| SB3058 | Pass | Defines the Hilo community economic district. Authorizes BLNR to extend or modify the terms of certain public land leases within the economic district upon approval by BLNR of a lessee's development agreement to make substantial improvements to or co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 149, on 07/06/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| SB2293 | Pass | Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to institute proceedings to condemn the ground lease for the Front Street Apartments affordable housing project. Appropriates general funds for the appraisal and other preparations for t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 150, on 07/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). |
| HB2455 | Pass | Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the 2018 gannenmono celebration. (HB2455 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 120, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). |
| HB1911 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Health to investigate care facilities reported to be operating without an appropriate certificate or license issued by the Department. Establishes penalties for violations and for knowingly referring or transferring patie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 148, on 07/06/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1249). |
| HB1936 | Pass | Provides that the environmental courts shall not have exclusive, original jurisdiction over any proceedings relating to parking violations under certain administrative rules and laws. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 119, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1220). |
| HB2134 | Pass | Amends the offense of violation of privacy in the first degree to prohibit threats or acts to disclose an image or video. Requires that any recording or image made or disclosed be destroyed or sealed and remain confidential. (HB2134 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 114, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215). |
| SB2340 | Pass | Ensures certain benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act are preserved under Hawaii law, including: extending dependent coverage for adult children up to 26 years of age; prohibiting health insurance entities from imposing a preexisting conditi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 111, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1212). |
| SB2990 | Pass | Requires the legislative reference bureau to conduct a sunrise analysis of the impacts of and best framework for the establishment of paid family leave. Requires a report and proposed legislation be submitted to the legislature by 9/1/2019. Appropria...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 109, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1210). |
| HB1716 | Pass | Establishes a youth commission within the Office of Youth Services to advise the Governor and Legislature on the effects of legislative policies, needs, assessments, priorities, programs, and budgets relating to youth. Appropriates funds. (HB1716 CD1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 106, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1207). |
| HB1489 | Pass | Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation, in any state educational program or activity, or in any educational program or activity that receives state financial assistance. Requires t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 110, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1211). |
| HB1778 | Pass | Improves access for firefighters to comprehensive medical benefits under the Workers' Compensation Law upon diagnosis of cancer that is presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment. Requires private health care plans to pay for or provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 107, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). |
| HB2131 | Pass | Creates a Hawaii Sexual Assault Response and Training Program to address the manner in which sexual assault evidence collection kits are processed and tracked, and to ensure that victims of sexual assault are informed of their rights under the law. R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 113, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1214). |
| SB2346 | Pass | Establishes the Address Confidentiality Program in the Department of the Attorney General to help survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and stalking to relocate and keep the location of their physical address confidential. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 115, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1216). |
| SB2351 | Pass | 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] | 2018-07-06
Act 108, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1209). |
| SB2571 | Pass | Beginning January 1, 2021, bans the sale, offer of sale, or distribution in the State of any sunscreen that contains oxybenzone or octinoxate, or both, without a prescription issued by a licensed healthcare provider to preserve marine ecosystems. (CD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 104, 07/03/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1205). |
| HB2133 | Pass | Specifies that citizen administrative complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic abuse by the police officer against a family or household member shall not be required to be filed as a notarized or sworn written statemen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 112, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1213). |
| SB2790 | Pass | Replaces the guiding principles for children in foster care under the Child Protective Act with the rights of children in foster care, which preserves the current rights of children in foster care and provides certain additional rights. Clarifies tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 105, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1206). |
| HB2299 | Pass | Facilitates the process by which the University of Hawaii obtains approval to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless a county agency, its officers, agents, and employees, for university purposes and university functions on county property. (HB2299 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 103, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1204). |
| HB2362 | Pass | Exempts Administrative Appeals Hearing Officers in the Department of Human Services from civil service requirements. (HB2362 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 071, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1172). |
| SB2013 | Pass | Requires the Director of Transportation to adopt rules to allow an individual who has a letter from a licensed primary care provider certifying that a severe disability causes the individual to be homebound to renew a State identification card by mea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 075, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1176). |
| HB1958 | Pass | Authorizes the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to issue grants to phase III federal grant awardees of up to 50 percent of the amount of the award or contract funded by the private sector or government sources outside of the Small Business I...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 068, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1169). |
| SB2854 | Pass | Establishes a fine not to exceed $100 for moped owners who fail to comply with moped registration requirements. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 077, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1178). |
| HB2033 | Pass | Authorizes service on nonresident property owners for actions involving the property owned by the nonresident through a summons mailed to the mailing address on record with the real property tax office in the county in which the property is located. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 094, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). |
| HB2414 | Pass | Requires the county liquor commissions to reduce submission requirements for the issuance of temporary licenses for the sale of liquor for a period not to exceed one day for fundraising events by nonprofit organizations. Permits nonprofit organizatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 092, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1193). |
