| SB1161 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts certain broadband infrastructure improvements from state and county permitting requirements. Exempts a person or entity from any requirement to upgrade or replace existing utility poles when using that pole to install new or improve existing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-25
(S) Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-11 1:30PM in conference room 423. |
| HB1221 | Enroll
Sine Die | Exempts a liquor licensee from liability for certain violations if the licensee has in place a security plan approved by the liquor commission to prevent consumption of liquor by a minor and the licensee acts in good faith to implement the plan. Effe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-21
(S) Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-11 4:00PM in conference room 312. |
| HB354 | Enroll
Sine Die | Prohibits discovery and limits the award of costs and fees in controversies involving small claim tax appeals. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-21
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-28-11 2:30PM in conference room 325. |
| HB640 | Enroll
Sine Die | Requires any final action taken in an executive meeting to be reported when the board reconvenes at the open meeting, provided that the information reported shall not be inconsistent with the purpose for which the executive meeting was convened. Effe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-21
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-26-11 2:30PM in conference room 325. |
| SB1311 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to collect fees to cover the technical assistance program costs associated with habitat conservation plans, and adopt rules for establishing the fees. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB1311 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-21
(S) Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-11 1:00PM in conference room 224. |
| HB758 | Enroll
Sine Die | Appropriates unspecified funds for the department of human services, vocational rehabilitation and services for the blind division to upgrade equipment and facilities for the Hoopono program. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-21
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-27-11 11:00AM in conference room 229. |
| HB505 | Enroll
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for flood mitigation on various recurring flooded areas of the State due to heavy rains. Effective 7/1/2117. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-21
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-25-11 1:30PM in conference room 225. |
| SB779 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes discretionary request for competitive sealed proposal procedures using a two-step design-build process. Defines design-build. Authorizes the procurement officer to pay a conceptual design fee to unsuccessful offerors. Clarifies process of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-21
(S) Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-11 3:30PM in conference room 312. |
| SB1522 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes requirements for licensure and regulation of large-scale dog breeders. Effective July 1, 2112. (SB1522 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-20
(S) Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-11 9:45AM in conference room 016. |
| HB235 | Enroll
Sine Die | Establish a new chapter in the Hawaii Revised Statutes to authorize the creation of and establish policies and procedures for the governance of sustainable business limited liability companies. Effective July 1, 2112. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-20
(S) Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-11 1:30PM in conference room 423. |
| SB199 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires, under certain conditions, the reimbursement to the general fund from a non-general fund of the Renewable Energy Technologies Income Tax Credit claimed by a taxpayer. Effective June 30, 2011. (SB199 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-20
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 660). |
| HB814 | Enroll
Sine Die | Limits the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to providing group life insurance benefits only to retired employees who retired before July 1, 2011. Maintains the flat dollar contribution for the group life benefit of retired employees and repe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 648). |
| HB326 | Enroll
Sine Die | Provides for telehealth services coverage for medicaid and QUEST patients using Kona hospital's medical van program. Establishes the Hawaii patient centered health home pilot program. Establishes the Hawaii medicaid modernization and innovation counc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 648). |
| SB1006 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the sunset date of June 30, 2011, for Act 126, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, relating to revisions of certain state water quality standards to June 30, 2013. Effective June 29, 2011. (SB1006 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 652). |
| SB249 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to acquire a slaughterhouse within the Campbell Industrial Park on the island of Oahu. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB249 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 652). |
| HB1019 | Enroll
Sine Die | Authorizes the revision of allocation from the Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax. Extends the existence of the Climate Change Task Force until 6/30/13. Effective 7/1/2117. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 648). |
| HB1063 | Enroll
Sine Die | Increases the limit the department is currently authorized to borrow or guarantee on loans from $50,000,000 to an unspecified amount to cover the department's guarantee requirements for its housing program. Effective 7/1/2117. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 648). |
| SB1271 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the type of public notice required for reporting the state growth rate and expenditure ceiling and the release of grants. (SB1271 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 652). |
| SB1079 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes that an owner of range land owes no duty of care, under certain conditions, toward a trespasser for injuries suffered by the trespasser that occur on range land, or to warn the trespasser of dangerous natural conditions or range activitie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 649). |
| SB652 | Engross
Sine Die | Implements recommendations of the Mortgage Foreclosure Task Force relating to service of notice, conversion from nonjudicial to judicial foreclosure, the bar against deficiency judgments, notice of pendency of action, and extinguishment of the mortga...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 652). |
| HB850 | Enroll
Sine Die | Designates the Lanai community-based fishery resource management area. Establishes the Lanai community-based fishery resource management area advisory committee to develop a community-based fishery resource management area program to implement tradit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(H) Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 650). |
| HB1330 | Enroll
Sine Die | Extends until June 30, 2015, the portion of Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund moneys allocated for annual operating expenses of JABSOM, and annually reduces these amounts by a certain percentage beginning in FY 2012-2013. Increases the portion o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 648). |
| SB1549 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits commercial permits in Ala Wai and Keehi small boat harbors. Authorizes a process for a public-private partnership to develop a portion of Ala Wai Boat Harbor. Specifies process for establishing moorage fees. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB1549 HD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 652). |
| SB1356 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits penalties for substantial understatements or misstatements, and erroneous claims for refund or credit from being added to tax underpayments on which certain other penalties are already imposed. Reestablishes the end of the month as the dead...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 652). |
| HB786 | Enroll
Sine Die | Increases the solid waste management surcharge. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 648). |
