| HI | SB551 | Pass | Requires associations to offer mediation with a notice of default and intention to foreclose. Clarifies that the explicit grant of power of sale to associations is not required for the purposes of enforcing association liens under the association alt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 282, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1402). |
| HI | SB414 | Pass | Creates procedural and administrative requirements for law enforcement agencies for eyewitness identifications of suspects in criminal investigations. Effective 6/1/2020. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 281, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1401). |
| HI | SB385 | Pass | Repeals defaults on student loans, student loan repayment contracts, and scholarship contracts as grounds for sanctioning professional and vocational licensees. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 279, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1399). |
| HI | SB381 | Pass | Directs the Office of Planning, Land Use Commission, Real Estate Commission, and Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting to study land subdivision and condominium property regime laws related to agricultural land and report findings and recomm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 278, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1398). |
| HI | SB383 | Pass | Requires DOE to establish a mandatory youth suicide awareness and prevention training program and model risk referral protocol, based on existing materials created by DOH, for all public schools, including charter schools. Requires charter schools to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Act 270, 07/09/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1390). |
| HI | SB817 | Pass | Establishes regulations for the sale of stored property insurance by self-service storage facility owners. Requires owners to hold a limited lines license to sell, solicit, or offer coverage under a stored property insurance policy. Effective 1/1/202...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 284, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1404). |
| HI | SB976 | Pass | Establishes a pilot program to generate revenue through the lease of public library lands to meet the mission of the public libraries. Establishes the library facilities fund. Requires the Board of Education to report to the Legislature. Appropriates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 285, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1405). |
| HI | SB1303 | Pass | Part I: Allows the Department of Education to lease public school lands for a term of not more than ninety-nine years per lease. Part II: Amends Act 206, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, to allow the City and County of Honolulu to transfer lands under ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Act 272, 07/09/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1392). |
| HI | SB9 | Pass | Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to adopt rules without regard to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to reimburse Section 8 landlords for repair costs of tenant-caused property damage under certain circumstances. Appropriates funds. (CD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 215, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1317). |
| HI | SB540 | Pass | Allows the board of pharmacy to approve pilot and demonstration projects for innovative applications in the practice of pharmacy under certain conditions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 222, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1324). |
| HI | SB552 | Pass | Revives for one year specified sections of the repealed chapter 514A, HRS, to allow developers whose condominium property regimes were issued an effective date pursuant to sections 514A-40 and 514A-41, HRS, to update their public reports without revi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 223, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1325). |
| HI | SB535 | Pass | Authorizes pharmacists, acting in good faith and exercising reasonable care, to prescribe and dispense an opioid antagonist to patients at risk of overdose, and family members and caregivers of patients at risk of overdose. Sunsets 6/30/2024. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 255, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1357). |
| HI | SB536 | Pass | Clarifies that existing law intended to curb over-access to and abuse of opioids, including the time frame for filling prescriptions, supply limitations, and requirements to check the state electronic prescription accountability system and execute an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 256, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1358). |
| HI | SB411 | Pass | Exempts marine terminal equipment temporarily moving in or between marine terminals at Hilo Harbor, Kawaihae Harbor, Kahului Harbor, and Nawiliwili Harbor from inspection, registration, and licensing requirements. (SB411 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 220, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). |
| HI | SB723 | Pass | Requires the Judiciary to post the titles of all filings and all minutes in paternity cases to the Judiciary's website after redacting any information in which an individual has a significant privacy interest, subject to certain circumstances. Establ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 225, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1327). |
| HI | SB770 | Pass | Requires a high school education or its equivalent as a condition for new applicants to obtain a license as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson. Effective 7/1/2020. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 246, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348). |
| HI | SB592 | Pass | Updates the state librarian's salary cap to $175,000 per year. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 224, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326). |
| HI | SB772 | Pass | Repeals the requirement that there be attached a clear and legible notice, placard, or marker upon the faucet, spigot, or outlet wherefrom the draught beer is drawn. Requires rules adopted by the counties related to stacking of beer to refer to a sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 226, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1328). |
| HI | SB980 | Pass | Defines, for the purpose of compulsory education, a private school to be an education institution that teaches kindergarten through grade twelve and that is licensed or accredited by specified licensing or accrediting organizations. Effective 7/1/202...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 227, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329). |
| HI | SB991 | Pass | Caps annual utility rate increases without PUC approval for counties with a population of less than 500,000. Provides telecommunications service providers with flexibility from certain regulatory oversight requirements including issuance of securitie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 229, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1331). |
| HI | SB947 | Pass | Prohibits the disability of a parent or caregiver from being the sole factor in determining fitness as a foster parent, adoptive parent, guardian, parent seeking custody or visitation, or provider of a safe family home. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 259, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1361). |
| HI | SB972 | Pass | Establishes the Ship Repair Industry Tax Credit 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. Disallows the Ship Repair Industry Tax Credit after 12/31/2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 260, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1362). |
| HI | SB1292 | Veto | Requires hosting platforms that collect fees for booking services to register as tax collection agents and collect GET and TAT for transient accommodation bookings from operators and plan managers. Converts penalties for violation of TAT requirements...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1383). |
| HI | SB1442 | Pass | Requires the Public Utilities Commission to consider the value of improving electric power systems data access and transparency in order to make informed decisions. Establishes guiding principles. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 239, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1341). |
| HI | SB1404 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program administered through the John A. Burns School of Medicine of the University of Hawaii at Manoa; provided that the funds are matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by a private or an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 262, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1364). |
