HI Legislation | 2018 | Regular Session | Senate

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB2351	Pass	Prohibits prospective employers from requesting or considering a job applicant's wage or salary history as part of an employment application process or compensation offer. Prohibits enforced wage secrecy and retaliation or discrimination against empl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-06 Act 108, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1209).
SB2571	Pass	Beginning January 1, 2021, bans the sale, offer of sale, or distribution in the State of any sunscreen that contains oxybenzone or octinoxate, or both, without a prescription issued by a licensed healthcare provider to preserve marine ecosystems. (CD... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-06 Act 104, 07/03/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1205).
SB2790	Pass	Replaces the guiding principles for children in foster care under the Child Protective Act with the rights of children in foster care, which preserves the current rights of children in foster care and provides certain additional rights. Clarifies tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-06 Act 105, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1206).
SB2013	Pass	Requires the Director of Transportation to adopt rules to allow an individual who has a letter from a licensed primary care provider certifying that a severe disability causes the individual to be homebound to renew a State identification card by mea... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 075, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1176).
SB2854	Pass	Establishes a fine not to exceed $100 for moped owners who fail to comply with moped registration requirements. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 077, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1178).
SB2619	Pass	Replaces criminal penalties for certain airport offenses addressed in the State's aeronautics laws or in certain administrative rules or orders issued pursuant thereto with fines. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 064, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165).
SB2153	Pass	Repeals the requirement that candidate committee organizational reports include the name and address of each contributor who contributed an aggregate amount of more than $100 to the candidate committee since the last election. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 080, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1181).
SB2714	Pass	Excludes the weight of disability access modifications from the determination of net weight for non-commercial vehicles for purposes of levying the state and county motor vehicle weight tax. Takes effect on 7/1/2019. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 076, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1177).
SB2174	Pass	Authorizes specified courts to issue material witness orders in cases initiated through felony complaint. Includes the family courts in the authorization to issue material witness orders. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 099, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1200).
SB2767	Pass	Amends and clarifies the acquisition of service credit provisions to maintain the tax-qualified status of the Employees' Retirement System in compliance with the federal Internal Revenue Code. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 070, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1171).
SB2581	Pass	Increases the number of members on the King Kamehameha celebration commission from thirteen to fifteen. Establishes an executive director to be appointed by the commission. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 083, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1184).
SB2074	Pass	Extends through the 2021 taxable year the time in which the Department of Agriculture may certify important agricultural lands qualified agricultural cost tax credits. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 087, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1188).
SB2382	Pass	Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to conduct biennial surveys of all departments regarding unused facilities or under utilized Department of Education schools that may be used by public charter schools and to maintain an inve... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 085, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1186).
SB2766	Pass	Clarifies the applicability of benefits for accidental death and service-connected disability benefits for members of the Employees' Retirement System. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 069, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1170).
SB2180	Pass	Clarifies that defendants may be convicted of lesser included offenses in cases filed via felony complaint. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 100, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1201).
SB2613	Pass	Authorizes the county liquor commissions to issue new class 2 restaurant licenses before restaurants commence operation. Clarifies that class 2 restaurant licenses are transferrable. Requires an applicant for a new class 2 restaurant license or a tra... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 090, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1191).
SB2738	Pass	Clarifies that found electronic devices that may contain personal information shall be sanitized before they are provided to finders or disposed of by public auction or other means. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 082, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1183).
SB2858	Pass	Requires the State to consider hurricane resistant criteria when designing and constructing new public schools for the capability of providing shelter refuge. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 084, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1185).
SB2745	Pass	Amends the definition of "confidential personal information" for offenses against property rights to eliminate unconstitutionally vague provisions. Specifies other types of confidential personal information. Clarifies when a password constitutes conf... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 101, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1202).
SB2719	Pass	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. Applies retroactively to April 24, 2012. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 098, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1199).
SB2154	Pass	Repeals the requirement that noncandidate committee organizational reports include information regarding contributors and contributions. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 081, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1182).
SB2742	Pass	Resolves inconsistencies in the processing of expungements and public dissemination of criminal history record information related to cases in which the defendant is acquitted or charges are dismissed by reason of physical or mental disease, disorder... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 097, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1198).
SB2612	Pass	Allows social clubs granted federal tax-exempt status to sell wine from the social club's inventory to club members for off-premises consumption. Waives certain requirements for the issuance of class 10 special licenses. Enables class 10 special lice... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-07-05 Act 091, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1192).
SB2053	Pass	Makes permanent the regulation of athletic trainers. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-29 Act 058, 06/27/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159).
SB2297	Pass	Extends the sunset date of Act 65, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, which provides a limited exemption to the licensing requirements for certain individuals in situations when an electric utility must retain qualified individuals to work with high voltag... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-29 Act 060, 06/27/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1161).
