HI Legislation | 2020 | Regular Session

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SB35Engross

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Appropriates funds to establish a pilot safe space program for alternative learning center program students in the department of education. Effective 7/1/2051. (HD1)
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2512Engross

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Prohibits the owner of an animal, and the owner's employees, from performing any surgical procedure on the animal without being licensed as a veterinarian. Makes intentionally or knowingly performing any surgical procedure on a pet animal by any pers...
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2020-05-11
To House Judiciary Committee
SB2102Engross

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Requires EOA and all agencies and non-profits that receive funding through EOA, including the kupuna care program and kupuna caregivers program, to establish infection control protocols, establish emergency preparedness and response protocols, and im...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2983Engross

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Appropriates funds for the health care provider loan repayment program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
HR32Intro

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Requesting The Criminal Justice Research Institute To Conduct A Study On The Effects Of Felony Disenfranchisement, Particularly The Effects On Minority Groups.
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2020-05-11
To House Judiciary Committee
SB2690Engross

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Establishes, and appropriates funds for, a network improvement community task force to develop a K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teacher education degree for the University of Hawaii. Appropriates funds for the University of Ha...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2291Engross

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For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020, establishes a refundable tax credit equal to an unspecified percentage of eligible child care expenses paid by an employer for its employees' child care needs. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2417Engross

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Requires the department of land and natural resources to recognize that game mammals and game birds provide a food source and play a role in native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices and that striking the right balance between the managemen...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2392Engross

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Appropriates funds for imi hoola student stipends or for other imi hoola student support programs at the discretion of the department of Native Hawaiian health of the John A. Burns school of medicine. Effective 7/1/2051. (HD1)
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2885Engross

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Establishes and appropriates funds from the hazard mitigation special fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2469Engross

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Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to purchase, staff, and operate mobile clinics to serve homeless persons; provided that an unspecified number of the mobile clinics shall be allocated to the county with the largest land mass. R...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2876Engross

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Institutes various consumer protections with regard to public adjusters, including requiring contractual terms and disclosures and granting a right to rescind. Imposes a standard of conduct on various entities. Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner t...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2345Engross

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Requires the department of human services to work with the department of public safety to establish a pilot visitation and family resource center at Waiawa correctional facility. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2077Engross

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Establishes a tree planting program in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2875Engross

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Allows mixed martial arts promoters to pay fighters with cash. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB584Engross

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Requires the department of education to include source of project funding and amount of legislative appropriations used for some other purpose and the justification for such use in the information posted on the department's website relating to school...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2103Engross

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Authorizes the issuance of special number electric vehicle license plates to commemorate the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2047Engross

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Requires the Judicial Council to conduct a comprehensive review of the Hawaii Penal Code and to recommend proposed changes. Requires the Judicial Council to appoint an advisory committee to assist in the review, and allows the Council to also appoint...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2295Engross

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Requires the department of education to implement a servicelearning curriculum to develop student character, values, selfesteem, civic responsibility, and knowledge of local community issues and concerns though community service volunteer work. Effec...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
HCR47Intro

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Requesting The Criminal Justice Research Institute To Conduct A Study On The Effects Of Felony Disenfranchisement, Particularly The Effects On Minority Groups.
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2020-05-11
To House Judiciary Committee
SB2063Engross

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Establishes the Hawaii after school program for youth within the Department of education to provide after school programs for public school and public charter school students in grades six through eight. Establishes the Hawaii after school program fo...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2303Engross

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Requires the department of land and natural resources engineering division to develop an emergency intervention plan for the Wahiawa dam and reservoir. Requires the department of land and natural resources to study the feasibility of the State acquir...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2887Engross

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Establishes a long-term recovery authority to work with the state disaster recovery coordinator to enhance the capacity of the government, relevant agencies, and the community to recover from the impacts of disasters and build resilience and sustaina...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SR197Intro

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Amending The Rules Of The Senate Of The Thirtieth Legislature Of The State Of Hawaii, Regular Session Of 2020, By Adopting A New Rule 38.5 Virtual Attendance During Catastrophic Disasters.
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2020-05-11
Adopted.
SB2891Engross

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Establishes the office of youth services revolving fund. Requires the office of youth services to provide commercial enterprise vocational programs, including the sale of goods and services, to young adults to promote self-sustainability. Effective 7...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2911Engross

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Requires the fire chief and ocean safety director of each county, in addition to the director of public safety and police chief of each county, to transmit to the department of land and natural resources a copy of every report relating to boating acc...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB3141Engross

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Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Office of Community Services to contract with nonprofit service providers for legal counsel to assist and represent lowincome immigrants in immigration proceedings and immigrant ...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2488Engross

