| HI | HB201 | Pass | Clarifies that a state department that is a member of the invasive species council, counties, and its employees and authorized agents, have authority to enter private property to control and eradicate invasive species when there is a reasonable suspi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 197, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). |
| HI | HB336 | Pass | Requires the Director of Public Safety, in the event of the death of an inmate who is in a state or contracted correctional facility, or death of a correctional facility or community correctional center employee, to report to the Governor, who shall ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 234, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1336). |
| HI | HB333 | Pass | Establishes the State Highway Enforcement Program. Establishes a parking violation surcharge to be imposed by courts in addition to other penalties and fines for parking violations on State highways. (HB333 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 250, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1352). |
| HI | HB629 | Veto | Creates a medical release program within the Department of Public Safety for certain ill, disabled, or impaired inmates who pose a low risk to public safety. Takes effect on 3/1/2020. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1374). |
| HI | HB748 | Veto | 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] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1377). |
| HI | HB1261 | Pass | Makes permanent the requirement that decisions in contested case hearings of the Commission on Water Resource Management, Land Use Commission, Public Utilities Commission, Hawaii Community Development Authority, and those involving conservation distr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 213, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315). |
| HI | HB1547 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for athletics. (HB1547 CD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 264, 07/08/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1366). |
| HI | HB1133 | Veto | Prohibits the issuance of more than 40 commercial use permits for any marine life conservation district not accessible by land and limits access by commercial use permittees to no more than 50 percent of permittees. Requires DLNR to immediately initi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1379). |
| HI | HB452 | Pass | Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish preferential electricity rates for agricultural activities that utilize protected agriculture to produce fruits or vegetables for distribution. (HB452 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 203, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1305). |
| HI | HB330 | Pass | Appropriates moneys for youth suicide early intervention, prevention, and education initiatives. (HB330 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-05
Act 180, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). |
| HI | HB1552 | Pass | Part I: Establishes the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission. Creates a position for an Oversight Coordinator for the Commission. Extends the sunset date of the Reentry Commission to 1/1/2020. Repeals the Reentry Commission and Corrections...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-05
Act 179, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). |
| HI | HB398 | Pass | Amends the composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii and reduces the number of board members from 15 members to 11 members. Specifies terms of holdover board members. (HB398 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-03
Act 172, 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1274). |
| HI | HB551 | Pass | Extends various reporting deadlines and the sunset date of the cesspool conversion working group established pursuant to Act 132, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018. Extends the lapse date on appropriations for the comprehensive statewide study of sewage co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-03
Act 170, 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1272). |
| HI | HB843 | Pass | Appropriates funds for one Applied Technical Education position at Hawaii Community College. (HB843 CD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-03
Act 168, 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1270). |
| HI | HB1449 | Pass | Extends the nursing facility sustainability program to 2021. Allows the nursing facility sustainability fee to be used to enhance capitated rates for the purpose of paying quality incentives. Increases the nursing facility sustainability fee limit fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-03
Act 163, 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1265). |
| HI | HB560 | Pass | Requires UH community colleges to establish energy systems and technology training courses for county officers and employees responsible for permitting, inspecting, licensing, and approving construction projects and an advisory committee of industry ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Act 145, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). |
| HI | HB401 | Pass | Requires all public agencies to identify and evaluate vehicle fleet energy efficiency programs to be implemented using vehicle fleet performance contracts, whereby the agencies may contract for the provision of vehicles or associated capital investme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Act 144, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). |
| HI | HB556 | Pass | Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to adopt minimum appliance efficiency standards for certain products sold or installed in the State that are substantially equivalent to existing appliance efficiency standards es...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Act 141, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). |
| HI | HB1548 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to study and combat rapid ohia death. (HB1548 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Act 147, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1249). |
| HI | HB1585 | Pass | Establishes a rebate program for installation of eligible new or upgraded multi-user electric vehicle charging systems. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to contract for third-party administration of the rebate program. Appropriates funds. (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Act 142, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1244). |
| HI | HB1453 | Pass | Authorizes the DOH to establish fees for ground transportation to medical facilities and for provision of emergency medical services that do not include transport. Authorizes transportation by ambulance to medical facilities other than hospital emerg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Act 140, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). |
| HI | HB297 | Pass | Directs DOA to review the Aedes aegypti mosquito with Wolbachia bacteria, including Aedes aegypti mosquitoes originating from Hawaii stock that could be imported for landscape scale mosquito control, and render a determination to place it on the appr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Act 106, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). |
| HI | HB463 | Pass | Requires and appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to partner with the Hawaii agricultural community to establish a Food Safety Certification Training Program to assist small to medium sized farms to comply with the United States Depart...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Act 104, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1206). |
| HI | HB903 | Pass | Requires the Judiciary to establish a financial hardship task force. (HB903 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Act 112, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1214). |
| HI | HB1157 | Pass | Exempts students in post-secondary education programs from immunization requirements if they attend classes exclusively online or through distance learning, under certain conditions. (HB1157 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Act 101, 06/20/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1203). |
