| HI | HB933 | Intro | Creates a crisis intervention and diversion program in the department of health to divert those in need to appropriate health care and away from the criminal justice system. Appropriates funds. Sunsets on 6/30/2023. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1664 | Intro | Requires DHS to convene a study group to examine the efficiencies and effectiveness, including program outcomes, of DHS's supporting employment empowerment Hawaii work program and submit a report to the legislature prior to the 2021 regular session. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1864 | Intro | Amends the definition of renewable portfolio standard to be a percentage of electrical energy generation, rather than sales. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1844 | Intro | Creates the clean energy and energy efficiency revolving loan fund under the administration of the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority. Repeals the building energy efficiency revolving loan fund. Allocates a portion of the barrel tax to the clean e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1851 | Intro | Commencing January 1, 2022, prohibits the issuance of building permits for new multi-unit dwellings that do not include grid-interactive water heater systems. Requires the PUC to establish standards for the systems. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1846 | Intro | Requires an energy audit for all state facilities with an area over 10,000 square feet, except facilities at the Aloha Stadium, by 1/1/2022, and dates for energy efficiency implementation. Beginning 7/1/2020, allow for new state building construction...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1850 | Intro | Allows the chief energy officer to contract with Hawaii not-for-profit entities to administer expenditures from the energy security special fund for the purposes set forth in section 201-12.8, HRS. Increases the allocation from the state environmenta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1934 | Intro | Permits the expenditure of funds from the energy security special fund for the creation of jobs relating to clean and renewable energy generation. Requires the Hawaii clean energy initiative program to develop a plan to increase jobs aligned with the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
[Hearing: Feb 19 @ 4:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1998 | Intro | Authorizes forfeiture of certain ERS benefits, pursuant to court order, for state or county employees and designated beneficiaries who are convicted of an employment-related felony. Takes effect on 1/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
[Hearing: Feb 19 @ 3:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1910 | Intro | Establishes the sustainable aviation fuel program to provide grants to any business in Hawaii that is developing products related to sustainable aviation fuel or aviation greenhouse gas reduction. Appropriates funds. Takes effect on 7/1/2112. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1929 | Intro | Extends the deadline for the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to exercise its power of eminent domain to acquire the Front Street Apartments affordable housing project on Maui unless the ground lease is renegotiated or a new ground ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1928 | Intro | Establishes the Pulehunui community development authority on the island of Maui as an autonomous community development authority under the Hawaii Community Development Authority for the purposes of developing the Pulehunui community development distr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2010 | Intro | Appropriates funds to provide scholarships to students pursuing Hawaiian language certifications or degrees within the University of Hawaii system. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1996 | Intro | Requires the BOE to include evaluation of the most current strategic plan indicators as a component of the superintendent of education's annual performance evaluation. Requires improvements in at least one-half of those indicators for any salary incr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB1912 | Intro | Establishes the pacific international space center for exploration systems within the department of business, economic development, and tourism for administrative purposes. Amends the composition of the board of directors of the pacific international...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2043 | Intro | Allows an unlicensed mental health professional, working under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional, to provide mental health treatment or counseling services to minors without parental or legal guardian consent, knowledge, or par...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2050 | Intro | Clarifies that the effective period of a temporary restraining order, protective order, or injunction restraining any party from contacting, threatening, or physically abusing a minor may extend to a date after the minor has reached 18 years of age. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2140 | Intro | Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop and implement an investment in innovative technologies plan to support the advancement of innovative technologies in the areas of energy, transportation, agriculture, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2138 | Intro | Amends the aggregate cap amount of the tax credit for research activities. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. Takes effect on 7/1/2112. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2102 | Intro | Requires labels on hemp products. Prohibits unwarranted health-related statements about hemp products. Establishes standards for hemp product manufacturers. Prohibits the manufacture or sale of any food into which a hemp product has been added. Prohi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
[Hearing: Feb 19 @ 4:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2139 | Intro | Appropriates funds to support the programs of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Takes effect on 7/1/2112. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2110 | Intro | Clarifies the group of professionals who are prohibited from knowingly referring or transferring patients to an uncertified or unlicensed care facility. Repeals landlord exclusion. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2069 | Intro | Prohibits civil asset forfeiture unless the covered offense is a felony for which the property owner has been convicted. Excludes the forfeiture proceedings for an animal pending criminal charges. Requires the Attorney General to deposit the net proc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2046 | Intro | Designates the month of September as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month to promote public awareness of the risks of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HI | HB2235 | Intro | Establishes a GET exemption for all gross proceeds arising from medical services provided by qualified physicians to patients who receive Medicaid or Medicare benefits. Applies to taxable years beginning after 7/1/2050 and ending before 1/1/2022. (HD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2272 | Intro | Amends the offense of solicitation of a minor for prostitution by specifying that the act of offering or agreeing to any type of consideration, rather than payment of a fee, constitutes solicitation of a minor. Makes solicitation of a minor a class B...