| HB145 | Engross
Sine Die | Restores the deduction for state taxes paid for taxpayers with income above specified thresholds. Establishes limitations on claims for itemized tax deductions, based on taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income. (HB145 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB593 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that, notwithstanding provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to the contrary, the amount of the state tax credit for research activities shall be calculated based on all qualified research expenses for the taxable year. Appropriates funds f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology Committee |
| SB421 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes requirements for body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers. Establishes policy guidelines for the use and discontinuance of use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement officers. Establishes certain restrictions on the use of body-wor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1570 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires lessors of rental motor vehicles to include an option for the lessee in the motor vehicle rental agreement to contribute a sum to DLNR for the preservation and protection of the environment, commencing on January 1, 2020. (HB1570 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB888 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1421 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a regulatory scheme for roofing contractors to protect consumers from unlicensed insurance adjusters. (HB1421 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB667 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires mortgage servicer licensees to establish an education program that includes development of internal policies, procedures, and controls and a continuing education program for its employees. Defines "nonprofit organization" and lowers the appl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Intrastate Commerce Committee |
| SB247 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires recounts of election votes when the margin of victory is less than two hundred fifty votes or less than one per cent of the votes cast, whichever is less. Takes effect on 01/07/59. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB690 | Engross
Sine Die | Decreases income tax rates by approximately 25 percent for all but the top income earners. Reinstates higher income tax brackets and rates similar to those that were repealed on 12/31/2015. (HB690 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB164 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies laws regarding an arbitrator's failure to disclose certain facts prior to or during arbitration. (HB164 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB261 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits smoking in a motor vehicle in which a person under the age of eighteen is present. Requires the department of health to report on the enforceability of this Act and coordination of related data collection activities of the respective law en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB207 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the low income-household renters' income tax credit based on adjusted gross income and filing status. (HB207 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB855 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that the submission of a voter registration application either to register to vote or update the voter's registration information constitutes a request for permanent absentee voter status unless the applicant specifically indicates the appli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB441 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definitions of "disclosure date" and "electioneering communication" pertaining to electioneering disclosure statements. Takes effect on 01/07/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB865 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) employees subject to civil service and collective bargaining rights. Gives OHA voting rights as a public employer. (HB865 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB617 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the requirements that any plan of land for deregistered land must meet for recordation at the bureau of conveyances. Requires that any plan of land that involves deregistered land that is filed with the registrar of conveyances must be ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB648 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a state earned income tax credit. Changes income tax rates after 12/31/16. Repeals the sunset date for amendments made to the refundable food/excise tax credit by Act 223, SLH 2015. Appropriates funds to DOTAX for certain tax preparation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1062 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the family court to terminate parental rights if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the natural parent committed sexual assault of the other natural parent, the child was conceived as a result of the sexual assault ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Human Services Committee |
| SB1037 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that certain agencies be notified when a firearm permit application is denied because the applicant is prohibited from owning, possessing, receiving, or controlling a firearm under federal or state law. Requires the firearms permit issuing a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB998 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the DLNR to allow bottomfish fishing in six of the Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas and to amend any administrative rules to provide that any restriction on fishing shall be based on scientific evidence of environmental necessity. (HB998 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB499 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates unspecified funds for staff positions and various services to support the Hawaii zero to three court. Takes effect 2/28/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB765 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands methods for the delivery of funding to projects under the Hawaii community-based economic development technical and financial assistance program by providing loans to capitalize a qualified community development entity. Removes the cap on loa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| SB122 | Engross
Sine Die | Entitles designated family members and other interested persons of a person having a mental health emergency to: notice of emergency admission, examination, and hospitalization. Entitles designated family members and other interested persons to the o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| HB932 | Engross
