| SB1069 | Pass | Establishes the offense of cruelty to animals by fighting dogs in the second degree. Increases penalty for cruelty to animals by fighting dogs in the first degree. Clarifies dog fighting and animal cruelty laws. Effective July 1, 2011. (SD1069 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-22
(S) Act 149, 6/21/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). |
| HB1079 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to collect fees and costs to cover Habitat Conservation Technical Assistance Program costs associated with habitat conservation plans. (HB1079 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-22
(S) Act 147, 6/21/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| HB1342 | Pass | Exempts broadband infrastructure improvements from state or county permitting requirements for five years, under certain conditions. Exempts telecommunications companies from replacing utility poles when installing or improving telecommunications cab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-22
(S) Act 151, 6/21/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). |
| SB1383 | Pass | Permits the Hawaii 3R's School Repair and Maintenance Fund to receive moneys transferred to it from the School-level Minor Repairs and Maintenance Special Fund. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-22
(S) Act 150, 6/21/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). |
| SB806 | Pass | Allows teacher and educational officer HTSB members to continue to serve out up to three consecutive three-year terms even if they retire during a term. Adds certain powers and duties to HTSB. Adds timely payment of fees to the requirements for licen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 134, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237). |
| SB823 | Pass | Provides procurement authority to semi-autonomous county public transit agencies, thus allowing them to function as semi-autonomous agencies in their respective counties. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB823 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 131, on 6/16/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1234). |
| SB1489 | Pass | Provides that attorney's liens shall also attach to proceedings after the commencement of arbitration proceedings, and orders, settlements, and awards pursuant to an arbitration proceeding. Removes the deadline to file a notice of claim of the attorn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 136, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). |
| SB1068 | Pass | Provides that killing, or attempting to kill, the pet animal of another person without that person's consent constitutes animal cruelty in the first degree. Adds certain exceptions to animal cruelty in the first degree. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 135, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). |
| HB663 | Pass | Requires clear and conspicuous disclosure of automatic renewal clauses and cancellation procedures for all consumer contracts and offers with an automatic renewal provision and additional disclosure for contracts with a specified term of twelve month...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 139, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). |
| SB1282 | Pass | Permits the administration of nationally norm-referenced testing in any content area for certain grades at the discretion of individual schools and complexes at the school or complex's own expense. Repeals the administration of nationally normreferen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 133, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1236). |
| SB1089 | Pass | Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to exercise enforcement powers against an employer in a covered establishment. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 137, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1240). |
| HB1107 | Pass | Authorizes members of the army and air national guard who are qualified by training and authorized by their commanders to use electric guns subject to state law when assisting civil authorities in disaster relief, civil defense, or law enforcement fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 144, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). |
| HB1333 | Pass | Increases the maximum monetary claim that may be filed in small claims court. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB1333 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 141, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1244). |
| HB240 | Pass | Makes various amendments regarding prostitution offenses. Amends section 28-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to give the "greatest priority" to cases involving promoting prostitution, when the attorney general is determining whether to fund or provide f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 145, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248). |
| HB716 | Pass | Establishes new election deadlines to comply with state primary election date required by federal law. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB716 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 143, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). |
| HB747 | Pass | Removes definition of convenience minimarts commonly referred to as a "mom and pop store". Effective July 1, 2011. (HB747 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 138, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1241). |
| HB141 | Pass | Establishes class A and B felonies for labor trafficking offenses, a nonpayment of wages offense, and an unlawful conduct with respect to documents offense. Establishes provisions related to prosecution of the offenses. Requires the Attorney General ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 146, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1249). |
| HB909 | Pass | Authorizes family court to issue financial restraining orders, and consider the concealment of or failure to disclose income or an asset, or violation of a restraining order in ordering payment of attorney fees and costs and issuing further support o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 140, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). |
| HB953 | Pass | Changes the salary cap for the deputy superintendent, assistant superintendents, and complex area superintendents from eighty percent of the superintendent's salary to the superintendent's salary. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 132, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1235). |
| HB1613 | Pass | Requires an application to register to vote in person or by mail to include a space to request a permanent absentee ballot. Removes time limit on requesting an absentee or permanent absentee ballot but not later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventh day prio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-21
(H) Act 142, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1245). |
| SB1174 | Pass | Requires charter school budget requests for needs-based facilities funding to include a detailed explanation as to the formula used and the funding request breakdown by school. Allows charter schools to appeal denied reauthorizations to BOE. Requires...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 130, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1233). |
| HB319 | Pass | Clarifies that an owner with an open permit may be exempt, upon a showing of hardship, from the prohibition on sale of lease of a property constructed or improved under an owner-builder exemption within one year of the construction or improvement. Ef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 115, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1218). |
| HB1009 | Pass | Allows the State to retain fingerprints of employment and licensing applicants for whom criminal history record checks are authorized statutorily so that the State can implement a statewide "Rap Back" program. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 117, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1220). |
| HB1241 | Pass | Extends for registered owners with an out-of-state address, the number of days during which the legal and registered owner of an abandoned vehicle may repossess the vehicle before it may be subject to disposal. (HB1241 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 122, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1225). |
| SB101 | Pass | Exempts the preparation of hand-pounded poi from certain Department of Health (DOH) requirements regarding food safety if certain conditions are met. Requires the DOH to adopt rules no later than December 31, 2011. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 107, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1210). |
