HI Legislation | 2018 | Regular Session | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB635	Pass	Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist the Board of Water Supply in upgrading Nuuanu reservoir #4 to meet state dam safety standards, as a component of the Nuuanu hydroelectricity project. (HB635 CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-13 Act 036, 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1136).
SB2740	Pass	Appropriates funds to satisfy several claims against the State, its officers, or its employees. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-13 Act 024, 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124).
HB1971	Pass	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]	2018-06-13 Act 034, 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1134).
SB2150	Pass	Appropriates supplemental funds for the operating and capital improvement costs of the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2017, and ending 6/30/2019. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-13 Act 026, 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1126).
HB2748	Pass	Directs the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) to study and report on housing for populations with access and functional needs. Extends exemption from general excise tax for development costs of affordable rental housing certi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-08 Act 039, 06/08/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1139).
HB2345	Pass	Clarifies certain terminology used within the money transmitters act. Clarifies the powers of the commissioner of financial institutions relating to money transmitters. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-06 Act 021, 06/04/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1121).
HB2349	Pass	Authorizes the issuance of a citation for specific violations of the motor vehicle repair laws and rules by licensees. Sets forth a process for licensees to contest the citation and provides for the assessment of fines for each violation. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-06 Act 023, 06/04/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1123).
HB2342	Pass	Expands the methods by which a consumer may request a security freeze. Specifies that a consumer credit reporting agency shall not charge a fee for placing, lifting, or removing a security freeze on a consumer's credit report or for placing or removi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-06 Act 022, 06/04/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1122).
SB2851	Pass	Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-06 Act 018, 06/04/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118).
HB2336	Pass	Allows payment of employer contributions to the Employees' Retirement System in advance of the fiscal year in which the contributions are required; provides for interest on and application of the advance payments. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-06 Act 019, 06/04/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119).
SB2361	Pass	Appropriates funds for Fiscal Biennium 2017-2019 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for public employees in Collective Bargaining Unit (14) and for their excluded counterparts. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-06 Act 020, 06/04/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1120).
HB2106	Pass	Requires the Environmental Council to adopt and maintain rules requiring all environmental assessments and environmental impact statements prepared pursuant to chapter 343, HRS, to include consideration of sea level rise based upon the best available... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-05 Act 017, 06/04/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1117).
HB2501	Pass	Establishes the University of Hawaii Community College Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled at any community college campus of the University of Hawaii system. Appropriates funds to es... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-05 Act 014, 06/01/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114).
HB2182	Pass	Renames the Carbon Farming Task Force established by Act 33, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, as the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force and makes the task force and Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Initiative permanent. Aligns the Sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-05 Act 015, 06/04/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115).
HB1986	Pass	Requires the Office of Planning in partnership with the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force to establish a framework for a carbon offset program and report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (HB1986 CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-06-05 Act 016, 06/04/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116).
SB270	Pass	Prohibits specific state-licensed persons who are licensed to provide professional counseling from engaging in, attempting to engage in, or advertising sexual orientation change efforts on minors. Establishes the sexual orientation counseling task fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-29 Act 013, 05/25/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113).
SB192	Pass	Deposits moneys received in 2018 pursuant to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement into the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund. Specifies that Tobacco Settlement Special Fund excess moneys shall be used to supplant any losses that result from any di... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-10 Act 012, 05/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112).
HB2587	Pass	Extends the period in which a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions, from 3/31/2018 to 3/31/2019. (HB2587 CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-08 Act 011, 05/04/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111).
HB1768	Enroll Sine Die	Permits public inspection and duplication of salary ranges, for legislative employees in incremental amounts of $15,000, rather than exact compensation amounts. Defines "legislative employees." (HB1768 CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-03 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
SB2922	Enroll Sine Die	Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to authorize the Legislature to establish, as provided by law, a surcharge on investment real property to support public education. (SB2922 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-03 Enrolled to Governor.
SB2996	Engross Sine Die	Authorizes establishment of the Hawaii Airports Corporation within the Department of Transportation for administrative purposes. Sets out appointment of members to the board of directors and powers and duties of the Hawaii Airports Corporation. Trans... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-01 Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 699).
HB2247	Engross Sine Die	Clarifies that certain disclosure requirements for campaign advertisements apply to advertisements communicated by electronic or digital means. (HB2247 CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-01 Recommitted to Conference committee as amended in CD 1 with none voting no and none excused.
HB2275	Pass	Requires certain private streets, highways, or thoroughfares in a development district of the HCDA to conform to county construction and maintenance standards. Makes owners who charge a fee to use private roads responsible for the costs of conforming... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-01 Act 009, 05/01/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1109).
HB2114	Pass	Provides that negotiations over the implementation of management decisions affecting the terms and conditions of employment that are subject to collective bargaining are not precluded from collective bargaining negotiations. Specifies that negotiatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-01 Act 010, 05/01/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1110).
HB1624	Pass	Delays the implementation of the producer licensing requirements amended by Act 152, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, until January 1, 2020. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-05-01 Act 008, 05/01/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1108).
HB2115	Engross Sine Die	Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for the K-12 agriculture workforce development pipeline initiative. Requires annual reporting on the effectiveness of the initiative. Amends Act 163, SLH 2017, by amending the fun... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 687).
SB2333	Engross Sine Die	Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program and to submit to the Legislature a report detailing its findings and proposals. If the results of the study are posi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 688).