| HI | SB1405 | Veto | Requires public school teachers and educators to confiscate electronic cigarettes from students under 21 years of age. Requires the Department of Health to establish a Safe Harbor Program by which persons under the age of 21 may dispose of electronic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1385). |
| HI | SB1353 | Veto | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a permanent industrial hemp program pursuant to federal law, and a corresponding special fund. Reduces or repeals certain regulatory requirements under the existing industrial hemp pilot program. Es...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1384). |
| HI | SB1394 | Pass | Establishes a historic preservation income tax credit. Repeals on 12/31/2024. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 267, 07/08/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1369). |
| HI | SB1494 | Pass | Establishes a working group within the department of health to evaluate current behavioral health care and related systems and identify steps to promote effective integration to respond to and coordinate care for persons experiencing substance abuse,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 263, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1365). |
| HI | SB1498 | Pass | Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to determine qualifications for grievance arbitrators. Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to resolve the disputes over the qualifications and criteria for potential arbitrators selected under certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 231, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1333). |
| HI | SB1486 | Pass | Allows the DPS Narcotics Enforcement Division Administrator to disclose confidential information from the Electronic Prescription Accountability System to the U.S. Department of Defense health agency prescription monitoring program and authorized emp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 230, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1332). |
| HI | SB600 | Pass | Prohibits individuals who are less than 21 years of age from bringing or causing to be brought into the State any firearm. (SB600 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 257, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1359). |
| HI | SB804 | Pass | Establishes the culturally competent palliative care pilot program within the Department of Health to promote palliative care, gather health care utilization data, and conduct bidding for at least two pilot programs for home- or community-based palli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-05
Act 182, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). |
| HI | SB1037 | Pass | Amends the offense of abuse of family or household member by amending the type of physical abuse that constitutes strangulation to include blocking the nose and mouth or applying pressure to the chest. Clarifies that infliction of a visible bodily in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-05
Act 175, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1277). |
| HI | SB1039 | Pass | Permits persons convicted of certain prostitution offenses to file a motion to vacate the conviction if the defendant is not convicted of another offense under the Penal Code within three years of the prostitution offense and without regard to the de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-05
Act 176, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). |
| HI | SB981 | Pass | Repeals the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board Special Fund and transfers the remaining balance to the general fund. Amends related HRS sections. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-03
Act 161, 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1263). |
| HI | SB390 | Pass | Requires the Department of Agriculture to create a dollar-for-dollar matching program for beneficiaries of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to purchase Hawaii-grown produce. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Act 153, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). |
| HI | SB375 | Pass | Requires the Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Office of the Governor, to develop a strategic plan to double local food production and increase food exports by 2030. Requires the Department of Agriculture to submit the strategic plan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Act 151, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). |
| HI | SB661 | Pass | Grants procurement priority for fuel cell electric vehicles for state and county vehicle purchases. Includes fuel cell electric vehicles in the definition of "electric vehicles" for purposes of parking fee exemption, high occupancy vehicle lane use, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Act 143, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1245). |
| HI | SB1148 | Pass | Appropriates funds into and out of the agricultural loan revolving fund for the Department of Agriculture to provide loans to support local ranchers and farmers. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Act 152, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). |
| HI | SB1466 | Pass | Establishes a process by which a law enforcement officer, family or household member, medical professional, educator, or colleague may obtain a court order to prevent a person from accessing firearms and ammunition when the person poses a danger of c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Act 150, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). |
| HI | SB549 | Pass | Requires restaurants that sell children's meals that include a beverage to make the default beverage a healthy beverage. (SB549 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Act 138, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1240). |
| HI | SB663 | Pass | Establishes within the DOT a red light running committee to develop policy for pilot programs in the C&C of Honolulu, and Counties of Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Act 131, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1233). |
| HI | SB1025 | Pass | Requires the Executive Office on Aging (EOA) to develop and implement a plan to maximize the number of Kupuna Caregivers Program (Program) participants and submit a copy of the Program plan to the 2020 Legislature. Authorizes EOA to adopt administrat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Act 126, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1228). |
| HI | SB1124 | Pass | Requires a licensed psychiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority and psychiatric specialization to determine, prior to a person's discharge from a psychiatric facility, whether an assisted community treatment plan is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Act 129, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1231). |
| HI | SB471 | Pass | Appropriates funds for core homelessness services, including the outreach program, rapid re-housing program, housing first program, family assessment centers, stored property and debris removal services, and the state rent supplemental program. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-12
Act 062, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163). |
| HI | SB1002 | Pass | Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning, LLC, until June 30, 2024. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-12
Act 046, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1147). |
| HI | SB1440 | Pass | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Trevi Systems, Inc., or its related entity, Kona Coast Water LLC, to fund the planning, designing, construction, equipping, land leases, and other assets for two or more plants to des...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-12
Act 052, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1153). |
| HI | SB242 | Enroll | Establishes a task force to review policy issues and opportunities relating to the navigation, access, and coverage of medicaid services by individuals with autism or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and make a recommendation on whether a waiver or ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-01
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968). |
| HI | SB1033 | Pass | Establishes licensure of midwives. Temporarily exempts birth attendants and exempts Native Hawaiian healers from licensure requirements. Establishes task force. Appropriates funds. (SB1033 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-01
Act 032, 04/30/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1133). |
