| SB412 | Engross
Sine Die | Replaces the Hawaii election campaign fund with the general revenues of the State as the funding source for the operating expenses of the campaign spending commission. Allows the commission to use moneys from the Hawaii election campaign fund for inv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB839 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for a feasibility study for planning and land acquisition for an agricultural park in the Puna district. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB1025 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes a fine against any employer who fails to comply with income withholding requirements applicable to child and spousal support, or discharges, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against a person because the person is subject to inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB670 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates the Hawaii Working Family Tax Credit, a refundable credit capped at 10 percent of the federal earned income tax credit. (HB670 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB401 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows advanced practice registered nurses with a psychiatric specialization to offer care and services to patients in assisted community treatment programs similar to care and services offered by physicians and other health care service providers. A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| SB898 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows law enforcement to seize and retain firearms or ammunition owned, possessed, or controlled by a person who poses a serious risk of violence or harm to public safety, pursuant to court order. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB991 | Engross
Sine Die | Decriminalizes traffic infractions within natural area reserves, game management areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and public hunting areas. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB380 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits licensed dental hygienists in the State to operate under general, rather than direct, supervision of a licensed dentist.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| SB151 | Engross
Sine Die | Enables condominium associations to adopt rules and regulations that: require unit owners to prohibit smoking inside a condominium unit as part of a lease agreement; and prohibit smoking on a lanai of a condominium unit and in all common elements. Ta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB134 | Engross
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. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| SB657 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the prorated amount of vehicle license and registration fee and weight taxes that rental car companies may pass on to lessees. Requires the motor vehicle rental industry to report to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2019 and def...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB145 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies provisions regarding examinations of defendants' fitness to proceed in the prosecution. Authorizes the department of health and department of public safety to enter into an agreement concerning the transfer of detainees in a community corre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| SB834 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires LRB to conduct a feasibility study that includes the costs associated with the implementation of audiovisual technology in both chambers of the legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Legislative Management Committee |
| HB911 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the High Technology Development Corporation to establish and administer a High Technology Shared Equipment Program to allow companies to share high technology equipment. Appropriates funds. (HB911 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology Committee |
| SB614 | Engross
Sine Die | Deletes the sunset provision for Act 139, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to make permanent provisions of the Act regarding pretrial risk assessments and parole.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Public Safety Committee |
| SB1258 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes requirements for operating an autocycle. Defines autocycle. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB98 | Engross
Sine Die | Raises the district courts' jurisdictional limit for civil actions involving specific performance. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB179 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes ranked choice voting for special elections for Congressional races. (HB179 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB988 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies procedures for an exemption from building permit and building code requirements pursuant to section 46-88, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and clarifies that section 46-88 does not exempt any new or existing agricultural buildings, structures, rel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB301 | Engross
Sine Die | Mandates implementation of recommendations made by the office of the auditor to the department of health regarding advance disposal fee glass containers and glass recycling. Requires the department of health to report on its implementation of the rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| SB854 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to issue a stop-work order to an employer for violations of chapter 388, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the payment of wages and other compensation, or administrative rules adopted pur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| SB971 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the Emergency Medical Services Special Fund and deposits moneys from the fund's revenue sources into the general fund, and appropriates an equivalent amount of general funds for the Department of Health. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| SB1154 | Engross
Sine Die | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB439 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that increased fines may apply if a noncandidate committee fails to timely file a second preliminary general report. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB725 | Engross
Sine Die | Restricts the use of general obligation or revenue bond proceeds to pay for the unfunded pension or other post-employment benefit liabilities accrued for state employees or retirees, by requiring a two-thirds majority vote of each house of the legisl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Finance Committee |
| SB334 | Engross
Sine Die | Enacts voting by mail uniformly across all counties for all elections commencing in 2020. Establishes a limited number of voter service centers that would remain open from the tenth business day preceding an election through the day of the election t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB910 | Engross
Sine Die | Replaces the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism requirements related to the certification, administration and verification of the renewable fuels production tax credit with a survey. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB522 | Engross