| SB1393 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that dams and related reservoir areas designated as important agricultural lands shall be included in the total area calculation for important agricultural lands. Effective July 1, 2020. (SB1393 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-19
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 649). |
| HB1626 | Enroll
Sine Die | Permits the county of Hawaii to appropriate the county's share of fuel tax revenue for the maintenance of substandard private subdivision roads that are used by the public. Provides that neither the State nor the county shall be required to install i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 644). |
| HB1203 | Enroll
Sine Die | Removes the cap on expenditures from the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund; specifies that the physician workforce assessment fee shall be used to support physician workforce assessment in collaboration with residency programs in this Sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 584). |
| HB324 | Enroll
Sine Die | Part I establishes the South Kona Wilderness Area to be administered by DLNR; part II authorizes the Legislature to designate a contiguous geographical area in the State as a historical district, and establishes the Pearl Harbor-Honouliuli historical...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 584). |
| HB1248 | Enroll
Sine Die | Reduces the new farmer program loan interest rate. Increases the loan limits and reduces the number of credit denials required to qualify for the program. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2117. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 644). |
| HB1270 | Enroll
Sine Die | Requires the department of taxation to evaluate certain tax credits, exclusions, and exemptions and report to the legislature. Effective 7/1/50. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 644). |
| HB1483 | Enroll
Sine Die | Requires the department of agriculture to provide water at a reduced rate to Molokai irrigation system users who lease tracts of land under section 207 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended. Authorizes the department of agriculture t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 644). |
| HB1179 | Enroll
Sine Die | Establishes an Advisory Committee on Short-term Investments administratively attached to the Department of Budget and Finance to assist the Director of Finance in making short-term investments. Establishes additional requirements in the management of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 644). |
| HB1312 | Enroll
Sine Die | Provides that state fast lands and submerged lands may be leased. Provides for the lease of fast lands and submerged lands of the Ala Wai boat harbor pursuant to requests for proposals. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 644). |
| HB1411 | Enroll
Sine Die | Authorizes the conversion of nonjudicial power of sale foreclosures to judicial foreclosures in certain cases; authorizes recordation of notice of default and intent to foreclose; specifies allowable locations for public auction of foreclosed propert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(H) Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-20-11 9:45AM in conference room 016. |
| HB273 | Enroll
Sine Die | Imposes an excise tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes, little cigars, and large cigars. Imposes an excise tax on bulk and small quantity purchases of tobacco products and cigars. Requires a portion of the tax to be expended for tobacco prev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 644). |
| SB41 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the sunset provision of the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act. Repeals Act 99, Session Laws of Hawaii 1994, which repealed the sunset provision of the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act effective upon the enactment of certain federal law. Upon it ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 643). |
| HB496 | Enroll
Sine Die | Establishes a pilot project within the department of land and natural resources to demonstrate the effectiveness of phytoremediation using plants that are native to Hawaii to remove pollutants and improve water clarity in Lake Wilson; appropriates fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 644). |
| SB723 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the exemption from the environmental impact statement law under chapter 343, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for certain primary actions not subject to discretionary consent and involving ancillary secondary actions limited to infrastructure work in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 643). |
| HB902 | Enroll
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii health corps program to provide loan repayments on behalf of eligible physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in any county having a shortage of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, with ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 644). |
| HB550 | Enroll
Sine Die | Directs the auditor to analyze the allocation of cable operator franchise fees to certain cable operators; to review past audits and reports of financial, technical, and operational condition and ownership of Olelo Community Television; and to submit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-18
(S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 584). |
| SB583 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to designate an access organization to oversee public, educational, and governmental channels on cable television. Requires an audit of Olelo Community Television. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB583 HD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-14
(H) Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 605). |
| SB1324 | Engross
Sine Die | Adjusts the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax. Makes appropriation from the state highway fund. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB1324 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-14
(H) Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 605). |
| HB863 | Pass | Amends the date when the Hawaii Health Authority is required to submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-13
(S) Act 008, 4/11/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1108). |
| HB744 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that certain dams and related reservoirs designated as important agricultural lands shall be included in the total area calculation for important agricultural lands. Establishes a dam safety task force to recommend safety actions. Effective ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-12
(S) Recommitted to WAM. |
| HB782 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the sunset date of the starlight reserve advisory committee by two years; makes appropriations to the office of aerospace development of the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-12
(S) Recommitted to WAM. |
| SB123 | Pass | Exempts motor vehicle and homeowners insurance from general record keeping requirements if records for those types of insurance are maintained electronically, accessible by the producer, and available within one business day. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-11
(H) Act 007, on 4/8/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1107). |
| HB341 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes it unlawful for an employer or a labor organization with 100 or more employees and a collective bargaining agreement to bar or discharge from employment, withhold pay from, or demote an employee because the employee uses accrued and available s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-07
(S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| HB241 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the grade of offense for promoting prostitution in the first and second degree to a class A and B felony, respectively. Effective January 7, 2059. (HB241 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-07
(S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| HB242 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the offenses of prostitution and solicitation of prostitution to cover patrons of prostitutes. Makes the offense of habitual solicitation of prostitution a class C felony, and applies the law to those who habitually patronize prostitutes. Rem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-07
(S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
