HI Legislation | 2011 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB1424	Intro Sine Die	Creates an offense of confinement of a dog by tethering under prescribed circumstances with certain exceptions and establishes mandatory fines. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-08 (S) Recommitted to JDL.
SB1242	Intro Sine Die	Making an emergency appropriation out of the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund for the clean-up of a contaminated site. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-08 (S) Recommitted to WAM.
SB615	Intro Sine Die	Amends requirements for coverage of infertility treatments to include procedures other than in vitro fertilization; removes requirement that recipients of infertility treatment be married. Requires the covered infertility treatments to be performed a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-08 (S) Recommitted to WAM.
SB1261	Intro Sine Die	To provide employer contribution amounts for plan year 20102011 for Hawaii employerunion health benefits trust fund health benefit plan premiums for the employees of collective bargaining units (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), and (... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-08 (S) Recommitted to WAM.
SB767	Intro Sine Die	Granting temporary relief from county housing requirements as recommended by the construction industry task force to stimulate housing construction statewide. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-08 (S) Recommitted to PGM/WLH.
SB1510	Intro Sine Die	Amends provisions of the code relating to adoption records and the secrecy of proceedings and records, allowing access to adoption records by parties to the proceedings under certain circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-04 (S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure.
SB1475	Intro Sine Die	Adds to excluded service under the Hawaii employment security law, service performed by any individual who serves in the capacity of an athletic contest official at a publicly-exhibited contest, including any person who acts as an umpire, referee, ju... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-03 (S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure.
SB1310	Intro Sine Die	Removes the sunset date on the use of new safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, and incidental take licenses as recovery options for conserving and protecting the State's threatened and endangered species. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-03 (S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure.
SB609	Intro Sine Die	Reduces the number of members of the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission from seven to five. Requires certain members to be selected in consultation with native Hawaiian organizations. Requires 4-year wait before reappointments to the commission. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-02 (S) The committee(s) on WLH/HWN deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-03-11 1:15PM in conference room 225.
SB1189	Intro Sine Die	Amends amounts for motor vehicle insurance liability coverage. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB263	Intro Sine Die	Gives a bidder two additional days after the closing of bids to provide the names of each person or firm to be engaged by the bidder as a joint contractor or subcontractor in the performance of the contract and the nature and scope of the work to be ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 (S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure.
SB264	Intro Sine Die	Clarifies that bidders must list subcontractors in sealed bids only if the amount of the bid is $1,000,000 or more, and only if a subcontractor's value of work comprises five per cent or more of total bid amount. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 (S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure.
SB638	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes an exemption from county zoning-related building restrictions for an increase in floor area of the principal office of a planned community association, subject to certain conditions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB1094	Intro Sine Die	Limits the disclosure of specific salary and personal information for certain public employees. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 (S) The recommendation was not adopted.
SB1550	Intro Sine Die	Amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credits to increase the tax credits to unspecified percentages and dollar amounts and to provide additional non-refundable tax credits for qualified media infrastructure projects in ce... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB38	Intro Sine Die	Requires each hospital within the State to allow advanced practice registered nurses to practice within the full scope of the practice. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB39	Intro Sine Die	Creates notice requirements for meetings of a planned community association or its board of directors. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 (S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure.
SB56	Intro Sine Die	Requires the liquor commission to provide alcohol servers with mandatory training on serving alcohol. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 (S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure.
SB162	Intro Sine Die	Clarifies the law with respect to comfort letters issued by the department of taxation. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB941	Intro Sine Die	Requires policies of accident and health or sickness insurance to provide coverage for palliative care. Defines palliative care. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB617	Intro Sine Die	Reduces checkbox options for a condominium association's standard proxy form by deleting the option's relating to giving proxies to the board as a whole and the directors present at the meeting. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB1525	Intro Sine Die	Requires operators to notify excavators of the vertical depth of their subsurface installations to the extent and degree of accuracy that the information is available in the operator's records. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB1430	Intro Sine Die	Increases the minimum distance between dealer-operated gasoline stations and new stations owned and operated by a manufacturer or wholesaler, from one-eighth of a mile to one mile. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-25 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB1431	Intro Sine Die	Allows gasoline dealers to enter into cooperative purchasing agreements to acquire discounts on gasoline purchases. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-25 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB658	Intro Sine Die	Provides for the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party in the administrative process for external review of a managed care plan's decision. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-25 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB674	Intro Sine Die	Provides for the creation of low-profit limited liability companies under the uniform limited liability company act. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-25 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB1177	Intro Sine Die	Expands the types of related entities that may be affiliated with and insured by a pure captive insurance company; clarifies exceptions available to various classes of captive insurance companies; makes housekeeping amendments. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-24 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB1188	Intro Sine Die	Amends amounts for liability coverage. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-24 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB1502	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits a public official or public employee from appointing, employing, promoting, or advancing a relative within an agency over which the public official or public employee exercises control or the relative of another public official or employee ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-24 (S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure.