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2265 | Intro | Establishes the invasive species rapid response special fund. Establishes procedures for emergency declarations and expenditures. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2451 | Intro | Explicitly recognizes advanced practice registered nurses as attending providers and consulting providers capable of performing all necessary duties under the Our Care, Our Choice Act in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2457 | Intro | Beginning 1/1/2021: bans the sale of flavored tobacco products; prohibits mislabeling of e-liquid products containing nicotine; and establishes fines and penalties for violations. Requires the Department of Education to establish a safe harbor progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2425 | Intro | Amends the definition of "domestic abuse" under Hawaii's insurance laws and laws relating to domestic abuse protective orders to include coercive control between family or household members. Defines "coercive control". Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2510 | Intro | 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] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2552 | Intro | Exempts applications for a class 1 license on land designated as agricultural by state or county zoning laws and for which the majority of the agricultural products used in the manufacturing of the liquor are grown and produced in the State by the li...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2571 | Intro | Amends the offense of theft in the second degree to include theft of property commonly used to store items of personal or monetary value, including any purse, handbag, or wallet. Requires property owners to hold illegally parked bicycles found on the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2556 | Intro | Authorizes the withholding and revocation of vehicle registrations and driver's licenses for those who abandon a vehicle under specified conditions. Authorizes the assessment and collection of charges relating to abandoned and derelict vehicles. Take...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2543 | Intro | Transfers the Executive Office on Early Learning from the Department of Education to the Department of Human Services. Renames the Office as the Learning to Grow Agency. Focuses the jurisdiction of the agency to children who are 3 to 4 years old or w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
[Hearing: Feb 18 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Lower and Higher Education Committee |
| HI | HB2624 | Intro | Requires the Office of Environmental Quality Control to establish, implement, and maintain an interactive website available to the public at no cost that provides certain information and notifications regarding environmental assessment and environmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2633 | Intro | Authorizes medical cannabis dispensaries to distribute cannabis propagules and cuttings to individuals authorized to cultivate cannabis plants for medical use, subject to quantity limits and quality requirements. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
[Hearing: Feb 19 @ 4:00 pm]
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| HI | HB2565 | Intro | Establishes the Pesticide Disposal Amnesty Program within the Department of Agriculture to provide a one-time, affordable, and environmentally accessible means for the disposal of restricted and nonrestricted use pesticides from a bona fide agricultu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2607 | Intro | Establishes the offense of urinating or defecating in a public place within business districts. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2630 | Intro | Sets a date of 6/30/2022 for the transition of the Oahu regional health care system facilities from the Hawaii health systems corporation to the department of health. Establishes a working group to develop a comprehensive plan that addresses necessar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2605 | Intro | Disallows dividends paid deduction for real estate investment trusts. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. Sunsets 12/31/2023. Takes effect on 7/1/2112. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2715 | Intro | Establishes the research and technology grant program within the Hawaii technology development corporation to provide grants to qualified research and technology companies in Hawaii for eligible projects. Establishes program guidelines and eligibilit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2694 | Intro | Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the state public charter school commission to pay the claim and settlement amount pursuant to Miller-Potter v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 16-1-0385K. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2722 | Intro | Authorizes each county to adopt ordinances to enforce section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including through the establishment of penalties for failure to comply with its requirements or make reasonable efforts to maintain electric vehicle chargi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2697 | Intro | Establishes a no time to lose commission to examine how the State's public schools can be internationally competitive. Appropriates funds. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2717 | Intro | Extends the alternative energy research and development revolving fund lapse date from 6/30/2020 to 6/30/2021. Appropriates funds for the provision of grants by the Hawaii technology development corporation. Takes effect on 7/1/2112. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2701 | Intro | Requires agencies allotted a portion of the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to consider actions in achieving the zero emissions clean economy target and climate change resilience. Requires these agencies to report on how expendi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HB2716 | Intro | Establishes the ocean sciences research tax credit. Effective for tax years beginning after January 1, 2050. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HI | HCR34 | Intro | Requesting That The Wall Street Journal Include Hawaiian Airlines In The Newspaper's Future Rankings Of The Best And Worst Airlines In The United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-14
The committees on TIA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Onishi, Holt, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, DeCoite, Perruso, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan. |
| HI | HB766 | Engross | Establishes a task force within the Judiciary to review allowing service of notice and process by electronic mail in civil and administrative proceedings. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-13
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
