| HB2249 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Homeland Security and Resiliency Council to assess the resilience of the State's electric grid and other critical infrastructure to natural disasters and other emergencies and make recommendations. Requires the council to report to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-27-18 9:30AM in conference room 225. |
| SB2798 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Medicaid Waiver Administrative Claiming Special Fund into which federal moneys may be deposited from the Department of Health's participation in the waiver program. Appropriates funds to support...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 681). |
| HB2426 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the acquisition of certain farm lands in west Kauai by the agribusiness development corporation. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-18 10:05AM in conference room 224. |
| HB1647 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Human Services to compile information regarding employers with employees who receive public assistance. Requires the Department of Human Services to submit an annual report to the Legislature on the 50 employers with the hi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-18 1:45PM in conference room 329. |
| SB2047 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Public Safety's mental health services to inmates and pre-trial detainees. Appropriates funds. (SB2047 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 681). |
| HB2162 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that funds for bonuses required by statute or collective bargaining shall not be paid out of a charter school's facilities funding or per-pupil funds. Beginning with fiscal year 2018-2019, requires that such bonuses be separate line items i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-18 1:00PM in conference room 312. |
| HB1849 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires police departments to disclose to the Legislature the identity of an officer upon the officer's suspension or discharge. Allows disclosure under the Uniform Information Practices Act of employment misconduct information that results in a cou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-18 4:00 pm in conference room 329. |
| HB2257 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the money transmitters act to expressly apply to persons engaged in the transmission of virtual currency. Requires licensees dealing with virtual currency to provide a warning to customers prior to entering into an agreement with the customer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 682). |
| HB2462 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts gross proceeds arising from sales of farm equipment and machinery to certain producers of agricultural products from the general excise tax. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 681). |
| SB2424 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the construction and use of micro housing units on Hawaiian home lands approved by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and leased to native Hawaiian beneficiaries who meet the minimum Hawaiian blood quantum requirement, notwithstanding ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 682). |
| SB2905 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes an income tax credit for employers who create on-site early childhood facilities. Establishes and appropriates funds for one On-site Early Childhood Facility Coordinator position. (SB2905 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-18 2:15PM in conference room 312. |
| HB2393 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Department of Public Safety for the temporary housing of 248 inmates at a non-state facility during work on a capital improvement project at Halawa Correctional Facility. Effective 7/1/2050. (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-18 10:00AM in conference room 016. |
| HB2471 | Engross
Sine Die | Transitions from lump sum deferred deposit transactions to installment-based small dollar loan transactions. Specifies various consumer protection requirements for small dollar loans. Beginning 1/1/2019, requires licensure for small dollar lenders th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 835). |
| HB2605 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows a transient accommodations broker to register as a tax collection agent for its operators and plan managers. Requires operators and plan managers to provide a statement to the transient accommodations broker confirming compliance with all appl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-26-18 11:30AM in conference room 423. |
| HB1518 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that an agency may seek a declaratory judgment in circuit court that a requester is a vexatious records requester if the agency demonstrates that the person has established a clear pattern of conduct that amounts to an abuse of a process est...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 667). |
| SB3100 | Engross
Sine Die | Consolidates the Department of Budget and Finance and the Department of Human Resources Development into the Department of Budget, Finance, and Human Resources. Transfers functions and duties accordingly. Transfers to the Department of Business, Econ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-18 2:30PM in conference room 429. |
| HB2012 | Engross
Sine Die | Allocates funds from transient accommodations tax revenues to the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) to implement initiatives, in conjunction with the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association, to address homelessness in tourist and resort areas, as designa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-26-18 11:30AM in conference room 423. |
| HB2178 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a $25,000 maximum limit on a cash or protest bond that must be posted for a procurement award protest. Establishes that the prevailing party in an administrative protest hearing is entitled to attorneys' fees and costs. Takes effect on 1/...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-18 2:30PM in conference room 429. |
| HB2051 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for a grant to Weed and Seed Hawaii, Inc., to maintain the weed and seed strategy, which is a collaborative effort to reclaim, restore, and rebuild communities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-26-18 1:30PM in conference room 329. |
| HB2021 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Health, to establish a pilot project to procure services from a designated service provider to operate a facility to provide shelter and mental health treatment for hom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-26-18 10:30AM in conference room 325. |
| HB2557 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to support the internship and economic development programs of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems. Inserts a ceiling of $1,000,000 for th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-26-18 2:40PM in conference room 423. |
| HB1718 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides a nonrefundable tax credit of up to $3,000 per eligible child per taxable year for eligible taxpayers for child care costs for children up to four years of age. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-26-18 10:30AM in conference room 325. |
| SB2504 | Engross
Sine Die | Cancels the debt owed to the State by the Hawaii Tourism Authority for Convention Center construction costs and related interest. Amends the Transient Accommodations Tax (TAT) revenue allocation to the Convention Center Enterprise Special Fund. Estab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-18 11:30AM in conference room 423. |
| HB2128 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that clinical victim support services for victims of sexual violence and abuse are a mental health outpatient services benefit required to be covered under health insurance policies offered by health insurers, mutual benefit societies, frat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-18 11:00AM in conference room 229. |