SB703	Intro Sine Die	Requires the public utilities commission to adopt rules and issue orders relating to intra-governmental wheeling and inter-governmental wheeling that enable renewable energy producers operating on public lands to sell electricity directly to governme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-24 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB1365	Intro Sine Die	Establishes specific performance standards and mandates the use of cool roofs on all new residential and commercial construction in Hawaii beginning in 2012. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-24 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB1366	Intro Sine Die	Supersedes language in public utilities commission docket no. 2008-0273 that would have required a seller of energy to submit a tax form that is not due and may not yet be prepared for several months. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-24 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB1390	Intro Sine Die	Changes the representation qualifications for the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority board of directors. Clarifies the role of the research advisory committee and who may serve on the committee. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-24 (S) The committee on ENE deferred the measure.
SB653	Intro Sine Die	Expands the scope of the current law to include the regulation of real estate appraisal management companies in order to comply with the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 ("FIRREA") and the federal rules ado... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB1395	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the director of public safety to establish a plan to redevelop correctional facilities through a partnership with a private developer in exchange for development rights. Requires the director of public safety to report to the legislature. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB575	Intro Sine Die	Exempts the first $50,000 of taxable income received by a business that is either incorporated in Hawaii or functions as a pass-through entity that incurs a minimum percentage of operational expenses in this State during the tax year. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 (S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB342	Intro Sine Die	Short form bill. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB1405	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits an employer who employs fifty or more employees from requiring its employees to work more than five continuous hours without a scheduled rest or meal period, unless a collective bargaining agreement otherwise contains provisions for employe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB795	Intro Sine Die	Makes an appropriation to the department of health for 2011-2012 fiscal year for staffing and other costs associated with the licensing of home care agencies. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB1180	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes certain development rights to be conveyed from owners in agricultural districts to certain owners of land in urban districts, subject to conditions. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
SB287	Intro Sine Die	Requires the use of native Hawaiian plants in place of indigenous land plants for certain landscaping projects under the Hawaii public procurement code. Specifies graduated time line for planting by percentage of all plants used. Excludes grass and s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB1423	Intro Sine Die	Requires insurers to make available flood insurance covering real and personal property under the same terms and conditions to properties located outside of designated flood zones as is available to properties located inside of designated flood zones... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 (S) The committee on CPN has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 02-24-11 9:00AM in conference room 229.
SB1425	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits the largest landfill as of 1/1/2011 in a county with a population greater than or equal to 500,000 from accepting municipal solid waste, beginning 7/1/17. Prohibits landfills in counties with populations less than 500,000 from accepting mun... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB1437	Intro Sine Die	Clarifies circumstances under which complaints submitted to departments and agencies shall be made available to the public. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 To Senate Health Committee
SB1438	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits dental service organizations, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a dentist who provides services to its subscribers to accept a fee set by the plan for any services except covered services. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPN.
SB80	Intro Sine Die	Extends the existence of the climate change task force until 6/30/13 and appropriates funds for the task force. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to TSM/WAM.
SB1452	Intro Sine Die	Requires health insurers to provide coverage without co-payments or deductibles for specified types of tobacco use cessation methods. Effective date 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB592	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the court, in medical tort litigation, to impose sanctions on a nonprevailing party whose rejection of the medical claim conciliation panel's decision resulted in the subsequent litigation. Amends requirements for the certificate accompany... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
SB1037	Intro Sine Die	Increases the minimum hourly wage to $8.50 per hour beginning July 1, 2011. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB1234	Intro Sine Die	Amends the offense of promoting pornography for minors to include the dissemination of pornographic material to another person who is known to be or represents to be a minor under the age of eighteen; and adds the offense of promoting child abuse in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-18 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.