| SCR171 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Hawaii Tourism Authority To Establish A Campaign To Educate Visitors To The State About The Harmful Effects Of Oxybenzone Sunscreen On Coral Reefs And To Encourage Visitors To The State To Refrain From Using Oxybenzone Sunscreens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR132 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting That The Department Of Accounting And General Services, The Department Of Budget And Fiscal Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu, And The Departments Of Finance Of The Counties Of Hawaii, Maui, And Kauai Eliminate The Payroll Lag De...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2339 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes pharmacies to accept for disposal the return of any unused, remaining, or expired prescription drugs that the pharmacy previously dispensed, via collection receptacles or mail-back programs. (SB2339 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SR17 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging The National Football League To Allow Injured Players To Use Cannabidiol In Pill Or Liquid Form, In Lieu Of Opioids, To Address The Pain From Their Work-related Injuries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SCR147 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Hawaii Tourism Authority To Send A Letter To The United States Olympic Committee, International Olympic Committee, And Tokyo Organizing Committee Of The Olympic And Paralympic Games Stating That The State Of Hawaii Is The Ideal Locatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR77 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging The United States Congress To Reform And Amend The Immigration And Nationality Act Of 1965 And Other Relevant Federal Immigration Laws To Classify Climate-related Migrants As Refugees In Order To Receive Greater Legal Status And Protection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SCR189 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism To Study The Feasibility Of A State Lottery To Fund Hawaii's Public Education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR28 | Pass | Urging The Board Of Agriculture To Review Procedures Relating To Aquaculture Importation Permit Applications And To Submit A Report To The Legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
Report and Resolution Adopted. |
| SR93 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Hawaii Tourism Authority To Send A Letter To The United States Olympic Committee, International Olympic Committee, And Tokyo Organizing Committee Of The Olympic And Paralympic Games Stating That The State Of Hawaii Is The Ideal Locatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR35 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Honolulu Police Department To Report On How Much Funding Is Required For On-campus School Resource Officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SCR1 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging Various State Entities To Review And Update Their Telecommunication Equipment, Services, And Policies And Identify Areas Of Improvement In Accessibility And Usability For Individuals Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing Or Have A Speech Disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SCR99 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging The County Council Of The County Of Hawaii To Exercise Its Power Of Eminent Domain To Condemn Naalehu Theater To Preserve The Theater's Historic Legacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR139 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting A Study Of Potential Projects That Would Reduce Energy Costs For All State Departments And Agencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SCR34 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging The National Football League To Allow Injured Players To Use Cannabidiol In Pill Or Liquid Form, In Lieu Of Opioids, To Address The Pain From Their Work-related Injuries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SCR35 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Honolulu City Council To Adopt A New Permitting Process To Allow The Construction Of Large-scale Houses In Certain Residential Zoned Areas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SR100 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Hawaii Tourism Authority To Establish A Campaign To Educate Visitors To The State About The Harmful Effects Of Oxybenzone Sunscreen On Coral Reefs And To Encourage Visitors To The State To Refrain From Using Oxybenzone Sunscreens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SCR23 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Federal Communications Commission To Require All Television Stations That Broadcast In Hawaii To Dedicate Time Slots To Educate The General Public Through Public Service Announcements On How To Prepare For Natural And Man-made Disaster...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SCR118 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging The United States Congress To Support And Fund The Scientific Study Of Firearms Violence And Prevention.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2373 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that negotiations over the implementation of management decisions affecting terms and conditions of employment that are subject to collective bargaining are not precluded from collective bargaining negotiations. Specifies that negotiations o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To House Finance Committee |
| SCR131 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging The Department Of Taxation To Enforce Section 237d-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Regarding Online Advertising For Transient Accommodations To Ensure Collection Of Transient Accommodation Taxes And General Excise Taxes From Vacation Rentals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR61 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Hawaii State Judiciary And Department Of Human Services To Not Use Blindness As A Basis For Denying Parental Rights.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SCR120 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging The United States Congress To Reform And Amend The Immigration And Nationality Act Of 1965 And Other Relevant Federal Immigration Laws To Classify Climate-related Migrants As Refugees In Order To Receive Greater Legal Status And Protection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR13 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Federal Communications Commission To Require All Television Stations That Broadcast In Hawaii To Dedicate Time Slots To Educate The General Public Through Public Service Announcements On How To Prepare For Natural And Man-made Disaster...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR1 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging Various State Entities To Review And Update Their Telecommunication Equipment, Services, And Policies And Identify Areas Of Improvement In Accessibility And Usability For Individuals Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing Or Have A Speech Disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR14 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Taxation To Study The Impact Of Recent Changes To Federal Income Tax Law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
Report and Resolution Adopted. |
