| HB2653 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to provide qualified coastal landowners, who have privately owned structures situated on previously private land that has become submerged public land due to erosion and sea level rise, with short du... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To Senate Water and Land 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 |
| HB1687 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows an election officer who is required to issue a public notice in a statewide or county publication to satisfy the publication requirement by submitting the notice to the publication and conspicuously posting the notice on the website associated... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To Senate Judiciary 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 |
| HB2137 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits prospective employers from requesting or considering a job applicant's wage or salary history as part of an employment application process or compensation offer. Prohibits enforced wage secrecy and retaliation or discrimination against empl... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To Senate Labor 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 |
| HB2498 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes and appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) permanent veterinary medical officer position within the Department of Health. (HB2498 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health 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 |
| HB1661 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a candidate committee or noncandidate committee to inform the Campaign Spending Commission if the candidate committee or noncandidate committee does not intend to receive or spend contributions and expenditures that aggregate more than $1,00... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To Senate Judiciary 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 |
| HB2540 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Health to coordinate with each county water department to establish a low interest loan program for the upgrade or conversion of cesspools in each county to septic systems, aerobic treatment unit systems, for connection t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health 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 |
| HB2427 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Auditor to conduct a comprehensive audit of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. Appropriates funds. (HB2427 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB2848 | Engross
Sine Die | Ensures that any rules adopted by the department of land and natural resources relating to bottomfishing are supported by the current status of stocks and scientific evidence. Takes effect on 3/15/2099. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To House Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB2111 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes 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. Effective 7/1/2035. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB2243 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires insurers to provide a choice to the insured consumer of authorizing a repair provider to utilize a like kind and quality crash part or the original equipment manufacturer crash part. Specifies that an insured consumer who chooses the use of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To House Intrastate Commerce Committee |
| SB3014 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies requirements for public works projects for a bidder who is a party to an apprenticeship agreement. Requires that, the procurement agency shall verify that the apprenticeable trade in which the bidder qualified for the preference is a trade ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| SB2879 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, in collaboration with the Department of Education, to establish a working group to study the Department of Education's information technology infrastructure, operations, and services. Establishes... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To House Education Committee |
| SB2561 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the operational expenses and staffing costs of the Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB1879 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes an application screening fee that a landlord may charge an applicant to obtain information about the applicant and establishes the applicant's right to review the credit report obtained by the landlord if the applicant paid the applicatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB2749 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the child support guidelines requirements to provide for more opportunity for the public to be involved in the review of the guidelines and to require consideration of additional factors relating to the situation of the parents. Appropriates f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| HB2466 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (Fund) from withholding any retroactive reimbursement payable after June 30, 2013, to a retired employee-beneficiary and qualified employee-beneficiary's spouse for an income-adjusted Med... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To Senate Labor Committee |
| HB1659 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement that noncandidate committee organizational reports include information regarding contributions. (HB1659 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1751 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, through its Division of Aquatic Resources, to establish a network of marine managed areas in areas identified to provide the most benefit to the State's nearshore marine resources. (HB1751 HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-06 To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| HB2194 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows a court of inferior jurisdiction to certify to the Hawaii Supreme Court a question or proposition of law on which the court of inferior jurisdiction seeks instruction for the proper decision of a remanded case. Requires the Supreme Court to an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-06 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2712 | Engross
Sine Die | Includes distilled beverages containing spirits and added blending materials that contain less than twelve per cent of alcohol by volume in the cooler beverage definition. Deletes definition of draft beer. Applies the tax rate on draft beer to all be... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-06 To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HB2267 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the State Highway Enforcement Program and related fund within the Department of Transportation. Establishes a parking violation surcharge to be imposed by courts in addition to other penalties and fines for parking violations on state hig... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-06 To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| HB885 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits health insurance preauthorization requirements that cause undue delay in receipt of medical treatment or services. Specifies that insurers, but not health care providers, are liable for civil damages caused by undue delays for preauthorizat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-06 To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB2403 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides funds to the Department of Transportation for the safety oversight of the rail fixed guideway system. (HB2403 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-06 To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| HB1799 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows only nonprofit corporations to be recipients of grants in aid appropriated by the Legislature under Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-06 To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2823 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the limit on revenues collected by the special enforcement section that are deposited into the tax administration special fund. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-06 To House Finance Committee |
| HB2049 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Board of Education membership by inviting the exclusive representative for bargaining unit (5) (teachers and other personnel of the Department of Education) to appoint a nonvoting public school teacher representative to the Board. (HB2049 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-06 To Senate Education Committee |
| HB1723 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a working group to identify high priority areas that are in need of marine protection management for potential designation as marine protected areas. (HB1723 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-06 To Senate Water and Land Committee |