| SB2807 | Enroll
Sine Die | Proposes a constitutional amendment to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii Constitution to authorize the Legislature to determine whether excess funds should be used as tax refunds or tax credits to taxpayers of the State or diverted to one or more...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-03
(S) Enrolled to Governor. |
| HB2376 | Enroll
Sine Die | Amends the Hawaii Constitution to change the Board of Education to a board appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, as provided by law. (HB2376 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-03
(H) Transmitted to Governor. |
| HB869 | Enroll
Sine Die | Requires that the owner of a rental motor vehicle, upon notice that the rental motor vehicle has been involved in a traffic incident resulting in a violation, provide the court with the name and address of the lessee within 45 days of the mailing of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-28
(S) Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 630). |
| HB2784 | Enroll
Sine Die | Increases the monetary limit of claims that may be filed in small claims court. Effective September 14, 2047. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-23
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-23-10 10:30AM in conference room 325. |
| HB142 | Enroll
Sine Die | Exempts the general excise and use taxes on fuel sold from a foreign-trade zone to common carriers for use in interisland air transportation. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-23
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-23-10 at 4:00pm in Conference Room 225. |
| HB2598 | Enroll
Sine Die | Limits annual amount of transient accommodations tax revenues distributed to the counties from 7/1/2010, through 6/30/2015 to $50,000,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-23
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-23-10 at 7:30 PM in Conference Room 309. |
| HB2690 | Enroll
Sine Die | Part I repeals certain statutorily established positions within the department of the attorney general; Part II transfers the television and film industry activities and responsibilities and special fund under the department of business, economic dev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-23
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-23-10 at 7:30 PM in Conference Room 309. |
| HB863 | Enroll
Sine Die | Creates the county infrastructure development revolving loan fund within department of budget and finance to provide nointerest loans to the counties for the development, predevelopment, or construction of projects to expedite the building of transit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-23
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-23-10 at 4:00pm in Conference Room 225. |
| HB2409 | Enroll
Sine Die | Increases lease terms for aquaculture ventures from 35 to 45 years. Permits aquaculture lessees in good standing the right of first refusal. Allows for supportive aquaculture activities. Requires the department of agriculture and the department of la...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-22
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-23-10 11:15AM in conference room 224. |
| HB2670 | Enroll
Sine Die | Increases to $5,000,000 the cap on the amount of expenditures that the UH Board of Regents can authorize from the UH Tuition and Fees Special Fund for the promotion of alumni relations and generation of private donations. Takes effect 7/1/2099. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-22
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-23-10 1:00PM in conference room 329. |
| HB2741 | Enroll
Sine Die | Adjusts fees for permittees of vessels that are used for a place of principal habitation in state small boat harbors; requires a permittee of certain commercial fishing vessels to pay a fee two times the moorage fee of a recreational vessel; allows a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-22
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-23-10 11:00AM in conference room 224. |
| HB2087 | Enroll
Sine Die | Requires health insurers to promptly pay claims for services to medicaid recipients, by repealing the exemption for medicaid claims from the clean claims law. Requires the State to pay interest on delayed payments. Authorizes expenditures from the hu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-21
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-23-10 1:00PM in conference room 229. |
| HB1019 | Enroll
Sine Die | Includes in the offense of murder in the second degree acts committed with the intent to cause serious bodily injury to another person, which result in the death of that person. Defines "simulated firearm" and makes the use of a simulated firearm dur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-21
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-22-10 2:15PM in conference room 325. |
| HB2923 | Enroll
Sine Die | Establishes procedures for the department of Hawaiian home lands for purpose of determining the disposition of lands for commercial and multipurpose projects. Limits extension of leases to not longer than 20 years, to be granted only once. Specifies ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-21
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-22-10 3:30PM in conference room 224. |
| HB2461 | Enroll
Sine Die | Requires a moratorium on the existing reference-based pricing program for prescription drug plan members through June 30, 2012; requires a study on the feasibility and long-term effects of reference-based pricing programs; requires pilot program to e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-21
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-23-10 1:00PM in conference room 229. |
| HB2724 | Enroll
Sine Die | Creates an offense of confinement of a dog by tethering under prescribed circumstances with certain exceptions, and establishes mandatory fines for such an offense. Takes effect 7/1/50. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-21
