| HB853 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a task force to review, investigate, and study the feasibility and cost of establishing the bank of the State of Hawaii. Requires reports to the Legislature. (HB853 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-23
(S) The committee on EDT deferred the measure. |
| HB238 | Engross
Sine Die | Adds a mandatory prison term of fifteen days and a fine of not less than $150 nor more than $600 for a person with certain prior convictions who is convicted for the first time for violation of a temporary restraining order. Effective January 7, 2059...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| HB718 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Human Services to develop and administer a program assisting former foster youth with housing options. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1380 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the farm-to-school program in the department of agriculture to increase the procurement of locally-grown fruits and vegetables. Establishes a task force within the department of agriculture to examine the feasibility of establishing schoo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB1108 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies guidelines for individual development accounts and appropriates funds for fiduciary organizations to operate individual development account programs. Effective July 1, 2075. (SB1108 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Belatti, Chang, Tokioka excused (3). |
| SB1357 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Department of Public Safety to develop a master plan for the return of Hawaii inmates housed in mainland prisons. Report to 2012 legislature. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB1357 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Belatti, Chang, Tokioka excused (3). |
| SB757 | Engross
Sine Die | Reestablishes the Hawaii Capital Loan Revolving Fund; requires that principal and interest payments being made on outstanding loans be deposited into the fund; authorizes the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to contract with ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Belatti, Chang, Tokioka excused (3). |
| HB799 | Engross
Sine Die | Suspends temporarily the exemptions for certain persons and certain amounts of gross income or proceeds from the general excise and use tax and requires the payment of the tax at a graduated rate. Effective July 1, 2011, and sunsets on June 30, 2015....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-23
(S) The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be HELD. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Wakai, Baker; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Solomon ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Slom. |
| HB568 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases aquaculture leases from 35 to 45 years and allows a maximum term of 65 years for ventures in good standing for 10 years or more. Allows lessees in good standing the right of first refusal. Allows for supportive aquaculture activities. Effec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(S) The committee on WLH deferred the measure. |
| SB985 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the operating budget of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for fiscal years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB985 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Har excused (2). |
| SB1187 | Engross
Sine Die | Proposes amendment to article V, section 6, of the state constitution to provide that the attorney general be elected as a nonpartisan elected official rather than appointed by the governor. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1279 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the insurance code to comply with the federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 and to authorize the Insurance Commissioner to participate in a multistate cooperative to collect surplus lines premium taxes and fees and distribute ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Har excused (2). |
| HB1306 | Engross
Sine Die | Deletes language allowing county affordable housing projects to have the same general excise tax and receipt tax exemptions as the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC); requires all general excise tax exemption claims to be file...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(S) The committee on WLH deferred the measure. |
| HB681 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows reservists and National Guard members in active service who desire to run for office to file nomination papers and take their oaths by mail. Effective January 7, 2059. (HB681 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| SB1295 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends various deadlines for the Department of Health to adopt rules to implement a greenhouse gas emission reduction plan. (SB1295 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Har excused (2). |
| SB655 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 ten days after the end of each week. Effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Har excused (2). |
| HB1109 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows an employee with a family member in the United States armed forces who is on active duty or notified of a call to active duty, to use family leave for certain activities for which an employee may take military family leave under federal law. E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| HB1339 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires county liquor commissions to adopt or amend rules by July 1, 2012, regarding conduct of patrons and to define the term "dancing." Effective January 1, 2059. (HB1339 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| SB1326 | Engross
Sine Die | Allow any utility owner whose facility occupies state highway rights-of-way to provide their share of costs up front to the affected state agency for encumbrance of funds in related contracts by way of an agreement to pay. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Har excused (2). |
| HB468 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides standards for the selection of county ethics commission members to ensure their impartiality and independence. Effective January 7, 2059. (HB468 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure. |
| SB125 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes an employment and training program for intellectually and developmentally disabled persons using Medicaid waiver funds, administered by the Department of Human Services, in cooperation with the Department of Education and the Department o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Har excused (2). |
| SB126 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the establishment of a joint legislative task force on the medicaid buy-in program for working persons with disabilities. Effective July 1, 2075. (SB126 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Har excused (2). |
| SB127 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys for a grant to establish and operate a comprehensive deaf center. Effective July 1, 2075. (SB127 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Har excused (2). |
| SB714 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that condominium property managers, associations of apartment owners, and planned community associations make association documents available to owners, including through an association or property management company's website, and for reaso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Har excused (2). |
| SB904 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of human services to locate suitable properties for a housing first program to implement affordable rental housing projects, including an initial housing first single-resident occupancy affordable rental housing model project ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Har excused (2). |