| HB2432 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes the transient accommodations tax on resort fees that are calculated separately from the advertised transient accommodation's rate. Clarifies that the transient accommodations tax shall be calculated based on the gross rental. Amends the formu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-18 4:15PM in conference room 423. |
| SB2580 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to the department of accounting and general services to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position for the executive director of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission. Appropriates moneys to fund the costs incurred...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-18 11:00AM in conference room 225. |
| HB1969 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Department of Agriculture, to prepare and periodically update a seafood management study that expands the State's priority on food by including wil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-26-18 3:30PM in conference room 423. |
| SB2204 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to fund celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Hawaii state capitol. Requires the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to use a portion of the appropriated funds to establis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
The conference committee deferred the measure. |
| SB2205 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Artist Fellowship Program for the awarding of one-time fellowships to promising artists. (SB2205 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
The conference committee deferred the measure. |
| HB1962 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to conduct an economic development study on automated manufacturing opportunities in Hawaii. Makes an appropriation for the study. Effective 7/1/2112. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-26-18 2:50PM in conference room 423. |
| SB2890 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the general excise tax law by adding a definition for "marketplace provider". Provides that a person with no physical presence in the State shall be considered to be engaged in business in the State if, in the current or immediately preceding ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
The conference committee deferred the measure. |
| SB2172 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the allowable fees for reimbursing expert witnesses who are legally required to attend state court or grand jury criminal proceedings. (SB2172 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 833). |
| HB2055 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the State Procurement Office for two full-time construction procurement specialists to support the State Procurement Office. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-18 2:30PM in conference room 429. |
| HB424 | Engross
Sine Die | Reinstates the President of the University of Hawaii as the chief procurement officer for contracts for construction and construction related professional services furnished by licensees under Chapter 464, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires the Univer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 831). |
| SB1011 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes an additional motor vehicle registration fee for electric motor vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, and plug-in hybrid motor vehicles, and deposits the money into the State Highway Fund. Appropriates funds for the operation and maintenance o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 833). |
| HB1725 | Pass | Requires public employees in collective bargaining units to provide written notification to the exclusive representative to discontinue payroll assignments within a certain time period. Requires the exclusive representative to forward the notificatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Act 007, 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1107). |
| HB2698 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys for the commemoration of the centennial anniversary of World War I and the men and women who served in the war. Effective 3/19/2035. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
The conference committee deferred the measure. |
| HB2493 | Pass | Removes the cap on the number of epidemiologists that the Department of Health may employ. (HB2493 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Act 004, 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104). |
| SB2363 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to establish a working group to establish and implement a supervisory and professional job shadowing pilot project in which candidates for promotion to supervisory or professional positions recei...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-18 9:30AM in conference room 329. |
| HB1474 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation for the Department of Agriculture to host the 2020 state agriculture and rural leaders legislative agriculture chairs summit. Effective 7/1/2018. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 831). |
| HB2330 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends exemption from general excise tax for development costs of affordable rental housing certified by HHFDC. Removes limits on costs eligible for exemption and authorizes exemption for substantially renovated projects. Prohibits discrimination ag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-18 2:00PM in conference room 325. |
| SB2939 | Pass | On or before January 1, 2020, requires the PUC to establish performance incentive and penalty mechanisms that directly tie electric utility revenues to the utility's achievement on performance metrics. Exempts member-owned cooperative electric utilit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Act 005, 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1105). |
| HB1653 | Pass | Abolishes the revolving funds for correctional facility stores account of the Department of Public Safety and transfers the unencumbered balance to the administrator/inmate activity account trust account. (HB1653 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Act 003, 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1103). |
| HB1880 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the sunset date of Act 65, SLH 2013, which provides a limited exemption to the licensing requirements for certain individuals in situations when a public utility must retain qualified individuals to work with high voltage (six hundred volts o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-18 9:30AM in conference room 329. |
| HB2598 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish paid family leave for all workers by January 1, 2021. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2030. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-18 9:30AM in conference room 329. |
| HB2077 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Public Employees Training Program within the Department of Human Resources Development to provide training programs to improve and enhance state employees' understanding of their job duties. Allocates one percent of collective bargain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-18 9:30AM in conference room 329. |
| HB474 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Hilo for testing, studies, outreach, research, and other activities related to the prevention and eradication of rat lungworm disease. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 831). |
| SB2906 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the position of the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness in statute. Attaches the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness to the Department of Human Services for administrative purposes, but requires the position to report to the Governo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-25-18 9:30AM in conference room 329. |
| SB648 | Engross
Sine Die | Allocates additional transient accommodations tax revenues from July 1, 2018 until December 31, 2030 to the counties of Kauai, Hawaii, and Maui. Sunsets 12/31/2030. (SB648 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 662). |
| HB1654 | Pass | Abolishes the office of community services special fund of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and transfers unencumbered balance to the general fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Act 006, 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106). |