Sine Die | Transfers title, custody, and control of two parcels of land identified as Tax Map Key No. 370120070000 and Tax Map Key No. 370040030000, from the State of Hawaii to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. (HB522 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Housing Committee |
| HB738 | Engross
Sine Die | Includes fuel cell electric vehicles in the definition of "electric vehicles" for purposes of parking exemptions, HOV lane use, registration, and required parking spaces in places of public accommodation. Grants procurement priority for fuel cell ele...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| HB1270 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires BLNR to enter into negotiations to acquire the property identified as Tax Map Key: (3) 6-8-001:030 Kamuela, Hawaii. Appropriation. (HB1270 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB617 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the research and technology grant program within the high technology development corporation to provide grants to qualified research and technology companies in Hawaii for eligible projects. Establishes program guidelines and eligibility ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| SB518 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires barber, beauty operator, and instructor licensees under the board of barbering and cosmetology to complete a one-time, three-hour training program on intimate partner violence awareness and education. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Intrastate Commerce Committee |
| SB1291 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends statutory language on liquor license application and operating procedures for clarity. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB146 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits an administrative order to overcome a patient's objection to medical treatment. Establishes criteria for medical treatment over objection and the administrative authorization process for administratively ordering medical treatment over object...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| SB430 | Engross
Sine Die | Adopts the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act (2015), which: expands the definition of "athlete agent", who shall register with the director of commerce and consumer affairs, to include individuals who, for compensation or the anticipation of compens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Intrastate Commerce Committee |
| SB974 | Engross
Sine Die | Limits the exemption from payment of parking meter fees to vehicles that display a distinguishing parking permit or decal issued to an applicant who presents a certificate of disability that verifies that the applicant is licensed to drive a motor ve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| SB970 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends exemption from civil service for medical marijuana dispensary program staff in the Department of Health hired after July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2020. Takes effect 6/29/2017. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health Committee |
| HB1474 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Industrial Hemp Special Fund. Provides that agricultural land utilized to grow industrial hemp shall qualify for the minimum dedication period and be assessed at the lowest percentage of fair market value. Clarifies that the cultivati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HB1448 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Education to provide free school meals to children who are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals, based on the United States Department of Agriculture's most current income eligibility guidelines. Appropriates fun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB1415 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes additional performance bond requirements for surety companies and bond companies under the Hawaii Public Procurement Code. Establishes conditions for releasing or terminating the obligations of a payment bond. (HB1415 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HB1308 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Auditor to conduct a study, including a cost analysis, on the necessity and feasibility of establishing an agency within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate homeowners associations, and to submit a report of its p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB457 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a community court outreach project in the City and County of Honolulu, subject to the availability of funds and memoranda of agreements from the Judiciary, Prosecuting Attorney, and the Public Defender. Appropriates funds. (HB457 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB894 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts individuals selling only insurance for property stored at a self-service storage facility from obtaining a license as an insurance producer provided that specific requirements are met. (HB894 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB674 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates procedural and administrative requirements for law enforcement agencies for eyewitness identifications of suspects in criminal investigations. Requires the attorney general to establish procedures for the implementation of uniform statewide e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB95 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the licensing procedures of the industrial hemp pilot program by allowing applicants to apply for a license at any time during the year in which the applicant plans to grow industrial hemp.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| SB823 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, fraternal benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for health care services provided by a naturopathic physician. Requires the insurance commissioner to receive and inves...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Intrastate Commerce Committee |
| SB320 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires DNA samples from a felony offender regardless of whether the offender completed a criminal sentence, or was otherwise discharged from the jurisdiction of the court, for the qualifying felony offense prior to July 1, 2017, and retroactively t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB725 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Transportation to establish a weigh in motion and axle scale system at all commercial harbor facilities. Requires maritime cargo carriers to report to the Department containers or loads subject to highway weight restriction...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| HB486 | Engross
Sine Die | Eliminates the mortgage interest deduction for second homes under the Hawaii Income Tax Law. Specifies that the revenue gain attributable to this measure be deposited into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund. Requires the Department of Budget and Finan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB887 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Rate Stabilization Reserve Fund within the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to help subsidize the costs of providing health and other benefit plans for active employees and retirees and their beneficiaries. Caps employ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
