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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | SB1022 | Introduced | Provides express legal authority to enable the University of Hawaii to create, promote, and participate in new economic enterprises and expand workforce opportunities based on inventions and discoveries generated by or at the University. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17 |
| #2 | SB2969 | Engrossed | Excludes the reconstruction or alteration of certain existing single-family residences from the definition of "development" for purposes of the special management areas law. Authorizes county planning authorities to further define new single-family r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23 |
| #3 | SB2935 | Introduced | Requires the Hawaii state energy office to adopt state appliance efficiency standards to protect consumers. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-23 The committee on CPH deferred the measure. |
| #4 | SB1081 | Introduced | Provides a state income tax deduction of up to $5,000 per year for student loan interest paid on qualified education loans. Effective 5/12/2059. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30 |
| #5 | HB2666 | Introduced | Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects at Wahiawa General Hospital for the benefit of the 46th Representative District. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29 |
| #6 | SCR108 | Engrossed | Urging The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Work With The Federal Communications Commission, The Federal Emergency Management Agency, And The National Weather Service To Make Necessary Updates To Ensure That Textual And Audible Information From ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-16 |
| #7 | SR49 | Introduced | Requesting The Establishment Of A Working Group To Examine How The Department Of Education Can Maximize Medicaid Reimbursement For Support Services Offered To Eligible Students During School Hours. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28 |
| #8 | HR169 | Passed | Requesting That The Hawaii State Department Of Education Report To The Legislature On Its Compliance With The Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity In Education Act And The Resolution Agreement Between The Hawaii State Department Of Education And The United S... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #9 | SB3030 | Engrossed | Establishes a Farmer Apprentice Mentoring Program to teach and train farmers to utilize a whole farm system approach to agriculture. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Agriculture for the Farmer Apprentice Mentoring Program. (SB3030 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-18 10:00AM in conference room 224. |
| #10 | SB2833 | Engrossed | Authorizes the University of Hawaii to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of financing the construction and maintenance of qualifying capital improvement projects. (SB2833 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-17 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788). |
| #11 | SB538 | Introduced | Appropriates funds to the department of health for the posting of care facility inspection reports on the department's website. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30 |
| #12 | SB6 | Introduced | Requires the department of human services to establish and collect a new residential development fee from developers for certain new residential development projects and establishes the homelessness and affordable housing special fund for the purpose... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30 |
| #13 | HB982 | Introduced | Removes exemptions from building codes and building permits for certain agricultural buildings and structures. Requires each county to establish a list of agricultural buildings and structures that are exempt from building permit regulations no later... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30 |
| #14 | SB1082 | Engrossed | Makes appropriations for personnel and equipment for the Hawaii Community College Agriculture Program. (SB1082 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30 |
| #15 | SB970 | Engrossed | Extends exemption from civil service for medical marijuana dispensary program staff in the Department of Health hired after July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2020. Takes effect 6/29/2017. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17 |
| #16 | HB2072 | Engrossed | Prohibits certain restraints and tethers that endanger, or deny sustenance, to a dog. Authorizes the court to assess fines, order performance of community service, require mental health counseling, or order attendance at educational classes concernin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-18 at 5:30 PM in Conference Room 224. |
| #17 | SB2688 | Introduced | Prohibits the planting of a genetically engineered seed or plant part in an open field. Allows the chairperson of the board of agriculture to grant an exception where such planting is done in a controlled environment. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24 |
| #18 | HB2164 | Engrossed | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for school-level funding. (HB2164 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23 |
| #19 | SB2598 | Engrossed | Requires each department to deduct the department's total salary overpayment from the department's budget request for the following fiscal biennium. Requires that employees who exhaust their sick leave be placed on a manual accounting system. Removes... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23 |
| #20 | SB2802 | Introduced | Permits advanced practice registered nurses to certify an employee's disability. Increases the penalty an employer is assessed for failing to submit timely wage and employment information. Permits filing of an appeal of a decision related to temporar... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24 |
| #21 | SB2853 | Introduced | Defines "virtual currency" within the Money Transmitters Act. Clarifies that the permissible investment requirements for money transmitter licensees shall not apply to money transmissions of virtual currency. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24 |
| #22 | HB2365 | Introduced | Requires criminal history checks of adult relatives who provide care for a child whose family receives a child care subsidy from the Department of Human Services, clarifies that the Department of Human Services may take both administrative and judici... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29 |
| #23 | SB2999 | Engrossed | Establishes a 1-time amnesty program for certain delinquent tax obligations. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08 |
| #24 | HB2533 | Introduced | Makes an emergency appropriation to DOH to contract for services to review, certify, and recertify dialysis centers. Appropriates funds. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29 |
| #25 | HB2631 | Engrossed | Enhances the electronic prescription accountability system to inform practitioners of the percentile ranking of their opiate prescription practices as compared to their peers. Takes effect on 7/1/2021. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28 The committee on CPH deferred the measure. |