HB1830	Engross Sine Die	Allows the deposit of moneys appropriated by the Legislature into the University of Hawaii Green Special Fund. Requires notice to the Legislature for any expenditure from the fund. Effective 1/1/2100. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 5:01PM in Conference Room 225.
SB2100	Engross Sine Die	Replaces the current renewable energy technology systems tax credit with tax credits for solar or wind energy systems and energy storage systems. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2018. (SB2100 HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 5:01PM in Conference Room 225.
HB1727	Engross Sine Die	Requires employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick leave to employees to be used to care for themselves or a family member who is ill or needs medical care, or due to a public health emergency. Gives employers flexibility to offer paid sick ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-18 3:00 pm in conference room 329.
HB2019	Engross Sine Die	Establishes a 3-year homeless employment grant program that provides homeless individuals with work opportunities and connects them with service providers to begin 7/1/2020. Requires the Department of Human Services to submit a report to the Legislat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 at 2:00pm in Conference Room 325.
HB2014	Engross Sine Die	Requires the Governor to identify available state land for the establishment of a homelessness village. Establishes the Puuhonua Homeless Villages program. Requires the Department of Human Services, in conjunction with the Governor, to hold a public ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 at 2:00pm in Conference Room 325.
HB2202	Engross Sine Die	Requires a physician or surgeon selected and paid for by an employer to perform a medical examination on an employee, relating to a work injury under workers' compensation, to be duly qualified. Defines "duly qualified". Effective 7/1/2055. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-18 3:00 pm in conference room 329.
HB2672	Engross Sine Die	Expands the low-income household renters' income tax credit based on adjusted gross income and filing status. Amends the definition of adjusted gross income to match federal definition. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-18 1:55PM in conference room 325.
HB2118	Engross Sine Die	Allows a condominium board to borrow money for the installation of equipment or improvements to the common elements for the health and safety of residents and unit owners in the event of a government mandate without the consent of owners where at lea... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 691).
SB2661	Engross Sine Die	Codifies sustainable development goals based on all seventeen of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Indicators. (SB2661 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 687).
SB2910	Engross Sine Die	Creates a $50,000,000 revolving line of credit sub-fund under the umbrella of the Green Energy Market Securitization Loan Fund for any state agency or department to finance energy efficiency measures. Establishes the Grid Resiliency Loan Program and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 at 5:00PM in Conference Room 225.
SB2122	Engross Sine Die	Requires 25% of parking for certain residential multi-unit buildings and commercial buildings built after 7/1/2018 be electric vehicle charger ready. Clarifies the existing parking fee exemption for electric vehicles and specifies application at stat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 at 5:00PM in Conference Room 225.
HB2072	Engross Sine Die	Prohibits certain restraints and tethers that endanger, or deny sustenance, to a dog. Authorizes the court to assess fines, order performance of community service, require mental health counseling, or order attendance at educational classes concernin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 at 5:30 PM in Conference Room 224.
HB2380	Engross Sine Die	Before leasing any fast lands and submerged lands within any existing state boating facility by public auction, request for proposals, or direct negotiation, requires the board of land and natural resources to make a finding regarding certain sea lev... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 4:30PM in Conference Room 224.
HB2671	Engross Sine Die	Appropriates funds to the Office of the Governor; Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Human Resources Development; and Department of Agriculture to collaboratively dev... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 687).
HB2753	Engross Sine Die	Part I: Establishes and appropriates funds for the Ohana Zone Pilot Program. Part II: Establishes and appropriate funds for the Emergency Department Homelessness Assessment Pilot Program. Part III: Authorizes DHS to establish the Return-to-Home Pilot... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 at 2:00pm in Conference Room 325.
HB2419	Engross Sine Die	Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to create a strategic plan for maintenance dredging of important port and harbor locations and report the plan to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 687).
HB2738	Engross Sine Die	Creates a three-year pilot program to expand availability of health care services coverage for infants and children living in Hawaii. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 at 4:00pm in Conference Room 325.
HB1974	Engross Sine Die	Transfers funds from the natural area reserve fund to the firefighter's contingency fund, to be expended for the sole purpose of upgrading firefighting equipment to be used jointly by the State and counties. Establishes the marine debris special fund... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 687).
SB2913	Engross Sine Die	Requires all government procurement officers to attend a training and development program prior to participating in or authorizing any procurement. Requires all government procurement officers to complete review training every three years. Requires a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-18 4:00 pm in conference room 429.
HB1864	Engross Sine Die	Amends the criteria for granting a variance. Takes effect on 1/1/2100. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 at 5:00PM in Conference Room 225.
SB2364	Engross Sine Die	Requires employers to pay for all medical services required for the employee for the compensable injury and the process of recovery, even when claims are disputed. Establishes negotiation, notice, and review procedures for disputed claims. Imposes fi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-18 3:00 pm in conference room 329.
HB1570	Engross Sine Die	Requires lessors of rental motor vehicles to include an option for the lessee in the motor vehicle rental agreement to contribute a sum to DLNR for the preservation and protection of the environment, commencing on January 1, 2020. (HB1570 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 689).
HB1627	Engross Sine Die	Repeals the exemption of persons with disabilities from minimum wage requirements. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to submit annual reports to the legislature. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2018-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-18 3:00 pm in conference room 329.