HI Legislation | 2017 | Regular Session

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SB1201Engross

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Establishes a Broadband Task Force to create a statewide broadband plan. (SB1201 HD3)
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2017-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 10:30AM in conference room 423.
SB994Engross

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Expands the powers and duties of the stadium authority to develop the stadium property and establish a stadium complex area. Effective 7/1/2050. (SB994 HD1)
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2017-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 2:30PM in conference room 423.
HB1322Enroll

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Requires the State Procurement Office, in conjunction with DOE, UH, DOT, and DAGS, to conduct an analysis and review of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code, specifically with regard to the awarding of construction contracts. Appropriates an unspecifie...
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2017-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 11:05AM in conference room 325.
HB850PassRepeals requirements for the University of Hawaii to prepare certain annual reports to the Legislature. (HB850 HD2)
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2017-04-27
Act 014, 04/27/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114).
HB1262Enroll

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Permits charter tour operators to deposit sums subject to section 468L-23, HRS, in a trust account maintained in a federally insured financial institution serving as the depository bank for a public charter program subject to federal regulations. Per...
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2017-04-27
The conference committee deferred the measure.
HB527Enroll

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Appropriates funds to purchase, staff, and operate two mobile clinics to serve the homeless population. Takes effect on 7/1/2075. (SD2)
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2017-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 9:05AM in conference room 229.
HB206Enroll

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Establishes a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge of 1.5 per cent of prepaid wireless service purchased at the point of sale. Allows sellers to deduct and retain 3 per cent of the surcharges collected to offset administrative expenses, but requires selle...
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2017-04-27
The conference committee deferred the measure.
HB1272Enroll

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Specifies that coverage for telehealth under the State's medicaid managed care and fee-for-service programs includes psychiatric services delivered via telehealth through a behavioral health care manager who is present in a primary health care provid...
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2017-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 9:05AM in conference room 229.
HB844Enroll

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Requires the Office of Youth Services to coordinate a two-year Safe Places for Youth Pilot Program in partnership with private organizations to coordinate a network that youth can access for safety and where youth can obtain advice, guidance, program...
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2017-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 9:05AM in conference room 229.
SB1068Engross

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Prohibits the disqualification or rejection of a bid that includes a listed subcontractor whose license is not valid at the time of the bid due to a lapse in continuous insurance and bond coverages if the subcontractor meets certain conditions. Requi...
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2017-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 3:00PM in conference room 309.
SB511Engross

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Requires the Department of Human Services (DHS) to post on its website, reports of child care facility inspections beginning with inspections occurring on January 1, 2019, and suspected or actual complaint violations, including DHS's findings and cor...
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2017-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 9:00AM in conference room 229.
HB573Enroll

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Provides a bidder of a public works construction project with two hours after the closing of bids to clarify and correct certain information regarding subcontractors. Prohibits bid shopping and bid peddling for the competitive sealed bidding process....
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2017-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 3:00PM in conference room 309.
HB1195Enroll

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Appropriates funds to the Department of Health and Department of Human Services, including the Office of Youth Services, to provide homeless outreach services and rental subsidies to reduce and prevent homelessness. Takes effect on 7/1/2075. (SD1)
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2017-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 9:05AM in conference room 229.
HB1229Enroll

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Requires public procurement construction bids to list subcontractors and joint contractors only for contracts with an unspecified total value; provided that bids lacking this list may be accepted if in the State's best interest and the value of the w...
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2017-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 3:00PM in conference room 309.
HB775PassRepeals the requirement that the DOA must: (1) grant permission prior to the removal of eggs from any dock or landing; and (2) certify that eggs contained in a shipment are properly marked. Requires importation and other documents to be furnished to ...
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2017-04-27
Act 013, 04/27/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113).
HB1041PassDeletes "every fifth year reporting" requirement by the greenhouse gas emissions reduction task force to the Legislature and changes who is authorized to appoint the panel to conduct the evaluation of the energy systems development special fund proje...
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2017-04-27
Act 015, 04/27/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115).
HB1593Enroll

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Establishes the Clean Energy Savings Jump Start Program and Clean Energy Savings Jump Start Fund. Establishes the Energy Storage System Rebate Program as a three-year pilot program and requires the Green Infrastructure Authority to submit annual repo...
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2017-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 3:10PM in conference room 225.
SB912Engross

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Expands the Downpayment Loan Program to assist low- and moderate-income households by providing greater assistance to eligible borrowers to become first-time homebuyers. (SB912 HD1)
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2017-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-17 1:30PM in conference room 229.
HB1389Enroll

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Makes an appropriation for the planning and design of scalable livestock harvest facilities to be expended by the Department of Agriculture. Effective 8/1/2151. (SD1)
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2017-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 10:05AM in conference room 224.
HB1594Enroll

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Establishes the University of Hawaii Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled at any campus of the University of Hawaii system or any community college campus. Appropriates funds to establ...
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2017-04-26
This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Thursday 04-27-17 1:00PM in conference room 329.
SB429Engross

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Adopts uniform laws on protecting the online accounts of employees, unpaid interns, applicants, students, and prospective students from employers and educational institutions, respectively. (SB429 HD2)
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2017-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-17 1:30PM in conference room 325.
HB909Enroll

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Establishes a Center for Commercialization at the University of Hawaii to commercially use intellectual property generated from research at the University for the benefit of the State and its residents. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2017-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-17 1:40PM in conference room 423.
SB420Engross