| #26 | SCR27 | Passed | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Sunrise Review Of The Licensure And Regulation Of Home Inspectors. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24 Resolution adopted in final form. |
| #27 | SCR146 | Introduced | Urging Actions To Restore And Preserve The Kawainui-hamakua Marsh Complex And Preparation Of A Comprehensive Wetlands Ecosystem Restoration Plan, A Detailed Waterbird Habitat Restoration Plan, And A Comprehensive Wetlands Management Plan To Protect H... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05 |
| #28 | HB489 | Introduced | Requires DOH to develop guidelines for the mandatory disclosure of cesspools on real property. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30 |
| #29 | SB399 | Engrossed | Ties the authorized benefit for acupuncture treatments allowed under personal injury protection benefits provided through motor vehicle insurance to the workers' compensation supplemental medical fee schedule. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17 |
| #30 | SB1086 | Engrossed | Amends the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit by providing additional tax credit options for payroll costs and 35 percent of qualified production costs for qualified productions employing local workers in a county wi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30 |
| #31 | SCR73 | Engrossed | Requesting The United States Congress To Amend The Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act To Ensure That The Act Receives Permanent Authority. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-16 |
| #32 | SB627 | Engrossed | Makes violation of a mandatory provision of the State's condominium law by a condominium board of directors or its officers and members a per se violation of the board's fiduciary duty, but provides a safe harbor from liability for a board member who... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-15 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 385). |
| #33 | HB1339 | Engrossed | Restructures the Hawaii Invasive Species Council as the Hawaii Invasive Species Authority to coordinate implementation of the Hawaii Interagency Biosecurity Plan and related duties. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-15 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 385). |
| #34 | HB2655 | Introduced | Creates a permanent task force on unmanned aerial systems, to be attached to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for administrative purposes. Requires the task force to provide annual reports to the Legislature. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29 |
| #35 | HCR127 | Introduced | Requesting The Department Of Business, Economic Development And Tourism, In Conjunction With The University Of Hawaii, To Convene A Working Group To Develop Recommendations Regarding The Safe, Legal, And Beneficial Use Of Drones In Hawaii. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-13 |
| #36 | HCR174 | Introduced | Requesting The Office Of Veterans' Services To Study How The Increase In Burial Service Requests Has Affected The Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28 |
| #37 | HB22 | Introduced | Requires funds appropriated to the University of Hawaii for a specific purpose to be expended for that specific purpose. Requires a report that explains to the Legislature any nonconformity with the specific purpose of an appropriation. Requires unex... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30 |
| #38 | SB2092 | Engrossed | Adds knowingly making a false statement to a county inspector a crime within the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities. Effective 7/1/2035. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23 |
| #39 | HB2400 | Introduced | To amend the law relating to County finance directors duties by removing authority to issue a vehicle identification number to a reconstructed motor vehicle. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29 |
| #40 | HB2671 | Engrossed | Appropriates funds to the Office of the Governor; Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Human Resources Development; and Department of Agriculture to collaboratively dev... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-27 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 687). |
| #41 | HR85 | Introduced | Requesting The Department Of Commerce And Consumer Affairs To Evaluate The Potential Impacts Of Mandating Licensure Of All Private Schools In The State. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-20 |
| #42 | SB3028 | Engrossed | Requires certain amounts of child support moneys collected by the Department of Human Services (DHS) for public assistance of a child to pass through to the family receiving the public assistance. Requires DHS to disregard passed through child suppor... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-16 |
| #43 | HB289 | Engrossed | Requires a candidate or noncandidate committee to inform the Campaign Spending Commission if the candidate or noncandidate committee does not intend to receive or spend contributions and expenditures that aggregate more than $1,000 in an election per... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17 |
| #44 | HB2611 | Engrossed | Appropriates moneys for Department of Health to fund substance abuse treatment programs relating to persons with multiple chronic conditions, a centralized referral system, case management programs, and a peer mentoring or coaching program. (HB2611 H... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23 |
| #45 | HB677 | Introduced | Amends insurance coverage requirements for in vitro fertilization to allow for expanded applicability. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17 |
| #46 | SB2088 | Introduced | Requires a provider of broadband internet access services to be transparent with network management practices, performance, and commercial terms of its broadband internet access services. Prohibits a provider of broadband internet access services fro... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-12 |
| #47 | HB772 | Introduced | Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services, Department of Health, and Department of Transportation to support homelessness outreach, mitigation, and prevention efforts in the State. (HB772 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17 |
| #48 | SB1139 | Introduced | Establishes an Office of Condominium Complaints and Enforcement in the Department of the Attorney General to intervene in condominium disputes. Requires Legislative Reference Bureau to study extent of condominium disputes and efficacy of the Office o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17 |
| #49 | SB275 | Introduced | Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow each gubernatorial nominee to appoint, following the primary election, a person from the same political party as a running mate for lieutenant governor in the general election. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17 |
| #50 | SB803 | Engrossed | Establishes an income tax credit to assist farmers with expenses associated with compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act. Establishes the Food Safety Modernization Act special fund. (SB803 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30 |
