| HB1543 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the University of Hawaii community colleges to establish energy systems and technology training courses for county employees responsible for permitting, inspecting, licensing, and approving construction projects that contain renewable energy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB371 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the composition of the Board of Dental Examiners to add an additional dental hygienist member and specify that two hygienist members shall reside in the City and County of Honolulu and one shall reside in the County of Hawaii, Maui, or Kauai. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB503 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires health insurance coverage for case management services by qualified mental health providers for victims of sexual violence and abuse. Takes effect on 6/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| HB80 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes a restraining order that preserves the financial assets of the parties and their dependents upon the commencement of annulment, divorce, or separation court action. (HB80 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB519 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that citizen complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic violence against a family or household member on the part of the police officer shall not be required to be in writing or sworn to by the complainant. (SB...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB533 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the Aging and Disability Resource Center. (SB533 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| HB455 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from charging agricultural producers for the costs of food safety certification activities conducted by the department. (HB455 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HB1301 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that a person or entity that is determined by the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to have introduced an invasive species into the State may be strictly liable for all or part of the expenses to eradicate the invasive species from the State. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HB814 | Engross
Sine Die | Adopts uniform laws on protecting the online accounts of employees and students from employers and educational institutions, respectively. (HB814 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB399 | Engross
Sine Die | Ties the authorized benefit for acupuncture treatments allowed under personal injury protection benefits provided through motor vehicle insurance to the workers' compensation supplemental medical fee schedule. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB223 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes a naturopathic physician to prescribe testosterone consistent with naturopathic medical practice. Clarifies that narcotic drugs shall not be included within the naturopathic formulary. (SB223 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| HB617 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the requirements that any plan of land for deregistered land must meet for recordation at the bureau of conveyances. Requires that any plan of land that involves deregistered land that is filed with the registrar of conveyances must be ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB344 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the allowable and prohibited practices requirements for dental assistants. Clarifies that rules shall not infringe upon, overlap with, or conflict with the duties and scope of practice for other licensed professionals. Prohibits persons fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB778 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation to implement the recommendations of the joint fact finding study group's report on pesticide use by large agribusinesses on Kauai. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| HB556 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement that all applicants for health and human services procurement contracts possess all licenses necessary to conduct the subject business. Repeals the requirement that all contracts include only costs, fees, and taxes reflected o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| HB1330 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes common interest agricultural communities. (HB1330 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HB193 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the value amounts applicable to qualifying for an exemption from attachment or execution of real and personal property. Exempts one month of child support and spousal support in the possession of the debtor-recipient of support from attachm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB301 | Engross
Sine Die | Mandates implementation of recommendations made by the office of the auditor to the department of health regarding advance disposal fee glass containers and glass recycling. Requires the department of health to report on its implementation of the rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| HB1184 | Engross
Sine Die | Replaces criminal penalties for certain airport offenses addressed in Chapter 261, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or in certain administrative rules or orders issued pursuant thereto, with a civil penalty. (HB1184 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB263 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends provisions related to licensed medical marijuana dispensaries by imposing GET on a percentage of dispensaries gross proceeds or gross income and allocating a portion of GET revenues received from dispensaries to the Medical Marijuana Registry ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| HB954 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts active members of the Hawaii emergency management agency and county emergency management agencies from jury duty. (HB954 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB970 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends exemption from civil service for medical marijuana dispensary program staff in the Department of Health hired after July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2020. Takes effect 6/29/2017. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB380 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits licensed dental hygienists in the State to operate under general, rather than direct, supervision of a licensed dentist.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| HB289 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a candidate or noncandidate committee to inform the Campaign Spending Commission if the candidate or noncandidate committee does not intend to receive or spend contributions and expenditures that aggregate more than $1,000 in an election per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB589 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Judiciary to retain mental health services and substance abuse treatment for the Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement program, which is an intensive supervisory program for persons on probation. (HB589 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB285 | Engross
Sine Die | Continues the nursing facility sustainability program for two years. Appropriates funds out of the nursing facility sustainability program special fund for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. (SB285 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| HB783 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of agriculture to establish a two-year agricultural theft and vandalism pilot project to examine the effectiveness of prosecuting agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism in the county of Hawaii. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| SB403 | Engross
Sine Die | Ensures certain benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act are preserved under Hawaii law, including: preserving the individual health insurance mandate for taxpayers; preserving the premium tax credit for individuals and families with low or mod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB536 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation to the Department of Health for the full-time equivalent fall prevention and early detection coordinator position established by Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014. (SB536 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB145 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies provisions regarding examinations of defendants' fitness to proceed in the prosecution. Authorizes the department of health and department of public safety to enter into an agreement concerning the transfer of detainees in a community corre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB1312 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the board of midwifery to regulate the practice of midwifery by certified midwives and certified professional midwives. Requires licensing of certified midwives and certified professional midwives to commence beginning on July 1, 2020. Re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| HB946 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that an unauthorized person who drives in a high occupancy vehicle lane shall be subject to a $150 fine. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| HB1081 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of a citation for specific violations of beauty culture laws by licensees and permittees. Sets forth a process for licensees and permittees to contest the citation and provides for the assessment of fines for each violation. (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB179 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes ranked choice voting for special elections for Congressional races. (HB179 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1025 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes a fine against any employer who fails to comply with income withholding requirements applicable to child and spousal support, or discharges, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against a person because the person is subject to inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Labor Committee |
| SB720 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation for the concussion monitoring and educational program for school athletics, concussion and awareness program for youth athletic activities, and administration of a concussion and awareness program for youth athletics. (SB720 HD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB397 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends 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. (SB397 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB347 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for establishing, staffing, and operating two mobile clinics to serve the homeless population. (SB347 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB404 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires sellers of electronic smoking devices or eliquid to obtain a retail tobacco permit or dealer or wholesale license. Increases the license fee for wholesalers or dealers and the retail tobacco permit fee. Applies the cigarette and tobacco prod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| HB232 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the allowable scope of collective bargaining negotiations regarding the rights and obligations of a public employer. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB560 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to translate the Hawaii State Constitution into the Hawaiian language. (SB560 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1084 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the appointment process of certain members of the Hawaii Tourism Authority's (Authority) Board of Directors (Board). Clarifies the Authority's reporting and disclosure of specific information. Requires the Board to develop policies and procedu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1544 | Engross
Sine Die | Adds increasing the production of food intended for human consumption that is produced and sold in the State to the list of acts that the Department of Agriculture must undertake as part of its statutorily-established responsibility of administering ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1147 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the strategic plan developed by the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-oriented Development to require that every development or redevelopment plan for any state property within one-half mile of the Honolulu rail transit system evaluate ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB1306 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes and funds a State Public-Private Partnership Coordinator position within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to manage public-private partnerships entered into by the State and associated contracts, proposals, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1591 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled at a University of Hawaii community college. Appropriates funds to establish and implement the program. (HB1591 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB367 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the fines for violations associated with a person operating a vehicle after the person's license and privilege has been suspended or revoked for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB442 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that the period of limitation for a prosecution under the law relating to falsifying a campaign spending report shall commence upon discovery of the alleged offense by the campaign spending commission. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB372 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires motor vehicle insurers to make satisfactory arrangements with the insurance commissioner to handle claims and service policies within the State. Specifies that motor vehicle insurers are required to maintain at least one physical sales and c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
Carried over to 2018 Regular Session. |
| SB417 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that informal adjustment shall be prioritized over formal action for a child under family court jurisdiction solely as a result of truancy. (SB417 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
To House Finance Committee |
