of the District Court of the Second Circuit from three to four judges. Makes housekeeping amendments to laws relating to the composi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 5:00PM in conference room 325.
SB1163	Engross Sine Die	Replaces the criminal penalty for certain airport offenses relating to aviation practices and to licensing or regulation of commercial activities at public airports with a fine. (SB1163 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 5:00PM in conference room 325.
SB925	Engross Sine Die	Appropriates and authorizes funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for collective bargaining unit (13) and their excluded counterparts. (SB925 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-28 The conference committee deferred the measure.
SB916	Engross Sine Die	Appropriates and authorizes funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for collective bargaining unit (4) and their excluded counterparts. (SB916 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-28 The conference committee deferred the measure.
SB602	Engross Sine Die	Repeals the requirement that a disabled veteran be in receipt of disability retirement pay from the armed forces to be exempt from the payment of annual vehicle registration fees. (SB602 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 1:00PM in conference room 312.