| SCR56 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging The Counties To Adopt Supplemental Rules Pursuant To Section 514b-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Ensure The Conformance Of Condominium Property Regimes To The Purposes And Provisions Of County Zoning And Development Ordinances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SR45 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting Congress To Convene A Limited National Convention Under Article V For The Exclusive Purpose Of Proposing An Amendment To The United States Constitution That Will Limit The Influence Of Money In Our Electoral Process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR36 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting That The United States Pacific Command Develop And Implement A Warning System For Military-related Emergencies Affecting The State And That The United States Pacific Command Be The Sole Agency Responsible For Issuing Public Alerts Or Warni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR9 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Department Of Education To Convene A Working Group To Review Afterschool Programs In Hawaii's Public Schools And To Establish An Afterschool Program Advisory Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR120 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging The Governor And Director Of The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Improve Hawaii's Emergency Preparedness And Hazard Mitigation Measures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SCR66 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting That The United States Pacific Command Develop And Implement A Warning System For Military-related Emergencies Affecting The State And That The United States Pacific Command Be The Sole Agency Responsible For Issuing Public Alerts Or Warni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SCR140 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The State To Strengthen Its Emergency Preparedness By Repositioning Emergency Medical Supply Caches From Oahu To The Neighbor Islands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR90 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The State To Strengthen Its Emergency Preparedness By Repositioning Emergency Medical Supply Caches From Oahu To The Neighbor Islands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SR69 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging The Hawaii Labor Relations Board, And Other Concerned Agencies Or Judicial Bodies, To Take Notice Of The Legislature's Intent To Enable Exclusive Representatives To Maintain Financial Viability And Organizational Capacity And Effectively Repre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBR were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, English, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) S. Chang, Taniguchi; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SCR37 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Establish The Agriculture 2030 Investment Program And A Farm To Plate Program In Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| SCR111 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging The Hawaii Labor Relations Board, And Other Concerned Agencies Or Judicial Bodies, To Take Notice Of The Legislature's Intent To Enable Exclusive Representatives To Maintain Financial Viability And Organizational Capacity And Effectively Repre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBR were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, English, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) S. Chang, Taniguchi; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SCR24 | Pass | Recognizing March 19 As Hawaii Celebrating Women In Public Office Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| SR27 | Intro
Sine Die | Urging The Counties To Adopt Supplemental Rules Pursuant To Section 514b-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Ensure The Conformance Of Condominium Property Regimes To The Purposes And Provisions Of County Zoning And Development Ordinances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-27
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB2894 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Agribusiness Development Corporation, University of Hawaii System, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and Hawaii Food Industry Association, to conduct crop performance testing trial...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB3023 | Engross
Sine Die | Includes persons with disabilities under the minimum wage requirements. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to study the impacts of raising the minimum wage and submit a report to the Legislature on its findings and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2583 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates June 21 of each year as International Yoga Day. (SB2583 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB351 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends various provisions related to the Aha Moku Advisory Committee, including budgetary requirements. Appropriates funds for expenses of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee and the annual Puwalu event. (SB351 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2943 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone program to facilitate the development of certain areas. Authorizes the creation of transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone subaccounts to make grants or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2598 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires each department to deduct the department's total salary overpayment from the department's budget request for the following fiscal biennium. Requires that employees who exhaust their sick leave be placed on a manual accounting system. Removes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2747 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act to clarify that a public benefit corporation may not purchase its memberships; that the term "director" only includes those who have the authority to vote as a member of a board; and that a corporation wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2662 | Engross
Sine Die | Codifies sustainable development goals based on Goal 1, no poverty, and Goal 3, good health and well-being, of the United Nations' Global Goals in the Hawaii State Planning Act. (SB2662 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB3031 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies and strengthens the organic foods production tax credit. Effective 7/1/2050. Applies to unspecified taxable years. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2496 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows adults with autism spectrum disorders to receive appropriate applied behavior analysis treatment, while simultaneously providing safeguards for consumer protection. Exempts from licensure requirements for behavior analysis certain individuals ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2149 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the number of district judges in the Second Circuit from three to four judges. (SB2149 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2931 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the ethics continuing education requirement for dentists to require six hours of ethics training within each biennial renewal period instead of three hours annually. (SB2931 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
