| SB2955 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires rental motor vehicle lessors with more than two hundred light duty passenger vehicles, to plan for the incorporation of at least fifty per cent of zero-emission vehicles into the lessor's fleet by 2030 and report information on all vehicles ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2164 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for school-level funding. (HB2164 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2343 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the offense of abuse of family or household members to provide for felony, misdemeanor, and petty misdemeanor penalties. Expands the family court's jurisdiction over cases involving harassment of a family or household member. Allows the granti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2904 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation for continuance of the small business innovation research program. Effective July 2, 2050. (SB2904 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2498 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale of polystyrene foam containers and serving of prepared foods using polystyrene foam containers statewide. Authorizes the Department of Health to adopt rules to implement the prohibition and include within its administrative rules a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2666 | Engross
Sine Die | Codifies Goal 5 of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. (SB2666 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2593 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows a nonprofit animal care or rescue group to register and oversee caregivers of free-roaming cats. Exempts registered caregivers of free-roaming cats from state laws and county ordinances relating to the feeding and confinement of cats. Establis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2779 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases membership on the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to include the Chairperson of the Native Hawaiian Education Council and a non-voting teacher candidate from a Hawaii educator preparation program at a public university. Clarifies that a perm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2056 | Engross
Sine Die | PART I: Clarifies restaurants that sell children's meals that include a beverage for a single price shall make the default beverage a healthy beverage. PART II: Establishes a home care agency licensing program in the Department of Health. Authorizes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB3107 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for programs and other efforts to help persons suffering from multiple chronic conditions, including coordinated treatment, centralized referral, case managers, and peer mentors. (SB3107 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2189 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that failure of state and county officers and employees to carry out or comply with chapter 801D, HRS, shall provide a basis for disciplinary action, with certain exceptions. Requires competent authority to immediately report such disciplina...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB229 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys for program costs and 12 permanent full-time equivalent positions in the vector control branch of the Department of Health. (SB229 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2757 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the general excise tax exemption for certain affordable rental housing projects from June 30, 2022, to June 30, 2026. Removes the statutory cap for the exemption. Prohibits housing owners from refusing to lease a dwelling unit to a holder of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2319 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the composition and term length of members of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii. (SB2319 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Higher Education Committee |
| SB1235 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to improve the health care services related to cardiac care at Hilo Medical Center. Requires the Auditor to audit contracts over $1,000,000 that the Department of Health or the Department of Human Services entered into with domesti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1320 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires accredited and non-accredited post-secondary educational institutions that are for-profit entities to disclose in print and electronic media and signage that they are for-profit businesses registered in the State. (HB1320 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB2756 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the statutory cap on the disposition of conveyance taxes dedicated for deposit into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund for the financing of affordable rental housing development. (SB2756 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2703 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist SpinLaunch, Inc., with the financing of the planning, design, and construction of a satellite launch system. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2142 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Lobbyists Law to eliminate outdated references to criminal violations and requires an individual to demonstrate good cause for noncompliance. Clarifies that the State Ethics Commission may require payment of an administrative fine or resti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB2316 | Enroll
Sine Die | Proposes an amendment to article X, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution to modify the appointment process for the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii. Repeals the Candidate Advisory Council for the Board of Regents of the University ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Higher Education Committee |
| SB2184 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the State Fire Council to expend moneys in the Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Program Special Fund to defray the actual cost of the Council's fire and life safety programs and activities and to employ additional personnel. (SB2184 H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1062 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the family court to terminate parental rights if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the natural parent committed sexual assault of the other natural parent, the child was conceived as a result of the sexual assault ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB2278 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Teacher Home Assistance Program to be administered by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide housing vouchers to certain qualified teachers who are employed by the Department of Education and commit to teach...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2366 | Engross
Sine Die | Standardizes service requirements for all Hawaii Labor Relations Board decisions and orders. Extends the time to hold a hearing on a complaint. Repeals the requirements for audit and Board approval of witness fees. Establishes a Collective Bargaining...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2811 | Engross
