| SB2296 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that membership of each metropolitan planning organization policy board include at least one member of the senate and one member of the house of representatives from that metropolitan planning area. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB2375 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits advanced practice registered nurses to certify an employee's disability. Increases the penalty for employers who fail to submit timely wage and employment information. Permits filing of an appeal of a decision on temporary disability insuranc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| SB2663 | Engross
Sine Die | Codifies sustainable development goals based on the United Nations' Global Goal two, zero hunger. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB3088 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the period by 3 months that a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions, from 3/31/2018 to 6/30/2018. Specifies, for a county with a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopts a surcharge, how certain perce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2434 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kunoa Cattle Company, LLC, to fund the construction of a multi-species livestock farm, expansion of the slaughter and processing infrastructure, development of distribution assets and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB2183 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies requirements for fireworks shippers. Authorizes the use, by permit, of fireworks for film and movie productions. Authorizes the testing, disposal, and destruction of illegal and unwanted fireworks by appropriate county authorities. Corrects...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB2999 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a 1-time amnesty program for certain delinquent tax obligations. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2865 | Engross
Sine Die | Transfers administrative authority, personnel, and facilities for the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy currently located at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Renames the University of Hawaii Institute ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
| SB3008 | Engross
Sine Die | Transitions from lump sum deferred deposit transactions to installment-based small dollar loan transactions. Specifies various consumer protection requirements for small dollar loans. Beginning 1/1/2019, requires licensure for small dollar lenders th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Intrastate Commerce Committee |
| SB641 | Engross
Sine Die | Adds the chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the chairperson's designee to serve as an ex officio, voting member of the Commission on Water Resource Management. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB2290 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits state law enforcement agencies from complying with federal immigration detainers or honoring requests for non-public information unless specifically required to do so by a warrant signed by a judge or federal, state, or local law. Takes eff...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Public Safety Committee |
| SB2675 | Engross
Sine Die | Codifies sustainable development goals based on the United Nations' Global Goal fourteen, life below water. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| SB2331 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to improve na ala hele, the Hawaii statewide trail and access program, by improving access to and maintaining state controlled recreational trails statewide and promoting hiker sa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB3027 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission to restore, preserve, and determine the appropriate uses of Kahoolawe island, and to fund 1 full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) permanent position for the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB1293 | Engross
Sine Die | Transfers the Corrections Population Management Commission from the Department of Public Safety to the Judiciary. Replaces the Director of Public Safety with the Chief Justice as a member of the Commission. Requires the Commission to meet at least on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Public Safety Committee |
| SB2073 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that the amount appropriated in Act 183, SLH 2017, shall be deposited into the food safety certification costs grant program special fund and that the same amount shall be appropriated out of the special fund for fiscal year 2018-2019. Effe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB2968 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a person authorized to collect rent on behalf of the nonresident owner of real property located in the State to withhold the general excise tax due on rents collected. Requires nonresident owners who receive rents attributable to real proper...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
| SB3048 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the establishment of a training academy for conservation and resources enforcement officers, including two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) permanent positions. Effective 7/1/2050....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB2586 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Health to investigate care facilities reported to be operating without an appropriate certificate or license. Prohibits patient referrals and transfers to uncertified and unlicensed care facilities. Establishes penalties ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB2974 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires certain vessel owners to apply for a certificate of title within twenty days of becoming an owner or within twenty days of establishing principal use of the vessel in waters of the State. Establishes what information is required to be includ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB2569 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the membership of the pesticide advisory committee to include a representative from the Department of Education, each county mayors' office, Hawaii Farmers Union United, a medical expert, and a non-governmental organization scientist. Expands...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2374 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes and appropriates funds for a three-year community paramedic services pilot program. Establishes reporting requirements. Repeals December 31, 2021. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB2822 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Taxation to require certain taxpayers to file returns electronically, subject to exceptions for reasonable cause. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2603 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the chair of the appropriate subject matter committee to hold either a public hearing or informational briefing for any report of a study or an audit enacted with a legislative appropriation or adopted by concurrent resolution and conducted ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Legislative Management Committee |