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-22-10 2:15PM in conference room 325. |
| HB2267 | Enroll
Sine Die | Requires the department of education to make available vacant school facilities or portions of school facilities for use by charter schools, provided that the department may elect to use the facilities for education programs, with preference given to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-16
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-21-10 2:00PM in conference room 329. |
| HB2306 | Enroll
Sine Die | Adjusts compensation of the superintendent of education and state librarian by adding annual performance-based bonuses based on various evaluation criteria. Effective July 1, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-16
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-21-10 2:00PM in conference room 329. |
| HB2056 | Enroll
Sine Die | Broadens the practical experience requirements for a pharmacist license to include experience obtained in U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. Removes the requirement that supervision must take place in a pharmacy. Broadens the experience r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-16
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-21-10 1:30PM in conference room 229. |
| HB2548 | Enroll
Sine Die | Updates regulation of prepaid legal service plans. Effective July 1, 2010. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-15
(S) Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 575). |
| HB2783 | Enroll
Sine Die | Makes permanent the general excise tax exemptions for condominium common expenses paid by managers, submanagers, and suboperators, and for hotel employee expenses paid by hotel operators and timeshare projects. Clarifies the maximum allowable tax exe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-12
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 558). |
| HB2290 | Enroll
Sine Die | Protects agriculturally suitable lands on Oahu (lands with productivity ratings of "A" or "B"); provides for mandatory extension of agricultural leases; effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-12
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 558). |
| HB2294 | Enroll
Sine Die | Establishes fines for failing to pay, bill, or remit the inspection, quarantine, and eradication fee. Exempts bulk freight of foreign origin from the inspection, quarantine, and eradication service fee and charge, retroactive to 7/1/2007. Effective 7...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-12
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 558). |
| HB2582 | Enroll
Sine Die | Adjusts fees for permits for vessels that are used as a place of principal habitation in the Ala Wai and Keehi boat harbors. Effective 7/1/2050.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-12
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 558). |
| HB1554 | Enroll
Sine Die | Allows the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission and the director of city and county of Honolulu department of planning and permitting to designate a representative to serve on HCDA; amends the criteria for approval by the HCDA of substitute r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-12
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 558). |
| HB2381 | Enroll
Sine Die | Part I ensures that claimants who receive GET exemptions continue to meet all criteria necessary to receive the exemptions. Increases the transparency of the process of approving and certifying certain GET exemptions. Adds a residency requirement for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-12
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 558). |
| HB2132 | Enroll
Sine Die | Requires foreclosing lenders to notify their mortgagors about credit counseling no later than thirty days prior to foreclosure; if promissory note and mortgage document are requested, then foreclosure is prohibited until these documents are provided....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-12
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 558). |
| HB1439 | Enroll
Sine Die | Extends the Life Settlements Act for an additional five years. Establishes a life settlements working group to study life settlement issues, including the definition of "insurable interest". (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-12
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 558). |
| HB1853 | Enroll
Sine Die | Makes it unlawful for the department of education to operate stores or permit the sale of ice cream, candy, and other merchandise on school campuses without the written permission of the department, with certain exceptions. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-09
(H) Failed to Pass Final Reading with 20 Ayes; 21 Noes Representative(s) Aquino, Awana, Belatti, Berg, Cabanilla, Chang, Ching, Choy, Finnegan, Karamatsu, Keith-Agaran, Manahan, Marumoto, Nakashima, Pine, Souki, Takai, Thielen, Ward, Yamane, Yamashita; and 10 Excused Representative(s) Bertram, Carroll, Hanohano, Herkes, McKelvey, Mizuno, Nishimoto, M. Oshiro, Sagum, Tokioka. |
| HB2962 | Enroll
Sine Die | Enacts amendments to Hawaii tax laws to implement the streamlined sales and use tax agreement; takes effect when the State becomes a party to the streamlined sales and use tax agreement. Between 6/30/10 and 7/1/13 prohibits tax liabilities from being...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-09
(H) Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Saturday, 04-10-10 11:30AM in conference room 309. |
| HB2984 | Enroll
Sine Die | Extends the end date for the tax credit for research activities from December 31, 2010, to December 31, 2011. Repeals remaining tax credit provisions of Act 221, Session Laws of Hawaii 2001. Effective 7/1/2050.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-09
