| SB1313 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes various appropriations to implement the recommendations of the increased food security and food self-sufficiency strategy. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a strategy and goals for increased food security and self-sufficiency...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB963 | Intro
Sine Die | Continues the nursing facility sustainability program for one additional year. Appropriates funds out of the nursing facility sustainability program special fund for fiscal year 2017-2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Human Services Committee |
| SB825 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts qualifying patients who are veterans of the United States military from medical marijuana registration fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB336 | Engross
Sine Die | Excludes from the definitions of "advertisement" and "electioneering communication" the communications of a candidate's name on clothing or other attire not directly associated with that candidate's campaign committee. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB869 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii credit creation pilot program, within the department of commerce and consumer affairs division of financial institutions, to increase the availability of responsible small dollar consumer loans of at least $600 and up to $5,000...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB366 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires, on or before 1/1/2020, the public utilities commission to establish performance incentive and penalty mechanisms that directly tie electric utility revenues to the utility's achievement on performance metrics.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB800 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation to the department of accounting and general services to conduct a study relating to the rehabilitation and renovation of the state capitol reflecting pool.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB211 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and the appropriation of funds for deposit into the rental housing revolving fund to finance affordable rental housing development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Housing Committee |
| SB1032 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the continued support of Hana Health in Hana, Maui.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB1095 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes limits on the fees assessable by the counties for motor vehicle registration. Allows the counties to use the funds collected from such fees towards the beautification of highways and disposal of abandoned and derelict vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB1105 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the terms of collective bargaining agreements and associated provisions to be deemed the prevailing wages and terms serving as the basis of compliance with chapter 104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the construction of certain rental housing pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB40 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Public Utilities. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB868 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Hawaii's controlled substances act to mirror federal regulations, which permit qualified practitioners to administer, dispense, and prescribe any schedule II, III, IV, or V narcotic drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB5 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the housing program for homeless individuals with chronic disease. Appropriates funds for the program. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB847 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the planning, design, and construction of a visitor and interpretive center at Diamond Head State Monument. Requires the department of land and natural resources to seek funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB632 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the launching, landing, or recovering of an unmanned aerial system at a public park or beach without the prior consent of DOT. Prohibits the operation of an unmanned aerial system over any public park or beach at an altitude that interferes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB256 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Act 223, SLH 2015 to extend the sunset of the refundable food/excise tax credit for two years to 12/31/19.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB158 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the governor to establish puuhonua safe zones where homeless persons may reside. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Housing Committee |
| SB1048 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that the public utilities commission may make a finding of public convenience and necessity and may issue a certificate regardless of whether the evidence in the record indicates that the issuance of the certificate would diminish an existi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB1251 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Intercollegiate Athletic Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB337 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that a candidate committee shall not be required to file a statement of information for an electioneering communication made by a candidate committee that clearly identifies the communication as being paid for by the candidate committee. Rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB1015 | Intro
Sine Die | Deposits funds from Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax Fund into the State Highway Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means 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] | 2017-11-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB551 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes, beginning January 1, 2018, labeling requirements for any food or raw agricultural commodity sold in the State that contains a genetically engineered material, or was produced with a genetically engineered material; establishes exceptions...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB1188 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a Hawaii teacher stipend program to be administered by the Department of Education to address the shortage of teachers in the Hawaii public school system. Appropriates funds for the program for 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 fiscal years. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1081 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a state income tax deduction of up to $5,000 per year for student loan interest paid on qualified education loans. Effective 5/12/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1206 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a pilot program to generate revenue through the lease of University of Hawaii land for public purposes. Requires that the parcels of land be located within a county-designated transit-oriented zone, a one-half-mile radius of public transi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB736 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health care professionals serving as a primary care provider to maintain liability insurance. Requires the insurance commissioner to establish uniform, minimum amounts of insurance for all health care professionals, regardless of their profe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB82 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Land Use. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB39 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Professions And Vocations. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB53 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To State Facilities. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB1255 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to provide financing to assist Honokaa Land Company, LLC, with acquiring, developing, and renovating various agricultural facilities and structures. (SB1255 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB784 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the John A. Burns school of medicine to convene a working group to discuss nutrition and lifestyle behavior for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease. Requires a report to the legislature prior to the convening of the regular sessi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB848 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the Hawaiian Language College's functions. Authorizes a Hawaiian language medium general education coursework pilot project. Supports the development of an implementation plan for Hawaiian language instruction throughout the University of Haw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB79 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Energy. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB631 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts tangible and nonperishable gifts received by an elected or appointed official on behalf of the State from gift reporting requirements under the ethics code. Requires the gift to be publicly recorded and maintained as property of the State and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB284 | Engross
Sine Die | Corrects an error in the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2016 to clarify that the CIP project for Maalaea small boat harbor on Maui was for plans, design, and construction for pier improvements, rather than dredging. (SB284 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB467 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2019. Appropriations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB762 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to DBEDT to provide additional resources for the small business regulatory review board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1092 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevents the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) from approving power purchase agreements that prohibit the sale of energy to third parties or require utility consent to the sale of energy to third parties; provided that the PUC may approve a power pur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB955 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii State Fusion Center (Center) as a program under the Office of Homeland Security and establishes the position of Hawaii State Fusion Center Director who shall be state-funded, responsible to the Director of Homeland Security, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB962 | Intro
Sine Die | Continues the Hospital Sustainability Program for two years. Appropriates funds out of the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Human Services Committee |
| SB862 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows counties with populations less than one hundred thousand to enact a zoning ordinance to amortize or phase out nonconforming single-family transient vacation rental units over a reasonable period of time.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB325 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifies that ten per cent of general excise tax revenues collected from medical marijuana dispensaries and ten per cent of gross income generated by each entity that holds a medical marijuana dispensary license shall be allocated to the mental heal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB242 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires at least one of the three PUC commissioners to be a resident of a county other than the city and county of Honolulu and to receive per diem compensation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB389 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes speed limits for Hawaii Route 3000, also known as the Lahaina Bypass or the Honoapiilani Highway Bypass. (SB389 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB1155 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifies that coverage for telehealth under the State's medicaid managed care and fee-for-service programs includes psychiatric services provided by a collaborative care team consisting of a primary care provider, a behavioral health care manager wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB65 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Homelessness. Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Human Services Committee |
| SB624 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Office of the Governor, to develop a strategic plan to double local food production and increase food exports by 2020. Requires the Department of Agriculture to submit the strategic plan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB379 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires commercial thrill craft and parasailing operators to complete a water safety education course. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology Committee |