| HB2410 | Pass | 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. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 093, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1194). |
| HB2328 | Pass | Makes technical and housekeeping amendments to Act 159, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, to clarify the terms and applicability of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's (HHFDC) first option to purchase or transfer to a qualified nonpro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 065, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1166). |
| HB2175 | Pass | Requires that membership of certain metropolitan planning organization include on its policy board at least one member of the senate and one member of the house of representatives from that metropolitan planning area. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 072, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1173). |
| SB2619 | Pass | Replaces criminal penalties for certain airport offenses addressed in the State's aeronautics laws or in certain administrative rules or orders issued pursuant thereto with fines. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 064, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165). |
| HB2010 | Pass | Cancels the debt owed to the State by the Hawaii Tourism Authority for convention center construction costs and related interest. Amends the allocations of transient accommodations tax revenues to the convention center enterprise special fund and tou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 086, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1187). |
| SB2153 | Pass | Repeals the requirement that candidate committee organizational reports include the name and address of each contributor who contributed an aggregate amount of more than $100 to the candidate committee since the last election. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 080, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1181). |
| HB2003 | Pass | Allows requests for permits that authorize the respondent or defendant to operate an employer's vehicle during the period of license revocation to be supported by the employer's sworn statement attesting to the period of the specified assigned hours ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 074, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1175). |
| SB2714 | Pass | Excludes the weight of disability access modifications from the determination of net weight for non-commercial vehicles for purposes of levying the state and county motor vehicle weight tax. Takes effect on 7/1/2019. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 076, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1177). |
| SB2174 | Pass | Authorizes specified courts to issue material witness orders in cases initiated through felony complaint. Includes the family courts in the authorization to issue material witness orders. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 099, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1200). |
| HB2395 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Taxation to require certain taxpayers to file returns electronically, subject to exceptions for reasonable cause. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 066, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167). |
| HB2389 | Pass | Specifies that moneys furnished by the Hawaii Paroling Authority for discharged persons be subject to the availability of legislative appropriations authorized and allocated for that purpose. Prohibits the Hawaii Paroling Authority from using moneys ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 079, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1180). |
| HB2144 | Pass | Requires the Department of Public Safety to inform inmates of the availability of assistance to secure or verify applicable medicaid eligibility prior to an inmate's release. (HB2144 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 078, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1179). |
| SB2767 | Pass | Amends and clarifies the acquisition of service credit provisions to maintain the tax-qualified status of the Employees' Retirement System in compliance with the federal Internal Revenue Code. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 070, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1171). |
| HB2161 | Pass | Changes the penalty for the first three instances of improper conduct of motor vehicle inspections at inspection stations from revocation or suspension of the station's operating permit to an administrative fine. (HB2161 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 073, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1174). |
| SB2581 | Pass | Increases the number of members on the King Kamehameha celebration commission from thirteen to fifteen. Establishes an executive director to be appointed by the commission. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 083, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1184). |
| SB2074 | Pass | Extends through the 2021 taxable year the time in which the Department of Agriculture may certify important agricultural lands qualified agricultural cost tax credits. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 087, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1188). |
| SB2382 | Pass | Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to conduct biennial surveys of all departments regarding unused facilities or under utilized Department of Education schools that may be used by public charter schools and to maintain an inve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 085, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1186). |
| HB1852 | Pass | Clarifies that the prurient interest referenced in the definition of "pornographic for minors" does not relate specifically to the minor. (HB1852 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 095, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1196). |
| SB2766 | Pass | Clarifies the applicability of benefits for accidental death and service-connected disability benefits for members of the Employees' Retirement System. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 069, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1170). |
| SB2180 | Pass | Clarifies that defendants may be convicted of lesser included offenses in cases filed via felony complaint. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 100, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1201). |
| HB2075 | Pass | Authorizes the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to provide fifty per cent matching grants to Hawaii awardees of alternative energy research grants from the United States Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research. Makes appropriations. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 067, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1168). |
| SB2613 | Pass | Authorizes the county liquor commissions to issue new class 2 restaurant licenses before restaurants commence operation. Clarifies that class 2 restaurant licenses are transferrable. Requires an applicant for a new class 2 restaurant license or a tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 090, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1191). |
| HB2538 | Pass | Amends descriptions of capital improvement projects related to the Live Stock Feed Mill and Waste Stream Recycling Facility in the General Appropriations Act of 2015, as amended by the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2016 and the General Appropria...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 088, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1189). |
| HB1667 | Pass | Makes a housekeeping amendment to clarify that eligibility for probation does not apply to certain drug paraphernalia violations that have been decriminalized. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 102, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1203). |
| SB2738 | Pass | Clarifies that found electronic devices that may contain personal information shall be sanitized before they are provided to finders or disposed of by public auction or other means. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 082, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1183). |
| SB2858 | Pass | Requires the State to consider hurricane resistant criteria when designing and constructing new public schools for the capability of providing shelter refuge. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-05
Act 084, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1185). |