| SB1130 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that all letterheads, documents, symbols, and emblems of the State and other political subdivision include accurate and appropriate Hawaiian names and language. Establishes references for accurate, appropriate, and authentic Hawaiian names a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| SB170 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Transportation and state civil defense to inspect shipping containers for dangerous materials, including explosives. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB170 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| HB174 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the members on the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) board of trustees from eight to ten. Establishes county representation on the ERS board of directors. Provides that the counties shall be responsible for all necessary expenses incurred ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure. |
| HB175 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires one member of the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund board of trustees to be appointed by agreement of the mayors of the four counties and approved by the Hawaii State Association of Counties. Authorizes the governor to fill the vacan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure. |
| HB795 | Engross
Sine Die | Places a temporary limit on the amount of transient accommodations tax revenues distributed to the counties. Effective July 1, 2011 and sunsets June 30, 2015. (HB795 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-22
(S) The committee on TSM deferred the measure. |
| SB1443 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the departments of agriculture and land and natural resources to identify and map certain public lands to be considered for transfer from the department of land and natural resources to the department of agriculture. Establishes a timetable ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-21
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| HB618 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes the use of another person's name or persona to create a web page on or to post one or more messages on a commercial social networking site, without the permission of the other person, and with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate, or threate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-21
(S) The committee on EDT deferred the measure. |
| SB1276 | Engross
Sine Die | Updates the Insurance Code and related provisions. (SB1276 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-21
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Carroll, McKelvey, Saiki, Wooley excused (4). |
| SB1506 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Childhood Obesity Pilot Program and requires insurers to cover childhood obesity as a billable provider visit for services rendered by participating health care providers. Requires the Department of Health to work with Hawaii Primary ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-21
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| HB418 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the thresholds of annual tax liability at which the Director of Taxation is authorized to require the remittance of taxes via an approved electronic funds transfer method. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB418 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-21
(S) The committee on EDT deferred the measure. |
| HB1100 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Transportation to collect increases in passenger facility charges without amending the administrative rule. (HB1100 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-21
(S) The committee(s) on TIA deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-21-11 1:18PM in conference room 224. |
| HB1101 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows for increase in the State motor vehicle registration fee and deposits the money into the State Highway Fund. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB1101 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-21
(S) The committee(s) on TIA deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-21-11 1:18PM in conference room 224. |
| HB1102 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows for increase in the state motor vehicle weight tax and appropriates money from the State Highway Fund. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB1102 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-21
(S) The committee(s) on TIA deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-21-11 1:18PM in conference room 224. |
| HB1133 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes intentional or knowing performance of a veterinary procedure on a pet animal by an unlicensed person a class C felony. Clarifies that the cropping of ears or the docking of a tail of a pet animal is exempt from criminal penalties for animal cru...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-21
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB30 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the time period during which the legal and registered owner of an abandoned vehicle may repossess the vehicle before it may be subject to disposal. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-21
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| SB897 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness under the Department of Human Services for administrative purposes. (SB897 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-21
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Carroll, McKelvey, Saiki, Wooley excused (4). |
| HB904 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale or distribution of caffeinated beer beverages unless labeled as an intoxicating liquor and accompanied by a warning about the potentially harmful effects of consumption. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-21
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB209 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Palolo Chinese Home in financing the capital costs related to the expansion, construction, and rebuilding of its facilities. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18
(H) Re-referred to FIN, referral sheet 41 |
| SB77 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows a plaintiff to file court documents as "Jane Doe" or "John Doe" under certain circumstances in seeking an injunction in harassment cases. Requires that certain types of powers of attorney be signed by two qualified witnesses and acknowledged b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Chang, Coffman, Herkes, Keith-Agaran, Nakashima, Wooley excused (6). |
| SB582 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a mutual aid agreement of assistance among the counties to provide potable water and non-potable water to another county during times of emergency. Establishes the Hawaii statewide mutual aid system to provide integrated statewide mutual ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| HB1267 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes appropriations to provide for health services and programs. Directs an additional portion of Tobacco Settlement Funds into the general fund. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB1267 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18
(S) The committee(s) on HTH recommend(s) that the measure be HELD. The votes in HTH were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Green, Nishihara, Baker, Chun Oakland, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB1481 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the offense of obstructing access to public property to include the installment of certain visual impediments. Creates a private right of action for a person to enforce the prohibition of obstruction. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1063 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for Hawaii employees in collective bargaining unit (13). (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1064 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for Hawaii employees in collective bargaining unit (4). (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1498 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires each state agency with rules affecting small businesses to submit an annual report to the Small Business Regulatory Review Board (Board) regarding the statutory changes that impact these rules, and the status of each amended or new rule for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-18
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting no (0) and Chang, Coffman, Herkes, Keith-Agaran, Nakashima, Wooley excused (6). |