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Appropriates funds for teacher compensation as negotiated and executed in a memorandum of understanding between the superintendent of education and the exclusive representative of collective bargaining unit (5) for an experimental modernization proje...
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2020-05-11
To House Finance Committee
SB2603Engross

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Amends provisions relating to criteria and procedures in family court determinations regarding custody and visitation rights. Clarifies that a parent's felony conviction for a violent or sexual offense in which the victim was a minor, or requirement ...
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2020-05-11
To House Judiciary Committee
SB2672Engross

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Requires a vehicle approaching a crosswalk from the opposite direction of another vehicle stopped at that crosswalk to yield and not proceed until a pedestrian, if any, has crossed the roadway.
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2020-05-11
To House Judiciary Committee
SR166PassRequesting All Executive Branch Departments And Attached Agencies To Inform The Senate And House Of Representatives When Implementing Their Plans And Procedures Relating To The Covid-19 Pandemic.
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2020-03-18
Certified copies of resolutions sent, 03-18-20.
SR146PassUrging The Governor To Create A Color-coded Advisory System To Address The Rapidly Changing Threat Of Covid-19.
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2020-03-18
Certified copies of resolutions sent, 03-18-20.
SCR61Intro

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Urging The Department Of Education To: (1) Develop A Hawaiian Language And Hawaiian Cultural Sensitivity And Familiarity Program For Employees Through Its Office Of Hawaiian Education To Include The Members Of The Board Of Education By 2023; (2) Esta...
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2020-03-16
The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
HB1041Engross

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Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2018. Clarifies wording regarding the Hawaii applicable exclusion amount.
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2020-03-16
The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
SB2144Engross

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Provides that candidate committees may reimburse the candidate or other individuals for expenditures made on the candidate's behalf.
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2020-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee
HB1847Engross

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Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules to protect herbivorous fish in all state waters. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-03-16
The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
SB2625Engross

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Establishes an Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide loans to nonprofit housing development organizations, and community development financial institutions for the development...
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2020-03-16
To House Housing Committee
SB217Engross

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Requires candidate names to be randomized on individual ballots. (SD1)
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2020-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee
SB2537Engross

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Prohibits the obstruction of access to beaches and beach parks. Creates a $100 penalty for the first conviction of obstructing access to public property. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee
SB2796Engross

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Appropriates funds for the design, plans, and construction of the Kalaupapa memorial. Effective 7/1/2051 (SD1)
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2020-03-16
To House Tourism & International Affairs Committee
HCR177Intro

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Recognizing And Supporting Ongoing Collaborative Efforts To Produce A Rural Health Care Delivery Hub Plan To Address The Physician Shortage And Improve Health Care In Rural Areas.
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2020-03-16
To House Health Committee
HB2339Engross

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Exempts dependents of military servicemembers from state residency requirement for employment with state or county government. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD2)
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2020-03-16
The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
SB1431Engross

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Establishes an income tax credit for commercial seawater air conditioning systems connecting to a seawater air conditioning district cooling system. Requires the Hawaii state energy office to certify tax credits. Applies to eligible seawater air cond...
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2020-03-16
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
SB2817Engross

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Requires cooperative housing corporations and unit owners' associations of high-rise condominium properties to provide at least one waste cooking oil receptacle in an easily accessible location on the property to allow residents to deposit grease and...
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2020-03-16
To House Housing Committee
HB1744Engross

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Amends Act 281, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019 (Act 281), to provide clarification and flexibility in eyewitness identification procedures. Amends the effective date of Act 281 to 9/1/2020. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-03-16
The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
SB2703Engross

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Creates a grant program and appropriates funds for a program to assist beginning farmers or ranchers to start commercial farm or ranch operations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2020-03-16
To House Agriculture Committee
SCR59Intro

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Urging The Funding Of The Maintenance And Expansion Of Prekindergarten In All Public Schools To Allow Access To All Children Of Hawaii, Especially Native Hawaiians, In Both Official Language Pathways.
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2020-03-16
The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
HB2128Engross

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Makes housekeeping amendments to Hawaii's elections laws to clarify and improve the administration of elections by mail. Establishes a process, beginning on January 1, 2021, for preregistering or registering public school- and charter school-enrolled...
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2020-03-16
The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
SB3142Engross

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Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for a master planned development proposed by Pueo Development, LLC. (SD1)
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2020-03-16
To House Housing Committee
SB3111Engross

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Defines "alternative fuel vehicle" for the purpose of annual vehicle registration surcharge fees. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2020-03-16
To House Transportation Committee
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