| SB2715 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kaiuli Energy, LLC, with the financing of the planning, design, and construction of a seawater air conditioning district cooling facility and chilled water distribution system...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| SB2186 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the fireworks display permit fee from $100 to $300. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Public Safety Committee |
| SB2312 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the grant application process requirements for organizations that may receive a grant from the State. Specifies additional grant application process requirements for nonprofit organizations. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2758 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes expedited approvals for affordable housing projects seeking district boundary amendments for land areas of 15 acres or less under the jurisdiction of the counties. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Housing Committee |
| SB101 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that any contributions paid on behalf of a civil service or exempt status employee who is funded under special fund revenues and whose contributions are paid to the employees' retirement system of the State shall be paid from the respective ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| SB2793 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Human Services to use an integrated and multigenerational approach in delivering human services to reduce the incidence of intergenerational poverty and dependence on public benefits. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB3038 | Engross
Sine Die | Redistributes transient accommodations tax revenue by allocating more funds to the special land and development fund and less funds to the tourism special fund, to improve certain state resources and services. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Tourism Committee |
| SB2523 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop regional economic plans for each county to provide jobs in urban and rural areas of each county based on the development or community boundaries of each respective coun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| SB2508 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a nexus standard for taxing out-of-state businesses on their business activities in Hawaii. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2177 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates standards and procedures for income withholding for purposes of enforcing restitution orders. Provides appropriations to the Department of the Attorney General that are effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB2832 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows funds appropriated by the Legislature to be deposited into the University of Hawaii Green Special Fund and clarifies the authority to expend funds and the scope of projects that can be funded. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| SB3057 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the authority of counties to use land-based financing to support operating costs for certain county services provided within improvement districts and community facilities districts. Allows county maintenance of the capital improvements to be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2650 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes permanent the requirement for certain motion picture theater owners and operators to provide open movie captioning for at least two showings per week, one of which has a scheduled start time no earlier than 4:30 p.m. Repeals the requirement to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| SB3024 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale of video games that contain a system of further purchasing to consumers under 21 years of age. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB2751 | Engross
Sine Die | Renames the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) as the Office of Aerospace and Aviation Industries. Amends section 201-76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to attach the Office of Aerospace and Aviation Industries to the Depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| SB2059 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies who may be granted a temporary permit to practice public accountancy. Specifies the requirements that must be met prior to obtaining a temporary permit to practice. Requires a person to obtain a temporary permit to practice from the board o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB3044 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires an on-set teacher to accompany, supervise, and advocate on behalf of a minor whenever the minor is on set and a variance from the work hour restrictions to allowable theatrical employment is granted, when employed for theatrical purposes. De...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| SB2491 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to certain health care workers a class C felony. Effective 7/1/2035. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| SB2886 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to the Department of Agriculture for capital improvement projects for the benefit of East Maui. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2614 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the period by 1 year that a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions, from 3/31/2018 to 3/31/2019. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2845 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Office of Planning and the Department of Land and Natural Resources, to prepare and periodically update a functional plan for seafood sustainability that expands the State's priority on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| SB2489 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the formula for the amount of transient accommodations tax to be collected from time shares by increasing the base on which time share occupancy is taxed from one-half of the gross daily maintenance fees paid by the owner and are attributable ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Tourism Committee |
| SB36 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to regulate all channel designations and relocation of public, educational, and governmental access channels unless expressly prohibited by federal law. Allows cable operators to relocate or ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Intrastate Commerce Committee |
| SB2656 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the synchronization of plan participants' medications. Requires plans, policies, contracts, or agreements that are offered by health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organization and provide prescription drug benefits...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB2479 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the counties to take into custody any abandoned vehicle on a public road within ten business days. Specifies that the requirement to provide written notice to the registered owner of an abandoned vehicle under section 290-2, Hawaii Revised S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB3029 | Engross
Sine Die | Changes income tax rates and eliminates state income tax for those at or below the poverty level for taxable years beginning after 12/31/17. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