Sine Die | Updates chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make it consistent with amendments in the federal Controlled Substances Act as required under section 329-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes and to be consistent with federal law, by allowing prescribing auth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2472 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code related to at-risk rules and deductions and to passive activity loss do not apply with respect to claims for the state low-income housing tax credit. Caps the state low-income housing tax...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB3089 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows counties to enact ordinances to require that a conveyance document, conveyance instrument, or certificate of conveyance include a statement indicating whether the county has determined that the real property described in the document, instrume...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2416 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the rate of real estate conveyance tax for properties with a value of at least $2,000,000. Amends the calculation for the amount of conveyance taxes to be deposited into the rental housing revolving fund. Narrows the affordable housing exem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2476 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of transportation to adopt rules for motor vehicle inspection safety checks. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2545 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the state sustainability coordinator of the office of planning to complete a holistic and comprehensive study and plan for green infrastructure opportunities in the State. Appropriates funds to complete the green infrastructure study and pla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2231 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts unpaid board or commission members whose financial disclosure statements are not filed timely from the additional $10 per day administrative fine. (SB2231 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB2387 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Education to establish a Farm to School Program and designate a Farm to School Coordinator to work in collaboration with the head of the Department of Agriculture's Hawaii Farm to School Program. Appropriates funds for tw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2800 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Health to disclose public health statistics records internally within the Department for approved research purposes and establishes conditions under which those records may be disclosed without informed consent. (SB2800 H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB2921 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that unclaimed funds of $10 or less in the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund, upon the expiration of the ten-year time limitation on claiming the funds, shall be transferred to the Libraries Special Fund. Increases the threshold for claims for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1623 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires franchisees to disclose their non-participation in advertising campaigns of the franchisor in which discounts or promotions are offered. Prohibit franchisors from limiting or restricting the disclosures. (HB1623 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB2060 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the scope of the condominium education trust fund to cover voluntary binding arbitration between interested parties. Amends the conditions that mandate mediation and exceptions to mandatory mediation. Makes conforming amendments. Sunsets on J...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2546 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to the Department of Health to fund a family medicine office practice and team-based training site for the John A. Burns School of Medicine family medicine residency program. Takes effect on 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2744 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends false claims to the State statute by automatically increasing penalties to maintain consistency with the federal False Claims Act and to comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990. (SB2744 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB3034 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires inclusion of 20% affordable housing units in state agencies' development and redevelopment plans along the rail transit corridor. Allows the Office of Planning, in consultation with the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2050 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Human Services to implement an earned income disregard program as an intermediate step to implementing a medicaid buy-in program. Requires reports to the legislature. Takes effect upon approval by the Centers for Medicare a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2805 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission Executive Director, except for fair housing cases, to either issue a final conciliation demand that the respondent cease the unlawful discriminatory practice or dismiss a discrimination complaint and issu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB2079 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes penalties and fines for any person who knowingly captures, takes, possesses, abuses, or entangles any shark, whether alive or dead, or kills any shark, within state marine waters and makes it a misdemeanor. Expands the existing prohibitio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1806 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires DOH to educate food establishments about liability protections. Expands liability protection for donors to include donations of food and similar donations made directly to needy persons. Authorizes the donation of expired food when the donor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1800 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires each county to use a portion of its highway beautification fee revenues for cleanup of improper tire disposal sites. Appropriates funds from the special account in the environmental management special fund to each county for cleanup of impro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-21
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2493 | Engross
Sine Die | Postpones until 1/1/2020 the effective date of certain provisions of Act 152, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, that conform Hawaii's insurance producer licensing requirements to national model standards by eliminating the ability of insurance producers t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-21
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2305 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the establishment of a pilot visitation center or centers for children of incarcerated parents at one or more correctional facilities in the State and a plan for visitation centers at all state operated correctional facilities. Appropriates ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-21
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2710 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits brewpub and small craft producer pub licensees to allow minors, who are accompanied by a parent or legal guardian of legal drinking age, on the licensee's premises. (SB2710 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1859 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows a minor to petition the Family Court for emancipation, and directs the court regarding investigation of the petition, appointment of legal counsel and a guardian ad litem for the petitioner, and the findings necessary to grant the petition. Sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2645 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a task force to evaluate the process of executing a delayed construction project that has not commenced within ten years of acceptance of its environmental impact statement. (SB2645 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-21
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2276 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services (DHS) to establish a five-year pilot program in the east Hawaii child welfare services section in Hawaii County that limits the number of children per child welfare services caseworker to no mor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-21
To House Finance Committee |
