| SB99 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to establish two permanent full-time equivalent fisheries technician IV positions and for operating expenses for the Nuuanu reservoir recreational fishing program at Nuuanu reservoir number four. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB511 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes one additional district court judgeship in the First Circuit and in the Second Circuit. (HB511 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1095 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for feral pig control. (HB1095 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HB175 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a defendant in custody to petition a court for unsecured bail. (HB175 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1537 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of public safety to contract with the social science research institute of the University of Hawaii at Manoa for evidence-based research and to collect data on behalf of the department of public safety. Effective ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB243 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Education to contract with a consulting firm that specializes in school finance, particularly with respect to adequacy studies of public education systems in multiple states, to perform a study on the adequacy of funding fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HB383 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes or merges with an existing task force a Child Welfare Services Task Force to review the Child Welfare Services Branch and examine best practices that will help to improve child care safety through the Branch. (HB383 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| SB490 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a community food forest program in the Department of Land and Natural Resources to work collaboratively with local government and community organizations to provide sources of healthy food statewide. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB723 | Intro
Sine Die | Encourages whole child education through expanding arts, culture, and native Hawaiian educational curricula in public schools. Supports the Department of Education and teachers through special education, academic and financial planning, classroom sup...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| SB37 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for operating expenses of the Hawaii state public library system. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1000 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires criminal history checks of adult relatives who provide care for a child whose family receives a child care subsidy from the DHS. Clarifies information sharing duties and limitations. Increases penalties. Allows DHS to take both administrativ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1443 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a company from receiving a grant in consecutive years under the manufacturing development program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
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| HB1435 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all places of public accommodation and state building construction constructed or substantially modified after 12/31/20 to provide baby diaper-changing accommodations and baby feeding accommodations that are equally accessible to men and wom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| SB604 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals requirement that a disabled veteran be in receipt of disability retirement pay in order to be exempt from the payment of annual vehicle registration fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB777 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the uses and application of the transaction fee for filings in the Bureau of Conveyances authorized under Act 120, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009. Applies fee to all transactions in the Bureau and Land Court. Repeals the transaction fee upon ado...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HB36 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to purchase, staff, and operate two mobile clinics to serve the homeless persons residing in ohana zones. (HB36 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| SB182 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows counties to adopt and enforce additional ordinances that regulate the sale or use of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices. Requires county ordinances to be no less protective of public health than state law. Repeals sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
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| SB1118 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Employees' Retirement System to recover overpaid benefit payments. Requires the Employees' Retirement System to adopt rules to effectuate the maximum recovery of overpayments. Allows the Board of Trustees or the Executive Director of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB649 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a two-year water conservation financial assistance pilot program to provide financial assistance to county-owned public water systems. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2021. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB939 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires student transportation costs for charter school students to be included in the department of budget and finance's annual budget request rather than including it in the per-pupil funding amount. Requires the state public charter school commis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
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| HB534 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the ship repair industry income tax credit for non-profit entities to offset costs incurred to construct and put into service a purpose-built floating drydock at Pearl Harbor for use by the United States Navy. Repeals the capital infrastr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HB725 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits public school students' participation in standardized tests and provides notice to students and parents or guardians of the opportunity to opt out of standardized tests. (HB725 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HB446 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a near shore fishing tour guide license requirement. Expands permitted fishing areas for near shore fishing tour guides. (HB446 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| SB685 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources' division of forestry and wildlife, Maui branch, for invasive species technician positions in east Maui to address invasive plants and animals. Appropriates funds to the department of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
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| SB1387 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for low-interest home construction and home improvement loans to holders of Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park residential leases. Lapses funds appropriated to the general fund on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB164 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers certain fines and forfeitures collected for uncontested traffic infractions to the counties. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1312 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the Hula Mae multifamily revenue bond authorization to an unspecified amount. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB607 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes crime victim compensation for mental health services for survivors in cases involving a deceased victim and for children who witness domestic violence in cases of abuse of a family or household member. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB248 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires government entities that engage in search and rescue operations to seek reimbursement when the rescued person required search and rescue efforts because that person acted in disregard of that person's safety, including intentionally disregar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
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| SB1138 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers jurisdiction and management of the parking lot surrounding Iolani Palace from the department of accounting and general services to the department of land and natural resources. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
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| SB771 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who lease housing to certain low-income tenants. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
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| SB917 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the land court to accept a valid government-issued photographic identification issued by the United States, this State, or another state as evidence to prove full name. Requires land court to give full faith and credit to public acts, judgme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
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| SB1376 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds as a grant to the Hawaii labor heritage council for a documentary film on the life of Ah Quon McElrath.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB411 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Board of Education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one forum in each county. Requires the Board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items at the end of each public meeting through ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| SB587 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the Board of Education hold at least two community meetings each year in each county to receive public input on public education and public library issues. Removes restriction on community meetings to allow the meetings to be held for t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
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| SB1040 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the State Commission on the Status of Women to maintain a database on sex trafficking. Requires reports to the Legislature. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
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| HB261 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes claims for Important Agricultural Lands Qualified Agricultural Cost tax credit based on costs of rehabilitating former sugar or pineapple plantation lands. Extends sunset on certification of credits to 2029. (HB261 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| SB996 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires rental motor vehicle lessors to incorporate zero-emission vehicles into their fleets. Creates a Hawaii zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure special fund and grant program to promote development of zero-emission vehicle infrastructure. Effec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB897 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for an additional full-time Environmental Health Specialist IV position within the Department of Health to monitor water quality on the island of Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB929 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases fines for pesticide use violations. Requires issuance of a warning notice for first-time pesticide violations. (HB929 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1446 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the administrator of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to receive approval from the board for appointments of the chief financial officer, director of human resources, and attorney. Provides the board the option of having a direct supervisory r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB153 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the fireworks display permit fee to keep pace with administrative costs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB964 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriate funds for the construction of an invertebrate and plant propagation facility and baseyard improvements on Oahu, a predator proof fence on Oahu, and a predator proof fence on Maui.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB218 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Hawaii technology development corporation to seek to establish a public-private partnership to plan, build, and manage key strategic broadband infrastructure and attract cloud based companies to Hawaii. Makes an appropriation to establis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB671 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a surviving, unmarried, same-sex partner of a deceased veteran may be interred at any state veterans cemetery provided that the surviving partner provides a written formal request for waiver and evidence to the Secretary of Veteran Affa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1217 | Intro
Sine Die | Applies the protections of civil relief for state military forces to persons serving on full time National Guard duty under title 32 United States Code and to bring provisions in line with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, codified in 50 United St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
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| SB1189 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes technical and housekeeping amendments to Act 150, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018. Authorizes the expenditure of funds from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund for the acquisition of the ground lease on the Front Street Apartments property. Effective ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1102 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes and appropriates funds for the P-20 Agriculture Education Coordinator position within the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. Specifies duties of the Coordinator and P-20 agriculture educatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| SB228 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of land and natural resources to place historical markers in the State to indicate significant sites in the life of President Barack Obama. Appropriates funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB875 | Intro
Sine Die | Promotes the space industry in Hawaii by creating an International Moon Base Alliance to provide recommendations and guidance for the establishment of a prototype moon base on the island of Hawaii. (HB875 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