Sine Die | Gradually increases the credit amounts and amends the income brackets of the refundable food/excise tax credit. Repeals the sunset date of Act 223, SLH 2015, which amended the food/excise tax credit. (HB932 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1178 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the initial staff necessary to develop and manage the Heeia National Estuarine Research Reserve and its programs. Eff. 3/14/2092. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB1277 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the minutes at public agency meetings to be kept by written or recorded by analog or digital means. If the minutes are recorded, requires that a written summary accompany minutes, and that the written summary include any significant actions ta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB795 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for certification of a reforestation carbon project at Haleakala, Maui, operated by DLNR, under an established forest carbon standard certification system. Requires DLNR to submit an annual report on the project certification to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HB556 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement that all applicants for health and human services procurement contracts possess all licenses necessary to conduct the subject business. Repeals the requirement that all contracts include only costs, fees, and taxes reflected o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HB888 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the LRB to study the feasibility of providing health benefits to state and county employees using a self-insured model. Makes an appropriation. (HB888 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB494 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires persons charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant to be fitted with a continuous alcohol monitoring device if the person: (1) has a prior conv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB968 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes permanent civil service positions for the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to provide services historically and customarily performed by civil service employees in connection with creating housing opportunities for homeless individuals and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB476 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes abuse of a family or household member who is younger than fourteen years of age a class C felony. (HB476 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB814 | Engross
Sine Die | Adopts uniform laws on protecting the online accounts of employees and students from employers and educational institutions, respectively. (HB814 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB778 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation to implement the recommendations of the joint fact finding study group's report on pesticide use by large agribusinesses on Kauai. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| HB337 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes a housekeeping amendment to broaden the standards that peer review reports under section 466-36, HRS, must be performed in accordance with.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB682 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the sunset date of the Alternative Energy Research and Development Pilot Project to June 30, 2019. Appropriates funds for the Project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HB1508 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a demonstration project for building energy efficiency designs within the Department of Transportation. Requires all state buildings built or renovated after July 1, 2020, to incorporate certain energy efficient practices. Appropriates sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| HB415 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the period during which a victim of child sexual abuse may bring an otherwise time-barred civil action against the victim's abuser or an entity with a duty of care. (HB415 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB773 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes modifications to the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program by permitting submission of a license application at any time during the year in which the applicant plans to grow industrial hemp, amending physical facility requirements, and repealing the re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| SB424 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires police departments to disclose to the Legislature the identity of an officer upon the officer's discharge or second suspension in a five-year period. Requires disclosure of certain information under the Uniform Information Practices Act afte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1354 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that the per diem legislative allowance for legislators who reside on an island other than Oahu shall be equal to the federal Department of Defense flat rate per diem amount for temporary duty on Oahu. Authorizes a similar allowance to cove...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB1307 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows county councils to establish Neighborhood Revitalization Boards to be administered by the counties for the purpose of developing neighborhood revitalization plans for areas in each county. Allows Neighborhood Revitalization Boards to request f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB1384 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the prohibition that prevents the counties from requiring fire sprinklers in specific family dwelling units and nonresidential agricultural and aquacultural buildings. (HB1384 HD3)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HB146 | Engross
Sine Die | Adopts moving date conformity, which will allow changes in the Federal Internal Revenue Code to automatically apply to State income tax law. (HB146 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB664 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases fines for persons who commit the offense of driving a motor vehicle at an excessive speed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB386 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the two-year extension of the Post-Bypass Beach Monitoring Program of the Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor Sand Bypass Operation at Waimea, Kauai. (HB386 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB344 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the allowable and prohibited practices requirements for dental assistants. Clarifies that rules shall not infringe upon, overlap with, or conflict with the duties and scope of practice for other licensed professionals. Prohibits persons fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| SB312 | Engross
Sine Die | Until 7/8/2019, requires certain boards to make board packets available for public inspection and provide notice, upon request, of the availability of board packets. Requires boards to allow oral testimony to be presented on agenda items separately a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB644 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands methods for the delivery of funding to a project by providing loans to capitalize a qualified community development entity and provide guarantees or other credit enhancements to facilitate private lender participation in new markets tax credi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology Committee |
| HB1012 | Engross
Sine Die | Temporarily disallows the deduction for dividends paid by real estate investment trusts for a period of 15 years, but with an exception for dividends generated from trust-owned housing that is affordable to households with incomes at or below 140 per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
