| HB302 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to order, assess, and certify home health care eligibility for medicare beneficiaries. Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to certify whether a person is totally disabled under the state incom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 791). |
| HB756 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates one of the at-large positions on the board of agriculture as the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission. Provides that the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission will serve on the board of agriculture upon the expiration of an ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-13
Failed to pass Third Reading. Ayes, 12; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 13 (Senator(s) Acasio, Dela Cruz, English, Fevella, Inouye, Keith-Agaran, Kidani, Kim, Kouchi, Moriwaki, Riviere, Taniguchi, Wakai). Excused, 0 (none). |
| HB598 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as a wholesaler or dealer of cigarettes and tobacco products. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-07
The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
| HB46 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires all habitat conservation plans to include an agreement for plan participants to enter into and maintain an annual service contract with a stand-by and response facility available to provide emergency medical and rehabilitation services to na...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-06
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| HB1282 | Engross
Sine Die | Commences the transfer of the Oahu regional health care system in its entirety from the Hawaii health systems corporation to the department of health, beginning with the transfer of the Oahu regional health care system's budget into the department of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-06
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| HB1069 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the reporting requirement on the Hawaii cancer research special fund from semi-annually to annually. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
The committee on WAM has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 04-06-21 9:30AM; CR 211 & Videoconference. |
| HB542 | Engross
Sine Die | Removes cannabidiol drugs that have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration from the list of Schedule V substances for consistency with federal laws. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB980 | Engross
Sine Die | Broadens the Department of Human Services' right of entry into a vulnerable adult's premises to cover situations in which there is probable cause to believe a vulnerable adult is subject to any type of abuse, regardless of whether there is physical i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
The committee on JDC deferred the measure. |
| HB169 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the offense of disorderly conduct to include engaging in conduct with the intent to convey certain false or misleading information. Allows minors to apply for the expungement of a first-time offense. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1056 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the authority of the director of transportation over required motor carrier vehicle inspections. Authorizes the director of transportation to adopt administrative rules related to fees. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-29
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| HB718 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of human services to compile information regarding employers having employees who receive public assistance and to submit a report to the legislature on the 50 employers with the highest number of employees receiving public as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB446 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a new offense of theft of a catalytic converter. Requires vehicle registration records and photocopies of driver's licenses to be kept for businesses engaged in the selling or negotiating the purchase of used motor vehicle parts or access...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB986 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires diagnostic audiologic evaluation results of newborn hearing screening evaluations, or infants whose hearing status changes, to be provided to the department of health. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB812 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires DOE to establish a threeyear pilot program for the development and implementation of a traumainformed education program in the Castle, Kailua, and Kalaheo complex areas, based on the NanakuliWaianae complex area traumainformed education prog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB458 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the renewal period from two years to four years for licensees who are seventy-two years of age or older but younger than eighty years of age. Effective 7/1/3021. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB987 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the hearing and vision program statute to increase the early identification of children with hearing or vision loss, by establishing consistent protocols for hearing and vision screening and follow-up, screener training, and data collection fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB803 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes each county to adopt ordinances to enforce section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including the establishment of penalties for failure to comply with its requirements or make reasonable efforts to maintain electric vehicle (EV) charging ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB137 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that violations of liquor tax law shall be referred to the director of taxation for investigation. Repeals the general right of inspection without a warrant for potential violations of liquor tax law. Repeals the discretionary power of the l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB273 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the department of transportation to adopt emergency rules to allow for license renewals to be completed by mail or online. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1263 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a system of graduated penalties for violations of the ignition interlock law. Requires proof of compliance with the ignition interlock law to be eligible to apply for a driver's license. Effective 1/1/2022. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB498 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to use in-lieu fee mitigation to restore, create, enhance, or preserve aquatic habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB11 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the board of education to develop statewide performance standards to be culturally relevant, historically and scientifically accurate, and nondiscriminatory. Authorizes a standards-based curriculum and its related educational materials to be n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1360 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes an early childhood educator stipend program to be administered by the executive office on early learning to address the shortage of qualified early childhood educators in Hawaii. Requires stipend fund repayments for the early childhood ed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1193 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects relating to the Iolani Palace, State Archives, and Bishop Museum. Effective 7/1/2065. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB225 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the board of education to develop a bullying prevention and response action plan. Requires the board of education to report annually to the legislature. Repeals Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB160 | Engross
