| HB157 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the ballot of an absentee or military-overseas voter is valid even if the voter becomes ineligible to vote after casting the ballot. Repeals the requirement that an absentee voter's ballot be deemed invalid if the voter returns the retu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB782 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the "renewable portfolio standard" definition to more accurately reflect the amount of renewable energy generation in Hawaii by amending the renewable portfolio standard calculation to be based on electrical energy generation as opposed to ele...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB694 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a purchaser or transferee to execute an oceanfront purchaser statement with every sale or transfer of oceanfront real estate. Requires the statement to be recorded with the bureau of conveyances. Establishes mandatory provisions for every oc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB642 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the department of Hawaiian home lands to retain independent legal counsel as needed. Authorizes the department of Hawaiian home lands to use the services of the attorney general as needed and when the interests of the State and the department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB245 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that any person who is eligible to vote and applies for a new or renewal motor vehicle driver's license, provisional license, or instruction permit, or a new, renewal, or duplicate identification card be automatically registered to vote if t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB248 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes an amendment to article V, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution to provide that the attorney general be elected as a nonpartisan elected official rather than appointed by the governor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB527 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes $103,000,000 as the permanent amount of transient accommodations taxes to be allocated between the counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology Committee |
| SB691 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that the offense of indecent exposure includes the activity of nude sunbathing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB323 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a preliminary hearing for a case in which a law enforcement officer is charged with a felony offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB670 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the statutory cap on the disposition of conveyance taxes dedicated for deposit into the rental housing revolving fund for the financing of affordable rental housing development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Housing Committee |
| HB1 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii relating to the appointment and retention of justices and judges. Authorizes the senate to approve or reject subsequent terms of office for justices and judges. Changes the required time ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB40 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill relating to tourism.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Tourism Committee |
| HB135 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Health to establish rules requiring all shopping centers with 20 or more retail or commercial establishment tenants to provide restrooms for public use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Health Committee |
| SB656 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a pilot pesticide treatment coupon project and a little fire ant site map for the county of Hawaii. Requires report to the Legislature on project implementation. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HB429 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits smoking and tobacco use, including the use of electronic smoking devices, by any person on the premises of the University of Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Health Committee |
| SB464 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers certain fines and forfeitures collected for uncontested traffic infractions to the counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| HB380 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the maximum fee a check casher may charge under a payday loan agreement for deferring the deposit of a check from 15% to 7% of the face value of the check.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Intrastate Commerce Committee |
| HB376 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Common Elements Maintenance Fee and Rent Pilot Project in conjunction with the Princess Victoria Kamamalu Building.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB728 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits moneys in the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund to be used for loan repayment for certain health care professionals. Removes the cap on expenditures from the special fund. Removes the sunset date from the physician workforce asses...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| HB202 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a statewide interoperability executive board for public safety communications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Public Safety Committee |
| HB271 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill relating to workers' compensation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB495 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that every charter school governing board be a nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is operating the charter school. Prohibits commingling of moneys distributed by the State or federal government for the purpose of operating a charte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Education Committee |
| HB20 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a temporary, nonrefundable tax credit to owners of real property for albizia tree trimming or removal performed under certain conditions. Applies to tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, but shall not be available for tax years beginn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HB402 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes speed limits for Hawaii Route 3000, also known as the Lahaina Bypass.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB58 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the Green Infrastructure Loans and Green Infrastructure Bonds programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| SB480 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows any number of County Council members to attend informational meetings or presentations on matters relating to official board business. Allows two or more members of other boards, but less than what would constitute a quorum, to attend a commun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB626 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires lobbyists and their clients to make monthly disclosures during any month the legislature is in session, and a report for June 1 through December 31. Adds required disclosures regarding lobbying events, contractual relationships with legislat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB85 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill relating to higher education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Higher Education Committee |
| HB138 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes technical amendments to the budget allotment modification law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB274 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to extend commercial, hotel, resort, and industrial leases when the lessee makes qualifying substantial improvements to the leased land.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HB269 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the authority of the University of Hawaii to issue revenue bonds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Higher Education Committee |
| SB358 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires open deliberation of the adjudicatory functions of the public utilities commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB366 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits corporations from making election contributions, expenditures, or independent expenditures except in accordance with the majority vote of the corporation's shareholders. Requires corporations to provide notices to shareholders and on their ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB693 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires advertisements or displays for sunscreen containing oxybenzone in the State to include a conspicuously displayed statement that the use of oxybenzone in nearshore waters poses serious hazards to coral and reef health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB382 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires board members of condominium associations to disclose significant financial interests prior to taking action that affects both the association and a third-party provider. Prohibits board members from receiving gifts from those types of third...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Intrastate Commerce Committee |
| SB582 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits counties from charging for automatic fire sprinkler or automatic fire sprinkler system inspections in any HHFDC housing projects. Makes permanent the prohibition on counties from requiring installation or retrofitting of automatic fire spri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB799 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a 3-year parametric disaster insurance pilot program within DAGS to be funded by the interest from the hurricane reserve trust fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HB183 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an emergency response vehicle noise task force to determine the impact of emergency response vehicle sirens in terms of excessive noise, the effect on public safety, and the relative effectiveness of the use of emergency lights instead of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Health Committee |
| SB402 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement that passenger cars obtain a certificate of inspection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB564 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates $1,000,000 to the department of public safety for rehabilitation of incarcerated persons. Allows the department to contract with private service providers for rehabilitation services. Requires the department to report to the legislature ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB585 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires boundary amendments reflected in certain county plans to be approved by a county land use decision-making authority, with concurrence but without further action of the Land Use Commission. For all areas of planned growth subject to such boun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HB395 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the provision of a sales receipt by a merchant for cash transactions for goods or services purchased by a customer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-23
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| SB57 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Hawaiian Affairs. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-20
To Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB130 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a landlord, when processing an application to rent residential property, to charge an application screening fee for the actual cost of screening the applicant. Requires landlords to refund any unused amount of the application screening fee and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-20
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB42 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Health. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-20
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB77 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Public Safety. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-20
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB15 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the UH Board of Regents from charging residents for community college tuition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-20
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB161 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires retailers or vendors that are not located in the State and not required to pay or collect general excise or use tax for sales to send certain information to purchasers in the State. Requires retailers or vendors to submit an annual report to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-20
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB51 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Public Libraries. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-20
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB67 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To International Affairs. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-20
To Senate International Affairs and the Arts Committee |
