| SB561 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Education to establish policies to prohibit bullying. Requires those policies to include anti-bullying classes for students found to have engaged in bullying and the parents or guardians of those students. Requires suspensi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB1261 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the tax credit for cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection for taxpayers who upgrade a qualified cesspool to a wastewater system that includes a composting toilet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB1253 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the sunset date of the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit to January 1, 2024. Provides stability and economic incentive predictability for the film industry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology Committee |
| SB493 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates standards and procedures for income-withholding for purposes of enforcing restitution orders. Clarifies the priority of income withholding orders. Amends the definition of "debt" relating to the recovery of money owed to the State to include ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB709 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 for na ala hele to improve access to and maintenance of state controlled recreational trails statewide. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB671 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the department of land and natural resources and the Hawaii community development authority to negotiate and execute ninety-nine year leases on the department's and authority's lands located within one mile of the city and county of Honolu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB88 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Finances. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB426 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes physical abuse consisting of intentionally or knowingly impeding normal breathing or circulation of blood of a family or household member by any means a class C felony. Takes effect on 01/07/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Judiciary 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] | 2017-11-30
To House Intrastate Commerce Committee |
| SB47 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Tourism. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology Committee |
| SB241 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the DOT to conduct a study to determine whether the Honolulu International Airport should participate in the screening partnership program of the Transportation Security Administration. Requires a report to legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB981 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to send notices of hearing electronically. Requires the party seeking judicial review to bear the cost of preparing a transcript, except as provided by law, in which case the Board shall bear the cost of prepar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB529 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for a permanent full-time associate professor and permanent full-time associate specialist position within the University of Hawaii center on aging. Effective 5/12/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB237 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to establish a two-year advanced biofuels pilot project to expand the use of biofuels in achieving the goal of 100 percent clean energy dependence by 2045. Requires a report to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB137 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Innovation and Commercialization Initiative Program to expressly give the University of Hawaii the legal authority to create, finance, and participate in new economic enterprises and expand workforce opportunities based on inventions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1228 | Intro
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 200% of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB842 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DOT to contract for a study on the feasibility of establishing a harbor or port at Kapoho bay on the island of Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB797 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the offense of criminal property damage to a public restroom if a person intentionally or knowingly damages a toilet, urinal, bathroom stall, mirror, or sink so as to render it unusable. Defines public restroom. Establishes penalties. Takes e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1115 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for two full-time equivalent (2.00 FTE) enforcement specialist IV positions to be primarily responsible for the enforcement of Hawaiis workers' compensation, temporary disability insurance, and prepaid health care laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB746 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a chronic pain medication agreement to be executed between a patient and any prescriber of a narcotic drug within the State for use as chronic pain medication under certain conditions. Requires the administrator of the narcotics enforcement ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB416 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates an exclusion from income tax for the first $50,000 of income earned by farmers whose gross income is $200,000 or less. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB822 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of transportation to install and operate public electric vehicle charging systems on Kauai, Maui, Molokai, and the Island of Hawaii. Appropriates moneys to fund installation and operation of the electric vehicle charging syste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB341 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes agricultural buildings located in a special flood hazard area from the exemptions from building permit and building code requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
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] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB734 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the Hawaii state loan repayment program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB90 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Funds. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means 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] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB354 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a temporary task force for the purpose of creating a single definition of "bona fide agricultural producer" to be used across state government or creating different definitions to be applied for different uses. Requires a report to the le...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1187 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a clean transportation fee to be paid from a tax on fuel sales. Establishes the zero emissions vehicle infrastructure special fund to be funded by a percentage of the clean transportation fee for the purpose of expediting the development ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB1021 | Intro
Sine Die | Reinstate the president of the university as the chief procurement officer for contracts for construction and construction related professional services furnished by licensees under chapter 464, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB378 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to include a link on the real estate branch's condominium registration and education website to an educational video program produced by the Hawaii Council of Community Associations. Requires a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
Carried over to 2018 Regular Session. |
| SB1057 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for seawater air conditioning facilities for certain state buildings in the Capitol District.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB1130 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires an investigator to issue a citation to any person acting in the capacity of or engaging in the business of a contractor within the State without having a required license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB1166 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts veterans who are establishing certain new business entities in this State or registering for a trade name from all registration fees for a period of four years from the filing date of the business entity or trade name registration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB1103 | Intro
Sine Die | Adjusts the low-income household renters credit by increasing the maximum value of the credit amount to $150 per qualified exemption for households, and adjusts the income threshold to allow households with an adjusted gross income of less than $60,0...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB586 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes transit oriented development community development districts. Authorizes the Hawaii community development authority to plan and develop infrastructure capacity at each of the transit stations established as transit oriented development co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB8 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires providers and health plans to gather data regarding homeless individuals' use of medical assistance programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB282 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits smoking in a motor vehicle in which a minor is present. Requires the Department of Health to report on the enforceability of the prohibition and coordination of data collection efforts of the respective law enforcement agencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB1070 | Engross
Sine Die | 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....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1122 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires both chambers of the legislature to implement rules to permit residents to present testimony through audiovisual technology. Appropriates moneys to establish audiovisual systems throughout the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB111 | Engross
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] | 2017-11-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB634 | Intro
Sine Die | Expedites the review, update, and adoption of the Uniform Plumbing Code as it relates to the Hawaii State Building Codes. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB1186 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the objective of eliminating all imported fossil fuels for ground transportation by 2045. Updates the State's clean energy initiative program to reflect the State's target of achieving a one hundred per cent renewable energy economy by 20...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB1078 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii rural health care provider loan repayment program administered through the John A. Burns School of Medicine. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB456 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes DOT to include information about a person's disability on the person's driver's license or civil identification card.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB1041 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that any production claiming the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit provide evidence of consideration of cultural and environmental sensitivities in Hawaii and hire or contract for the services of cultural, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology Committee |
| SB772 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to assist with and provide supplemental funds to the National Wildlife Research Center to research the negative impacts of the rose-ringed parakeet on Kauai and develop and implement ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1012 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the state fuel taxes on diesel oil, gasoline, and other aviation fuel. Increases state fuel taxes on liquid fuel and alternative fuels sold in the city and county of Honolulu, county of Hawaii, county of Maui, and county of Kauai. Increases...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1229 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that the environmental courts shall not have exclusive jurisdiction over any proceedings relating to parking violations under certain administrative rules and laws. (SB1229 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB549 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires remote schools to be allocated funds using categorical allotments, rather than through the weighted student formula. Defines a remote school as any public school that is a high school located at least a one-hour drive away from the next near...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Education Committee |