| HI | HB624 | Pass | Part I: Purpose section. Part II: Establishes the strategic development programs revolving fund and transfers powers, duties, and programs of the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC) under Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC). ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-12
Act 056, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1157). |
| HI | HCR25 | Pass | Requesting The Department Of Agriculture And Hawaii Tourism Authority To Report To The Legislature On The Processing Of State Of Hawaii Plant And Animal Declaration Forms, Including The Costs Involved.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-02
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HB613 | Engross | Establishes the state youthBuild Program to assist non-profit and public entities in applying and qualifying for federal YouthBuild Program grants. Authorizes the department of labor and industrial relations to award grants eligible non-profit or pub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-19 at 2:00PM in Conference Room 423. |
| HI | HB1219 | Engross | Authorizes the designation of areas or regions of public lands classified as commercial, industrial, resort and hotel, and the establishment and implementation of guidelines for the redevelopment of the areas or regions that will: (1) modernize the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-19 at 5:55PM in Conference Room 312. |
| HI | HB402 | Engross | Requires that all grants and contracts awarded by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs shall be subject to be individually approved by the board of trustees. Reduces the University of Hawaii's portion of receipts from the use, sale, lease, or other disposi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-25
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 868). |
| HI | HB626 | Engross | Requires vacancies in the office of United States Representative to be filled by special election that is conducted using ranked choice voting. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-19 3:20PM in conference room 325. |
| HI | HB1116 | Engross | Amends ballot requirements to display candidates for the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs by residency and non-residency requirements. Requires the names of the candidates in each group to be randomized on individual ballots and on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-19 1:30PM in conference room 325. |
| HI | HB1583 | Engross | Authorizes the Department of Education to evaluate the feasibility and cost-benefit of establishing and implementing a pilot microgrid to provide backup power in the event of a natural disaster or other similar emergency. Authorizes the Department of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-25
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-26-19 1:30PM in conference room 224. |
| HI | HB615 | Engross | Requires the Board of Education to invite the exclusive representative for Bargaining Unit (5) (teachers and other personnel of the Department of Education) to appoint a nonvoting public school teacher representative to the Board. Effective 7/1/2050....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-24
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 958). |
| HI | HB889 | Engross | Establishes the publicprivate partnership working group and requires an annual report to be submitted to the legislature. Adds public-private partnership project delivery methods and related conditions and requirements to the Hawaii Public Procuremen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-24
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-19 3:15PM in conference room 423. |
| HI | HB1530 | Engross | Establishes and appropriates funds for the Teacher Mentor Incentive Program within the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-24
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-19 3:10PM in conference room 329. |
| HI | HB159 | Engross | Increases criminal penalties for anyone who knowingly keeps or maintains any structure or place for the purpose of using controlled substances or which is used for keeping or selling them in violation of controlled substance laws. Increases certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-23
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 953). |
| HI | HB765 | Engross | Requires incorporation of sea level rise projections in all new plans and updates to existing state plans generated under the Hawaii State Planning Act and the plans of the Public Utilities Commission. Appropriates funds for the facilitation of stake...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 948). |
| HI | HB1274 | Engross | Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate student assistants employed by the University of Hawaii. Effective 1/1/2051. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 948). |
| HI | HCR82 | Pass | Requesting The Formation Of A Task Force On North Road Management.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-22
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 937) in amended form (SD 1). |
| HI | HCR232 | Pass | Approving The Selection Of George Ryoichi Ariyoshi To Be Inducted Into The Aloha Order Of Merit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-22
Resolution adopted in final form. |
| HI | HB1180 | Pass | Appropriates funds for disaster relief, recovery, mitigation, and remediation activities for the County of Hawaii. Requires reporting of monthly expenditures to the Department of Budget and Finance. (HB1180 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-16
Act 009, 04/16/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1110). |
| HI | HB618 | Engross | Establishes the repair and maintenance special fund for the repair and maintenance of state department facilities. Prohibits fund moneys from funding employee salaries and costs or from being considered as part of the employer's ability to pay those ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 900). |
| HI | HB1394 | Engross | Authorizes any county with a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopts a county surcharge on state tax ordinance to use the surcharges received from the State for infrastructure and public safety. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 900). |
| HI | HB530 | Engross | Establishes linked investments to provide loan funds for agriculture and authorizes the State to invest in linked investments. Appropriates funds to the Department of Budget and Finance to hire one position to administer the linked investment program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-12
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804). |
| HI | HB921 | Engross | Defines the roles and responsibilities of the executive office on early learning and the department of education as they relate to the implementation of the public prekindergarten program. Establishes the executive office on early learning as the adm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-12
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804). |
| HI | HCR15 | Engross | Urging United States Customs And Border Protection And The Hawaii Narcotics Enforcement Division To Increase Canine Narcotic Contraband Detection Teams At The State's Ports Of Entry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HI | HCR33 | Intro | Endorsing Taiwan's Participation As An Observer In The United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change, International Civil Aviation Organization, World Health Organization, And International Criminal Police Organization; Encouraging A U.s.-tai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Labor, Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HI | HCR184 | Engross | Urging The United States Congress, The Federal Communications Commission, And The Federal Trade Commission To Eliminate Fraudulent Telephone Calls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-09
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HI | HB1326 | Engross | Allows for ten consecutive one-year holdovers of water permits under section 171-58(c), HRS. Makes conforming amendments to the reporting requirement in Act 126 (2016). Extends the repeal and reenactment provision for Act 126 (2016) by seven years, f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