Sine Die | Subjects U-drive motor vehicles to the same motor vehicle registration fees as other motor vehicles. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB389 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires accredited and non-accredited for-profit post-secondary educational institutions that are authorized to award degrees and operate in the State to disclose on the institution's official website, promotional digital and print media, and contra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HB476 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes an excise tax of fifty percent of the otherwise applicable tax under section 245-3, HRS, on every wholesaler for each modified risk tobacco product sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler. Defines modified risk tobacco product. Defines "eliq...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB497 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the counties from requiring, as part of a county zoning ordinance or county rule, a developer with more than one residential unit to obtain the approval of any state agency unless that approval is expressly required by law. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB296 | Engross
Sine Die | Restricts the use of leaf blowers in the Waikiki special improvement district within a residential zone or near a residence to between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day except Sunday or a state or federal holiday and between the hours o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB907 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation's downpayment loan assistance program and homebuyers' club program. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1321 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the posting of depth gauge signs, in a manner consistent with the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, on any portion of a public highway that lies within a special flood hazard area and is prone to flo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-23
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB486 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that a government agency does not assume ownership or jurisdiction over a disputed road through any maintenance or repair activities. Authorizes the State to transfer ownership of roads in favor of counties by quitclaim if requested by the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB516 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires persons who receive state funds and state financial assistance to donate unnecessary but functioning electronic devices, hardware, and televisions to nonprofit organizations that will refurbish and distribute them to eligible persons in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-23
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HB1090 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends requirements for child passengers. Requires rear facing child safety seats for children less than two years of age. Requires the use of child safety seats or booster seats for certain children less than ten years of age. Raises certain fines f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1286 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts any person from the post-arrival mandatory selfquarantine if the person receives a negative test result prior to arrival. Allows the governor to establish statewide conditions for exemption. Requires certain COVID-19 tests for travelers who d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-22
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HB777 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes funds from the works of art special fund to be used for Bishop Museum and Iolani Palace. Sunsets 6/30/2022. Effective 7/1/2065. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-22
To Senate Labor, Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HB1124 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act to require appraisals of improvements to identify the replacement cost or the leasehold market value. Grants authority to DHHL, to authorize second position loans on homestead leases by approved lenders. Requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1122 | Engross
Sine Die | Defines "beneficiary consultation". Prohibits the department of Hawaiian home lands from disposing or extending a general lease to non-beneficiaries unless there are no applicants seeking to enter into a general lease to the use and occupancy of a tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB508 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the fines associated with the illegal use of consumer fireworks and display fireworks, articles pyrotechnic, and aerial devices outside of the times permitted by law. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB161 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the director of finance of a county to require payment of outstanding charges owed to the county for the towing, removal, or disposal of an abandoned or derelict vehicle within the county before issuing a motor vehicle certificate of registrat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB433 | Engross
Sine Die | Assesses a climate change mitigation impact fee on every customer who rents, leases, or utilizes a rental motor vehicle. Establishes the climate change mitigation special fund. Specifies that the impact fees collected shall be deposited to the credit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| HB111 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of fossil fuels for electricity generation or storage after 12/31/2045. Prohibits the Public Utilities Commission from approving cost recovery of any application or proposal for generation or storage facilities that use fossil fuels...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-19
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HB221 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that no managing agent, resident manager, or their employees, or the association's employees, shall solicit any proxies from any unit owner in the condominium association. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HB443 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of education conduct a comprehensive cost analysis of the department's food services and student meals programs to, in part, increase the use of locally grown agricultural products. Requires a report to the legislature. Effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB1246 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that certain violations of the Fireworks Control Law shall be considered an activity that causes air pollution under the Hawaii Air Pollution Control Act and a violation of noise control rules under the Hawaii noise pollution laws, and puni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HB1078 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of education to develop a plan to transition the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind to a conversion charter school. Requires a conversion charter school to enroll a student if the student's individualized education program p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB770 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a task force to review and recommend specific actions to ensure that Hawaii's food imports are sourced, transported, stored, and distributed in compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act, and develops specific recommendations to en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-17
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HB47 | Engross
Sine Die | Excludes a homeowner-developer from the annual requirement to file a developer's report and pay a fee if the homeowner's development consists of not more than two units, in which the developer resides in one of the units and the initial sale of the o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-17
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HB1119 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that social welfare organizations granted tax exempt Requires social welfare organizations granted tax exempt status under 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that donate or contribute to noncandidate committees, engage in electioneering...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