| SB1040 | Pass | Increases the civil penalty amounts and additional criminal fines for violations of the Hawaii occupational safety and health law. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB1040 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 123, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1226). |
| SB120 | Pass | Repeals certain special funds and transfers balances to the general fund. Converts certain revolving funds of the University of Hawaii into special funds. Temporarily redirects an additional portion of tobacco settlement funds into the general fund. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 124, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1227). |
| SB1482 | Pass | Allows the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to consider the benefits of capital improvements for renewable energy and energy efficiency despite the short-term expense. Requires the PUC to consider the need to reduce the State's reliance on fossil fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 109, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1212). |
| SB1067 | Pass | Clarifies the permissible divulging of adult probation records by probation officers to treatment service providers. Sunsets on July 1, 2016. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 119, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). |
| SB1076 | Pass | Makes it unlawful for any employer or labor organization with more than one hundred employees and a collective bargaining agreement to bar or discharge from employment, withhold pay from, or demote an employee solely because the employee uses accrued...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 118, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). |
| SB1503 | Pass | Requires certain private special education schools and programs that provide services to students with disabilities who receive state funding, to comply with federal and state laws, rules, and regulations. Requires accreditation within a certain time...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 128, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1231). |
| HB1071 | Pass | Requires the Department of Health to provide a fitness restoration program for defendants unfit to proceed with court proceedings and on conditional release, and to report information regarding defendant's program and compliance to the prosecutor of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 112, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215). |
| SB1278 | Pass | Adopts model regulations of National Association of Insurance Commissioners in conformity with senior investor protections in Section 989A of the federal Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 108, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1211). |
| HB1076 | Pass | Statutorily authorizes the 2009 special administrative transfer for payment of unemployment insurance program administrative expenses. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 120, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1223). |
| SB1284 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Education (DOE) to monitor students with disabilities who are placed, at DOE's expense, at private schools or placements. Requires private schools or placements to post rates, fees, and tuition by April of each year. Requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 129, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1232). |
| SB1290 | Pass | Increases the limits of the State's liability from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 for moneys borrowed by the department of Hawaiian home lands (DHHL) or loans made to lessee-beneficiaries that are guaranteed by DHHL. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 114, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1217). |
| HB1094 | Pass | Amends the licensing process and medical requirements for commercial driver's licensing to comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB1094 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 121, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1224). |
| SB1300 | Pass | Amends the composition of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation board to add an at-large member appointed by the Governor and give voting rights to the Director of Health. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB1300 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 126, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1229). |
| HB1532 | Pass | Requires real property tax appellants to first obtain a decision from an administrative body established by county ordinance, prior to appealing to the tax appeal court, if required to do so by county ordinance. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 106, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1209). |
| HB484 | Pass | Requires hospitals to allow advanced practice registered nurses to practice within the full scope of allowable practice, including as a primary care provider. Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority to request, rece...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 110, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1213). |
| HB491 | Pass | Requires the Department of Public Safety to pursue and obtain accreditation for the sheriff division from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (HB491 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 111, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1214). |
| HB1376 | Pass | Extends the limited news media privilege against the compelled disclosure of sources and unpublished information to 6/30/2013. Reporting requirements for the judiciary. Effective 6/29/2011. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 113, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1216). |
| SB52 | Pass | Requires persons convicted of violation of privacy in the first degree and all persons convicted of promoting prostitution in the first degree to register as sex offenders. Applies retroactively. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 125, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1228). |
| HB915 | Pass | Requires the Director of Taxation to provide the administrator of each county's real property assessment division with an image of all certificates of conveyances filed with the Bureau of Conveyances within twenty-one business days after the end of e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 116, 6/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1219). |
| SB172 | Pass | Amends provisions of the fireworks code, imposing new definitions and permitting, importation, labeling, and inspection requirements. Authorizes the fire chief to revoke or suspend permits for enumerated reasons. Exempts movie and film productions fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-16
(S) Act 127, 6/15/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1230). |
| SB1186 | Pass | Applies a daily transient accommodations tax to each transient accommodation furnished on a complimentary or gratuitous basis, or otherwise at no charge. Imposes a ceiling on the amount of transient accommodation tax funds transferred to the tourism ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 103, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1206). |
| SB570 | Pass | Eliminates the deduction for state taxes paid for taxpayers with income above specified thresholds. Places temporary limitations on claims for itemized tax deductions. Delays the standard deduction and personal exemption increases approved under Act ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 097, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1200). |
| SB1241 | Pass | Repeals conveyance tax exemption for low-income housing projects certified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB1241 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 100, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1203). |
| HB1036 | Pass | Adopts language, regarding death benefits for ERS members on qualified military service, required to maintain the tax-qualified status of the ERS; and adopts provisions for the commencement of benefits required to maintain the tax qualified status of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 096, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1199). |
| HB1039 | Pass | Provides rent relief to airport concessionaires that do not have a self-adjusting rent formula. Extends sunset date of Act 33, First Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, until July 1, 2013. Increases the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax under secti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-14
(H) Act 104, on 6/9/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1207). |