(H) Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Saturday, 04-10-10 11:30AM in conference room 309. |
| HB674 | Enroll
Sine Die | Amends the operating budget of the office of Hawaiian affairs for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. Effective July 1, 2020. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-08
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 535). |
| HB2643 | Enroll
Sine Die | Establishes a clean energy bond loan program for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements on residential and commercial properties; authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds to finance the program; establishes laws to implement the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-08
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 535). |
| HB1901 | Enroll
Sine Die | Establishes an alternative public procurement process for the procurement of voting system equipment. Effective upon approval and repealed on June 30, 2011.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-04-08
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 535). |
| HB1728 | Enroll
Sine Die | Removes administrative agencies' authority to establish fees and replaces administratively established fees with statutory fees. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1451 | Enroll
Sine Die | Provides aggregate caps on the high technology business investment tax credit for each qualified high technology business and disallows 100% of the credit in the year that a recapture event occurs and each year thereafter. Requires a
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1744 | Enroll
Sine Die | Authorizes each county, by ordinance, to impose a surcharge on transient accommodations tax, not to exceed 5%. Repeals section 237D-6.5(b)(3), Hawaii Revised Statutes, that distributes transient accommodations tax proceeds to counties. Effective date...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1204 | Enroll
Sine Die | Requires, for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 only, an additional distribution of not more than an unspecified amount of funds in Transient Accommodations Tax revenues to the Tourism Special Fund. Effective 7/1/2150. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB395 | Enroll
Sine Die | Requires the department of education, beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, to use successful assessment tools and protocols for determining a student's initial placement and for decision making about a student's movement between junior kindergar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1763 | Enroll
Sine Die | Repeals the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Establishes the Department of Tourism. Transfers the Convention Center Enterprise Special Fund, Tourism Special Fund, and Tourism Emergency Trust Fund to the Department of Tourism. Renames the Department of Busin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1766 | Enroll
Sine Die | Permits commercial permits in Ala Wai and Keehi small boat harbors; limits small boat harbor fees to be used only in the small boat harbor where the fees were collected; directs the department of land and natural resources to provide a request for pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1491 | Enroll
Sine Die | Caps the total annual amount of ethanol facility tax credits allowed at $8,000,000 in the aggregate between 07/01/11 and 12/31/12. Effective 07/01/90. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1503 | Enroll
Sine Die | Creates an optional "public purpose company" designation for LLCs. Requires an LLC with a public purpose company designation to exercise its right to exclude conferred by any patent it has an interest in for a public purpose. Establishes reporting re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1782 | Enroll
Sine Die | Creates an office of the state coordinator of health information technology and a health information exchange task force to assist in developing a health information exchange program. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB686 | Enroll
Sine Die | Delays implementation of the reduced ignition propensity cigarettes law to 09/30/2010. Authorizes the state fire council to expend moneys to cover the reduced ignition propensity cigarettes personnel and program costs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB694 | Enroll
Sine Die | Authorizes a facility or regional health care system under the Hawaii health systems corporation to transition into a new legal entity; amends the maintenance of services requirements; requires Hawaii health systems corporation to assume liabilities ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB960 | Enroll
Sine Die | Broadens the scope of a "tourism emergency" to include a national or global economic crisis. Removes the duties relating to tourism research and statistics from the department of business, economic development, and tourism and adds those duties to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB984 | Enroll
Sine Die | Implements key recommendations of the Hawaii broadband task force by establishing the Hawaii broadband commissioner (HBC) in the department of commerce and consumer affairs (DCCA). Transfers functions relating to telecommunications from the public ut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB1260 | Enroll
Sine Die | Reorganizes certain executive branch agencies by abolishing or transferring various agencies and programs to correspond with H.B. No. 200, H.D. 1, the general appropriations act of 2009. (HB1260 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
| HB991 | Enroll
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii medical doctor loan repayment program for University of Hawaii medical school graduates and medical school graduates with training from Hawaii based medical programs working in rural areas of the State. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-11
Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |