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Makes it a criminal offense to intentionally or knowingly direct a beam from a laser or laser scope at an occupied aircraft under certain circumstances. (SB420 HD1)
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2017-04-26
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-17 4:30PM in conference room 312.
HB141PassRepeals and abolishes various non-general funds of GOV, OHA, and DOE, as recommended by the Auditor in Auditor's Report Nos. 16-09, 16-10, and 16-11, and transfers unencumbered balances. (HB141 HD1)
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2017-04-26
Act 002, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1102).
HB1435Enroll

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Clarifies that the comprehensive loss reduction plan of the HHRF shall include implementing building code requirements for hurricane standards in accordance with state building code and design standards. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2017-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-17 3:45PM in conference room 224.
HB147PassRepeals various sections of Hawaii net income tax laws for the purpose of deleting obsolete and unnecessary provisions. (HB147 HD1)
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2017-04-26
Act 003, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1103).
HB1299Enroll

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Authorizes a pharmacy to provide a customized patient medication package to any patient of an institutional facility or any member of the general public, subject to certain conditions. Effective 7/1/2070. (SD1)
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2017-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-17 10:00AM in conference room 016.
HB620Enroll

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Appropriates funds to support the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2017-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-17 1:30PM in conference room 225.
SB939PassClarifies the investment and funds management functions of the Department of Budget and Finance. (SD1)
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2017-04-26
Act 009, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1109).
SB942PassAmends section 328L-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to remove the specific percentage of tobacco settlement moneys that is to be deposited to the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund.
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2017-04-26
Act 008, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1108).
HB1079PassCreates a framework for authorizing post-secondary degree-granting educational institutions that have applied for accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. (HB1079 HD2)
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2017-04-26
Act 004, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104).
SB1040Engross

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Requires the UH system to develop a 5- and 10-year campus master plan that includes academic and facilities plans. Establishes goals that the campus master plan should strive to achieve, and considerations to be integrated into the plan. (SB1040 HD1)
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2017-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-17 1:00PM in conference room 329.
SB620Engross

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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. Allows the Director of Taxation to require retailers or ven...
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2017-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-17 11:00AM in conference room 016.
SB882PassDesignates the month of October as "Farm to School Month in Hawaii."
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2017-04-26
Act 010, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1110).
HB1410Enroll

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Repeals the Emergency Medical Services Special Fund and appropriates an equal amount of general funds to the Department of Health for emergency medical services. Appropriates funds for community paramedic services. Effective 7/1/2090. (SD2)
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2017-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-17 10:00AM in conference room 016.
HB501Enroll

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Expands the National Certification Incentive Program to provide monetary incentives to school psychologists. Authorizes continuing bonuses for teachers and school psychologists in certain designated schools that improve and no longer carry a certain ...
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2017-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
SB1218PassAmends 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)
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2017-04-26
Act 012, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112).
SB987Engross

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Expands the uses and application of the transaction fee for filings in the Bureau of Conveyances authorized under Act 120, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009. Clarifies that the transaction fee shall be repealed on the effective date of administrative rules...
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2017-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 3:00PM in conference room 224.
SB283PassRenames Mokulele highway on Maui as the Maui veterans highway.
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2017-04-26
Act 011, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111).
SB1007PassChanges the frequency of filing returns of taxes withheld on wages paid from monthly to quarterly for all employers. (SD1)
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2017-04-26
Act 007, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1107).
HB1536Enroll

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Clarifies that the BOA has the power to acquire property by eminent domain for the construction and maintenance of water facilities that convey, distribute, and transmit water for agricultural uses, but not for domestic use. Amends the definition of ...
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2017-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 3:30PM in conference room 224.
HB1006Enroll

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Appropriates funds to the Hawaii ant lab for personnel and equipment to support mitigation of the little fire ant. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2017-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 10:05AM in conference room 224.
HB889Enroll

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Increases the cap on the pesticide use revolving fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2017-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 10:05AM in conference room 224.
SB103PassImplements the state constitutional amendment of Senate Bill No. 2554 of the Regular Session of 2016 that authorizes the disposition of excess general fund revenues to pre-pay general obligation bond debt service or pension or other post-employment b...
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2017-04-26
Act 006, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106).
HB1509PassRequires the State and counties to consider storm water management in the development of the Hawaii Water Resource Protection Plan.
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2017-04-26
Act 005, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1105).
HB521Enroll

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Establishes the high-growth grant program and special fund to provide grants to qualified businesses for certain business development activities. Makes appropriations. Effective 7/1/2038. (SD1)
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2017-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-26-17 1:30PM in conference room 423.
SB522Engross

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Requires Department of Human Services (DHS) registered or licensed child care facilities to: (1) Place any child less than a year old on the child's back to sleep; (2) Discuss the Safe Sleep Policy with the child's parent or legal guardian before the...
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2017-04-25
The conference committee deferred the measure.
HB407Enroll

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Authorizes the issuance of employer-sponsored high deductible health plans, if certain conditions are met. Requires maintenance of health savings accounts in conjunction with high deductible health plans. Specifies that employers and insurers that bu...
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2017-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-17 1:00PM in conference room 016.
SB717Engross

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Establishes a temporary program to clean up state real property after the departure of persons who have illegally camped or lodged on state real property. Requires the Governor to designate the state executive department responsible for the program. ...
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2017-04-25
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-17 4:10PM in conference room 312.
HB1478Enroll

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Appropriates funds to advocate, promote, develop, test, and evaluate unmanned aerial system technologies. Effective 7/1/2030. (SD1)
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2017-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-26-17 10:00AM in conference room 309.
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