SB2556	Pass	Establishes an Industrial Hemp Special Fund within the Department of Agriculture to deposit fees and expend funds necessary for the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-29 Act 059, 06/27/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1160).
SB2146	Pass	Allows an election officer who is required to issue a public notice in a statewide or county publication to satisfy the publication requirement by submitting the notice to the publication and conspicuously posting the notice on the website associated... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-29 Act 062, 06/28/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163).
SB2691	Pass	Allows boards, under Hawaii' Sunshine Law, to provide a copy of the public notice of a meeting to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor or appropriate county clerk's office via electronic mail. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-29 Act 063, 06/28/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1164).
SB3095	Pass	Beginning 1/1/2019, requires all users of restricted use pesticides to be subject to a requirement to report on their use of restricted use pesticides to the Department of Agriculture (DOA). Prohibits the use of a restricted use pesticide on or withi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-14 Act 045, 06/13/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145).
SB2653	Pass	Establishes requirements for licensure by endorsement for physicians, surgeons, and osteopathic physicians beginning on 12/31/2018. Appropriates moneys. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-14 Act 044, 06/13/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1144).
SB2298	Pass	Allows advanced practice registered nurses, pharmacists, and physicians to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors in volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotations provided to eligible students that enable the students to obtain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-14 Act 043, 06/13/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1143).
SB2582	Pass	Authorizes the courts to impose an extended term of imprisonment for an offender who is convicted of negligent homicide in the first degree and did not remain at the scene of the crime and render reasonable assistance to an injured person. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-13 Act 040, 06/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1140).
SB2945	Pass	Eliminates the requirement that the applicant for a liquor license or renewal of a license, or in the case of transfer of a liquor license, both the transferor and the transferee, produce either a tax clearance certificate from the Internal Revenue S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-13 Act 025, 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1125).
SB1208	Pass	Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Twin Bridge Farms, Inc., to purchase certain lands. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-13 Act 038, 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1138).
SB2514	Pass	Provides that a person is engaging in business in the State for the purpose of the general excise tax law if, in the current or immediately preceding calendar year, the person has $100,000 or more in gross income, or two hundred or more separate tran... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-13 Act 041, 06/12/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1141).
SB2831	Pass	Reinstates the authority of the University of Hawaii President as the Chief Procurement Officer for contracts for construction and construction-related professional services furnished by licensees under chapter 464, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-13 Act 042, 06/12/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1142).
SB2821	Pass	Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of 12/31/2017, except as provided. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-13 Act 027, 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1127).
SB2740	Pass	Appropriates funds to satisfy several claims against the State, its officers, or its employees. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-13 Act 024, 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124).
SB2150	Pass	Appropriates supplemental funds for the operating and capital improvement costs of the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2017, and ending 6/30/2019. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-13 Act 026, 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1126).
SB2851	Pass	Amends or repeals 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. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-06 Act 018, 06/04/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118).
SB2361	Pass	Appropriates funds for Fiscal Biennium 2017-2019 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for public employees in Collective Bargaining Unit (14) and for their excluded counterparts. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-06 Act 020, 06/04/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1120).
SB270	Pass	Prohibits specific state-licensed persons who are licensed to provide professional counseling from engaging in, attempting to engage in, or advertising sexual orientation change efforts on minors. Establishes the sexual orientation counseling task fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-29 Act 013, 05/25/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113).
SB192	Pass	Deposits moneys received in 2018 pursuant to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement into the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund. Specifies that Tobacco Settlement Special Fund excess moneys shall be used to supplant any losses that result from any di... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-10 Act 012, 05/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112).
SR145	Intro Sine Die	Returning All Bills, Concurrent Resolutions, And Resolutions To The Clerk's Desk. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-03 Adopted.
SB2922	Enroll Sine Die	Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to authorize the Legislature to establish, as provided by law, a surcharge on investment real property to support public education. (SB2922 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-03 Enrolled to Governor.
SR144	Intro Sine Die	Regarding Completion Of The Work Of The Twenty-ninth Legislature, Regular Session Of 2018, Subsequent To The Adjournment Thereof. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-03 Adopted.
SR146	Intro Sine Die	Informing The House And Governor That The Senate Is Ready To Adjourn Sine Die. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-03 Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-03-18.
SB2996	Engross Sine Die	Authorizes establishment of the Hawaii Airports Corporation within the Department of Transportation for administrative purposes. Sets out appointment of members to the board of directors and powers and duties of the Hawaii Airports Corporation. Trans... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-01 Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 699).
SCR11	Pass	Urging The Department Of Education, Department Of Health, Department Of Human Services, And Judiciary To Permanently Establish And Participate In The Hawaii Interagency State Youth Network Of Care (hisync) To Better Serve Youth And Families With Comp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Adopted (Sen. Com. No. 847).
SB2333	Engross Sine Die	Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program and to submit to the Legislature a report detailing its findings and proposals. If the results of the study are posi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 688).